Im going back to old albums and this week, the mood is poignant Tracy Chapmans Fast Car.

  • STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    I’ve been coming back to a eurobeat mixtape Hyundai put out a few years ago, playing over footage of a Nordschleife endurance race. Just playing the whole video, start-to-finish.

    Jessa Stebbins’s music is great on its own, I’ve got a lot of her tracks on my own playlists already, but this arrangement combined with the sounds of revving engines and squealing brakes in between songs, adds another layer to everything.

    • yesman@lemmy.world
      16·
      9 days ago

      Fun Fact: Thích Quảng Đức, the monk in the picture was not protesting the Vietnam War, but rather the Catholic oppression of the Buddhist majority by the American puppet government.

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        … which feels like protesting the Vietnam War, if we’re being honest. Both are facets of American imperialism in the region.

  • bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Fast Car is one of those songs that always makes me cry.

    I’ve been listening to Bob Marley & the Wailers:

    Get up, stand up: stand up for your right

    Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Not sure what album it’s on, but Cup Of Coffee is one of my all-time favourite Shirley Manson songs. If you haven’t listened to Angel fire, check em out

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    I usually listen to punk and rock, but today I’m having a boiler replaced, and the gas engineer introduced me to Gold Radio, a UK based station. They’ve been playing classics from the 50s to the 80s, so I’ve heard loads of old songs that I haven’t heard for years.

    Right now one of my favourites is playing though, Mister Blue Sky by ELO. Possibly one of the best songs of all time :D

  • AstroLightz@lemmy.world
    5·
    9 days ago

    Killswitch Engage, mainly their 2002 and 2006 albums “Alive or Just Breathing” and “As Daylight Days”, respectively.

    Aside from that, some of Timecop1983’s albums, mainly “Night Drive” (2018), “Faded Touch” (2021), and “Searching for Tomorrow” (2023).

  • Enkrod@feddit.org
    5·
    9 days ago

    I created a playlist that just makes me happy, it’s a colourful mix of old rock (for example: Ram Jam - Black Betty), nerdy stuff (like Bo Burnham, Tom Cardy, Flight of the Conchords), lefty bobs (ex.: ZSK - Antifascista, Ska-P - Colores) and old cartoon themes (Arabian Nights, Ducktales, TNMT) with lots of quality german stuff (Seeed, Wir sind Helden, Knorkator), many epic rap battles of history and some really gangster british drill rap with a twist (like Pete & Bas).

    It’s just… I don’t know, the songs are mostly upbeat, funny and energetic. I used to be mostly a metal guy, but with age came the conclusion that whatever makes me happy and gives me some energy to get through the slog of the day is just… good.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    Tracy Chapman is an amazing live experience. Seen her two times and I hope it can be three times!

    my playlist is usually random with a little of everything in it. But when I am feeling down about world events, hardcore punk is my everything

  • idealotus@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 days ago

    Been on a kick to find some soul vibey female singers. A weirdly specific genre, but it’s got some good vibes.

    Example Artists: Couch, Rijah

    They’re really small, from what I gather, so that’s always cool.