El celobert

Si ets un melòman sense prejudicis, dels que no rebutgen el pop ballable, i prefereixes la ironia i la subtilesa que la testosterona exhibicionista, no tens cap excusa per no estimar els Pet Shop Boys i el seu pop intel·ligent. Tenim motius a cabassos.

01 "Left to my own devices"

02 "Jealousy"

03 "Being boring"

04 "Your funny uncle"

05 "Home and dry"

06 "Love is a bourgeois construct"

07 "Rent"

08 "Invisible"

09 "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk"

10 "The pop kids"

11 "My october symphony"

Ara que comença oficialment la temporada estival, volem retre homenatge al mes que, de manera generosa, dispara el tret de sortida de les vacances, els mojitos i les nits a la fresca. Va per tu, mes de juny.

01 Joni Mitchell - "Both sides now"

02 Nina Simone - "Memphis in june"

03 Da Souza - "Calor de juny"

04 The Kinks - "Rainy day in june"

05 The Everly Brothers - "June is as cold as december"

06 The Decemberists - "June hymn"

07 Vetusta Morla - "23 de junio"

08 Rumer - "June it's gonna happen"

09 Rose - "Et puis juin"

10 Alceu Valença - "Junho"

11 Big Red Machine - "June's a river"

12 Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - "I got a boy and his name is John"

13 The Fratellis - "Six days in june"

14 Arj - "Christmas in june"

15 Idles - "June"

Quan marxes d'un grup, tot el que guanyes en llibertat creativa ho perds en ressò mediàtic. Potser per això costa tant trobar solistes que, un cop fora d'un grup prou reconegut, hagin aconseguit superar-lo en solitari. Ho hem investigat i hem trobat les excepcions que confirmen aquesta regla.

01 Genesis - "Carpet crawlers"

02 Peter Gabriel - "Solsbury hill"

03 Phil Collins - "Against all odds"

04 George Michael - "One more try"

05 Björk - "Venus as a boy"

06 Natalie Merchant - "Wonder"

07 Scott Walker - "Montague terrace (in blue)"

08 Ivan Ferreiro - "El pensamiento circular"

09 John Grant - "Sigourney Weaver"

10 Robert Wyatt - "Shipbuilding"

11 David Sylvain - "Forbidden colors"

12 Father John Misty - "Funny girl"

Ara que tothom canta amb veu fluixa i despulla les cançons com si fossin nudistes sonors, volem reivindicar les cançons grans com campanars, les que van creixent i s'inflen fins a arribar a una coda apoteòsica.

01 Arcade Fire - "Intervention"

02 Elbow - "One day like this"

03 Genesis - "Afterglow"

04 King Crimson - "The court of the Crimson King"

05 Radiohead - "Exit music (for a film)"

06 Manic Street Preachers - "A design for life"

07 Blur - "The universal"

08 Richard Ashcroft - "A song for the lovers"

09 Mercury Rev - "The dark is rising"

10 Sigur Ros - "Hoppipolla"

11 The National - "Fake empire"

Ja ho deia Cole Porter: cada cop que dius adeu, et mors una mica. Potser per això hi ha tants artistes i tantes cançons que parlen d'aquest moment tan dolorós i, sovint, inevitable.

01 The Everly Brothers - "Bye bye love"

02 Ella Fitzgerald - "Ev'ry time we say goodbye"

03 Françoise Hardy - "Comment te dire adieu"

04 The Go-Betweens - "Bye bye pride"

05 Los Rodríguez - "La mirada del adiós"

06 Van Morrison - "Bye bye blackbird"

07 Supertramp - "Goodbye stranger"

08 Elton John - "Goodbye yellow brick road"

09 Pink Floyd - "Goodbye blue sky"

10 Os Paralemas Do Sucesso - "Ela disse adeus"

11 Jeff Buckley - "Last goodbye"

12 Isaac Hayes - "Never can say goodbye"

13 Mishima - "Em dius adéu"

14 The Communards - "Never can say goodbye"

15 Pau Vallvé - "Adéu-siau"

Amb quinze anys ja era el frontman del seu primer grup. Abans dels vint-i-cinc havia liderat tres dels millors grups britànics del moment. Aquí teniu la història increïble del gran Steve Winwood.

01 Steve Winwood - "Higher love"

02 The Spencer Davis Group - "Keep on running"

03 The Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme some lovin"

04 Traffic - "Dear Mr Fantasy"

05 Traffic - "Empty pages"

06 Traffic - "John Barleycorn (must die)"

07 Traffic - "The low spark of high-heeled boys"

08 Blind Faith - "Presence fo the lord"

09 Steve Winwood - "While you see a chance"

10 Steve Winwood - "Arc of a diver"

11 Steve Winwood - "Valerie"

Segur que ho heu fet algun dia, posar una peça a tot drap i fer veure que sou un del grup tocant una bateria invisible. D'això se'n diu fer "air drumming", i avui us regalem les millors cançons per practicar aquest esport tan saludable.

01 Phil Collins - "In the air tonight"

02 Haim - "The steps"

03 The Knack - "My sharona"

04 U2 - "Sunday bloody sunday"

05 Diana Ross - "I'm coming out"

06 The Police - "Message in a bottle"

07 Nirvana - "Smells like teen spirit"

08 AC DC - "Back in black"

09 XTC - "Senses working overtime"

10 Simple Minds - "Boys from Brazil"

11 The Who - "The real me"

Us proposem un experiment inèdit: escolteu les cançons d'aquest programa amb uns auriculars com Déu mana. Us assegurem que la experiència sonora serà memorable.

01 Pink Floyd - "Time"

02 10cc - "I'm not in love"

03 Bjork - "Joga"

04 Spiritualized - "Ladies and gentleman, we are floating in space"

05 The Postal Service - "Such great heights"

06 The Cars - "Moving in stereo"

07 Steely Dan - "Peg"

08 The War on Drugs - "I don't live here anymore"

09 Kate Bush - "Hounds of love"

10 Peter Gabriel - "Intruder"

11 Radiohead - "Airbag"

Diuen que el millor instrument musical que mai s'ha creat és la veu humana. Avui ho volem demostrar amb una antologia de les millors harmonies vocals del pop.

01 The Beach Boys - "Our prayer"

02 The Beatles - "Because"

03 The Everly Brothers - "Cathy's clown"

04 Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"

05 The Byrds - "Mr. tambourine man"

06 Crosby Stills and Nash - "Helplessly hoping"

07 The Band - "The night they drove old dixie down"

08 The Impressions - "Just before sunrise"

09 The Mystics - "Hushabye"

10 The Left Banke - "Walk away Renee"

11 Gossos - "Quan et sentis de marbre"

12 The Wallin' Jennys - "The parting glass"

13 The Roches - "Hammond song"

14 Teenage Fanclub - "Ain't that enough"

15 Dr Dog - "The freeze"

16 Fleet Foxes - "Quiet houses"

17 Dirty Projectors - "Overlord"

Hi ha artistes tan fascinats amb l'obra d'algun company de professió que han arribat a batejar-se artísticament amb el títol d'una cançó seva.

01 Massive Attack - "Unfinished sympathy"

02 The Unfinished Sympathy - "Sentimental shock"

03 Radiohead - "No surprises"

04 Talking Heads - "Radio head"

05 Judas Priest - "Breaking the law"

06 Bob Dylan - "The ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"

07 Arab Strap - "The shy retirer"

08 Belle and Sebastian - "The boy with the arab strap"

09 The Sisters of Mercy - "Body electric"

10 Leonard Cohen - "Sisters of mercy"

11 Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul meets body"

12 The Bonzo Dog Band - "Death cab for cutie"

13 Panic! At the Disco - "I write sins not tragedies"

14 The Smiths - "Panic"