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Guajira Guantanamera: song meaning and origin of the lyrics
6 songs to unpack Ionian mode and the major scale
Danse Macabre: skeletal images in Saint Saens' iconic xylophone
6 songs combining harmonic minor and Aeolian mode
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A Dios le Pido: Juanes' Spanish lyrics behind the song success
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Mariposa Traicionera: meaning and flamenco roots of Maná's top hit
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Mexicali Blues: debut song by the Grateful Dead's psychedelic poet
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Three Little Fishies: origin of the cautionary children's song
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Locomotive Breath: fine groove born from Jethro Tull's studio session
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Ferry Cross the Mersey: Merseybeat classic arranged by the Fifth Beatle
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Oye Como Va: meaning and origin of the best-known cha-cha-chá song
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Ladytron: Roxy Music's lunar landing with mellotron, oboe, and synth
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La Bamba: meaning and tragedy behind the best-known son jarocho
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Lawdy Miss Clawdy: how Lloyd Price's first hit mixes blues and classics
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Marie Laveau: ballad of the legendary Voodoo Queen
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Caldonia: the song that spawned the term rock and roll
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Statesboro Blues: no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell
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Misty Mountain Hop: Led Zeppelin's contribution to pot legalization
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Hushabye: folk roots of famous rock and roll lullaby
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Coal Miner's Daughter was forced to remove a third of the lyrics from her autobiographical song
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Incense and Peppermints: a tangled story of song production
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Last Train to Clarksville: a duo of songwriters behind the first Monkees hit
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Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy: the reveille that defined a generation
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