On the turntable
 

Yep, another music thread.

Had thought of starting a thread for protest music, but most music is in protest of somethin' so I'll just start another good ol' music thread.

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology Song, 1971)
 

Marvin was prescient in his quest to elucidate the truth about the environment (for both people and the world we live in). 🎶🎶❤️🎶🎶

H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe
 

Shenseea- Hit & Run ft. Masika, Di Genius
 

Aretha - (You betta) Think!
 

https://media0.giphy.com/media/lq4OJ...=200.webp&ct=g

Henry Conerway III, Kenny Banks Jr. & Kevin Smith Henry Conerway III, Kenny Banks Jr. & Kevin Smith - With Pride for Dignity
 

Lucille Bogan - B.D. Woman's Blues
 

In honor of Bull Dyke Women.



Lyrics
Coming a time, B.D. women ain't gon' need no men
Coming a time, B.D. womens ain't gon' to need no men
Oh, the way treat us is a lowdown and dirty sin
B.D. women, you sure can't understand
B.D. women, you sure can't understand
They got a head like a sweet angel and they walk just like a natural man
B.D. women, they all done learnt their plan
B.D. women, they all done learnt their plan
They can lay their jive just like a natural man
B.D. women, B.D. women, you know they sure is rough
B.D. women, B.D. women, you know they sure is rough
They all drink up plenty whiskey and they sure will strut their stuff
B.D. women, you know they work and make their dough
B.D. women, you know they work and make their dough
And when they get ready to spend it, they know they have to go

Gina Breedlove - Open Heart
 

Shea Diamond - American Pie
 

Beyoncé - Formation
 

Be aware: Explicit lyrics and images

Abigail Khubeka - Wenyuk'uMbombel
 

Sister Abigail Khubeka at a celebration of the late Miriam Makeba.

Nina Simone - Backlash Blues
 

Khonaye - "Solomon Mahlangu"
 

Walking - Miles Davis All Stars
 

Albert King - The Sky Is Crying, Live in Sweden
 

Etta James - The Sky Is Crying
 

Sia (The Moon)(Under The Milkyway)
 

Master K - Jerusalema
 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's All
 

Mercy (Brett Young)
 

Last night after work I was surfin for new country music to listen to and came across Brett — over on YouTube. His music is new to me, never heard of his music before. I definitely will check out more of his songs.

Whiskey Lullabye (Carly Pearce & Brett Young)
 

:listening:

Hiromi - Blackbird (Beatles)- Live in Montreal
 

Melody Angel - If Trouble Was Money
 

Natasha T. Miller - An Open Letter to Raven Symoné
 

Joey Alexander - My Favorite Things, Animated
 

On The Turntable
 

https://youtu.be/_BZcz0T9B7I?si=uqgMYMNhAyBs0I4e










Tina Turner.... Steamy Windows

Art Blakey - Moanin’
 

The Mississippi Mass Choir - I'm Not Tired Yet
 

Black Gospel music was the background music to the civil rights movement to fight Jim Crow laws.

Wonder what music will be used against the upcoming Project 2025 laws.

Etta James - Sweet Little Angel
 

The Blues

Miriam Makeba speaks Xhosa language, sings 'Baxabene Oxamu'
 

From Youtube: Miriam Makeba pronounces the alphabet in click sounds. Click consonants are frequent in her native Xhosa language, and she sings a song that uses them, 'Baxabene Oxamu.'

From Wikipedia: "Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a second language in South Africa. It has perhaps the heaviest functional load of click consonants in a Bantu language, with one count finding that 10% of basic vocabulary items contained a click." It's a written language that uses the Roman alphabet.

Kendrick Lamar - Squabble Up
 

Be aware: Explicit language and adult themes

There’s always so much to unpack in Lamar’s videos. Even when he’s throwing shade he shows love, especially for Cali culture.

“Jesus saves gangsters, too.” Even those who hide the Bible.

Joan Armatrading - Willow
 

Last night it was a playlist of songs from the 1960s & early 1970s: Tommy James and the Shondelles, Percy Faith, Pink Floyd, and Duran Duran (odd mix of compilations).

Today it’s listening to classical music and cello arrangements:

Cello Concerto in B minor

Huron Carol from Under The Winter Moon
 

:moonstars:

Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers from 1600s