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#music #soundtrack #gamemusic #gametunes #MopsAndMobs
mctannhauser.bandcamp.com/album/denaris
#music #soundtrack #gamemusic #gametunes #MopsAndMobs
#GameTunes (Day 30)
Free Play
Neil Young's ode to minor league baseball-For the Turnstiles
youtu.be/z34HMyOmljQ?...
#GameTunes (Day 30)
Free Play
Neil Young's ode to minor league baseball-For the Turnstiles
youtu.be/z34HMyOmljQ?...
#GameTunes (Day 29)
I Spy
This is a song Tori Amos wrote about playing a sort of I Spy game with her daughter:
Spies
youtu.be/1l8R6KGkwSw?...
#GameTunes (Day 29)
I Spy
This is a song Tori Amos wrote about playing a sort of I Spy game with her daughter:
Spies
youtu.be/1l8R6KGkwSw?...
#GameTunes (Day 28)
Jigsaw Puzzle
Van Morrison-Days Like This
"When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit
Then I must remember there'll be days like this"
youtu.be/3UUWkr4FUlo?...
#GameTunes (Day 28)
Jigsaw Puzzle
Van Morrison-Days Like This
"When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit
Then I must remember there'll be days like this"
youtu.be/3UUWkr4FUlo?...
#GameTunes (Day 27)
Red Rover
From one of my favorite albums:
X-I See Red
youtu.be/O5n-NhWuc1w?...
#GameTunes (Day 27)
Red Rover
From one of my favorite albums:
X-I See Red
youtu.be/O5n-NhWuc1w?...
#GameTunes (Day 26)
Dodge Ball
XTC-Ball and Chain from the superb 1982 album, English Settlement
youtu.be/aiGgyr02X08?...
#GameTunes (Day 26)
Dodge Ball
XTC-Ball and Chain from the superb 1982 album, English Settlement
youtu.be/aiGgyr02X08?...
#GameTunes (Day 25)
Table Tennis
One of my two must-play tunes on Thanksgiving:
Dar Williams-The Christians and the Pagans
"So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they are able"
youtu.be/rjM7qCzTJHw?...
#GameTunes (Day 25)
Table Tennis
One of my two must-play tunes on Thanksgiving:
Dar Williams-The Christians and the Pagans
"So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they are able"
youtu.be/rjM7qCzTJHw?...
#GameTunes (Day 24)
Telephone
Early Rolling Stones with Get Off of My Cloud
"The telephone is ringin'
I say, "Hi, it's me, who is it there on the line?"
youtu.be/lIpvUJ5VAaw?...
#GameTunes (Day 24)
Telephone
Early Rolling Stones with Get Off of My Cloud
"The telephone is ringin'
I say, "Hi, it's me, who is it there on the line?"
youtu.be/lIpvUJ5VAaw?...
#GameTunes (Day 23)
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Coyote by Joni Mitchell has two of the main prompts:
"You'll be brushing out a broodmare's TAIL"
and, later:
"He PINs me in a corner and he won't say no"
youtu.be/f7MbmXklj3Q?...
#GameTunes (Day 23)
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Coyote by Joni Mitchell has two of the main prompts:
"You'll be brushing out a broodmare's TAIL"
and, later:
"He PINs me in a corner and he won't say no"
youtu.be/f7MbmXklj3Q?...
#GameTunes (Day 22)
Trash Can
Probably my favorite song from Shawn Murphy's time with Little Feat-Big Bang Theory
"You talkin' trash while you spendin' my cash"
youtu.be/yD7TioXULHw?...
#GameTunes (Day 22)
Trash Can
Probably my favorite song from Shawn Murphy's time with Little Feat-Big Bang Theory
"You talkin' trash while you spendin' my cash"
youtu.be/yD7TioXULHw?...
#GameTunes (Day 21)
Capture the Flag
"Wave that flag, wave it wide and high!"
Grateful Dead-U.S. Blues
youtu.be/vJBaIUZwmTs?...
#GameTunes (Day 21)
Capture the Flag
"Wave that flag, wave it wide and high!"
Grateful Dead-U.S. Blues
youtu.be/vJBaIUZwmTs?...
#GameTunes (Day 20)
Cards
Psychedelic Furs-Sister Europe
"Words are all just useless sound
Just like cards, they fall around
And we will be"
youtu.be/-R96oxrDHWs?...
#GameTunes (Day 20)
Cards
Psychedelic Furs-Sister Europe
"Words are all just useless sound
Just like cards, they fall around
And we will be"
youtu.be/-R96oxrDHWs?...
#GameTunes (Day 19)
Checkers/Chess
I saw these guys open for Yes in the early '70s and loved them.
Gryphon-Checkmate (from their fabulous Red Queen to Gryphon 3 album)
youtu.be/m1gJcmbonnQ?...
#GameTunes (Day 19)
Checkers/Chess
I saw these guys open for Yes in the early '70s and loved them.
Gryphon-Checkmate (from their fabulous Red Queen to Gryphon 3 album)
youtu.be/m1gJcmbonnQ?...
#GameTunes (Day 14)
Dice
I've always been a sucker for musicals and this one is all about dice. I caught the touring company for this one in the early '90s with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince.
Luck Be a Lady from Guys and Dolls (1992 revival)
youtu.be/0RKhzWW9Uyk?...
#GameTunes (Day 14)
Dice
I've always been a sucker for musicals and this one is all about dice. I caught the touring company for this one in the early '90s with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince.
Luck Be a Lady from Guys and Dolls (1992 revival)
youtu.be/0RKhzWW9Uyk?...
#GameTunes (Day 13)
Jacks
From the late Robbie Robertson's Storyville album, Go Back to Your Woods
"One-eyed jacks and the king with the axe
Come from the wrong side of the tracks"
youtu.be/JMq6g6bMuq0?...
#GameTunes (Day 13)
Jacks
From the late Robbie Robertson's Storyville album, Go Back to Your Woods
"One-eyed jacks and the king with the axe
Come from the wrong side of the tracks"
youtu.be/JMq6g6bMuq0?...
#GameTunes (Day 12)
Red Light, Green Light
From my favorite lineup of one of my favorite bands:
King Crimson-Red
youtu.be/X_pDwv3tpug?...
#GameTunes (Day 12)
Red Light, Green Light
From my favorite lineup of one of my favorite bands:
King Crimson-Red
youtu.be/X_pDwv3tpug?...
#GameTunes (Day 11)
Four Square
Going with one of my favorite songs from August and Everything After:
"One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for girls and four for boys"
youtu.be/QWj-04CoNuw?...
#GameTunes (Day 11)
Four Square
Going with one of my favorite songs from August and Everything After:
"One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for girls and four for boys"
youtu.be/QWj-04CoNuw?...
#GameTunes (Day 10)
Duck, Duck, Goose
In my teen years, I thought this was some of the most beautiful music I'd ever heard. My young ears were pretty discerning, if I do say so myself.
Camel-The Snow Goose
youtu.be/cs0cJVEtxJo?...
#GameTunes (Day 10)
Duck, Duck, Goose
In my teen years, I thought this was some of the most beautiful music I'd ever heard. My young ears were pretty discerning, if I do say so myself.
Camel-The Snow Goose
youtu.be/cs0cJVEtxJo?...
#GameTunes (Day 9)
Hop Scotch
I know this is long but the studio version just doesn't capture the energy of this song.
"Well, the scotch has started flowing
And some girl she is showing everything she's got
Folks, it's a sight!"
Ry Cooder-Down in Hollywood
youtu.be/eevAuAhIIyM?...
#GameTunes (Day 9)
Hop Scotch
I know this is long but the studio version just doesn't capture the energy of this song.
"Well, the scotch has started flowing
And some girl she is showing everything she's got
Folks, it's a sight!"
Ry Cooder-Down in Hollywood
youtu.be/eevAuAhIIyM?...
#GameTunes (Day 8)
Cat's Cradle
I saw Graham Nash play this a couple of weeks ago and he told the story of Joni buying the vase that inspired it.
"Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard"
Our House-CSNY
youtu.be/tKYjUn-SBcg?...
#GameTunes (Day 8)
Cat's Cradle
I saw Graham Nash play this a couple of weeks ago and he told the story of Joni buying the vase that inspired it.
"Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard"
Our House-CSNY
youtu.be/tKYjUn-SBcg?...
#GameTunes (Day 7)
Tic Tac Toe
"Black on the red and the red on the black.
It's a tic of a tired mind.
Come and sit down, won't you try your luck.
See if you unwind."
Suzanne Vega-Solitaire
youtu.be/C4-yLGl6MKI?...
#GameTunes (Day 7)
Tic Tac Toe
"Black on the red and the red on the black.
It's a tic of a tired mind.
Come and sit down, won't you try your luck.
See if you unwind."
Suzanne Vega-Solitaire
youtu.be/C4-yLGl6MKI?...
#GameTunes (Day 6)
Sack Race
Probably the finest guitar player ever to come out of the city of my birth, here's Johnny Winter singing about that Louisiana kid who carried his guitar in a gunny sack:
youtu.be/gEayVWiJtLg?...
#GameTunes (Day 6)
Sack Race
Probably the finest guitar player ever to come out of the city of my birth, here's Johnny Winter singing about that Louisiana kid who carried his guitar in a gunny sack:
youtu.be/gEayVWiJtLg?...
#GameTunes (Day 5)
Kick the Can
I didn't see this band recently but I did see them back in my high school days.
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Kicks
youtu.be/lLomSaLLSzg?...
#GameTunes (Day 5)
Kick the Can
I didn't see this band recently but I did see them back in my high school days.
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Kicks
youtu.be/lLomSaLLSzg?...
#GameTunes (Day 4)
Tag
I'm going to try, when possible, to use songs from artists I've seen live this year. I was soooo fortunate to see Richard Thompson in a solo acoustic show this past May. From his Old Kit Bag album, here's I'll Tag Along:
youtu.be/-z6pAe1Dtro?...
#GameTunes (Day 4)
Tag
I'm going to try, when possible, to use songs from artists I've seen live this year. I was soooo fortunate to see Richard Thompson in a solo acoustic show this past May. From his Old Kit Bag album, here's I'll Tag Along:
youtu.be/-z6pAe1Dtro?...