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#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky   Glen Campbell Album: Wichita Lineman (1968) Track: Wichita Lineman A life story in a song, written by Jimmy Webb.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky   Cameo Album: Word Up! (1986) Track: Word Up! Great 1980s video. And a bass sound to kill for too.

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#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky   Cabaret Voltaire Album: The Crackdown (1983) Track: Just Fascination This is the 12” mix, it’s the one you want. Early electronic music that still sounds innovative today.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky David Byrne Album: American Utopia (2018) Track: Everybody's coming to my house A good pop song from the usually left-field genius mind of Mr Byrne.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky   The Byrds Album: Fifth Dimension (1966) Track: Eight Miles High Definitely not a song about drugs, absolutely not.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky The Buzzcocks 7” single (1978) Track: What Do I Get Punk + pop = perfection.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Kate Bush Album: Hounds of Love (1985) Track: Cloudbusting Still sounds good, 40 years on.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Burning Spear Album: Marcus Garvey (1975) Track: Marcus Garvey Enjoy this fantastic live version of the classic “Marcus Garvey”

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Buffalo Springfield Album: Track: For What It’s Worth 1960s counter-culture pop crossover.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Tim Buckley Album: Starsailor (1970) Track: Song To The Siren This song is the place where music meets poetry. I love this song, it gives me shivers just listening to it.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Jeff Buckley Album: Grace (1994) Track: Grace Just because it’s beautiful

Bonus Dave Brubeck track/Internet meme – top marks to the guy who created this mash-up of the famous Dave Brubeck “Take Five” footage with music of The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown”. It’s a work of genius…..

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Dave Brubeck Album: Time Out (1959) Track: Take Five Just look at this video, Dave Brubeck and his band are so cool you can feel it through the screen.

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#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky James Brown Album: The Payback (1973) Track: The Payback Much sampled but this is the original, with the funky dial turned up to 11

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky The Boo Radleys Album: Wake Up (1995) Track: Wake Up Boo! Sounds like a 1990’s version of The Monkees, too good just to be Britpop.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Blind Melon Album: Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (1996) Track: Three Is A Magic Number youtu.be/k6to8QyaA1Y?... Yes, it’s a cover version (and it was also sampled by De La Soul for their song “The Magic Number”).

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Cilla Black 7” single, written by Bacharach/David (1966) Track: Alfie Genuinely outstanding live version of Alfie, sung by Cilla with Burt Bacharach on piano and conducting a full orchestra (at Abbey Road)

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As a bonus Jeff Beck song, this is the man himself with Stevie Wonder, performing “Superstition”. The sounds of Stevie Wonder’s clavinet and Jeff Beck’s Fender Strat are the best noises you’ll hear today, I promise.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Jeff Beck Album: Cover of Jimi Hendrix song from “Axis: Bold as Love” (1967) Track: Little Wing Not many people can play a Hendrix song with as much, maybe more, skill than Hendrix. Jeff Beck was one of them.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Bauhaus 7” single (1979) Track: Bela Lugosi’s Dead The goth masterpiece that shows how much you can do with drums, bass, guitar and a couple of effects pedals. This is the full, epic, 9-minute version.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky George Baker Selection Album: Little Green Bag (1969) Track: Little Green Bag Yeah, you know it from “Reservoir Dogs” but honestly, it was a hit around the world when it first came out in 1969/70.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Ian Brown Album: Music of the Spheres (2001) Track: “F.E.A.R.” If you like songs that are lyrically clever, this one’s for you. It’s full of acrostics of the word ‘fear’

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Bright Eyes Album: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005) Track: First Day Of My Life I’ve seen this video at least 100 times and it still makes me smile. That’s good, isn’t it?

Manchester Art Fair

Manchester Art Fair

Manchester Art Fair

Manchester Art Fair

Have come to Manchester Art Fair. I will post pics of anything that looks interesting!

Bonus Phoebe Bridgers song, this lovely low-key version of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees” with Arlo Parks on piano. The little happy-dance at the end just makes it all better for me.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Phoebe Bridgers Album: Punisher (2020) Track: I Know The End Good lyrics - and it has a *lot* of lyrics

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky The Breeders Album: Last Splash (1993) Track: Cannonball Part pop, part grunge, part indie, total classic of its own genre.

Adam Ant (yes, for real!) on stage in Manchester this evening

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Billy Bragg Album: Don’t Try This At Home (1991) Track: Sexuality Any song with the line “I had an uncle who once played, for Red Star Belgrade” is unquestionably a classic. Kirsty MacColl in the video too.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Boygenius Album: The Record. (2023) Track: Not Strong Enough Great song, good harmonies too. I love this song, and this particular version, so much. youtu.be/WPYc7VC6M-Q?...

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English Teacher live at Albert Hall, Manchester this evening (song is "The World's Biggest Paving Slab")

English Teacher on stage now at Albert Hall, Manchester

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As a bonus David Bowie song, I’m going to include this. Personally I think it’s one of rock n roll’s finest moments. Watch this and observe Bowie, Annie Lennox and three-quarters of Queen at their absolute peak:

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky David Bowie Album: Heroes Track: Heroes. (1977) I can’t really choose just one Bowie song but this is one of his best songs, no argument.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Bow Wow Wow EP: The Last of the Mohicans (1982) Track: I Want Candy Yes it’s a cover of a 1965 song by the Strangeloves, but it’s a good cover version

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Eric B & Rakim Album: Paid In Full (1987) Track: Paid In Full You want some samples, you say? None more than this classic.

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#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Ken Boothe Album: Everything I Own (1974) Track: Everything I Own No.1 hit record in the UK. Written by David Gates, originally recorded by Bread, later covered by Boy George too (also a No.1 in the UK)

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Booker T & The MGs Album: Green Onions (1962) Track: Green Onions One of the best-selling (and best-known) instrumentals of all time, with an organ sound to die for.

#1artist1album1song #OneArtistOneSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Boards of Canada Album: Music Has The Right To Children (1998) Track: roygbiv Hugely influential band and album