❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

[UnquietDreams]

Day 23-A song from the 80's.
First heard this song on what I thought was the coolest show at the time. Miami Vice.
In the Air Tonight- Phil Collins . Had to go with the live version.

I mention this in my song choice, but if you liked Miami Vice, watch The Band of the Hand. It isn't a good movie (currently 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, for what that is worth) but it is a fantastic bad movie, and I love it. Miami Vice with teenagers! Laurence Fishburne as a villain pimp! Lauren Holley as a teenage coke dealer! John Cameron Mitchell, of Hedwig and the Angry Inch fame, with a machine gun fighting drug dealers! And the soundtrack is unironically brilliant, including the theme by Bob Dylan and the Heartbreakers. It is the most 80s movie ever to 80s.

 

[fakingadulthood]

Day 23-A song from the 80's
Here comes your man - the pixies

 

[vagrantx]

Day 23-A song from the 90's

Cosmic Girl

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 23-A song from the 90's

Cosmic Girl

Haha- I am listening to that on my playlist RIGHT NOW and see your answer

 

[vagrantx]

Haha- I am listening to that on my playlist RIGHT NOW and see your answer

great minds think alike.... and so do we!

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 23-A song from the 90's

I missed out on some of the other decades this last week or so, but some combo of the different emotions of the day led me down a bit of a deep cuts rabbit hole. I remember nabbing the maxi-CD single that this came on and laughing at the back cover. It's a mild rarity that I loved having in my collection because the B-sides were absolute jams that totally could have been on the first record.

 

[FunLi]

I feel like I would be doing myself a disservice by not responding to this today. I introduce you to the performance that lives rent free in my head..and one of my favorite karaoke songs if you get enough liquid courage in me

Day 23-A song from the 90's

 

[lingus60]

Day 24: A song from the 90s

Portishead: Glory Box

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 23-A song from the 90's (with Flowers!)

I still remember the first time I saw Elliot Smith. If you only know him from his later stuff, or even just "Miss Misery," you would find his early work jarring. Heatmeiser was loud. Very loud, heh. They were opening for Dead Moon, the seminal Portland punk band, at the X-Ray Cafe, which was small, hot, and crowded. I knew their drummer, Tony Lash, from Nero's Rome. I hadn't heard or seen Elliot and Neil Guest play yet, but there was a lot of buzz around them. With both guitarists sharing the lead singer position, they reminded me a lot of Fugazi, which was apparently on purpose, as the DC band were a big influence. But the songs were more complicated, with a strong pop edge at times. They were also dark, delving into alienation in a big way, driven by Elliot's self loathing and Neil trying to come to terms with being a gay man in the age of AIDS. I saw them a lot between 93-96, after which they signed a big record deal with Virgin and celebrated by breaking up before their first major label record was released. By this time, Elliot already had one solo album out, and was working on a second.

His writing was far more pop based than Neil's, and it fit his quiet, sweet voice. The volume level dropped, and it fit him better. But the anger, the self-loathing stayed there. He was an astonishing songwriter, and most of his lyrics had multiple interpretations. Like this song, from his second solo album, the eponymous Elliot Smith.

"Everything coming up roses" generally means everything is going right for someone. And that was true in Smith's case -- everything was going great for him. Except for a heroin addict, like Smith, it has a much darker meaning. When you first inject yourself, you draw the plunger slightly back to verify you are in the vein by drawing a little blood into the syringe. It fans out at the top, like a flower. Like a rose.

"And you're coming up roses everywhere you go
Red roses follow."

Even then, it is a beautiful song. He was such a ferociously talented musician, and this is all him. The chorus, where he harmonizes with himself, is glorious. The acoustic guitar, seasoned with a touch of electric, is as good as it gets. He even plays an old air organ, lending a beautiful vibrato. It is all tragically beautiful. And so was Elliot.

"Coming up Roses," Elliot Smith

(And I miss him.)

 

[orangecurious]

Day 24: A song from the 90s

Neutral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers Pt 1-3
Late 90's britpop... a terrible time for music as anything good was buried by that horrendous avalanche... then this. These are the two opening tracks to an album that showed everything was ok. Some kind soul has merged them (pretty much the whole album is merged as tracks flow into each other) so here we go... up and under we go.
Last time i saw them live, Pt 2 was sung loud ly by the crowd before all hell was let loose

 

[__Nathan1968]

Day 23 - A song from the 80's

REM The Flowers of Guatemala

 

[Deleted member 6808749]

Day 24: A song from the 90s.

Soundgarden - Burden in my hand

Close your eyes and bow your head
I need a little sympathy
'Cause fear is strong and love's for everyone
Who isn't me

 

[__Nathan1968]

Day 24 - A song from the 90's

Sixpence None The Richer - Field of Flowers

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 24: A song from the 90s

In 1990 three women decided to record an album that I would listen to in my CD player non-stop until I had memorized every lyric and knew every note by heart.

<sarcasm> Who knew that the offspring of Brian Wilson and John & Michelle Phillips would be so talented? </sarcasm>

I know there's pain
Why do you lock yourself up in these chains?
No one can change your life except for you
Don't ever let anyone step all over you
Just open your heart and your mind

Is it really fair to feel this way inside?


Hold On - Wilson Phillips

 

[MedicalMuse]

Day 24 the 90’s

 

[Wonderer67]

The 90s. The time between the wars. Kids. Building a life. Garage rock revival.

Tribute albums tend to fall into two categories, amazing or sort of interesting…

IMO, this one falls into the amazing category and is one of my favorite records of the 90s. Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs were a great band anyway, but a lot of these artists really brought some new and interesting takes.

Before there was Nashville Pussy there was 9lbH.

Nine Pound Hammer - Thats Good… No, That’s Bad

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 24: A song from the 90s
For teenage me, this music video was basically porn.
1993 - "Crazy" - Aerosmith

 

[Cjbdd]

Day 24: A song from the 90s-1995

 

[JKL123]

Day 24: A song from the 90s

 

[BreukelenAnima]

Day 24: A song from the 90s - 1994

Underrated track on a great album... and I always loved this line...

"If you should die before me
Ask if you could bring a friend"

 

[KarenB59]

Day 24- A song from the 90's.
This song made my ears dizzy. I loved it though

 

[curious_slut]

Day 24: A song from the 90s

Cut Your Roses Down - INXS

 

[Bry1313]

Day 24 - Song from the 90’s

God the 90’s were great (well homophobia was still bad, but otherwise…..pretty great)

 

[AbsintheFather]

I don't remember much new music from the 90's. I do remember these guys though

 

[Deleted member 6808749]

Some great choices today folks(until Kitty ruins it)