This is not so much songs about roads and cars, instead those that best accompany the journey, shows not tells, enhances the sensations and capture that strangely magical movement of human and vehicle through a landscape. Enjoy here some road movies for inspiration …
Read morePlaylists: songs about memorabilia and souvenirs
Memories fond to tragic, travel to mementos of lost lovers, all kinds of objects and emotions are on display this week as guest Loud Atlas picks out a colourful and poignant range of objects and songs to spark stories and feelings
Read moreX marks the spot: love songs to specific places
Where are we going, exactly? With lyrical or title references as specific and detailed as possible, let’s take a global trip of songs and music giving affection to particular towns, areas, viewpoints, streets, or even smaller nooks and crannies
Read moreIt’s in the bag: songs about portable, personal containers
Travelling to shopping, fashion houses to homeless hobos, suitcases to handbags, briefcases to guitar cases, bags are the performer’s constant companion carried out in many songs, but it’s also about the contents …
Read morePleasure and pane: songs about windows
Clear or stained-glass, from or into rooms, trains, windscreens or more, literal or metaphorical, from the soul to an opportunity, it's time to shine light through and suggest titles or lyrics with this theme
Read moreHang on a minute … it's songs about waiting
Anticipation, excitement or apprehension, for anything from the rapture to Robert De Niro, opportunity or a bus, the light, love or in limbo, place your songs in our waiting room and see what happens …
Read moreOf all the bars, in all the world … songs about chance and coincidence
Let's roll with it. From songs about chance encounters to taking them, to random events coming together, this week it's time to see what the musical dice can come up with from your collections …
Read morePlaylists: songs that mention specific or obscure locations
Britain to Berlin, Bangkok to Baghdad or Buenos Aires, our guest writer Marco den Ouden takes a truly global tour of Earth-spanning eclecticism inspired by last week's Song Bar topic
Read moreShare: songs that mention specific or obscure locations
Billericay to Barrytown, Rock Creek Park to Reno, Solsbury Hill to Stonehenge, Warwick Avenue to Waterloo? Whether inside cafes, under station clocks or in a tiny box, suggest songs that take you to a specific or lesser-known place
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