Throughout the writing, I can’t help sprinkling in the odd musical reference. As far as I can remember, this is them..where I can find the YouTube link I have tried to link. Work in progress. More to add at the top and the bottom.
It don’t need no Sherlock to work out that I am white and middle aged. 
Can’t Get There From Here – REM
Ninety Nine And A Half Won’t Do – Diana Ross
Reverend Black Grape – Black Grape
Good & Gone – Screaming Blue Messiahs (@3m25s)
The Weight – Staple Singers / The Band
Darkness on the Edge Of Town – Bruce Springsteen
Sorry Uncle Albert – Paul & Linda McCartney
Sins of The Father – Tom Waits
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts – David Byrne & Brian Eno
Crocodile Crying – Martyn Stephenson & The Daintees
Reel Around The Fountain – Smiths
Cars and Girls – Prefab Sprout
The Trouble With Me – Barry White
Living On The Ceiling – Blancmange
Needle & The Damage Done – Neil Young
No Radiohead, no music…
I’m certainly appreciating the choice of trackshere. Especially the Smiths! Thumbs up!
“I fought the law and the law won” – how about that probation story ? Is it just me that hasn’t found it yet ?