Crucial Track for January 25, 2026

"A Day In the Life" by The Beatles

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Pick a song from an artist or band that’s had the biggest impact on your life.

Bowie and Eno have possibly had the biggest impact on my adult life, but when I stand back and think about my whole life, from that perspective, it would have to be the Beatles. My earliest memories include rooting through my parents' vinyl records from the sixties and being fascinated by their music—looking at the sleeves, captivated by the images, then playing the records and being transported to another world. All the bands I've loved and records I've bought, showing the influence of their work. Revisiting their music again and again over the years, finding different things to love, as their songs gradually intertwine with my own life and memories of friendship and loneliness, happiness and sadness. It always seems to come back to the Fab Four.