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Sandi Shaw
Song of the Day: To capture the current state of farcical flux and political impasse over Brexit and US government shutdown, a classic written by Lionel Bart for the musical Oliver!, which also became a feminist 60s pop hit for the female star
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Brooklyn’s 3rd Bass from the early 1990s
Song of the Day: After R.E.M.’s The Wrong Child, a more discursive number about teenage problems, ranging from drugs, gangs, sexual abuse, to depression and suicide by one of the finest New York rap outfits from the golden age of early 90s hip hop
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High, tender voice? Lemmy lands a few surprises in this song
Song of the Day: Continuing a week of WW1 anniversary songs, in an unusually tender song from the heavy rock band, it’s a tragic first-person narration of the Battle of the Somme where 19,000 British soldiers were killed before noon
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A scene from the New York section of Night On Earth (1991)
Song of the Day: From Bernard Herrmann’s music from Taxi Driver, let’s catch a ride with another cab film, Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 five-vignettes plot, connected by a soundtrack by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
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The Animals may have done the best-known cover version, but there are arguably others than better it
To some it’s a masterpiece, to others a dirge, but from 17th century England to 20th century New Orleans, with artists that include Woody Guthrie, Nina Simone, The Animals and alt-J it’s a song that keeps evolving
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My Bloody Valentine in their earlier days
Song of the Day: Another sleep-themed song, not so much evoked by lyrics, but by the extraordinarily loud but also woozy sound of the band headed by Kevin Shields and his innovative tremolo guitar technique
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From the cover of The Future Sound of London's debut album Accelerator
Song of the Day: After yesterday's 808 State track, we move to another influential number also forged in Manchester, this time in 1991 by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans, pushing dance into further innovative and ambient territory
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A Tribe Called Quest's original quartet
Song of the Day: Two superb tracks that span the career one of the genre's most revered groups, from 1991's album The Low End Theory to 2016's We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
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De La Soul and co, from 1991's Roller Skating video
Song of the Day: Saturday, it's Saturday! What better way to enjoy the weekend that with the humorous upbeat work of the Long Island hip hop trio, from their second album De La Soul Is Dead (1991) plus and earlier one from '89? Produced by Prince Paul, alongside Dave, Maseo and Posdnuos it features A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and R&B singer Vinia Mojica
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