Ian Shanahan – Quintessentially English (with attitude!)
A Cornishman by birth and from good working-class stock, Ian is someone who embraces life to the full whatever the situation. With a keen eye for detail, the serious and the ridiculous he has a finely honed sense of humour which, in my view, is quintessentially English.
As can be seen below Ian is an inveterate list maker and he uses these to take us on a journey through his life and shows, in a really engaging way, the relationship and importance music and the arts has had in that journey.
His lists have also produced what I think is just a great Playlist spanning 46 songs and over 3 hours of great music. Do try and give it a listen. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hQJzPqpQCdRnmmbqWe6fj?si=0cJ0iil3Rner_Mtava2W0g
The tracks that made Ian’s shortlist, by decade
Top 5 1970
Boomtown Rats, Rat Trap
Madness, One Step Beyond
Frank Sinatra, Theme From New York New York
David Bowie, Life On Mars
The Jam, In The City
Top 5 1980
OMD, Souvenir
The Smiths, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Half Man Half Biscuit, Trumpton Riots
The Stone Roses, She Bangs The Drums
New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle
Top 5 1990
Pulp, Common People
Suede, Animal Nitrate
Blur, Parklife
Radiohead, Let Down
St Etienne, London Belongs to me
Top 5 2000
Eminen, Stan
The Libertines, Can't stand me now
The Streets, Lets Push things forward
Hard Fi, Living for the weekend
Coldplay, Yellow
Top 5 2010
The Twang, Either Way
LaRoux, Bulletproof
Lana Delray, Video Games
Plan B. She Said
Tinie Tempah, Pass Out
And here is another list that covers Movies, TV, Podcasts, Music Overall and Books
Favourite Movies:
1970’s: The Godfather 1&2, Quadrophenia, Star Wars
1980’s: Wall Street, Platoon, American Werewolf In London
1990’s: True Romance, Goodfella’s, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2000’s: Dead Man’s Shoes, Sexy Beast, Control
2010’s: The Wolf of Wall Street, The Social Network, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Favourite TV Shows:
UK 20th Century: The Young Ones, Spitting Image, House Of Cards
UK 21st Century: The Thick of It, The Inbetweeners, Peep Show
US 20th Century: The Sopranos, The West Wing, The Simpsons
US 21st Century: 30 Rock, VEEP, Mad Men
Favourite Podcasts:
Politics: The New Statesman, The Spectator, Private Eye
Economics and business: More or Less, Freakonomics, The Economist
Music: Music Talks (obvs), Disgraceland, Desert Island Disks
True stories: Serial, The Dropout, The Missing Crypto Queen
Wisdom: Revisionist History, Cautionary Tales, Exponential Wisdom
Sport: Totally football show, Test Match Special, Nessun Dorma
Music:
Generally, l Like: Indie, Punk, 2-Tone, New Wave, 80’s Electronica, Reggae, Ska, Motown
Generally, I don’t like: Disco, Funk, Folk, Country, R&B, Rock & Roll, Yacht Rock, World music, Heavy Metal, Prog
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