SirStandsALot
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SirStandsALot
@sirstandsalot.bsky.social
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Erratic, ruminating hermit-alien hybrid. Under different circumstances, I might have been pretty cool. My alien side did a song-a-day thing while trying to understand social media. My hermit side eventually shut it all down.
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"Is there a gene that makes you love puns?"

"I don't know of any Jeanne, but there is an Ariel that does."

-From Pun Hard: The Ariel Edwards-Levy Story.
Tom Petty and Chart Makers?
Saving posts has only been a thing on here for like a month, and I've already saved 7 songs you posted. Take a breather, do whatever you need to do, but also THANKS.
This Is Just To Say

I have listened
to the songs
that were on
The Life of a Showgirl

and which
you were probably
saving
for the weekend

Forgive me
they were perfectly fine
so ok
and so new
DIPlomats from Snakistan's prominent Herdez and Hidden Valley regions described the move as "unsavory."
New kind of disturbing feeling:

when you tune in 35 minutes late to @djjohnrichards.bsky.social's The Morning Show on #KEXP and you almost missed THE FRIDAY SONG!!! Like, are you really allowed to play it that early, Mr. Richards!?

...deep breaths...
Short, quiet, a pre-med frosh. Not cool. But sometimes, Jeremy would reverently remove his glossy black/gold Les Paul from its case & play Rush/Pearl Jam/Zeppelin & transform into a dorm room STAR!

Next to him w/my pawn shop beater, he taught me the forbidden riff & this.

#80s #Metallica #musicsky
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Remastered)
YouTube video by Metallica - Topic
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Game day: team members wear ties to HS. Mine: a fabulously 80s knit tie w/a flat end. Alex P. Keaton all the way. On the radio before the game, this plays. Mesmerized.

Late game, ball bounces to me & I smash a volley past the keeper. Pure & simple every time.

#80s #musicsky #LightningSeeds
The Lightning Seeds - Pure (Official Video)
YouTube video by LightningSeedsVEVO
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Oh and here's Hank Green of vlogbrothers explaining why Bree's David Duchovny and subsequent pre-viral videos viral video was so cool.
The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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Years ago, I read an interview w/Bree Sharp of "David Duchovny" fame, where she said she HATED earnestness in songs. Never could make sense of it. "Walk Away" has a place on my perfect songs list. And it sure sounds earnest to me.

Love you, Bree. Mean it!
#musicsky #00s #BreeSharp #2000smusic
Walk Away
YouTube video by Bree Sharp - Topic
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Rupert: Well, I'm off to Brandt-Leland. Got 6 paperclips in my briefcase. That seems right.
Is this a Politico-Onion mashup?
Also, I think for years I just assumed this was a Stevie Wonder song. Sorry Pat upton.
For tonight, please listen to Andrew Barth Feldman create something special & unique out of an all-time classic. Oh, and also watch as Jennifer Lawrence does some of the best acting of her career without saying a goddam word.

#NoHardFeelings #Hall&Oats #musicsky #bestcovers #2020smusic #1980smusic
No Hard Feelings (2023) - Maneater on Piano
YouTube video by Movieclips
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Oh whatever! It's a '67 Chip Taylor composition that first broke through with Merrilee Rush in 1968. They're all pretty darn similar, IMO, too. Although, Juice Newton's ups the theatricality & intensity a tad. In any case, Chip Taylor and 60s music for the win.
3/3

#1960smusic #60s #musicsky
Merrilee Rush Angel of the morning 1968
YouTube video by RETROVISOR
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OR did I hear the version by Olivia Newton John in the 70s?! Come on, man, get your Newtons straight! 2/3

#1970smusic #70s #musicsky
Olivia Newton-John - Angel Of The Morning
YouTube video by Olivia Newton-John
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Is this proof that liking 60s music really is in my blood? Even though the version I know is 80s Juice Newton? 1/3

#80s #1980smusic #musicsky
Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by JuiceNewtonVEVO
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On today's episode of vaguely explaining yesterday's skeet using only a song title: Men at Work. It's actually an anti-war song, but everything that's happening macro and micro in my life and the world seems to fit the title right now.

#80s #1980smusic #musicsky #MenAtWork

Now I'm off to work.
Men At Work - It's a Mistake (Video)
YouTube video by MenAtWorkVEVO
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Walking in from the beach just now. About to clean up & drive 3 hours on my bad nerve to take/pick up my dad to/from the ER. It felt like a movie scene, contrasting my sense of doom with this joyous, upbeat music blasting from the ocean front hotel.

Time to drive.
#60s #1960smusic #musicsky
The Spiral Starecase - More Today Than Yesterday (Official Audio)
YouTube video by SpiralStarecaseVEVO
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Imagine this song done by Michael McDonald or Firehouse or Rod Stewart or Jimmy Buffett. Tone down the lyrics to be less insane. Would it be... really good?

Still, it's an absolutely great comedy song:

"So raw, so right, all night, all right, oh yeah!"

Tremendous.

#TheOffice #musicsky #TheHunted
That One Night - The Hunted - The Office - Dinner Party
YouTube video by Marie Salazar
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