David Bowie - Young Americans
Having the world's largest Bowie fan as a dad, this was impossible to avoid. While usually yelled at my dad to turn it off 24/7 as that was how often Bowie was played, my sister and I loved this song because we could expertly mime to the drums and keyboard at the beginning. I also grew to love this song more when I became able to understand and appreciate the lyrics.
Young Teens
Blondie - Call Me
Seeing Blondie live in year 9 is still one of my most memorable moments. Debbie Harry was late on stage and so my friends and I decided to go to the toilet. Suddenly we heard Debbie Harry's voice and the first chords of this song and ran back through Hampstead Heath (it was a Kenwood picnic concert) at lightening speed.
Another time, I was listening and singing to this song with my friends at a bus stop. As the chorus came on and the voice that came out of me is something that my friends still haven't let me live down.
Now
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Spasticus Autisticus
My love of Ian Dury started after I was burnt a CD. I still think he is absolutely hilarious and it was so hard to pick a single song! However I chose this one because it took my a while to understand the lyrics. I eventually learned that this song was written after he became angry, being a polio sufferer himself, at the International Year of Disabled Persons , which he considered to be very patronizing. He even considered naming the band Spastic and the Autistics. The song was originally banned for being offensive, however I was very pleased to hear this song performed at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and love how really great music can be used to make a point.
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