Musician covers 'Stayin' Alive' as a 16th-century madrigal song and it's just genius

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V.A. – A Strange Daisy Christmas

Das Indielabel Strange Daisy Records aus New Orleans hat zum Nikolaus eine Weihnachtscompilation seiner Artists und Bands zusammengestellt. Von dem Erlös werden gleich vier Organisationen, die sich…

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Beschouwing POPBIBLE, 1001+ songs with a Biblical reference, van Corjan Matsinger. Uitgave Buijten en Schipperheijn Motief, 2024.
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https://jurjenkvanderhoek.nl/index.php/2025/12/09/popsongs-die-de-bijbel-raken/

Komplett anders, als man sich einen Chor vorstellt, ist der Männerkneipenchor „Männersache“ aus Bamberg. Rund 35 bis 50 Männer präsentieren ein Feuerwerk an Popsongs, die zum Mitsingen einladen. Kommt am Sonntag, 13. Juli, um 15.30 Uhr zum Bamberger Domplatz. Der Eintritt ist frei!

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@barrd I would also have thrown Shout in there, coincidentally. Perhaps ‘Downtown’ (not the Abbey) from Petula Clark? Choosing just *ONE* of The Monkees (not a real band) oeuvre would be a tough one, but I’m rather fond of ‘Daydream Believer’. And, perhaps more obscurely, but an absolute gem, IMO: Elenore by The Turtles.

Pitch in, all you lurkers, and contribute.

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A three-minute pop song about driving (or not driving) a metaphorical car:

Red Ferrari

"First gear of me and you
"Starting out on something new"

https://single-bass.bandcamp.com/track/red-ferrari

#songs #PopSongs #cars #metaphor #bass

Red Ferrari, by Single Bass

track by Single Bass

Single Bass
This group is pretty clever, taking #popSongs and resetting them to decades prior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UngXu2zwF9E
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (ONE TAKE Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Cover)

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"We hear a pop song many times on the radio (or wherever), then buy it and listen to it repeatedly. Soon, we know the lyrics by heart. We force our parents to listen to it. The whole song is present to us as a single concept, more than as a narrative arc. In this way, a three-minute pop song is more like a three-second slogan than like a thirty-minute show or a short story.”

#Music #PopSongs #PaulSimon #America #CloseReading

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Let Us Be Lovers - 3 Quarks Daily

by Jerry Cayford

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