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Tracks On Trial by Sam George, Amy Joe & Andy Smith

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What makes a song truly genre-defining? Is it innovation, influence, commercial success... or simply breaking every rule and somehow making it work?

In this episode of Tracks on Trial, we put some of music's boldest and most unconventional songs under the microscope. From Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to Rush's The Spirit of Radio, we debate the tracks that completely ignored convention yet changed music forever.

Along the way we discuss:

  • Why some of the greatest songs ever written should never have worked on paper
  • How left-field ideas become mainstream classics
  • Progressive rock, synth-pop, alternative rock and experimental songwriting
  • Whether innovation matters more than popularity
  • The strange band names that somehow became legendary
  • Th ... 
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