Ultimate Playlist: The songs that have shaped your life

This week, Pippa Moore explains why eclectic is the way to go:

Why? – The Hoofs

Jacques Du Tronc – Et moi, et moi, et moi

Tori Amos – Crucify

Of Montreal – Lysergic Bliss

Chromeo – Fancy Footwork

My love of alternative hip-hop and spoken-word begs the inclusion of Why? on this list because their music is witty, beautiful and poignant. Although Tori Amos may seem a particularly cliché choice, this record is like none I have ever heard before – dark, mysterious and challenging. Jacques Du Tronc is a brilliantly funny and witty Francophile. My increasing interest in electro and house means that Chromeo simply to be on the list (especially considering this song has been remixed by the likes of Crookers, amongst many others) as well as Of Montreal, because their music is catchy and originial and because Kevin Barnes is a genius, if not slightly bonkers...

Of Montreal photo: Leó Stefánsson

Of Montreal @ Myspace