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I'm Russell, the weird old American uncle of the Perfume fan family. Born in 1949. Currently living in Akron, Ohio
#ElectricGuitarForAll ๐ธ
#MusicChallenge ๐ถ
Composer: Gary Duncan
#QuicksilverMessengerService
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/14 - Alert
"When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream)"
Songwriters: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
#RosanneCash
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/15 - Small
"Without your love
I only hear the loudest voices
The ones with something new to sell
And now it's all
Big talk, big name, big noise, New York"
Songwriters: Donald Fagen, Marcelle Clements
#JenniferWarnes
#readandplay (440)
#MusicChallenge
"Here you come again
Looking better than a body has a right to
And shaking me up so, that all I really know
Is here you come again, and here I go"
#DollyParton
#MusicChallenge
#LookAndSee (Day 173)
Songwriter: Don Rollins
#GeorgeJones
#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 171)
"Poisonous gardens, lethal and sweet
Venomous blossoms
Choleric fruit, deadly to eat
Violet nightshades, innocent bloom
Omnivorous orchids
Cautiously wait, hungrily loom"
Songwriters: Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
#TheUnitedStatesOfAmerica
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 12
An artist no longer with us
#SandyDenny
Also, acoustic guitarist Trevor Lucas and drummer Gerry Conway have passed away.
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/13 - Secure
"You want me to act like we've never kissed
Pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried
But I haven't yet
You walk by and I fall to pieces"
Songwriters: Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard
#PatsyCline
#GenreRoulette
#MusicChallenge
#AmericanaTuesday
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
#MarshallCrenshaw
#MusicChallenge
#ElectricGuitarForAll
Soloist: Anthony F. Peluso
Songwriters: Richard Carpenter, John Bettis.
#TheCarpenters
#readandplay (437)
#MusicChallenge
going with an obvious choice
"Get your motor runninโฒ
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space"
Songwriter: Mars Bonfire
#Steppenwolf
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/12 - Begin
"We thought he was gone
And now he's come back again
Last week it was funny
And now the joke's wearing thin
Cause everyone knows now, that every night now
Will be Steven's last night in town"
#BenFoldsFive
#MusicChallenge
#ElectricGuitarForAll
Songwriter: Donovan Leitch
#RichardThompson delivers two scorching solos
#MusicChallenge
#LittleBookTunes
August โข 11 | 31
"Wow, I feel so fresh today
Barefoot in the snow, to make love in the hay
The stars are bright in the abyss
Now I can feel you in my arms
I explode inside your kiss"
#StephenDuffy
#MusicChallenge
#LookAndSee (Day 170)
Songwriters: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
#JillSobule R.I.P dear Jill
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/11 - Down
"Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly (we can fly)
Up, up and away"
Songwriter: Jimmy Webb
#The5thDimention
#readandplay (436)
#MusicChallenge
"I can't stop this grinning
So assume I'm winning
Threw pessimism
In the air it's spinning
Crashing to the floor"
Songwriter: Andrew Partridge
#XTC
#readandplay (434)
#MusicChallenge
"In your heart, I see the star of every night and every day
In your eyes, I get lost, I get washed away
Just as long as I'm here in your arms
I could be in no better place
You're simply the best"
Songwriters: Michael Donald Chapman, Holly Knight
#TinaTurner
#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 168)
"Yeah, ten little kids
On the side of the road
Laughing, running
Jumping, playing
They don't care what their
Moms and dads are doing"
Songwriters: Mark Olson, Gary Louris
#TheJayhawks
#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 167)
Songwriter: Danny Kirwan
"I was alone in the cold of a winter's day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
Bare trees, grey light
Oh, yeah, it was a cold night
Bare trees, grey light"
#FleetwoodMac
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/8 - Gentle
"Buddy's real talent was beating people up
His heart wasn't in it but the crowd ate it up
Through pee-wee's and juniors, midgets and mites
He must have racked up more than six hundred fights"
Songwriters: Mitch Albom, #WarrenZevon
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/9 - Frozen
"When the thermometer goes way up
And the weather is sizzling hot
Mister Pants for romance is not
Cause itโs too too too darn hot"
Songwriter: Cole Porter
#Erasure
#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 166)
"Please please please go down the line
Never never never been on time
Take me down to the pit of despair
Anywhere but away from here
Train train train your doing fine"
Songwriter #JeffBeck
Drums: Cozy Powell
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/6 - Dirty
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
#DepecheMode
#52WeeksOfSound
#MusicChallenge
Week 32 - Closing tracks
"Thank you, thank you, thank you
I don't want to go home
See you, see you, see you again
See you, see you, see you next time"
PS: The instrumental break reprises songs from the album
Killer track from Yasutaka Nakata for #KyaryPamyuPamyu
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/5 - Below
Songwriters: Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby.
#TheByrds
#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 165)
Songwriter: Sly Stone
#SlyandtheFamilyStone
#readandplay (429)
#MusicChallenge
"In the beginning was a mighty bang
As the shockwaves spread and the heavens rang
From the start this world was violent
Man asked why but the sky was silent
God was moved, he made a choice
He said: 'let music be my voice.' "
Songwriter: Paddy McAloon #PrefabSprout
#MusicChallenge
#WrongAnswersOnly
8/4 - Calm
Songwriters: Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Trevor Lawrence
#ThePointerSisters
Testing potential popularity in America, Genesis played a tiny gym at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland Ohio April of 1973. They were the middle act, sandwiched between Sylvester and The Hot Band and It's a Beautiful Day. PS: I was there.
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