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#readandplay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 493

"And as the world is getting smaller and smaller. We can only be getting closer and closer. Building this community of sound. Celebrating the unity we've found.."

"Black White (Maximum Roach Remix)" by Asian Dub Foundation (1998)

#Drum&Bass #Dub

My 30 most favorite songs from the 1980s...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge | 39 of 60 | #22 | ranked*

"Say house your body, house your body..."

"I'll House You" by Jungle Brothers ("Straight Out the Jungle", 1988)

(* in order or current favoriteness not always bestness)

#HipHouse #HipHop #House

YouTube video by kazumeeeee THE SLITS - SHOPLIFTING (from their 1979 album Cut)

#That70sChallenge #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 79

"Put the cheddar in the pocket. Put the rest under the jacket. Talk to the cashier, he won't suspect. And if he does... Do a runner!"

"Shoplifting" by The Slits (from "Cut", 1979)

#PostPunk #Punk

YouTube video by Daisy Chainsaw - Topic Love Your Money

#ThisWasThe90s #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 232

"We love your money. We love your money. We love your money. We love, love, love, love all your money. Yes, we do..."

"Love Your Money" by Daisy Chainsaw (from "Love Sick Pleasure", 1991)

#Punk #NoiseRock

No? :)

YouTube video by IDLES - Topic Mr. Motivator

#FirstPlayOfDay #MusicChallenge | 2025-10-08

"How'd you like them clichés? Let's seize the day. All hold hands, chase the pricks away..."

"Mr. Motivator" by IDLES (from "Ultra Mono", 2020)

#Punk #PostPunk

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 69

Idles - Samaritans

youtu.be/si2pZRifgIo?...

YouTube video by B. J. Cole - Topic Fly Hawaii

#LastSongBeforeBed #MusicSky | 34

"Fly Hawaii" by Luke Vibert and BJ Cole (from "Stop the Panic", 2000)

#TripHop #Downtempo #Electronica #Hawaiian #SteelGuitar

YouTube video by Billy Preston - Topic Nothing From Nothing

#That70sChallenge #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 78

"I'm not tryna be. Your hero. 'Cause that zero. Is too cold for me. Brrr..."

"Nothing From Nothing"by Billy Preston (from "The Kids & Me", 1974)

#Funk #Soul

YouTube video by Dead Can Dance - Topic Circumradiant Dawn (Remastered)

#Random80sSongOfTheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 125

"Circumradiant Dawn" by Dead Can Dance (from "Spleen and Ideal", 1985)

#DreamPop #EtherealWave #GothRock

YouTube video by Inspiral Carpets - Topic Saturn 5

#ThisWasThe90s #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 231

"Lady, take a ride on a Zeke 64. Jerry wants to be a rockette. That's a popular misconception. Says we haven't seen anything yet..."

"Saturn 5" by Inspiral Carpets (from "Devil Hopping", 1994)

#Madchester #DanceRock #FunkyOrganMusic

My 30 most favorite songs from the 1980s...

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge | 38 of 60 | #23 | ranked*

"Is this the blues I'm singing?"

"Rescue" by Echo and the Bunnymen ("Crocodiles", 1982)

(* in order or current favoriteness not always bestness)

#PostPunk #NeoPsychedelia

YouTube video by dprkspacemarine Billy Bragg - Thatcherites

(1996)
"You privatise away what is ours, what is ours
You privatise away what is ours
You privatise away and then you make us pay
We'll take it back some day, mark my words, mark my words
We'll take it back some day, mark my words..."
#MusicSky youtu.be/IlkXQm7tSCY?...

#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge | 10/8 | Strangle

"When I have to die then. I want to strangle myself in your black hair. And when I have to die then. I want to suffocate between your sweet breasts..."

"A Hole in the Wall" by KMFDM (from "Angst", 1993)

#IndustrialMetal #EBM #Industrial

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

Lee "Scratch" Perry | Day 8/15*

"Satan kicked the bucket. Satan kicked the bucket..."

"Satan Dub" by Lee "Scratch" Perry Meets Bullwackie (from "In Satan's Dub", 1990)

#Dub #DubReggae #RootsReggae #Reggae

#EUrOcktober #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

8 | Ireland

One from the North:

"I bhfiacha linne. Caillfidh tú do chuid fiacla. Stick your mouth down onto the pavement. Dul de seo ó bhí mé 'mo dhéaga. 3CAG, pop and drop ya like Jenga...

"I bhFiacha Linne" by KNEECAP ("Fine Art", 2024)

#HardcoreHipHop

YouTube video by Teenage Fanclub - Topic What You Do To Me

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

10/8 | A song about love without "love" in the title

"What you do to me. I know, I can't believe. There's something about you. Got me down on my knees..."

"What You Do to Me" by Teenage Fanclub (from "Bandwagonesque", 1991)

#PowerPop #AlternativeRock

#Totentanz2025 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 8 of 31

"Nausea... You don't even know how I feel... Nausea... You don't even know how I feel... Nausea... You don't even know how I feel... Nausea..."

"Nausea (Mega-Blend)" by Adult. (from "Nausea", 2000)

#Electro #NeoElectro #Techno

YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic 59 Times The Pain

#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

10/8 | Pain

"I can't say that I don't like it. Because the words won't come out right. All I feel is bitter, and it won't make it better..."

"59 Times the Pain" by Hüsker Dü (from "New Day Rising", 1985)

#PostHardcore #ProtoEmo #HardcorePunk #Punk #Hardcore

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 69

"The community. This community. Their community. Our community. Which community. Where's community. What community service. No one wants to be burdened..."

"Community Service" by Ceremony ("Zoo", 2012)

#Punk

If you feel good, you wanna dance.

"post all week long 1 happy or feel-good song by day"

#NotAMonautomnSong #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 4/7

"Dear life, dear life, dear life, dear life... kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss..."

"Dear Life" by Caribou ("Honey", 2024)

#House #indieElectronic #AlternativeDance

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge | 218

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by Mercury Rev (from "The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes (1991-2006)", 2006; original by The Beatles, 1967)

#NeoPsychedelia #NoisePop #DreamPop #NotTheFlamingLips

Match!

#NotYourFavourite #MusicChallenge | 131 | Kitchens of Distinction

Great band. Saw them live and bought some of their albums. Drive That Fast and Railwayed are faves. This is also a fine track, from the same album:

"He Holds Her, He Needs Her" by Kitchens of Distinction ("Strange Free World", 1991)

#readandplay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 492

"We collide over stupid fucking sides. Blow our cool over different states of mind. We collide over stupid fucking sides..."

"Sides" by The Suicide Machines (from "Battle Hymns", 1998)

#HardcorePunk #SkaPunk

@exsk8pnk.bsky.social Did you know this band? Is it something you might be into?

🖤

#CatchThePhrase
#MusicChallenge 69

We are old, we are young, we are in this together
Vagabonds and children, prisoners forever

youtu.be/HFss3vbnWV8?...

#MusicChallenge #KillerTunes

10/8 | Button Mother – Coraline

"Oh, the devil is in me. Oh, the devil is in me. Oh, the spirit is in me. Oh, the spirit is in me..."

"Doppelgänger" by Curve (from "Doppelgänger", 1992)

#Shoegaze #AlternativeDance