I was really able to hyper-focus thanks to a track YouTube Music suggested, and of course it's from the album "IBM 1401: A User's Manual." Well played, Jóhann Jóhannsson.

#fridaymusic #youtubemusic #ibm1401 #ambient

The prompt for #FortnightFridayMusic is “Quest”, and that’s what Hunters & Collectors were singing about in the Holy Grail

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour says of the song “I wanted to write a song to serve up this idea that regardless of what happens, you’ve got to stay true to the quest”

It’s a tale of triumph amidst adversity. To signify the players quest to win the Aussie Rules footy cup, Holy Grail was sung at four Grand Finals in 1998, 2002, 2009 and 2013

Seymour's lyrics also reflect the band's own flagging attempts to "crack" the American market

Song: Holy Grail
Band: Hunters & Collectors
Album: Cut
Released: 1992
Video: https://youtu.be/iQI5fdVCvlU?si=D7W4ixohHUut1J8I

Lyrics
“Woke up this morning
From the strangest dream
I was in the biggest army
The world has ever seen
We were marching as one
On the road to the holy grail”

#Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #90sMusic #HuntersAndCollectors

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Friday August 25 the Word is Quest

Don’t miss next weeks #AlternateFridayMusic

#Music #FridayMusic #PinkFloyd

River September 08
Sex September 22
Trouble October 06
Under October 20
Velvet November 03
Wind November 17
Xmas December 01
Yearn December 15
Zig zag December 29

Keeping in with the #Queer theme on #AlternateFridayMusic I came across this neat song by @Sash1e from TikTok

#TransMasc guy responds to #Homophobes who say that when they dig up his bones in 100 years they’ll still be biologically female

The video won’t load through my App, but please watch the clip in this post https://indieweb.social/@whalecoiner/110576814006934259

#Trans #TransMusic #FridayMusic #GreatSongs

It’s #AlternateFridayMusic with a Queer prompt. Thought I’d go for a #Queer theme and legitimise it with a statement by the artist

“There were definitely a few out queer teachers and other adults in my life who were role models for me as a young person, just seeing them exist and have good lives”

Artist: Eli Conley
Song: Hey that’s me
Album: Searching For What's True
Released: 2023
Video: https://youtu.be/sO0luAGU5sA

Lyrics
“There may come a time when your body don't feel easy
And in order to be free it has to change
There may come a time when your gender it just fractures
And you have to take some action, rearrange
If it's that time you've got to tell 'em who you are
When you've been asking every star that they would see…”

#Music #20sMusic #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatSongs #TransMusic #TransMasc

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Friday 18 August the Word is Queer

Don’t miss next weeks #FortnightFridayMusic

Photo Credit: NASA https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2/in-depth/

#Music #FridayMusic #GreatBands #GreatSongs #Astronomy #voyager2

Red September 01
Summer September 15
Tree September 29
Underground October 13
Vision October 27
Water November 10
Xen November 24
Yellow December 08
Zed December 22

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Friday 18 August the Word is Queer

Don’t miss next weeks #FortnightFridayMusic

Photo Credit: NASA https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2/in-depth/

#Music #FridayMusic #GreatBands #GreatSongs #Astronomy #voyager2

Red September 01
Summer September 15
Tree September 29
Underground October 13
Vision October 27
Water November 10
Xen November 24
Yellow December 08
Zed December 22

Punk was about high energy and The Exploited depict that here in their live performance. #FortnightFridayMusic is about Punk and by 1981 it was all but dead, despite what they’re singing

Song: Punks Not Dead
Band: Exploited
Album: Punks Not Dead
Released: 1981
Video: https://youtu.be/pN6mRC5dA78
(Live at Carlisle City Hall, UK, 1983)

Lyrics

“Punk's not dead

Say to me that punk is dead
I wish you more contempt
Don't like the music? Don't like the words?
You can all piss off, you're a bunch of turds

Punk's not dead, I know
Punk's not dead, I know
Punk's not dead, I know
Punk's not dead, Oh no, it's not…”

#Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #Punk #TheExploited

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Friday August 11 the Word is Punk

Don’t miss next weeks #AlternateFridayMusic

Dragonfly credit @Cyanocitta
Original post https://sfba.social/@Cyanocitta/110861819036524934

#Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #CDFriday #GreatSongs #Punk #Dragonfly

Quest August 25
River September 08
Sex September 22
Trouble October 06
Under October 20
Velvet November 03
Wind November 17
Xmas December 01
Yearn December 15
Zig zag December 29

Pink Skies’ music has been described as a genre-bending mix of psychedelic rock, pop, R&B, 70’s, electronic, hip/hop and chill-wave. Arieh Berl, Aka Pink Skies, released his debut album SPECTRA in 2020 with St. Tropez as a single.

Well, now to the ‘original’ San Tropez by none other than Pink Floyd - two perfect songs for #AlternateFridayMusic with the key word PINK

Song: San Tropez | St. Tropez
Band: Pink Floyd | Pink Skies
Album: Meddle | Spectra
Released: 1971 | 2020
Pink Floyd: https://youtu.be/mjNYO-OI2Fo
Pink Skies https://youtu.be/6dsoQd6lM9U

#PinkFloyd #PinkSkies #Music #70sMusic #20sMusic #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatBands #GreatSongs #NowPlaying

It’s Old for #FortnightFridayMusic and what could be better than a band who were in the lineup at Woodstock in ‘69

The lyric of a generation “I hope I die before I get old”

Song: My Generation
Band: The Who
Album: My Generation
Released: 1965
Video: https://youtu.be/qN5zw04WxCc
Live at Woodstock https://youtu.be/gJecJ5SI5W0

Lyrics

"People try to put us d-down
(talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around
(talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold
(talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get OLD
(talkin' 'bout my generation)"

#TheWho #MyGeneration #60sMusic #Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatBands #GreatSongs #NowPlaying

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Friday July 28 the Word is Old

Don’t miss next weeks #AlternateFridayMusic

#Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #CDFriday #GreatSongs #ClearSky #LongExposure

Punk August 11
Quest August 25
River September 08
Sex September 22
Trouble October 06
Under October 20
Velvet November 03
Wind November 17
Xmas December 01
Yearn December 15
Zig zag December 29

The prompt word for #AlternateFridayMusic is ‘Over’ and I was thinking of It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue by Graham Bonnet who did a cover in 1977. Consequently my search came up with it being a Bob Dylan song and, while I’ve never been a big Dylan fan, I do like the original

Song: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Bringing It All Back Home
Released: 1965
Bob Dylan: https://youtu.be/L4HW33SgZlM
Graham Bonnet https://youtu.be/9HbEh0fy4io

Lyrics

"You must leave, now take what you need
You think will last
But whatever you wish to keep
You better grab it fast

Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the Sun
Look out baby, the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, baby blue"

#Dylan #60sMusic #Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatBands #GreatSongs #NowPlaying #BobDylan

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Friday 21 July the Word is Over

Don’t miss next weeks #FortnightFridayMusic

Photo credit @Roentare Original post https://mastodon.social/@Roentare/110640485863009588

#Music #FridayMusic #GreatBands #GreatSongs #FallFriday #CDFriday #PopFridays #Astronomy #MilkyWay

Pink August 04
Queer August 18
Red September 01
Summer September 15
Tree September 29
Underground October 13
Vision October 27
Water November 10
Xen November 24
Yellow December 08
Zed December 22

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Friday July 14 the Word is Needle

Don’t miss next weeks #AlternateFridayMusic

#Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatBands #CDFriday #GreatSongs #DSOTM #PinkFloyd #Needle

Old July 28
Punk August 11
Quest August 25
River September 08
Sex September 22
Trouble October 06
Under October 20
Velvet November 03
Wind November 17
Xmas December 01
Yearn December 15
Zig zag December 29

This weeks #AlternateFridayMusic has #New as the key word and I have to go with another great Aussie band

Song: New Sensation
Band: INXS
Album: Kick
Released: 1987
Video: https://youtu.be/KygvdzH0gj4

Lyrics

"Live, baby, live
Now that the day is over
I got a NEW sensation
Mm, perfect moments
That's so impossible to refuse"

#INXS #80sMusic #Music #FridayMusic #CDFriday #FunFriday #GreatBands #GreatSongs #NowPlaying

Listening to so much Lorde right now. 🥰
#Lorde #music #FridayMusic #song
https://youtu.be/bRoVXGRm5-Q

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Friday 07 July the Word is New

Don’t miss next weeks #FortnightFridayMusic

Photo credit: @morachbeag Ferns https://aus.social/@morachbeag/110643440708709954

#Music #FridayMusic #GreatBands #GreatSongs #FallFriday #CDFriday #PopFridays #Fern #FernFriday #Forrest

Over July 21
Pink August 04
Queer August 18
Red September 01
Summer September 15
Tree September 29
Underground October 13
Vision October 27
Water November 10
Xen November 24
Yellow December 08
Zed December 22

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Friday 07 July the Word is New

Don’t miss next weeks #FortnightFridayMusic

Photo credit: @morachbeag Ferns https://aus.social/@morachbeag/110643440708709954

#Music #FridayMusic #GreatBands #GreatSongs #FallFriday #CDFriday #PopFridays #Fern #FernFriday #Forrest

Image Credit & Copyright: Reinhold Wittich

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230516.html

Over July 21
Pink August 04
Queer August 18
Red September 01
Summer September 15
Tree September 29
Underground October 13
Vision October 27
Water November 10
Xen November 24
Yellow December 08
Zed December 22

#AlternateFridayMusic with a #Magic theme I found difficult, but then I remembered this one

Song: Magic Man
Band: Heart
Album: Dreamboat Annie
Released: 1976
Video: https://youtu.be/Ps7tVvQHLyo

Lyrics

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me yet, let's get high awhile
But try to understand, try to understand
Try, try, try to understand, I'm a magic man"

#Heart #70sMusic #Music #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatBands #GreatSongs #NowPlaying