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#MusicChallenge day 28 - The Ides of March

🙏 to @indigobunting.bsky.social and @pops1971.bsky.social for all your work in putting this challenge together!

The Carter Family - March Winds Gonna Blow All My Blues Away

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March Winds Goin' to Blow My Blues All Away
YouTube video by The Carter Family - Topic
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February 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 26 - Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut was a soldier in the US Army and fought in Europe in WWII.

Queen - '39

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Queen - '39 (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Queen Official
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February 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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#MusicChallenge day 26 - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

When this song was released, very few Top 40 hits addressed these issues so bluntly.

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Indian Reservation
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Paul Revere & the Raiders - Indian Reservation
YouTube video by ddsdsdfsd
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February 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 25 - The Horse Whisperer

Alannah Myles 🇨🇦 - Rockinghorse

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Alannah Myles - Rockinghorse (AUDIO)
YouTube video by AlannahMylesVEVO
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February 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 24 - Noble House

"Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong"

The Kinks - Victoria

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Victoria (2019 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Kinks - Topic
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February 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 23 - The Pelican Brief

"I had to appear in Marlborough Street Police Court and it was quite a day"

Long John Baldry - Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock'n'Roll

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Long John Baldry - "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll"
YouTube video by whiteray1
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February 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 22 - Katherine

(from a lovely song about acorns 🌰)

"Katherine, you look completely knackered"

Rachael Dadd - Two Coiled Springs

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Two Coiled Springs
YouTube video by Rachael Dadd - Topic
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February 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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#MusicChallenge day 21 - The Razor's Edge

"Cut the knife, just like a razor"

INXS - The One Thing

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INXS * The One Thing 1992 HQ
YouTube video by Larry Dean
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February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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#MusicChallenge day 20 - The Satanic Verses

Not about the book, but about what Rushdie went through after it was published.

"There's no rest for the running man/Why can't you let him be"

Al Stewart - Running Man

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Running Man
YouTube video by Al Stewart - Topic
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February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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#MusicChallenge day 18 - Silent Spring

The book talks about how DDT would kill fruit trees by stopping them from blossoming.

Pink Floyd - Apples and Oranges

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Pink Floyd - Apples and Oranges
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
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February 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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day 18 - The Quiet American

With recent events in the US, I've been thinking about this song.

Thomas Dolby - Dissidents

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Thomas Dolby - Dissidents (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Thomas Dolby
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February 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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day 17 - The Thorn Birds

Would the priest and the lovely woman ever get together?

Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side

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Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Thorn In My Side (Official Video)
YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO
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February 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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day 16 - The Once and Future King

"A kingdom lost in time"

Al Stewart - Merlin's Time

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Merlin's Time
YouTube video by Al Stewart - Topic
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February 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 15 - Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil

A song that's also about everything having two sides.

Tori Amos - God

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God (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Tori Amos - Topic
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February 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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day 13 - IT

I've read enough about this book to know that if I actually read the book itself, I would never sleep again 😨

Dave Davies - Death of a Clown

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Dave Davies - Death Of A Clown (1967)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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February 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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day 13 - East of Eden

"A tower room at Eden Roc"

Steely Dan - Brooklyn
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Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
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February 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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day 12 - Roots

Thanks to @sharmannorge.bsky.social for introducing me to this amazing artist.

Rachael Dadd - Cut My Roots

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Rachael Dadd performs Cut My Roots live | Quay Sessions
YouTube video by BBC Scotland
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February 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 11 - The Day of the Jackal

Seems timely....

"Wise men once read fake news/And they believed it/Jackals raised their hackles"

Taylor Swift - The Albatross

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Taylor Swift - The Albatross (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Taylor Swift
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February 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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#MusicChallenge day 10

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

👀

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

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Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RockwellVEVO
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February 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 8 - Valley of the Dolls

💊💊💊💊💊💊💊

The Chemical Brothers - The Pills Won't Help You Now

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The Pills Won't Help You Now
YouTube video by The Chemical Brothers - Topic
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February 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 7 - The Godfather

Theme music for a TV series about a similar "family business".

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning

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Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One)
YouTube video by Thomas Stukings
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February 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 6
The Kitchen God's Wife

Ignoring their recent appearances at Mango Mussolini events.

Oak Ridge Boys - Trying to Love Two Women

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Trying To Love Two Women
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February 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 6
The Old Man and the Sea

Al Stewart - Old Admirals

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Old Admirals
YouTube video by Al Stewart - Topic
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February 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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#MusicChallenge day 5 - A Thousand Splendid Suns

Inspired by the music of the part of the world where this book is set.

Dead Can Dance - Rakim

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Rakim (Live at The Mayfair Theatre)
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February 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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day 3 - In Cold Blood

This book scared the crap out of me as a pre-teen. Even now, knowing some of the back story (eg Capote maybe reconstructing some of the "quotes"), it's an incredible piece of writing.

John Hiatt - Icy Blue Heart

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Icy Blue Heart
YouTube video by John Hiatt - Topic
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February 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM