I played a set at the lovely Engine Room in North Shields They put on loads of good gigs, and are by far the most interesting place on the fish quay, so I had been keen for ages to play there.
It was Great North Run day! So: afterparty! But: TORRENTIAL RAIN! But: didn't stop me! So: played my smartarse set of vaguely running-themed bangers!
1. Free - I'm A Mover
2. Big Daddy Rucker - You Got Me Movin'
3. Back Street Band - This Ain't The Road
4. Blues Magoos - Slow Down Sundown
5. Freak Power - Running Away
6. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
7. Owen & Leon Silveras - Running Around
8. The Mohawks - The Champ
9. Bobby Womack - I'm A Midnight Mover
10. Gwen Owens - Hit & Run
11. Steppenwolf - Faster Than The Speed Of Life
12. Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry
13. The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
14. Manic Street Preachers - Train In Vain (live)
15. The Stranglers - Walk On By
16. Jr Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner
17. Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before
18. Willie Bobo - Funky Sneakers
19. Charanga 76 - No Nos Pararan (Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now)
20. RL Burnside - Rollin' & Tumblin' (remix, funk lagoon
edit)
21. Finis Tasby - Walk On
22. Cake - The Distance
23. Phoenix - Run Run Run (edit)
24. Sly & The Family Stone - Lady Is A Champ
25. Esther Marrow - Walk Tall
26. Imperial Breed - On The Run
27. Morphine - Cure For Pain
28. Nancy Wallace - Young Hearts Run Free
29. The Limp Twins - Moving Closer To The Sofa
30. Lalo Schifrin - Jim On The Move
31. The Apples - Run This Town
32. Willie Mitchell - The Champion (pt 1)
33. Stranger Cole - Run Joe
34. Johnathan Richmond and The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
35. The Spook School - That's When I Ran Away
36. Phil Wilson - 10 Miles
37. MU330 - Please Don't Run
38. Wat - I'm Walking
39. Dinosaur Jr - Take A Run At The Sun
40. The Wedding Present - Go, Man Go
41. Flo - Go Cat Go
42. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
43. Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me
44. Little Richard - Ready Teddy
45. The Detroit Cobras - Break-a-way
46. The Beatles - Why don't we do it in the road
47. Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
48. Organized Konfusion - Walk Into The Sun
49. The Chemical Brothers - Go (Extended Mix)
50. Les Rythmes Digitales - Jaques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
51. Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
52. Scorpions - No Pain No Gain
53. Bryan Adams - Run To You
54. Bon Jovi - Runaway
55. Queen - Headlong
56. Roy Ayers - Running Away
57. Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run
58. The Contours - The Stretch
59. The MVPs - Turnin' My Heartbeat Up
60. Noisettes - Winner
61. The Go Team - Panther Dash
62. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
63. The Jesus And Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk
64. The Bees - One Glass Of Water
65. The Me Me's - Gotta Get Out This Place
66. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
67. Wonder Boy Travis - She Went Thataway
68. Hayseed Dixie - Walk This Way
69. The Bamboos feat Alice Russell - Step It Up
70. Billy Preston - I'm Coming Through
71. Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun
72. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
73. The Beatles - I'm so tired
74. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run
75. Mark Knopfler - Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
Had a LOVELY time. Hopefully more adventures on the metaphorical wheels of steel soon.