Songlines - Songlines
Classic songs under the spotlight
Songlines - Songlines - 16/12/2007
7/8. For many, The Girl From Ipanema is associated with cocktail lounges and hotel lobbies. John Cavanagh explores the song's origins and reclaims the magic of the original.
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Songlines - Songlines - 25/12/2007
8/8. Songlines delves into the remarkable story behind the 1987 Pogues hit, Fairytale of New York. Twenty years on, the song still has Irish emigrants weeping into their pints.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 2
Stories behind some of our most enduring songs. 2/8. The Pogues hit Fairytale of New York has become a legacy to the late Kirsty McColl and a perennial Christmas classic.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 3
3/8. Songlines demands your R.E.S.P.E.C.T this week for a soul classic. Aretha Franklin's interpretation transformed Respect into an anthem for women around the world.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 4
4/8. In today's Songlines, John Cavanagh reveals remarkable stories behind Happy Birthday, the world's most popular song.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 5
5/8. John Cavanagh delves into the story behind Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 6
6/8. Aspirational anthem or neo-nazi rallying cry? Songlines investigates the incredible legacy of Cabaret's Tomorrow Belongs to Me.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 7
7/8. John Cavanagh puts the iconic Beatles song Let It Be under the spotlight.
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Songlines - Songlines - Episode 8
8/8. John Cavanagh puts another classic song under the spotlight.
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