A Little Housekeeping

As we run through our 15th instalment of Turntable Talk, I thought it might be good to review the previous topics we’ve looked at on it. The list below runs from the most recent to the first, and if you click on them it will take you to the summary of it. To read all the submissions for the topic, you’d just scroll back for the previous five or six days before the summary. And remember, for other articles we’ve put up through the five years, there’s a “Search” button on the page…if you’re looking in on a PC, you’ll find it at the bottom of the page, whereas on a phone or mobile, it’s usually right at the top beside our title.

A Novel Idea For a Song  (novelty records)

This Woman’s Work  (talented females in music)

The Soundtrack to My Life  (great movie soundtracks)

Instrumental In Their Success (instrumental pieces)

2023 :

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (if you could invite one person from the music world to dinner)

Like A Rolling Stones (looking at the Rolling Stones and debating their relevance now)

Behind The Curtain (Important figures in the music world who weren’t musicians)

Sum, Sum Summertime (summer-themed songs)

Coulda Been A Contender (songs that should have been hits but were not)

My Hometown (songs that writers connect with their hometown)

Feels Like The First Time (first albums bought by our writers)

This Song’s Going Places (songs about travel)

First Time’s the Charm (great debut records)

A Really Big Show (a concert they would have loved to attend)

They’re A Poet, Don’t You Know It (great song lyrics) 

2022:

Songs of the Season (Christmas tunes) 

Those Were The Days My Friend (their pick for best year in music) 

Wonderful One Hit Wonders (as the title implies) 

Shock Rock (songs they liked that would surprise people) 

Cover Me (thoughts on cover songs, good and bad) 

Out of the Blue (debut songs or albums that surprised) 

Did Video Kill the Radio Star? (thoughts on videos and they’re value) 

The Live Album (their picks for great live recordings) 

The Beatles – why are we still talking about them ?