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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 12h

The B-52's are one of those bands I'm happy to come across on the radio but rarely play by choice. Many happy high school associations (Rock Lobster, Private Idaho, Legal Tender, Future Generation), but they can grate. Like the Sugarcubes, I wish they'd just let the ladies sing. (No offense, Fred.)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 14h

Way too few Preacher memes out there.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 19h

I gave up on vinyl long ago, but I've got a couple of those hanging on my office wall...

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 20h

Somewhere deep inside of me, there's a song that I can sing...

Nine Feet Underground (Medley)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 21h

2000 Great Songs #1119: Nine Feet Underground. Once again indulging a guilty pleasure from my prog days, an album-side-length opus that finds Canterbury act Caravan mining the jazzier side of prog.

My Top 2000 Songs #1119: Nine Feet Underground

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 1d

It was a thing with a head like a spud ball; It was a song, the song we were looking for...

Stephen Song (Remastered)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 1d

2000 Great Songs #1118: Stephen Song. Deep cut from The Fall's glory days. Mark E. Smith finds a friend, the sound of two drunken poets vocally sparring in the pub, til Brix chimes in and makes it all a pop song.

My Top 2000 Songs #1118: Stephen Song

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 2d

Alright, you win, we gonna start all over again, after you just blow it all away...

Na Nanana

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 2d

2000 Great Songs #1117: Na Nanana. The Squalls, part of the mid-80s Athens, GA indie scene, offer a charming, understated, yet dead-on definitive document of the era's jangle pop vibe. Still humming the chorus to myself 40 years later.

My Top 2000 Songs #1117: Na Nanana

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

Gov't Mule make it the jam band staple it was always destined to become:

Gov't Mule - Empty Pages [Traffic cover] (Houston 10.02.17) HD

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

It was a National concert, with War on Drugs' frontman joining them for this track, so that seemed accurate.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

Found someone who can comfort me, but there are always exceptions...

Empty Pages (Remastered 2010)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

2000 Great Songs #1116: Empty Pages. One of those hoary dinosaurs of the FM dial that nonetheless gets me to perk up my ears, peak Traffic elevated by Steve Winwood's reliably soulful pipes and an unusually funky rhythm section. But the jam should be longer!

My Top 2000 Songs #1116: Empty Pages

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

The first 15 songs of the 1100s on my Top 2000... a nifty hour-long playlist to kick off the weekend. open.spotify.com/playlist/7kE...

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 3d

Wait til you see me recklessly enlist em-dashes.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 4d

As covered by The National (with War on Drugs):

The National & War On Drugs - Bring On The Dancing Horses (Cover)(Toronto 2024)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 4d

Saddened to wake to news of John Lodge's passing. While the Moodies weren't always the most convincing "rock" band, his more upbeat tracks were a fun counterpart to their more melodic and arty numbers. Plus, still one of the best concerts I saw as a kid.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 4d

Hating all the faking, and I'm shaking while I'm breaking your brittle heart...

Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on The Dancing Horses (Official Music Video)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 4d

Today’s Connections gives a wink to Big Star fans!

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 4d

2000 Great Songs #1115: Bring On The Dancing Horses. While I hate when artists toss a new song onto a hits collection, compelling fans to pick up a record they don't otherwise need, @bunnymen.com offered the rare example of the new song being totally worth it. One of the definitive 80s tracks.

My Top 2000 Songs #1115: Bring On The Dancing Horses

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 5d

Fun cover from indie rockers Yuck:

Bled White

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Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · 5d

“The real highlight on 'Crashing Dream' is Don’t Feel Bad, dueling bass and guitar lines that feel deeply indebted to 'Revolver', a punchy psych-pop track that carries on where the debut left off”

@marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top #RainParade tracks

www.toppermost.co.uk/rain-parade/

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Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · 5d

“The psychedelic opus This Can’t Be Today, a lysergic expedition, hypnotic keyboards, fizzy guitars, backwards tapes, stop-start tempos, wall-of-sound reverb”

@marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top #RainParade tracks – this one on ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’

www.toppermost.co.uk/rain-parade/

Emergency Third Rail Power Trip album cover

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Lee Coursey @lee-coursey.bsky.social · 5d

#music #musicsky #nowplaying

#playlist: "Four Albums of the Week", an interleaved, resequenced, alternating mix of songs from four albums. This week featuring Rain Parade, The Beatles, The Bats, and The Asteroid No.4. Enjoy! 🎶

Hat tip to @marcfagel.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/playlist/59Z...

Four Albums of the Week

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 5d

Sadly, the rest of the album (and later work) isn't nearly as good as the first album & EP; that's the one song that sounds like a holdover from Third Rail.

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