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Bret
@ketchsparrow.bsky.social
Semi-retired from TV, fully immersed in life. From beekeeping to Zumba, sailing to song lyrics. Fixes what he can, dances freely, and holds space for real humans and beautiful stories.
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#NotAMonautomnSong
Hope this brings a little light to the gloom
Here’s Aussie band Lime Cordiale with a great song that could well have been written about the Republican’s healthcare policy.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOp1...
Lime Cordiale - No Plans To Make Plans | #YouTubeMusicSessions
YouTube video by LimeCordiale
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October 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#NotAMonautomnSong
#MusicChallenge
Day 7. Feel Good Song

Ca Plane pour moi ~ Plastic Bertrand (1977)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln31...
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi (1977) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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October 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#MusicChallenge
Day 6. 🥰 Two Tone
Black and white united for a good time,
enjoying the good vibez long ago

A Message to you Rudy ~ The Specials (1979)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cntv...
The Specials - A Message To You Rudy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO
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October 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#NotAMonautomnSong
#MusicChallenge
Day 5. The lyrics always make me smile

I went out with a hippy
(and now I love everyone except for her)
~ Frenzl Rhomb (2003)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9kUr...

Read the lyrics here
👇🏼
www.plyrics.com/lyrics/frenz...
Frenzal Rhomb - I went Out With a Hippy (And Now I Love Everyone Except For Her)
YouTube video by Flaaketopy
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October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#MusicChallenge
Day 4. A feel good song
What a Riff! and a great collaboration,
Love the start of this video.

Walk this Way ~ RunDMC / Aerosmith(1986)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_U...
RUN DMC - Walk This Way (Official HD Video) ft. Aerosmith
YouTube video by RUNDMCVEVO
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October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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#MusicChallenge
Day 3. A Funny Song

I’m my own Grandpa
~ Lonzo and Oscar (1947)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4wWf...

Here’s the graphic version to follow along
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDrs...
Lonzo & Oscar - I'm My Own Grandpa
YouTube video by FromTheBasement
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October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#NotAMonautomnSong
#MusicChallenge
Day 2. Another feel good song

“Tonight’s the night!”

I got a feeling ~ Black Eyed Peas (2009)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4...
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BlackEyedPeasVEVO
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October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#NotAMonautomnSong
#MusicChallenge
Day 1. Feel good song

I mightn’t know much, but I do know that the world has changed a lot since Louis Armstrong first walked on the moon

Hello Brother
~ Louis Armstrong (1968)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kgkQ...
Hello Brother
YouTube video by Louis Armstrong - Topic
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October 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/30
#MusicChallenge
Going out with some good vibez

Dancing 🥰
Here’s a fun video
If it makes you want to dance too…
DO IT🙏🏻

m.youtube.com/watch?v=of5k...

Dancing in the MOONLIGHT 🌙
~ Toploader (2000)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBn...
dance in film | dancing in the moonlight
YouTube video by aquarifilm
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September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/29
#MusicChallenge
There’s no Mother Nature word in the title but this ones for Mother Nature and it means the world to me

“Who's gonna say that she's had enough?
Who's gonna stand up and save the Earth?”

Who’s Gonna Stand Up? ~ Neil Young (2014)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkiR...
Neil Young - Who's Gonna Stand Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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September 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/28
#MusicChallenge

After being shot two days earlier,
Bob courageously performs at the “Smile Jamaica” concert, organised to counter political violence in Jamaica
(Excuse poor A/V, it’s live)

RAT Race 🐀
~ Bob Marley & the Wailers (1976)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSV...
Bob Marley - Rat Race/Trenchtown Rock, Smile Jamaica Concert
YouTube video by Nick Vivar
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September 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/27
#MusicChallenge
A champion of free speech, master lyricist and guitar virtuoso combining Rock, Jazz, showmanship and humour.

“Watch out where the huskies go
And don’t you eat that yellow snow”

Don’t Eat Yellow SNOW ❄️
~ Frank Zappa (1978)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0elp...
Frank Zappa - Yellow Snow Suite - 10/13/1978 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by Frank Zappa on MV
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September 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/26
#MusicChallenge

Bombora is an aboriginal word for big waves which form above large heads of coral (Bommies)

Bombora ~ The Atlantics (1963)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMe...

Read about my local here👇🏼(they’re mad!)
www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-...
.
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The Atlantics - Bombora (1963)
YouTube video by jenipete
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September 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/25
#MusicChallenge

Mother Nature’s Son? 👍🏼
The dulcet tones of Nat, accompanied by some pretty deft fingers on jazz guitar

Nature Boy ~ Nat King Cole
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0X...
Nat king cole, Nature Boy
YouTube video by Hugo Marques
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September 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#MotherNatureSong 9/24
#MusicChallenge

“Said I’m Strong, Straight,
Willing to be a shelter in a storm
I’m your Willow”

Willow ~ Joan Armatrading (1977)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pU35...
Willow
YouTube video by Joan Armatrading - Topic
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September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MotherNatureSong 9/23
#originalandcover
🌏☮️💿
Posting this today ‘cos it kinda
reminds me of our community here

Cover
Waiting on the world to change ✌🏼
~ Song around the world
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yTU2...

Original
~ John Mayer (2006)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIx...
Waiting on the World to Change | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
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September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/22
Honouring Mother Nature with a song that
ticks all the boxes in this challenge, from
A 79 y.o. who is still speaking truth to power

Mother Earth ~ Neil Young (1990)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t7hT...
Neil Young - Mother Earth (Live)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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September 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#originalandcover

Vale - Sonny Curtis 9/5/37 - 19/09/25
Thanks for this classic 🙏🏻

Original
I fought the law
~ The Crickets (1966)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrx...

Cover
~ The Clash (1979)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8c...
The Crickets - I Fought The Law (1960)
YouTube video by Four Seasons Oldies
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September 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/21
I’ve gotta smile every time I hear this

Dr Worm ~ They Might Be Giants (1998)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHli...
They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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September 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reposted by Bret
This is how late night TV should be
Where are all the free speech absolutists?
Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/20

Let’s go back to a time when peace, love, hope and optimism was in the air

(Personally, I think this song would have been way better without Newman’s piano solo) 🤔

Something in the air
~ Thunderclap Newman (1969)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJae...
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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September 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/19

Let’s go way back in time
Back to a time before Bob Marley had dreads 😳

Go tell it on the mountain
~ The Wailers (1971)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNw...

~ Peter Paul & Mary (1963)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xVxY...
Go Tell It on the Mountain (feat. Bob Marley & Peter Tosh)
YouTube video by The Wailers Band - Topic
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September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/18

Speak truth to power
A song about lynching
Strange Fruit ~ Billie Holiday (1939)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlT...

Read the full story here 👇🏼
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange...
Billie Holiday - Strange fruit
YouTube video by talkinted
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September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#MotherNatureSong 9/17

Where have all the flowers gone?
~ the Kingston trio (1961)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LkTX...

Joan Baez - @ Pete Seeger tribute (1994)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ly...
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Kingston Trio - Topic
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September 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM