Songs to mow by

Songs to mow by

Friday, January 12 2007 13:45:36 by Editor

Inspired by the wildlife's natural soundtrack in her garden, Gardeners' World presenter and head gardener at Berryfields Alys Fowler has made a list of the best songs to mow by.

Many people will have a specific collection of songs which they like to perform household chores to, such as the ironing, cooking or cleaning, so it would seem perfectly logical for this green-fingered lady to come up with a gardening alternative.

Ms Fowler stated that she often enjoyed listening to BBC Radio 4 when doing gentle, therapeutic jobs around the garden, as she finds that "a morning spent with Andrew Marr or Melvyn Bragg seems like such a pleasant way to live: fresh air, lots of plants and some of the best free, intellectual company around".

But for the more taxing jobs like mowing, pop music helps her to get the chore done quicker.

"For mowing, I've become addicted to Hot Chip, their electro-pop seems made for the mower. It has a good repetitious beat that's just fast enough to get you flying across the lawn," she said.

"Their song 'Over and Over' contains the perfect grass cutting lyrics: 'Over and over and over and over and over/Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal/The joy of repetition really is in you.' Couldn't have put it better myself."

Ms Fowler also recommends James Yorkston's The Year of the Leopard for raking up leaves and the Beatles' Love album for any other task as the bird noises on tracks Yesterday and Blackbird make it "a triumph of an album and it makes me feel less guilty about not listening to my own birds".

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