Five Songs You Must Hear... #7

This week I've been digging deep into my dads old LPs and CDs, and his old disco/soul/reggae classics and I've targeted five tracks that for the love of god cannot be ignored. These tracks define the genre they are placed in, and left an enormous influence on artists post-release for years.


#1: Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry


Surely everyone knows this track anyway, however it's definitely the masters' best known song, and one of the most purely written songs of all time. It can brighten up the darkest of days, and it may well be one of Will Smith's favourite songs, unless that's just because it was a film.


#2: Madness - Baggy Trousers

If you're just about to start university and you want to DJ or your already do DJ at you're student union, lets say the nights a bit flat and no body seems to want to dance, just shove this song on. It really is mod madness, and it'll have those filthy freshers week stopouts dancing like crazy gypsies on meth!


#3: Wham! - Club Tropicana


Released way back in 1983, it's still to this day one of the most popular songs produced by the duo. Of course theres something very camp about this song, which may have something to do with it's high chart position in Norway. Now that I've just pissed off an entire nation, lets move on!


#4: Tom Jones - She's A Lady


This post has bordered insanity, cheese and just down right wrong, but this track could not fail to pick u up off your feet. The only problem is, its the perfect track these days for some kind of tampon or thrush advert for women. Its not nice to watch and it just ruins a classic.


#5: Billy Paul - Me & Mrs. Jones


Possibly one of the greatest songs of all time. Released in 1972 it topped the US Billboards for 3 weeks and since then it's been covered by a number of artists, including when Freddie Jackson released it again in 1992. A powerful balled about primarily an affair, so seedy but yet so epic.