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Rebecca

@grandcentral186.bsky.social

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Mum into music, swimming & Lego. Live music is my happy place 🎶🙌🏻 Give it to me dark & synthy with loads of bass 🎸

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Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#50songs No. 9 is a biggie The moment I discovered two blokes who’d steer my music taste for a lifetime 🎸🎵🙌🏻 Oddly at 13 I knew the Pet Shop Boys but had no memory of ever having seen Barney & Johnny until this 😍 9 - Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989) youtu.be/svz0USluN50?...

Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989 Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]

YouTube video by electronicofficial

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#50songs Celebrating 50 times around the sun No. 8 It’s 1989 and something baggy is brewing in Manchester. In the same night we get not just the Stone Roses playing Fools Gold on TOTP but also these scallies with the lovely Kirsty MacColl 🖤 Happy Monday - Hallelujah youtu.be/Nhmn28swB48?...

Happy Mondays- Hallelujah- TOTP (HQ)

YouTube video by TheRoute19

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Proud of the IST IST lads at #3 in UK album chart midweek 🤘🏻 If you don’t know them, check out I Am The Fear youtu.be/PJaIVRkKOCg?... 🏆#Top10 🤞🏻

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#50songs Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Marillion - Kayleigh Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right My first gig (my dad’s choice!) 7 - Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World youtu.be/JVuuatjHGnY?...

Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World

YouTube video by LisaStansfieldVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Gig no.2 (of 50) Midnight Gallery - Eagle Inn, Manchester (with my mum!) Check out one of their latest tracks, catch them next in Halifax youtu.be/jDt-mFXUYUA?...

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 5 - Marillion - Kayleigh The first 7” single I ever bought 6 - Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right youtu.be/pYoN9OraOWM?...

Fight For Your Right

YouTube video by Beastie Boys - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 23 - it’s Friday & I have the day off 🙌🏻 I am the Dancing Queen 😊💃🏻🎶 ABBA (1976) youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s?...

ABBA - Dancing Queen (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by AbbaVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Share a TV programme that raised you

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Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Gig #1 Holy Youth Movement - l #GigLifeCrisis gathering (Cheltenham). Great set, will definitely try see them again.

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

My 1st gig of 50 today at the #GigLifeCrisis Gathering in Cheltenham. If you don’t know the FB group it’s a fun hangout with folk who do ALOT of gigs & they host a few mini-festivals every year. 📷 Bayboards youtu.be/Z1Cmw9KkFv8?...

Band playing a gig

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja (1978) 💃🏻🎶🕺🏼 youtu.be/ZJ4v1Lbx3-I?...

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja

YouTube video by Fania Records

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Influenced by my brother & fascinated by the LP artwork 5 - Kayleigh - Marillion (1985) youtu.be/FiM0JiE0h5I?...

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge In no particular order 16 - Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango youtu.be/o0CeFX6E2yI?...

Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Original)

YouTube video by ShiftsInReality

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 15 - Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975) youtu.be/qBC2Qm5FE-Q?...

YouTube video by Fela Kuti - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good (1984) Imagine a time when people thought this was ‘unusual’ (start of clip!) 🤣 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984) youtu.be/oLTbWPYf2A4?...

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls on Top Of The Pops 05/12/1985

YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 11 - The Boss - James Brown youtu.be/yQfbrsWXuRg?...

YouTube video by James Brown - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good (1984) My first pop crush 🥰 youtu.be/cTLTG4FTNBQ?...

Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good

YouTube video by NikKershawVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 10 - Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1979) youtu.be/WGU_4-5RaxU?...

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge Feels like the longest week at work 😔 I need this today 💃🏻🪩🕺🏼 8 - Chic - Good Times (1978) youtu.be/RLTDpewIpfw?...

Chic - Good Times (1978)

YouTube video by MASTER MUSIC BOX

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#50Songs that make up my life story 1 - Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1976) 2 - The house was full of classical music growing up (my Mum’s influence). I adored following the instruments in the story of … Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev youtu.be/Va8Uz6MoKLg?...

David Bowie Narrates Disney's Peter And The Wolf (Full)

YouTube video by Lucy Whiskers

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 6 - The Passenger - Iggy Pop youtu.be/-fWw7FE9tTo?...

Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Official Video)

YouTube video by Iggy Pop Official

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 5 - Supernature - Cerrone (1977) youtu.be/cJ5V3OZdIZM?...

Cerrone - Supernature (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Cerrone Official

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Happy 70th Birthday to Bernard Sumner 🥳🎉 #NewOrder #JoyDivision #Electronic #BadLieutenant #Hacienda

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 4 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight (1979) youtu.be/mcCK99wHrk0?...

The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (Official Video)

YouTube video by Sugarhill Records

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge In no particular order 3 - T Rex - Get It On (1971) youtu.be/FyzWDl0nz00?...

T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) (Official Audio)

YouTube video by RHINO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge My pick today is also the 1st of 50 songs that have influenced my half century 😌 Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) I was born in the hot summer of 1976 blissfully unaware of a gig that would happen 10 days later that would affect my musical taste for life. 1/3

Pretty Vacant (Live From The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester / June 4th 1976)

YouTube video by Sex Pistols - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I’m celebrating my half century this year with 50 gigs & will be going down a musical memory lane to pick out 50 songs that have somehow weaved themselves into my life story ☺️🎵🤘🏻

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

#MusicChallenge #70sTop30 Happy New Year ✨🎉 Not in any particular order. Starting with an easy one for any sore heads out there ☺️ 1 - Jamming - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977) youtu.be/oqVy6eRXc7Q?...

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jamming (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BobMarleyVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

#2025FavSingles My top track of the year - absolutely no surprise here, third year in a row! ☺️🤘🏻 🏆 IST IST - I Am The Fear Happy New Years Eve 🥳 youtu.be/PJaIVRkKOCg?...

IST IST - I Am The Fear

YouTube video by IST IST

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

#2025FavSingles My top 3 tracks of the year 🥳🎵🙌🏻 2️⃣ Nightbus - False Prophet youtu.be/_8lDemYKCCI?...

YouTube video by Nightbus - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

#2025FavSingles My top 3 songs of the year 💕🎵 3️⃣ Nation Of Language - Inept Apollo youtu.be/xjCgSSepzrA?...

Nation of Language - Inept Apollo (Official Video)

YouTube video by Nation of Language

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 4️⃣ Sea Fever - Loose Cut youtu.be/vc8VykfWf64?...

Sea Fever - Loose Cut [Visualiser]

YouTube video by Sea Fever Band

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 5️⃣ Dictator - El Niño youtu.be/Ar2gNQntHEg?...

Dictator - El Niño

YouTube video by Dictator

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Boxing Day swim 🤘🏻🥶🎄 #Clevedon

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 6️⃣ Bdrmm - can I say the whole Microtonic album? ☺️ love all the tracks, it’s a ‘no skips’ album for me youtu.be/mueBE7d_R9U?...

bdrmm - Lake Disappointment (Official Video)

YouTube video by bdrmm

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 7️⃣ Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing - The Chameleons youtu.be/JGnHlAxuDLk?...

Chameleons: Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing

YouTube video by Metropolis Records

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 8️⃣ Heartworms - Extraordinary Wings youtu.be/5htIIBUG0Es?...

Heartworms - Extraordinary Wings (Official Video)

YouTube video by HeartwormsVEVO

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

#2025FavSingles 9️⃣ Midnight Gallery - Black & White youtu.be/jDt-mFXUYUA?...

YouTube video by Midnight Gallery - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#2025FavSingles #10 Sick Man Of Europe - Sanguine Extraordinary live performance of this track at Multitude Festival 🎵🙌🏻 youtu.be/L39M0jVR320?...

The Sick Man Of Europe - Sanguine (Official Video)

YouTube video by The Sick Man Of Europe

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Great to see @seafeverband.bsky.social last night in Manchester 🎄🤘🏻🥳🎉

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#2025FavSingles My favourite tracks of the year 🎵☺️ #12 Saint Etienne - Glad youtu.be/h5fWxY9IHkw?...

Saint Etienne - Glad

YouTube video by SaintEtienneOfficial

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#2025FavSingles My favourite tracks of the year 🎵💕 #13 Submarine - Night Swimming @nightsswimming.bsky.social youtu.be/y9lRqrwUu30?...

Night Swimming - Submarine (Official Video)

YouTube video by Night Swimming

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A friend challenged me to come up with a ‘Top 50 songs that shaped my life’ list for my birthday next year … yeah no worries 🤘🏻 Now staring at my spreadsheet … how the hell?! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🎵

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Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

#2025FavSingles #NewMusic My favourite songs of the year 🎵🎉 #14 Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea youtu.be/U1r3d7wR9is?...

Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ladytron

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Not listened to #NewMusic as much as I’d have liked this year 😥 But I’ve picked out my favourites to countdown to year end #15 Chalk - Afraid youtu.be/kCk1PbNJETY?...

Chalk - Afraid (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Chalk

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 30 - Ladytron- I See Red Thanks for the challenge 🎵☺️@tansleyjames.bsky.social youtu.be/72A9nFNhdOM?...

Ladytron - I See Red (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ladytron

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 29 - W H Lung - I Will Set Fire To The House youtu.be/5KMsx8fpR4o?...

I Will Set Fire to the House

YouTube video by W. H. Lung - Topic

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (new) New Wave 28 - Nation Of Language - In Division St youtu.be/dYbnuVE_Zd4?...

Nation of Language - On Division St [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Nation of Language

Rebecca @grandcentral186.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 27 - Working Men’s Club - Valleys youtu.be/pzkfcLzUYYg?...

Working Men's Club - Valleys (Official Video)

YouTube video by Working Men's Club