@dsparksDave Sparks
Creator of Mumubl, sharing various songs I've loved from my past - big famous classics, little quirky unknowns, anything that I enjoyed once upon a time.
The curse of the successful working class raconteur
Arctic Monkeys | When the sun goes down
25 March 2021
There’s a great relatability in a working class person singing songs about their hometown. [...]
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Emotion in the guitar strings
José González | Save Your Day
12 October 2015
I remember over the years many people who have commented about listening to downbeat music, [...]
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I’d like a riff please, big and fat
Reef | Naked
30 October 2014
In the not too distant past Radio 2 compiled a list of the top 100 guitar riffs. [...]
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It’s so goddam literal
Ben Folds | Hiroshima (B B B Benny hit his head)
1 August 2014
I have a long love affair with Ben Fold’s music but Way to normal [...]
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Halfway round the world
Matchbox Twenty | How far we've come
30 June 2014
I’m sure I’ve said before on here but the power of music to [...]
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I remember seeing someone dressed in a suit
Gomez | Whippin' Picadilly
6 May 2014
There are many firsts through your life that you can probably remember, first gig is [...]
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Who’s generation?
The Who | My Generation
13 January 2014
I think my first introduction to this song was via the Greenday cover version, possibly [...]
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All the girlies say…..
The Offspring | Pretty fly (for a white guy)
3 December 2013
I’m pretty sure as a result of this song there’s a generation of [...]
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For me the definition of “one hit wonder”
Chesney Hawkes | The One and Only
1 August 2013
When somebody uses the phrase “one hit wonder” I imagine everyone has a certain track [...]
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It just screams you’re going to enjoy this
Kings of Leon | Red Morning Light
28 May 2013
Apparently listening to albums is a dying thing, people don’t do it so much [...]
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Not quite the target audience but I really enjoy this song
Lenny Kravitz | Mr Cab Driver
14 April 2013
For many years Lenny Kravitz was similar to so many other acts, I was aware [...]
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Pretty little hype machine
The Strokes | Last Nite
25 February 2013
Back in the long gone days of 2001 I kept up regularly with the music press, [...]
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