Ft Life Of A Song
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Sinopsis
Each month FT music critics and contributors discuss the story of a song, from its origins and early recordings through cover versions good and bad. Formerly called FT Arts.
Episodios
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The Life of a Song: War
12/02/2016 Duración: 06minWhich song links a Haile Selassie UN speech with a Bob Marley vamp and the moment Sinead O’Connor was booed by 20,000 Bob Dylan fans? David Honigmann discusses “War”. Credit: Sony Legacy, 1992 Island Records, Rastafari Records, Keltia Musique See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
05/02/2016 Duración: 06minThe quintessential grunge anthem, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ hinted at the racial politics, school shootings and ennui which entangled America’s Generation X. David Honigmann traces the song’s evolution. Credit: Universal Music TV Campaign Division, Columbia, UMC (Universal Music Catalogue), Rhino Atlantic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Good Times
05/02/2016 Duración: 06minMike Hobart explores the history of Chic’s "Good Times", a last-gasp salute to disco inspired by the Great Depression and Harlem Renaissance. Credit: Atlantic Records, Sanctuary, Castle See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Surf's Up
22/01/2016 Duración: 06minA pocket symphony, “Surf’s Up” was written by Brian Wilson at the peak of his creative brilliance. David Cheal discusses the Beach Boy who didn’t surf, and how he caught the wave of emerging 1960s counterculture. Credits: Capital Catalog, Smog Veil Records See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Mack the Knife
15/01/2016 Duración: 06minHow did a dirge-like song about a serial killer written by a Marxist playwright and a left-wing composer become a swinging jazz classic and global commercial success? David Cheal follows a trail not yet gone cold. Credits: Naxos; Decca Music Group Ltd; Not Now Music; Delta See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Sunshine of Your Love
08/01/2016 Duración: 05minAn unforgettable track whose lyrics emerged from an all-night writing session, “Sunshine of Your Love” has been covered by Jimi Hendrix and Ella Fitzgerald. David Cheal seeks the source of the song’s primal brilliance. Credits: Legacy Recordings; Polydor Ltd; LRC Ltd; Groove Merchant Records See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Auld Lang Syne
23/12/2015 Duración: 05minA ballad as much about reunions as separations, Auld Lang Syne can signify everything from the year's end, to closing time in Japanese department stores. David Cheal explores the many incarnations of this sentimental Scottish song. Credit: Culburne Records; Lismor Recordings; Anti/Epitaph See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: The Holly and the Ivy
18/12/2015 Duración: 05minThis much-loved Christmas Carol uses words published by Cecil Sharp in 1911. But to what extent did he graft Christian elements onto a very different original? FT arts editor Jan Dalley traces the gender shifts which define the song’s evolution. Credit: Universal-Island Records Ltd; Warner Classics See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Short story: ‘Winter Letter’ by Lydia Davis
18/12/2015 Duración: 28minA new short story for the holidays, from the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize. The reader is Christine Spolar See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: To Love Somebody
11/12/2015 Duración: 06minIt was written for Otis Redding but he never sang it, became a hit for the Bee Gees and covered by numerous bands in various genres but who was the unlikely inspiration for 'To Love Somebody'? Ian McCann tells the story. Credits: Bee Gees/Reprise; Ace Records; Sanctuary; London Records See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a Song: Johnny Remember Me
04/12/2015 Duración: 07minJohn Leyton's 1961 "death disc" was born out of a séance and banned by the BBC but still reached Number 1. Cathi Unsworth tells the song's eerie tale and follows the trail of tears it left behind. Credit: Puzzle Productions/DMI; Goldenlane Records; Caribe Sound; EMI See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Norse code for Christmas
01/12/2015 Duración: 04minThis year’s carol was specially commissioned by the FT with the help of Nicola Clase, Sweden’s ambassador to the UK. Jane Owen talks to Clase about the piece, which was composed by Johan Hugosson and features lyrics adapted from medieval Scandinavian rune poems. It is sung by the choir of Stockholms Musikgymnasium conducted by Bengt Ollen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Walk on the Wild Side
27/11/2015 Duración: 06minDavid Cheal explores how Lou Reed got prostitution, transvestism, oral sex and drugs past the BBC commisariat with a group of white English 'coloured girls'. Credits: RCA/Legacy, Spectralite, Sony BMG Music Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Rocket 88
13/11/2015 Duración: 06minDavid Cheal investigates the roots of an explosive song often cited as the first ever rock 'n' roll record. Credits: Charly Records, Gralin Music, Famous Flames Recording Company, Proper Box. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Nessun Dorma
06/11/2015 Duración: 07minJan Dalley tells the story of the aria that united opera and football fans alike in a strange example of the power of posh music. Credits: ZYX Music, Naxos, Monument, Arista. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Beat It
30/10/2015 Duración: 07minMichael Jackson's first foray into rock helped dismantle barriers of genre — and race — in the early 1980s music business. Maria Crawford tells the story. Credits: Epic, Mercury Records. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
23/10/2015 Duración: 05minFrom the origin of the "grapevine" itself, through Motown and Marvin Gaye to The Slits' punk reinvention, Hilary Kirby charts the evolution of a classic. Credits: Motown Record Company, Motown Records, Island Def Jam Records. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Life of a song: Going Back to My Roots
16/10/2015 Duración: 06minGoing back to the roots of Lamont Dozier's 1977 hit, David Cheal uncovers TV inspiration, Woodstockian vibes and a question mark over the authorship of that famous guitar lick. Credits: Warner Music TV, Rhino/Elektra, Marathon Media International, Orlando Julius Afro House of High Life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Goodnight, Irene
09/10/2015 Duración: 06minFirst recorded in 1934 by Lead Belly the 'Homicidal Harmoniser', David Cheal follows the waltzing lament of 'Goodnight, Irene' through interpretations by the Weavers, Ry Cooder and Bryan Ferry. Credits: Hallmark, H&H Music, Rhino/Warner Bros, Virgin Germany. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The life of a song: Night on Disco Mountain
02/10/2015 Duración: 06minDavid Cheal follows Modest Mussorgsky's dramatic 19th-century composition from orchestral standard to Disney classic and floor-filling disco anthem. Credits: Disney Records, Masterworks Jazz, Bee Gees/Reprise. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.