🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵
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lavendersilk
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
Nobody knows what the future holds
Said it's bad enough just gettin' old
Live my life in self-defense
You know I love the past, 'cause I hate suspense
If Diane Young won't change your mind
Baby, baby, baby, baby, right on time
Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
Nobody knows what the future holds
Said it's bad enough just gettin' old
Live my life in self-defense
You know I love the past, 'cause I hate suspense
If Diane Young won't change your mind
Baby, baby, baby, baby, right on time
curious_slut
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
Ella Eyre - If I Go
TwoTaTango
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Seems to me We had a lot of this in 2009 and it is relevant 15 years later in 2024 The Fray
orangecurious
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Day 30 - A song about uncertainty
The The - Uncertain Smile
I posted this from my phone, so couldn't add much text... basically, this is the soundtrack to many moments, lying in bed, wondering about THAT person. I am a sucker for a good yearning song.
I can't remember if this was the The The song used in the wonderful film Static.
The The - Uncertain Smile
I posted this from my phone, so couldn't add much text... basically, this is the soundtrack to many moments, lying in bed, wondering about THAT person. I am a sucker for a good yearning song.
I can't remember if this was the The The song used in the wonderful film Static.
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hotoldrguy
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
Take It On the Run REO Speedwagon
Cjbdd
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One of my all time favs
RosewoodTulip
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Day 30
Sleeper - What Do I Do Now?
PassionatePanther
HRH, Lady Boner
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
I Love You, I Don’t Love You, I Don’t Know - Lisa Leblanc
I Love You, I Don’t Love You, I Don’t Know - Lisa Leblanc
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MissLabelled
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She's so fun! I saw her recently playing Shiac Disco with an orchestra. It was such a good time!
UnquietDreams
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
Ben Haggerty performs as Macklemore. He connected with Ryan Lewis, and they had a couple pretty big hits, one mostly humorous that went to number one, and one still used as an arena rocker at sports events. Won a Grammy. As an indie artist, that is all pretty huge. But his first, and he will say his largest impact, was before that. Ben is an addict, to alcohol and opioids, specifically "lean," a hideous mix of prescription codeine, Promethazine, and other crap, in soda pop -- Purple Drink. Then he went to rehab, went to Meetings, got clean, and wrote a rap that I will not name in deference for the Rule, but it is listed by many, many people, mostly younger, as the driving force for them to get clean themselves. It is a powerful, important song. And he was sober for more than three years, and held up as an example of someone getting their life back after almost drinking it away.
Then, over a bad weekend, he relapsed.
This song is about the days after that. Trying to figure out if he should tell people, if it would damage the good of the previous song, whether he can tell his parents who were so proud of him. In short, he asks, "after fucking up and losing the one foundational thing in your life, what the fuck do you do now?"
"And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake?
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed and look him directly into his face..."
He has other songs about his addictions, and they are all solid. But this one is less about "what I am" than it is about "what now?" It is raw, it is painful, it is vulnerable, and it is so fucking human.
"Starting Over," Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (with Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses)
Ben Haggerty performs as Macklemore. He connected with Ryan Lewis, and they had a couple pretty big hits, one mostly humorous that went to number one, and one still used as an arena rocker at sports events. Won a Grammy. As an indie artist, that is all pretty huge. But his first, and he will say his largest impact, was before that. Ben is an addict, to alcohol and opioids, specifically "lean," a hideous mix of prescription codeine, Promethazine, and other crap, in soda pop -- Purple Drink. Then he went to rehab, went to Meetings, got clean, and wrote a rap that I will not name in deference for the Rule, but it is listed by many, many people, mostly younger, as the driving force for them to get clean themselves. It is a powerful, important song. And he was sober for more than three years, and held up as an example of someone getting their life back after almost drinking it away.
Then, over a bad weekend, he relapsed.
This song is about the days after that. Trying to figure out if he should tell people, if it would damage the good of the previous song, whether he can tell his parents who were so proud of him. In short, he asks, "after fucking up and losing the one foundational thing in your life, what the fuck do you do now?"
"And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake?
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed and look him directly into his face..."
He has other songs about his addictions, and they are all solid. But this one is less about "what I am" than it is about "what now?" It is raw, it is painful, it is vulnerable, and it is so fucking human.
"Starting Over," Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (with Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses)
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orangecurious
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aww, sorry SM, i was posting on my phone and didn't see you pick this! Great minds... and all that. Awesome choice.
SalaciousMonkey22
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No worries! No rules against double posting! Great song!
onanismaddict
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Very cool. I don't actually know Lisa LeBlanc... but you've started me down the rabbit hole...
You have a habit of exposing me to really cool artists that I'm unaware of from right here in my own country!
A lot of the song posts open my eyes to a world beyond mine, but many of yours open my eyes to the world around me. Thank you!
UnquietDreams
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Oh, really liking this. She is new to me, so checking out more. (I love this place for that!) Thank you, yet again.
onanismaddict
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Day 30: A song about uncertainty
A crossroads... personal problems building, corroding, catching up with you... lost your friends, your band, everything you have been doing with your life, and everything you planned to do with your life... more to say, but lacking confidence... more to offer, but fear and uncertainty... what now?
I have always felt that this was the perfect song to kick off Ozzy's 'second' amazing career. Underestimate me now!
"People look to me and say
'Is the end near, when is the final day?'
What's the future of mankind?
How do I know, I got left behind (and I'm lost)"
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Know
A crossroads... personal problems building, corroding, catching up with you... lost your friends, your band, everything you have been doing with your life, and everything you planned to do with your life... more to say, but lacking confidence... more to offer, but fear and uncertainty... what now?
I have always felt that this was the perfect song to kick off Ozzy's 'second' amazing career. Underestimate me now!
"People look to me and say
'Is the end near, when is the final day?'
What's the future of mankind?
How do I know, I got left behind (and I'm lost)"
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Know
morelikeasong
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I love this one. Totally agree with you. The whole album is great. Excellent pick
morelikeasong
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There’s some stuff going on in my personal life. I might pause the challenge for June. I might put up one of those challenge graphics on the first page like I did the first month, and let the challenge run itself. We’ll see. I’ll post something more official about it tomorrow when I decide what to do.
Day 30: A song about uncertainty
“Every day it starts again
You cannot say if you're happy
You keep trying to be
Try harder, maybe, maybe this is not your year”
The Weepies - Not Your Year
Day 30: A song about uncertainty
“Every day it starts again
You cannot say if you're happy
You keep trying to be
Try harder, maybe, maybe this is not your year”
The Weepies - Not Your Year
English_guy_bkk
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Is this the thread when you imagine things
morelikeasong
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