Wiz Ball
@wizball50.bsky.social
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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Wiz Ball
@wizball50.bsky.social
· Oct 16
If there's anyone out there who'd like a little more music chat on their timeline, here's a sampling of some of my favourite musos on here, and a few feeds too, for good measure.
If you're on there and you'd rather not be, just drop us a comment or @ me.
#musicsky #music
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If you're on there and you'd rather not be, just drop us a comment or @ me.
#musicsky #music
go.bsky.app/Msf8dfd
#Top30TomWaits
Martha
A majestic piece of storytelling, told from one side of a phone conversation, so we get but one side of this sad story. Why did they break up? Was it due to his 'impulsiveness'? And what about the enigmatic last line: '*trembling* close to you'?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Martha
A majestic piece of storytelling, told from one side of a phone conversation, so we get but one side of this sad story. Why did they break up? Was it due to his 'impulsiveness'? And what about the enigmatic last line: '*trembling* close to you'?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Martha
A majestic piece of storytelling, told from one side of a phone conversation, so we get but one side of this sad story. Why did they break up? Was it due to his 'impulsiveness'? And what about the enigmatic last line: '*trembling* close to you'?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Martha
A majestic piece of storytelling, told from one side of a phone conversation, so we get but one side of this sad story. Why did they break up? Was it due to his 'impulsiveness'? And what about the enigmatic last line: '*trembling* close to you'?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
3—Housequake
You'd think the seismology metaphors would get old, but they never do ('the kick drum is the fault' is a fave.) Without hyperbole, this burning hunk of p-funk really is the baddest jam in the land.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
3—Housequake
You'd think the seismology metaphors would get old, but they never do ('the kick drum is the fault' is a fave.) Without hyperbole, this burning hunk of p-funk really is the baddest jam in the land.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
3—Housequake
You'd think the seismology metaphors would get old, but they never do ('the kick drum is the fault' is a fave.) Without hyperbole, this burning hunk of p-funk really is the baddest jam in the land.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
3—Housequake
You'd think the seismology metaphors would get old, but they never do ('the kick drum is the fault' is a fave.) Without hyperbole, this burning hunk of p-funk really is the baddest jam in the land.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Thunder Road—Bruce Springsteen
"Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays:
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely."
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Thunder Road—Bruce Springsteen
"Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays:
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely."
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Thunder Road—Bruce Springsteen
"Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays:
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely."
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Thunder Road—Bruce Springsteen
"Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays:
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely."
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Reposted by Wiz Ball
Hands up if you'd be interested in a Sonic Youth #MusicChallenge in 2026 🙌
Thinking February or March for this one, if there's enough interest.
RTs appreciated.
#MusicSky
Thinking February or March for this one, if there's enough interest.
RTs appreciated.
#MusicSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hands up if you'd be interested in a Sonic Youth #MusicChallenge in 2026 🙌
Thinking February or March for this one, if there's enough interest.
RTs appreciated.
#MusicSky
Thinking February or March for this one, if there's enough interest.
RTs appreciated.
#MusicSky
#Top30TomWaits
(Interlude)
So I sat down at the piano today to once again try and workout Johnsburg, Illinois. It's... not perfect, shall we say, but for a man of my humble abilities, it's defo sharable.
Apologies in advance for the creaky piano stool.
#musicsky #musiciansky
(Interlude)
So I sat down at the piano today to once again try and workout Johnsburg, Illinois. It's... not perfect, shall we say, but for a man of my humble abilities, it's defo sharable.
Apologies in advance for the creaky piano stool.
#musicsky #musiciansky
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Top30TomWaits
(Interlude)
So I sat down at the piano today to once again try and workout Johnsburg, Illinois. It's... not perfect, shall we say, but for a man of my humble abilities, it's defo sharable.
Apologies in advance for the creaky piano stool.
#musicsky #musiciansky
(Interlude)
So I sat down at the piano today to once again try and workout Johnsburg, Illinois. It's... not perfect, shall we say, but for a man of my humble abilities, it's defo sharable.
Apologies in advance for the creaky piano stool.
#musicsky #musiciansky
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 118
And I don't (So now I do)
Robert Pollard (with Doug Gillard)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
And I don't (So now I do)
Robert Pollard (with Doug Gillard)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 118
And I don't (So now I do)
Robert Pollard (with Doug Gillard)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
And I don't (So now I do)
Robert Pollard (with Doug Gillard)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
4—If I was your Girlfriend
It's a topic few male rock icons would broach, so it's a song that still feels ahead of its time even now. The best lyrics #Prince ever wrote, and a beautiful harmonic structure worthy of them
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
4—If I was your Girlfriend
It's a topic few male rock icons would broach, so it's a song that still feels ahead of its time even now. The best lyrics #Prince ever wrote, and a beautiful harmonic structure worthy of them
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
4—If I was your Girlfriend
It's a topic few male rock icons would broach, so it's a song that still feels ahead of its time even now. The best lyrics #Prince ever wrote, and a beautiful harmonic structure worthy of them
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
4—If I was your Girlfriend
It's a topic few male rock icons would broach, so it's a song that still feels ahead of its time even now. The best lyrics #Prince ever wrote, and a beautiful harmonic structure worthy of them
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
Johnsburg, Illinois
A love song completely purged of any shmaltz, leaving just searing honesty and raw authenticity. It's no surprise then that his relationship with Kathleen, the subject of this song, is more than 40 years strong.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Johnsburg, Illinois
A love song completely purged of any shmaltz, leaving just searing honesty and raw authenticity. It's no surprise then that his relationship with Kathleen, the subject of this song, is more than 40 years strong.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
Johnsburg, Illinois
A love song completely purged of any shmaltz, leaving just searing honesty and raw authenticity. It's no surprise then that his relationship with Kathleen, the subject of this song, is more than 40 years strong.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Johnsburg, Illinois
A love song completely purged of any shmaltz, leaving just searing honesty and raw authenticity. It's no surprise then that his relationship with Kathleen, the subject of this song, is more than 40 years strong.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Mott The Hoople—All the Young Dudes
Oh man, I need TV when I've got T. Rex!
(Also, his brother's back at home with his Beatles and Stones. And there might be a ref to the band Suicide in the first line, though I may be stretching things...)
#musicsky #nowplaying
#MusicChallenge
Mott The Hoople—All the Young Dudes
Oh man, I need TV when I've got T. Rex!
(Also, his brother's back at home with his Beatles and Stones. And there might be a ref to the band Suicide in the first line, though I may be stretching things...)
#musicsky #nowplaying
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes
YouTube video by Richard Weaver Films
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Mott The Hoople—All the Young Dudes
Oh man, I need TV when I've got T. Rex!
(Also, his brother's back at home with his Beatles and Stones. And there might be a ref to the band Suicide in the first line, though I may be stretching things...)
#musicsky #nowplaying
#MusicChallenge
Mott The Hoople—All the Young Dudes
Oh man, I need TV when I've got T. Rex!
(Also, his brother's back at home with his Beatles and Stones. And there might be a ref to the band Suicide in the first line, though I may be stretching things...)
#musicsky #nowplaying
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
Cold, Cold Ground
A song about death, of the literal kind, or of a dream or of a stage in life. Yet, while resigned, it has this beautiful bittersweet quality. 'When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around'. Strangely uplifting
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Cold, Cold Ground
A song about death, of the literal kind, or of a dream or of a stage in life. Yet, while resigned, it has this beautiful bittersweet quality. 'When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around'. Strangely uplifting
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
Cold, Cold Ground
A song about death, of the literal kind, or of a dream or of a stage in life. Yet, while resigned, it has this beautiful bittersweet quality. 'When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around'. Strangely uplifting
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Cold, Cold Ground
A song about death, of the literal kind, or of a dream or of a stage in life. Yet, while resigned, it has this beautiful bittersweet quality. 'When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around'. Strangely uplifting
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
5—Sign O' the Times
It opens with a killer first line that spins the leaden language of Reuters into pure gold, and sets us up perfectly for what turns out to be his 'What's going on'. Genre-bending brilliance.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
5—Sign O' the Times
It opens with a killer first line that spins the leaden language of Reuters into pure gold, and sets us up perfectly for what turns out to be his 'What's going on'. Genre-bending brilliance.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
5—Sign O' the Times
It opens with a killer first line that spins the leaden language of Reuters into pure gold, and sets us up perfectly for what turns out to be his 'What's going on'. Genre-bending brilliance.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
Sign O' the Times
#MusicChallenge
5—Sign O' the Times
It opens with a killer first line that spins the leaden language of Reuters into pure gold, and sets us up perfectly for what turns out to be his 'What's going on'. Genre-bending brilliance.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #Prince
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
De La Soul—Plug Tunin'
See that the three will be your thread
But as my man Chuck D said:
"What a brother know?"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
De La Soul—Plug Tunin'
See that the three will be your thread
But as my man Chuck D said:
"What a brother know?"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
De La Soul—Plug Tunin'
See that the three will be your thread
But as my man Chuck D said:
"What a brother know?"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
De La Soul—Plug Tunin'
See that the three will be your thread
But as my man Chuck D said:
"What a brother know?"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
In this country, you got to make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the women, Charlie Brown.
Being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off... You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In this country, you got to make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the women, Charlie Brown.
#5debutalbums7074
Closing Time—Tom Waits
Not many 23 year olds release debut albums with this quality of songwriting. The tragicomic I Hope that I don't Fall in Love…, the triumphant Ol' 55, the longing of Grapefruit Moon, the heartbreak of Martha: all life is here.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Closing Time—Tom Waits
Not many 23 year olds release debut albums with this quality of songwriting. The tragicomic I Hope that I don't Fall in Love…, the triumphant Ol' 55, the longing of Grapefruit Moon, the heartbreak of Martha: all life is here.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#5debutalbums7074
Closing Time—Tom Waits
Not many 23 year olds release debut albums with this quality of songwriting. The tragicomic I Hope that I don't Fall in Love…, the triumphant Ol' 55, the longing of Grapefruit Moon, the heartbreak of Martha: all life is here.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Closing Time—Tom Waits
Not many 23 year olds release debut albums with this quality of songwriting. The tragicomic I Hope that I don't Fall in Love…, the triumphant Ol' 55, the longing of Grapefruit Moon, the heartbreak of Martha: all life is here.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
6—I could never take the place…
At 6:31 (and a minute of that guitar solo), this is where #Prince could have fallen into the double album trap of being long for the sake of it. But no, that wild solo becomes a centrepiece to the whole album.
#nowplaying #musicsky
Sign O the Times
6—I could never take the place…
At 6:31 (and a minute of that guitar solo), this is where #Prince could have fallen into the double album trap of being long for the sake of it. But no, that wild solo becomes a centrepiece to the whole album.
#nowplaying #musicsky
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Prince
m.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
6—I could never take the place…
At 6:31 (and a minute of that guitar solo), this is where #Prince could have fallen into the double album trap of being long for the sake of it. But no, that wild solo becomes a centrepiece to the whole album.
#nowplaying #musicsky
Sign O the Times
6—I could never take the place…
At 6:31 (and a minute of that guitar solo), this is where #Prince could have fallen into the double album trap of being long for the sake of it. But no, that wild solo becomes a centrepiece to the whole album.
#nowplaying #musicsky
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Hang down your head
The second song on the album after Clap Hands to reinvigorate an old air. He's even more successful this time, turning it into a powerful, direct song of lost love, with a snare you could set your watch by.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Hang down your head
The second song on the album after Clap Hands to reinvigorate an old air. He's even more successful this time, turning it into a powerful, direct song of lost love, with a snare you could set your watch by.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Hang down your head
The second song on the album after Clap Hands to reinvigorate an old air. He's even more successful this time, turning it into a powerful, direct song of lost love, with a snare you could set your watch by.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Hang down your head
The second song on the album after Clap Hands to reinvigorate an old air. He's even more successful this time, turning it into a powerful, direct song of lost love, with a snare you could set your watch by.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Sir Duke—Stevie Wonder
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band could lose
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/EnNgASBdCeo
#MusicChallenge
Sir Duke—Stevie Wonder
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band could lose
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/EnNgASBdCeo
Sir Duke
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Sir Duke—Stevie Wonder
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band could lose
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/EnNgASBdCeo
#MusicChallenge
Sir Duke—Stevie Wonder
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band could lose
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/EnNgASBdCeo
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Let 'em in—Wings
"Sister Suzy! Brother John!
Martin Luther! Phil & Don!"
(Phil & Don were better known as the Everly Brothers.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Let 'em in—Wings
"Sister Suzy! Brother John!
Martin Luther! Phil & Don!"
(Phil & Don were better known as the Everly Brothers.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Let 'em in—Wings
"Sister Suzy! Brother John!
Martin Luther! Phil & Don!"
(Phil & Don were better known as the Everly Brothers.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Let 'em in—Wings
"Sister Suzy! Brother John!
Martin Luther! Phil & Don!"
(Phil & Don were better known as the Everly Brothers.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Who are you this time?
That a song could be this beautiful and this excoriating. At once vicious and vulnerable. A cornered cry for redemption. Only Waits writes songs like these, made from equal parts ambrosia and vinegar.
#musicsky #nowplaying
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Who are you this time?
That a song could be this beautiful and this excoriating. At once vicious and vulnerable. A cornered cry for redemption. Only Waits writes songs like these, made from equal parts ambrosia and vinegar.
#musicsky #nowplaying
Tom Waits - "Who Are You This Time"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Who are you this time?
That a song could be this beautiful and this excoriating. At once vicious and vulnerable. A cornered cry for redemption. Only Waits writes songs like these, made from equal parts ambrosia and vinegar.
#musicsky #nowplaying
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Who are you this time?
That a song could be this beautiful and this excoriating. At once vicious and vulnerable. A cornered cry for redemption. Only Waits writes songs like these, made from equal parts ambrosia and vinegar.
#musicsky #nowplaying
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
8—Slow Love
I can't listen to music during sex, I'm too distracted working out chord voicings or the effect they've used on the snare. But you'd make an exception for this euphoric anthem to generous lovemaking—it fu*ks.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
8—Slow Love
I can't listen to music during sex, I'm too distracted working out chord voicings or the effect they've used on the snare. But you'd make an exception for this euphoric anthem to generous lovemaking—it fu*ks.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
8—Slow Love
I can't listen to music during sex, I'm too distracted working out chord voicings or the effect they've used on the snare. But you'd make an exception for this euphoric anthem to generous lovemaking—it fu*ks.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
8—Slow Love
I can't listen to music during sex, I'm too distracted working out chord voicings or the effect they've used on the snare. But you'd make an exception for this euphoric anthem to generous lovemaking—it fu*ks.
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Big thanks to @buddygott.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to relive the glory days of the very early 90s. The challenge is finished a while now, and I'm a bit late with this, but you know what they say…
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/TmENMZFUU_0
1991
#MusicChallenge
Big thanks to @buddygott.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to relive the glory days of the very early 90s. The challenge is finished a while now, and I'm a bit late with this, but you know what they say…
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/TmENMZFUU_0
Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LennyKravitzVEVO
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Big thanks to @buddygott.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to relive the glory days of the very early 90s. The challenge is finished a while now, and I'm a bit late with this, but you know what they say…
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/TmENMZFUU_0
1991
#MusicChallenge
Big thanks to @buddygott.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to relive the glory days of the very early 90s. The challenge is finished a while now, and I'm a bit late with this, but you know what they say…
#musicsky #nowplaying
youtu.be/TmENMZFUU_0