We started the week with songs in praise of the sunshine so it seems fair to end it with a celebration of all things Friday. For most of us it's the end of the week, time to break free from the shackles of nine to five drudgery and partake in that great British pass-time - binge drinking. The weekend stretches ahead of you and the only way to greet it is by heading out and consuming gargantuan amounts of booze, thereby condemning at least the first half of Saturday to a hangover that has its own weather system. To get things started you need a suitable soundtrack (that doesn't include the Black Eyed Peas). Here are five to get the booze juices flowing...
Joey Beltram: Energy Flash
There are a couple of versions of this song on YouTube, including this manically speeded up live mix but I had to post this one in honour of Monkey's appearance about a minute and a half in. Banging monkey techno genius. Lovely.
Sly and the Family Stone: I Want to Take you Higher
Ten minutes of unbridled funk joy and probably the greatest singalong in concert history. So good you might end up missing out on your Friday night as you stay in and watch this over and over.
Arctic Monkeys: The View From the Afternoon
Along with the Streets, the Arctic Monkeys have taken 21st century life in Britain and written songs that explain it more clearly and concisely than any politician or cultural commentator ever could. The View From the Afternoon captures the anticipation you feel as you drag on through the final hours of tedium before you can kill your liver. Makes you want to bounce like a fucker too.
Happy Mondays: Wrote For Luck
Warning: may contain drug, alcohol and dancing references. Few people have documented the joys of hedonism as Shaun Ryder. The lyrics might not make much sense but you just know the majority of the songs were written under the influence and celebrate that fact.
Underworld: Rez
Hearing this for the first time on the legendary Flux Trax album completely changed my view of dance/electronic/whatever you want to call it. I had always been a typically indie teen - band t-shirts and a distrust of anything that wasn't made by pasty blokes with guitars. Rez changed that and I played it so much that when I left for Japan my mum demanded a mix tape that included "that really song that just sounds like lots of loops or something."
Right, Friday lunchtime beckons, may be time to get things started and see how the view from the afternoon looks. Go forth and get battered my good people.
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