1. Somebody To You – The Vamps, Demi Lovato – Did this break Stateside? it sounds like the Lumineers meets 1D in the best way imaginable, a ridiculously catchy hook laden chorus built for singing along to; stomp your feet and join in. It must have broken here.. but nope, it stiffed – A-
2. Steal My Girl – One Direction – Did this stiff as well? It peaked at #13… somewhat disastrously, maybe the upcoming video will help – A-
3. Patriotic Class War Song- Dick Destiny – Tuneful folk rock as punk avatar protest music channels “Cottonfields Back Home” and everybody comes out the better for it – A
4. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran – Ed’s great love ballad – A
5. Something Else – Sid Vicious – Snot faced rock and roll cover though he still doesn’t get the ’59; is that Jerry Nolan on drums? – B+
6. Chinese Rocks – Johnny & The Heartbreakers – Junkiedom has never been more romantic or less rewarding, “all my best things are in hock” – A
7. Morning Has Broken – The English Christian Hymnal – Words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as “Bunessan”. Eleanor was a popular children’s writer in the first half of the 20th century and the poem is actually called “A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring)”. She is now immortal – A
8. Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens – Stevens rearranges it for piano and acoustic guitar – A
9. Shook Down – The Shapeshifter Ensemble – A song Doncker returns to all the time – B+
10. Have A Talk with God – Stevie Wonder – Knockout Gospel funk – A-
