Song six on the countdown was released 30 years ago but thanks to YouTube, this year I experienced the song in a new way. I used to listen to PiL on my walkman and I always felt energized. Sometimes I even danced around when I heard it. But it never occurred to me that groups of young people would be going wild about it on American Banstand.
John Lydon sure did know how to activate a crowd and watching him in action makes it worth bringing this song out of the vault.
Buy Careering by Public Image Limited on iTunes.
Watch on YouTube video
Here are the results of the countdown so far:
#6 - Careering by Public Image Ltd.
#7 - One Tribe by Black Eyed Peas
#8 - Fight Riff by Eula.
Come back tomorrow to see what song #5 is.
Between Christmas Eve and New Years Eve I will post my top eight favorite songs of the year. These tunes were selected from the 51 songs of the week that were submitted by Michael Zampelli during 2009.
Stay tuned because very soon I will release Songs to Galvanize Your Mind - A List of Songs for Strong Minds with and a Strong Purpose.
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