2017 was the year of the playlist.
I used to hate creating lists and didn’t know where to start when making a playlist. Over the past year, I’ve started making them with some of my favourite artists in mind and hopefully, I’ll create more in the future. ”
Shandi’s Top Ten
I finally got around to creating a top ten list of my favourite songs of all time. This was extremely difficult because picking a favourite song by an artist or band is hard enough as it is. Somehow I managed and this was the outcome:
- “Somebody To Love” by Queen
- “My Brave Face” by Paul McCartney
- “Writer In The Sun” by Donovan
- “Brain Damage” by Pink Floyd
- “Dazed And Confused” by Led Zeppelin
- “Here, There And Everywhere” by the Beatles
- “Oh! You Pretty Things” by David Bowie
- “Beth” by KISS
- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by the Animals
- “The Masterplan” by Oasis
Listen to Shandi’s Top Ten playlist.
The Beatles Fight Club
After the Beatles broke up in the awful way that they did, they had plenty of insults to throw each other’s way musically. Paul McCartney more or less took most of the abuse from the other three as they felt he was more controlling near the latter half of their career.
- “Run Of The Mill” by George Harrison
- “3 Legs” by Paul and Linda McCartney
- “Early 1970” by Ringo Starr
- “God” by John Lennon
- “Wah-Wah” by George Harrison
- “Dear Friend” by Wings
- “How Do You Sleep?” by John Lennon
- “Back Off Boogaloo” by Ringo Starr
- “Sue Me, Sue You Blues” by George Harrison
- “Too Many People” by Paul and Linda McCartney
Listen to The Beatles Fight Club playlist.
Shandi and Mel’s Oasis Playlist
My friend and I have recently dove into Oasis’ catalogue and chose our favourites. At least one song from each album is represented as we wanted to give a wide variety of what Oasis really was.
- “Columbia” — Definitely Maybe
- “Supersonic” — Definitely Maybe
- “Some Might Say” — (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
- “Half The World Away” — The Masterplan
- “Sunday Morning Call” — Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
- “Let There Be Love” — Don’t Believe the Truth
- “Little By Little” — Heathen Chemistry
- “She Is Love” — Heathen Chemistry
- “Stand By Me” — Be Here Now
- “I Hope, I Think, I Know” — Be Here Now
- “Stay Young” — The Masterplan
- “The Importance of Being Idle” — Don’t Believe the Truth
- “Falling Down” — Dig Out Your Soul
- “I’m Outta Time” — Dig Out Your Soul
- “Live Forever” — Definitely Maybe
- “The Masterplan” — The Masterplan
- “Don’t Look Back In Anger” — (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
- “Champagne Supernova” — (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
Listen to Shandi and Mel’s Oasis Playlist.
Wings Basics
The formation of Wings is one of Paul McCartney’s most underrated projects. Shining a light on some of their best songs only solidifies that they were better than given credit for.
- “Venus And Mars”
- “Rock Show”
- “With A Little Luck”
- “Band On The Run”
- “Dear Friend”
- “Jet”
- “Silly Love Songs”
- “My Love”
- “Let Me Roll It”
- “Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People”
- “Tomorrow”
- “Live And Let Die”
- “Mull Of Kintyre”
Listen to the Wings Basic playlist.
Noel Gallagher Essentials
Noel Gallagher has quickly become one of my favourite songwriters, so I knew with the release of his new album Who Built The Moon? that I needed to create a playlist of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds best.
- “If I Had A Gun…” — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- “AKA…What A Life” — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- “Holy Mountain” — Who Built The Moon?
- “The Dying of the Light” — Chasing Yesterday
- “If Love Is The Law” — Who Built The Moon?
- “Everybody’s On The Run” — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- “The Death Of You And Me” — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- “She Taught Me How To Fly” — Who Built The Moon?
- “Lock All the Doors” — Chasing Yesterday
- “The Man Who Built The Moon” — Who Built The Moon?
- “Ballad of the Mighty I” — Chasing Yesterday
- “Dead In The Water” – Live At RTÉ 2FM Studios, Dublin — Who Built The Moon?
Listen to the Noel Gallagher’s Essentials playlist.
As You Built The Moon
Both Gallagher brothers released an album in the last quarter of the year. Naturally, I made a combined playlist of their best from each of their new albums.
- “Wall Of Glass” — As You Were
- “Keep On Reaching” — Who Built The Moon?
- “Paper Crown” — As You Were
- “You Better Run” — As You Were
- “She Taught Me How To Fly” — Who Built The Moon?
- “Come Back To Me” — As You Were
- “Holy Mountain” — Who Built The Moon?
- “If Love Is The Law” — Who Built The Moon?
- “For What It’s Worth” — As You Were
- “Greedy Soul” — As You Were
- “Dead In The Water” – Live At RTÉ 2FM Studios, Dublin — Who Built The Moon?
- “The Man Who Built The Moon” — Who Built The Moon?
Listen to the As You Built The Moon playlist.
