Soundtrack of my life: 2006 – Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)

This is another tough one. In the year I attended my first World Cup, you’d have thought a song from that period would have stood out. But no, not really. Hips Don’t Lie just doesn’t really cut it… Crazy does stand out as something I listened...

Soundtrack of my life: 2005 – Dakota (Stereophonics)

The Stereophonics are back on my soundtrack after a short, one year, absence thanks to this great track. Why is it great? Because it was the last song to be cut before I finally settled on my wedding song. Well, that’s one very main reason. It also happens to be...

Soundtrack of my life: 2004 – In The Shadows (The Rasmus)

Damn, 2004 was a tough year to find a decent song. Many of the best songs that charted in ’04 were actually released in ’03. So I’m having the same dilemma now as I did back in the 1990s. That’s easily solved – I’m going to cheat a...

Soundtrack of my life: 2003 – Maybe Tomorrow (Stereophonics)

As great a tune as this is, and it is really great, it’s extra meaningful to me as the sentiment expressed in the very title could be the definition of my life. Until recently (hopefully) at any rate. You know…don’t do today what you can put off...

Soundtrack of my life: 2002 – Escape (Enrique Iglesias)

This choice is completely egregious and self-obsessed… Look, it’s a decent pop song and the pretty boy can sing. But the the music video contains a certain ex-(sort of) tennis player. And that’s why I like it. Simple. Here’s the Wikipedia...

Soundtrack of my life: 2001 – Island In The Sun (Weezer)

This is the song I chose for my wedding. Yes, I was trusted with that one thing, which was a big call by Jean given my decidedly ’80s taste in music. Our wedding took place in Vanuatu so, logically, I thought I couldn’t screw my bit up by choosing a song...