January 2021 Challenge Thread - It's All One Song! And One Raffle!

[Bluecloud777]

Day 30: The Mynah Birds – Did you know that one of Neil’s early bands, the Mynah Birds, also had Rick James as a member? Play something superfreaky, bring the funk.

George Duke "Follow the rainbow"
Fantastic funky album

 

[Bluecloud777]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow” – Play something with a great guitar riff, or involving the ocean.

Pearl Jam "Ten"
Which next to great guitar playing includes the song "Oceans"




Thanks to @imtheocean for hosting this first month, I've enjoyed it a lot.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

@imtheocean brilliant January Challenge came in like a hurricane but the damage is done and he now needs a maid to help him get back to the country before the harvest moon. Thanks for keeping us from those ambulances blues and giving us a reason to dance dance dance!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

February may be the shortest month of the year but it’s long on challenge fun. So as things wind down for January, make sure you check out the fun @Poly-Rythmo has in store for us in next months Thread....

February 2021 Challenge (& Raffle)

Welcome to the February challenge thread! And congrats on making it through the first month of 2021, as unscathed as is possible. Thanks to @imtheocean for a great January. My month isn't as creative but hopefully we can have some fun and most importantly play the music we love - there are...

www.needlesandgrooves.com

 

[Turbo]

Day 31 - I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow

The Black Keys "Rubber Factory" (2004 Fat Possum; 2015 repress)

 

[Turbo]

And here's my January 2021 challenge topsters2 calendar:



Thanks for organizing the challenge @imtheocean!

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow” – Play something with a great guitar riff, or involving the ocean.

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass



Tons of great Harrisonesque riffs in this one, but “What Is Life” has always been a favorite of mine.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Great month, @imtheocean , thank you! See you all tomorrow!

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

Day 31 - I'm The Ocean

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

A great guitar riff *and* it's about the Ocean. Some days, The Ocean is my favourite Led Zep song. Written about their fans, with fantastic guitar and a brilliant ending.






Thanks so much to @imtheocean for a fabulous month, and see you all tomorrow for February's challenge...

 

[AndySlash]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow”



metallica - kill ‘em all

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow”
Play something with a great guitar riff, or involving the ocean.
The War On Drugs - Live Drugs

Finding an album that references the ocean? Easy. Finding an album with a great guitar riff? Piece of Cake! Finding an album that features both? Now that is where the challenge lies. I think Live Drugs hits the bullseye on both.



Thanks again for putting the January Challenge together @imtheocean , it has been quite an enjoyable journey.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow” – Play something with a great guitar riff, or involving the ocean

What a month! Really enjoyed hosting this - some highlights:

• Getting a deep dive into @Yer Ol' Uncle D 's fantastic Neil collection.
• Pet posts don't get old. Especially when we get to see them in costume.
• Using this month as an excuse to pad my Neil collection (picked up Freedom and Roxy: Tonights the Night Live)
• @Bluecloud777 Introducing me to Kelly Lee Owens ~ Inner Song on unknown legend day. The album has become a regular here.
• Revolution Blues day and learning about some of the crimes referenced in songs, that was eye opening.
• The overall breadth and depth of your choices. Love the monthly challenge threads for what they bring out.

Big thanks to @TenderLovingKiller® too, for keeping these challenges rolling monthly! @Poly-Rythmo Looking forward to February!

I'll wait a few days to make the raffle choice, so if you haven't caught up I'll probably pull a name on Wednesday.

Now, on to today's choice. If I had Mirrorball on vinyl, i'd be spinning it today. I'm The Ocean is one of those great Neil songs in that it has a great guitar riff, stream of consciousness lyrics, and even though it's 7 minutes + long, it's over in an instant and I have to play it again. But since I don't, I'll go with another Neil classic that has a fantastic riff played not once, but twice.

With that, the January challenge thread is, for me, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse ~ Rust Never Sleeps

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow”

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

Not many bands these days coming up with riffs like Brent and Bill. Thinking specifically of a couple passages in "The Czar" and "The Last Baron."



Thanks for running this very original month, @imtheocean! It has definitely inspired me to pick up some of my favourite Neil on vinyl.

 

[Kris]

Day 30 - Funky
Rusty Bryant - Fire-eater

 

[Kris]

Day 31 - Ocean
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Fun month! Thanks @imtheocean!

 

[AndySlash]

And here's my January 2021 challenge topsters2 calendar:

i like this idea

 

[LeSamourai]

Day 31: “I’m The Ocean, I’m the giant undertow” – Play something with a great guitar riff, or involving the ocean.

Foals - What Went Down

Foals are a riff-happy band that also seems to have ocean images on a lot of their album covers. This one also ends with the song "A Knife in the Ocean."

 

[gafacaode]

And here's my January 2021 challenge topsters2 calendar:

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Thanks for organizing the challenge @imtheocean!

This is a really neat idea, here's mine:

 

[D Jilla]

Day 31 - I’m the ocean

Song Mystic Ocean and riffs galore.

Thanks for a great month @imtheocean !

 

[ModernCyrus]

Day 30: The Mynah Birds

Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer