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Ibeyi, aka tempestuous sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz
From cleaning up to getting dirty, leaving the country to new life at forty, black eyes to old blues, this week's guest writer Marco den Ouden's playlists show brilliant breadth of perspective on ways to start again
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Mr Benn. Artful master of weekly self-renewal or bored man in a constant crisis?
What links Mr Benn, Reginald Perrin, John Lennon, Beck, Jill Scott, Siobhan Fahey, Stephen King and Franz Kafka? From philosophy to religion, giving up drugs to leaving prison, visit Song Bar to find out more and suggest songs on this topic ...
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What is this foot doing at the start of this? It's a clue. Read on to find out more …
Wanna be starting something? Then what's the best foot forward? Guest writer EnglishOutlaw artfully identifies the absurd and surprising in song starts to pick perfect playlists from last week's suggestions
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Crossing into surprising territory ...
Unrecognisable after the first few seconds? It begins with odd sounds or another style? This week let's play with songs that initially keep you guessing, and don’t start as a they mean to go on
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The Dresden Dolls might have a few ... Bad Habits
Addiction is no laughing matter, so guest writer Violet Vivid gets down to the nitty gritty about 'It' and 'Them' in a visceral description of the inner process, mapped by some powerful music
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Addicted? Me? What've you got?
Drink, drugs, sex, creativity, the internet, or whatever takes over all of your energy, this week suggest songs that touch on the causes or effects of addiction. Can you resist?
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Why worry about being in tune when you have a dose of PiL?
It didn't stop Public Image Limited, Joy Division or Teardrop Explodes from a great performance. Check out guest writer ParaMhor's playlists from last week's topic to find out why going off key will still keep you on song
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Oh Lou, what key for you?
Whether through emotion, offbeat oddness, anger, charisma, or for effect, suggest songs where the voice or instrument’s note-imperfect wavering somehow works wonders
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Bat for Lashes
From Siouxsie's new skin to Eels's tattoo, guest writer takeitawayGuru takes surgically skilled multi-layered approach to create some silky smooth lists from last week's song suggestions
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I had this one done at the weekend. Slightly PhotoShopped of course, to look less sexy.
Body art to bruises, colour issues to cutaneous tissues, getting into, out of or under skin, this week suggest songs all about the many-toned organ that surrounds us every moment of our lives
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Dyolf Kinp
Ever get the feeling you're going in circles? Check out this week's guest writer Flatfrog's fiendishly clever playlist from last week's topic, all defined by pithy palindromes
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It started with a kiss ...
In song lyrics, music form, story or subject matter, this week suggest songs with a circularity that brings the end back to the beginning
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HI! I'm Andy Kaufman. Where am I? Who sang about me?
Andy to Billy, Carey to Terry, this week's guest writer treefrogdemon does a roll call through hundreds of your song suggestions from last week's topic to show how lyrics define far more than just a name
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Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin …
Aaron to Zygmunt, Al to Ziggy, Johnny to Sonny, boys to men, what's in a name? With some inspiration here, suggest songs with male names in title or lyrics and what role they play …
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Shirley Manson of Garbage
Dripping oil to pistons pumping, hammering anvils to steamy stovepipes, this week's guest writer Violet Vivid playfully recreates your suggestions into lists framed in the style of erotic fiction. Satisfaction will be reached ...
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Taking the biscuit ... Heath Robinson
Whirring wheels to pumping pistons, factory funk to steampunk, suggest music that in sonic form or subject matter echoes or talks about the strains of industry and workings of machinery
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Ella and Louis
Gentle giggles to hearty howls, nervous triggers to evil sniggers, this week's guest writer Hoshino Sakura takes a playful and poetic path with your song suggestions to leave you truly tickled
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Primates are also known to laugh ... at humans
It's not just the best medicine, it also appears in songs, as the subject matter or spontaneously sounding within it. So let's roll of the barrel, and serve up a hearty party of laughter-based music …
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Conch or conscience? Oh, the toils of leading ...
Who's the head honcho holding the conch? Who is piggy in the middle? From bands to bloody revolutions, this week's guest writer EnglishOutlaw takes your song nominations on a wild and novel adventure
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Leaders come in all types ...
Gandhi to Genghis, King to Kuti, whether it's political, religious, sporting, business or actual band leaders, suggest songs that mention, sample or talk about such people or qualities that make others want to follow
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