I enjoy classics through to more contemporary stuff, but I suppose I don't
know what I'd say was my favourite piece of music. I was heading for Bach this morning so
something like that probably, or good choral music. He so often gets into
people's subconscious with the feeling of the empathy of the music – I think
that's really important. I think you can get along with that and in the same
way listening to something like Eric Clapton which is very heartfelt...
Well, it's Bach's Chaconne in D minor played by Viktoria Mullova would be
the piece of music I'd take to my desert island with me. It's just one you can
listen to over and over and over again... Bach Chaconne... do you know it?
You've got to listen to it, preferably Viktoria Mullova
playing it, but Bach's Chaconne... it's about thirteen, fourteen... about fourteen minutes long.
It's absolu... it drives you to tears it's got an amazing arpeggio bit in the middle as well...
I love Freddie Mercury and I wish I'd been able to see him in concert.
I don't know, I just think he's such an entertainer, and all of his songs are
really good. He's got a brilliant voice. I like "It's a Kind of Magic", I think
because the reason I got into Queen was through watching a video. It was my
brother's video – he's a lot older than than I am – and it was "I Want to Break Free"
and of course I didn't realise that it was a music video – it was some kind of cartoon
thing – and then I think "It's a Kind of Magic" was probably when I was a bit older.
I like music that tells a story. There's
a particular Steve Earle song called "Me and the Eagle" and it's on an album of
outtakes that didn't make the other albums because it wasn't
considered to be good enough, but I think it's a fantastic song because it tells a
great story about a man living all on his own at the top of a mountain and
it's just very moving and beautifully done.
My favourite band would be from way
back. It started in the 60s, a band called Yes, started by Jon Anderson and Chris
Squire, and I've followed them and seen them I don't know how many times. I couldn't count
how many times. Favourite track... difficult to pick... "Awaken"... or possibly
"Close to the Edge" from way back in 1972.
20-minute track – absolutely fantastic piece of music.
I like a lot of modern music as well, a lot of newer bands, but
absolutely prog rock is the deal for me... and as you follow it through, well,
it's progressive. It gets better and better and better – the more you
understand what it's about the better it becomes and the reward
when you finally get this... Like when you learn a song at school. We did Joseph's
Technicolor Coat when I was at school – that had just come out – and we had a fantastic
music teacher called Mr. Bell who... did an arrangement, because he
couldn't get the arrangement; he made the arrangement around the words and we did
this at school, and when I was first learning it, I thought, "Oh God, this is
hard!" and I couldn't just remember everything. Each track went on and on
and on and as it all came together I just couldn't wait to get up and
sing it. Couldn't wait! And progressive music I find is very
much like that, and music is a bigger part of my life than any other media – than
television or any anything really. It's absolutely... y'know... without music,
what would you be? Where would we be?
My favourite artist in general is Willie J Healey.
He was the first gig that I went to see, which wasn't great timing because it was
in the middle of mock week... and you can tell because the two exams I had the next
day were not great! I just like really calm, chill music that you can
just listen to whenever. It's a much more personal experience when you listen
to them and you follow them on social media and you go and see them live.
I've always been a big fan of the Allman Brothers.
I'm a big fan of Duane Allman's guitar playing,
but I'm actually a big admirer of the other guy who was a guitar player in the band,
Dickey Betts, who kind of was overshadowed a bit by Duane, because Duane was
kind of the man, and there's obviously this legend around Duane because he
died early, but Dicky kinda wrote their really great numbers.
I've talked to a lot of people about the Allman Brothers Band. They say, "I've never heard of
them," and I say, "Yeah, everybody knows one Allman Brothers number and don't realize
they do," and you know the one I mean, don't you? Yeah? I say the original theme
tune off Top Gear. "Oh God, is that them?" That's what people say, you
know. "Oh yeah, what a fantastic piece of music,"... well, Dickie wrote that, and he wrote another
couple of my absolute favourite songs.
A song called "Blue Sky" which I just think is one of the happiest, most
upbeat songs, and it's a kind of number I always play
when I'm feeling a bit low... it just kind of lifts me!
My favourite genre is non-traditional traditional Scottish music.
Bands like Tidelines, Skerryvore.
Skippinish... I like them because they're
Scottish without the heedrum-hodrum!
The lyrics and songs tend to be more modern than the usual traditional Scottish music.
They follow on from bands like Runrig, but they've taken it to another level. They're very
sing-along-able, they're very young and energetic, but you can actually hear the
lyrics! Great, uplifting songs. The
three bands have actually come from the same Hebridean island background.
It's actually very difficult to narrow it down, because I like quite a
cross-section. I do like instrumental and classic guitar or typical classic radio
music. However, one thing that kind of stands out is a piece that might not be
so unknown: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and it's called "Nothing Without You", and it
is so inspirational because it touches something from inside. So I like music
that uplifts, that motivates, that makes you happy, y'know, so it could be kind
of fast, dancey... but this piece... it touches a sense of divine I think.
Favourite songs... I've got a complete mixture cos I like all sorts of music,
but "Mustang Sally" – Wilson Pickett – has got to be one of my favourites.
Anything dancey. "Heard it Through the Grapevine", but then "Whole Lotta Love"
by Led Zeppelin which is again completely different. James Brown, as
well, is another one, "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – brilliant song but I also like
the big band sound, you know, Glenn
Miller and stuff like that. I was born in the wrong era. I just love all of that "In
the Mood" and "Moonlight Serenade", all that stuff so... anything like that... and then
more modern stuff I like George Ezra and latterly Alexis Ffrench, a piano player. I
just [heard him] interviewed on breakfast and googled him and I loved the peaceful piano playing.
I suppose one... yeah... my favourite song is
"Songbird" sung by Fleetwood Mac because it's beautiful and it's sad and it's
gorgeous. Sung by them, though. "For you they'll be no crying" ... "for you
there'll be no more"... yeah, it's just a love song, just a beautiful song, that's all.
*sings* "For you, there'll be no more crying; for you, the Sun will be
shining; for I know that when I'm with you it's alright; I know it's right and
the songbird is singing like he knows the score and I love you I love you I love
you like never before..."
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