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Thanks for your ideas about dream songs last week. In case, you're wondering, Roy Orbison's In Dreams would have been a shoo-in had it not already appeared in last year's playlist about songs redefined by films, and I like She Moves Through The Fair but several versions present the lover as a ghost rather than a dream so it didn't quite work.
Last week, Linsel suggested a structural theme rather than a lyrical one. Seems like a good idea to me. Inevitably, most weeks' themes favour eloquent lyricists, hence the dominance of Jarvis Cocker, Morrissey, Nick Cave, etc. This week should be different. The brief is short tracks: anything which clocks in at under two minutes, whether it's a song, skit, intro or interlude. There's more than you might think. White Riot, All Shook Up, And Your Bird Can Sing and Do You Believe In Magic? miss out by just one second. And if it doesn't work, we can all blame Linsel. Heh heh.
Just one request. Please exercise restraint, iTunes users. Reeling off a long list of songs taken from your desktop will be annoying. Only suggest things you're passionate about.
Deadline for recommendations is Monday 1pm. The archive of previous columns is accessible here, and you can also see an A-Z of every single song that has appeared in the weekly playlists.
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