Music Challenge Complete
From #Top10SongSongs to #Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack, here's a list of every single #MusicChallenge I've hosted, plus some words on why doing so was so important to me 🎶👇
#MusicSky
Thanks so much James! Such nice words - we've come a long way from #Top10SongSongs, but what a *ahem* Ride it's been.
Talking of which, what a fantastic final pick to end on!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow and see you for Triple Challenge February 😁
#Top10SongSongs
Thanks for hosting @NathanSpafford_
For me there’s only one song that can be the No. 1 in this #.
1. “Love Song”- the Damned
youtu.be/8m2JyiggwAU?...
#Top10SongSongs March 10
#MusicChallenge
Never Ending Song of Love –
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends 1971
Album: Motel Shot
Written by Delaney Bramlett & Bonnie Bramlett
youtu.be/WCrZ5CN7ymc?si…
#Top10SongSongs March 9
#MusicChallenge
Hunting Song – Pentangle
Album: Basket of Light
Live 1971
youtu.be/CwvpMGc_J-w?si…
#Top10SongSongs March 8
#MusicChallenge
Wrote a Song for Everyone –
Mavis Staples feat. Jeff Tweedy 2010
Written by John Fogerty
youtu.be/FAfMh_uLxvU?si…
#Top10SongSongs March 7
#MusicChallenge
Wilco (The Song) – @Wilco 2009
From Wilco (The Album) 😀
Written by Jeff Tweedy
youtu.be/nz-46hP05aY?si…
#Top10SongSongs March 6
#MusicChallenge
The Black Angel's Death Song – Beck & the Record Club 2009 recorded live
Cover of The Velvet Underground Written by John Cale, Lou Reed
youtu.be/RkaytDV1-Ek?si…
#Top10SongSongs
6. “A Song for the Dead”- Queens of the Stone Age
Seen these a few times, one of the best live bands around.
youtu.be/A6afG0s0LSU?...
#Top10SongSongs March 5
#MusicChallenge
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) –
Otis Redding 1966
Live in Europe 1967, with Booker T & the MGs and the Bar-Kays
youtu.be/zVQ51iAuV98?si…
#Top10SongSongs March 4
#MusicChallenge
A Song For Donny – The Whispers 1979
youtu.be/2PXT-5ANRe8?si…
Donny Hathaway, who battled depression and schizophrenia jumped to his death in Jan 1979.
This song is a tribute to him using his iconic "This Christmas" melody & lyrics by Carrie Lucas.
#Top10SongSongs
8. “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)”—Simon & Garfunkel
youtu.be/-xhJcQEfD5s?...
#Top10SongSongs March 3
#MusicChallenge
A Song for You – Donnie Hathaway 1971
Accompanying himself on the piano
Written by Leon Russell
youtu.be/HeHiio1sTTI?si…
"And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone
And I was singing this song to you"
<sigh>
#Top10SongSongs
9. “The Fight Song”—Marilyn Manson
I’ve always thought Marilyn Manson is underrated.
youtu.be/9GFI6Rf-IkI?...
#Top10SongSongs March 2
#MusicChallenge
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) – Aretha Franklin 1970
Accompanying herself on the piano
Album: Spirit in the Dark
youtu.be/pCQXc8qkVnI?si…
#Top10SongSongs
10. “Adam’s Song”—Blink 182
Blink get a lot of bad press but I love ‘em. One of the best pop punk bands to come out of the States.
youtu.be/2MRdtXWcgIw?...
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