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This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #GemsAndJewels -- it's Bowie time.
https://youtu.be/OTIsnYPG4lU

#TuneTuesday (Sep 15)
“Do You Believe in Us” by Cuban-American singer Jon Secada is such a good piece of Latin pop music from the early 1990s. It also has a Spanish version titled “Cree en nuestro amor”.
https://youtu.be/h5vTvXp2ZzA

#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
Killer's Lullaby, by Faithless
https://soundcloud.com/faithless/kille

#TuneTuesday (Jul 14)
Released last year, the song “Guess She’s Cool” by British band Only The Poets is one of those underrated upbeat yet lyrically melancholic pop songs that deserves more views.
https://youtu.be/wthwIpJ_wE8

#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
The Police: Darkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYpF3DhT8y4…

#TuneTuesday this week is #StrangeFirstLines, and let's go with the first lines of the first track of my favorite record.
Meat Puppets - 'Violet Eyes':
"Mother master, some things must be
Plastic master, this is for free
You give off a dark
Seems larger than life…

The Replacements, "Beer for Breakfast" (1987?)
#TuneTuesday #BreakfastSongs

#TuneTuesday (Aug 11)
I like a lot of Imagine Dragons’ songs and if I were to recommend one of them, “Wrecked” from 2021 would be the one. This song is very emotional yet demonstrates the band’s versatile musical chops, with the song transitioning from acoustic verses to the rock chorus and the choral-like falsetto vocals of the pre-chorus and outro.

#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
Killer's Lullaby, by Faithless
https://soundcloud.com/faithless/killers-lullaby

#tunetuesday
#templeandchurch
its too obvious...
https://sealedrecords2.bandcamp.com/al

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is fun - #MrMenLittleMissSongs, tracks that could make for a Roger Hargreaves book. So how about some Aussie punk?!
Hard-ons, "Little Miss Evil" (1990)

#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
The Police: Darkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYpF3DhT8y4

#TuneTuesday (Sep 8)
“And nobody will love me
’Til I learn to lovе me, hey
The sun is shining somewhere
I just gotta get there, hey”
“The Sun is Shining Somewhere” by Irish singer-songwriter #Moncrieff is such a feel-good song with a really anthemic-sounding chorus. Definite…

I have one for the #TuneTuesday theme of #MisheardLyrics. At around 1:30 in Skeletonwitch's 'Longing for Domination', it sounds like he says 'let me be your parking savior'. No idea what Chance is really saying there. But it cracks me up every time 😂

#TuneTuesday (Jul 7)
The Netherlands’ 🇳🇱 entry for #Eurovision 2023 was “Burning Daylight” by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper. Maybe it’s because it’s not the usual kitschy Eurovision song why I like it a lot (and why it wasn’t in the final), but it actually reminds me of “Arcade” by Duncan Laurenc…

One last #TuneTuesday #TravelSongs suggestion. Not only am I an academic, but tomorrow's Canada Day. So here's one of the country's best songwriters on traveling around, trying to convince people that your research matters.
I believe in you and your PowerPoints.
I know why you can’t sta…

Skankin' Pickle, "I Missed the Bus" (1992)
#TuneTuesday #TravelSongs

#TuneTuesday (Aug 4)
“Never imagined, like an assassin / Yeah, one look took me down”
I became really aware of Canadian electronic music duo Sultan Shepard a few years ago and I instantly loved their 2021 song “Assassin” when I heard it. While it is technically EDM, the song’s vibe is a lot more chill and uplifting especially with the quiet breakdown in the middle.

#TuneTuesday this week is #WaitingSongs, and since I already did that Rentals one, here's a Weezer one. Always loved this song. My band in the mid 90s used to cover it.
https://…

#TuneTuesday (Sep 1)
I first heard of the Australian band #Sheppard in 2014 because of their song “Geronimo”, which remains their biggest hit to date. I learned that they released a new song, “Beautiful Something”, last week. Well, it’s a fantastic song and definitely a good listen if you want so…

#Tunetuesday #WaitingSongs
Let's go back in time a little: Meatloaf, Heaven can wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3…

#TuneTuesday (Jun 30)
For the final #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 song, here is “Deep End”, written by Devin Lewis and Nick Sanza and sung by Sanza for the romcom film Things Like This.

The #TuneTuesday theme this week is #TogsAndClogs, and the first one that came to mind for me is maybe my favorite Eagles song- "Those Shoes".
https://youtu.…

They tried to give me advice
Down at the record shop
Frank Black, "Freedom Rock" (1994)
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For this week's #TuneTuesday theme of #MusicAboutMusic, the Rentals and "Waiting".
https://youtu.be/9EJqs6mizws

#TuneTuesday (Jul 28)
“The rain, it ain’t permanent / And soon we’ll be dancin’ in the sun”
“Better Days” was written by Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy during the pandemic, and it’s a fantastic listen if you want something optimistic and inspiring, especially with ethereal backing choir singing in Irish.

#TuneTuesday #MusicAboutMusic
The ultimate pop song about pop: Pop Muzik, by M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4…

A helpful YouTube comment with lyrics and meaning of the thumri. That comment here as image in case YT fails to show you the comment (which it does to me now and then):
#tuneTuesday #lyrics #meaning #Hindi

#TuneTuesday (Aug 25)
The 1992 OPM folk song “Kanlungan” (“Refuge”) by Filipino singer Noel Cabangon, as part of the band Buklod, is one of my comfort songs and brings up a bit of nostalgia whenever I hear it.
https://youtu.be/wsKQ5fpxbYs

#TuneTuesday (Jun 23)
Continuing the #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 theme of featuring queer artists, here is R.E.M.’s 2004 song “Leaving New York”.
While far from being as popular as some of their earlier hits, like “Everybody Hurts” and “Losing My Religion” (based on Spotify streams and YouTube views…

#TuneTuesday #CondimentSongs
Marillion, Sugar Mice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7q_IpAzLWI

#TuneTuesday (Aug 18)
“Didn’t I” is a very underrated 1999 song by British singer Valerie Etienne. This pop-R&B song is an upbeat romantic ballad with lovely harmonies in the chorus.
https://youtu.be/iiTbeeJb-yI…

#TuneTuesday (Jun 16)
Continuing the #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 theme of featuring queer artists, here is Savage Garden’s “Crash and Burn”, easily my most favorite song of this Australian duo from their popular 1999 Affirmation album. The music video with its sign language outro is also fantastic.
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New to me: Nina Burmi thumri vocal. That voice and range, and the accompaniments. 🤯 🎶
Also, the stage, outfit, and posture will all transport you back to the courts of Mughal, Ottaman, and Persian emperors. 😍
#tuneTuesday #Hindustani #classical #music #vocal #sarangi #tabla

#TuneTuesday’s theme, by @… #MrMenLittleMissSongs
King's X: Mr. Wilson
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JipKEI_7Dp0

For #TuneTuesday 's #TravelSongs I present A Passage to Bangkok. Groovy...
https://open.spotify.com/track/1p9hRNRKVFPuYv0ADlkl1l

#Tunetuesday #WaitingSongs
Let's go back in time a little: Meatloaf, Heaven can wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3EhTlAa0k

#TuneTuesday #MusicAboutMusic
The ultimate pop song about pop: Pop Muzik, by M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4