El celobert Catalunya Ràdio

Ser músic comporta passar moltes hores lluny dels teus, tancat en pavellons, vestidors, aeroports o furgonetes. No és estrany que, de tant en tant, s'enyorin de la calma domèstica i cantin les bondats de ser a caseta.

01 Talking Heads - "This must be the place"
02 Peter Gabriel - "Home sweet home"
03 Morrissey - "Home is a question mark"
04 James Taylor - "Isn't it nice to be home again"
05 La Iaia - "Casa no és casa"
06 Dionne Warwick - "A house is not a home"
07 Paul Young - "Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home)"
08 The Lemonheads - "Your home is where your happy"
09 Gil Scott-Heron - "Home is where the hatred is"
10 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet home Alabama"
11 The Blues Brothers - "Sweet home Chicago"
12 Simon & Garfunkel - "Homeward bound"
13 Richard Hawley - "Coming home"
14 John Denver - "Take me home, country roads"

La figura de Marshall Crenshaw ha quedat enterrada entre els artistes que mai van aconseguir arribar a un públic massiu. Avui volem reparar aquesta injustícia amb un recull del seu cançoner ple de tornades memorables i artesania pop.

01 "Whenever you're on my mind"
02 "Something's gonna happen"
03 "You're my favourite waste of time"
04 "Someday, someway"
05 "Cynical girl"
06 "There she goes again"
07 "Mary Anne"
08 "Our town"
09 "I'm sorry (but so is Brenda Lee)"
10 "Some hearts"
11 "Someplace where love can't find me"
12 "TMD"
13 "Television light"
14 "What do you dream of"
15 "Til iI hear it from you"
16 "Long hard road"

A finals dels 60 i principis dels 70, el so "bubblegum" va omplir les llistes americanes de cançons eufòriques i enganxoses com llaminadures ensucrades. Us convidem a atipar-vos de calories amb un recull d'aquest fenomen musical tan intrínsecament pop.

01 The Cuff Links - "Tracy"
02 The Archies - "Sugar, sugar"
03 Ohio Express - "Yummy, yummy, yummy"
04 Ohio Express - "Chewy chewy"
05 1910 Fruitgum Company - "Simon says"
06 The Turtles - "Makin' my mind up"
07 Tommy Roe - "Dizzy"
08 Bay City Rollers - "Saturday night"
09 Crazy Elephant - "Gimme gimme good lovin"
10 Tommy James & The Shondels - "Mony Mony"
11 The Lemon Pipers - "Green tambourine"
12 Salt Water Taffy - "Finders keepers"
13 The Patridge Family - "I think I love you"
14 The Monkees - "Apples, peaches, bananas and pears"
15 Bobby Sherman - "Easy come, easy go"
16 Shadows of Knight - "Shake"
17 The Banana Splits - "I enjoy being a boy"
18 Edison Lighthouse - "Love grows"
19 The Archies - "Sunshine"

Repassem un col·lectiu d'artistes que, malgrat tots els seus intents posteriors, mai van aconseguir acostar-se a la brillantor del seu disc de referència.

01 Finley Quaye - "Sunday shining"
02 Terence Trent D'Arby - "Sign your name"
03 Ms Lauryn Hill - "Doo wop (that thing)"
04 The Knack - "My Sharona"
05 Boston - "Peace of mind"
06 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"
07 ABC - "The look of love, pt 1"
08 Aztec Camera - "Oblivious"
09 Haircut 100 - "Love plus one"
10 The Stone Roses - "She bangs the drums"
11 Fine Young Cannibals - "She drive me crazy"
12 Neneh Cherry - "Buffalo stance"
13 Propellerheads - "History repeating"

Artistes tan influents com Paul Simon, Talking Heads i Vampire Weekend han begut de manera gens dissimulada del pop d'arrel subsahariana. Reivindiquem els seus referents i, sobretot, la màgia inigualable de les seves guitarres.

01 Orchestra Baobab - "Coumba"
02 Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
03 Mdou Moctar - "Imouhar"
04 Ali Farka Touré - "Ai du"
05 Tinariwen - "Matadjem yinmixan"
06 Bombino - "Tar hani"
07 Bassekou Kouyate - "Jama ko"
08 Sir Victor Uwafo - "Kirikisi"
09 Djelimady Tounkara - "Fanta bourama"

Ens ha deixat Steve Albini, probablement el productor musical més influent i decisiu dels noranta. Aquí teniu el nostre homenatge particular amb una selecció de les seves produccions més recordades.

01 Pixies - "Where is my mind?"
02 Nirvana - "Serve the servants"
03 The Breeders - "Hapiness is a warm gun"
04 Superchunk - "Throwing things"
05 The Jesus Lizard - "Mouth breather"
06 PJ Harvey - "Rid of me"
07 Low - "Sunflower"
08 The Wedding Present - "Dalliance"
09 Shellac - Prayer to God
10 Songs: Ohia - "Farewell transmiission"
11 The Auteurs - "Unsolved child murder"
12 Cloud Nothings - "Wasted days"