Turbo
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And thanks @Wicked Dreamer !
I Don't Know Them: The June 2024 Vinyl Challenge Thread
- Thread starter Wicked Dreamer
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imtheocean
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You too!
Day 16: Always Be My Baby
a song that's often been acclaimed as one of her best but doesn't really do anything for me. on the flip side, play a record you love that not many other people seem to like (from your pov)
Underrated in my opinion.
Eurythmics - Savage
a song that's often been acclaimed as one of her best but doesn't really do anything for me. on the flip side, play a record you love that not many other people seem to like (from your pov)
Underrated in my opinion.
Eurythmics - Savage
Day 17: Forever
this song made #9 on Billboard’s airplay chart, but didn’t chart on the Hot 100 thanks to Billboard’s idiotic rules on radio-only hits then. play a record or artist you first heard through the radio
First time I heard Bob Dylan was on Radio USP and it was "Like a Rolling Stone".
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
this song made #9 on Billboard’s airplay chart, but didn’t chart on the Hot 100 thanks to Billboard’s idiotic rules on radio-only hits then. play a record or artist you first heard through the radio
First time I heard Bob Dylan was on Radio USP and it was "Like a Rolling Stone".
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
LeSamourai
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Day 22: Thank God I Found You
the original version of this song is unremarkable, but I like how they turn the remix into almost a cover of Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever". play a record that samples/borrows/steals from another piece of work (the more obvious, the better!)
Iron & Wine - Archive Series, Vol. 6
Got this new tour-only covers collection at his show last night. I know there was a covers prompt earlier, but now I'm interpreting covering a song as borrowing!
the original version of this song is unremarkable, but I like how they turn the remix into almost a cover of Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever". play a record that samples/borrows/steals from another piece of work (the more obvious, the better!)
Iron & Wine - Archive Series, Vol. 6
Got this new tour-only covers collection at his show last night. I know there was a covers prompt earlier, but now I'm interpreting covering a song as borrowing!
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 28: Touch My Body
20 years into her career and still putting out #1 hits, not something many other artists achieve. play a great late-career record.
Vocals recorded in his living room due to his physical state. Released 17 days before his death...
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
20 years into her career and still putting out #1 hits, not something many other artists achieve. play a great late-career record.
Vocals recorded in his living room due to his physical state. Released 17 days before his death...
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 29: Obsessed
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Lucinda's beautiful tribute to Blaze Foley...
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Lucinda's beautiful tribute to Blaze Foley...
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Wicked Dreamer
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quickly catching up my own challenge since I was busy the last few days!
Day 26: Shake It Off
Bronski Beat - “Smalltown Boy”
I’ve been hearing “Smalltown Boy” in some commercial recently, I don’t remember what for, which really blows my mind tbh.
Day 27: Don’t Forget About Us
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - “Relax”
Day 28: Touch My Body
George Michael - “White Light”
A one-off single released in 2012 & his last original new song released before his passing.
Day 26: Shake It Off
Bronski Beat - “Smalltown Boy”
I’ve been hearing “Smalltown Boy” in some commercial recently, I don’t remember what for, which really blows my mind tbh.
Day 27: Don’t Forget About Us
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - “Relax”
Day 28: Touch My Body
George Michael - “White Light”
A one-off single released in 2012 & his last original new song released before his passing.
Day 18: Honey
the first song/video to present a sexier image of Mariah as she would soon be free from the constraints she faced under her label boss/ex-husband Tommy Mottola. play a record that accompanied an image change.
Low hanging fruit...
David Bowie - Station to Station
the first song/video to present a sexier image of Mariah as she would soon be free from the constraints she faced under her label boss/ex-husband Tommy Mottola. play a record that accompanied an image change.
Low hanging fruit...
David Bowie - Station to Station
Day 19: My All
a song inspired by her affair with Derek Jeter, specifically a rendezvous they had in Puerto Rico. play something romantic.
Guess this as romantic as she ever got and probably my favorite album of hers.
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
a song inspired by her affair with Derek Jeter, specifically a rendezvous they had in Puerto Rico. play something romantic.
Guess this as romantic as she ever got and probably my favorite album of hers.
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Day 20: I Still Believe
from her first… “greatest hits” album, this song was originally a top 20 hit in 1988 for Brenda K. Starr who Mariah sang backing vocals for around that time and was added onto that comp as a homage. play a greatest hits record (or some great hits if you’re anti-greatest hits)
The Psychedelic Furs - Greatest Hits
from her first… “greatest hits” album, this song was originally a top 20 hit in 1988 for Brenda K. Starr who Mariah sang backing vocals for around that time and was added onto that comp as a homage. play a greatest hits record (or some great hits if you’re anti-greatest hits)
The Psychedelic Furs - Greatest Hits
Day 21: Heartbreaker
the most expensive music video Mariah's ever made (and imagine how much more expensive it would've been had Jay-Z been allowed to appear). play a record that either broke the bank for you or could break someone else's bank if you decided to sell it (something expensive, basically)
At least for now, I think there was RSD version of it that might bring prices down.
Young Thug - Jeffery
the most expensive music video Mariah's ever made (and imagine how much more expensive it would've been had Jay-Z been allowed to appear). play a record that either broke the bank for you or could break someone else's bank if you decided to sell it (something expensive, basically)
At least for now, I think there was RSD version of it that might bring prices down.
Young Thug - Jeffery
Day 22: Thank God I Found You
the original version of this song is unremarkable, but I like how they turn the remix into almost a cover of Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever". play a record that samples/borrows/steals from another piece of work (the more obvious, the better!)
Change of scenery. Prepping lunch
Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor - Part II (Mezzanine Remix Tapes '98)
the original version of this song is unremarkable, but I like how they turn the remix into almost a cover of Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever". play a record that samples/borrows/steals from another piece of work (the more obvious, the better!)
Change of scenery. Prepping lunch
Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor - Part II (Mezzanine Remix Tapes '98)
Day 23: Loverboy
from the soundtrack of her cinematic masterpiece "Glitter"! ...I can't believe I was able to type that with a straight face.
play a soundtrack album (or a record featuring a song from a movie)
First spin
Various Artists - Asteroid City
from the soundtrack of her cinematic masterpiece "Glitter"! ...I can't believe I was able to type that with a straight face.
play a soundtrack album (or a record featuring a song from a movie)First spin
Various Artists - Asteroid City
Day 24: I Know What You Want
this Busta Rhymes/Flipmode Squad collab marked Mariah's first appearance in the Hot 100 top 10, top 40 and top 80 for the first time in almost two years and her first top 5 pop radio hit since *looks up on wiki...* 1996?! ...anyway, play a record released after a long hiatus
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
this Busta Rhymes/Flipmode Squad collab marked Mariah's first appearance in the Hot 100 top 10, top 40 and top 80 for the first time in almost two years and her first top 5 pop radio hit since *looks up on wiki...* 1996?! ...anyway, play a record released after a long hiatus
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 29: Obsessed
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Before Kendrick vs. Drake the culture had Jay-Z vs. Nas. The real winners were Hip-Hop fans.
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Before Kendrick vs. Drake the culture had Jay-Z vs. Nas. The real winners were Hip-Hop fans.
Day 28: Touch My Body
20 years into her career and still putting out #1 hits, not something many other artists achieve. play a great late-career record.
Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke
Dolly actually has a lot of great late-career albums.
20 years into her career and still putting out #1 hits, not something many other artists achieve. play a great late-career record.
Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke
Dolly actually has a lot of great late-career albums.
Day 25: We Belong Together
her big comeback hit & the biggest (non-holiday) hit of her career on the Hot 100! play a record considered a comeback or return to form for the artist
Kinda cheating, but hey I'm still quite behind.
This one needs a nice 2 LP reissue, over an hour of music on a single disc is not good.
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
Edit: I see there's a 2 LP reissue from 2019, added to my discogs wishlist
her big comeback hit & the biggest (non-holiday) hit of her career on the Hot 100! play a record considered a comeback or return to form for the artist
Kinda cheating, but hey I'm still quite behind.
This one needs a nice 2 LP reissue, over an hour of music on a single disc is not good.
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
Edit: I see there's a 2 LP reissue from 2019, added to my discogs wishlist
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Day 29: Obsessed
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Blondie - Parallel Lines
The song “One Way or Another” was about a real life stalker that Debbie had.
a diss track against Eminem who repeatedly claimed that he & Mariah had a brief relationship sometime in the early 00s. play a diss record or just a record about another person.
Blondie - Parallel Lines
The song “One Way or Another” was about a real life stalker that Debbie had.