❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 3: A song I hate to love

Some yacht rock could have featured here, but seeing its ladies month, this month..

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 3: A song I hate to love

Some yacht rock could have featured here, but seeing its ladies month, this month..

Haha, I thought I posted this hours a go!

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Doesn’t have to be where you currently live.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

 

[vagrantx]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Doesn’t have to be where you currently live.

Multiple women, +2 (total of 7)

I am Lao. We are a people originating from the area around Laos, although a majority of us live in Thailand. It's been decades since I left my homeland to come and live in Sweden, but, nothing brings me back as much as the sound of the ແຄນ (khene, càn, kaen).

A wind instrument constructed by reeds of bamboo, producing a sound like a tiny chuch organ, its sound and traditions date back well over a thousand years. There is a very particular smell about it, earthy, tangy, lovely.

I miss it. It is family. It is home.

These girls popped up a while ago in the feeds of people from around Vientiane, and it makes me indescribably happy to see that even in today's modern society, the art of the ແຄນ lives on.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Will Quinlan. Tampa. Been here forever. Should have been. Played plenty of shows with Wilco early on. Just did not get break or do what was needed.

 

[Acktion]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Doesn’t have to be where you currently live.

I assume we count since she was born here.

So, +1 for today's female artist and forgot to count Queen Kayla from the Metalachi mayhem from yesterday, so that's 2 pts so far.

Attendance 4/31

 

[Lord Pmann]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Sam Pacetti- Christians and the Outlaws

Brilliant guitar work. One of the most beautiful sounding acoustics I’ve ever heard.

 

[Wand3rlust]

Day 4. +1

She grew up less than a mile from me. I could have chosen others I won't name, cos @morelikeasong scares me...

 

[vagrantx]

Day 4. +1

She grew up less than a mile from me. I could have chosen others I won't name, cos @morelikeasong scares me...

Omg yes! One of the best debut albums ever released, period. James and the Cold Gun is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Kate is an absolute Queen!

 

[Lady_Libra_]

Day 4: A song by a local artist
Post Malone- from Texas

 

[__Nathan1968]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

+1 for a running total of 11

Mary Lou Lord got her start as a busker on the T in Boston. Her command of the acoustic guitar is unmatched, and she’s got a soulful voice that could melt the heart of even the grumpiest Boston commuter. She currently resides in Salem, Ma, and has an equally talented daughter, Annabelle.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

"Ich Dich Liebe," Pink Martini (+2)

I grew up (and returned to, after a big East Coast swing) Portland, so this had been a chore trying to cull down to one. And I am keeping it to bands I have seen myself, trying to make it easier on me. Indie darlings, like Blind Pilot? Lesser known gems, like The Crazy 8s or Killing Field? Does Sleater-Kenny count as local? Dead Moon? Elliot Smith, either in Heatmiser or on his own? In the end, I went with Pink Martini.

This is Ich Dich Liebe, which gets translated as "I love you," but it is more accurately "You are the One I Love," which fits it better. It is melancholy, and lush, the highest form of torch song. And while I love the version with China Forbes, but when it comes to a torch song, no one touches my girl Storm Large.

Note to self (+7, for reals, though I am more than happy to take a spanking...)

 

[Bry1313]

She didn’t grow up here, but she lived here when her career took off, so we claim her

2+1= 3

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Seems appropriate especially given the little Grammy led revival she's experiencing, but she is in fact Cleveland's own:

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Day 4
The Beautiful South - Perfect 10
+1 (=5)
They are from Hull which is only an hour or so away from me

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 4 A Local Artist

4+1=5

I attended the same High School as Johnette

 

[Lord Pmann]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

Seems appropriate especially given the little Grammy led revival she's experiencing, but she is in fact Cleveland's own:

One of the best songs ever. I don’t like the new cover at all. It’s not that it’s specifically bad, but I think it takes away from the genuineness of this song.

 

[morelikeasong]

I could have chosen others I won't name, cos @morelikeasong scares me...

But in a sexy way, right? Good girl.

 

[Wand3rlust]

But in a sexy way, right? Good girl.

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

One of the best songs ever. I don’t like the new cover at all. It’s not that it’s specifically bad, but I think it takes away from the genuineness of this song.

I think this is essentially my take. The cover comes from a place of respect and appreciation, but definitely not of the life experience or time and place in which she wrote and recorded it. There's a soul and heartache and even a little hope in it that isn't captured easily by a cover.

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

But in a sexy way, right? Good girl.

I heard this in a certain voice in my head and it made me shiver a little.

 

[ZfrkS62]

Local artist
+2, total 5

Heart "These Dreams"

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

"Ich Dich Liebe," Pink Martini (+2)

I grew up (and returned to, after a big East Coast swing) Portland, so this had been a chore trying to cull down to one. And I am keeping it to bands I have seen myself, trying to make it easier on me. Indie darlings, like Blind Pilot? Lesser known gems, like The Crazy 8s or Killing Field? Does Sleater-Kenny count as local? Dead Moon? Elliot Smith, either in Heatmiser or on his own? In the end, I went with Pink Martini.

This is Ich Dich Liebe, which gets translated as "I love you," but it is more accurately "You are the One I Love," which fits it better. It is melancholy, and lush, the highest form of torch song. And while I love the version with China Forbes, but when it comes to a torch song, no one touches my girl Storm Large.

Note to self (+7, for reals, though I am more than happy to take a spanking...)

Well now I know we're neighbors-ish

I adore Pink Martini. Thomas is a musical genius. And anytime Ari Shapiro joins them I just melt in my seat

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 4: A song by a local artist

This is a group that was huge locally but didn't really blow up nationally. I had so much freaking fun with them at their concerts over the years.

Very Portland.

Power Happy - Con Bro Chill