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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Readers recommend: songs that contain talking | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

Incidental chat, rambling openings, snatched dialogue or spoken asides? Sift out favourite songs containing spiel to help make this week’s list the talk of the townSometimes when walking d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56PM

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Readers recommend: songs so bad, they're good | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

Cheesy, catchy, cliched? Soppy, sexy, stupid? Search your shelves for songs that produce such a strong, ripe reaction they will help sort the bad from the Gouda“I try to dress classy and d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56PM

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Readers recommend: songs about farming | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

Ranches of cows, horses or sheep? Fields of rice, tea or wheat? Organise your orchard and pick an agricultural crop of songs to make a mass musical harvestWhy Brownlee left, and where he wen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:47PM

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Readers recommend: songs about safety … and danger | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

Hot spillages to electrifying risks, broken glass to scary stunts, name your songs that include details of physical danger and ways to stay away from harmWhen the Mother Superior sang Climb …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:05PM

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Readers recommend: songs about refusal | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

No, no, no! Enough is enough! Personal or political, polite or angry, subtle or shouty, name your songs all about saying you can’t or won’t take it anymoreHow to decline a verb that seek…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:08PM

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Readers recommend: songs with a warning | Peter Kimpton by Peter Kimpton

You’d better watch out, you’d better beware … in message, lyrics or narrative there are many songs waiting to be nominated for this week’s topic“History is a vast early warning sys…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:27PM

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Readers recommend: songs with deep voices by Peter Kimpton

How low can you go? Contralto to basso profundo, name songs featuring male or female voices with depth, as much in quality and expression, as pitch Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Readers recommend: songs to the power of two by Peter Kimpton

Pairs, couples, binary or symmetry … duality, dichotomy, duopoly, duplicity – this week double your fun and name any songs associated with the number two Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:05PM

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Readers recommend: songs with vibrato, tremolo and oscillation by Peter Kimpton

Wondrous wobbles, brilliant bends, tremendous trembles. In voice or guitar, organs or other instruments, name your songs that show expressivity and innovation by sound alteration Continue re…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM

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