2018 – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a royal wedding. The “Beast from the East” hits the UK, causing huge disruptions to business and travel (I, for example, was stuck at home and couldn’t make it to school). Sergei Skripal and his daugher Yulia are poisoned in Salisbury by novichok. Stephen Hawking, one ofContinue reading “2018: The Year In Music”
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2017: The Year In Music
2017 – Britain triggers Article 50, finalizing Brexit. Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. Macron is elected President of France. The Manchester Arena bombing kills twenty-two. The Grenfell Tower fire kills seventy-two. The Las Vegas shooting kills fifty-eight. An overwhelmingly despairing year for news … so can the music make usContinue reading “2017: The Year In Music”
2015: The Year In Music
2015 – The Charlie Hebdo Offices are attacked in Paris, killing twelve people. Jeremy Clarkson punches a Top Gear producer and is fired. David Cameron’s Conservatives win the UK General Election, no longer needing a coalition with the Lib Dems. Sepp Blatter resigns from FIFA. Facebook passes a billion users. VW recalls 482,000 diesel carsContinue reading “2015: The Year In Music”
Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits – Every Track Ranked
If I’ve learnt anything in my life, it’s that you don’t need to write a good song for it to become a hit. I decided to rank the Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits (as of January 2023, when I began this colossal undertaking) based on my personal tastes – this will definitely annoy aContinue reading “Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits – Every Track Ranked”
Every Grammy “Song of the Year” Ranked
The 2022 Grammys have been and gone, and that got me wondering – is music nowadays just objectively bad, or am I being too harsh? To test that theory, I went back and listened to every “Song of the Year” winner since its inception in 1959 … and it turns out the quality has prettyContinue reading “Every Grammy “Song of the Year” Ranked”
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