• Jerry Reed – Guitar Man

… but they’re dead wrong, I know they are,
’cause I can play this here guitar.

This is arguably the most important music video for my generation. A video about tomato sauce …

• Daft Punk – Revolution 909

• Utah Jazz – Survival Of The Fittest

I believe this video was made for the Biden/Harris term …

• Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution

• Fatback Band – (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop

• Onyx – Slam

• Los Tres – La Espada Y La Pared

• Santana – Soul Sacrifice Live at Woodstock

Lyrical smackdown.

• Copywrite – 7 Light Years

• RJD2 – Seven Light Years

MF Doom – Doomsday

This is a classic for Latin America. Musically it’s not that special, Rap 101; but culturally it was a huge deal. Rap in Spanish had never in the mainstream like this; there’d been collaborations and experiments, there’d even been “rappers” and “rap groups” with certain fame. But this was the first time that the mainstream fully accepted Rap in the same way as Rock.

It was a hit throughout the Spanish speaking world—i.e it was accepted—but still showed an aesthetic that many people hadn’t seen—i.e. it was weird. It’s hard to explain … At the time, most people outside of Mexico thought of Control Machete as purely Mexican. And people in Mexico probably saw this as specifically a Northern thing (Monterrey). As the years pass, everything is subsumed into a label of “Latino” or whatever inclusive term is chosen, but Latin America has always been a very broad area full of conflicting cultures and contradictions. I’d have to go into a long discussion about history and class relations but the point is that this just seemed totally new, and that’s where its value lies. ¿Entiendes, Mendes?

• Control Machete – ¿Comprendes, Mendes?

“The Boy’s Own at East Grinstead has been called by others ‘The best ever outdoor party of the Acid House era’. This track I remember playing as the sun came up around 5am and a flock of geese landed on the lake just by the tent we had pitched up … it’s seminal and surreal. Again, it’s an Ibiza pop anthem that summed up the scene in London in 1988.” — Terry Farley

• It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)

Compare the two performances; there’s something wrong with American television.

• Lorde – Green Light

“Another night, in the tiny gym basement that changed UK clubbing forever, had come to an end and the lights were on. But the room was still full of sweat and steam, and when Danny Rampling revived this soul classic the whole crowd were holding each other, hands held aloft—E moments don’t come much better than that!” — Terry Farley

• Joyce Sims – Come into my life

I have to give props to the Tera Pump company for being this funky. Keep pumping them tunes out!

• Jeff Kaale – Mai Tai
• Tera Pump Barrel Pump Commercial

Just get to 1:37, that’s a groove.

• Purple Disco Machine – My House (Original Mix)

• Cybotron [Juan Atkins & 3070] – Clear

Bam, supernature, goddamn!

• Cerrone – Supernature

• Los Tres – La Torre De Babel

I don’t want to like this song …

• Spice Girls – Say You’ll Be There  

If it’s good enough for Jools Holland, I suppose I’m covered.