Sebastian van Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel vind ik een geweldig psychedelisch nummer.

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Work out a rhyme, toss me the time, lay me you're mine
We all know oh yeah

Danse Macabre van Camille Saint-Saëns is evenzeer akelig mooi.

Zig et zig et zig, la mort cri en cadence
Frappant une tombe avec son talon,
La mort à minuit joue un air de danse,
Zig et zig et zag, sur son violon.

Flower of Scotland, does it need any explanation at all?

O Flouer o' Scotland,
Whan will we see
Your like again,
That focht and dee'd for,
Your wee bit Hill an Glen,
An stuid agin him,
Prood Edward's Airmy,
An sent him hamewart,
Tae 'hink again!

In continuation to this: Amazing Grace!

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch; like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

Ook Where the Wild Roses Grow van Nick Cave in duet met Kylie Minogue is zo mooi, om kippenvel van te krijgen.

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

Meer kippenvel! 9 Crimes van Damien Rice.

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you

Ik ga opnieuw voor Cohen! First We Take Manhattan van Leonard Cohen.

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For tryin' to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Piano Man van Billy Joel. Ik ben hier beinvloed door mijn Krisje denk ik. Heel mooi!

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

Back to my youth! The Riddle van Nik Kershaw. Geweldig!

I got two strong arms
Blessings of Babylon
Time to carry on
And try for sins and false alarms
So, to America, the brave
Wise men save

More youth! West End Girls van de Pet Shop Boys.

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

Et encore! Sweet Dreams van Eurythmics.
De intro! Geweldig.

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

Evenals met The Cranberries. Hier met Zombie.

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?

Tot slot met The Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me).

Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out and
Love's strange, so real in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were working on
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby

Up for Irish pop now? How 'bout U2? Where The Streets Have No Name. The video die je ziet werd opgenomen in downtown Los Angeles op 27 maart 1987, op het dak van een one story liquor store.

I wanna run, I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

Everything Counts van Depeche Mode. Kris en ik hebben ze drie jaar geleden in het Sportpaleis gezien. Andy Fletcher, de (keyboard) pianist, is er ondertussen helaas niet meer bij. Hij stierf op 26 mei van dit jaar.

The handshake seals the contract
From the contract, there's no turning back
The turning point of a career
In Korea being insincere
The holiday was fun-packed
The contract still intact

Something else! Dit nummer speel ik graag in de auto, dan zing ik het woordelijk mee. En het refrein, dat brul ik, tot spijt van mijn passagier(s). Isn't ironic? Don't you think? Ironic van Alanis Morissette.

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought? It figures

Evenals deze! Deep Blue Something: Breakfast at Tiffany's.

And I said 'What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?'
She said, 'I think I remember that film.
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it.'
And I said 'Well, that's one thing we've got.'

Een volldige stijlbreuk nu en terug naar 1970. Deep Purple: Child in Time.

Sweet child, in time, you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between good and bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying, taking toll

Tijd voor rock, and I mean some hard rock! Highway to Hell van AC/DC.

Living easy, lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everythin' in my stride

Speaking of hell: Midnight Oil met Beds Are Burning.

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

Beautiful Freak van Eels vind ik steengoed.

You're such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
You're not like all of the others

And that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak

Bemerk de (lichte) contradictie in de tekst. He loves her because she's not like all of the others, still he wishes more were just like her.

Let's do some funk, met His Royal Badness! Sign O' The Times van Prince!

In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples, high on crack, totin' a machine gun

Time for some London music. God Is a DJ van Faithless.

This is my church
This is where I heal my hurts
It's in natural grace
Or watching young life shape
It's in minor keys
Solutions and remedies
Enemies becoming friends
When bitterness ends

How 'bout some indie rock. Heavy Cross van Gossip.

It's a cruel, cruel world, to face on your own
A heavy cross, to carry alone
The lights are on, but everyone's gone
And it's cruel

Want to feel rage? Rage Against The Machine: Killing In The Name.

Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
...
Uh!

Speaking of rage ... beware of the Boogieman!

Halloween, the main theme van de gelijknamige originele film van John Carpenter (1978), herinnert me aan de leuke video-avonden die we een tijdje lang gedaan hebben. Ik kruip nu in een bolleke bijeen.

Uit dezelfde periode herinnnert dit aan de 'early' uitstapjes naar Keulen met mijn Krisje. Leuke tijden! Eisbär van Grauzone.

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein
Im kalten Polar
Dann müsste ich nicht mehr schrei'n
Alles wär so klar

Net als deze! Big Jet Plane van Angus and Julia Stone.

She said, "Hello, mister, pleased to meet ya"
I wanna hold her, I wanna kiss her
She smelled of daisies, she smelled of daisies
She'd drive me crazy, she'd drive me crazy

Deze hit hebben Kris en ik leren kennen voor dit bij ons doorbrak. Ik hoor het ons in de Teatro Club in Malaga nog meezingen als Parquito parquito (haha), geinspireerd door de vele parkieten aan de Paseo del Parque. Despacito van Luis Fonsi. Ay, Fonsi!

Despacito
Quiero respirar tu cuello despacito
Deja que te diga cosas al oído
Para que te acuerdes si no estás conmigo
Despacito

Duran Duran! Kris nam mij eerder dit jaar mee naar een concert van hun in Ibiza en dat was echt geweldig! Het was een driedaags event, geafficheerd als 'Touch the sunrise'. Geen beter nummer om op Ushuaïa mee te brullen! Reach Up for the Sunrise.

Reach up for the sunrise
Put your hands into the big sky
You can touch the sunrise
Feel the new day enter your life