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Wiz Ball
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Well versed in both the politics of dancing and the art of parties. Songwriter and vinyl bore. Wild #LFC fanatic and chant-crafter. Proud nephew to two beautiful uncles.
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If there's anyone out there who'd like a little more music chat on their timeline, here's a sampling of some of my favourite musos on here, and a few feeds too, for good measure.

If you're on there and you'd rather not be, just drop us a comment or @ me.

#musicsky #music

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A sensational, famous, folklore-entering win for Ireland tonight: two goals for Parrott, a clean sheet for Kelleher and a red card for Ronaldo. I'll drink to that!

#COYBIG

#IREPOR #Redsky #speirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

Country Feedback—R.E.M.

I'm always going to be a bigger fan of their IRS years, but irregardless, this song isn't just, for me, the best song on Out of Time, it's right up there with their very, very best songs ever.

#musicsky #nowplaying

youtu.be/6EHBh1FuY1Q
R.E.M. - Country Feedback (Official Music Video) [This Film Is On Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
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November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge

2—Duchess

One of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, with Browning-flavoured lyrics that observe so lovingly, set to a sweet, delicate melody. But not so sweet that it can puncture the poignancy of his dying duchess.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

16 Shells from a 30.6

Sparse and tight as a clothesline, with buckshot-ricochet percussion and a growled falsetto vocal that could whittle a man into kindling. A battlecry of a song.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Great performance from Ireland so far. Deservedly ahead despite a right prick of a ref, and Ogbene should have grabbed a second. It was as close as Ronaldo's two eyes.

#irepor #redsky #speirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#MusicinMusic
#MusicChallenge

Thirteen—Big Star

"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout Painted Black"

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

Ol' 55

Cleverly, this isn't a song about a romantic conquest: we have loads of those already. Instead, it's set in the aftermath, with Waits driving home at 6am, basking in the post-coital glow as the sun comes up. Triumphant.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'
De La Soul

The wittiness of the sampling: the 'Saturday' from Chicago, the 'Roller skates' from Chic. Q-Tip drops in to ensure that first verse is a killer. And De La Soul are alive and kicking.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#MusicInMusic
'Leonard Cohen'—Boygenius
#MusicChallenge

There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

#musicsky #nowplaying

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boygenius - Leonard Cohen (official audio)
YouTube video by boygeniusVEVO
m.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Instrumentals Ranked
#MusicChallenge

I probably don't give his instrumental stuff enough credit, because his lyrics are just so great. But these are all pretty great too:

1—Just Another Sucker on the Vine
2—Cinny's Waltz
3—Russian Dance
4—Closing Time
5—Fawn

#musicsky #nowplaying
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

I Don't Wanna Grow Up

My Tom Waits story begins with seeing this late on MTV. I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing, seeing or feeling. A great song, as witty as it is raucous, and a great Jarmusch vid.

#musicsky #nowplaying
Tom Waits - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Tom Waits from the album 'Bone Machine,' 1992 Directed by Jim Jarmusch Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #bonemachine
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge

4—The old man's back again (4)

Only Scott could write a song for the neo-Stalinist regime and scat on it. (Ok, only him and Joni). But it is up to its lofty task: lyrically brilliant, musically assured. And what a bass line!

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

Into the Great Wide Open—Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Learning to Fly was the bigger hit, but I love the verses of this song, and how they tell Eddie's story, played in the vid of course by a young Johnny Depp.

#musicsky #nowplaying
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open (Official Music Video)
REMASTERED IN HD! Music video by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performing Into The Great Wide Open. (C) 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc. #TomPetty #IntoTheGreatWideOpen #Remastered
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#MusicInMusic
A Pair of Brown Eyes—The Pogues
#MusicChallenge

"And on the jukebox Johnny sang
About a thing called love…"

"While Ray and Philomena sang
Of my elusive dream…"

Were it not for the name checks this song could have been written 100 years ago. Simply timeless.

#musicsky #nowplaying
A Pair of Brown Eyes
YouTube video by The Pogues - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

Lucky Day

A sort of 'Shiver me Timbers' by way of 'In the Neighbourhood', Lucky Day had everything a great farewell song needs: nostalgic lyrics, a big sing-along chorus and a ton of personality.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge

5—Patriot

"The good news you cannot refuse
The bad news is there is no news."

Could be about journalism in the contemporary US, or the current scandal at the BBC. Like the album it comes from, still supremely relevant.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

Wagon—Dinosaur Jr.

I love an opening track that throws you in the back of a car and drags you off on an adventure. Of course, it's only after you're in there J starts asking why you don't see him so much any more… A blast of a track

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#musicinmusic
Ballad of Dorothy Parker—#Prince
#MusicChallenge

"Mind if I turn on the radio?
Oh, my favourite song, she said
And it was Joni singing:
Help me, I think I'm fall—drrring, the
phone rang…"

One of my favourite meta moments in music.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

Somewhere

Many great vocals have tackled this song; nobody has ever performed it better than Tom does here on Blue Valentines. His controlled, laconic phrasing of each line makes everyone else sound like they're rushing it.

#musicsky #nowplaying
Tom Waits - "Somewhere" (From 'West Side Story')
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge

6—The Electrician

This song, about a CIA torturer, stands out like a broken thumb on this Walker Brothers album. But the shift into the chorus just past the 2 min mark is one of the most beautiful things these ears have ever heard

#musicsky #nowplaying
The Electrician
YouTube video by The Walker Brothers - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

By the time I get to Arizona—Public Enemy

Samples from The New Birth and Mandrill give this song a funky swagger married to a real gospel feel. But it's the shift in the middle to wild screams that takes your breath away. PE in full effect

#musicsky #nowplaying
By The Time I Get To Arizona
YouTube video by Public Enemy - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#MusicinMusic
#MusicChallenge

Oh Yeah—Roxy Music

There’s a band playing on the radio
With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
They’re playing 'Oh Yeah' on the radio...

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge

I beg your pardon

This One's from the Heart is a sadly underrated album. Sure, perhaps Crystal Gayle wasn't the perfect foil for Tom, but the songwriting remains at his usual high standard, as this delight of a track proves.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge

Hand on the pump—Cypress Hill

Smart use of sampling (the ever-present 'Duke of Earl' is inspired) and the very best example of that Whiney-bit, Barky-bit Cypress Hill chorus. Comes at you like a stiff blow.

#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge

7—It's Raining Today

At first, the dissonance of the strings distracts. But over time, your ear can't help detecting the notes in the string cluster that do work, presenting the possibility of harmony—a bleak kind of hope.

#musicsky #nowplaying
It's Raining Today
YouTube video by Scott Walker - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM