The first single I bought
I remember seeking out Long Haired Lover from Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond when I was six. I bought it from Rumbelows on Northwich High Street \u2013 it sold washing machines, TVs, blenders and the Top 40 7-inch singles at the back.<\/p>\n
The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
I\u2019ve long been obsessed by Steve Ignorant from Crass. I\u2019ve had various stalls at record markets over the years, and at one, this guy came up and said: \u201cDo you really know the lyrics to all Crass songs?\u201d He tried to catch me out by singing Do They Owe Us a Living?, but I knew them from start to finish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The first song I fell in love with
I heard My Girl by Madness at Anne\u2019s Cake Shop when I was 12 or 13. The romantic cascading piano stuck in my mind almost as much as the fantastic cream cakes.<\/p>\n
The song I can no longer listen to
I go through phases of getting tired of things, after listening to them too many times on repeat. Even though I think they are both geniuses, I can\u2019t listen to Move on Up by Curtis Mayfield or Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan for that exact reason.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The best song to play at a party The song I secretly like, but tell everybody I hate The song that changed my life The song that makes me cry The song I\u2019d like played at my funeral The best song to have sex to
I\u2019ve always been obsessed by Madonna; I love Deeper and Deeper, which is also the title of a song on the latest Charlatans<\/a> album. It references The Perfect Kiss by New Order and Hand in Glove by the Smiths.<\/p>\n
I like to give everything the benefit of the doubt. There\u2019s no embarrassment in liking SOS by Abba.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Blue Monday wasn\u2019t the first New Order song I knew, but when I first heard it when I was 16, it sounded like it was from the future and made me think that anything was possible. New Order became my favourite band and I became a New Order groupie.<\/p>\n
Wasn\u2019t Born to Follow by Carole King.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There Goes a Tenner wasn\u2019t one of Kate Bush\u2019s biggest singles, but it sounds great driving around, singing my head off. I\u2019ll have that, so everyone can sing their head off in my honour.<\/p>\n
Discipline by Throbbing Gristle.<\/p>\n