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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Elle Hunt

‘The way Cheikh Lô uses his voice takes you on a journey’: Rosalind Eleazar’s honest playlist

Rosalind Eleazar Photograph: Violeta Sofia

My karaoke go-to
Wannabe by the Spice Girls, but mainly because we would always do it at school, when we did dress-up or a skit. And I would always play Scary Spice – for obvious reasons. I was telling my boyfriend about this and I found out that he thinks the next line in that song is: “If you wanna be my lover / Sex is 50p”. I was like: “What?! Where did you get that?” He said: “Is that not the line?” The Spice Girls were for kids! Who would come up with a line like that?

The song that made my best ever gig experience
Purple Rain by Prince. I went to see him at the O2, it must have been 15 years ago. I liked Prince, but I wasn’t a hardcore fan – my friend got me tickets – but when that song came on, there was just utter silence. It was meant to be played in an arena, with the bass and your whole body feeling the music. I had goosebumps, I was just so moved by that song and how he performed it.

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