#33Thirds: quite useless, according to Oscar Wilde.

Art rockers from Dublin, #A-House are remembered for this amusing novelty.

Lots and lots of great artists - visual, musical, sculptors, literature, sometimes with birth and death dates, all over a Beethoven riff. It had a stop-motion video that pushed the boundaries of 1991.

Track 3 on their album "I Am the Greatest", which is well worth an hour of your day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWEBLSSewmg

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The Isley Brothers - If You Were There | 3 + 3 (1973)

3 plus 3 on this occasion making 33.

Not that that's the only reason I've chosen this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjd8L31QU9M

#33Thirds: brave enough to post twice today.

Lindsey Stirling, violinist, dancer, entertainer. Bit of a political activist, stands up against forced birth and against gun culture.

"The arena" is track 3 on Lindsey's 2016 album "Brave Enough". The video depicts Lindsey fighting in a bearpit with her critics (portrayed by dancer Derek Hough). It's the best way to sum up #LindseyStirling in one song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MCjU-Du3eI

#33Thirds reaches #TaylorSwift.

Is Taylor Swift the greatest album act of our time? While other contemporary acts release a collection of singles, Taylor explores moods, relationships, life, with great skill and precision. To cherry-pick the hits from "Red" or "Evermore" is to miss the point.

My favourite Taylor album, right now, is "1989". Track 3 is "Style", about her fling with One Direction's hottest single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmadmM5cOk

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Holger Czukay - Persian Love | Movies (1979)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRd4Y-H1lE

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David Bowie - Heroes (1977)

No, can't leave it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgkuM2NhYI

#33Thirds joins the club.

#LucySpraggan came to everyone's attention through The X Factor in 2012.

"Join the Club" came out the next year, strike while the iron's hot. While it's not as funny as "Beer fear", it's true to Lucy. Track 3 is "Lighthouse", a tribute to a solid friend.

Lucy's continued to make honest music, and has found a level of fame she's happy with. I think she's one of the best songwriters in the biz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9FCIyDh6_o

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Nirvana - Come As You Are | Nevermind (1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o

#33Thirds concludes #Christmas season.

December 2020. Randomly poking around for something festive. #LizzyHilliard pops up, with the album "Cheer!". Hand-drawn artwork, looks interesting.

Turns out to be very interesting, the most impressive album of that dark season. Lizzy is prodigiously talented, little slices of life on an acoustic backing.

Track 3: "Christmas is", a meditation on friends, presents, love, and all the trimmings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiZDy3nkxGI

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Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher | Stand! (1969)

Never thought I'd ever get the chance to take Sly higher!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWQzOzK3kw

#33Thirds continues #Christmas season.

In retrospect, "Midwinter Graces" was the point where #ToriAmos fully embraced her classical-crossover status. The album is mostly traditional songs, interpreted to bring out the chill and the ice.

"A silent night with you" is track 3, a lush love song inspired by the familiar Christmas songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCoTRnkSXE

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Carole King - It’s Too Late | Tapestry (1971)

Or is it? There's still a few days left...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRPls7hjRfs

It's Christmas on #33Thirds!

Across the year, about 10% of my listening is to Christmas and seasonal albums.

#KateBush kickstarted this genre, with 2011's "50 Words for Snow". It's a seasonal work, as much about the dark time of year as any religious celebration.

"Misty" is track three, Kate falls for a snowman, enjoys a night of torrid passion, then wakes up to a giant wet spot and a few twigs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqNoP9l-AtM

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Echo & The Bunnymen - Over The Wall | Heaven Up Here (1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erKtIsnisp4

#33Thirds is canonised.

"Sainthood" from #TeganAndSara. More direct than much of their earlier work, the album sounds like it could be a New Wave piece from thirty years earlier, mixed with the nascent power pop of 2009.

Track 3 is "Hell", a pop song written by Tegan. Like all T&S work, it's a love song, in this case for her home neighbourhood disparaged in the "news"papers.

That's the Canadian section done. It's Christmas tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWK1jJiGKPM

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Rickie Lee Jones - Night Train | Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Time to rewind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpO_kl_6S0

#33Thirds gets loose.

I've a lot of time for #NellyFurtado. Singer-songwriter with world music influences, perhaps buried a little too deep on 2006's poppy album "Loose".

Track 3 is "Promiscuous", the big hit single, a dialogue with Timberland. One cannot have too many sex-positive polyamorous bops; one can never hear enough of the shuffling stuttering syncopated beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J3vgcE5i2o

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Boy Harsher - Autonomy | The Runner (2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaZ83UD6Z0

#33Thirds gets clean.

By 2002, #AlanisMorissette was a global star, known for her feisty and uncompromising feminism. Only now was she secure enough to sing about a very dodgy relationship in her past.

"Hands clean" isn't out for revenge, but harnesses the power of telling the truth with unflinching honesty. It's a welcome cry of empowerment.

Track three on "Under Rug Swept", video by Francis Lawrence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dH289KxkGw

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Kali Uchis - Aguardiente y Limon | Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUsz8WZiZJg