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The 1975 Queen hit Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most famously ambiguous and debated songs in music history. Freddie Mercury himself famously refused to explain its meaning, often saying it was "just about relationships" with "a bit of nonsense in the middle," and that listeners should interpret it for themselves. Despite this, many interpretations have emerged over the years, with the most widely accepted revolving around Freddie Mercury's personal struggles, identity, and coming to terms with his sexuality. In terms of composition, the song can be broken into five sections: an intro; a ballad; an opera a hard rock section followed by an outtro in the same style as the intro. If you are interested in music, may I suggest watching this video which goes into the technical details of the song. Intro "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?": This sets the stage for a journey of self-discovery and confusion. It suggests a feeling of being caught b...

Yesteray Yesterday is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a single in September of that year. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It subsequently appeared on the UK EP Yesterday in March 1966 and made its US album debut on Yesterday and Today, in June 1966. McCartney's vocal and acoustic guitar, together with a string quartet, was essentially the band's first solo performance. It remains popular today and, with 2200 cover versions, is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. It was also was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners. The song was also voted the No. 1 pop song of all time by MTV and Rolling Stone magazine the following year. In 1997, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame....

Time Out Magazine produced a list of the most famous paintings .  While I would generally agree with them, in my opinion, one painting that is missing is The Scream by Edvard Munch (pictured above). Although not everyone's cup of tea , the painting is certainly well known by those with no particular interest in art. I would have also included one of the works by Andy Worhul and Banksi but I wonder of these two artists works would age very well. By this I mean, would they be as cherised in a century as they are now? While I'm on that topic, here are lyrics to Don McLeans song Vincent . Can you guess which painter it is about and which paintings of his is being refered to in this song? Image: By Edvard Munch - National Gallery of Norway 8 January 2019 (upload date) by Coldcreation, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69541493

Here's the link to the playlist . You do not have to be subscribed to Spotify to listen (although without a subscription, you will have to listed to some adverts before the song plays).

Clout was an all-female South African rock group formed in Johannesburg in 1977, best known for their hit single, Substitute which was actually a new arrangement of a Righteous Brothers song .  Clout's version reached number one in South Africa and several European countries. It also reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the UK charts for fifteen weeks. Due to sanctions against South African artists and performers by the UK's Equity at the time, the BBC One television series Top of the Pops used the group's performance of the song on Dutch programme TopPop , from 8 April 1978, to present the hit song for its top ten countdown. Clout were very sucessful in Europe and a few of their singles made the top ten. However, like many other musicians, their sucess was not replicated in the US, where Substitute only reached 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. They split up in 1981, shortly after the release of their last major single, a re-arrangement of the Hal...