۰۪۫R۪۫۰۰۪۫I۪۫۰۰۪۫P۪۫۰ Sir Garfield Sobers Recognised as the greatest all rounder cricket has ever seen. "And my goodness, it's gone way down to Swansea" Not going to claim to have seen this, but was only a few miles away at the time, so that's good enough. youtu.be/8u7A0MvB9eg?... #WMIM #music #OnThisDay

RIP Garry Sobers, the greatest of all time. By Vic Marks

۰۪۫R۪۫۰۰۪۫I۪۫۰۰۪۫P۪۫۰ Bonnie Tyler Born Gaynor Sullivan, in Skewen, Swansea on the 8th of June 1951 Died on the 8th of July 2026 at the age of 75 ♫ Bonnie Tyler ♫ - Holding Out for a Hero youtu.be/v3bHxuRRV-g?... #WMIM #music #OnThisDay

This band from Louisville, Kentucky are new to us, and this stunning americana "love song from the end of the world”, on their 2015 self-titled album, tells a moving post-apocalyptic story. ♫ Quiet Hollers ♫ - Mont Blanc youtu.be/xSDNKCadUcg?... #WMIM #music

We have love the music of this lady from Santa Monica since hearing 'Wolves' in 2020 and this is her excellent new single. ♫ Jensen McRae ♫ - Just Like You youtu.be/dWl1sOOoiUI?... #WMIM #music #NewMusic2026

New single, released today (July 7th) from their as yet, untitled next album. ♫ U2 ♫ - Street Of Dreams youtu.be/hRnS0Wf64Is?... #WMIM #music #OnThisDay #NewMusic2026

This California based, New Zealand born lady, made one of our favourite albums of 2025 and this is the lead single and opening track from her new album 'Water for Gasoline' due for release on August the 14th ♫ Reb Fountain ♫ - Good People youtu.be/RbHamx53sRQ?... #WMIM #music #NewMusic2026

This "lyrical assassin" originally from the town of Margaret River, Western Australia, will be releasing her 2nd album 'Bad Things Feel Good*' on the 7th of August. ♫ Rowena Wise ♫ - Diamond In The Rough youtu.be/nor126REmPk?... #WMIM #music #NewMusic2026

It appears that this album has become quite valuable since its release in 2016. Although we have no idea why. Our copy isn't for sale btw. ♫ Alice Phoebe Lou ♫ - Orbit youtu.be/nDH_Y9dLVvE?... #WMIM #music

🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Thanks for hosting @27badfish.bsky.social‬ & @forty-too.bsky.social Day 45 ~ July 1st We finish with our very favourite Canadian artist, from our favourite album, 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' & favourite Canadian song Sarah McLachlan - Ice youtu.be/x2u7SCZ0fUU?... #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 44 ~ June 30th Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind youtu.be/DK--A-IaZnA?... We couldn’t leave this one out. Almost (but not quite) our all-time favourite Canadian song, by this man from Orillia, Ontario. #WMIM #music #musicsky

🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 30 🧷 Public Image Ltd - Public Image youtu.be/rIAZ8unRm2c?... Following his departure from the Sex Pistols and reverting to his original name, John Lydon formed PiL in 1978 with Keith Levene (also a founder of The Clash) along with Jah Wobble, & Jim Walker. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Thanks again for hosting @wecdsend.bsky.social‬ Day 30 “If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world?” Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars youtu.be/SEeTaF7unrc?... Original version from 2006 and on their album ‘Eyes Open’ #WMIM

🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 43 ~ June 29th Leonard Cohen - Suzanne youtu.be/svitEEpI07E?... If we had to choose a favourite song by Mr. Cohen, this would be it. Originally published as a poem in 1966, Judy Collins was the first to record it as a song, before Cohen made it his debut single. #WMIM #music

🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 29 🧷 Generation X - Your Generation youtu.be/HnDLgNxaEqA?... Their debut single from September 1977. Following this performance on Marc Bolan’s show, they were banned from Granada TV for 10 years as a result of them taking the studio drum kit home with them. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 29 “Stop right there I gotta know right now Before we go any further Do you love me? Will you love me forever? Do you need me? Will you never leave me? Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light youtu.be/C11MzbEcHlw?... #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 42 ~ June 28th Neil Young - Ordinary People youtu.be/yaF_LBOzqKo?... From ‘Chrome Dreams II’ in 2007, our favourite song by Mr. Young. All 18 relentless minutes. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 28 🧷 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Switch youtu.be/I0Q-HYdsTyE?... Stunning live performance in 1981 by Siouxsie Sioux, John McGeoch, Steve Severin and Budgie of the closing track from their 1978 debut album ‘The Scream’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 28 “And who will have won When the soldiers have gone From the Lebanon?” The Human League - The Lebanon youtu.be/TH-_bsCwdRw?... Released in 1984 as the lead single from ‘Hysteria’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨1✨ Cactus World News - Urban Beaches youtu.be/0ZfIj6pLuac?... Worlds Apart Thought these would become so huge. Signed to U2’s ‘Mother’ label, released this stunning debut album in May. Their 2nd album went unreleased and that was pretty much that. #WMIM

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 41 ~ June 27th Arcade Fire - Wake Up youtu.be/evMuTthF3Gw?... Got to know this amazing band thanks to U2 using this as their entrance song on their ‘Vertigo’ tour From their debut album ‘Funeral’ in 2004. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 27 🧷 Magazine – Shot By Both Sides youtu.be/7Ny2PhBnZTA?... Formed in 1977 by Howard Devoto (after leaving Buzzcocks) and guitarist John McGeoch. This became their debut single in January 1978 with the music written by Pete Shelley. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 27 Lene Lovich - What Will I Do Without You? youtu.be/mCS2A-zI33Y?... Following the run of hit singles in 1979 for Lili-Marlene Premilovich, 1980 turned out to be a lot less fruitful, with this being the closest to a hit, reaching No. 58. #WMIM #music

🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨2✨ The Men They Couldn't Hang - How Green Is The Valley youtu.be/33856y22RVc?... Ghosts of Cable Street Their 2nd album, from October, a UK No. 68. A song that continues to remain relevant. See additional video for the history behind it. #WMIM #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 40 ~ June 26th Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch youtu.be/vKdOg-V0Rr8?... This will always be one of the most beautiful songs ever. Daniel Grafton Hill IV wrote the lyrics at the age of 19 to persuade a girlfriend to date him only. He was unsuccessful. #WMIM

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 26 🧷 UK Subs - Stranglehold youtu.be/w7Es6VK_bh0?... Formed by Charlie Harper (who had previously been a R&B artist) in 1976 and he is still their singer today, having reached the age of 82 last month. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 26 Andrew Gold - How Can This Be Love youtu.be/E7nINQw_V6k?... From his 1978 album 'All This and Heaven Too', which features some classic pop songs. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨3✨ Big Country - The Seer youtu.be/JjdGGhySsWU?... Look Away The 3rd album from this Dunfermline band, released in June and reached No. 2 in the UK. Only Madonna prevented them having their 2nd consecutive No. 1. #WMIM #music #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 39 ~ June 25th Evening Hymns - Cabin in the Burn youtu.be/aHIM__u9dWc?... This must be our favourite Canadian song of the past 15 years. From their magnificent 2012 album ‘Spectral Dusk’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 25 🧷 Joy Division - Transmission youtu.be/6dBt3mJtgJc?... Formed in Salford in 1976, after… yep you guessed it, a Sex Pistols concert. This song became their debut single in 1979 after the original version for their planned self-titled debut album in 1978 was scrapped. #WMIM

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 25 Lisa Redford - Why youtu.be/bQdOypFaPZw?... This lovely lady from Norwich has self-released quite a few albums and EPs since 2003. Most of which are still available on her Bandcamp page. This from ‘The Acoustic Sessions’ in 2008. #WMIM #music

One of our favourite songs of the year so far, (even though it feels far too short when played on its own). From their very impressive new album 'From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth' ♫ Future Islands ♫ - Days youtu.be/OZiXndGgTDk?... #WMIM #music #NewMusic2026

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨4✨ Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring youtu.be/o8canrG0YfY?... I Don't Believe in You Their 3rd album, from February, a UK No. 8 Listening to this song always achieves feelings of a draining emptiness afterwards. So powerful. #WMIM #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 38 ~ June 24th R. Dean Taylor - I Gotta See Jane youtu.be/CJ5JbuxgdiE?... With days quickly running out, we have held back some of our very favourite Canadian songs, 4 of which no-one has yet chosen, including our favourite from this Torontonian. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 24 🧷 The Fall - Totally Wired youtu.be/trXegBAZ8_g?... Formed in 1976 after seeing the Sex Pistols play in Manchester, this is one of their singles from 1980 & has since appeared on CD versions of their 3rd album ‘Grotesque (After the Gramme)’ #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 24 Kanadia - How Do You Sleep? youtu.be/PjXngxXrYiU?... This 4 piece band from Oxford released one of our favourite albums of 2025 'The Fire That's Tearing Through Our Home' #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨5✨ The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead youtu.be/TyTRTG6O35U?... I Know It’s Over Their 3rd album, released in June and reached No. 2 in the UK. It was held off the top spot by Genesis. #WMIM #music #musicsky #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 37 ~ June 23rd Tenille Townes, Bryan Adams - The Thing That Wrecks You youtu.be/KmW6M6g2uaY?... From Grande Prairie, Alberta and Kingston, Ontario, they released this duet as a single in 2023. #WMIM #music #musicsky

🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 23 🧷 Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout youtu.be/lo7vhBeLg5w?... Although formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1975, line up changes & a Sex Pistols concert, saw them become the band that released this as their 2nd single in early 1978 & on their debut album ‘Tell Us The Truth’ #WMIM

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 23 Van Morrison - What Would I Do youtu.be/NYikTc8X4ZA?... Covering Ray Charles on his 15th album ‘A Sense of Wonder’ in 1984. Along with the title track, we think these are 2 of the best songs he has ever recorded. #WMIM #music #musicsky

🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨6✨ New Order - Brotherhood youtu.be/LhLmgg_u29k?... Bizarre Love Triangle Their 4th album, from September, a UK No. 9, may not be one of their highest rated albums, but having seen them live on this tour, it will always be a favourite. #WMIM #music #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 36 ~ June 22nd Martha Wainwright - Factory youtu.be/yzPHHpi1bUA?... From Montreal, the younger sister of Rufus performed this song in 2005 from her self-titled debut album of the same year. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 22 🧷 The Damned - Neat Neat Neat youtu.be/lyt5FNDx9IY?... From March 1977, promoting their 2nd single, which had been released the previous month, on the same day as their debut album ‘Damned, Damned, Damned’. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 22 Paul Weller - Why Walk When You Can Run youtu.be/IKCo79qjgUM?... Mr. Weller has contributed a lot of songs to this challenge, so for day 22 we are choosing our favourite song from his 9th solo album, released in 2008, ’22 Dreams’ #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨7✨ Hipsway - Hipsway youtu.be/Pq07ExrSXRg?... Set This Day Apart The debut album from this Glasgow 4 piece band, released in April and reached No. 42 in the UK #WMIM #music #musicsky #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 35 ~ June 21st Rufus Wainwright - Heading For Home youtu.be/RVcpz_usDpM?... Although born in New York, he grew up in Montreal. A version of this song with John Legend is on his 2023 album ‘Folkocracy’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #50YearsOfPunk 🧷 Day 21 🧷 Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway youtu.be/1OIzhiQf490?... High time we featured another song from our favourite punks. This was a single in 1979 and a different version on their 2nd album ‘Nobody’s Heroes’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 ❓ #JuneKnowWhatIMean ❓ Day 21 “Why did you have to fly, So far away from here, forever? Forever together Our last forever changed On this the longest day” Kim Wilde - Solstice youtu.be/G0IdSXr-ASk?... From her 14th album ‘Here Come the Aliens’, in 2018 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #1986AlbumsTop20 1986 favourite albums ✨8✨ Andy White - Rave on Andy White youtu.be/TyomVCEwhKo?... Religious Persuasion Northern Ireland poet, singer songwriter released his hard-hitting debut EP in 1985 & followed it with this equally powerful debut album in 1986. #WMIM #80s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #CanadaDays 🍁 Day 34 ~ June 20th Half Moon Run - Full Circle youtu.be/tSp3QFjuFe8?... Formed in Montreal, this is their debut single and opening track from their debut album ‘Dark Eyes’, in 2012 #WMIM #music #musicsky