24 hours of Music

This post inspired by the article written by Elvis Costello..in Nov's Vanity Fair.

5am Who in gods name is up at this hour? Certainly not me..but if its necessary to wake up at this ungodly hour...you need something soothing yet uplifting...Uplifting enough to drag your butt from the bed. I recommend the film score for Black Beauty...music done by the evertalented Danny Elfman..it may inspire you to snuggle up with your bed mate and perhaps catch some morning lovin....

6am..Are you done shagging yet? That's good cos you need to get your sorry ass out of bed and start your day in earnest..while still being calm enough not to disturb anyone else in the house ..cos some people aren't up yet...I reccommend Lisa Stansfield's Real Love cd..if 'Change' and 'Symptoms of Loneliness and Heartache' can't get you moving you are truely hopeless...

7am...Rush hour traffic music..For those of you unlucky bastards that have to be on the road to work...You might want to find some happy music to listen too. 7am is entirely too early for road rage..Happy music is often hard to come by..without bringing nausea into the equation. Erasure is the only hope for the hour long commute...I reccommend the Cowboy cd..very bouncy and happy..and guaranteed to get you up and peppy...

8am..Breakfast time for those house dwellers...So as you guys make your way to the table for your coffee slip U2s Joshua Tree in the player...'Where the Streets Have No Name' and 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' are some lovely songs to ease you into your routine...and in my case..where are my car keys anyway?

9am Ok..move away from morning talk shows..they will rot your brain. It's time to do some house work. Mr. Costello suggests some Hoover Dancing to Madonna's Ray of Light cd..but for me..that's just not good cleaning music...A few to many thoughtful techno Maddy moments there...so I would say..break out the Hoover and dance to Cher's Believe cd..much more amusing..and you can really dance and dust to everything on that cd...The house will be spic an span in no time...

10am..Time to pay some bills...and what better way to kiss goodbye to your hard earned cash then to break out Matchbox Twenty's Mad Season cd...Sing If You're Gone to all your hard earned money..It helps that Bent is a good song..to get you singing..and while your singing you'll forget you are broke now!!!

11am The Whose Line Hour...here on the east coast..So my suggestion will be something that won't distract you from the lovely Improvers on the telly...So if you are viewing Whose Line..I would suggest having Andrew Lloyd Webber's Variations playing in the background...Great music...would be interesting to see Mr. Proops and co. try to do some improvisational dance to that one.

Noon...Time for Lunch!!! or a wake up call for any lazy people that can't seem to haul ass in the morning!!! This is the perfect time to get out some fun obnoxious music...Like Def Leppard's Hysteria..It's time to Pour Some Sugar on Me...or perhaps just in your tea...then you can get...Animal..and wreck havoc..with Armeggedon It..a fun filled hour I have to say...

1pm lunch is over we are now moving slowly into the afternoon and what a better way to slide into the afternoon than with some exercises..and to get us in the mood..there is only one cd you can play..Olivia Newton John's Physical..It'll take you from the warm up to the cool down...and everywhere else....Let's get Physical...physical!!!

2pm Declan seems to think that the 2 o'clock hour is chill out time...Hey..you gotta throw it in there at some point...right? So 2pm is it..a few possibilities here if you really want to get lost from the cares of the world...Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition..If that doesn't relax you..another Elfscore might..I rather enjoy the score for A Simple Plan...or the New Age album Songs of Sanctuary by Adiemus..you'll be so chilled out afterwards..you'll have drool down your chin.

3pm Wipe the drool from your chin..It's time to come back into the real world again...I don't care what anyone says you can only drool on yourself for one hour at a time..so come back into reality with some Cheap Trick. Nothing can drag you back to the world as much as Rick Nielson's guitars..Surrender...Surrender..but don't give yourself away...It's all all right..It's all all right...

4pm The work day is winding down...for some..But by now..you're thinking of nothing but getting the hell out of work...so what better way to get ready for clocking out than some angst-ridden Elvis Costello..Yes..I'm thinking you should try My Aim Is True..If the working week doesn't welcome you..at least you know that it's all Less than Zero...

5pm Road rage and the ride home!!! Before you try to run over the guy in front of you that refuses to move when the light turns green..I suggest you put some Boingo in the cd player in your car....the 94 Boingo cd works just fine for getting rid of road rage..turn the volume way up..and play Insanity! If that doesn't scare the fuck out of the guy in the next car I don't know what will...and hey..you can pass him and get home faster!!!

6pm time to get ready for your evening..perhaps it's just a night at home..perhaps it a night out...but either way..put on some Duran Duran...for a night out...try Notorious..it'll get you ready to dance the night away....if your sticking it out at home..I'd put on Big Thing..and chill to Palomino and Land...after all the night is young....

7pm..Ok..so you've decided to leave the house...Good on you kidlet! You've acquired a life...but until you get to the club or bar of choice..you need to set the mood..In your car...For the club kid in you..I suggest you pull out Depeche Mode's Violator CD or if you prefer your music to be a trifle more interesting try David Bowie's cd Outside...Heart's Filthy Lesson will definitely get you moving..and so will Halo Spaceboy!

8pm..Are you travelling from club to club? Hell who isn't if it's Friday or Saturday..If this is what you are doing..you definitley don't want to lose your club buzz...Too keep yourself energised slip the Pet Shop Boys Very into the cd player...This will definitely keep you pumping til you get to the next club or bar...

9pm..Ok..providing you don't have a bedmate waiting for you at home you might be looking for someone to decorate your arm and your bed ...Well now you better get yourself into the mood to be romantic...I suggest Sting's Brand New Day cd..to get yourself in a mood for love...Desert Rose usually does that for me..

10pm..Ah..I see you've not had any luck..and it's only 10pm..What..you're calling it a night and heading home..You are such a wus!! Settle back into your apartment with some lovely music from the musical Phantom of the Opera...this will work nicely since you don't have a snuggle bunny...but if you do make them listen anyway...because for Music of the Night alone...it will be worth it..

11pm..You have a bottle of wine out..and your drinking it down..maybe alone..maybe not..I'm not a voyeur..I'm not there with you..You've got the warm fuzzies now..and life can't be better...slip some Basia into the cd player London Warsaw New York..is a good choice..or even Brave New Hope...If that doesn't set a comfortable mood with her jazzy vocals..I'd go for Julia Fordham's Porcelain cd..Nice mood enhancing music..

Midnight..That Day is Done...and perhaps you want to hear that particuliar song...So slip Flowers in the Dirt by Paul McCartney in your cd player...If your snuggle bunny is with you make sure you play 'This One' at least once..for a giggle listen to Paul and Elvis Costello duet on You Want Her Too

1am ...I'm tired I don't know about you...These all nighters can be tiresome without intervenous caffeine injections...As you start to wind down..find Sarah Brightman's cd Dive...maybe the kinky lyrics..of The Second Element will inspire you...or the person with you..If not relax to the lovely Captain Nemo...it won't disappoint...

2am.Why are we still awake..you ask yourself...Because we've committed ourselves to listening to 24 hours of music...and we now need to be committed..There's no more romance to be found..and you are starting to be giddy from lack of sleep..there is only one kind of music that will keep you up..a little bit of techno..or techno/pop..The Shamen are a good choice..Axis Mutatis..is my favorite..Destination Eshaton will give you a small burst of energy to last 2 more hours...

3am...Michael Ball has slipped into the cd player and he's crooning some lovely theatre songs..Easy Terms from Blood Brothers..sticks in your mind as does the wonderful Love Changes Everything. You start to wonder why you don't go to the theatre much anymore...Ah...that depresses you...

4am..At last 24 hours are passing your eyes are closing..yet your stereo plays on..you are lulled into sleep by the lovely strains of the film score to Edward Scissorhands..you fight the urge to sleep..but there is nothing you can do..you drift off to dreams of Ice Sculptures and Avon ladies...