… a time of equalibrium and balance, that transitional time between winter and spring, when the length of our days match that of our nights. We set our Yin in harmony with our Yang. Our tongue sat firmly in its groove & either underground, overground, ground level or straight down the middle we came together & met halfway. We can definitely say we got the balance right. I can’t decide whether the love and hate was the icing on the cake, or if that was the ice cream?
Our friend Mark suggested the “balance” theme and Ann suggested the “indulgent” bit after I told her it had been out 33rd anniversary the week before. So thank you to you both for setting the theme rolling and joining in with an evening filled with songs about evenness, yin/yang, black/white, day/night, sunshine/shade, love/hate, 50:50, half, the middle.
- Don Pullen – Andre’s Ups and Downs
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – only love can conquer hate
- Lee Wiley – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- Stan Kenton – Half a Heart
- Muppet Songs: Robin the Frog – Halfway Down the Stairs
- Herman’s Hermits – Years May Come Years May Go
- Django Reinhardt – Black And White
- Fred Astaire – Night And Day
- Nightmares On Wax – Fire In The Middle
- Oasis – Half The World Away
- The Slits – Spend, Spend, Spend
- Space – Me & You vs. The World
- The Buzzcocks – Harmony In My Head
- Glasvegas – Ice Cream Van
- Stereo MC’s – Ground Level
- Hot Chip – Over & Over
- Heaven 17 – Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
- Depeche Mode – Master And Servant
- Elvis Costello – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
- Dusty Springfield – In The Middle Of Nowhere
- The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
- The Troggs – Love Is All Around
- The Wombles – The Wombling Song
- The Beatles – Come Together
- The Beloved – Sweet Harmony
- Vengaboys – Up & Down
- Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
- Soul II Soul Feat. Caron Wheeler – Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
- The Pioneers – Black And White
- Junior Murvin – Police & Thieves
- Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
- Billy Fury – Halfway to Paradise
- Splodgenessabounds – Two Pints Of Lager & A Bag Of Crisps Please
- The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
- Mott the Hoople – Roll away the stone
- Monie Love – Monie in the Middle
- Sugababes – Round Round
- Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep, Mountain High
- The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
- Metronomy – Salted Caramel Ice Cream
- The Levellers – What a Beautiful Day
- Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
- 4The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
- Prince & The New Power Generation – Cream
- Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy – Icing On the Cake
- shirley bassey – Big Spender
- David Grant – Stop And Go
- The Cure – In Between Days
- Sleeper – Inbetweener
- Blur – Girls And Boys
- Visage – Night Train
- Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right
- Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
- The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
- HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – JOY DIVISION OVEN GLOVES
- Doves – Black And White Town
- Unit 4 + 2 – Concrete And Clay
- Matt Bianco – Half a Minute
- Noonday Underground – Spinning All Around
- Eartha Kitt – Just An Old Fashioned Girl
- Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
- Erasure – Love To Hate You
- Adam & The Ants – Prince Charming
- Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
- Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
- The Smiths – Panic
Club 30-80 