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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Adam Boult

Readers recommend: stiff upper lip songs

Keeping your emotions bottled up, that's the theme for this week. Beyond mere bravery, this is grit and fortitude in the face of aversity. AND NO CRYING. It's not the British way.

Suggest your favourite songs about stiff upper lips, and someone will sift through your choices in order to assemble next week's Readers recommend playlist.

To increase the likelihood of your nomination being considered, please:

– Provide reasons why it's a worthy contender.

– Quote lyrics if helpful, but for copyright reasons no more than a third of a song's words.

– Provide a link to the song. We prefer Muzu or YouTube, but Spotify, SoundCloud or Grooveshark are fine, too.

• Listen to others' suggestions and add yours to a collaborative Spotify playlist.

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• If you can think of a good theme for Readers recommend, or if you'd like to volunteer to compile a playlist, please email adam.boult@theguardian.com.

• There's a wealth of data on RR, including the songs that are "zedded", at the Marconium. It also tells you the meaning of "zedded", "donds" and other strange words used by RR regulars.

• Many RR regulars also congregate at the 'Spill blog.

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