🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[Mr_bogey]

Day 7: A song that deserves more credit

Yep. Sorry but I'm gonna try to play catch up. I'm a creature of habit, so I have to listen to all the songs posted before posting mine.

This prompt gave me some trouble in deciding which direction to go in. Ultimately I landed on an iconic band and what I believe is their best song that wasn't even considered a top 3 song off the album it was released on. The song isn't overly complex but the way the song builds and fades, the lyrics, the piano --- imo, this should be the first song that comes to mind when discussing The Eagles.

The Eagles - The Last Resort

 

[ctarrantella]

Day 13: Song from a Solo Female Artist
Kim Carnes, Bette Davis Eyes (since the first song on the day mentions Bette Davis, the ultimate 80s tribute is my pick)

 

[Grant55]

Day 13: Vera Lynn

 

[Mr_bogey]

Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean

Day 8 presented a different issue putting something I love (music) together with something I hate (cleaning). I would never make a cleaning Playlist, but if I did, it would need a good beat, need to be up tempo and be songs that would distract me. This song seemed most appropriate for how I feel about cleaning.

Talking Heads - Burning Down the House

 

[__Nathan1968]

Day 13: Song from a Solo Female Artist

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

Day 13: Song from a Solo Female Artist

Dolly Parton - The Bridge
Honestly I could put any Dolly song but this one is pure poetry. Really sweet, simple, and sad.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 13: Song from a Solo Female Artist

As my own complication, I have been using artists who had previous hits in a band before going solo, which still leaves me in a flood of great artists to choose from. Aimee Mann was the lead singer and bassist for Til Tuesday, an 80s band with a major hit which is still played today, along with four outstanding albums that were mostly abandoned by the record label for not sounding like the hit. She had little success with labels as a solo artist, as I documented earlier in the thread. But since going independent, she has been producing creative, imaginative, intelligent music for forty years, her way.

Aimee's work tends to be complex, literate, and sardonic. Her lyrics reveal rather than explain, and she tackles dark subject matter without an ounce of self-pitty. Her songs come across more as short stories, with a narrator trying to hide their feelings and pain behind sarcasm and humor. (I have no idea why I relate to her music.) This song is among her most upbeat. And as a Gen-Xer who lives in the ellipses, this could be my anthem.

"I should've known (dot dot dot)
It was coming down to this
I should've known (dot dot dot)
You would betray me but without the kiss"

"I Should've Known," Aimee Mann.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 13: Song from a Solo Female Artist

I don't think I have heard this song since it was on MTV in the 80s, but I forget how well she sang here.

 

[Bry1313]

Day 13 - Song by a female solo artist
Just let me plant this ear worm inside your mind.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 13 - Song by a female solo artist
Just let me plant this ear worm inside your mind.

Goddammit. I’m gonna be singing this all day

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 13 - Song by a female solo artist

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

Day 10: A song that makes a statement

Day 11: A song that is angsty

Day 12: A song from a solo male artist

How about this one? This guy wrote some great songs about life.

Taxi by Harry Chapin

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 13 - Song by a female solo artist
Just let me plant this ear worm inside your mind.

I remember when that came out. I have Solitude Standing, which has the acapella version to open and an orchestral instrumental version to close it. And someone asked me five years later if I had heard "Tom's Diner?" Well, yeah, and like a lot of her stuff it was weird and experimental, why? Then I heard the remix. Ah....

 

[hotoldrguy]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

You're No Good Linda Ronstadt​

 

[curious_slut]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

I like a lot of the solo work from Girls Aloud. I wish Nicola had released this as a single rather than a b-side cos it could've been a fun video.

Disco, Blisters, & A Comedown - Nicola Roberts

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

How about songs about dances. Like this one.

The Stroll by theDiamonds

Or,

The Continental Walk by Hank Ballard (The man who wrote and sang The Twist way before Checker.)

 

[UnquietDreams]

How about songs about dances. Like this one.

The Stroll by theDiamonds

Or,

The Continental Walk by Hank Ballard (The man who wrote and sang The Twist way before Checker.)

There is a daily prompt that you can find on post #1. Also there, a link to where you can make a suggestion for future prompts, and that is a good one. Finally, the only true rule is one song per day.

 

[positiveflirt]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

Meet you at the chorus!

Black Velvet

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

This woman is one of those artists for whom I will always have a little soft spot. I even have some recordings from the last time I saw her live, not long after the pandemic hold on shows started to lift. She has this haunting voice and the ability to story tell with her lyrics and it's so lovely to listen to.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

Meet you at the chorus!

Black Velvet

That bass line...

 

[37_ttej]

Day 14: Hit shuffle on your playlist

A haunting, atmospheric piece from the Witcher 2 soundtrack

Into the Fields - Adam Skorupa

 

[MisterChillax]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

 

[Mr_bogey]

Day 9 - A song that reminds you of someone

 

[PhiloDaddy]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist

 

[ny_m_teacher]

Day 13: A song from a solo female artist