#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 309 "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds" "Redemption Song" by Johnny Cash with Joe Strummer ("Unearthed, Vol. 3: Redemption Songs", 2003; original by Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1980) #CountryFolk #Country #Americana

#SweetBeats #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 1* of 30 Burundi might have the best beats, but Malcolm McLaren was one of the best when it comes to stealing things: "Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam and The Ants ("Kings of the Wild Frontier", 1980) #PostPunk #NewWave * late start, slowly catching up

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 06.05 | 🍏 "An apple a day-yeah-yeah-yeah" Your troubles away-yeah-yeah-yeah" "An Apple a Day" by Le Hammond Inferno ("My First Political Dance Album", 2000) #Baggy #Electropop #AlternativeDance

#JuneKnowWhatIMean #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 songs that pose a question | 5 "This great evil, where's it come from?" "Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky ("Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever", 2001) #PostRock

"Pick any year you like... one song per day from that year." #20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 1978 | 8 of 20 | not ranked "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones ("Teenage Kicks EP", 1978) #PopPunk #PowerPop #NewWave #Punk

"Pick any year you like... one song per day from that year." #20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 1997 | 8 of 20 | not ranked "Drinking in L.A." by Bran Van 3000 ("Glee", 1997) #TripHop #AlternativeDance #NeoPsychedelia #AlternativeRock

"Pick any year you like... one song per day from that year." #20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 2016 | 8 of 20 | not ranked "Drone Bomb Me" by ANOHNI ("Hopelessness", 2016) #Electropop #ArtPop #AltPop

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.04 | A song about good times "Do You Remember Walter?" by The Kinks ("The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society", 1968) #PopRock

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 13 "The Stars Our Destination" by Stereolab ("Mars Audiac Quintet", 1994) #Indietronica #AmbientPop #NeoPsychedelia

#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 Disco Songs in June to Celebrate Pride Month | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | 4 "Self Control" by Raf ("Raf", 1984) #ItaloDisco #Eurodisco #SynthPop #Disco

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 308 "Enraged my mind starts to smoke Enforce a mental overload Angry again, angry again, angry, ow!" "Angry Again" by Megadeth ("Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture", 1993) #HeavyMetal #ThrashMetal #Soundtrack

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 12 "The Unidentified Flying Object" by Perrey-Kingsley ("The In Sound from Way Out!", 1966) #Moogsploitation #SpaceAgePop #Electronica #Zolo

#JuneKnowWhatIMean #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 songs that pose a question | 4 "Do You Know How to Waltz?" by Low ("The Curtain Hits the Cast", 1996) #PostRock #Slowcore #Drone

#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.04 | Taste "Taste the Floor" by The Jesus and Mary Chain ("Automatic", 1989) #NoisePop #PostPunk #NoiseRock

#50YearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 4 of 30 "Second Skin" by The Gits (1991 single / "Frenching the Bully", 1992) #Punk

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Nikki Sudden | Day 4 of 15* "Captain Kennedy" by Nikki Sudden & The French Revolution ("The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young", 1989; original by Neil Young, 1980) (* not ranked, not a best of, not a greatest hits) #AlternativeRock #NeoPsychedelia #IndieRock

#AuralVisualConnection #MusicChallenge #MusicSky "Searching with My Good Eye Closed" by Soundgarden ("Badmotorfinger", 1991) #Grunge #StonerRock #AlternativeMetal

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 11 "Telstar" by The Tornados (1962 single) #SpaceAgePop #SurfRock #InstrumentalRock

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.04 | A less familiar song by a famous artist "Burning Down" by R.E.M. ("Wendell Gee" B-side, 1985 / also on "Dead Letter Office", 1987) #JanglePop #PostPunk #AlternativeRock

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 06.04 | 🧠 "Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain" by DJ Shadow ("Endtroducing...", 1996) #InstrumentalHipHop #Downtempo #Plunderphonics

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 307 "I Gotta Get Out of This Town" by Nancy Sinatra ("Movin' with Nancy", 1968)

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.03 | A song about hard times "Inner City Blues (Poem: 'The Siege of New Orleans')" by Gil Scott-Heron ("Reflections", 1981; original by Stevie Wonder, 1971) #ProgressiveSoul #JazzPoetry #SoulJazz #Jazz

#50YearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 3 of 30 "Art-I-Ficial" by X-Ray Spex ("Germfree Adolescents", 1978) #Punk

#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 Disco Songs in June to Celebrate Pride Month | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | 3 "I'm Going to Go (Instrumental)" by Jago (1983 single) #ItaloDisco #ElectroDisco #Disco

#JuneKnowWhatIMean #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 songs that pose a question | 3 "I Know You Are But What Am I?" by Mogwai ("Happy Songs for Happy People", 2003) #PostRock #Electronica #NeoPsychedelia #InstrumentalRock

#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.03 | Hear "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" by The Fall ("Fall Heads Roll", 2005; original by The Move, 1967) #GaragePunk #PostPunk #GarageRock #Punk

#AuralVisualConnection #MusicChallenge #MusicSky "Look over there, dry ice factory Good place to get some thinking done I'm checking it out, I'm checking it out I got it figured out, I got it figured out" "Cities" by Talking Heads ("Fear of Music", 1979) #DancePunk #NewWave

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 10 "Interstellar Hardrive" by Man or Astro-man? ("EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices", 1999) #SurfPunk

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.03 | A remix or acoustic version "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" by J Mascis ("Martin + Me", 1996; original by The Smiths, 1985) #AcousticRock #AlternativeRock

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 06.02 | 🇮🇹 "Throw his bones over The white cliffs of Dover And into the sea The sea of Rome And the bloodstained coast Of Ostia" "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)" by Coil ("Horse Rotorvator", 1986) #NeoclassicalDarkwave

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Nikki Sudden | Day 3 of 15* "Where the Rivers End" by Jacobites ("Robespierre's Velvet Basement", 1985) #JanglePop #PostPunk #AlternativeRock #IndieRock (* not ranked, not a best of, not a greatest hits)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.03 | A song with a piano and voice only "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Tori Amos ("Live at Montreux 1991/1992", 2008; recorded in 1992; original by Nirvana, 1991) #PianoRock

#50YearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2 of 30 "Banned in D.C." by Bad Brains ("Bad Brains", 1982) #HardcorePunk #Punk

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 306 “Please put down your weapon You have 20 seconds to comply... You now have 15 seconds to comply...” "20 Seconds to Comply" by Silver Bullet ("Bring Down the Walls No Limit Squad Returns", 1991) #Britcore #ExperimentalHipHop #HipHop

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 9 "Well, I built my rocket and we'll have a race We'll be the first to rock into outer space" "Rock on the Moon" by The Cramps ("Songs the Lord Taught Us", 1980; original by Jimmy Stewart, 1959) #Psychobilly

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.02 | With a month in the title "June" by Destroyer ("LABYRINTHITIS", 2022) #NewWave #ArtPop #IndiePop

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.02 | A song that makes you daydream "Go On" by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom ("Reset", 2022) #NeoPsychedelia #Indietronica

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 8 "Sun shines in the rusty morning Skyline of the Olympus Mons I think about it sometimes" "Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons" by Pixies ("Trompe le Monde", 1991) #IndieRock

#ReadAndPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 714 "Re-Education Through Labour" by Chris & Cosey / The Creative Technology Institute ("Trance", 1982) #MinimalSynth #Electronica #PostIndustrial

#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 Disco Songs in June to Celebrate Pride Month | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | 2 "Faces" by Clio (1985 single) #ItaloDisco #SynthPop #ElectroDisco #Disco

#AuralVisualConnection #MusicChallenge #MusicSky "You're lighting one more cigarette The last one of the pack Reflecting on your life a bit But it ain't reflecting back" "Smokers Reflect" by dEUS ("Vantage Point", 2008) #ArtRock #AlternativeRock

#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.02 | Sound "All alone No one around And all I could hear Is this fucked up sound" "What's That Sound?" by Sam Sever and the Raiders of the Lost Art (1995 single) #BoomBap #TripHop #ExperimentalHipHop #HipHop

#JuneKnowWhatIMean #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 30 songs that pose a question | 2 "Are we still married? Are we still? Are we still married?" "Are We Still Married?" by His Name Is Alive ("Home Is in Your Head", 1991) #PostRock #GothRock #Darkwave #ExperimentalRock

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Nikki Sudden | Day 2 of 15* "Blenheim Shots" by Swell Maps ("Jane from Occupied Europe", 1980) #PostPunk #ArtPunk #Punk (* not ranked, not a best of, not a greatest hits)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.02 | A song with a full symphony orchestra "Movement 6" by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ("Promises", 2021) #PostMinimalism #Ambient #ChamberJazz #ProgressiveElectronic

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 06.02 | ⛈️ "The voodoo idol stepped forward from the crowd Lightning split the sky and thunder shook the ground" "Voodoo Idol" by The Cramps ("Psychedelic Jungle", 1981) #Psychobilly

#ReadAndPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 713 "Games get bigger all the time Because the playpens falling, stakes are high And the child will conquer, step by step Let's play wild, volatile" "Fun and Games" by Killing Joke ("Fire Dances", 1983) #PostPunk #GothRock

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Week 22 | Songs about space | 7 "You've been observing our Earth..." "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Babes in Toyland ("If I Were a Carpenter", 1994; original by Klaatu, 1976 / via Carpenters, 1977) #AlternativeRock #NoiseRock #Grunge

#50YearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 1 of 30 "Politicians in My Eyes" by Death (1976 single / "...For the Whole World to See", 2009) #ProtoPunk #HardRock #GaragePunk #GarageRock #Punk

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 06.01 | A song that reminds you of your ex Two songs that blend into each other, they were on a mixtape CD she made... "Prelude" and "To Claudia on Thursday" by The Millennium ("Begin", 1968) #BaroquePop #SunshinePop #PsychedelicPop #EtherealPop