#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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
youtu.be/kVwEwdIIZD0?...
#MusicChallenge day 25 - The Horse Whisperer
Alannah Myles 🇨🇦 - Rockinghorse
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#MusicChallenge day 25 - The Horse Whisperer
Alannah Myles 🇨🇦 - Rockinghorse
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#MusicChallenge day 24 - Noble House
"Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong"
The Kinks - Victoria
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#MusicChallenge day 24 - Noble House
"Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong"
The Kinks - Victoria
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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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#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
youtu.be/Bj_lZ4hkJd8?...
#MusicChallenge day 22 - Katherine
(from a lovely song about acorns 🌰)
"Katherine, you look completely knackered"
Rachael Dadd - Two Coiled Springs
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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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#MusicChallenge day 21 - The Razor's Edge
"Cut the knife, just like a razor"
INXS - The One Thing
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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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#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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#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
youtu.be/2Ga518oAmeE?...
#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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#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
youtu.be/kXuypU4qjj8?...
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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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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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day 17 - The Thorn Birds
Would the priest and the lovely woman ever get together?
Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side
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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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day 16 - The Once and Future King
"A kingdom lost in time"
Al Stewart - Merlin's Time
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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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#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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#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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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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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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day 13 - East of Eden
"A tower room at Eden Roc"
Steely Dan - Brooklyn
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day 13 - East of Eden
"A tower room at Eden Roc"
Steely Dan - Brooklyn
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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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day 12 - Roots
Thanks to @sharmannorge.bsky.social for introducing me to this amazing artist.
Rachael Dadd - Cut My Roots
youtu.be/M3SDw72RAWY?...
#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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#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
youtu.be/4wOsiM2T_xc?...
#MusicChallenge day 10
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
👀
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
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#MusicChallenge day 10
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
👀
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
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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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#MusicChallenge day 8 - Valley of the Dolls
💊💊💊💊💊💊💊
The Chemical Brothers - The Pills Won't Help You Now
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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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#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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#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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#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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#MusicChallenge day 6
The Old Man and the Sea
Al Stewart - Old Admirals
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#MusicChallenge day 6
The Old Man and the Sea
Al Stewart - Old Admirals
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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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#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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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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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
youtu.be/AzpvH4AYnBc?...