The mixtape: from the Beatles to Bruno Mars

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For all time, music has had that power to bring people together, to connect and to inspire. That's why we held a special social event this week called "The Mixtape" in King's Cross...

Working with The Challenge and The Peel Centre, our aim was to bring together a group of young people with some of their older neighbours, to discuss the music that's important to them, and to discover common ground and common interests.

We knew that many people have preconceptions about modern music -- it's repetetive, it's aggressive, it's too bassy or beatsy; and we knew that some younger people can think that older music is a bit dull, a bit slow or dated.

Over the course of the discssion, however, we were reminded that some songs are truly timeless, that variety is the spice of life, and that music generally has that rare ability to inspire and excite across the generations.

Watch the video to see how our three participant groups came up with three brand new mixtapes together, and check out the links below to listen to the groups' exclusive playlists:

MIXTAPE ONE

1- Hometown Glory, Adele

2- Locked Out of Heaven, Bruno Mars

3- People Say We're In Love, from Oklahoma

4- Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles

MIXTAPE TWO

1- Fly Me To The Moon, Frank Sinatra

2- Night & Day, Cole Porter

3- One Love, Bob Marley

4- Crazy, Patsy Cline

5- Halo, Beyonce

MIXTAPE THREE

1- I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston

2- Hey Jude, The Beatles

3 - What's New Pussycat, Tom Jones

4- Simply The Best, Tina Turner

5- Wannabe, The Spice Girls