‘Unchained Melody makes me want to live out my Swayze fantasies’: Gary Jarman’s honest playlist

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:00:13 GMT

The Cribs man had a youthful Bee Gees obsession and loves one particular 80s power ballad. But which song does he say is too rude for his funeral?The first song I fell in love with Only You by the Flying Pickets – at least according to my mother, who says [my twin brother and bandmate] Ryan and I would sing along to it on the Christmas Top of the Pops. We now use it as our walk-on song and it makes my mum quite emotional.The first single I bought Somewhere in My Heart by Aztec Camera, from Boots in Wakefield in 1988, after hearing it at the disco on a holiday at Pontins in Morecambe. Continue reading...

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