Nicky
@japanicky.bsky.social
Came to Japan for a year or two in 1994. Still here. Scottish. English school owner.
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Nicky
@japanicky.bsky.social
· Nov 26
New here. Was once goodandbadjapan on the other place.
My Flying Saucer - Billy Bragg and Wilco
YouTube video by T.A. Sedlak
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 8: 🎬
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was one of the first albums I owned. Bit odd for an eleven year old to request it from his mum, but I still think it’s a great album.
Soft Cell - Seedy Films
youtu.be/hXnIiGa6CM8?...
Day 8: 🎬
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was one of the first albums I owned. Bit odd for an eleven year old to request it from his mum, but I still think it’s a great album.
Soft Cell - Seedy Films
youtu.be/hXnIiGa6CM8?...
Soft Cell - Seedy Films (Official Video Release HD)
YouTube video by James Roberts
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 8: 🎬
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was one of the first albums I owned. Bit odd for an eleven year old to request it from his mum, but I still think it’s a great album.
Soft Cell - Seedy Films
youtu.be/hXnIiGa6CM8?...
Day 8: 🎬
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was one of the first albums I owned. Bit odd for an eleven year old to request it from his mum, but I still think it’s a great album.
Soft Cell - Seedy Films
youtu.be/hXnIiGa6CM8?...
#EmojiSounds
Day 8:😂
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
youtu.be/N2bx-aG9HhM?...
Day 8:😂
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
youtu.be/N2bx-aG9HhM?...
The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
YouTube video by The Housemartins - Topic
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 8:😂
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
youtu.be/N2bx-aG9HhM?...
Day 8:😂
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
youtu.be/N2bx-aG9HhM?...
The The - Sweet Bird Of Truth (Video)
YouTube video by TheTheVEVO
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 5: 🎺
Kahimi Katie - Good Morning World
'Pretty as a trumpet girl'
youtu.be/yYEHCzk7FIA?...
Day 5: 🎺
Kahimi Katie - Good Morning World
'Pretty as a trumpet girl'
youtu.be/yYEHCzk7FIA?...
GOOD MORNING WORLD / カヒミ・カリィ【Official Music Video】
YouTube video by PolystarTube
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 5: 🎺
Kahimi Katie - Good Morning World
'Pretty as a trumpet girl'
youtu.be/yYEHCzk7FIA?...
Day 5: 🎺
Kahimi Katie - Good Morning World
'Pretty as a trumpet girl'
youtu.be/yYEHCzk7FIA?...
Spinning Coin - Money For Breakfast (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Jamaica Song/Emi Meyer with COOL WISE MAN(BOOKER T.).wmv
YouTube video by RootsteadyChadii
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 1-⚖️ is the symbol for Libra and some Librans are born in September, so that seems a good enough reason to choose this:
Big Star -September Gurls
youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?...
Day 1-⚖️ is the symbol for Libra and some Librans are born in September, so that seems a good enough reason to choose this:
Big Star -September Gurls
youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?...
Big Star - September Gurls
YouTube video by edumota
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#EmojiSounds
Day 1-⚖️ is the symbol for Libra and some Librans are born in September, so that seems a good enough reason to choose this:
Big Star -September Gurls
youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?...
Day 1-⚖️ is the symbol for Libra and some Librans are born in September, so that seems a good enough reason to choose this:
Big Star -September Gurls
youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 30: ending the month with this album closer
Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark
Thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for hosting what has been my favourite challenge so far!
youtu.be/PzKFH-m9NGU?...
Day 30: ending the month with this album closer
Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark
Thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for hosting what has been my favourite challenge so far!
youtu.be/PzKFH-m9NGU?...
Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark
YouTube video by Mark Pyskoty
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 30: ending the month with this album closer
Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark
Thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for hosting what has been my favourite challenge so far!
youtu.be/PzKFH-m9NGU?...
Day 30: ending the month with this album closer
Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark
Thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for hosting what has been my favourite challenge so far!
youtu.be/PzKFH-m9NGU?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 29: if you listen carefully to the Spanish bit there's a mention of Cate O'Riordan and Elvis Costello here (which only seems right in a challenge from Elizabeth)
The Pogues - Fiesta
youtu.be/MJqDVzzKfyk?...
Day 29: if you listen carefully to the Spanish bit there's a mention of Cate O'Riordan and Elvis Costello here (which only seems right in a challenge from Elizabeth)
The Pogues - Fiesta
youtu.be/MJqDVzzKfyk?...
The Pogues - Fiesta (Official Music Video), Full HD (Remastered and AI Upscaled)
YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 29: if you listen carefully to the Spanish bit there's a mention of Cate O'Riordan and Elvis Costello here (which only seems right in a challenge from Elizabeth)
The Pogues - Fiesta
youtu.be/MJqDVzzKfyk?...
Day 29: if you listen carefully to the Spanish bit there's a mention of Cate O'Riordan and Elvis Costello here (which only seems right in a challenge from Elizabeth)
The Pogues - Fiesta
youtu.be/MJqDVzzKfyk?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 28: a nice little ditty about the wonder of music. Mentions You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart, Hal David & Burt Bacharach, God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You and Brian Wilson & Tony Asher.
BMX Bandits - Listen To Some Music
youtu.be/5LfCrIUE0SE?...
Day 28: a nice little ditty about the wonder of music. Mentions You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart, Hal David & Burt Bacharach, God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You and Brian Wilson & Tony Asher.
BMX Bandits - Listen To Some Music
youtu.be/5LfCrIUE0SE?...
BMX BANDITS - Listen To Some Music [Official]
YouTube video by Elefant Records
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 28: a nice little ditty about the wonder of music. Mentions You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart, Hal David & Burt Bacharach, God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You and Brian Wilson & Tony Asher.
BMX Bandits - Listen To Some Music
youtu.be/5LfCrIUE0SE?...
Day 28: a nice little ditty about the wonder of music. Mentions You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart, Hal David & Burt Bacharach, God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You and Brian Wilson & Tony Asher.
BMX Bandits - Listen To Some Music
youtu.be/5LfCrIUE0SE?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 27: BenFolds Five - Julianne
'I met this girl
She looked like Axel Rose'
youtu.be/CX7iUVSTNy4?...
Day 27: BenFolds Five - Julianne
'I met this girl
She looked like Axel Rose'
youtu.be/CX7iUVSTNy4?...
Julianne
YouTube video by Ben Folds - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 27: BenFolds Five - Julianne
'I met this girl
She looked like Axel Rose'
youtu.be/CX7iUVSTNy4?...
Day 27: BenFolds Five - Julianne
'I met this girl
She looked like Axel Rose'
youtu.be/CX7iUVSTNy4?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 26: The Proclaimers - Sean
The opening line is a reference to Elvis
'Sean, I’d say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississipi'
youtu.be/rtLeDGa64r0?...
Day 26: The Proclaimers - Sean
The opening line is a reference to Elvis
'Sean, I’d say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississipi'
youtu.be/rtLeDGa64r0?...
Sean
YouTube video by The Proclaimers - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 26: The Proclaimers - Sean
The opening line is a reference to Elvis
'Sean, I’d say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississipi'
youtu.be/rtLeDGa64r0?...
Day 26: The Proclaimers - Sean
The opening line is a reference to Elvis
'Sean, I’d say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississipi'
youtu.be/rtLeDGa64r0?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 25: Lloyd Cole & The Conmotions - Andy's Babies
And still you can't get no sleep
On account of "Perfect Day"
And all this "White Light, White Heat"
youtu.be/LsxqV-zR6YU?...
Day 25: Lloyd Cole & The Conmotions - Andy's Babies
And still you can't get no sleep
On account of "Perfect Day"
And all this "White Light, White Heat"
youtu.be/LsxqV-zR6YU?...
Andy's Babies
YouTube video by Lloyd Cole - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 25: Lloyd Cole & The Conmotions - Andy's Babies
And still you can't get no sleep
On account of "Perfect Day"
And all this "White Light, White Heat"
youtu.be/LsxqV-zR6YU?...
Day 25: Lloyd Cole & The Conmotions - Andy's Babies
And still you can't get no sleep
On account of "Perfect Day"
And all this "White Light, White Heat"
youtu.be/LsxqV-zR6YU?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 24: Tahiti 80 - Mr Davies
Mentions of Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr
youtu.be/k01zZ3fVx98?...
Day 24: Tahiti 80 - Mr Davies
Mentions of Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr
youtu.be/k01zZ3fVx98?...
Mr Davies
YouTube video by Tahiti 80 - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 24: Tahiti 80 - Mr Davies
Mentions of Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr
youtu.be/k01zZ3fVx98?...
Day 24: Tahiti 80 - Mr Davies
Mentions of Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr
youtu.be/k01zZ3fVx98?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 23: can’t find a YouTube link but here's a bandcamp one
Kid Canaveral - Teenage Fanclub Song
'You said put on a Teenage Fanclub song
What You Do To Me, oh it never sounds wrong'
kidcanaveral.bandcamp.com/track/teenag...
Day 23: can’t find a YouTube link but here's a bandcamp one
Kid Canaveral - Teenage Fanclub Song
'You said put on a Teenage Fanclub song
What You Do To Me, oh it never sounds wrong'
kidcanaveral.bandcamp.com/track/teenag...
Teenage Fanclub Song, by Kid Canaveral
from the album Couldn't Dance
kidcanaveral.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 23: can’t find a YouTube link but here's a bandcamp one
Kid Canaveral - Teenage Fanclub Song
'You said put on a Teenage Fanclub song
What You Do To Me, oh it never sounds wrong'
kidcanaveral.bandcamp.com/track/teenag...
Day 23: can’t find a YouTube link but here's a bandcamp one
Kid Canaveral - Teenage Fanclub Song
'You said put on a Teenage Fanclub song
What You Do To Me, oh it never sounds wrong'
kidcanaveral.bandcamp.com/track/teenag...
#MusicInMusic
Day 22: Pavement - Stereo
'What about the voice of Geddy Lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy'
youtu.be/Z5j4W2Y7RPQ?...
Day 22: Pavement - Stereo
'What about the voice of Geddy Lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy'
youtu.be/Z5j4W2Y7RPQ?...
Pavement - Stereo (Official Video)
YouTube video by Pavement
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 22: Pavement - Stereo
'What about the voice of Geddy Lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy'
youtu.be/Z5j4W2Y7RPQ?...
Day 22: Pavement - Stereo
'What about the voice of Geddy Lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy'
youtu.be/Z5j4W2Y7RPQ?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 21: Kahimi Karie - 1,000 20th Century Chairs
'I put on Beck
Because the architect I used to live with
Never let me dance
When I put on Odelay.'
youtu.be/u66sl5yTCnc?...
Day 21: Kahimi Karie - 1,000 20th Century Chairs
'I put on Beck
Because the architect I used to live with
Never let me dance
When I put on Odelay.'
youtu.be/u66sl5yTCnc?...
One Thousand 20th Century Chairs / kahimi karie
YouTube video by kam
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 21: Kahimi Karie - 1,000 20th Century Chairs
'I put on Beck
Because the architect I used to live with
Never let me dance
When I put on Odelay.'
youtu.be/u66sl5yTCnc?...
Day 21: Kahimi Karie - 1,000 20th Century Chairs
'I put on Beck
Because the architect I used to live with
Never let me dance
When I put on Odelay.'
youtu.be/u66sl5yTCnc?...
#MusicInMusic
There can’t be many songs with a singer and a javelin thrower in the title.
Day 20: Cornershop - Jason Donovan / Tessa Sanderson
youtu.be/F1dOTeKcTYA?...
There can’t be many songs with a singer and a javelin thrower in the title.
Day 20: Cornershop - Jason Donovan / Tessa Sanderson
youtu.be/F1dOTeKcTYA?...
Cornershop - Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson
YouTube video by cedarplank78
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#MusicInMusic
There can’t be many songs with a singer and a javelin thrower in the title.
Day 20: Cornershop - Jason Donovan / Tessa Sanderson
youtu.be/F1dOTeKcTYA?...
There can’t be many songs with a singer and a javelin thrower in the title.
Day 20: Cornershop - Jason Donovan / Tessa Sanderson
youtu.be/F1dOTeKcTYA?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 19: Belle And Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
‘I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy, oh'
youtu.be/GuKuw71YBbI?...
Day 19: Belle And Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
‘I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy, oh'
youtu.be/GuKuw71YBbI?...
Belle and Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
YouTube video by Rough Trade Records
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 19: Belle And Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
‘I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy, oh'
youtu.be/GuKuw71YBbI?...
Day 19: Belle And Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
‘I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy, oh'
youtu.be/GuKuw71YBbI?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 18: Lenzie Moss - Kelvin British Summertime
Mentions of Big Star, Dinosaur Jr and The Pastels
youtu.be/Nx8qRR3toXg?...
Day 18: Lenzie Moss - Kelvin British Summertime
Mentions of Big Star, Dinosaur Jr and The Pastels
youtu.be/Nx8qRR3toXg?...
Lenzie Moss - Kelvin British Summertime
YouTube video by The Influences
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 18: Lenzie Moss - Kelvin British Summertime
Mentions of Big Star, Dinosaur Jr and The Pastels
youtu.be/Nx8qRR3toXg?...
Day 18: Lenzie Moss - Kelvin British Summertime
Mentions of Big Star, Dinosaur Jr and The Pastels
youtu.be/Nx8qRR3toXg?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 17: you could probably complete this challenge with just Beatles references, but this b-side has probably my favorite lyric mentioning them.
'So what if you see other people
I only get jealous when I listen to The Beatles'
Teenage Fanclub - Genius Envy
youtu.be/Mr0w8QpV-aY?...
Day 17: you could probably complete this challenge with just Beatles references, but this b-side has probably my favorite lyric mentioning them.
'So what if you see other people
I only get jealous when I listen to The Beatles'
Teenage Fanclub - Genius Envy
youtu.be/Mr0w8QpV-aY?...
Teenage Fanclub-Genius Envy
YouTube video by slumberm83
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 17: you could probably complete this challenge with just Beatles references, but this b-side has probably my favorite lyric mentioning them.
'So what if you see other people
I only get jealous when I listen to The Beatles'
Teenage Fanclub - Genius Envy
youtu.be/Mr0w8QpV-aY?...
Day 17: you could probably complete this challenge with just Beatles references, but this b-side has probably my favorite lyric mentioning them.
'So what if you see other people
I only get jealous when I listen to The Beatles'
Teenage Fanclub - Genius Envy
youtu.be/Mr0w8QpV-aY?...
#MusicInMusic
Day 16: Another song with a whole bunch of mentions, so here's a lyric video
Jane Birkin - Ex-Fan Des Sixties
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPUs...
Day 16: Another song with a whole bunch of mentions, so here's a lyric video
Jane Birkin - Ex-Fan Des Sixties
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPUs...
Ex-fan des sixties (French/English) Lyrics Jane Birkin
YouTube video by Julia J
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#MusicInMusic
Day 16: Another song with a whole bunch of mentions, so here's a lyric video
Jane Birkin - Ex-Fan Des Sixties
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPUs...
Day 16: Another song with a whole bunch of mentions, so here's a lyric video
Jane Birkin - Ex-Fan Des Sixties
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPUs...