#EmojiSounds #musicchallenge 15, 🖕 'You think that you know me You're pissing me off Yeah, you said that you love me Why don't you f*ck off?' open.spotify.com/track/09d2Mr...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 15, song that defines an artist It may be disrespectful to RM/BF to say their first hit single defines them, but let's not underestimate the astonishment that seeing this on pre-internet #totp created. youtu.be/BonWfTW7jKc?...

#readandplay (643) #musicchallenge #musicsky In its entirety, but specifically 'Shine like thunder, cry like rain... Black wind, come, carry me far away...' open.spotify.com/track/1sTBgo...

#Last4Albums Another weird list I'm afraid.

#emojisounds #musicchallenge Day 14, 🪩 (glitterball I think!) Remember Tim's listening parties back when everything was closed? This band was discovered from one of those, so thank you @tim-burgess.bsky.social youtu.be/3IvPkRCGJBw?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #musicsky 14, feels like advice 'He said 'listen babe, we gotta take what's ours, do it or die. Quit dreaming. This is real life, baby.'' open.spotify.com/track/7dg017...

Jay Kay without the hat isn't Jay Kay really, is it. #TOTP

#readandplay (642) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 'You scumbag, you maggot...' youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...

Me: let's play some music 3 yr old: oh, it's Boys Don’t Cry, and the Friday song *listens* & Do that trick. This is Forest. The man gets lost and is stomping around. Me: Is it scary? Her: No. His mummy will find him. That's proper grandparenting for you on #TheCureFriday

Today we celebrate the fruits of one of the finest headlines ever to follow Betteridge’s Law, because it’s the 56th anniversary of “London’s most extended satanism flap”, when about 100 people broke into Highgate Cemetery to stake a vampire 🧵

#TheCureFriday #MusicChallenge Well, it's Friday the 13th, so it'd better be this baffling video in which yet again Robert shows his love of am dram and dressing up. (What exactly is going on? And who is the mariachi woman, we've never found out.) youtu.be/kQB1OcvmbUI?...

Well, that's another 'interesting' day over. *sad pause* Look after each other, Bluesky people, and sleep well.

#readandplay (641) #musicchallenge #musicsky 'I'm the best course, eat me last' (I saw these guys in a pub a few years ago. They were brilliant.) open.spotify.com/track/1Ob2kl...

#emojisounds #musicchallenge #musicsky Day 13 🍁 That old five Canadians and one guitar trick, eh? 😉 youtu.be/P9mybTArlsk?...

Thursday's proving to be a bit of a struggle, tbh. But never mind, onwards #BestSongOfTheDay open.spotify.com/track/40tPP3...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 12, for background listening Iceland creates more good music than its population size suggests. If you've never heard mùm, and you feel in need of a bit of calm, please give them a try. open.spotify.com/track/5NFZLp...

#emojisounds #musicchallenge #musical 12, 🏝 I'd hate to be stuck on a desert island, so 'Up to my knees now, do I wade, do I dive? The sea has seen my like before, though it's my first and perhaps last time' open.spotify.com/track/01TvwZ...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #booksky Day 11, inspired by a book From the Ray Bradbury short story, many lines directly lifted, eg Happylife, at the start, is the name of the housing brand in which this chilling story of bad parenting takes place. youtu.be/xvtNS6hbVy4?...

On Wednesdays, we wear black (& go out for a beer)

#emojisounds #musicchallenge #musicsky 12, 🍕 'Triangles are my favourite shape Three points where two lines meet' open.spotify.com/track/2RXVCR...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #musicsky 11, subtle meaning If you want subtle bordering on the obscure, then Justin Vernon is your man. Here's a baffling narrative that somehow manages to create both melancholy and hope. open.spotify.com/track/16WkFb...

#readandplay (639) #musicchallenge #musicsky If you want to hear how things sound when they get out of hand jump to about 4.15. open.spotify.com/track/4SNbjU...

After we've all waded through all of this Friday's #totp we can listen to @6music.bsky.social letting Robert do some dj ing. And yes, it's on Friday 13th, of course it is.

Sometimes it's nice to just take the day off. Like today, for example. *exhales slowly*

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 10: memory replaying 'Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again' open.spotify.com/track/61KuCi...

Post a photo to describe how your day is going

#emojisounds #musicchallenge 9, 🎻 Good morning! Here's a little bit of video which features someone pretending to play the violin. Oh, and a beautiful, sweet little song too. Have a nice Monday, everyone. youtu.be/JWPnYXldfY8?...

#ismuasmonthofmusic #musicchallenge 9, about insecurity Going over to Susan's house She's gonna make it right Going over to Susan's house I can't be alone tonight youtu.be/rZRDm-SthEs?...

#readandplay (637) #musicchallenge #musicsky 'Pounding in my broken head Commit the sin, commit yourself And all the other voices said Change your mind, you're always wrong' open.spotify.com/track/2V8HbP...

#bluezicos #musicchallenge 7, Dimanche, free choice. Here, antithesis 'This is where we start This now takes our hearts Away Thus we reach the end The beginning and the end' open.spotify.com/track/6LK02w...

Drop something Green

#emojisounds #musicchallenge 8, 🐩 Odd that this hasn't come up already, so here's a rare prompt in the title from me.This is one of my least favourite Cures, need to think why. youtu.be/Fx8sYYlq_nU?...

#ismuasmonthofmusic #musicchallenge #musicsky 8, feels ahead of its time. It makes sense, but at the same time, it makes no sense. That realisation is part of the reason why early Bowie was so jaw-dropping. 'All the strangers came today...' open.spotify.com/track/7Js4OF...

Me in the 90s Obviously I am not an actual cartoon, but you get the idea.

#readandplay (636) #musicchallenge 'She follows me down to the sound of the sea Slips to the sand and stares up at me "is this how it happens? is this how it feels? Is this how a star falls?' open.spotify.com/track/2Genoz...

@yamiacat.bsky.social sorry being a bit dim, how does this stall challenge work? And tokens, what are they? Thank you.

#BlueZicos #musicchallenge #musicsky Samedi, anaphora 'If only tonight we could sleep In a bed made of flowers If only tonight we could fall In a deathless spell If only tonight we could slide Into deep, black water' open.spotify.com/track/06nQ6v...

I hope you #totp watchers have left it on to see the Simon and Garfunkel at Central Park show the Beeb are showing. If you haven't, you've made a big mistake.

#emojisounds #musicchallenge 7, 🔙 So what did you expect from the woman with Peter and Carl as her profile pic? open.spotify.com/track/4KspXo...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 7, song for your younger self And I'd say 'Look, you won't always like the same music as your friends, that's OK, but whatever music you choose, always listen to the words, and think about what they're showing you.' open.spotify.com/track/0yfv6M...

It's not worth leaving just one glass of wine in the bottle, is it. 🍷

Kraftwerk have a lot to answer for. #TOTP

I can't stand ABBA. Take a chance? I don't think so. #TOTP

It's impossible to describe how weird Kate Bush seemed back when she first emerged onto #TOTP. And that was good weird, not awful weird like 90% of the rest.

It's Friday and... On Friday We Dance!

#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge Vendredi, personification Plus of course there's rarely a day that can't be improved by some J&MC. youtu.be/oIIdLAQ3nvc?...

#TheCureFriday #musicchallenge I love how R can focus on a moment in time, a snapshot of other people's lives, and draw it in words and music. Here, to me, he sees an elderly couple sitting looking at the sea... open.spotify.com/track/5ucMxh...

#emojisounds #musicchallenge 6, 🙈 A pop song,? No, an addiction song. Pretty, but not pretty. 'I can't stop sweating or control my feet Got a twenty-stone monkey that I just can't beat I can stage a situation, but I just can't eat' open.spotify.com/track/3TgMcr...

#ismuasmonthofmusic #musicchallenge 6, a song you recognise after 2 bars Oh, c'mon. 'The sound is deep In the dark' open.spotify.com/track/61KuCi...

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