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Lady Iris

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars (listening to music)...Oscar Wilde Life is a banquet (of music) and most poor suckers are starving to death...Mame Dennis

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Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 21h

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 30: From a place you want to go to Being a scuba diver, I want to dive The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and swim with the turtles. Midnight Oil formed in Sydney, Australia in 1972. Beds Are Burning youtu.be/ejorQVy3m8E?si=hU0bg7Hxb_Ve40Ut

Scuba diving The Great Barrier Reef with a sea turtle.

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 21h

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 30: A song that represents your dreamy future self Long ago, far away Life was clear Close your eyes Remember, is a place from long ago Remember, life is just a memory Remember, close your eyes and you can see Dream Harry Nilsson - Remember

HARRY NILSSON Remember (Christmas)

YouTube video by Harry Nilsson Archive

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #BlueZicos Mardi - Tuesday / 2 mots / 2 words #52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 Original: J.J. Cale youtu.be/2x0JK8vhmcc?si=jXvHL2jqk0g0YCh4 Cover: Eric Clapton 1970: youtu.be/RdjBrnV-U9M?si=a-PfFGIqT-WNGfEX Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1988 version)

Eric Clapton - After Midnight 12" Extended Maxi CD 1988 Version

YouTube video by Maximal

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 28: From a place you've been to Badfinger was formed in Swansea, Wales in 1961. Day After Day was their biggest hit reaching #4 in the US and #10 in the UK.

Badfinger - Day After Day

YouTube video by Louis *Jukebox.Productions* (Louis)

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Lundi - Monday / 1 mot / 1 word Title EMF - Unbelievable

EMF - Unbelievable (Official Music Video) HD

YouTube video by EMF The Band

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 Crimson and Clover Original: Tommy James & The Shondells youtu.be/GpGEeneO-t0?si=rf7hExKsxj-qO9Jf Cover: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 27: XYZ X & Y Close enough?🤔 In 1968, The Yardbirds performed at the St. Xavier High School prom in Cincinnati, Ohio. Can you imagine Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page playing at your prom? For Your Love youtu.be/HU5zqidlxMQ?si=WCImOrmfLVuxpSVa 👇

Before He Formed Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page Played a Prom in Ohio

A new documentary about the band’s early days offers a rich backdrop to an unlikely performance of a star on the rise.

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is who you had to buy weed from before legalization...

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Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee: Light 'Em Up!

Alt: Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee: Light 'Em Up!

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…

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Franknfurter Rocky

Alt: Tim Curry as Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#LookAndSee 525 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky She appears to be praying for the one in her heart...🙏 I say a little prayer for you Forever, and ever You'll stay in my heart Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer: her very best performance!

YouTube video by 49metal

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 One of my favorite covers. His voice is amazing especially at 2:38...😲 Puddles Pity Party - Where Is My Mind?

Puddles Pity Party - Where Is My Mind? (Pixies Cover)

YouTube video by Puddles Pity Party

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" is about his chance meeting and sexual encounter with Janis Joplin at the hotel. Rufus Wainwright recorded his beautiful cover in 2005 for the tribute film "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man."

Chelsea Hotel No. 2

YouTube video by Rufus Wainwright - Topic

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #GhostHost for villah👻🖤🕯️ Thank you to everyone who participated in 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 week for your fantastic picks! Your support is always truly appreciated! 🥰🙌💞🥂🫶 And thank you again Sierk @sierkje.bsky.social for💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 week!

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Thumbs Up Man Driving Convertible

Alt: Thumbs Up Driving Convertible

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 27: W The Ventures, best selling instrumental rock group of all time, formed in Tacoma, Washington in 1958. Their recording of "Walk, Don't Run" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2008, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Ventures "Walk Don't Run"

YouTube video by NRRArchives

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 27: A song for your "I told you so" moment Swallow it down What a jagged little pill You wait and see when the smoke clears You live, you learn Alanis Morissette - You Learn

Alanis Morissette - You Learn (Official 4K Music Video)

YouTube video by Alanis Morissette

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 Original: Paul Revere & The Raiders (written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) youtu.be/uyRCY8r7G5k?si=M8Ca1iDmEH5zW7gw Cover: The Monkees (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

Monkees Stepping Stone

YouTube video by Rock Pop Tunes

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 The original by Tim Buckley is still my favourite. youtu.be/vMTEtDBHGY4?si=g6OHXTHYRGck2jmO But the cover by This Mortal Coil with Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins is beautiful. Song To The Siren

This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)

YouTube video by 4AD

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (39/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 Original: Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs youtu.be/o1Z_hskvz1M?si=eZSZiKkva3nJA8LH Maurice Williams wrote Stay in 1953 when he was 15 years old. Shortest single ever #1 on Billboard Hot 100. Cover: Jackson Browne - Stay

Jackson Browne - Stay

YouTube video by Inthorns

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #TV Day 26: V Formed in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia, The Statler Brothers became the opening act and backup singers for Johnny Cash. Their own successful career included the weekly variety show, The Statler Brothers Show, from 1991 to 1998. Flowers On the Wall

The Statler Brothers - Flowers On the Wall (Man in Black: Live in Denmark)

YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 26: A song for a solo dance party in your kitchen at midnight Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy youtu.be/P5mtclwloEQ?si=z_JGdxfY1x5I4aGu

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Taylor Swift Dancing in Kitchen

Alt: Dancing in Kitchen

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On Fridays we dance! 💃🖤🕺 Let's see those moves! 🖤

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Excited Friday Dance

Alt: The Jeffersons dancing: Friday!

Reposted by Lady Iris

We Could Send Letters @wecdsend.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to join me for a #ClocktoberMusic thing! During October, let's share music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme!

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Fall Back Time Change: Spinning Clock Illusion

ALT: Fall Back Time Change: Spinning Clock Illusion

Reposted by Lady Iris

Ooga-Chaka @ooga-chaka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

10 days out. October will likely be my final one. Make it count. 🎃 #OogasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social

Reposted by Lady Iris

-sita - @ro-cocco.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hear ye hear ye...coming in October 🦇 🎶 🎃 🐈‍⬛ #EdwardGoreyMusic A #MusicChallenge each day October 2026 Inspired by the works of Edward Gorey 🦉 🏹 Daily Image Prompts (see ALT) ⚠️ Share ONE song per day only after 4:00 PM EDT (NYC) prior day 🔎 🥸 LARGER DAILY IMAGES & CAPTIONS👇 tinyurl.com/GoreyE

#EdwardGoreyMusic prompts:
1 - Les Passementeries Horribles (“The Horrible Tassels")
2 - “The top of the zagava tree was frequently where they had tea.” from The Osbick Bird
3 - “Tea Room” from The Tea Room Tryptych
4 - Les Urnes Utiles (“Useful Urns”)
5 - Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town, from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T.E. Eliot
6 - “I Saw Dracula” - from Edward Gorey’s Dracula
7 - “Tennis,” watercolor and ink
8 - “Ineptitude,” from The Betrayed Confidence
9 - Mysterious Messages, for PBS Mystery!
10 - 'N was a Notice that caused him dismay.’ - from The Chinese Obelisks
11 - Madame Galoche, watercolor, pen & ink
12 - “Cat Fancy,” for New Yorker magazine
13 - “A monster of alarming size was peering at her in surprise.“ - from Gorey’s Creatures
14 - “Caviglia Cruising the Adriatic” from The Blue Aspic
15 - “You are not able to catch me.” - from The Grand Passion & Amphigorey II
16 - Gathering the Suspects, from The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
17 - Antiquarian Cat Reading, from The Edward Gorey House Trust
18 - “They lived in a house covered with roses on the edge of a marsh.” - from The Deranged Cousins
19 - “On Fridays Emblus played the flute; The bird now joined him on a lute.” - from The Osbick Bird
20 - “Miss Emily Toastwater" from Neglected Murderesses
21 - “Print or Perish” - for Print Magazine
22 - “Fruitcake” - pen and ink
23 - “At times it would tear out whole chapters from books. Or put roomfuls of pictures askew on their hooks.” - from The Doubtful Guest
24 - The Disrespectful Summons
25 - “At twilight objects often start to make odd sounds and fall apart.” - from Verse Advice
26 - “Passing Letters”- from Mystery! for PBS
27 - “ ‘I am the Bahum Bug,’ it declared.” - from The Haunted Tea Cosy
28 - The Evil Garden
29 - “XIII” or “Thirteen” - ink and watercolor - for PBS Channel 13
30 - The Gashlycrumb Tinies
31 - La Chauve-Souris Dorée, “The Gilded Bat”

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🥳Thank you, Sierk @sierkje.bsky.social for this great theme and wonderful write-up! (ps...love the camels!😉)🌟👍👏😍🙌🥂🫶

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 25: Free (since I didn't post an N or a P😉) Tom Rush was born in Portsmouth, NH. Rolling Stone credits him with ushering in the era of the singer-songwriter and whose success helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s. No Regrets

No Regrets by Tom Rush - best audio to original video

YouTube video by sirsurfalot2012

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How would you describe your social media reach?

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Confused John Travolta

Alt: Confused John Travolta: Where is everybody

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#LookAndSee 523 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky She doesn't need an umbrella... I am strong I am invincible I am woman Helen Reddy - I Am Woman

Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by All Seasons Music

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#RandomAutumnGIF

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Happy Dog Jumps into a Pile of Autumn Leaves

Alt: Happy Dog Jumps into a Pile of Autumn Leaves

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🥳😻🙌💫💞🫶

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yay!!!!🥳 👇🌟😍💫🫶

#EmojiSounds October challenge by L'agrume

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon 🎈 Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon 🎈 The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away youtu.be/BCbYjXI_L50?si=ytADh_vVLq6UFXtq

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Mondial Air Ballons: Hot Air Balloon Festival

Alt: Mondial Air Ballons: Hot Air Balloon Festival

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 24: U A pioneer in electronic music, progressive rock, music videos, music via the internet, and one of the first acts to be prominent as both an artist and producer, Todd Rundgren was born and raised in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1972)

YouTube video by jmms429

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 24: A song for your "sad girl/boy autumn" playlist Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life? Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (Live) (Official Video) [HD]

YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#LookAndSee 522 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky They sure are having a good time...well...maybe except the organ keyboardist! 😂 Los Bravos - Black Is Black

Los Bravos - Black Is Black (1966)

YouTube video by Enzo Persueder

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On Wednesdays We Wear Black 🖤

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Woman Puts On Witch Hat

Alt: Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode in American Horror Story: Coven

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 Written by Burt Bacharach lyrics by Hal David recorded in 1965 with vocals by The Breakaways. Original: youtu.be/58db0IGpiVM?si=cqAcz_mdgBquhjlG Dionne Warwick released her cover in 1966. Trains and Boats and Planes

Dionne Warwick - Trains and Boats and Planes

YouTube video by simplyscrummy

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 23: A song you associate with autumn See you in September See you when the summer's through The Happenings - See You In September

See You In September - The Happenings 1966

YouTube video by 60s70sTheBest

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 Driving that train, high on cocaine Casey Jones you better, watch your speed Trouble ahead, trouble behind And you know that notion just crossed my mind Grateful Dead - Casey Jones

Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (2020 Remaster) [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Grateful Dead

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home My baby, just a wrote me a letter The Box Tops - The Letter

The Box Tops - The Letter (Upbeat 1967)

YouTube video by vinylsolution

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

a lord of the rings quote, but it starts with “dude”. Dude, you shall not pass!

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Gandalf's Iconic 'You Shall Not Pass' Scene

Alt: Gandalf's Iconic 'You Shall Not Pass' Scene

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗 Midnight at the oasis Send your camel to bed Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis youtu.be/3gKnnb24Eso?...

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Lawrence Of Arabia Te Lawrence

Alt: Lawrence Of Arabia: Lawrence riding a camel

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 22: A song for your most delusional moment Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright But she's not there Please don't bother trying to find her She's not there The Zombies - She's Not There

The Zombies - She's Not There

YouTube video by nothinking4meman

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #TV 🎞️📺 Film & TV Songs 📺🎞️ David Bowie - Life on Mars? used in the wonderful TV show Life on Mars

Life On Mars - season II finale scene.

YouTube video by VyRevenge

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On Friday we Dance 💃🪩🕺 Let’s see those moves 💜

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Man in Suit Does the Jig Bop Dance

Alt: Man in Suit Does the Jig Bop Dance

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Best cover ever!

Twist And Shout (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #TV 🎞️📺 Film & TV Songs 📺🎞️ Thank you @sierkje.bsky.social for this wonderful theme!🥳😍🫶 Kudos to whoever thought of having Colin Hay play and appear in different ways throughout the scenes instead of just using the song. Genius! Scrubs: Overkill

Colin Hay - Overkill (from Scrubs - Lyrically in sequence)

YouTube video by HugeScrubsFan

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you for reposting, ismua @ismua.bsky.social @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social and sierk @sierkje.bsky.social

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites (38/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #GhostHost for villah👻🖤🕯️ 🚗⛵🛩️ Transportation 🛩️⛵🚗

A station wagon in a field with music notes streaming in the sky. Challenge is: From September 19th to September 25th, post your favourite songs about any type of transportation.

Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 17: A song for falling asleep on a long train ride I'll pretend that I'm kissing The lips I am missing And hope that my dreams will come true While I'm away I'll write home everyday And I'll send all my loving to you The Beatles - All My Loving

All My Loving (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic