#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #musicsky Day 20: A song about giving up. Suicide is Painless by the Manic Street Preachers. youtu.be/y11f8Oc25AI?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 6) Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees (mainly) Debates about appropriation aside, this is full of great disco tunes. youtu.be/SkypZuY6ZvA?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #musicsky Day 19: A song about perseverance. Try by Pink youtu.be/yTCDVfMz15M?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 7) Out of the Blue by ELO youtu.be/kXpjF1qtpt0?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 8) Star Wars soundtrack Composed by John Williams As a kid I was dismissive of classical music... but as I matured I realised how much emotion it could convey. And that I'd already been enjoying it in films. youtu.be/a0SuX1IvJys?... youtu.be/54hoKbTWon4?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge #musicsky Day 18: A song I could play on repeat: The Wild Ones by Suede youtu.be/a0SuX1IvJys?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 17) A song you haven't listened to in years. You Win Again by the Bee Gees youtu.be/xviuC-0FwQ0?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 9) Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf No time for his politics but he could really sell a melodramatic rock opera. youtu.be/3QGMCSCFoKA?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 10: The Clash by The Clash Later albums would show more musical diversification but this debut was all raw anger and energy. youtu.be/WngpvGpjJsQ?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 16: Favourite Soul Artist: Bill Withers - Lovely Day youtu.be/yfcTgnpo3vI?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 15: Favourite Hip Hop artist Arrested Development - Everyday People youtu.be/qR63UlpHUeM?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 11: In The City by The Jam Another strong debut. Better was to come, but the title track is banging. youtu.be/ycnWuHsly0A?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge 14) Favourite Pop Act Belle and Sebastian - White Collar Boy So many great nostalgia-prompting tunes. youtu.be/hsLg1ojItnk?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 12) Iggy Pop - Lust For Life This and its predecessor albums were such great collaborations with Bowie. youtu.be/-fWw7FE9tTo?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #Musicchallenge Day 13: Favourite punk band: The Clash - Rock the Casbah youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 13) Elvis Costello - My Aìm is True. Another great debut, including a timely welcome to the working week: youtu.be/YPbtQUdugds?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 12: Favourite rock artist Do REM count as 'rock'? It seems somehow too limiting. But I'm choosing them anyway. How the West Was Won (and where it got us) youtu.be/9BC07l2_zKU?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 14) Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday An unusual title for an impreasive album that looked forward musically to disco and its offshoots. youtu.be/c-QNfo4pQlc?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 15: Never Mind the Boll*cks, Here's The Sex Pistols. John Lydon's politics may have gone completely rotten since, but this was still an appropriately two-fingered salute to the establishment. youtu.be/yqrAPOZxgzU?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 11: An Instrumental Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones. Groovy, baby, yeah! youtu.be/6EKspREtVZQ?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 10: A song not in English: Manu Chao- Clandestino A brilliant, catchy plea for global solidarity with the persecuted. youtu.be/MNzafK1HIro?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 16: Foreigner by Foreigner. Pop/rock debut mainly notable for the classic Cold As Ice. youtu.be/ySb1f9zWJkQ?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 17: The Stranglers, Rattus Norvegicus Punk is often caricature as attitude over art, but the Stranglers had both, and although their lyrics were provocative they were mostly progressive in intent. youtu.be/HzFOS-KyOlA?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 9: A song from an unusual artist No-one would accuse Bjork of being ordinary. Bjork - Hunter youtu.be/WxL1rw6cw-E?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 18: Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel Gets in the chart on the merits of Solsbury Hill alone, a timeless folky ballad with a tricky time signature. youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 8: A band you'd like to be in. Tough one this, as I'm not sure I'm cut out for the rock n roll lifestyle and fractious artistic differences of most top bands. Ash seem pretty chilled though. Ash - Angel Interceptor youtu.be/QawmH3hOkl8?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 19: Commodores by the Commodres Their fifth album that includes probably their signature song - Easy - a great mix of soul vocals and smooth guitar. The rest of the album's pretty good too. share.google/DYe0EfIkbILt...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 7: An artist you've discovered recently Jesse Welles - The Poor Ever wished there was an equivalent to early 60s Dylan to shine a light on injustice and inequality today? It's a heavy crown, but I think we've got one. youtu.be/I6vjaimSK4E?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 6: A Song From The Last Album You Bought For physical buys I'd have to go back more than a decade to the Bowie collection 'Nothing Has Changed', which includes this amazing jazz-infused track: Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) youtu.be/nFX1y62l9C4?...

#1977AlbumsTop20 20: Ultravox! By Ultravox! This path breaking New Wave album shows great confidence, variety and panache, ably assisted by Brian Eno. Its opener, Satday Night In The City Of The Dead is like a prologue to punk. youtu.be/geeEQyXg7Q8?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 5: A song from the first album I bought. I cannot tell a lie... it was the big hair and melodrama of Five Star - Another Weekend (from 'Rock the World'). youtu.be/l6hLGXBsk6o?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 4: A cover that's better than the original. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt (by NiN). youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 3: B-side better than the A-side: Acquiesce by Oasis (b to the lacklustre Some Might Say). youtu.be/N7xdHY8HK9Y?...

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#ecksteinsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge Day 2: A Song About Politics Bloc Party: Hunting For Witches youtu.be/CmPNuruWMTA?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 1: A song with 'one' in the title: One Last Love Song by the Beautiful South youtu.be/o-jgp0YFY_Y?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 31: Tracey Chapman (4 Grammys). Fast Car rightly gets lots of plaudits but this is another classic: Telling Stories youtu.be/wapCTd5fS2Y?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 30: Donna Summer (5 Grammys, 6 AMAs) I Feel Love youtu.be/9ZqqvrWCs3Q?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 29: Kylie Minogue (2 Grammys, 4 Brits and 64 Smash Hits Readers Polls!) youtu.be/PxZkjq9z5wg?... Confide In Me

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 28: Pink (2 Brits, 3 Grammys) Just Like A Pill youtu.be/JDKGWaCglRM?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 27: Lady Gaga (3 Brits, 6 AMAs, 16 Grammys...) Bad Romance youtu.be/qrO4YZeyl0I?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 26: Diana Ross (8 AMAs, 2 Grammys) Touch Me In The Morning youtu.be/6rQ-p0WnGd8?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 25: Dusty Springfield (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) Son Of A Preacher Man youtu.be/b4pYANUAJAI?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 24: Olivia Dean (Grammy, 2021) youtu.be/3sur4BmjQt8?... So Easy (To Fall In Love)

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 23: Carole King (4 Grammys, Rock N Roll Hall of Fame) Will You Love Me Tomorrow? youtu.be/Dfmn9M6hXVI?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 22: PJ Harvey (Mercury Music prize, 2001 & 2011) C'mon Billy youtu.be/pr1j3GfJuR4?...

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#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 21: Charlie XcX (Brits Artist of the Year, 2025) Chains of Love (with some heavy Kate Bush influences.) youtu.be/tG1HKY6Jwas?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 20: Dua Lipa (Brits Award, 2018 & 2021) Levitating youtu.be/TUVcZfQe-Kw?...

#musicchallenge #AwardWinningWomen Day 19: Paloma Faith (Brits Award, 2015) Only Love Can Hurt Like This. youtu.be/_Dat9CRV800?... Hackney girl done good.