Wiz Ball
@wizball50.bsky.social
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Well versed in both the politics of dancing and the art of parties. Songwriter and vinyl bore. Wild #LFC fanatic and chant-crafter. Proud nephew to two beautiful uncles.
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The quintessential 70s album, the perfect antidote to late-60s naivety. 'What's going on' is the definitive soundtrack to tumultuous times; an emotional marriage of soul and wisdom; maybe the best concept album ever recorded. And a serious contender for #5albums70sfinal

#vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky
'What's going on'
Marvin Gaye
(1971)
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Even if that's the only involuntary response that post evinced, it would have been worth it.
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I'm sorry man, but if you're telling me you didn't even slap your thigh once over that banger of a post, I simply won't believe you.
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In fairness, I thought you might. I'm just surprised you were about to post through the floods of laughter!
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I'd read that before and it sort of makes sense. The one I can never get my head around is the fact that Help Me is supposedly about Glenn Frey.
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Wow, she has some voice. And, if she ever plans on giving Ladies of the Canyon the same treatment, she could call the tour 'Morning Morgan Jones'.
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On that Venga Boys track—that "Girl your booty is so round" verse is a note-for-note lift of Erotic City by Prince. Note for note!
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Thanks Drew! It really is.
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Well I'm halfway through the list so, you know... we're halfway there and all that.
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Never saw the morning til I stayed up all night.
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Fab song. George Harrison recorded a great version of it many, many years later.
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#ArtistFave15
Joni Mitchell
#MusicChallenge

5—River

A re-harmonised 2 bars of 'Jingle Bells' is used as an xmassy motif. To me, it's about returning to the things of youth and realising how life is now more complex, 're-harmonised' even. There's no more river to skate away on.

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#20SongsByYear
1986
#MusicChallenge
 
10—Living on a Prayer: Bon Jovi
 
We’re at number 10 already?

Woah, we’re half way there!

(And if you think I inflated its ranking just so I could make this weak joke, then you know me all too well…)
 
#nowplaying #musicsky

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Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
YouTube video by BonJoviVEVO
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You're the measure of my dreams.
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My favourite Soundgarden track, and it's not even close!
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Is it strange to dance so soon?
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Burnin' a hole in your pocket.
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"Everybody loves the Michigan Raaaag!"
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Thanks very much Owl, really glad you liked it!
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Liverpool FC is hard as hell!
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"The whole wide room!"
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Ghost in my House is a great one too. Again, I knew the Fall version first. But when I went back and found the 60s version I was surprised by how mediocre it was. How did MES know it would be gold for the Fall. And yet, it absolutely was.
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I've always thought Prince used oddly specific numbers in his lyrics. 'Trolley cars that juggle 17s'; 'her favourite number was 20'. It's quite biblical in fact.
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#20SongsByYear
1986
#MusicChallenge
 
11—Mr Pharmacist: The Fall

It is my contention that no band can cover a song and make it their own the way the same way that The Fall do.

This is Exhibit A.

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The Fall - Mr Pharmacist HD
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
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