Getting old? What are the songs that might
soothe him as he passes his sell-by date?
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Thanks for last week's enthusiastic reponse, New York-lovers. I never realised how many regulars actually lived there. I hope the final playlist does it for them in particular. I'm still reeling from the novelty of enjoying a They Might Be Giants song. By the way, did anyone else find the last-minute rush of support from Thea Gilmore fans a little suspicious? Have we been street-teamed?
Now strap yourself down lest the excitement of what I'm about to say physically blast you out of your seat. Next Friday, Readers recommend will be one year old. Yes, I know, I know. It is exciting, isn't it? Attempts to make the occasion a national holiday having failed, we'll have to settle for a list of songs on the theme of growing older. That means anything from the fading of childhood to death's-door reflections. We've already had Johnny Cash's Hurt, Sinatra's September Song, St Etienne's Teenage Winter and the Notorious BIG's Things Done Changed in earlier playlists but the topic's pretty wide open.
Fourfoot's highly diverting list of who suggested what will be posted on the site next Friday.
Deadline for recommendations is midnight Sunday. The archive of previous columns is accessible here, and you can also see an A-Z of every single song that has appeared in the weekly playlists.
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