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Six-time snooker world champion Steve Davis OBE is well loved for his mastery of the green baize. But alongside his potting abilities, Steve is also a music nut, a prog-rock head and huge fan of leftfield electronics.
At the height of his snooker powers, he helped bring legendary French prog outfit Magma over to the UK, demonstrating the depth of his fandom for weird and wonderful sounds. Steve now holds down a show on Brentwood’s Phoenix FM and DJed at this year’s Bloc Festival.
The first music I remember hearing was…
I was born in 1957 but the first music I remember hearing wasn’t until 1962. Telstar by The Tornados was everywhere, which befits a song about a satellite. Soon after that I had my first bedroom poster of the Swinging Blue Jeans as Hippy Hippy Shake hit the charts. That was followed in quick succession by Peter Noone, whose tombstone teeth lit up our black and white TV sets as he smiled his way to success, fronting the Herman’s Hermits’ I’m Into Something Good. But the most memorable thing of all was The Doctor Who theme, which was my first exposure to the electrickery of Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The first record I bought was…
Heart of Gold by Neil Young, followed closely by Argent’s Hold Your Head Up. I would have bought both albums but my paper round didn’t pay enough to warrant it so I got the singles instead. My first album was Argent’s In Deep, where I blew the vast majority of my 28p-per-hour Saturday supermarket job in one fell swoop.
The last great record I listened to was…
In my car today as I got to grips with brilliance from Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest Garden Of Delete. Daniel Lopatin is a modern day, computer age Stravinsky!
The song I wish I’d written is…
Currently In Converse by William D. Drake. It’s a thing of beauty as is the whole of his latest album Revere Reach.
The song that makes me want to dance is…
Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop and Crooklyn Clan. I can resist dancing to almost anything but when that hits the speakers my feet start leading me out to the floor. What follows is a gangly mess of Strictly Come Dancing non-potential.
The song that makes me cry is…
Written by Kavus Torabi about the sadness surrounding the poor health of his great friend and leader of Cardiacs, Tim Smith. The track is This Empty Room Once Was Alive from the album Unravelling by the band Knifeworld.
The only song that I know all the words to is…
Snooker Loopy. On the bright side of that rather sad statement, there aren’t many sports stars who can say they were higher in the charts than Madonna, Whitney Houston and Simply Red all at the same time.
The song I want played at my funeral…
Hasn’t been issued yet. It is due to be written in 2050.
At the height of his snooker powers, he helped bring legendary French prog outfit Magma over to the UK, demonstrating the depth of his fandom for weird and wonderful sounds. Steve now holds down a show on Brentwood’s Phoenix FM and DJed at this year’s Bloc Festival.
The first music I remember hearing was…
I was born in 1957 but the first music I remember hearing wasn’t until 1962. Telstar by The Tornados was everywhere, which befits a song about a satellite. Soon after that I had my first bedroom poster of the Swinging Blue Jeans as Hippy Hippy Shake hit the charts. That was followed in quick succession by Peter Noone, whose tombstone teeth lit up our black and white TV sets as he smiled his way to success, fronting the Herman’s Hermits’ I’m Into Something Good. But the most memorable thing of all was The Doctor Who theme, which was my first exposure to the electrickery of Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The first record I bought was…
Heart of Gold by Neil Young, followed closely by Argent’s Hold Your Head Up. I would have bought both albums but my paper round didn’t pay enough to warrant it so I got the singles instead. My first album was Argent’s In Deep, where I blew the vast majority of my 28p-per-hour Saturday supermarket job in one fell swoop.
The last great record I listened to was…
In my car today as I got to grips with brilliance from Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest Garden Of Delete. Daniel Lopatin is a modern day, computer age Stravinsky!
The song I wish I’d written is…
Currently In Converse by William D. Drake. It’s a thing of beauty as is the whole of his latest album Revere Reach.
The song that makes me want to dance is…
Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop and Crooklyn Clan. I can resist dancing to almost anything but when that hits the speakers my feet start leading me out to the floor. What follows is a gangly mess of Strictly Come Dancing non-potential.
The song that makes me cry is…
Written by Kavus Torabi about the sadness surrounding the poor health of his great friend and leader of Cardiacs, Tim Smith. The track is This Empty Room Once Was Alive from the album Unravelling by the band Knifeworld.
The only song that I know all the words to is…
Snooker Loopy. On the bright side of that rather sad statement, there aren’t many sports stars who can say they were higher in the charts than Madonna, Whitney Houston and Simply Red all at the same time.
The song I want played at my funeral…
Hasn’t been issued yet. It is due to be written in 2050.
