#musicchallenge
Day 5
Ryan Adams covers Taylor Swift's Blank Space.
"Rose garden filled with thorns"
Thanks @indigobunting.bsky.social and @pops1971.bsky.social
😀
open.spotify.com/track/1JhAt4...
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Day 5
Ryan Adams covers Taylor Swift's Blank Space.
"Rose garden filled with thorns"
Thanks @indigobunting.bsky.social and @pops1971.bsky.social
😀
open.spotify.com/track/1JhAt4...
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Day 4
Sinéad O'Connor covers Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U
"All the flowers that you planted, mama,
In the back yard,
All died when you went away"
open.spotify.com/track/3nvuPQ...
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Day 4
Sinéad O'Connor covers Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U
"All the flowers that you planted, mama,
In the back yard,
All died when you went away"
open.spotify.com/track/3nvuPQ...
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Day 3
Joey Ramone's version of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World.
"I see trees of green
Red roses, too,
I see them bloom
For me and you
and I think to myself
What a wonderful world"
open.spotify.com/track/04cdEV...
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Day 3
Joey Ramone's version of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World.
"I see trees of green
Red roses, too,
I see them bloom
For me and you
and I think to myself
What a wonderful world"
open.spotify.com/track/04cdEV...
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Day 2
Lir Shilton gives a really pretty version of Air's gorgeous Cherry Blossom Girl.
open.spotify.com/track/04JG5h...
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Day 2
Lir Shilton gives a really pretty version of Air's gorgeous Cherry Blossom Girl.
open.spotify.com/track/04JG5h...
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Day 1
Boyce Avenue covers Kiss from a Rose
open.spotify.com/track/4tw2vd...
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Day 1
Boyce Avenue covers Kiss from a Rose
open.spotify.com/track/4tw2vd...
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Day 5
Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse): Valerie
Another banger I didn't realise was a cover until later.
Thanks @indigobunting.bsky.social and @pops1971.bsky.social and see you next month!
open.spotify.com/track/1UxisK...
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Day 5
Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse): Valerie
Another banger I didn't realise was a cover until later.
Thanks @indigobunting.bsky.social and @pops1971.bsky.social and see you next month!
open.spotify.com/track/1UxisK...
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Day 4
Just realised I've been using the wrong hashtag 🤦♀️ Anyway, Tainted Love was a dance/party staple of mine all through my 20s. I didn't learn it was a cover of Gloria Jones until years later.
open.spotify.com/track/0cGG2E...
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Day 4
Just realised I've been using the wrong hashtag 🤦♀️ Anyway, Tainted Love was a dance/party staple of mine all through my 20s. I didn't learn it was a cover of Gloria Jones until years later.
open.spotify.com/track/0cGG2E...
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Day 3
Regina Spektor: Real Love
Achingly beautiful cover of John Lennon.
youtu.be/JUwUGuHw5js?...
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Day 3
Regina Spektor: Real Love
Achingly beautiful cover of John Lennon.
youtu.be/JUwUGuHw5js?...
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Day 2
The Sundays: Wild Horses
My all time favourite cover song. Can't do this month's challenge without it. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.
youtu.be/x7GE90n6XX8?...
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Day 2
The Sundays: Wild Horses
My all time favourite cover song. Can't do this month's challenge without it. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.
youtu.be/x7GE90n6XX8?...
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Day 1
Spoon: I Can't Give Everything Away
Painful and perfect cover of David Bowie's farewell.
open.spotify.com/track/5uLtfW...
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Day 1
Spoon: I Can't Give Everything Away
Painful and perfect cover of David Bowie's farewell.
open.spotify.com/track/5uLtfW...
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Day 20
Finally, at number 1: The Great Gig in the Sky
This is a top 5 songs of my life & on my funeral playlist. Unbelievably glorious & ragingly heartbreaking at the same time.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for a great challenge!
youtu.be/2PMnJ_Luk_o?...
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Day 20
Finally, at number 1: The Great Gig in the Sky
This is a top 5 songs of my life & on my funeral playlist. Unbelievably glorious & ragingly heartbreaking at the same time.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for a great challenge!
youtu.be/2PMnJ_Luk_o?...
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Day 18
Coming in at number 2 from Meddle:
A Pillow of Winds
Romantic but with darkness at the edge, optimistic but melancholic, lovely but haunting...this song has been arousing complex emotions for me for ~30 years now.
youtu.be/Hgx267jVma0?...
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Day 18
Coming in at number 2 from Meddle:
A Pillow of Winds
Romantic but with darkness at the edge, optimistic but melancholic, lovely but haunting...this song has been arousing complex emotions for me for ~30 years now.
youtu.be/Hgx267jVma0?...
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Day 18
Coming in at number 3 and my second from DSotM:
Us and Them
"Me and you
God only knows it's not what
We would choose to do"
youtu.be/HoLhKJuGhK0?...
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Day 18
Coming in at number 3 and my second from DSotM:
Us and Them
"Me and you
God only knows it's not what
We would choose to do"
youtu.be/HoLhKJuGhK0?...
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Day 17
Coming in at number 4 and my first from DSoTM:
Time
My dad's favourite from Pink Floyd. That plaintive last line...
"Thought I'd something more to say."
youtu.be/Qr0-7Ds79zo?...
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Day 17
Coming in at number 4 and my first from DSoTM:
Time
My dad's favourite from Pink Floyd. That plaintive last line...
"Thought I'd something more to say."
youtu.be/Qr0-7Ds79zo?...
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Day 16
Coming in at number 4, also from The Wall:
Comfortably Numb
I know it's mostly about Gilmour's guitar solo, but for me it's Rick Wright's keys on the pre-chorus.
"When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse"
youtu.be/7kWl-ZGMwkQ?...
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Day 16
Coming in at number 4, also from The Wall:
Comfortably Numb
I know it's mostly about Gilmour's guitar solo, but for me it's Rick Wright's keys on the pre-chorus.
"When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse"
youtu.be/7kWl-ZGMwkQ?...
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Day 15
Coming in at number 6 from The Wall:
Is There Anybody Out There?
Such a hauntingly beautiful guitar piece.
youtu.be/CIxYe3G3Iz4?...
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Day 15
Coming in at number 6 from The Wall:
Is There Anybody Out There?
Such a hauntingly beautiful guitar piece.
youtu.be/CIxYe3G3Iz4?...
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Day 14
Coming in at number 7 from Wish You Were Here:
Wish You Were Here
So simple and poignant
youtu.be/IXdNnw99-Ic?...
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Day 14
Coming in at number 7 from Wish You Were Here:
Wish You Were Here
So simple and poignant
youtu.be/IXdNnw99-Ic?...
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Day 13
Coming in at number 8 from The Wall:
Mother
"Mother, did it need to be so high?"
youtu.be/xe3NUKCnZp4?...
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Day 13
Coming in at number 8 from The Wall:
Mother
"Mother, did it need to be so high?"
youtu.be/xe3NUKCnZp4?...
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Day 13
Coming in at number 8 from The Wall:
Mother
"Mother, did it need to be so high?"
youtu.be/xe3NUKCnZp4?...
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Day 13
Coming in at number 8 from The Wall:
Mother
"Mother, did it need to be so high?"
youtu.be/xe3NUKCnZp4?...
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Day 12
Coming in at number 9 from Wish You Were Here:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts 1-5)
youtu.be/4oK1Jco6JFM?...
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Day 12
Coming in at number 9 from Wish You Were Here:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts 1-5)
youtu.be/4oK1Jco6JFM?...
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Day 11
Coming in at number 10 from The Final Cut:
The Final Cut
I'm not great on the piano but I did teach myself a few Floyd songs as a teen. O' how I played this & sang my heart out in a dark room. Great song and sentimental favourite.
youtu.be/tFSRooc9yIQ?...
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Day 11
Coming in at number 10 from The Final Cut:
The Final Cut
I'm not great on the piano but I did teach myself a few Floyd songs as a teen. O' how I played this & sang my heart out in a dark room. Great song and sentimental favourite.
youtu.be/tFSRooc9yIQ?...
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Day 10
Coming in at number 11 from Meddle:
Echoes
"And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky"
youtu.be/53N99Nim6WE?...
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Day 10
Coming in at number 11 from Meddle:
Echoes
"And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky"
youtu.be/53N99Nim6WE?...
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Day 9
Coming in at number 12 from A Momentary Lapse of Reason:
One Slip
My favourite from this album.
"A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life"
youtu.be/58qCZbxSvQk
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Day 9
Coming in at number 12 from A Momentary Lapse of Reason:
One Slip
My favourite from this album.
"A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life"
youtu.be/58qCZbxSvQk