9.29°C Keep Colchester Cool invites local faces to share their top ten tracks of all time. There are no rules – some explain their choices, others don’t. Either way, it offers a glimpse into the influences behind some of Colchester’s musical mainstays.
This week it’s guitarist and musician Carl Seager, who over the years has played in bands including Flying Heroes, Steve Linton Band, Cosmology, Bloody Mary, The Witches, Plod, Poke, Dandy Rat And The Footpads, Choko, Front Page News, Harlequin, England’s Pride, Hog Nosed Skunks, The Committed, Richard Dobney Trio, Dibble And Grubb, Brian Lee, Voodoo Sun, Pete Thompson Band, Los Trios Amigos and The Flying Zeroes.
Here are Carl Seager’s top ten tracks.
1. Les Paul & Mary Ford – I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)
“I still have the original 78 which my parents used to play when I was a nipper. It’ll always be my number 1.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWKm9pHLWG8
2. Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
“Again, a favourite of my parents, which fast became a favourite of mine too.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ntCPT9Qp0
3. The Beatles – If I Fell
“Used to sing this in the car with my brother and sisters as a kid. Harmonies to die for.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPKYPI1jjdg
4. The Beach Boys – Heroes And Villains
“Talking harmonies to die for…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H8B43g6NBI
5. Joni Mitchell – Song For Sharon
“Probably one of only two songs which had the power to reduce me to tears.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm3dGPyezIM
6. Janis Ian – At Seventeen
“This is the other one.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypn9oKaO-3E
7. David Bowie – Starman
“Theme song to my teenage freedom.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B5zmDz4vR4
8. Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad (Peter Green era)
“The song that first made me want to pick up a guitar.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HTUah3ivIo
9. AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie
“Just perfect Rock’n’Roll.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKlO0hM-zMw
10. Flying Heroes – Aerodrome
“It never bothered me too much what others thought of my own music, though it was clearly a bonus if they happened to like it. Fact is, I’m proud of this, and it’s what all the previous songs led to for me, so it’s on my top ten playlist. Conceited I know… but there it is.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONz9CyoUg7I
