Change is Gonna Come. Sam Cooke is an icon. He’s like Aretha, Ray, Jimi, Stevie. One whose talent is just incandescent.

The Clash aka the only band that matters. Punk and new wave are the touchstones of my youth. When I was recently visiting my youngest son in Chicago he had Joy Division and New Order on his playlist. Aerosmith and Rush for me was high school and Elvis Costello was college.

In every vinyl collection and one of those super popular albums that you didn’t hide like the Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack, well at least that had Aerosmith’s Come Together remake which was great.

I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats

It was Luiz though, which isn’t all that surprising.

Willy Caballero, the back up goal keeper has literally been there before having won the Cup for City in 2016. Kepa’s a good keeper, but when your coach calls you off you’ve got to come off.

Will you ever win?

Debruyne is a better passer at any distance. Look at his assist stats and the number of long spot on passes he’s made. There are things Pogba does better, but passing isn’t one of them.

Fun fact they were the first white band signed by Motown so yes they definitely brought the funk.

Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate

And Do Wop will always be fun. Harmonies and a giant bass forever.

Sha Na Na were at Woodstock, a fact that always amazes me. Good for them. Not the first act you think of when you think of Woodstock. Not exactly Country Joe and the Fish, but fun.

It’s completely unjustified but Angel Di Maria has always reminded me of Ed Grimley.

Otep - Confrontation

I have three kids all in their 20s. According to Spotify my oldest is listening to The Skints, my middle child is listening to Ariana Grande (although most recent other artists are Louis Prima and Eddie Cochran) and my youngest is listening to some K-Pop girls group called Perfume, with the song title in Hangul. His…

I heard this on Spotify’s Classical Acoustic playlist. It’s a new one from the Monkees. I was gobsmacked to hear that. It’s not relentlessly pop. It’s very chill. Me and Magdelena.

Exterminate the Whole Human Race?

When the Night Comes - Boomtown Rats

I love Spotify. I’ve been on a Phillip Glass kick while at work; it’s classical minimalism so it works well as background music, but after whatever album I’ve picked plays out Spotify will just start playing things in a similar vein. I’ve heard some pretty stuff. The Twin Peaks theme song by Angelo Badalamenti was…

Stop Your Sobbing