Yet another (remastered) edition of Ramblin’ Tunes with a variety of popular songs mixed in a blend of pop, rock, soul, disco, house and r&b.
| TITLE | ARTIST | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| A quién le importa | Alaska y Dinarama | “A quién le importa” or “Who cares?” written by Carlos Berlanga and “Nacho” Canut in March 1986 and performed by the band ‘Alaska y Dinarama’ with singer María Olvido Gara Jova. The song became a gay anthem by the Spanish language-speaking LGBT community. |
| Controversy | Prince | “Controversy” from American musician Prince in 1981. He could not understand the curiosity surrounding him at the time such as his sexuality, gender, religion, and racial background. “my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ” as well as a deep fascination with the afterlife and Judeo-Christian scripture, which he was constantly quoting |
| Diamonds | Rihana | “Diamonds” by Rihanna in 2012. The song’s message is to embrace and love yourselves, to do what you love and what makes you happy.” |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | James Brown reworked the song “I found you” from 1962, added some instrumentation, and recorded this version of “I Got You (I Feel Good)” in October 1965 at the Criteria Studios in North Miami, Florida |
| Pressure Drop | The Maytals | The Maytals frontman Toots Hibbert wrote Pressure Drop in the late sixties while his fellow Jamaican musicians had a hard time to make a decent living. He believed that if you do bad things to innocent people, then “pressure is going to drop on you”. |
| No Stress | Laurent Wolf | “No Stress” recorded in 2008 by the French house producer and DJ Laurent Wolf, featuring Anggun, an Indonesian-born artist, entertainer and humanitarian activist. Anggun was not only UN Goodwill Ambassador but also joined the Belgian “Make A Wish” foundation to help children with life-threatening medical conditions. |
| Résiste | France Gall | France Gall’s “Résiste” is a call to protect one’s freedom of choice. Not to blame the political system, but to change the world little by little by changing yourself. It could be considered “feminist” and “revolutionary”. |
| Resistiré | Duo Dinamico | Inspired by Spanish novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Camilo José Cela’s phrase “el que resiste gana”, “Resistiré” (in English: “I Will Resist”) by Spanish group Dúo Dinámico from 1988, became the anthem of resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, being played in many cities and neighborhoods of the country to encourage the workers of the Spanish Health System. |
| I Saved The World Today | Eurythmics | This hit from the Eurythmics (the duo of Annie Lennox with Dave Stewart) deals with the idea of all the problems and the million things to solve. The song from 1999 tells our mind can’t cope with all that information and puts us at risk of many ridiculous mental problems. |
| Bright Side Of The Road | Van Morisson | Van Morrison wrote the uplifting, almost spiritual song “Bright Side of the Road” in 1979 in answer to James Carr’ soul song, “Dark End of the Street” from 1967 (written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman). George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on August 31, 1945; his mother was a singer, while his father ardently collected classic American jazz and blues recordings. At 15, he quit school to join the local R&B band the Monarchs, touring military bases throughout Europe before returning home to form his own group, Them. Plagued for some time by chronic stage fright. |
| White Room | Cream | Cream in 1968 and “white room”, one of the rooms in poet and writer Pete Brown’s apartment where he was trying to come to terms with various things that were going on. |
| Pills | Selah Sue | “Pills” by the so talented Belgian pop and soul artist Selah Sue, born Sanne Putseys, telling her story about the numbing effects antidepressants can have on her. |
| Bad day | Carmel | “Bad day” from the band “Carmel” with singer Carmel McCourt, much appreciated by the French as the new Edith Piaf after the release of the album ‘Strictly Piaf’. |
| Survivor Dub | Blade Runnaz | The blade runnaz remix of destiny’s child’s song survivor. |
| When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going | Billy Ocean | Billy Ocean’s single “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going” became the theme song for the 1985 movie “The Jewel of the Nile”, a romantic adventure comedy featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. |
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.
