Sam Leppard
@spleppard.bsky.social
Mainly pop music, but all the other good stuff in life too. Occasional DJ & drummer. Colchester, UK.
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Before we're fully immersed in year-end list season I should put this playlist out into the wild. 1985 favourites, cult classics & big hits. 290 40yr-old bangers. Auto-sorted by popularity.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nY...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nY...
1985 bits
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Before we're fully immersed in year-end list season I should put this playlist out into the wild. 1985 favourites, cult classics & big hits. 290 40yr-old bangers. Auto-sorted by popularity.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nY...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nY...
The harmonica solo on Eurythmics' There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) is so good it made me google who it was playing as it is 100% the best thing about that (very decent) song. Delighted to discover that it's Stevie Wonder - apparently 'famously so', but it's news to me.
September 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The harmonica solo on Eurythmics' There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) is so good it made me google who it was playing as it is 100% the best thing about that (very decent) song. Delighted to discover that it's Stevie Wonder - apparently 'famously so', but it's news to me.
My hot Weezer take is that 2021's OK Human is every bit as brutally honest, open and for-all-its-flaws-relatable as Pinkerton, except Rivers is no longer an angst-ridden 20-something rockstar, but now a slightly bored middle-aged rich dude stuck in his nice house with his family during a pandemic.
September 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
My hot Weezer take is that 2021's OK Human is every bit as brutally honest, open and for-all-its-flaws-relatable as Pinkerton, except Rivers is no longer an angst-ridden 20-something rockstar, but now a slightly bored middle-aged rich dude stuck in his nice house with his family during a pandemic.
Just listening to Deserter's Songs. Mildly intrigued to discover both Levon Helm and Garth Hudson from The Band make cameos on two different songs. Helm drums on album highlight, Opus 40. That's it. Your obscure music trivia for today. You're welcome.
open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOh...
open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOh...
Deserter's Songs (Remastered)
Mercury Rev · Album · 1998 · 11 songs
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August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just listening to Deserter's Songs. Mildly intrigued to discover both Levon Helm and Garth Hudson from The Band make cameos on two different songs. Helm drums on album highlight, Opus 40. That's it. Your obscure music trivia for today. You're welcome.
open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOh...
open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOh...
YES. Today was the day.
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July 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
YES. Today was the day.
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Just heard this for the first time. The 1986 B-side that forms the basis of Buffalo Stance. The A-side is Pete Waterman produced pop with a Naomi Campbell cameo in the video. 'The Wild Bunch', responsible for this remix, go on to form Massive Attack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcN...
- MORGAN McVEY 'Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch' NENEH CHERRY
YouTube video by mrssleaze
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July 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just heard this for the first time. The 1986 B-side that forms the basis of Buffalo Stance. The A-side is Pete Waterman produced pop with a Naomi Campbell cameo in the video. 'The Wild Bunch', responsible for this remix, go on to form Massive Attack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcN...
Top albums from June.
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Top albums from June.
My occasional series of overly long playlists focussed on a single year has reached 1975. It's lengthy, but non-completist (eg. no BoRhap). If I wasn't enjoying it in 2025 it didn't make the cut. Tried not to go too hard on the dad-energy, but it's 1975. WAYGD?
open.spotify.com/playlist/4d5...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4d5...
What's Going On, 1975?
Playlist · Sam Leppard · 305 items
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June 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My occasional series of overly long playlists focussed on a single year has reached 1975. It's lengthy, but non-completist (eg. no BoRhap). If I wasn't enjoying it in 2025 it didn't make the cut. Tried not to go too hard on the dad-energy, but it's 1975. WAYGD?
open.spotify.com/playlist/4d5...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4d5...
Whilst drunk, I jumped over a fence with an unknown-to-me large drop on the other side. I was fine. So five minutes later I demonstrated to my friends what I’d done by doing it again. I was not fine.
What's the stupidest way you've hurt yourself?
Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.
Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.
May 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Whilst drunk, I jumped over a fence with an unknown-to-me large drop on the other side. I was fine. So five minutes later I demonstrated to my friends what I’d done by doing it again. I was not fine.
New BCNR album is a good’un. Fun fact: I HATED all the advance singles, but they somehow work here, and the resulting suspicion that there’s some kind of black magic at work here makes me love it all the more.
open.spotify.com/album/5FjaEW...
open.spotify.com/album/5FjaEW...
Forever Howlong
Black Country, New Road · Album · 2025 · 11 songs
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April 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New BCNR album is a good’un. Fun fact: I HATED all the advance singles, but they somehow work here, and the resulting suspicion that there’s some kind of black magic at work here makes me love it all the more.
open.spotify.com/album/5FjaEW...
open.spotify.com/album/5FjaEW...
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
sun's out. might have a lunchtime beer.
April 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
sun's out. might have a lunchtime beer.
Been enjoying Something To Fall Back On all week so jumped into the album this morning. It’s all Todd’s voice! The songs themselves are maybe done a disservice by the concept. But that itself makes it interesting enough to warrant more listens. A fun one.
open.spotify.com/album/3OcSfy...
open.spotify.com/album/3OcSfy...
A Cappella
Todd Rundgren · Album · 1985 · 10 songs
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March 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Been enjoying Something To Fall Back On all week so jumped into the album this morning. It’s all Todd’s voice! The songs themselves are maybe done a disservice by the concept. But that itself makes it interesting enough to warrant more listens. A fun one.
open.spotify.com/album/3OcSfy...
open.spotify.com/album/3OcSfy...
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“Lynne. 11.30am. 24th February. I’m entering the town of Twin Peaks.”
February 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“Lynne. 11.30am. 24th February. I’m entering the town of Twin Peaks.”
A long playlist of all the good music I heard last year (one song per artist). Late, because it needed a month (some might say more) of extensive editing to make it manageable. You'd be a fool to try to listen to it all, but you might find some gems if you dip in.
open.spotify.com/playlist/7y5...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7y5...
2024 EVERYTHING
Playlist · Sam Leppard · 457 items
open.spotify.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A long playlist of all the good music I heard last year (one song per artist). Late, because it needed a month (some might say more) of extensive editing to make it manageable. You'd be a fool to try to listen to it all, but you might find some gems if you dip in.
open.spotify.com/playlist/7y5...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7y5...
I know no-one likes this album but IMHO it’s Mitski’s best. Is it so wrong to be a fan of choruses?
January 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I know no-one likes this album but IMHO it’s Mitski’s best. Is it so wrong to be a fan of choruses?
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Increasingly it feels like the only way to think about algorithmic media is that it’s a game normal people don’t even know they’re playing
January 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Increasingly it feels like the only way to think about algorithmic media is that it’s a game normal people don’t even know they’re playing
Finished 2024 with a particularly excellent DJ gig in Colchester Arts Centre. That was a lot of fun.
January 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Finished 2024 with a particularly excellent DJ gig in Colchester Arts Centre. That was a lot of fun.
This band suffers from the exact opposite issue.
December 29, 2024 at 11:38 PM
This band suffers from the exact opposite issue.
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THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED!
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
December 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED!
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
part 1, 50-26
50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise"
49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset?
48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs
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Watched a Christmassy Ted and remembered this pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was on the cover of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Watched a Christmassy Ted and remembered this pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was on the cover of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".
Has the Cindy Lee album been removed from Spotify already?
December 21, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Has the Cindy Lee album been removed from Spotify already?
Enjoying this article. A window into some sort of parallel universe where I have no idea what's going on. Did a search for these trends on Spotify though, and i'm quite looking forward to getting stuck into some Whimsigoth and Frutiger Aero tunes.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Cutesy goths and McMansions: the viral 2024 trends you didn’t know about
This year’s TikTok microtrends drew on mid-2000s screensavers and Tuscan kitchens, romanticizing (supposedly) better days
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Enjoying this article. A window into some sort of parallel universe where I have no idea what's going on. Did a search for these trends on Spotify though, and i'm quite looking forward to getting stuck into some Whimsigoth and Frutiger Aero tunes.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Better than getting it in one.
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