{"id":2524,"date":"2026-02-25T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debuchelon.com\/?page_id=2524"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:33:11","slug":"the-debuchelon-playlist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/debuchelon.com\/?page_id=2524","title":{"rendered":"The Debuchelon Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Debuchelon Playlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I know, I’m always complaining about the quality of modern pop music, so if you’re wondering “who does Debuchelon listen to when he’s not writing songs of his own?” then here’s part of the answer. One song from each year of music history between 1960 and 1988 (well, approximately). In a few places I’ve linked through to what I think is a better version than the original studio release (usually a strong live performance) otherwise click the Spotify link below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I realise that all these songs come from the same broad genre (common time, octave scale, and so on) but don’t worry, I’m not one of those people who thinks that the world of music begins and ends with Euro-American pop. It’s just that I was born into this space so it’s what I know best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime, if you’d like to know why there’s nothing post-1990 in this list, then I’ll admit that I’m having to reach into less well-charted waters to get stuff that meets my criteria. Something fundamentally bad began to happen in our music industry in the 1980’s and by the 1990’s the symptoms were too obvious to ignore. Posers with large marketing budgets were everywhere, singing cliched lyrics to ten-a-penny tunes. And often not very well. Can’t mention names of course. I’d get trolled to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click this link for Debuchelon’s Spotify playlist and listen to the way music used to be: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/20JEv8OsEFmg9NhZHTzc2O?si=8EF7SQd3QumVs0VG5LMECQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1960 Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles<\/em>

1962 Green Onions
Booker T. & the MG's<\/em>

1964 Walk On By
Dionne Warwick<\/em>

1966 God Only Knows
The Beach Boys<\/em>

1966 Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles<\/em>

1967 Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks<\/em>

1967 A Day in the LIfe
The Beatles<\/em>

1969 My Cherie Amour
Stevie Wonder<\/em>

1969 He Ain\u2019t Heavy
The Hollies<\/em>

1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/a>
Simon and Garfunkel<\/em>

1971 Morning has Broken
Yusuf (Cat Stevens)<\/em>

1972 Always on My Mind
Elvis Presley<\/em>

1973 Live and Let Die
Wings<\/em>

1974 Killer Queen
Queen<\/em>

1974 Mo Woman No Cry
Bob Marley<\/em>

1975 Someone Saved My Life Tonight<\/a>
Elton John<\/em>

1976 Mr Blue Sky<\/a>
ELO<\/em>

1977 Dreams
Fleetwood Mac<\/em>

1977 Just the Way You Are
Billy Joel<\/em>

1978 Miss You
Rolling Stones<\/em>

1978 Never Let Her Slip Away
Andrew Gold<\/em>

1979 The Logical Song<\/a>
Supertramp<\/em>

1980 Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie<\/em>

1980 Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads<\/em>

1981 I Go to Sleep
The Pretenders<\/em>

1981 Ghost Town
The Specials<\/em>

1982 Private Investigations
Dire Straits<\/em>

1983 Electric Avenue
Eddie Grant<\/em>

1985 Running up that Hill
Kate Bush<\/em>

1988 Baby Can I Hold You Tonight<\/a>
Tracy Chapman<\/em>
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