"So I’ll start by saying these tracks are not really about love. They’re about the love that I have for the tracks and memories from times of love.
I can explain..."
Alone Again Or - Love (1967)
> This is the title track from one of my favourite albums ever (Forever Changes). Good way to start a mix I think.
December Angel - Syrinx (1970)
> Got deep into this around a time of my life that I look back on very fondly.
Boadicea - Enya (1986)
> I just really love Enya. I wrote her name in white-out on my school bag in year 8.
Rachel’s Song - Vangelis (1994)
> This one’s from Blade Runner. It gives me goosebumps.
Doina Lui Petru Unc (Alternate) - Gheorghe Zampfir (1976)
> The haunting theme song from Picnic at Hanging Rock, probably my favourite film? I love this so much.
Miracles - Jefferson Starship (1975)
> I got pretty obsessed with Woodstock recently. Jefferson Starship didn’t actually play this there 'cause it was written a few years later but maybe it embodies the spirit of what I imagine Woodstock would have been like? Magnificent.
Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort (1970)
> Joni Mitchell wrote this one, but this is the version I love the most. I enjoy those warm, hippy harmonies.
Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood (1966)
> I have always loved this song--further reinforced by my two singer friends who did this as a karaoke duet late one night and I almost wept.
Long, Long, Long - The Beatles
> George is my favourite Beatle. He wrote this one, and most of the best Beatles tracks IMHO.
Shek Tamar - RAS (2020)
> Some more dreamy harmonies, and a smooth groove that hooks ya
Hilversum - Al Usher (2010)
> What I like about this one is I DJ it a lot and it seems to work in lots of situations. It’s just a nice-sounding track and reminds me of my friend Gus Franklin.
As The World Falls Down - David Bowie (1986)
> I grew up watching The Labyrinth A LOT and I don’t think I really reconciled/made sense of the feelings I had for The Goblin King (Bowie) so now it’s just this song that makes my soul ache.
Dreamboat Annie - Heart (1975)
> I love this album; again it reminds me of a good time in my life where I lived with my best friend and we listened to this a lot and sometimes we pretended we were Ann & Nancy Wilson from Heart.
Transcendance - Santana (1977)
> More to Santana than you might think. Transcendance makes you feel like you can fly.
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley (1969)
> Ok so this one is pretty out there but wow, imagine how this would have blown peoples’ minds in 1969? Psychedelic electronica at its roots that paved the way for so many others following.
Behind The Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)
> My spirit is in Japan, and YMO embody everything that I love about Japanese music and culture.
Views of The Rhine - Kevin Harrison (1982)
> There’s cosmic energy, light and hope in this one. Love that vibe.
How Does It Make You Feel? - Air (2001)
> I guess I am nostalgic because this reminds me of another happy time in my life, when I listened to this album (10,000 Hertz Legend) a lot. It reminds me of my friend Ben Browning.
Time - Pachanga Boys (2011)
> Ok, so I like deep, psychedelic, introspective tracks. This sums that up pretty well. Andee Frost played it as his final track at Golden Plains in 2014. It was really something.
Long one…. Stay with it.
"I’m working on feeling more comfortable telling my friends that I love them, ‘cause I do. Love isn’t something that should be reserved just for your partner, or family. It’s bigger than that."
