steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 23h#MusicChallenge #ClocktoberMusic Day 8 David Bowie - Art Decade One of the 'it was mostly Eno' tracks on side 2 of Low. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Oj...youtube.comDavid Bowie- 09 Art DecadeYouTube video by BrokenGrin 0170
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge Day 8 Chi-Lites - It's Time For Love School disco smooch classic www.youtube.com/watch?v=opzk...youtube.comChi-Lites - It's Time For LoveYouTube video by Tunes342 0231
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge Day 7 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? Surprisingly overlooked so far www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpI...youtube.comThe Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)YouTube video by The Smiths 0311
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steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 30. A place you want to go Chuck Berry - Route 66 I'm still romantic enough to want to drive the 2,500 miles from Chicago to LA. Thanks @ro-cocco.bsky.social for this month's trip! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Fn...youtube.comCHUCK BERRY - ROUTE 66 (Stereo) (1 + 2)YouTube video by Goose Merakli 0271
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 29. A place you've been to Steve Taylor - Jim Morrison's Grave If you visit Paris, Père Lachaise cemetery is an amazing necropolis that hosts many more famous corpses than Jim's, inc Chopin, Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde. (Song chosen for the title, not the music)youtube.comSteve Taylor - Jim Morrison Grave - HDYouTube video by Victory Videos-180-The Zone-UndergroundZone 3311
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 28.Y The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba Recorded in room 206 of the former hotel in southwest Detroit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZPE...youtube.comThe White Stripes - Hotel Yorba (Official Music Video)YouTube video by The White Stripes 1381
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 27.W Pyrolator - It Always Rains in Wuppertal And he - Kurt Dahlke - should know, cos it's where he's from. A track from his fab early 80's minimal synth album 'Inland'. Wuppertal is Germany's 17th largest city and is famous for its suspended monorail trains.youtube.comPyrolator - It Always Rains in WuppertalYouTube video by Bureau B 0220
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steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 26.V Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbIi...youtube.comTom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine"YouTube video by Tom Waits 0281
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 25.FREE Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Stompin' At the Savoy Mentioned in the lyric of my last free pick, Chic's Le Freak, Harlem's famous Savoy venue that ran from 1926 to '58 and was known as the "World's Finest Ballroom". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1t...youtube.com✰ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Stompin' At the SavoyYouTube video by TheMother Ark 0261
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 24.U Go_A - SHUM Ukraine's stunning 2021 Eurovision entry that mixed ancient ritual with techno and a message of hope for environmental regeneration. One of the most original Eurovision songs ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-d...youtube.comGo_A - SHUM - Ukraine 🇺🇦 Official Music Video - Eurovision 2021YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest 1253
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 23.T Litte Feat - Willin' 'And I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah' T-T-T- Take your pick, 4 in one. I've always fancied doing this trip, but I doubt I ever will. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCxJ...youtube.comWillin' Boogie - Little Feat | The Midnight SpecialYouTube video by The Midnight Special 4362
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 22.S Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento It's not about the place at all, but was actually made up by someone who either couldn't remember or couldn't pronounce Ryuchi Sakamoto. The band liked it too much to let it go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzY...youtube.comMogwai -Ritchie Sacramento (Full Audio)YouTube video by mogwaiTV 1260
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 21.R Fontaines D.C. - Roman Holiday www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj3o...youtube.comFontaines D.C. - Roman Holiday (Official Video)YouTube video by FontainesDCVEVO 0270
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 20.Q Rasmus Wold - Never Mind The Slavery Norwegian satirist Rasmus sticks the boot into FIFA for awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar and that country's treatment of migrant workers and LGBT people. And you can't get a beer there either.youtube.comRasmus Wold Never mind the slavery (Qatar Song Parody)YouTube video by AntenorLuppi6 1160
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 19.P Courtney Barnett - Depreston Courtney recalls her dismal experience of house hunting in the Melbourne suburb of Preston. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bMv...youtube.comCourtney Barnett - DeprestonYouTube video by milkrecordsmelbourne 1301
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 18.FREE Chic - Le Freak 'Just come on down to 54' Famously written after Bernard and Nile were rudely refused entry to Studio 54. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgS...youtube.comCHIC - Le Freak (Official Music Video)YouTube video by RHINO 0322
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 17.O Pet Shop Boys - Odessa Part of the soundtrack they composed for the classic Sergei Eisenstein silent movie Battleship Potemkin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtb...youtube.comPet Shop Boys ... "Odessa" ("Battleship Potemkin")YouTube video by Stefano 0231
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 16.N Federico Scavo - Funky Nassau So while you lot head off to New York, Norway and, er, Norwich, I'm off to party in the capital of the Bahamas. See ya suckers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAqP...youtube.comFederico Scavo - Funky Nassau (Official Video Teaser)YouTube video by Energy TV 2200
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 15.M Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan A great version of this Leonard Cohen number, from her album Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen - aka Jenny Sings Lenny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GQ9...youtube.comJennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan (1987)YouTube video by Mickey 0321
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 14.L King Horror - Loch Ness Monster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXzF...youtube.comKing Horror - Loch Ness MonsterYouTube video by AxelAtTheControls 0240
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 13.K Fela Kuti - Kalakuta Show Fela named his Lagos compound Kalakuta Republic and provocatively declared it independent from Nigeria. The police frequently brutally raided it until in '77 the army burned it down. It was rebuilt in 2012 and is now a Fela museum.youtube.comFela Kuti Kalakuta showYouTube video by TheStorylineSaga 2331
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steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 12.J Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqPL...youtube.comTom Browne : Funkin' For Jamaica - 1980YouTube video by SOUL of the North 0261
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 11.FREE Talking Heads - Life During Wartime 'This ain't no Mudd Club, or CBGB...' As it's a music challenge about places, all my free picks have some reference to real music venues or clubs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...youtube.comTalking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)YouTube video by forcedcoitus 0312
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 10.I A Flock of Eagles - Iran (So Far Away) They reckon AI might be the death of us all, but Trump might do it first... www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_h7...youtube.comIran (So Far Away) - Official Music VideoYouTube video by Dr Phoxotic 0180
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 9.H Microdisney - Singer's Hampstead Home Song inspired by Boy George who bought a mansion in this affluent London area in the 80's. He still owns it but these days he rents it out. You might even be able to stay there - if you can afford about £15,000 a week!youtube.comMicrodisney - Singer's Hampstead HomeYouTube video by Marcelo Mendes Amado 1191
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 8.G Decius - Ghent Off to my favourite city in Belgium - where they spell it Gent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTiV...youtube.comGhentYouTube video by Decius - Topic 0260
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🧠 Quiz of the Day - Sep 7 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 Score: 10/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.ukquizoftheday.co.ukQuiz of the Day | Daily General Knowledge QuizThe UK's premier online general knowledge quiz. Challenge friends and colleagues with our 10-question daily quiz. Original & hand-curated trivia since 2015. 001
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 7.F The Clash - Fujiyama Mama A rabble-rousin' version of the old Wanda Jackson hit, live in Tokyo '82 with guest singer the explosive Pearl Harbour. Arigato! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBr...youtube.comTHE CLASH - FUJIYAMA MAMA (HD)YouTube video by Norbert Clausen 1320
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 6.E A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo I always assumed El Segundo was in Mexico until I just found out it's in California (I'd never seen the vid before). So at least that's one thing I've learned from this challenge! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILy...youtube.comA Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Official Video)YouTube video by TribeCalledQuestVEVO 5373
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 5.D Halimo Gobaad - Djibouti Will you go baad for Djibouti? Lovely tune this, makes you feel like you could actually be there - not that I'd really know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEAt...youtube.comHalimo Gobaad | Djibouti | (VIDÉO OFFICIELLE) 2017YouTube video by Haataf Abdi 0210
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 4. FREE Weather Report - Birdland www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA0F...youtube.comWeather Report - Birdland (Original Album HQ)YouTube video by JazzBreakTV 0321
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 3.C Simba La Rue - Copacabana Sorry to disappoint you but no it's not a cover of Barry Manilow's song. Not that this guy is from Copacabana either, he's a Tunisian born Italian. youtu.be/dFXoWjuriO4?...youtu.beSimba La Rue - COPACABANA (Official Video)YouTube video by Simba La Rue 0130
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 2.B Tini - Buenos Aires Not just the song title, it's also where she's from. And I'm going there next month too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YECG...youtube.comTINI “BUENOS AIRES” EN VIVO DESDE #LACASA | #LACASAxTINIYouTube video by LA CASA STREAMING 0220
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ 1.A Dry Cleaning - Anna Calls From The Arctic I had this one in mind for last month's names challenge but didn't do it, so it's now a continuity song from that one to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us1N...youtube.comDry Cleaning - Anna Calls From The Arctic {2022}YouTube video by Worried Tunes 2 0201
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#MusicChallenge #JackNicholsong 31 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Thanks to @lagrume.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK7...youtube.comKendrick Lamar - King KuntaYouTube video by KendrickLamarVEVO 2120
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#TVSounds 31. "Behind the Music" A track with a fascinating, chaotic, or legendary real-life backstory about how it was recorded. New Order - Blue Monday They didn't do encores so the idea was they'd just leave their machines playing this as they left the stage. Instead they created a monster.youtube.comNew Order - Blue Monday (HQ)YouTube video by Lux Gaming 060
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#TVSounds 30. "The Post-Credits Scene" A posthumous release or a surprise reunion track dropped long after everyone thought the story was over. The Stone Roses - All For One To coincide with their reunion shows after 15 years away. Not terrible, but disappointing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0XZ...youtube.comThe Stone Roses - All For One (Official Audio)YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO 080
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#JackNicholsong #MusicChallenge 30 Steely Dan - Bodhisattva www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPW...youtube.comSteely Dan - Bodhisattva - HiRes Vinyl RemasterYouTube video by Shpater 1252
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#JackNicholsong #MusicChallenge 29 Aldous Harding - Staring at the Henry Moore www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXe...youtube.comAldous Harding - Staring at the Henry Moore (Official Audio)YouTube video by Aldous Harding 0110
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#TVSounds #MusicChallenge 29. Series Finale. The ultimate bittersweet goodbye track that feels like the end of an era. The Doors - Riders on the Storm Jim had had enough and left for Paris days after recording it. You know the rest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4m...youtube.comThe Doors - Riders On The Storm 1971 | Unofficial Music VideoYouTube video by Flying Dutchman 0100
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#TVSounds #MusicChallenge 28. Syndication Royalty - track that continues to make the artist millions of dollars decades later through movies or commercials. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Though sadly not since Peter Green died. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPW9...youtube.comFleetwood Mac Albatross 1969YouTube video by Sasha MoGhilla 080
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#JackNicholsong 28 The Wedding Present - Shatner You can't say, "It doesn't really matter" This isn't TV, he isn't William Shatner www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3H7...youtube.comThe Wedding Present - ShatnerYouTube video by Spiderhead1000 0291
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#TVSounds 27. "The Cameo" Find a track with a massive, uncredited background vocal or instrumental cameo from a superstar. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) What's that? A Miles Davis solo on a Scritti Politti song? Are you kidding me?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ah3...youtube.comScritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)YouTube video by Scritti Politti 080
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 26/08/2026#MusicChallenge #JackNicholsong 27 Underworld - Bruce Lee www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcd7...youtube.comUnderworld - Bruce Lee / Moaner (1999 Fuji Rock Japan)YouTube video by Jabril 4 Real 0240
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#TVSounds 26. Fan Service. A track that gives the core fanbase exactly what they want - revisiting an old style or referencing old lore. Madonna - I Feel So Free On Confessions II Madge reunites with producer Stuart Price and delivers her best album of dance pop for 20+ years.youtube.comMadonna - I Feel So Free (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by Madonna 060
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#JackNicholsong 26 The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAxs...youtube.comThe Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (TOTP 25th August 1977).YouTube video by Spit Records 0230
steve perez @steveperez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#TVSounds 25. "The Final Season" The opening track of an artist's confirmed final album before retirement or disbanding R.E.M. - Gardening at Night To finalise their career in 2011 they compiled their own greatest hits album (Part Lies etc) so this end point goes right back to the start.youtube.comR.E.M. - Gardening At NightYouTube video by Alessandro Rossi 190
