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What are the songs that could easily be read as a piece of poetry – Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits created some great lyrical poetry – but who else? What are the most poetic songs those that could stand alone without the music?

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Music Played

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Bob Dylan

    Forever Young

    • The Best Of Bob Dylan.
    • Columbia.

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan

    Nothing Rhymed

    • Gilbert O'Sullivan -Nothing But The B.
    • Park Records.
    • 1.

  • Yazoo

    Only You

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Tom Odell

    Another Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Into My Arms

    • Boatman's Call, The.
    • Mute Records.
    • 1.

  • Gretchen Peters

    When You Are Old

    • Gretchen Peters - The Secret Of Life.
    • Curb/Hit.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • 21st Century Rock.
    • Divine Comedy Records UK Ltd.
    • 12.

  • Bread

    If

    • David Gates & Bread - Essentials.
    • Elektra.

  • Elvis Presley

    If I Can Dream

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions & Lloyd Cole

    Perfect Skin

    • Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • The Proclaimers

    Oh Jean

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • EMI.
    • 20.

  • Lianne La Havas

    Lost & Found

    • Lost And Found.
    • Warner Music.
    • 1.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Suzanne

    • The Singer & The Song (Various Artist.
    • Stylus.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • Elliott Smith

    Angel in the Snow

    • An Introduction To Elliott Smith.
    • Universal Music.
    • 12.

  • Paul Simon

    How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns

    • The Complete Albums Collection.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 4.

  • James Grant

    Does It All Add Up To Nothing

    • My Thrawn Glory.
    • Vertical.
    • 3.

  • MARINA

    Buy the Stars

    • Electra Heart.
    • Atlantic Records UK.
    • 16.

  • Shirley Bassey

    A House Is Not A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • 12 of Those Songs.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 1 Sep 2022 18:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Shetland
  • Thu 1 Sep 2022 18:01
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