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Soul Asylum - Sometime To Return

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 21d

Sometime to Return by Soul Asylum
Date of exposure: c. 1993
Point of contact: 120 Minutes
Details: I first heard of them through the Columbia House catalog. Grave Dancers Union had already made me mostly like them but hearing this hit it
Result: realizing Minneapolis rocks
#musicsky #MusicChallenge

YouTube video by SoulAsylumVEVO

#BowieWednesday
#RyuichiSakamoto

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 21d

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 21d

Taylor Swift is making me miss Natalie Merchant!
#Ophelia #TaylorSwift #NatalieMerchant

Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Natalie Merchant

Queencard (Japanese ver.)

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 26d

This version is mixed differently and I can hear the electronic beeps and grinds better. Reminds me of when I had a partially-working keyboard that played beats that sounded the same. Very cool
#i-dle #queencard #kpop #musicsky

YouTube video by i-dle - Topic

YouTube video by i-dle - Topic

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 26d

I wanna see an #i-dle x #AtarashiiGakko collab now

Invincible

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 27d

Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore by John Prine
#FolkMusicFriday
#JohnPrine

YouTube video by John Prine - Topic

Tom Waits - "Back in the Good Old World"

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 28d

#BowieWednesday

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 28d

youtu.be/X3i0lSRGz_s?...

YouTube video by Tom Waits

I Am The Cosmos (Original Version)

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 28d

Back in the Good Old World by Tom Waits
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Night on Earth
Details: I hadn’t really gotten into him yet but I loved the music in this movie
Result: I got all the Tom Waits albums and saw all the Jim Jarmusch movies I could
#musicsky #firsttime #tomwaits

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 29d

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YouTube video by Chris Bell - Topic

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · 29d

I Am the Cosmos by Chris Bell
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: I was looking for Big Star’s third album which I had never seen anywhere and came across The Posies/Chilton live album which I had no idea existed as well as the Chris Bell album
Result: love
#musicsky #firsttime

Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (Video)

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 30

youtu.be/2y1TZXc5DiY?...

YouTube video by CyndiLauperVEVO

Cornershop - Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 30

I Drove All Night by Cyndi Lauper
Date of exposure: 1989
Point of contact: MTV
Details: It may have been written for Roy Orbison but this came out first and it’s the best version w/a sexy music video
Result: intense attraction to Cyndi Lauper somewhat retroactively altered by Celine Dion
#musicsky

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 29

Here’s something to stir up the fandom: i-dle x Soojin collab! That’s what’s called for

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 28

youtu.be/xJhAAkfRWXA?...

YouTube video by Lenny Martin

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 28

Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III by Cornershop
Date of exposure: 2002
Point of contact: Blind bought Handcream for a Generation
Details: I knew them from college radio; I got this album bc they were opening for Belle & Sebastian and I was curious
Result: This is a cool-ass record
#musicsky

Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure (Audio)

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 27

youtu.be/p1W5RIBTI9k?...

YouTube video by The Sensual World Of Kate Bush

YouTube video by The Void

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 27

Moments of Pleasure by Kate Bush
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: The Line, The Cross and the Curve film
Details: I knew Kate Bush but seeing Rubberband Girl on 120 Minutes made me fall in love.
Result: I spent 5 years listening to this album every night; couldn’t sleep without it #musicsky

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dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 26

AKA Ronnie Spector

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 25

youtu.be/NUI3_USzHYU?...

Basehead - Not Over You

dreg sun @dregsun.bsky.social · Sep 25

Not Over You by Basehead
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Music video on 120 Minutes (fortunately randomly videotaped)
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#basehead #firsttime #coolestsongsever