Cheaper to buy $7m in tickets than to do the marketing to sell $7m in tickets. Cut out the middleman (audience).
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Cheaper to buy $7m in tickets than to do the marketing to sell $7m in tickets. Cut out the middleman (audience).
Thanks to Ismua for the challenge!
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Day 31: A song that feels like a long journey.
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Day 30: A song with a memorable bridge.
A "boss" bridge.
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Day 29: A song that sounds best loud.
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Day 28: A song driven by rhythm.
The original Bo Diddley beat.
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"The Joker" came out when I was in early primary school. My friends and I didn't understand that "I'm a picker and a grinner" was about playing guitar. We formed a completely different mental picture of Steve Miller "picking and grinning" -- and thought it was hilarious that he would make such an embarrassing confession in a song on the radio non-stop. I still have flashbacks every time I hear this classic.
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Day 27: A song you understood only later in life.
1/2
Nice version. The 1960 Warren Smith original is great, too.
I almost went for "How Much I Lied" for this topic.
![Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" [Live from Austin, TX]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zw5raps4c52n5zlwanwlte2w/bafkreidi2q7oeo77jrkus2lfnq762scpxns2ka3wnnttxp5ug5d6zgvgwi)
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Day 26: A song that led you to an artist’s entire catalog.
Didn't the streak go up to eleven? From 5-4 in the first to 4-0 in the third.
I'd love to see the minutes of the national meeting where Australians chose their accent.
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Day 25: A song that changed your opinon of an artist.
"Toto, I don't think its a party-party weekend anymore." Even Che seems to have raised an eyebrow.
I assigned it in an advanced undergraduate course in African politics (along with Achebe's Man of the People) -- challenging but worthwhile.
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote, by Ahmadou Kourouma.
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Day 24: A song that feels like a warning.
Know your rights, all three of them.
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Day 23: A song that feels hypnotic
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Day 22: A song that builds slowly
Still timely 45 years later, with the best slow-stick-solo intro ever.
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Day 21: A song with a powerful live version
![Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner [ National Anthem ] ( Live at Woodstock 1969 )](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zw5raps4c52n5zlwanwlte2w/bafkreifyxqjk55tvom34m5uazij6yaqtlrlpnbicjupnlnys5im35id4la)
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Day 21: A song with a powerful live version
One song, two versions.
"Repeat all" before digital.
Extra points for the 8-track!
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Day 20 - Song that introduced you to a new genre
West African highlife (the song is still a Mother's Day staple on Nigerian radio, I'm told)
And as Peter Tosh once sang:
Sorry fi Maga Dog
Him turn around bite you
And if you jump outta fryin pan
I know you jump inna fire yeah.
Looking forward to Zheng-Moutet next: Mr. Unflappable vs. Mr. Flappable. Go Lions!
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Day 19: A song that feels happy but has sad lyrics
"🎶Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beau-ti-ful.🎶"
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Day 18: a song for when you feel lonely
Great little exchange captured in the audience call-and-response:
I'm not (Angry MF) I'm not (You are angry) I'm not.
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Day 17: A song that captures pure anger
youtu.be/KvgCIDbj6gQ?...