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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 1989. 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. Soon I’ll post my favourites from African, Eastern and south-American cultures, along with some Jazz and Gospel. <\/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\nRay Charles<\/em>\n\n1961 Blue Moon\nMarcels<\/em>\n\n1962 Green Onions\nBooker T. & the MG's<\/em>\n\n1963 She Loves You\nThe Beatles<\/em>\n\n1964 Walk On By\nDionne Warwick<\/em>\n\n1965 These Boots Are Made For Walkin\nNancy Sinatra<\/em>\n\n1966 God Only Knows\nThe Beach Boys<\/em>\n\n1967 Waterloo Sunset\nThe Kinks<\/em>\n\n1968 MacArthur Park\nRichard Harris<\/em>\n\n1969 He Ain\u2019t Heavy\nThe Hollies<\/em>\n\n1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/a>\nSimon and Garfunkel<\/em>\n\n1971 Morning has Broken\nYusuf (Cat Stevens)<\/em>\n\n1972 Always on My Mind\nElvis Presley<\/em>\n\n1973 Live and Let Die\nWings<\/em>\n\n1974 Killer Queen\nQueen<\/em>\n\n1975 Someone Saved My Life Tonight<\/a>\nElton John<\/em>\n\n1976 Mr Blue Sky<\/a>\nELO<\/em>\n\n1977 Follow You Follow Me\nGenesis<\/em>\n\n1978 Never Let Her Slip Away\nAndrew Gold<\/em>\n\n1979 The Logical Song<\/a>\nSupertramp<\/em>\n\n1980 Ashes to Ashes\nDavid Bowie<\/em>\n\n1981 Good Year for the Roses\nElvis Costello<\/em>\n\n1982 Private Investigations\nDire Straits\n<\/em>\n1983 Islands In The Stream\nKenny Rogers and Dolly Parton<\/em>\n\n1984 I Just Called To Say I Love You\nStevie Wonder<\/em>\n\n1985 We Work the Black Seam\nSting<\/em>\n\n1986 On My Own\nPatti LaBelle and Michael McDonald<\/em>\n\n1987 The Way It Is\nBruce Hornsby and the Range<\/em>\n\n1988 Baby Can I Hold You Tonight<\/a>\nTracy Chapman<\/em>\n\n1989 If You Don't Know Me By Now\nSimply Red<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Debuchelon Playlist 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 1989. In a few places I’ve …<\/p>\n
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