🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[SalaciousMonkey22]

(I'm going to paint from a slightly darker palette on this one... hopefully that's alright.)
There was a time in my life where "getting ready to go out", or 'going out', was an innocuous code for a more dangerous brand of partying. And as I started heading down a substance abusing side street, my friends were not willing to accompany me on that detour... precisely because they actually were good friends. But I remember that I used to play this song while doing whatever it was that I was planning to do, 'before' going to meet my disapproving but largely unaware friends... and I really thought the lyrics took on a gleefully sinister bent, to capably mirror my situation. I can laugh at it all now that I've been able to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and I can just enjoy this classic song as good clean fun again! But it makes me appreciate how we can do almost "anything" with lyrics if we look hard enough, because I don't think that my hard-partying experience was exactly what the songwriter had in mind... but it's all a part of what makes music so endlessly fascinating.
Thank you for another great theme! It made me navel-gaze much more self-indulgently than I was initially anticipating... lol.
(Now could this be a dialogue between a 'substance' and a person? You be the judge.)

"We can dance if we want to/ We can leave your friends behind/
'Cause your friends don't dance/ And if they don't dance/ Well, they're no friends of mine/
Say, we can go where we want to/ A place where they will never find/
And we can act like we come/ From out of this world/ Leave the real one far behind"...

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

I think a lot about people who think Born in the USA is a patriotic songs. Amongst many, many, examples of people who don’t pay attention or just badly misinterpret lyrics.

Glad you’re clean now. It’s a rough road.

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Henry Rollins has been in a few bands. SOA, Black Flag. Rollins Band (2 versions). This is an awesome Thin Lizzy cover.

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Neko Case - solo, Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, The New Pornagraphers

 

[curious_slut]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

 

[ZfrkS62]

20: song by artist with multiple bands

Tim Timebomb "Ooh La La"

At it's core, Tim Timebomb seems to be a Rancid side project that cycles through other musicians. Blink-182 and Transplants (to name a few, this guy is everywhere) drummer Travis Barker sits in on this one and some other tracks.

Vocalist Tim Armstrong is also part of The Transplants, and shows up on some tracks with The Interrupters.

Lars Fredricksen, lead guitar, is also Rancid's other guitarist and has his own project, Lars Fredricksen and The Bastards.

Rancid Bassist Matt Freeman is also running bass for Timebomb.

 

[MindYaBitness]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

This one was difficult! I love the evolution of artists & follow the ones I love. i.e. I'd never have found Porno for Pyros if I hadn't first loved Perry Farrell in Jane's Addiction. But my first musical crush was Slash. I could listen to him play on any song, any genre, and enjoy it. The list of bands/musicians Slash has been in or collaborated with is impressive.

Fall to Pieces-Velvet Revolver

 

[Lady_Libra_]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands
Phil Collins/Genesis

 

[Saltfountain]

Day 19: A song for getting ready to go out

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Could be any one of them, but I'll give you Keith Emerson (ELP & The Nice)...

 

[CarlyAnn]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

 

[RuneBlade]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

One of my very favorite artists, Mr. Neil Young.

 

[TwoTaTango]

Let's Not Forget About Jimmy Page ...The Yardbirds , Coverdale Page, The Firm, Yes , The Zeppers and The Honeydrippers ...

 

[Mr_bogey]

Day 20
So many ways to go here but I'm going to go with a band that I was certain was going to be the next big thing as I thought they were doing something revolutionary. I predicted they would be bigger than The Clash. (In hindsight, maybe the world wasn't ready for their greatness )

 

[Cogan]

Let's Not Forget About Jimmy Page ...The Yardbirds , Coverdale Page, The Firm, Yes , The Zeppers and The Honeydrippers ...

I'd never forget Jimmy Page or Robert Plant! But I'm only allowed to choose one song a day.

 

[AngelicaS1780]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Kim Deal - The Breeders, Pixies

 

[RosewoodTulip]

There She Goes - The La's
The La's bassist - John Power - went on to form Cast and they had some excellent songs too

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 20
So many ways to go here but I'm going to go with a band that I was certain was going to be the next big thing as I thought they were doing something revolutionary. I predicted they would be bigger than The Clash. (In hindsight, maybe the world wasn't ready for their greatness )

Got their couple of albums, not many bands bigger than the clash..well at least their first 3-4 albums

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands
The Pretender - Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Scream I think there may be a few others too)

And..Queens of the stonne age

 

[Mr_bogey]

Got their couple of albums, not many bands bigger than the clash..well at least their first 3-4 albums

Agreed. I just found their music revolutionary and thought they were going to be credited with starting a blending of genres. I still think the music is brilliant.

 

[Wonderer67]

Such a great song! And one of my favorite videos.

 

[Wonderer67]

The La's bassist - John Power - went on to form Cast and they had some excellent songs too

Can’t access the vid, but I like cast!

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Can’t access the vid, but I like cast!

The one day I don't name the song and I get the Black Screen...
Have edited it now.

 

[ctarrantella]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands
stone sour - hesitate

 

[morelikeasong]

(I'm going to paint from a slightly darker palette on this one... hopefully that's alright.)

Of course it’s alright. And thank you so much for sharing that with us. Glad you’re here

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Monsters of Folk! A collaboration project of incredible musicians.
Starting with my favorite:

-Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes (), Norman Bailer (later The Faint), Commander Venus, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Desaparecidos, and Better Oblivion Community Center (with Phoebe Bridgers)
-Jim James of My Morning Jacket
-Mike Mogis (instrument extraordinaire) of Bright Eyes, and many many other projects
-M. Ward of She & Him
-Will Johnson of Centro-matic

Monsters of Folk - Say Please

 

[Deleted member 1498366]

Day 20: A song by an artist with multiple bands

Andrew McMahon also did his own thing and Something Corporate