The April 2023 Record Spin Challenge: "Want to go around again? I do."

April 26 - Getting married. Play an album that you'd want to play at your wedding if you ever get married or if you were to go back and get married all over again
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IDLES "Joy as an Act of Resistance" - as much fun as my wedding was I'm sure it could have been kicked up a notch!
 
April 26 - Getting married. Play an album that you'd want to play at your wedding if you ever get married or if you were to go back and get married all over again

The Police "Reggatta De Blanc" (1979 A&M; 2018 reissue)
I had quite the difficulty figuring out what to play for this prompt. So I'm not actually married. Been common-law for 27 years now, so I guess that's pretty damn good though. But that means I've never had to pick wedding songs. So I first thought to play Prince 1999 for "Let's Pretend We're Married", but I already played Prince this month, plus that's maybe a little too on point and not personal enough. Then I went to Nine Inch Nail's Downward Spiral, because my s.o. actually introduced me to it. And everyone knows that the lyrics to Closer are exactly what you're thinking during the whole ceremony. But probably too risqué, because, you know, there are usually kids at weddings. So I went to Sting. She took me to see Sarah MacLachlan and Sting about two months into our relationship. She was a McLaghlan fan and I like Sting. She had actually bought the tickets before we had met so that was pretty cool she decided to take me. Anyway, that was the day she told me how she felt about me. Sting played a ton of The Police repertoire that night. "Every Breath You Take" is great but a little too stalker-ish so I decided to go with "Bed's Too Big Without You".

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April 26 - Getting married. Play an album that you'd want to play at your wedding if you ever get married or if you were to go back and get married all over again.

Dead Man's Bones

It has the song My Body's a Zombie for You, and my wife has a good sense of humor so if we had a traditional wedding then I think this would have been fun to play.
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April 27 - Midlife Crisis. Play an album by a musician who never grew up
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Art Brut "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" - Eddie Argos can somehow feel like both the most and least serious person in the world! This album is so fun and loose, they're really committed and yet if someone told you that the whole thing was a joke you'd probably believe it...but it's not! They're dead serious and yet you really can't take them seriously at all!! And always remember, stay off the crack!
 
April 28 - We're getting older now. Play an album about growing old, or by a very old musician.

Leo 'Bud' Welch released his first album at age 82. He released one more before he checked out at age 85.

If you love the emotion, passion, heart and soul of making music, please watch this...





Leo 'Bud' Welch - The Angels In Heaven Done Signed My Name

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April 27 - Midlife Crisis. Play an album by a musician who never grew up.

The last two interviews I've read with Corgan actually sounded like he's finally matured a little bit as a person, but then I remember that he's charging $150 for his signature on live vinyl he's pressing and exclusively selling at his wife's tea shop, which still makes him a gigantic Billy Bitch Baby. Despite that, he's one of my favorite musicians. I even like some of the weaker stuff ok enough. And of the six times I've seen him live, I'm convinced my tinnitus is mostly a result of his shows, so a live album to celebrate the ringing in my ears.
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April 28 - We're getting older now. Play an album about growing old, or by a very old musician.

Lets go from a old Bobby to a young Jerry

Old and in the way
That's what I heard him say
They used to heed the words he said
But that was yesterday
Coal will turn to gray
And youth will fade away
They'll never care about you
Cause you're old and in the way

Old & In the Way ~ Old & In The Way

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April 24 - Gateway Drugs: LSD. Play an album that is schizophrenic, that is about taking acid, or that was made by a fan of the rainbow road

Mr. Bungle - California

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I was working at a grocery store stocking shelves in a vacant aisle late after closing one night when a coworker in another aisle threw this CD on and it was so absolutely bonkers that I thought I had eaten something I shouldn’t have
 
Wes C. Attle said:
April 24 - Gateway Drugs: LSD. Play an album that is schizophrenic, that is about taking acid, or that was made by a fan of the rainbow road

Mr. Bungle - California

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I was working at a grocery store stocking shelves in a vacant aisle late one night after closing when a coworker threw this CD on and it was so absolutely bonkers that I thought I had eaten something I shouldn’t have
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In high school me and my buddy were tripping one time while working at Subway. We were peaking and an older woman came in to get a Sub and my coworker lost it. He could not stop laughing, he was laugh so hard he doubled over onto the dirty floor still laughing. The woman was confused and started to leave but thankfully I was able to play it straight enough that I was able to make the sandwich while saying that my friend had eaten a bad sandwich…from another restaurant and thus was having a reaction. I am certain she knew we were completely fucked up but she got her sub and moved on. I asked my buddy later why he lost it and he said he was certain the woman was wearing a rubber mask and the idea of someone wearing a rubber mask to order subway just got to him. He said the more she acted as if nothing weird was happening the harder he laughed at the absurdity of it all. It was a fun night. I miss being a sandwich artist.
 
April 27 - Midlife Crisis. Play an album by a musician who never grew up

Rolling Stones "Tattoo You" (1981 Rolling Stones Records Japan)
They've pretty much always been like this, right? I think Keith was born pre-pickled just like he's always been.

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April 26 - Getting married. Play an album that you'd want to play at your wedding if you ever get married or if you were to go back and get married all over again

Madonna - Like A Prayer

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While planning our wedding, we met with a DJ who asked us what kind of stuff we wanted to be played during the reception. We just said “stuff like Prince and Madonna” and he nailed it. The guests danced until they kicked us out around 2am
 
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