![]() Next track is linked to 1994 when he went on holiday with the family to the South of France. They drove down from London and played Reel to Reel over and over again as until Yasmin said that she couldn’t take it anymore despite how much the kids loved singing along. He talked about his love for sailing, how his children also have a love of this and that he feels the grandchildren will also enjoy sailing too. Then years later, sailing on a racing boat, they would head out of port playing the same piece of music. On a night sail with the water flat and the moon up, he was sailing between Italy and Sicily and this song was playing on the boat. ![]() This song is linked to a memory of sailing through the Mediterranean. He talked about how he spent a large part of the 1990s sailing and delivering boats. Kinky Afro by Happy MondaysĪs Simon came to the end of the 80s and into the 90s, he talked about how he was waiting for the next new thing to come along and how from this he discovered the Happy Mondays, a typically English band. He talked about how he spent the summer of 1984 with them and that his favourite INXS song is this one which he feels influenced future Duran Duran songs. Simon talked about how he was in the south of France on a boat and invited Michael Hutchence and Helena Christianson to join them on board. This song takes him back to that time at the Rum Runner when Roger would be polishing glasses, Andy would be in the kitchen cooking a big pot of chili, John would be “pulling chicks” and Nick would be in the DJ booth playing this. Then, on Fridays, it was known as the Bowie / Roxy night, but, in reality, featured wider new wave. Simon reflected on how in Spring 1980 he met a certain band called Duran Duran and how they would rehearse in the afternoons at the Rum Runner. He shared that the song comes from the album Horses and that he would have this as his number one all time album. He and friends wrote graffiti on the walls there and how he remembers above the window was the phrase “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” which happened to be the opening phrase of this song. Simon talked about listening to John Peel on the radio in 1976 and about how he would listen to punk rock with friends in his loft room at home. I think this is something we can all relate to around new music and the joy and excitement it creates! Gloria by Patti Smith Simon talked about how he used to gather around a radio in Pinner Park with a group of about 6 others to listen for Bowie’s new song to be premiered and the feelings associated with this. ![]() This song he said would have him and his brothers jumping around at home. ![]() He talked about music growing up and how his Mum worked in a record store and would bring a mixture of music home from classical through to current pop. ![]() Simon referred this song as a novelty track. Below is the list of songs picked by Simon recently and a summary of the discussions around why that track is special to him. Tracks of My Years is a section in the BBC Radio Two morning program presented by Ken Bruce where each week a celebrity picks 2 tracks each day of pieces of music that means something special to them. ![]()
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