#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day6✨ Toto: 'I Won't Hold You Back' A lot of snobbish attitudes regarding Toto…but not from me. Being a proficient, professional musician is something most of us will never get near. David Paich shines as the man on piano on this ballad... youtu.be/NmjtfW11e_U?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day6✨ Dire Straits: 'Six Blade Knife' “Your six-blade knife. Do anything for you. Anything you want it to” youtu.be/ZzaaVXG8qI0?...

#last4albums Not a chocolate egg in sight edition…

46 years ago on April 5, 1980, the band played their first show. Sandra-Lee Phipps took these photos that historic night in Athens at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Oconee Street.

#breakfastsoundtrack #nowplaying #jazzsky #jazz Halfway through a Yellow storm warning, Storm Dave, so hoping the lights stay on. Breakfast ☕ 🥐 this morning with the new re-issue of the wonderful 3rd album by Thelonious Monk music.apple.com/gb/album/the...

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge 5 🎶🔎 it makes you itch "Mosquitoes" (2025), The Beths youtu.be/K7d06L_Pz40?...

#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day5✨ The Human League: 'Love Action (I Believe In Love)' Who among us hasn't played 'air synth' to this track…if you're of a certain age obviously youtu.be/HnjLlDY_xww?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day5✨ The Damned: 'Neat Neat Neat' Featuring the infectiously named Rat Scabies on drums…I'm sure he's a lovely guy when you get know him youtu.be/lyt5FNDx9IY?...

#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day4✨ The Adventures: 'Broken Land' Piano by the ubiquitous Nick Glennie-Smith youtu.be/6NUm4VoYWFg?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day4✨ The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 'Bell-bottoms' “Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Right now I got to tell you about the fabulous, most groovy, bell-bottoms” youtu.be/TZzVmGuUYQg?...

#breakfastsoundtrack #nowplaying #mlb #mlbtv If there is a silver lining to a touch of insomnia and an early alarm. It's the ability to watch West Coast games at 4AM UK time in Major League Baseball. Mets @ Giants looking good under the lights ☕ ⚾ 🥯

#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day3✨ The Pretenders: 'Thin Line Between Love & Hate' The wonderful Paul Carrack on the piano…and doing backing vocals… youtu.be/vYSqDl-a0YQ?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day3✨ Stone Temple Pilots: 'Plush' Plush (from French peluche) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet. Its softness of feel gave rise to the adjective plush. youtu.be/V5UOC0C0x8Q?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day2✨ The Replacements: 'Answering Machine' “How do you say I miss you to an answering machine? How do you say good night to an answering machine? How do you say I'm lonely to an answering machine?” music.apple.com/gb/album/ans...

#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day2✨ Don Henley: 'The End of the Innocence' A real favourite. Co-written with Bruce Hornsby who also plays piano on the track. “Remember when the days were long. And rolled beneath a deep blue sky. Didn't have a care in the world…” youtu.be/fOy5KSrwHGw?...

#sweetkeys #musicchallenge ✨Day1✨ Brenda Russell: 'Piano in the Dark' Russell Ferrante on acoustic piano... youtu.be/H7u5GtSIC5k?...

#scavengerhunt2 #musicchallenge ✨Day1✨ Thomas Dolby: 'Hot Sauce' youtu.be/7ngnCdwThA4?...

After stripping pop down to its electro-skeleton in the first half of the decade, Prince built it back up from bones in 1986, says Toby Manning Many Happy Returns to #Prince's Parade (Under The Cherry Moon), which turns 40 today! buff.ly/sEZtzky

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨Day31✨ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: 'Awake' music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...

#5coversongsdrive #musicchallenge ✨Day5✨ Dwight Yoakam: 'Truckin' Dwight does The Dead “Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street. Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street…what a long strange trip it's been” music.apple.com/gb/album/tru...

Day 30. If you know someone who is graceful and wise, Doesn't mind girls who are clumsy and shy, I don't mind going with someone that I've never seen... Has he got a friend, has he got a friend for me? Richard & Linda Thompson - Has He Got A Friend For Me song.link/y/QW-yDbEp2h8 #HeartStringSongs

#breakfastsoundtrack #nowplaying A lazy, if rain-soaked, day ahead. Starting with my favourite Prince album which turns 39 today ☕ 🍳 music.apple.com/gb/album/sig...

#5coversongsdrive #musicchallenge ✨Day4✨ Townes Van Zandt: 'Racing in the Street' Townes does Bruce... “I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396. Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor” music.apple.com/gb/album/rac...

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨Day30✨ The Smithereens: 'Behind The Wall Of Sleep' “Now I lie in bed and think of her. Sometimes I even weep. Then I dream of her behind the wall of sleep” youtu.be/UNZbP3ZVem4?...

#exitmusic #musicchallenge 🎙️Day30🎙️ Steely Dan: 'Aja' Greatest drum solo in popular music? Steve Gadd is sooo good. music.apple.com/gb/album/aja...

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨Day30✨ Mazzy Star: 'Fade Into You' youtu.be/o4m5jQy5A2U?...

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨Day29✨ Deacon Blue: 'When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)' Is there anything, current, that compares to the angst of waiting for someone to return your phone call when you're a 80s teenager? An iMessage notification doesn't cut it youtu.be/ZSf6eeOVrYY?...

#exitmusic #musicchallenge 🎙️Day29🎙️ Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: Forest Fire An already brilliant song is taken up a notch by the wonderful, final, guitar break by Neil Clark youtu.be/GoLx5MKrr-g?...

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨Day29✨ The Smiths: 'Asleep' “There is another world. There is a better world. Well, there must be…” youtu.be/PQgn3vpuFQ0?...

#5coversongsdrive #musicchallenge ✨Day3✨ Siouxsie And The Banshees: 'The Passenger' Siouxsie does Iggy… “Get into the car. We'll be the passenger. We'll ride through the city tonight” youtu.be/4nAON-MwUPY?...

#breakfastsoundtrack #nowplaying It's 1973 in the kitchen this morning as the 5th album from Led Zeppelin turns 53 ☕ 🥯 music.apple.com/gb/album/hou...

#5coversongsdrive #musicchallenge ✨Day2✨ The Eagles: 'Ol 55' Glenn and the chaps do Tom Waits… “And my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splitly. Out to my ol' '55. As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy. God knows I was feeling alive” music.apple.com/gb/album/ol-...

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨Day28✨ Will Powers: 'Kissing With Confidence' youtu.be/AO128UhPivE?...

#exitmusic #musicchallenge 🎙️Day28🎙️ The Stone Roses: 'Waterfall' Reni and John Squire shine in the last minute of this track. They were so good when they broke out... youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0?...

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨Day28✨ The Korgis: 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' “Change your heart, look around you. Change your heart, it will astound you. I need your lovin' like the sunshine” youtu.be/ns_wvl6JB6E?...

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨ Day27 ✨ Iris DeMent: 'Our Town' A song that gets more poignant the older I get. Just lovely… youtu.be/b9IUj1mDENg?...

#exitmusic #musicchallenge 🎙️ Day27 🎙️ The Specials: 'Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)' Starts at breakneck speed and only gets faster until the horns and drums collapse youtu.be/rA2-6ZlOXeg?...

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨ Day27 ✨ Randy Newman: 'I Think it's going to Rain Today' youtu.be/8avlqgfY_lQ?...

#5coversongsdrive #musicchallenge ✨Day1✨ Kevin Rowland: 'Thunder Road' Kevin does Bruce… “Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair…” music.apple.com/gb/album/thu...

#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge ✨ Day26 ✨ a-ha: 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' youtu.be/a3ir9HC9vYg?...

#exitmusic #musicchallenge 🎙️ Day26 🎙️ Furniture: 'Brilliant Mind' A gem of a song that doesn't get played enough. Larry N'Azone's sax in the final minute elevate it even further... youtu.be/1JeEXP717T0?...

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨ Day26 ✨ Steve Earle: 'Goodbye' “I remember holding on to you. All them long and lonely nights I put you through. Somewhere in there, I'm sure I made you cry. But I can't remember if we said goodbye.” youtu.be/p3Z9AOPWZEY?...

#openingday #mlb #redsox At last ⚾ 😀

#heartstringsongs #musicchallenge ✨ Day25 ✨ Peter Gabriel: 'Here Comes The Flood' The alternative 'piano ballad' version is a completely different song and packs a different emotional punch. youtu.be/G0GcqYGv1AA?...

#ExitMusic #MusicChallenge 🎙️ Day25 🎙️ Peter Gabriel: 'Here Comes The Flood' The original album version features an extraordinary solo by the wonderful Robert Fripp music.apple.com/gb/album/her...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge ✨ Day25 ✨ Godley & Creme: 'Cry' “You don't know how to play the game. And you cheat, you lie. You make me wanna cry” youtu.be/1Av5QpQ2CnU?...

'In the quarter of a century since the its release, #PetShopBoys have shape-shifted and experimented with a range of artistic media and each one of these personas has a umbilical rooting within Please.' Many Happy Returns to Pet Shop Boys' Please, which turns 40 today! buff.ly/wK7RTd8

#BreakfastSoundtrack #NowPlaying Not recognised for how great their pop songs were in the 80s & 90s. The debut album from Pet Shop Boys is 40 today ☕ 🧇 music.apple.com/gb/album/ple...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge ✨ Day24 ✨ Re Flex: 'The Politics Of Dancing' Cannot beat a 80s one-hit wonder… youtu.be/RcHaYqboZoQ?...

#ExitMusic #MusicChallenge 🎙️ Day24 🎙️ Little Feat: 'Dixie Chicken' Lowell George with his trademark slide guitar and the great backing vocals give a gospel feel to the outro... youtu.be/3z-GwdaKrn8?...