Category: History

There are songs that sound as though they come from another world, and “Waiting for a Train” is a textbook example of this. It is a record that

There are songs you recognise instantly from the very first bar. Even before a single word has been sung, you know where you are: on the dance floor,

There are songs that you recognise immediately from the very first beat, even if it has been decades since they first came through the speakers. “Love Is a

There are songs you recognise immediately from the very first second of sound, before a single note has even been played. Paul Hardcastle’s stuttering “n n n n

There are songs that you immediately recognize from the first piano notes, and there are songs whose title still echoes through offices and classrooms on Monday mornings many

In the summer of 1989, the same childish chorus could be heard from radios all over the world. Step by step, heart to heart, left, right, left. What

There are songs that do not merely soundtrack an era, but also change it a little. “Buffalo Stance” by Neneh Cherry is one such song. When it was

There are songs that you recognise immediately from the first few seconds, and ‘It’s Raining Men’ is a textbook example of that. The bombastic intro, the reverberating thunderclap,

Some pop songs do not only exist within their own time, but also actively respond to the history of music that came before them. “Major Tom (Coming Home)”

Some songs seem inseparably linked to a particular era. They capture a feeling that remains recognisable decades later. “The Promise You Made” by Cock Robin belongs to that