❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

1977 was the year that Punk came to Sweden.

In a little suburb to Stockholm called Högdalen lived a boy named Joakim Thåström. Little did he know what impact he'd have on Swedish music, when he and a couple of his friends started playing at youth centers and garages around the outskirts of the capital.

Ebba Grön had been formed, and with them, a piece of history.
Their name has become legend.

You might not be able to understand the lyrics, but I promise there's not a single one of you who won't feel his emotion.
Another great share, amazing! I'm now looking forward to what you're going to post next!
 
Me and Julio Down By the School Yard - Paul Simon

What sounds like someone making monkey sounds is actually a Cuica, a Brazilian drum. You strike it and change the tension to make different tones.
 
Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument

This has it all. Women blowing. Funbags. Long red hair. And two points. I’ll never stop believin’!


Just looked this up - they have a bunch of cool stuff together and solo. Thanks for sharing
 
Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument (something other than guitar, bass, drums, keys)

This might be a stretch, but there's a whole orchestra behind this one.
Edit: No Celine Dion, but a choir of backup singers. (+1)
 
Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument
"R.E.D." The Halluci Nation, Ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear

There are countless places to go with this one, so finding one was interesting. But I like this one a lot.

I've spent some time on a couple of reservations, the Navajo Nation, Warm Springs, and Wind River. They are beautiful places, with people working so hard to hold on to their culture, and filled with amazing people, but there are few economic positives and crushing poverty. It gets way more complicated, but there are reasons why many people moved away to the cities. In one case, up in Canada, there were some DJs and bouncers who saw a great number of The First Nation kids looking to hold onto something. The result was the first Electric Pow Wow, a combination of music and the political. Out of that came A Tribe Called Red, playing off of A Tribe Called Quest. They started what they called Powwow-step, mixing Fist Nation chanting, dancing, and drumming with hip-hop, moombahton, and dubstep. And at it's heart, it is pow wow music for the urban First Nations. During the pandemic, they changed their name to The Halluci Nation.

One thing I love about these guys is, from a historical perspective, the tribes of the core members were enemies. They see that as symbolic of everything moving forward, remembering the past but forging a future. And politics, always. They have done a lot of work with artists like John Trudell and Blackbear. This one has Yasliin Bey, FKA Mos Def.

No points, which pains me, but important music.

Edit to add: If you saw the second trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, it features a The Halluci Nation song.

 
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Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument (something other than guitar, bass, drums, keys)

Being a teen in the 90s means I have a whole lot of options from which to choose. So many serious, thoughtful and interesting options. Anyways, here's Weird Al and a shit load of horns and accordion.



Don't know if you watched Toonami on Cartoon Network in 99/2000 but there was a nonsense show called FLCL (Fooly Cooly). The original series was 6 episodes. Someone made a music video using this track and clips from the show and holy fuck it fits perfectly.
 
Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument (something other than guitar, bass, drums, keys)


Love the Dropkick Murphys. Robbie Mederios, AKA Spicy McHaggis on the bagpipes.

Useless fact of the day: this based on a classic Irish reel, "The Clumsy Lover," changed into a jig.
 
Day 12: A song that features a non-mainstream instrument
"R.E.D." The Halluci Nation, Ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear

There are countless places to go with this one, so finding one was interesting. But I like this one a lot.

I've spent some time on a couple of reservations, the Navajo Nation, Warm Springs, and Wind River. They are beautiful places, with people working so hard to hold on to their culture, and filled with amazing people, but there are few economic positives and crushing poverty. It gets way more complicated, but there are reasons why many people moved away to the cities. In one case, up in Canada, there were some DJs and bouncers who saw a great number of The First Nation kids looking to hold onto something. The result was the first Electric Pow Wow, a combination of music and the political. Out of that came A Tribe Called Red, playing off of A Tribe Called Quest. They started what they called Powwow-step, mixing Fist Nation chanting, dancing, and drumming with hip-hop, moombahton, and dubstep. And at it's heart, it is pow wow music for the urban First Nations. During the pandemic, they changed their name to The Halluci Nation.

One thing I love about these guys is, from a historical perspective, the tribes of the core members were enemies. They see that as symbolic of everything moving forward, remembering the past but forging a future. And politics, always. They have done a lot of work with artists like John Trudell and Blackbear. This one has Yasliin Bey, FKA Mos Def.

No points, which pains me, but important music.

Edit to add: If you saw the second trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, it features a The Halluci Nation song.

Wow! I've never heard of The Halluci Nation, what a cool group 😍 Love this song!
 
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