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The Poetry Department - Matt Everitt sits in

Matt salutes a certain ‘tortured poet’ whose topping the charts right now with a playlist of songs referencing poets and poetry

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Sun 28 Apr 202418:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Better Oblivion Community Center

    Dylan Thomas

    • Better Oblivion Community Center.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 3.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Poet

    • There's A Riot Goin' On.
    • Epic.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    I Can Change

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Smiths

    Cemetry Gates

    • Rough Trade.

  • Tom Tom Club

    Wordy Rappinghood

    • (Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Horace Andy

    Skylarking

    • VIRGIN.

  • The Verve

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut.
    • 4.

  • Jamie T

    Sheila

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Nature Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Nirvana

    The Man Who Sold The World

    • Geffen.

  • Björk

    Sun In My Mouth

    • Vespertine.
    • One Little Indian.

  • Working Men’s Club

    John Cooper Clarke

    • Heavenly ·.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Take This Waltz

    • Columbia.

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Poetic Justice (feat. Drake)

  • English Teacher

    The World's Biggest Paving Slab

    • Island.

  • Bob Dylan

    Tangled Up In Blue

    • Columbia.

  • Laura Veirs

    Cool Water

    • Year Of Meteors.
    • nonesuch.

  • Kate Bush

    And Dream of Sheep

  • TV on the Radio

    Love Dog

  • The Cure

    How Beautiful Are You

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Blacktop

  • The Divine Comedy

    Lucy

  • The Beatles

    I Am The Walrus

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 6.

  • Saul Williams

    Coded Language

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Apr 202418:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music