MacArthur's Park is melting...

I'm beginning to see a trend in the music I properly really like. Apologies for the indulgent nature of this. It's a bit of a study and an audit of what I have and then an examination of the tangential possibilities. And it's working. I'm noting the tunes that come up on shuffle that I go, ahh! as opposed to just nodding along. Take the best song I've had on this morning from the Top 1000 I created last week. It is MacArthur Park by Donna Summer. Lyrically, it is nonsense, but I just adore the camp disco diva drama she brings to it. The pinnacle of the song where the orchestra completes the whole wall of sound is one of those moments where music matters. I now know it was written by "one of the greatest song writers the world has ever known" - Jimmy Webb. Maybe he could be a source of discovery.

Music update

In my top 1000 today my favourite was definitely Tinseltown in the Rain by the Blue Nile from their 1983 debut album A Walk Across The Rooftops - but I have to say that all this talking is only bravado.

An attempt to ease my trouble with music

I've blogged before about my difficulty getting into new music. So many times I've done shuffle on my iPod and been unable to find a run of songs I like. I've now put together a Top 1000 and am going to work through it. Each day I'll reflect on the best of my best - run it into my Last.fm profile - and see what comes up. And if any Marple Leaf readers think of anything let me know.

Today's best: Little Green Isaac by Prefab Sprout from 1984's majestic Swoon (Songs Written Out Of Necessity).