El celobert

A finals dels 70, una discogràfica alternativa i multiracial va popularitzar, des d'Anglaterra, els ritmes jamaicans i les lletres militants antiracistes. Es feia dir 2 Tone. 

01 The Specials - "Gangsters"
02 Madness - "The prince"
03 The Selecter - "On my radio"
04 The Beat - "Tears of a clown"
05 The Specials - "Too much too young"
06 The Selecter - "Too much pressure"
07 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "I can't stand up for falling down"
08 The Beat - "Mirror in the bathroom"
09 The Beat - "Ranking full stop"
10 The Bodysnatchers - "Let's do rock steady"
11 The Specials - "Stereotype"
12 The Specials - "Ghost town"
13 The Special AKA - "Nelson Mandela"
14 The Special AKA - "The boiler"

Vivim temps convulsos en què costa trobar sentit a les decisions dels que manen. Aquí teniu un grapat de cançons optimistes i alegres que ens ajuden a superar els temps difícils. 

01 Rosé, Bruno Mars - "APT."
02 The Cure - "Friday, I'm in love"
03 Supergrass - "Alright"
04 R.E.M. - "Shiny happy people"
05 Dua Lipa - "Don't start now"
06 Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come on Eileen"
07 Chappell Roan - "Good luck, babe!"
08 The Jackson 5 - "I want you back"
09 The Coral - "Dreaming of you"
10 The Housemartins - "Happy hour"
11 Antònia Font - "Alegria"
12 Alaska y Dinarama - "A quien le importa"
13 Lori Meyers - "Emborracharme"
14 Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
15 La Ludwig Band - "El meu amor se n'ha anat de vacances"
16 John Paul Young - "Love is in the air"

Ara que, un cop més, l'imperialisme ha decidit utilitzar les bombes per solucionar problemes polítics, necessitem més que mai cançons que reneguin de les guerres. 

01 Edwin Starr - "War"
02 XTC - "Generals and majors"
03 Bob Marley & The Wailers - "War"
04 The Jam - "Little boy soldiers"
05 Manel - "La cançó del soldadet"
06 Kate Bush - "Army dreamers"
07 The Kinks - "Some mother's son"
08 Robert Wyatt - "Shipbuilding"
09 Extremoduro - "Otra inútil canción para la paz"
10 Lluís Llach - "Cançó sense nom"
11 Manic Street Preachers - "If you tolerate this your children will be next"
12 Phil Ochs - "I ain't marchin' anymore"
13 Bob Dylan - "Masters of war"
14 Nacho Vegas - "N V por la paz mundial"

Aprofitem que arriben els Oscars de Hollywood per repassar les cançons que haurien d'haver guanyat l'estatueta daurada i es van quedar a un pas de fer-ho.

01 Kermit The Frog - "Rainbow connection"
02 Miles Caton - "I lied to you"
03 Paul McCartney - "Live and let die"
04 Barbra Streisand - "The way we were"
05 Stevie Wonder - "I just called to say I love you"
06 Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters"
07 Bruce Springsteen - "Streets of Philadelphia"
08 Neil Young - "Philadelphia"
09 Aimee Mann - "Save me"
10 Phil Collins - "Against all odds"
11 Celine Dion - "My heart will go on"
12 Elliott Smith - "Miss misery"
13 Lionel Richie - "Say you, say me"
14 Simple Minds - "Don't you (forget about me)"
15 Bob Dylan - "Things have changed"
16 Björk - "I've seen it all"

Tenint en compte el caràcter intrínsecament excessiu del rock, no sorprèn que hagi popularitzat tot un seguit de cantants que opten per l'histrionisme vocal. Aquí teniu el bo i millor des intèrprets gimnàstics que es canten a sobre i no moren en l'intent. 

01 The Darkness - "I believe in a thing called love"
02 Queen - "Somebody to love"
03 Sparks - "This town ain't big enough for the two of us"
04 The Associates - "Party fears two"
05 B.E.F, Billy Mackenzie - "The secret life of arabia"
06 Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
07 Meat Loaf - "Paradise by the dashboard light"
08 Klaus Nomi - "Total eclipse"
09 Nina Hagen - "African reggae"
10 Lene Lovich - "Lucky number"
11 The Slits - "I heard it through the grapevine"
12 4 Non Blondes - "What's up?"