the first song du jour of 2011 and unfortunately it is with a sad and heavy heart. just found out from @moogc that gerry rafferty has died today. the singer songwriter famous for his stealers wheel super group with joe egan and his solo work passed away after a long illness. click
here for the full story at the guardian.co.uk.
tough call between this track and baker street but i went with my heart. this track found a new found fame underpinning the scene when michael madson fails (epically) to teach safe shaving techniques to a frightened policeman in the tarantino classic "reservoir dogs". complete overkill on the aftershave there too michael. however, for me this song will always bring to mind much less violent times like playing lego on the kitchen floor while my mum made dinner or dancing around the lounge like a nutter high on e numbers. happy days i'll never forget. i shouldn't; it was only last week.
so with that in mind my song du jour is "stuck in the middle with you" from the eponymous debut album "stealers wheel".