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Here’s another round of coronavirus-inspired songs

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, David Geffen, John Mayer, Songs

Like everyone else, artists are locked in their homes with little to do. Some have taken the opportunity to write

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Television 

All the songs played on the original editions of WKRP in Cincinnati tracked for the first time

March 15, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Songs, WKRP

When WKRP in Cincinnati debuted on CBS in the fall of 1978, it introduced a radical use of music. Up

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Lists 

Looking for a Song for Your Funeral? Here are 78 Suggestions.

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Funeral, Songs

This is pretty grim, but given that we’re all going to shuffle off one day, it’s always good to think

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Music News 

The Only Year-End Top Ten Lists You’ll Ever Need

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2016, Albums, Books, Movies, Songs, Top 10

Late December is the slowest time of the year for any kind of news, so many media outlets default to

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Lists 

A Dozen Classic Songs without Choruses

November 23, 2015 Alan Cross 7 Comments Choruses, Songs

Almost every popular song has a chorus, that repeating part that often contains the song’s hook, its most memorable musical

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Lists 

Songs to Pair with Your Favourite Beer

June 21, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beer, Music, Songs

This might come in handy this summer: What songs go with what beers?  From the Grapevine has some tips. Here’s

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Music News 

Is the Notion of the Song Due for a Shakeup?

May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Songs, Songwriting, Technology

Let’s speculate for a moment on the future of songwriting. This comes from Medium.com. In songs, we get new, and

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Cool! 

Every Pop Song That Mentions a City Pinned to a Map

March 10, 2015 Alan Cross 4 Comments Cities, Music Map, Names, Songs, Towns

Okay, maybe not every pop song, but map maker Javier Arce (please tell me his last name isn’t pronounced “arse”)

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Lists 

What Are your Favourite ‘Sex’ Songs?

December 7, 2014 Larry Lootsteen 2 Comments 50, best, Sex, Songs

Always a favourite subject (sex that is), there are always arguments around what the best songs are to play whilst

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Lists 

Halloween-Worth Playlist: The Top 100 SciFi-Themed Songs of All Time

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments Science FIction, SciFi, Songs

A number of years ago, I produced an Ongoing History of New Music episode called “Space” which looked at how

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Music News 

19 Fantastic Double Entendre Songs

June 29, 2014June 29, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Double Entendre, Sex, Songs

One of the things about art is that you can camouflage what you’re really trying to say. Here are nineteen

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