Michael Nash Shares Songs That Shaped His Life

Michael Nash joined the Key Songs In The Life Of… series and chose songs that had a major impact on him from an early age. He discovered The Beatles’ A Day In The Life while listening to Sgt. Pepper’s, and said he listened to the album loudly through headphones when he was 10 years old. Nash discovered A Case Of You later in his life and said the song remained with him through important relationships.

Nash said he first heard Heart Of Gold on the radio during his youth and immediately liked it. He described Stevie Wonder’s Higher Ground as a song he frequently returned to and one that became a kind of mantra for him. He also said Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert changed the way he listened to jazz.

Nash first heard Devo’s version of Satisfaction while watching Saturday Night Live. He said a review he wrote about a Police concert was his first published work, and recalled hearing Message In A Bottle live during The Police’s Ghost in the Machine tour. Nash described David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes and its album as the endpoint of an important period of artistic transformation.