Subject: On the spirit of today’s Labor Day... work, the grind, and all that jazz...
1. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 2. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 3. Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money 4. Bruce Springsteen - Working on the Highway 5. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 6. Cher - Working in the Coal Mine 7. Mick Jagger - Work 8. The Downeaster 9. Rihanna - Work
I suppose I should probably acknowledge this list since you all seem to have "collided" over it...
Topic: In honor of today's Labor Day holiday, let's talk about work, the grind, and everything in between...
1. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 2. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 3. Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money 4. Bruce Springsteen - Working on the Highway
New thread: celebrating the weekend. No drama here, just a fantastic time as we soak up every bit of the weekend bliss.
1. Daft Punk - Friday 2. Uptown Funk 3. Friday 2. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 4. 4. Maroon 5 - Sugar 5. 5. Nirvana - Come as You Are 6. 6. Lionel Richie - Hello 7. 7. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning 8. 8. The Gap Band - Outstanding 9. 9. Billy Joel - Weekend Song 10. P!nk - Here Comes The Weekend
Theme: in the spirit of tomorrow's Labor Day, work, the daily grind...
1. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 2. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
New thread: let’s celebrate the weekend. No drama allowed here, just good vibes and making the most of our time off. 1. Daft Punk - Get Lucky 2. Daft Punk - Get Lucky
01. Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home 02. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 03. TS Garavi/Garavi sokak - Skeledžija 04. Delta Blues 05. Miranda Lambert - Way Too Pretty for Prison 06. The Soggy Bottom Boys - Jailhouse Rock 07. Tony Orlando - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
Topic - The artist's name consists of two words. The first word is THE, and the second starts with a P.
01. The Stooges - Sick of It 02. The Pretenders - I'll Stand by you 03. 03. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York 04. 04. The Police - Every Breath you take 05. 05. The Platters - Sixteen Tons 06.
Topic: The artist's name consists of two words. The first word is THE, and the second begins with the letter P.
01 The Monkees - Sick Of It 02 Sick of IT 02 The Pretenders - I'll Stand by you 03 Sick of IT 02 The Pretenders - I'll Stand by you 03 The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Topic: Song titles containing at least two verbs in any tense or form
01 Windjammer - Tossing and Turning 02 Will.i.am & Britney Spears - Scream and Shout 03 Amanda Lear - Rocking' Rollin' (I Hear You Nagging) 04 The Godfathers - Walking Talking Johnny Cash Blues 05 Paul McCartney and Wings - Live and Let Die 06 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 07 The Alarm - Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? 08 An American rock band - I love you when you talk 09 The Beatles - Twist & Shout 10 Twist & Shout 10 Bijelo Dugme - I dreamed tonight that I didn't have you
Topic: Classic folk songs and ballads reimagined by legendary artists
1. The Animals - The house of The Rising Sun 2. Loreena McKennitt / Cedric Smith – Carrighfergus 3. Johnny Cash - Out in the country at The Witch 4. The Witch - Love isn't for sale 5. Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Topic: Bands where the bass player takes center stage on vocals.
1. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 2. Peter Hook and the Light - Pictures In My Mind 3. Tom Robinson Band / 2-4-6-8 Motorway 4. Level 42 - Heaven in my hands 5. The Police - Every Breath You Take
New thread idea—songs inspired by actual events or real people from our own world
01. Bob Dylan - Hurricane 02. Gazde - Mary 03. 03. Alt-J (∆) - Taro 04. Azra - Nightfall 5 A. The HU - The Great Chinggis Khaan 5 B. Sabaton - Attack of The dead man 06. 5a. The HU - The Great Chinggis Khaan 5b. Sabaton - Attack of the Dead Man 06. Zabranjeno pušenje - Bob and Amy 07. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 08. Elton John - Candle in the Wind ... 09. ABBA - Waterloo😁
01. Beth Hart - HGTV 02. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All 03. Prince - The most beautiful girl in the world 04. REM - Finest worksong 05. China Crisis - The highest high 06. Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me 07. Rod Stewart - The First Cut Is the Deepest
Topic - Song titles must have at least five words. The first word has to be NEVER.
01 The Smiths - 02 Rick Astley - 03 Various Artists 04 Various Artists 05 Various Artists 06 Various Artists 07 Various Artists 08 Various Artists 09 Depeche Mode -
Topic: time, but not in the sense of ticking clocks—more like a state of nature or a certain headspace
01. Aretha Franklin - Stormy Weather 02. The Allman Brothers Band - Stormy Monday 03. Bruce Springsteen - Waitin' On a Sunny Day 04. Crowded House - Weather with You 05. Prince - Purple Rain 06. Time Is on My Side by The Rolling Stones 07. Crying Time by Ray Charles 08. AC/DC - Thunderstruck 09.The Platters - Twilight Time
It’s funny how we perceive the passage of time, isn't it? Days, months, years... it all seems to bleed together into this singular, relentless flow. I often find myself wondering if we actually experience time linearly, or if we're just drifting through these arbitrary increments that humans invented to make sense of the chaos. Maybe there's some logic to it, though I suspect it's mostly an illusion we cling to. It feels like just yesterday certain milestones were looming on the horizon, yet here we are, watching the calendar pages flip with a sort of weary inevitability. I guess it's just the way things go; the days stretch out when you're waiting for something to happen, only to vanish in a heartbeat once you realize life is actually moving. Perhaps we should pay more attention to the rhythm of it all, though I'm rarely successful at doing so myself.
I suppose if one were to truly dissect the cultural phenomenon that was the Bee Gees, one would inevitably find themselves circling back to the sheer, unadulterated energy of Saturday Night Fever. It’s hard to imagine a single record having such a profound, almost overwhelming impact on the American social fabric, though I guess we all lived through it. There is just something about that specific era—that particular pulse of disco—that feels both incredibly vibrant and, looking back, somewhat hauntingly fleeting. The Essence - Years of doubt 03. I suppose I’ve been sitting here ruminating on Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days, and honestly, it’s a bit much to process all at once. It’s one of those tracks that just hits you right in the gut, isn't it? There's this heavy, lingering sense of nostalgia that feels almost too real, like a weight you can't quite shake off. I guess if you think about it, it's less about the music itself and more about that universal, somewhat painful ache for the things we used to be before life decided to get complicated. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something deeply cynical yet strangely beautiful about how he captures that feeling of looking back at your peak while standing in the middle of a much quieter, much more mundane reality. It’s a tough pill to swallow, really. 04. I suppose there is something to be said for the way certain melodies just seem to hang in the air, refusing to dissipate even decades later. I was listening to Simply Red - Holding Back the Years recently, and I found myself drifting back through those old, hazy layers of memory. It’s one of those tracks that carries a certain weight, isn't it? There is a profound, almost heavy sense of longing woven into the arrangement that makes you wonder if we ever truly move past our regrets, or if we simply learn to live alongside them. I guess, in a way, that is the essence of the song—that persistent, quiet ache of looking back at what might have been. Maybe it’s just my own cynicism talking, but sometimes I feel like music like this serves as a reminder that time doesn't actually heal everything; it just changes how much the scars sting.