My top 50 playlist 2004

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David Kerr’s Top 50 Playlist Did you ken John Peel? `It says a lot for the radio DJ, John Peel, that so many people were genuinely saddened and distressed by his sudden death while on a working holiday with his wife in Peru. Peel was probably the only one left worth listening to on Radio One these days as he pioneered many new forms of music and up-and-coming ambitious bands. He had also an enthusiastic audience on the Radio Four programme, Home Truths and an international audience on his World Service slot too. He really will be sadly missed.` `One of Peel’s institutions was his annual top fifty playlist in which he listed his all time favourite pieces of popular music. This was one list you could definitely be sure had not been compiled through the underhand lobbying of the vast music corporations. Similarly inspired, I have compiled my one somewhat eclectic mix. Regular readers will note that there’s no surprise that Bob Dylan comes top of my list!`
1	The Times they are a’Changing	Bob Dylan
2	Suzanne	Leonard Cohen
3	Pretty Vacant	Sex Pistols
4	Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	Nanci Griffith
5	We didn’t start the Fire	Billy Joel
6	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
7	Hound Dog	Elvis Presley
8	Moondance	Van Morrison
9	Fairytale of New York	The Pogues and Kirsty McColl
10	Road to Hell	Chris Rea
11	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley
12	It’s a Mystery	Toyah
13	Ieya	Toyah
14	He ain’t heavy, he’s my Brother	The Hollies
15	Hotel California	The Eagles
16	The Boxer	Simon and Garfunkel
17	Sex and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll	Ian Dury
18	Last of the True Believers	Nanci Griffith
19	The Milkman of Human Kindness	Billy Bragg
20	Army Dreamers	Kate Bush
21	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heartclub Band	The Beatles
22	Teenage Kicks	The Undertones
23	White Riot	The Clash
24	Dead Ringer for Love	Meatloaf
25	Blowing in the Wind	Bob Dylan
26	True Colours	Cyndi Lauper
27	Heart of Glass	Blondie
28	White Noise	Skrewdriver
29	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	The Beatles
30	School’s Out	Alice Cooper
31	Walk on the Wild Side	Lou Reed
32	The Boys are back in Town	Thin Lizzy
33	Ca plane pour moi	Plastic Bertrand
34	Sheena is a Punk Rocker	Ramones
35	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd
36	Who’s that girl?	Eurthymics
37	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty
38	Fat-bottomed girls	Queen
39	Redemption Song	Bob Marley
40	Eve of Destruction	Barry Maguire
41	I Drove all Night	Cindi Lauper
42	God Save the Queen	Sex Pistols
43	Good Morning Universe	Toyah
44	Alternative Ulster	Stiff Little Finger
45	New Year’s Day	U2
46	The Pearl	Emmylou Harris
47	Piece of my Heart	Janis Joplin
49	Between the Wars	Billy Bragg
49	The Man with the Child in his Eyes	Kate Bush
50	Hard Rain	Bob Dylan

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