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The Beat in 1980
Song of the Day: A political, but prescient number from their debut 1980 album I Just Can't Stop It, this wonderful Birmingham ska-reggae outfit, best known for their hit Mirror In The Bathroom, was among the 2 Tone label's finest
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Bob Dylan in 1962
Song of the Day: A Dylan song was inevitably going to drop here at some point, and, from current flooding, climate change and US foreign policy wrangles, this apocalyptic early number recorded in 1962 the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis remains just as hard-hitting and relevant
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Eels, fronted by Mark Oliver Everett. This song comes from their ironically titled 2013 album Wonderful, Glorious. And this song includes the Brazilian rainstick.
Song of the Day: While Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un insanely posture with nuclear weapon threats, a song that portrays the nature of an insecure, repressed, psychopathic mind, which might explain it all
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Morrissey
Song of the Day: From yesterday's Father John Misty, we take a dip into more great ironic lyrics, and in the shadow of world war, perhaps the ultimate 'fidding while Rome burns' from the Mancunian ex-Smith
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Prince reigning purple in 2007
Songs of the Day: A special tribute selection of four songs to mark exactly a year since the Purple One suddenly passed away – variously sad, political, funky, and triumphantly emotional
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