Good morning everyone and welcome to the final Track of the Day for 2025 !!! I originally had another hoddle planned for today, but a TOTD felt a more appropriate way to end the year.
And if you haven’t
downloaded the TOTD playlist yet, then what the heck are you doing? Here it is – take it !
When I was deciding how to close out the year, my thoughts first took me to Todd Rundgren, but I realised I had recently featured Just One Victory as a TOTD.
And that’s all good, because it allows me to select a far more personal way to close out the year.
There was a time when I worked the night shift where none of my coworkers wanted to go out and celebrate New Year’s, so I wondered what to do. I thought for a little bit and decided to spin Abbey Road on my turntable and to time it so that it matched with 00:00 on the clock (I think this was in 2019).
There was a part of me that found it very funny to potentially end the year on Octopus’s Garden or Mean Mr Mustard. Instead the vinyl spun past those two and I closed out (and began the following year) with Golden Slumbers, which is about two-thirds into the medley on Side 2.
That became a bit of a tradition for me on New Year’s. For me, there was something so cleansing about listening to the Abbey Road medley to close out the old year and begin the new.
And maybe it was the following year – where the Covid-fuelled 2020 gave way to 2021 – that really sealed this album for me as a way to wash over the old year.
So, for today’s TOTD, I want to bring to you the medley that has meant so much to me over the last five years.
I wish you all a safe and celebratory New Year’s Eve, and a joyous 2026. And, don’t you worry, the hoddle will be here when the calendar flicks over to the next page.
– fitzie
Fitzie’s track of the day: You Never Give Me Your Money / Sun King / Mean Mr Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through the Bathroom Window / Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End, by The Beatles
And now for your links:
The Athletic ($$): “Tottenham’s 2025: A trophy, turmoil and a horrible home record”
Sami Mokbel: “Johnson to decide future after Palace deal agreed”
