If you like popular music, stay tuned and turn up the volume because I will be serving the next ninety minutes some nice tracks from my music library.
| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Black Horse and the Cherry Tree | KT Tunstall | “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall; KT sporting a black dress and cherry-red lips in the music video considers it a metaphor for good and evil, being inspired by an incident while traveling in Greece on a little moped when a massive black horse had broken free in an olive grove and was going nuts. |
| How Long Will It Take | Geoffrey Oryema | Geoffrey Oryema was forced into Exile in the 1970’s when his father was murdered by the Amin Regime. He found refuge in France which became his home from where he was passionately fighting for human rights.Geoffrey took up the challenge of dealing with the child soldier problem and he also worked hard to bring peace to Northern Uganda. |
| Delay | Intergalactic Lovers | Belgian indie rock Intergalactic Lovers, founded in 2008, is: Lara Chedraoui – Brendan Corbey – Maarten Huygens – Raf De Mey “Delay” by Intergalactic Lovers portrays a message of resilience, hope, and the passage of time. Overall, “Delay” emphasizes the belief that with patience and perseverance, things will eventually make sense and improve. |
| Count Your Blessings | Mattiel | Mattiel Brown, born the only child in a rural Georgian household, Mattiel Brown spent her younger years immersed in the colourful music of the 1960s. Catchy, spirited and full of a vivid, bright spark of life, Mattiel’s “Count Your Blessings” is an engaging fire that glows with passion, character and resolve. It’s a daring escapade through vibrant metaphors and punctured warnings that remind us to keep alert, remember our roots, and always look forward. |
| Do It Again | Steely Dan | ‘Do It Again’ was Steely Dan’s first single, the band around Donald Fagen & Walter Becker, in 1972. This song is all about the three things that motivate men: Violence, Women, and Money. Each verse deals with a different topic, from a different point of view, with the point being that they all corrupt and destroy. |
| Big Bubbles, No Troubles | Ellis, Beggs & Howard | Ellis, Beggs & Howard (EBH), an English pop music band formed in London, in 1987, had a big hit with “Big Bubbles, No Troubles”. |
| Nantes | Beirut | Beirut, led by American multi-instrumentalist Zach Condon, fascinated with cities, is a band enraptured with the sound of the vagabond and homages to travels abroad.“Nantes” a city in France, where Condon spent significant time. |
| Howling at the Moon | Milow | “Howling at the Moon” by Milow was released in 2016 on the album ‘Modern Heart’ Jonathan Vandenbroeck (born 14 July 1981 in Borgerhout), better known by his stage name Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter and one of the most successful DIY musicians in Europe. |
| Man On The Moon | R.E.M. | ‘Man on the moon’ by R.E.M. is inspired by comedian Andy Kaufman. Michael Stipe once stated this would be the song he would most miss performing, |
| Cartoons and Forever Plans (ft. Michael Stipe) | Maria Taylor | “Cartoons and Forever Plans,” from Maria Taylor is co-written by and including guest vocals from R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Taylor’s longtime friend from Athens, Georgia. Maria Taylor first came to prominence as a member of Azure Ray. Her luminous and ethereal yet strong and warm vocals and skill in multiple instruments helped to make that band stand out and resulted in Taylor being invited to collaborate with a broad array of artists like Moby, Crooked Fingers and Bright Eyes. Taylor still plays guitar without the high E string because she does not like high, treble-y noises. |
| 7 Days, 7 Weeks | dEUS | “7 Days, 7 Weeks”, the first single taken from the 2005 dEUS album Pocket Revolution. Belgians not only make the best waffles & chocolate, they also make great music. Deus (styled as dEUS) is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman (vocals, guitars) and Klaas Janzoons (keyboards, violin). The rest of the band’s line-up currently consists of drummer Stéphane Misseghers, bassist Alan Gevaert and guitarist/backing vocalist Mauro Pawlowski. |
| Pokito a Poko | Chambao | The Latin pop group Chambao around La Mari (María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero), released ‘Pokito a Poko’ The three original members of Chambao, formed in 2001, La Mari, El Edi, and Dani, made waves in the world music scene with their new brand of flamenco, called flamenco chill, which combined the passion and vocal style of traditional Andalusian flamenco with elements of electronica, specifically chillout. |
| Paradise | Coldplay | “Paradise” is a song by the British rock band Coldplay, released on 12 September 2011. The song became the anthem for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. |
| ’81 | Joanna Newsom | ’81 (A.D.1) is full of images of nature. Joanna Newsom was inspired by the California-countryside home that she bought in 2007, with descriptions of gardens and soil. |
| The 3 R’s (Money Mark Remash) | Jack Johnson | The 3 R’s by Jack Johnson was released in 2006 and resampled from Bob Dorough’s 1973 song “Three Is a Magic Number“ and De La Soul’s 1989 song “The Magic Number”. “Three is a magic number: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.’ The song may be highly offensive to an anti-environmentalist. |
| Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | “Virtual Insanity” is a song by British funk band Jamiroquai, released on 19 August 1996, inspired by a walk in an underground city in Sendai, Japan. Written by vocalist Jay Kay and keyboard player Toby Smith. |
| Too Hot (ft. Anais) | Beat Assailant | Adam Lamb Turner (born 1977 in Miami), known by his stage name Beat Assailant, is an American musical artist known for fusing hip hop with jazz, funk, and other musical genres. The Miami-born rapper lived in Atlanta, GA, before he traveled to Paris in 2001, where he explored the hip-hop scene across the Atlantic and met fellow musician Danny Wild, who produced Hard Twelve. French comedian Anaïs Croze was born in Grenoble on August 20 1976. |
| Street Life (ft. Randy Crawford) | The Crusaders | “Street Life” is a song by American jazz band The Crusaders, released in 1979, with lead vocals by Randy Crawford. It is written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings and inspired by the beginner’s ski slope at Mammoth Mountain in California. In a Reuters interview, Sample said, “I saw people falling, running into each other… it was absolute chaos. It looked like a boulevard of madness. And I said, ‘That’s what street life is.” |
| Popsicle Toes | Michael Franks | Michael Franks (born September 18, 1944) is an American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement. His album ‘The Art of Tea’ featured Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, and Wilton Felder of the Crusaders and included the hit song “Popsicle Toes”. This song with very suggestive lyrics was also covered by Diana Krall. |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | “Sweet Caroline” is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released in May 1969 as a single with the title “Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)”. Diamond once claimed this song was about his second wife, Marcia Murphey, whom he married in 1969 and divorced in 1995. However, later in 2007 he stated the inspiration for the song was John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline, who was 11 years old at the time it was released. |
| Only You (ft. Tame Impala) | Theophilus London | NYC rapper Theophilus London and Tame Impala main man Kevin Parker teamed-up, informally known as Theo Impala to record ‘Only You’, which is actually a cover of a 1984 synth-disco single by Nigerian artist Steve Monite. |
| Overnight | Parcels | Parcels, the Aussie fivesome known for their disco-pop bangers, recently released Live Vol.1 as a follow up to their 2018 self-titled debut album. Among the classic studio recordings made in Hansa, Berlin is “Overnight,” famously cowritten with Daft Punk and carrying the same funky vibes off of the iconic French duo’s Random Access Memories. ”Overnight” is a reminder of late nights spent out with friends, in your best outfits, dancing at halogen lit bars, skin sticky with the humidity, and the pulse of too many people packed into too small of a room. |
| Get Lucky (ft. Pharrell Williams) | Daft Punk | ‘Get Lucky’ is the first single from Daft Punk’s fourth studio album Random Access Memories features American rapper and record producer Pharrell Williams on vocals and studio legend Nile Rodgers of disco pioneers Chic on guitar. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter met at school in 1987 and have been working under the Daft Punk moniker since 1993 and took the name from a review by Melody Maker that described their song “Cindy, So Loud” as “daft punky thrash.” |
Sources
The information sources of the song facts include, but are not limited to, Wikipedia, songfacts.com, discogs.com, secondhandsongs.com, YouTube and artists’ related websites.
