Music

As clichéd as it will sound, I think music is very important and it has really influenced my life. You can guarantee if there is an important event in my life then there is a song that is in someway linked to it.

I have always been a big fan of popular culture and popular music. Being a child of the 80's I consider to have grown up in the best era.

As one review of "Prince: The Greatest Hits" stated - "the 80's was a time when great artists were picked by God and not Nasty Nigel". There are only a few remaining great talents in the popular music world and I am a big fan of Prince, Janet, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, ATB and Jamiroquai.

Find out my views on my favourite artists/musical styles from the list below:

• Janet.
• Prince
• Pet Shop Boys

Here are my all important personal top twenty (if you have access to iTunes, click on the link next to the track to hear a snippet):

My Top Twenty Songs
1	Sometimes It Snows In April	Prince (Under The Cherry Moon)
2	Got 'til It's Gone	Janet. (The Velvet Rope)
3	Raspberry Beret	Prince (Around The World In A Day)
4	Being Boring	Pet Shop Boys (Behaviour)
5	Unfinished Sympathy	Massive Attack
6	Smoke	Natalie Imbruglia (Left Of The Middle)
7	Old Friends 4 Sale	Prince (The Vaults)
8	Disappointed	Electronic
9	Black & White x5	Bill Conti (The Thomas Crown Affair OST (1999))
10	Manchild	Neneh Cherry
11	In Denial	Pet Shop Boys w Kylie Minogue (Nightlife)
12	One Nite Alone	Prince (One Nite Alone)
13	If I Could Be Your Star	PM Dawn (Dearest Christian Son...)
14	Ordinary World	Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
15	My Baby	Janet. (Damita Jo)
16	Again	Lenny Kravitz (Greatest Hits)
17	That's The Way Love Goes	Janet. (Janet.)
18	Here's Where The Story Ends	Tin Tin Out (Eleven To Fly)
19	Could This Be Love	Janet. (Unreleased)
20	Destiny	Zero 7

As you can see this is quite a varied bunch that spans a wealth of tastes and periods. You may criticise but I know what I like!