The Colors of Sound

Under the mirrorball: the kings and queens of disco – in pictures Disco brought together music, fashion and nightlife in a cultural phenomenon that conquered the world. In A Night at the Disco by Alice Harris and Christian John Wikane, the stars of the scene are doc...

#music #disco #discomusic #soulmusic #soulsky #discosky #photography

"Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da
Gitchi gitchi ya ya here
Mocha chocolata, ya ya
Creole Lady Marmalade"

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Bay Area mom arrested by ICE with her two young kids. Her attorneys can't find them Attorneys were scrambling to find a mother and her two young children after they were arrested by federal immigration officers in San Francisco this week, an attorney said.

#resist #democracy

What kind of a country does this?

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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.

#books #sciencefiction #obituaries

The Hyperion series and the books The Terror and Song of Kali are astonishingly grand reads.

Miss ya Dan!

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#52WeeksOfFavourites (9/26)
#MusicChallenge
Name songs about excess and pushing boundaries.

Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (1967)

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Mindy McCready - Maybe He'll Notice Her Now (Official Video) YouTube video by MindyMcCreadyVEVO

#music #countrymusic

"He saw the outline of the painting
That used to hang there on the wall
And in its place on the nail was a letter"

Mindy McCready - Maybe He'll Notice Her Now (1996)

Richie McDonald, lead singer of the band Lonestar, on backing vocals.

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Savoy Brown - Train to Nowhere YouTube video by pickas malickas

#music #popmusic #rockmusic #bluesrock

"Please now brother don't you ride this train
Ride the wrong rails, live your life in vain"

Savoy Brown - Train To Nowhere (1969)

A drivin' ethereal tune from an English band who were more popular in the US than at home.

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Randy Scouse Git (2007 Remaster) YouTube video by The Monkees - Topic

#music #popmusic

"Now they've darkened all the windows and the seats are naugh-ga-hyde
I've been waiting for an hour, I can't find a place to hide"

Monkees - Randy Scouse Git (1967)

Became a No. 2 hit in the UK where it was inoffensively retitled "Alternate Title"

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Higher Plane YouTube video by Kool & The Gang - Topic

#music #funkmusic #soulmusic

"We've been down too long
Getting down too strong
It won't be long
Nothing never remains the same

Kool & The Gang - Higher Plane (1974)

Robert Bell (bassist and lead singer) on this funky funk/jazz fusion from the album Light Of Worlds

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"To do is to be" - Nietzsche "To be is to do" - Kant "Do be do be do" - Sinatra

#philosophy #music #quotations #humor

Not the men's.

Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (ft. Yazmin Lacey) YouTube video by EzracollectiveVEVO

#music #musicsky #soulmusic #soulsky #funkmusic #funksky

"Give me bass line
Give me dollar wine
God gave me feet for dancing
And that's exactly what I'll do"

Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing

Some afrobeat, calypso, reggae, hip-hop, soul and jazz...

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CHAISE LONGUE or: How Wet Leg Buttered The Indie World's Muffin I New British Canon YouTube video by Trash Theory

#music #musicsky #rockandroll #rockmusic #rocksky #indiemusic #musicdocumentary

That rock and roll, eh?
That rock and roll it just won’t go away.
Might hibernate from time to time,
sink back into the swamp...

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Schedule | NWSLsoccer.com Official match schedule for National Women's Soccer League

#NWSL #soccer

Less than 3 weeks to go. Yubba-dubba-do!

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Yes, I really do Mike.

If you play numbers 7, 10, and 8 back to back you get:

Yes, Mr. Peters, Give My Heart A Spanking Before You Go!

When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take) YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

#music #musicsky #jazz #jazzmusic #protestmusic #protestsong

Lizzy & the Triggermen - When That Man Is Dead And Gone

An Irving Berlin tune penned in 1941 with sentiments for all the ages when applicable.

Thanks to my daughter Mel for the recommendation.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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Pleasure - Let's Dance YouTube video by TowerClipBangkok

#music #musicsky #funkmusic #funksky #soulmusic #soulsky

"Do, do-do-do
Let's dance
Do, do-do-do
Let's dance

Pleasure - Let's Dance (1976)

Funky groove from this underrated Portland, Oregon, group that was part of the underground black music scene of the late 1970s

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Deep Purple - One More Rainy Day YouTube video by Timaeus1

#music #musicsky #rockmusic #rocksky

"Sun starts shining on through
New world a world with you
It's strange what sun can do"

Deep Purple - One More Rainy Day (1968)

Melodic tune from their debut album Shades of Deep Purple and the B-side to the Hush 45 rpm single

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#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky

Day 20- Song about someone you dislike

Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2005)

Many have met her, but few have survived!

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Listening to Levon YouTube video by Marc Cohn - Topic

#music #musicsky #folksky #folkmusic #popmusic #popsky

"Is there a smile upon your face
While you're listening to Levon?

Marc Cohn - Listening to Levon (2007)

I was fortunate to see this singer/songwriter on a bill with Bonnie Raitt in Kansas City. A grand evening

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Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1967) YouTube video by vintage video clips

#music #musicsky #popmusic #popsky

"I'm so used to doing everything with you
Planning everything for two
And now that we're through"

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1964)

A song of its time; however, that voice...

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Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal - [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Arrested Development

#music #musicsky #hiphop #hiphopsky

"Mr. Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways
But we don't hear him talk
Is it his fault when we've gone too far
And we got too far, 'cause on him we walk"

Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal (1992)

Surviving in tough times...

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#LookAndSee 332
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

10cc - The Worst Band In The World (1974)

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First Listen: New Karyn White hit gets tasty remix (February 17, 2026) While sometimes overlooked in retrospectives of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Karyn White was one of that era’s biggest R&B singers – even though she only recorded three albums d...

#music #musicksy #soulmusic #soulsky #RnBmusi #RnBsky

" In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Karyn White was one of that era’s biggest R&B singers – even though she only recorded three albums during that period."

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A person reading who has a book in their left t hand and has a cup in their left hand which is resting on the wrist of right hand

#books #booksky

There five kinds of people in the world:

1) Those who can read while music plays

2) Those who can read when conversation is nearby

3) Those who can read when both are present

4) Those who can read in silence

5) Those who watch wrestling

Procol Harum Cerdes YouTube video by slaama

#music #musicsky #rockmusic #rocksky

"Whilst mermaids lace carnations into wreaths for ailing whales
And Neptune dances hornpipes while Salome sheds her veils"

Procol Harum - Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of) (1967)

Enjoy a little surrealism and psychedelic imagery!

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Anita Baker - Sweet Love {Actual Video} YouTube video by Yoshii Ether

#music #musicsky #soulmusic #soulsky

"Your heart has called me closer to you
I will be all that you need
Just trust in what we're feeling"

Anita Baker - Sweet Love (1986)

Grammy Award winning single from her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture.

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Can I Change My Mind YouTube video by Tyrone Davis - Topic

#music #musicsky #soulmusic #soulsky

"But she didn't give me no sign
Nothing that would make me change my mind
I would like to start all over again"

Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (199)

Began music career as a valet/chauffeur for blues singer Freddie King.

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#MusicChallenge
#WrongDisneySong
Day 17 - Tarzan

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