Thank You is the kind of song you can wake up to on a dreary, cloudy day and find yourself in better spirits after hearing it. It’s a hopeful song when it comes down to it, and very relatable. Dido…
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Thunder Road (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
I can’t think of another song from my youth that left such a lasting mark on me, or that captured so clearly what music and storytelling could be, as Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. And is there a more vivid, grounding…
Rubber Ring (1985) – The Smiths
Morrissey sings here about how music mattered intensely to so many of us when we were young: A sad fact widely knownThe most impassionate song to a lonely soulIs so easily outgrownBut don’t forget the songs that made you smileAnd…
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Karelia Suite, Op. 11: 1 Intermezzo (1893) – Jean Sibelius
The Finnish composer and violinist – Jean Sibelius returns here with a buoyant, almost regal fanfare. The Intermezzo (Eng: Interlude) is a jaunty Allegro march-like theme, the orchestra portraying the atmosphere of marching contingents. May it set your day off in a…
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All Right Now (1970) – Free
I can’t help but think of AC/DC and the Rolling Stones when this comes on. That punchy, wide-open guitar riff feels like something straight out of their playbook – only this song actually predates AC/DC by a few years. What…
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (1991) – Elton John (Ft. George Michael)
I became more familiar with this expansive, but vulnerable ballad during its 1991 resurgence, when it was recorded live as a duet between Elton John and George Michael and reached number one in both the UK and the US. It…
Si No Te Hubieras Ido (1984) – Marco Antonio Solís
Someone once described today’s featured song as “one of those tracks Hispanic mothers play while cleaning the house on a Sunday.” Which gave me my first proper belly chuckle of the day – and, to be fair, there’s probably a…
Oxygène, Pt. 2 (1976) – Jean Michel Jarre
‘Hi-fi shops played it as an example of state-of-the-art music. I didn’t tell them I made it with Sellotape in my kitchen’– Jean Michel Jarre You know you’re onto something when a director like Peter Weir picks your music for…
Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 1997 – Shania Twain
Sometimes when we’re head-over-heels, our minds start inventing problems that aren’t there. Today’s featured song is Shania’s blunt retort, Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) – basically her smiling, eyebrow-raised reply to that kind of romantic paranoia. I…
Miserlou (1962) – Dick Dale
I heard this gnarly piece again the other day and realised I’d somehow never added it to my music library project. What surprised me was learning that Dick Dale’s explosive surf-rock take on Miserlou (often spelled Misirlou) traces back to…
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