Every music lover has many favourite songs from different genres depending on the mood they are in. I have an eclectic taste in music myself and I would describe my taste in music as getting broader as I get older. I will give every kind of music a chance. If I was a politician I would be maybe just off centre. There are a few types of music I just can't get into. Metal is one of them and country western is another. Now when I say metal I mean some lad shouting and roaring into a microphone. I quite like Metallica and the lighter stuff.
But of someone was to put a gun to your head and ask you what your favourite song is would one come to mind. And before you come back with "Happiness is a warm gun", I want you to have a serious think about it. What is the song that stood the test of time. That remained in the playlist throughout the years and is part of your top ten every year on the various wrapped music app's that send you stuff like that. It is quite a pickle isn't it?? The last time I did this I got comments with ten different songs but nobody really had just one song.
Some favourite songs change as you grow older. My favourite songs always end up being so so at the start and then they grow on me. If I love a song from the start then that song will get played out with me.
I had a good long hard think about the music I was into over the years from Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, from Oasis to Radiohead, from Fleet Foxes to Bears Den, from Bell X1 to Vampire Weekend and who can forget practically ever Beatles song. All different genres. I went back over my Spotify wrapped and a 3 songs kept appearing in the playlists. Barring the Beatles who I find have been getting over played as late, there is only so much content that you can bring out.
California Dreaming by Momma's and the papa's
Down Under by Men At Work.
The Whole of The Moon The Waterboys
I love happy songs so I think Down Under is the ultimate happy song. Played in the summer. Sun shining everything is good.
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The Whole of The Moon for some reason hits a chord with me. I saw them live just before Covid hit.
And when Adam Scott who is alot older now but still looks like a rock star started into the song I was overcome with emotion which never really happened me before. Adan lives in Ireland and if you ever hang out around Grafton Street and you see a lad wearing a cowboy hat then it's more than likely him. He is the only one of my musical hero's that I stopped and had a chat to. Scottish lad. Sound as a pound.
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California Dreaming is just class. The vocals are just top class and I have always just loved it. The bands back story is very interesting with the most talented singer in the Mamas and the Papas by the name of Cass Elliot dying in what all that can be described as being fat shamed to death which is shocking.
So it's time to pick my favourite and I just cannot get past Down Under by Men at Work. I love it when I was 3. I loved it when I was 13. I loved it when I was 28 and I love it now. It's a song I rarely get sick of. I hear bands trying to cover it and fail miserably. No it mightn't be the most technical gifted song for the lyrics and arrangements. I would only describe the genre as a type of happy reggae kind of something like the Police would come out with but I just love it.
So my question to you is name your top 3 favourite songs and pick one from the 3 and see what you come up with. Leave your answers in the comment section and there will be a a H.B.I in it for the people who share theirs.