Welcome to the RPM Seven Day Soundtrack, week ending Friday 12th September 2025...I must admit, I do like an autumn evening with a cuppa, a slice of cake and settling down to listening to the collective's weekly tune selection...over to...
"Hi folks. Hope you're all well. Definitely feeling autumnal now.
Here's my 3..."
Drain the Blood by The Distillers (Live at Reading 2004) - "Ahh, 20 years ago - seems longer, way before Brody Dalle + Josh Homme were trading domestic violence + abuse restraining orders..."
"By way of contrast..."
Glittering Prize by Simple Minds - "Back when Jim Kerr was skinny + still involved with Chrissy Hynde. How time flies..."
"To the current day + spoken word: This Wigan lass has gone viral + deservedly so..."
I Want My Country Back by Louise Fazackerly -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjm825z4vHE
"Take care all, Cheers!"
"It is turning into a golden autumn, laden with blackberries and sloes*. The slowly changing season and the ripening chilli harvest in our bay window has almost inevitably brought me to..."
Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd -
"If anyone asked you to think of a track containing the definitive marriage of Acme siren and slide guitar could you do better than this?"
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan -
"And something new to me. From the recent album ‘Who Is The Sky’. If you haven’t already, the whole album is well worth digging out and listening to."
She Explains Things To Me by David Byrne and The Ghost Train Orchestra -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmFIGlx7TB8&list=PLrrrLOu1whQzZAlPshrMta4P3ho8N0Na_
*BTW - "Dont wear Crocs to pick sloes - the blackthorn's spikes make quick work of the soft squidgy soles!"
"Hi RPMers, hope you are all keeping well. Here’s my 3."
Neat Neat Neat by Motörhead and The Damned -
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Lima Oscar Lima by Pennines -
Good God Y’all by Eiafuawn -
"Hi all, here are my three for this week, with thanks for your selections."
Solsbury Hill performed by UFQ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlehI6Jefjc&list=RDvlehI6Jefjc&start_radio=1
Tomorrow Is Perfect by Mark William Lewis -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XHhWIUcBZw&list=RD9XHhWIUcBZw&start_radio=1
Trash Mountain (1pm) by Lily Seabird -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL6h9NKyt4&list=RD-yL6h9NKyt4&start_radio=1
"Thanking RPMers for continuing great music. Here are my 3 from a musical road trip from Asturias to the Picos D'Europa."
Lowell Fulson with Reconsider Baby -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uCBPjZLp3sE&si=87b6BlpisC80Y0tr6
Otis Spann with Spann's Boogie Woogie -
Patterson Hood with Exploding Trees -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sNL3Yr-hAzo&si=hHqIYTgE0_mBtYgW
"That's All Folks."
"Hi Tim, here's 3 I prepared earlier...lovely weather in Tenerife. Best wishes to all."
The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell -
First Light by Richard and Linda Thompson -
Tennessee Stud by Johnny Cash -
"Hello RPMers, I hope you're all keeping safe and well. Here are three tracks (among many) that I've enjoyed in the past seven days."
Things Get Better by Eddie Floyd - "It's been a while since I picked something from the Stax/Atlantic back catalogue. This one has always been a particular favourite."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlghz2oNT4Y&list=RDMlghz2oNT4Y&start_radio=1
Tell Me When My Light Turns Green (Live) by Dexys Midnight Runners - "I've been dipping into a programme I'd recorded that was shown on BBC TV featuring the music of Dexys through the years. With insightful and slightly confessional comments from mainman Kevin Roland, this was hugely enjoyable."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QwSjKsJSPk&list=RD4QwSjKsJSPk&start_radio=1
In The Gallery by Dire Straits - "Still in the D section (see comments Week 36)...... This excellent track is from the only Dire Straits LP I own, their wonderful self-titled debut."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6CaC_gNCk&list=RD0_6CaC_gNCk&start_radio=1
"Best wishes to all, as always."
"This week..."
"...a magnum opus of a tune from one of the best neo prog albums of the 80s..."
The Enemy Smacks by IQ -
"...a nuevo flamenco / heavy metal cross-over..."
Orion performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela -
"...and a much missed bluesman (reinvented) calling on some of his rock guitar soloing "chops"."
Walking By Myself performed by Gary Moore - "
'Til Next Time...