#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 1) Let Down Radiohead No surprises here. It’s been my favorite since the first time I heard it. Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social and to everyone who followed along! “And one day, I am gonna grow wings” youtu.be/ZVgHPSyEIqk?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 2) Nightswimming R.E.M. It’s always a difficult choice between this one and Find The River. Maybe the best final 2 songs on any album. “These things, they go away Replaced by everyday” youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 3) On A Plain Nirvana My countdown could be all Nirvana songs so it’s tough to narrow it down. When in doubt, choose one from Unplugged. “Love myself better than you” youtu.be/80B_yiN2FH8?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 4) Welcome To The Terrordome Public Enemy They kicked the decade off with a bang with this Jan. ‘90 release. “When I get mad, I put it down on a pad Give you somethin' that you never had” youtu.be/vfowA1lg2G8?...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 5) Almond Fuzzy When a friend gave me their debut album, I had no idea I’d became such a big fan and that this song would become an all time favorite. “You remind me Of a song One that made you cry” youtu.be/dLi-Z4dIPxM?...

Both this band and song are underrated. Written about a friend’s alcohol addiction youtu.be/oO7fTLt9U3g?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 6) Judas My Heart Belly The closing track to King which borrows elements from Star. That’s probably why I like it so much. “Low hangs the moon inside this room So that I'm a witness when you Judas my heart” youtu.be/BB5PPtUR8ug?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 7) Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees If I can have only one song to represent the ‘90s Seattle scene, it would be this one “Did you hear the distant lie Calling me back to my sin” youtu.be/PE5f561Y1x4?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 8) Smoke and Ashes Tracy Chapman “So blinded that I thought, all your lies were true But now I know for certain, since you've gone away It was just a smoldering fire, I mistook for a blaze Only smoke and ashes baby” youtu.be/3bDIPGmJ4sU?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9) Everything Is Everything Lauryn Hill Her 2nd song in my countdown. This time as a solo artist from one of my favorite 90s albums. “After winter Must come spring Change, it comes eventually” youtu.be/i3_dOWYHS7I?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 10) This Ain’t Living G. Love & Special Sauce Homelessness is the theme of this epic song from their debut album “So you conclude it's their fault They like the street they must like the asphalt” youtu.be/cNqHXqnZfvY?...

#90sTop30 I’m Free Now - Morphine youtube.com/watch?v=hOCM...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 11) Not Enough Time INXS Not enough spots to fit in this in the top 10 unfortunately. It certainly deserves to be there. The last minute is something special. “We will make time stop For the two of us” youtu.be/LhBOpcK3-Bk?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 12) The Only One I Know The Charlatans Big fan of this band so I could have posted a few other songs. But this was the one that started it for me. “The only one I see Has carved her way into me” youtu.be/GbDtvxNXZQo?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 13) Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz It’s the height of the grunge era but here’s Kravitz doing it his way with a Hendrix inspired classic rock anthem that blew everyone away “But what I really want to know is..” youtu.be/lf_bCwaKvsU?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 14) Let Me See Morcheeba “Shadows leave us standing naked We can't fake it” youtu.be/DQf0l4c0FIA?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 15) Ray Of Light Madonna I still remember the first time hearing this. I was blown away. “And I feel like I just got home” youtu.be/Zs3pIvHhUq8?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 16) Solace Of You Living Colour What a vibe this song has “A wise man said to know thyself 'Cause in the end there's no one else Just the solace of you” youtu.be/vIUke0CCvDs?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 17) Fu-Gee-La Fugees One of my favorite hip hop albums “But what they lack, is the facts about my stats My rap impact will kill you softly like Roberta Flack” youtu.be/VehQO2jxvYs?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 18) Got Me Wrong Alice In Chains Like so many of their songs, the harmonizing is amazing. But the way the chorus takes off and soars is what makes it special. “That don't last forever Something's gotta turn out right” youtu.be/eRx7QdT8EZA?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 19) Tennessee Arrested Development “Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan” youtu.be/81mkW-vhPBo?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge Day 12 (posting in chronological order) Duran Duran - Ordinary World (1992) youtu.be/FqIACCH20JU?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 20) I’m Afraid Of Americans David Bowie I can’t blame him at all “God is an American” youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 21) Sexy MF Prince and the New Power Generation youtu.be/PKS-498KBzA?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 22) Letter to Elise The Cure youtu.be/-AUCSkHCrwY?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 23) Hey Mr. DJ Zhane So many fun memories attached to this song youtu.be/HX-oOU8mfVQ?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 24) Just One Fix Ministry “Never trust a junkie” youtu.be/XYYGKCanqfA?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 25) A Perfect Day Elise PJ Harvey She’s perfect and so is the bass riff “God is the sweat running down his back The water soaked her blonde hair black” youtu.be/D3tD9EPOEik?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 26) You Got Me The Roots Erykah Badu, Eve, and Jill Scott all contributed to make this beautiful grammy award winning song. “We knew from the start that things fall apart” youtu.be/MJCHeEQV454?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 27) A Good Idea Sugar My favorite from Copper Blue which is loaded with great songs. youtu.be/0RK1xIdcopo?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 28) Luck Of Lucien A Tribe Called Quest It was tough to pick just one so I went with the song that has a personal connection for me. youtu.be/7T2lja6Agbk?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 29) Can’t Let Go Lucinda Williams “I got a big chain around my neck And I'm broken down like a train wreck Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go” youtu.be/8844kApStjg?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30) Gone Till November Wyclef Jean “See you must understand I can't work a nine to five so I'll be Gone...'Til November” youtu.be/3FkjYSajLPk?...

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Honorable mention: Here Comes The Pain Juliana Hatfield Narrowing down a decade of great music into a ranked list of 30, it’s painful but fun. I’m still not prepared but I’m starting tomorrow regardless. youtu.be/Q9op0gpom2U?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 1) Fast Car Tracy Chapman It feels as important and heartfelt now as it was in ‘88. “And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone” Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social and everyone who followed along ✌🏼🎸🎤🎶☮️ youtu.be/teZsA_ci-7E?...

Glad I saw this now. Maybe by then I’ll have it sorted out. Doubtful but one can hope

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 2) True Faith New Order Limiting myself to 1 from them was the hardest part of this challenge. “I can't tell you where we're going I guess there was just no way of knowing” youtu.be/17CwZmI8mUQ?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 3) Coming Up Close ‘Til Tuesday This wasn’t the big hit that it should have been. But it set the path for Aimee Mann’s fantastic solo career “I wanted to say But anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew” youtu.be/wtOgwFzhlyw?...

#80sTop30 #MusicSky #MetalSky #Metallica #DisposableHeros 1986 Enjoy!! 🤘🎸🎼🎵🥁🎶🎤🤘👇 youtube.com/watch?v=18Q3...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 4) Head Over Heels Tears For Fears The 4th single from Songs From The Big Chair and the one that made me more than a casual fan. “I'm on the line, one open mind This is my four leaf clover” youtu.be/wuUo3i9IO60?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 5) Billie Jean Michael Jackson It still sounds as good as the first time I heard it. “And be careful of what you do 'Cause the lie becomes the truth" youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y?...

Get your mind out of the gutter BlueSky. Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill music video is not adult content !

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 6) Running Up That Hill Kate Bush Thanks to Stranger Things the rest of my family got to fall in love with this song. “Come on, baby Oh, come on, darlin' Let me steal this moment from you now” youtu.be/HYwNM1t9ltI?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 7) Ashes To Ashes David Bowie This song and video intrigued me so much that it started me down the path to being a life long Bowie fan. “My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom” youtu.be/HyMm4rJemtI?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 8) Don’t Change INXS Perfect closing track on Shabooh Shoobah. It’s big, larger than life sound was a sign of bigger things to come. “Resolution of happiness Things have been dark for too long” youtu.be/sLm3Khusq_8?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9) Disintegration Second night in a row posting an epic title track from an epic album. “Songs about happiness murmured in dreams And we both of us knew how the ending would be” youtu.be/l_G6P3eUE6o?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 10) The Queen Is Dead The Smiths Epic title track to their epic album “And so I checked all the registered historical facts And I was shocked into shame to discover How I'm the 18th pale descendent Of some old queen or other” youtu.be/eubgWMwSD0k?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 11) Bad (live) U2 It has to be the live version. “This desperation Dislocation Separation, condemnation Revelation in temptation Isolation, desolation Let it go” youtu.be/dKWb4xuxnmk?...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 12) Sign Your Name Sananda Maitreya (aka T.T. Darby) “We started out as friends But the thought of you just caves me in The symptoms are so deep It is much too late to turn away” youtu.be/iLVLfL3QVQQ?...