Chumbawamba - give the anarchist a cigarette, 1994

"Anarchy is the sixth studio album by British anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social issues, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism."

Grant McLennan - haven't i been a fool, 1991

"It’s a poppy number that brings to attention the amalgamation of McLennan’s soft vocals and catchy musical refrains in perfect harmony."

The Coral - million eyes, 2016

"It's about being in a gang and feeling like you're out on your own and no one can touch you. When you're a gang you have your own language."

The Housemartins - flag day, 1985

"Flag Day" is the debut single released by British indie rock band The Housemartins. Released in 1985, it peaked at #124 on the UK Singles Chart, and a re-recorded version of it appeared on the debut album London 0 Hull 4. "Flag Day" also appears on the compilations Now That's What I Call Quite Good, Soup and as a shorter live version on Live at the BBC. The song was also sampled and used heavily on the dance track "Change the World" by Dino Lenny."

Pink Floyd - hey you, 1979

"The scene begins with Pink trying to claw out of his freshly completed wall. The scene then switches to Pink's concert-goers, all of them with a blank and vacant look on their faces. These are the people "Standing in the aisles with itchy feet and fading smiles" that Pink is trying to reach out to. Next is a shot of empty infirmary beds followed by a view of two empty chairs in a white room. A motionless Pink fades into the chair on the left, with his nude wife fading into the right chair a short time later. After turning her head to look at her unresponsive husband, she fades out of the scene, which shifts to a montage of rioting scenes, with people tipping over cars and throwing Molotov cocktails at riot police. After the montage, a hand is shown clawing at a window (the colour version of this is actually shown at the end of "The Trial") followed by a large group of maggots (the "worms" eating into Pink's brain). After a shot of Pink in an infirmary bed and his screaming wife superimposed over the image, the scene takes back to the riot, where a long line of police officers hold back a mob of rioters who have barricaded themselves behind a pile of desks and mattresses. The scene ends with Pink against his wall, having given up on finding a way out."

Electric Light Orchestra - it's over, 1977

"It's Over" is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is the second track from the LP Out of the Blue. It was the last single to be lifted from the album and was released exclusively in the United States, becoming a minor hit. The orchestral beginning was actually the end of "Mr. Blue Sky" reversed."

Acid House Kings - i write summer songs for no reason, 2005

"The up-tempo songs (such as the disco-fied "Tonight Is Forever" and the rollicking "I Write Summer Songs for a Reason") are lighter than the breeze and almost all kitted out in heart-pounding swooning choruses."

The Beatles - she said she said, 1966

"I had the privilege of listening to the four of them sing, play around and scheme about what they would compose and achieve. They were so enthusiastic, so full of fun. John was the wittiest and most astute. I enjoyed just hearing him speak and there were no pretensions in his manner. He just sat around, laying out lines of poetry and thinking – an amazing mind. He talked a lot yet he still seemed so private."

Crosby Stills Nash And Young - find the cost of freedom, 1971

"At the time of these concerts in mid-1970, many songs included on the eventual album had yet to be released as part of the combined and individual work of the four principals. Crosby's "The Lee Shore" had been recorded during the sessions for Déjà Vu but would not appear until the band's 1991 box set, and his controversial ménage à trois composition "Triad," which had been recorded but not released by his former band The Byrds, had been recorded by Jefferson Airplane on their Crown of Creation album but this is the first issued performance by Crosby himself. "Love the One You're With" would be the hit single taken from Stephen Stills, Stills's debut solo album, released later that year. "Chicago" by Nash would appear on his Songs for Beginners released in 1971, the same year as 4 Way Street, while "Right Between the Eyes" would later appear as a demo on his box set Reflections. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" and "Southern Man" by Young would be released on After the Gold Rush, his third album also released later that year. Young's "On the Way Home" had appeared on the final Buffalo Springfield album, Last Time Around, but with a lead vocal by Richie Furay rather than Young. Stills' "49 Bye-Byes/America's Children" medley interpolates the only top ten hit by Buffalo Springfield, his song "For What It's Worth." The band did include both sides of what was at the time of the shows their new record, the single "Ohio" and its B-side "Find the Cost of Freedom."

Bee Gees - words, 1968

"'Words' reflects a mood, It was written after an argument. Barry had been arguing with someone, I had been arguing with someone, and happened to be in the same mood. [The arguments were] about absolutely nothing. They were just words. That is what the song is all about; words can make you happy or words can make you sad."

Surf Rock Is Dead - back and forth, 2022

“Recently in life, we’ve all had an incredibly trying time the past few years, and as a result, conflict has likely become more present in our lives; sparking the inspiration for the song. ‘Back and Forth’ is an ode to our allies and enemies, a line which is often so fine that discerning the two is really a blur.”

Bloc Party - talons, 2008

"We wanted to keep things fresh and we thought the fans would be more excited to get a new song rather than something off the album. Talons is one of the last songs we recorded during the Intimacy sessions and I always had it in mind to be one of the extra tracks we promised for the CD if it turned out well. It turned out great so we decided to make it the next single. I'm enjoying this way of working, not over-thinking things, just make a decision and get on with it! It's quite liberating in a way,"

Paul McCartney - maybe i’m amazed, 1970

"McCartney wrote the song in 1969, just before the break-up of the Beatles. He credited his wife Linda with helping him get through the difficult time. Although most of his debut solo album was recorded at his home in London, McCartney recorded "Maybe I'm Amazed" entirely in EMI's Number Two studio in Abbey Road, on 15 February 1970."

Radiohead - house of cards, 2007

"It was a strange experience, sitting in front of a laser in the dark, then emailing back and forth with James the director as he sat in front of computers for a whole month with the amazing technicians who processed the data ... But it says something about the song and came out better than I had dared hope."

Au Revoir Simone - through the backyards, 2005

"Beyond the stimulating use of the drum machine Au Revoir Simone’s electronic dream pop still remains of a comforting nature."

Sintra de madrugada, há umas horas, pouco antes das 6 da manhã do dia 2 de julho de 2026

Acid House Kings - seven days, 2005

"like a week folded into a single breath: each day a small ignition, each night a new angle of the same pulse."

Sintra, pôr do sol sobre a casa do escritor Francisco Costa há poucos minutos atrás, em 1 de julho de 2026

The Beatles - yellow submarine, 1966

"The Beatles recorded "Yellow Submarine" during a period characterised by experimentation in the recording studio. After taping the basic track and vocals in late May 1966, they held a session to overdub nautical sound effects, party ambience and chorus singing, recalling producer George Martin's previous work with members of the Goons. As a novelty song coupled with "Eleanor Rigby", a track devoid of any rock instrumentation, the single marked a radical departure for the group."

Pet Shop Boys - being boring two thousand and twenty-four version, 2024

"it’s with the last of the three verses that “Being Boring” really makes its magic felt, as the tone shifts from one of gentle reminiscence to become a lament for friends lost: “All the people I was kissing/ Some are here and some are missing/ In the nineteen-nineties”. That verse takes on extra poignancy with the knowledge that Tennant had recently lost a close friend to AIDS, but despite that the song retains an air of positivity: more a celebration of life than a mourning of death. The title itself comes from the novelist F Scott Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda, herself an author, who wrote: “She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.”

Saint Etienne - bedfordshire, 2005

"in tribute to Stanley’s grandmother, who sometimes put him to bed by suggesting they go “up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire”

Pink Floyd - another brick in the wall part two, 1979

"Waters' attack on teachers who practice "dark sarcasm in the classroom" was inspired by his own schoolmasters. "The school I was at — they were really like that," Waters said. "[All] they had to offer was their own bitterness and cynicism."

Castlebeat - awake, 2026

"Opening track ‘Awake’ beckons you into the CASTLEBEAT world, and feels like driving in cars with the windows down across a sun-soaked Californian landscape. Tracking through moments of past loves, growth, and a life well-lived, ‘Promise’ closes the record–feeling like cruising under the nighttime city lights of London."

Acid House Kings - this heart is a stone, 2005

"Tim Sendra of AllMusic hailed Sing Along with Acid House Kings as "one of the best releases, indie or not, of 2005."

Ban - mundo de aventuras, 1990

"Just more music for “in between seasons”. What else can you say to describe the latter-day work of, sadly, now defunct, Portuguese sophisticated pop group, Ban? As I put on their Mundo de Aventuras it’s not hard to have your mind race back to more naive times when certain love songs spoke to youthful measures one can never truly quantify. It’s times like these we need songs just like these. We’ve heard some of these ideas in the music of Paddy McAloon’s Prefab Sprout, the Go-Betweens, and others, but to hear those twists of pop sweetness coming from such a group as you’ll meet here, now remains strikingly refreshing."

Never saw so much love in 1m20s.

 

Algures no terramoto da Venezuela. Coragem e fidelidade. When you need me, I'll be there. When you're afraid, I'll be there. When it happens — I'll be there. I'll be with you, today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Neil Young - the needle and the damage done live at massey hall, 1971

"Neil Young played “The Needle and the Damage Done” live at Massey Hall in Toronto in January 1971. The song captures the tension and cost of addiction through vivid, prophetic lyrics. In the live setting, Young’s phrasing feels raw and urgent, almost like a confession."

The Beach Boys - surfin, 1961

"Brian recalled that his brother had made the suggestion to write a surfing song, after which Brian conceived "Surfin'" while repeatedly singing the title line at his piano. In his recollection, it was within hours that he completed the song and titled it "Surfin'". The Wilson brothers' cousin, Mike Love, is credited with contributing the lyrics and the "bom-dip-di-dip" hook, which had been lifted from Jan and Dean's 1959 hit "Baby Talk". "I wanted it to have a doo-wop sound", Love said."

Acid House Kings - brighter, 1997

"Historically, acid house spread from club DJs and underground scenes to a wider audience by the late 1980s, and its sound went on to influence many later electronic genres (like techno, trance, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, and others)."

The Mountain Goats - done bleeding, 2019

“Done Bleeding” is the first song on the 2019 album “In League with Dragons”. John Darnielle has said the song is about his decision and time leaving his job as a psychiatric nurse at Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, California."

Fleetwood Mac - mission bell, 1970

"The album title is taken from the name of two converted oast houses, known as Kiln House, in Truncheaunts Lane in East Worldham, near Alton, Hampshire. The oast houses had previously been used for drying hops for beer brewing and were later combined into one building."

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - electricity, 1979

"Electricity" was the first song that Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys wrote together at the age of 16. It addresses society's wasteful usage of energy resources. Inspired by Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity", the track was described by McCluskey as "a faster, punkier version of 'Radioactivity' with a chorus". As with single "Messages" from the same album, a sung chorus is substituted for a melodic synthesizer break."