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Beatles songs featuring Lydian mode
Beatles songs with Dorian mode
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Music Theory
Peace Frog: the only Doors song featuring Lydian mode
USA
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Hero and Heroine: Strawbs lyrics that allegorize drug addiction through Greek mythology
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Yo No Te Pido la Luna: origins and meaning of Daniela Romo's best hit
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Bungle in the Jungle: early prog-rock hit vs the greatest boxing match
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Beatles songs with Dorian mode
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Oye Mi Amor: the catchy harmony of Maná's most covered song
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Wildwood Weed: the cheeky ganja farmers song that got banned
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Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song
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Golden Slumbers: lyrical origins of the famous Beatles lullaby
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La Gota Fría: vallenato music masterpiece refashioned by Carlos Vives
Colombia
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Latin
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1990s
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Hasta Mañana: the origins of the best ABBA ballad
Sweden
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1970s
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Mixolydian mode in The Doors songs
USA
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Rock
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1960s
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1970s
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Vivir Mi Vida: meaning and origin of Marc Anthony's jubilant salsa
Algeria
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USA
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Latin
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2010s
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Ramblin' on My Mind: Delta blues masterpiece cut in a hotel room
USA
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No Quarter: two minor modal modes of Led Zeppelin's psychedelic track
England
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Rock
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1970s
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Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack's recollection of his brother tragic death
USA
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Popular Song
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1970s
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Desafinado: a song for those who cannot sing
Brazil
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Latin
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1950s
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1960s
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: the record that shot Jerry Lee Lewis to fame
USA
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1950s
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Beatles songs featuring Lydian mode
England
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Burbujas de Amor: playful and saucy lyrics by Juan Luis Guerra
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Flat Foot Floogie: vulgar meaning of the swing hit song
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Jazz
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1930s
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The Bells of Rhymney: two major modal modes of famous protest song
USA
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Rock
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1950s
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1960s
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Hypnotized: Fleetwood Mac's song about aliens
England
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USA
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Rock
,
1970s
SONGWRITER
Dos Gardenias: romantic lyrics of the famous Cuban bolero
Cuba
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Latin
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1940s
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1990s
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Reelin' In the Years: the tandem of effective lyrics and one of the best guitar solos of all time
USA
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Rock
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1970s
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Bony Moronie: blues roots of the seminal rock and roll hit
USA
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Rock
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1950s
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Garota De Ipanema: world's best-known bossa nova tune came to Jobim in a bar
Brazil
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Latin
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1960s
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Things We Said Today: the only Beatles song featuring Phrygian mode
England
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Rock
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1960s
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Gimme Three Steps: the bar where Lynyrd Skynyrd's frontman almost got shot
USA
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Rock
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1970s
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Firth of Fifth: impressionistic Genesis song as a prog-rock masterpiece
England
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1970s
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