🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[onanismaddict]

Day 29: A song about time

Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time

 

[curious_slut]

Day 29: A song about time

I'm on an Andrew Bird kick lately so today wasn't a hard choice. I don't know what it is about jazzy men that drives me mad but this entire album has me weak in the knees. The violin is just the final nail in my horny coffin.

Andrew Bird Trio - I Didn't Know What Time It Was

 

[Biggalute]

Day 29: A song about time

I'm on an Andrew Bird kick lately so today wasn't a hard choice. I don't know what it is about jazzy men that drives me mad but this entire album has me weak in the knees. The violin is just the final nail in my horny coffin.

Andrew Bird Trio - I Didn't Know What Time It Was

After that introduction I definitely have to listen

 

[orangecurious]

Day 29: A song about time

I'm on an Andrew Bird kick lately so today wasn't a hard choice. I don't know what it is about jazzy men that drives me mad but this entire album has me weak in the knees. The violin is just the final nail in my horny coffin.

Andrew Bird Trio - I Didn't Know What Time It Was

I was given the first Bowl Of Fire CD when it came out (in my previous life) and it was the craziest thing I had heard in ages - 20's jazz with crazy violin. Lost touch with his stuff (and most other things from then), but great to see he's still around and making a bit of a comeback.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 29: A song about time.
Most songs about time are quiet, and introspective. As you get older, they get more relevant. And I had one of these in mind. It was about time passing, and mistakes made, and pain, and regret. And when the singer, who dreamed of his love in her wedding dress, sees a picture of her in her wedding dress for another man, it strikes way too close to home, and almost breaks me, every time. It is time: a story of loss and woe, and I had it all written out.

Fuck that.

I am tired of loss and woe. Delete! Time gone! Thematic! Today, neither. Instead, this is a thrash band doing a perfect cover of an early, punky, Joe Jackson song. I could have gone with the original, but I like the energy here. If your life is frantic, and time runs from you, this is the song for you. Fuck off, pain, I don't have time for you today!

"Got the Time," Anthrax

 

[Kittycity]

Day 29: A song about time

Great song for a chilled day

 

[vagrantx]

As far as 'Dance of Death', I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to that album as their best work... and I luv hearing it.

I think it's because I came into Iron Maiden pretty late. I didn't have the experience of seeing the band evolve over time, instead having all of their catalogue thrown at me at once (I think A matter of life and death was their latest release), and so I've no nostalgia to tint my view. Dance of Death is just... I love it so much. Senjutsu is coming damn close too, with them veering into Prog territory.

But I'm also one of those weird ones who really loves Virtual XI and The X Factor, so, Maiden purists begone. I've heard all your slander before

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 29: A song about time

Time Is All Around - Regina Spektor

 

[onanismaddict]

I think it's because I came into Iron Maiden pretty late. I didn't have the experience of seeing the band evolve over time, instead having all of their catalogue thrown at me at once (I think A matter of life and death was their latest release), and so I've no nostalgia to tint my view. Dance of Death is just... I love it so much. Senjutsu is coming damn close too, with them veering into Prog territory.

But I'm also one of those weird ones who really loves Virtual XI and The X Factor, so, Maiden purists begone. I've heard all your slander before

I'll admit, those are the only two Maiden albums that I have yet to update from cassette! But they're actually really good.
In fact, one of my all-time favourite Maiden songs is from that era of which we dare not speak. But I always obey the 'one rule' here! So, another time...
You are so damn right about my inability to separate my memories of each album coming out from the work itself though. Totally!

 

[onanismaddict]

Day 29: A song about time

Time Is All Around - Regina Spektor

Absolutely love this one! Thank you!

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 29: A song about time
Grace Potter has one of those voices that I just LOVE to listen to. This one is best listened to in the car, loud, in my opinion.

“Timekeeper, tell me I'm going to be alright”

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Timekeeper

 

[KarenB59]

Day 29- A song about time

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

Day 29: A song about time

The Rolling Stones Time is On My Side​

Oh thank god you posted this. I was going to break the rules and post this one as well if it wasn’t up.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 29: A song about time
Grace Potter has one of those voices that I just LOVE to listen to. This one is best listened to in the car, loud, in my opinion.

“Timekeeper, tell me I'm going to be alright”

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Timekeeper

This is another new one for me. I agree on her voice. This is another example of a relatively simple drum part that is still interesting and integral to the song. And fun! I like the clockwork running through it as well. Thank you.

 

[UnquietDreams]

I think it's because I came into Iron Maiden pretty late. I didn't have the experience of seeing the band evolve over time, instead having all of their catalogue thrown at me at once (I think A matter of life and death was their latest release), and so I've no nostalgia to tint my view. Dance of Death is just... I love it so much. Senjutsu is coming damn close too, with them veering into Prog territory.

But I'm also one of those weird ones who really loves Virtual XI and The X Factor, so, Maiden purists begone. I've heard all your slander before

Which is one of the reasons I love hearing your views on Maiden. I literally grew up on it, (I think I was 12 or 13 when Killers -- my introduction to the band -- came out), as the band grew as well. I love a lot of the later stuff, especially when Bruce came back, but Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave were all seminal albums for my life. (I have a camping knife around here that I have had forever, and I have the cut off sleeve of my Powerslave tour tee-shirt wrapped around it.) I can still remember, vividly, the feel of putting the needle down on side two of Number of the Beast to hear the title track for the first time. It was powerful, dangerous music at the time, and the world changed just a tiny bit at that moment. Stuff like that is magic.

 

[onanismaddict]

Which is one of the reasons I love hearing your views on Maiden. I literally grew up on it, (I think I was 12 or 13 when Killers -- my introduction to the band -- came out), as the band grew as well. I love a lot of the later stuff, especially when Bruce came back, but Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave were all seminal albums for my life. (I have a camping knife around here that I have had forever, and I have the cut off sleeve of my Powerslave tour tee-shirt wrapped around it.) I can still remember, vividly, the feel of putting the needle down on side two of Number of the Beast to hear the title track for the first time. It was powerful, dangerous music at the time, and the world changed just a tiny bit at that moment. Stuff like that is magic.

Very interesting! My journey is about halfway between vagrantx's experience and yours.
Like vagrantx, I was able to absorb all of their classic 80s albums as one beautiful mass... careful to make note of the years of release, but free of any personal baggage. However, from 'Fear of the Dark' onwards, it is impossible to completely divorce my experience of the albums from the events of my life. (And I cannot clearly remember which camp 'No Prayer for the Dying' fell in... so I'll leave it floating in that murky middle ground.) Thanks for adding your cool insights to vagrantx's always interesting posts!
Up the Irons!

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 29: A song about time

Talking heads - Once in a Lifetime

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty

 

[JKL123]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty
"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" - The Clash

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty
"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" - The Clash

Bugger now I have to think of another haha

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 30 a song about uncertainty

Just for today, I think I’ll lie here and dream of you.

 

[Biggalute]

30 A song about uncertainty

 

[__Nathan1968]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty

If not now, then when?
When the forest's nearly gone
When the hole's in the ozone
When the bees are gone
If not now, then when?
When the ocean's coming up
When the rain just won't stop
When the fire's burning
If not now, then when?
If not now, then when?
When Big Pharma's ripping me
When my data's tracking me
When my phone is spying
If not now, then when?
When my choicе is monitored
When computers arе cleverer
When our food is poison
If not now, then
This is an emergency
Need to act more quickly
This is no quandary
This is an emergency
Woo!
This is an emergency
Need to act more quickly
This is no quandary
This is an emergency
When the oceans turn to black
When the animals are dead
When the birds are gone
If not now, then when?
When the blue sky turns to black
When Gaia hangs by a thread
When all the people die
If not now, then when?

 

[vagrantx]

Day 30: A song about uncertainty

Woohoo!! I searched the thread, and this is only the second post about King Gizard ATWL made so far, in almost 500 pages. They deserve every ounce of recognition. Absolute whizz kids!