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AllisonRussellQuotes from site formerly known as Twitter Unofficial page of quotes, lyrics & music to spread the inspiration of Allison Russell & intersectional artists #outsidechild #thereturner #antibigotry #empathyisasuperpower #rainbowcoalition
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · Aug 10
#AllisonRussell ✍🏽 I don’t think it should be such a controversial statement to say #AllChildrenAreOurChildren

Every single one of them
W/out exception
No matter their gender or orientation
Or their religion
Or where they were born
Or whether they have official papers

All children are our children
Allison holding a candle on stage in the half-light
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 4m
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 6h
Exactly !
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 8h
That was fun! I was tapping along to that one 😊
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 8h
That was excellent! Great pick 👍
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 8h
I remember that feeling too! 😊
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 8h
Nice position to be in!

Fun Fact - according to Wiki this song made them the first Scottish artist / act to make #1 in UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😊
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 8h
I think that’s right! You’re making me feel nostalgic again 😊
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 9h
So it does pop up! Wow I’m behind the times. Looks great 👍
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 9h
I thought for a moment that tent was a neat extension to the top of the vehicle! 🚐
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 9h
Fun pick !

I was just thinking the other day that you used to get many “cover” versions of a song out around the same time and no one really minded… it was a normal thing.

maybe it was the 70s when this stopped??
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 9h
Just catching up on yesterday after a day out (and a morning nap catching up on sleep)

One of the top songs in my “songs I loved but not quite enough to buy” list that still survives today on my “songs I still love but still haven’t bought” list ♥️
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 9h
I have indeed! A big fan of this song ♥️ 🌙 🎵
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 11h
Just followed your link - that’s a great one.

I’m getting to the age where that line about gravity keeps undesigning you is beautifully relatable! 😆
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 11h
@jen229.bsky.social led me here ♥️ 🌙 🎵 🙏🏽
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 21h
#Howl-A-Ween 🩸

Born of🇺🇦 parents, #NekoCase w/ a flower crown & one of her greatest songs

🎼Chimney falls as lovers 🔥
I thought that I was young
Now I’ve freezing hands
& #bloodless veins
As numb as I’ve become
This is crazy
And #iWishIWasTheMoon tonight

LIVE 🌙

m.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPD...
Neko Case - "I Wish I Was The Moon" (Live From The Lung)
"I Wish I Was The Moon" (Live From The Lung) by @nekocaseofficial Subscribe to Neko's Substack - Entering The Lung - here for the full performance: http://nekocase.substack.com "I Wish I Was The…
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 22h
She does! Both her singing and her writing voice ♥️ This is probably my favourite song of hers 🌙 though Man is also right up there for me

Hope you’re doing well?
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 22h
Thanks so much - I love this song so much but hadn’t seen this version before - what a voice

I think I will share this one too ♥️
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, me too! Except the other way round for me…
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Did Nina first sing the Blackbird track you picked? A neat trick we played there! 🖤
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Christy’s was the first version I heard when I saw him play it, & the live version you picked is my favourite

Then I knew Rhiannon Giddens version (sunnier tempo) & I’d been so happy just knowing those that tbh I only found this one today… so no one is happier to discover this 💎 today than me! 😊
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Another fine choice, superbly played
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Wow, they were on fire!🔥
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
Very special, great pick Steve
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
#Howl-A-Ween 🖤

#AllisonRussell ✍🏽 [what] makes me sad is the digitising of the human creaks & cracks & imperfections out of music

I’m allergic to that kind of perfection

I revere #NinaSimone, artists who allow musical imperfection & 🎶moments to breathe

LIVE 🔥 🎹
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NWmC...
Nina Simone and Emil Latimer - Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Circa 1969.
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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 1d
I love this version so much too!

You’ll find we song-matched a bit later 😊
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