An all time fave! 😻
💻 Support engineer at GitHub 🐈 Sphynx enthusiast 😷 Covid conscious 🎶 Dream pop to doom metal 📚 Sci-fi & post modernism Matt. UK based - He/Him
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An all time fave! 😻
If something's worth doing it's worth overdoing! ✌️
Loooooove Dead Can Dance
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 23 - Morphine - "Honey White" Awww yeah, love that sax! 🎷
Music by Numbers Day 115 "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" - Bob Dylan Genre: Folk Rock I was gonna go with an Asobi Seksu cover, but nah, I'll stick with the original. This far down the number line the chances to post artists with name recognition are few & far between! #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
That song is a whole mood, yeah!
An all timer!
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 22 - Bohren & Der Club of Gore - "Midnight Radio 3" There are sadly few artists making doom jazz, but I love them all. 😻 Not sure I would have dug this in '95. I dunno, maybe if it had been sold to me as ambient or cinematic? Sure do like it now though!
Some of those numbers are real tough, though there's a big song for 115! 😉 I'm gonna break a few more of my self imposed rules in the next week or so before I finally give up. Thanks for coming so far! 🫡
Music by Numbers Day 114 "114° (part 1)" - Cassowary Genre: Contemporary Jazz Smooth sax and some funky drumming! 😎 #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
Yeah, they do sound a bit Troublegum-era Therapy!
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 21 - Pavement - "Father to a Sister of Thought" I was aware Pavement existed in '95 - the indie kids at school were super into 'em. I was too preoccupied with establishing myself as a metalhead, though, so it'd be a few more years before I checked 'em out...
I've been avoiding using classical music opus numbers so far, but this is a parody of one, so still fair game under my elaborate self imposed restrictions, heh.
Music by Numbers Day 113 "Sonic Scale For Percussion No.113" - Major Force West Productions Genre: Trip-Hop This is great! Sounds like an exploitation B movie soundtrack! This was the ONLY option for 113 in my library. #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
@jetboyjetgirl.bsky.social also mentioned that! I am definitely checking out the whole Naz Nomad album in the near future, it sounds like a blast!
Love an Alan Watts sample! For a different music challenge I coined the aphorism "In a long enough DJ mix, everybody's chances of hearing an Alan Watts sample rises to 1" 😎
Such an awesome song!
Thanks for hosting #20SongsByYear @buddygott.bsky.social - I've had a lot of fun! 🎉 Being a creature of habit, I'm gonna keep posting one per day for the rest of the month. 🤓 I'm gonna switch from tracks I actually listened to in '95, to other stuff from that year I only discovered later!
Glorious!
Awesome track
I salute you for doing 1929! Great stuff! 🫡
Beautiful song!
Probably my fave from that album!
DUH DUH DUUUUUH, DUH DUH DE-DUHHHH! DUH DUH DUUUUUH, DUH DE-DUHHHHHHHHH!
Oh, I'm definitely gonna keep posting one per day for the rest of the month! I'm gonna switch from tracks I actually listened to in '95, to other stuff from that year I only discovered later...
I think I picked up this EP at a record store... on a recommendation from staff, maybe? Or it was just super cheap and suited my very meagre budget at the time? These guys shoulda been as big as The Wildhearts! I guess a goofy band name and a tendency for overly erudite lyrics prevented that. 😞
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 20 - Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - "Antiseptic" Started my 20 picks with Headswim, who felt like "my" band - these guys might actually BE my band - only a couple 100 listeners on lastfm, it seems they barely made a ripple - but this is gorgeous melodic alt-rock!
They're a good example of the shoegazy end of dream pop! 😻
I wish I could like this twice - once for the music, and once for the longest year fact! 🤓
Good evening, Kitty and Honest! For my token two, I'm gonna go with some dream pop! Tamaryn - "While You're Sleeping, I'm Dreaming" I don't think these folks ever contributed a track to a David Lynch soundtrack, but they would fit right in if they had!
Hah hah, excellent!
Yeah, a fantastic album!
Oh yes- very nice!
Lovely song!
Up the irons! 🤘
That was my experience, yeah! 😆
Oh, and you can pay for "all you can drink" deals, so you rent the room for, say, 2 hours, and there's a phone on the wall you can pick up whenever you want and say "Bring us a pitcher of G&Ts and 5 beers" and they just appear! It's AWESOME. 😆
It's generally done in a private room, so you're only with people in your group. There's usually no stage - everyone sits around a table and there are screens all over the place. There are 2 or more mics. It's more of a fun collaborative experience than about specific people giving a performance.
Oh, and The Wonder Stuff and their Vic Reeves collab!
Definitely Midlands based, and yeah, GBOA were a part. Also, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Jesus Jones!
Nice! Love a PMJB cover!
Today's my fourth! 🎉
Oh, instantly transported back in time!
Oh yeah, that's definitely how I interpreted it too - I don't blame Michael for wanting to double check, though. Good to know the rules are elastic - that does make sense, as this seems like a very friendly community!
Ooh, nice pick!
I did work in the L&D department of a big law firm for while, though, so I know what you mean - glad you are in a mellower place now!
Oh, "rules lawyers" are just regular people that try to act like lawyers when they start playing Dungeons & Dragons or the like, and insist on looking stuff up in the rulebooks rather than going with what's most fun for the story.
Why thank you! Happy to be here! ❤️
The rules page uses the word "Topic", though. 🧐 Decades of table top roleplaying DMing for rules lawyers-type players makes me wary of subtle differences in the word being used. 🤓
It really helps me drift off, not just because it's soothing in and of itself, but because I know that if I _do_ get an attack of insomnia I have something to listen to that will reward me paying attention to it. Knowing that means I'm much less likely to get insomnia in the first place! 😴
With a title like that it sounds like it'll be a fun movie!
Never apologize for seeking clarification when the rules are unclear! I did wonder that myself, and decided to err on the side of treating it as a keyword, but it is kinda phrased as a topic, so could go either way!
Wow!
YES!
I love this kind of warm drone ambient. Listen to LOADS of it to get to sleep. Only found this artist a few weeks back!
Gorgeous stuff!
I absolutely adore this tune!
Of course! Great pick...
Ooh, I learned of the existence of that Naz Nomad project from one of the recent Mystery Jukeboxes - I really need to check out the whole album!
Yeah, their self titled album is a lot of fun, and sixties psych in general is a good time!
I love doing this song at (Japanese-style) karaoke because it's easy to get everyone else to join in singing the harmonies!
You can't go wrong with some Kate Bush! 😻
Instant earworm!
That's some lovely lively indie pop! I was wondering if I could hear a kiwi accent, and then saw in the video description it was put out by Flying Nun, so yeah, kiwi! 🇳🇿 Also, the video made me think of the Mighty Boosh, heh
Good morning Honest and Kitty! 👋 Great theme! I'm gonna rush to use my token one on: The Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" ....before someone else snags it! ✌️
I got a few more days in me, at least! 🤞
Music by Numbers Day 112 "Stealing the 112" - Patrick Doyle Genre: Movie Score Ok, things are starting to get tricky - I only had one other option, according to my self-imposed rules - may well be hitting the wall soon! #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
Such a good album! Picking a fave won't be easy....
I think part of this might be brands nagging boomers for reviews, right? I definitely see a bunch of reviews with a "here are some words, leave me alone" vibe...
YES!
🤘
I saw the video for this for the first time this year - it's so fun!
I salute your preplanning and organizational skills for posting a ranked list! 🫡
Fantastic album! So many good songs...
Love some Phosphorescent!
Picking the instrumental is a controversial choice! 😉 (This was the first album I ever bought on CD! Albeit, in '93 or thereabouts.)
Instant earworm!
Great tune!
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 19 - Filter - "Hey Man, Nice Shot" Remember how hard it was to discover non-pop music pre-internet? I loved Ministry & wanted more industrial, which lead me to Filter. Didn't really scratch the Ministry itch, but this track at least kicks a lotta ass!
Gorgeous song!
What genre are they going with for this one? ( I love that they wander all over the genre map!)
Actual image of Robert Dimery adding TWO Christina Aguilera albums to the list
This week's albums! Really been enjoying that Black Country, New Road album - super proggy post-punk, very satisfying! Huh. I have no memory of giving the new Hives a spin!
Music by Numbers Day 111 "111" - Deepside Genre: Minimal Techno I had three options to choose from for 111, all some kind of electronica, which makes 3 electronica days in a row - something different tomorrow, hopefully! #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
I have Norco downloaded, which I'm very much looking forwards to - it sounds like a whole vibe! I'm not gaming all that much , but currently working my way through Dredge, which I'm enjoying - it's not really like anything I've played before...
Yeah, it's not bad! I think I saw it around the same time I saw Archive (2020) and Archive kinda stole its thunder in my mind...
That looks EXTREMELY my jam, but not available on Xbox, sadly. 😞 Maybe I should look into running windows in a VM on my macbook... 🤔
Love a bit of Amplifier!
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 18 - Rage - "Alive But Dead" I was ALL ABOUT metal bands doing HP Lovecraft-inspired songs, & Rage did a bunch of them, including quite a few on 95's "Black In Mind" This one, which got a video, appears to be about depression rather than eldritch horrors 🤷
Might be more for you if another edition comes out in the mean time! I must have criticised Robert Dimery and his selection process in like, 10% of my reviews! 😆
The first edition came out in 2005 but they release a new one every couple of years, dropping some stuff off the list and adding some newer stuff! The website just keeps everything that has been in any edition, so there were 1089 albums when I finished, with the most recent entries from 2021.
Music by Numbers Day 110 "OneHundredAndTenBeatsEveryMinute" - Si Begg Genre: Downtempo Glitch A very pleasant chillout track taken from the enormous "Touched Two" compilation that raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support... #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
A classic!
Possibly my fave of theirs!
Great song - really added something to the movie!
#20SongsByYear 1995 #MusicChallenge Day 17 - Skyscraper - "Never Again" These guys got a lot of buzz in the UK rock and metal press in 95 and then promptly imploded. I still have quite a bit of affection for their album "Superstate"...
On 9th Oct @markchilds.bsky.social will be turning the first chunk of my #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge into a radio show! 😻 I've just been reviewing those picks - it'll be a little eclectic, but I think it might work pretty well! 🤞
Snap! 😄
Music by Numbers Day 109 "Tropic 109" - Busy Twist Genre: Afro Bass Wasn't sure how to categorize this, but reading up on it, this chap went to Ghana and jammed with a local drumming group, and this is the result, so "Afro Bass" it is! #MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge
The album was, but this was released as a single in January '95!