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It’s party time people. Today is the day we get to banish this god awful year and welcome in what looks like being a far better one, though to be honest, this is the worst year I have known in the 51 years I’ve been on the planet.
Tonight I will party with my close family only, but I will enjoy it as much as possible, music, food and drink but specifically, music will be at the fore.
As the old man of the house, I will be in charge of the music being played and today I will share with you my top 10 songs that will count my house into 2021.
Number 10 – Everybody Hurts REM
One of the rare songs that myself & the Mrs will sing along to, not a great song to get up and dance to but I’m in my living room sitting on my sofa with a beer in my hand, what dance you expect to do.
A family favourite especially with my boy thanks to its use in the first Back to the Future. You cant beat chuck when it comes to proper rock and roll
Number 8 – Happy Hour – The Housemartins
Great singalong song from the fantastic London 0 Hull 4 album, one of the rare albums I bought as a kid as I usually stuck with singles or 12" EPs
Number 7 – Common People – Pulp
Jarvis Cocker is up there with Paul Heaton in being able to write working-class songs about working-class life.
You’ll never watch your life slide out of view while singing along to this song.
I’ve put the live version here as it is by far away the best way to enjoy the song and reminds me of being at the front of the Brixton Academy as Jarvis sang to me
Number 6 – Night Boat To Cairo – Madness
Takes me & the wife back to our honeymoon on a Nile River cruise or as we call that period of our life, BC (before children) when we had so much fun, well I did.
Get your Fez hats on and jump around to this one.
Number 5 – A Little Time – Beautiful South
The wifes favourite, im sure as this plays and she sings along sometimes she would quite enjoy the outcome the song has
Number 4 – Jailhouse rock – Elvis
I can’t party without Elvis playing, this not my favourite, that honour goes to Maries the name (of his latest flame) or Crying in the chapel but this one the family will sing along or jive as well too.
Number 3 – My Boy Lollipop – Millie
This takes me back to being 6/7 years old, it is New Year’s Eve and we at my Grandads basement having the family party.
I can still see my great Aunts bopping side to side to this in their carpet slippers, to keep me quiet they let me change the records on the player.
Number 2 – In my Life – The Beatles
There are places I remember, all my life though some have changed, Some forever not for better, some have gone and some remain, all these places have their moments with friends I can still recall, some are dead and some are living,
In my life, I have loved them all.
Number 1 – Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
As the end of the year approaches the family will all sing along, while my son starts with Mama I’ve just killed a man, but looking at his mum while pointing at me.
There’s a queue to do that son
These are not my all-time favourite songs and if I played them it would be a party for one as I doubt they would put up with Morrissey and The Smiths dominating the run-up to a New Year, nor would you want to hear Johnny Cash taking Trent Reznor’s Hurt and making it his own.
Perhaps we could try building a WHTID party top 10 in the comments section.
This year has been one to forget but I doubt any of us will ever forget it but its good to look forward to the day, whenever that happens, in 2021 that we can all meet up back at football where we belong.
Many thanks to all those that take the time to comment (even the great critic Johnsey) and to those that lurk and don’t comment, come on, you know you want to.
Now, as the clock is striking 12, lets all link arms for the traditional start to a new year, and don’t forget your tissues as money is on the mum will be crying.