First one is called
If sports people liked cool music, wanted to be inspired but also had a sense of doubt, this is what they'd listen to ...
- Olympian - Gene
- Mr November - The National
- Chin High - Roots Manuva
- Lose Yourself - Eminem
- Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop
- Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group
- Faster - Manic Street Preachers
- Steady Pace - Matthew E White
- The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
- So Alive - Ryan Adams
- Get Ready - The Temptations
- Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest
- Who Gon Stop Me - Kanye West ft Jay-Z
- Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
- Finish Line - Fanfarlo
- Victory - The Walkmen
If you have siblings, and you can all sing, here is the proof that you should really form a band ...
- God Only Knows - Beach Boys
- All I Have to Do is Dream - Everly Brothers
- Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers
- Forever Lost - The Magic Numbers
- Hey Lover - Dawes
- Emmylou - First Aid Kit
- Teeth White - The Staves
- Love You More - The Pierces
- MMMBop - Hanson
- I'll be There - The Jackson 5
- Respect Yourself - The Staple Yourself
- Thinking of You - Sister Sledge
- Gan to the Kye - The Unthanks
- Sunshine on Leith - The Proclaimers
- Where Does the Good Go - Tegan and Sara
- Schooldays - The McGarrigle Hour
Guitars everywhere but not a man jack amongst them! What Maenad frenzy is this!
- Hey Darling - Sleater-Kinney
- Our Lips are Sealed - The Go-Gos
- Deceptacon - Le Tigre
- Radio On - Ex Hex
- Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
- Take Me Anywhere - Tegan and Sara
- Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
- Oh Bondage Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex
- Typical Girls - The Slits
- Woo Hoo - The 5,6,7,8s
- The Wire - Haim
- June Gloom - The Like
- Husbands - Savages
- Can't Find Entry - Those Dancing Days
- Undertow - Warpaint
- Ghost Town - First Aid Kit
A small slab of the glorious history of popular British protest music ...
- Between the Wars - Billy Bragg
- Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello
- Eton Rifles - The Jam
- Time for Heroes - The Libertines
- Working Class Hero - John Lennon
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish - Paul McCartney
- Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials
- Free Satpal Ram - Asian Dub Foundation
- Running the World - Jarvis Cocker
- God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols
- The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
- Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
- Paper Planes - MIA
- iLL Manors - Plan B
- Cap in Hand - The Proclaimers
- Ready for Drowning - Manic Street Preachers
- The Mountain People - Super Furry Animals
- Sunrise - The Divine Comedy
I'd buy that last one in a heartbeat! (Not that the others aren't also cracking)
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