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The illusion of personal agency breaks down under pressure. Do It Again (Nov 1972) by #SteelyDan is relapse. Gambling it all away, taking back a cheater, seeking revenge. "You go back, Jack, do it again." Stuck on a karmic wheel. #SongoftheDay

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Do It Again

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 20h

Celestial (Sep 2022) by #EdSheeran works on two levels. It's an ode to childhood games as an escape from life's lows, but your escape can also be the person you love. "You make me feel like my troubled heart is a million miles away" #SongoftheDay

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Ed Sheeran, Pokémon - Celestial [Official Video]

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Twilight Zone (Aug 1982) by #GoldenEarring is the paranoia of the Cold War. Think black ops: you completed your mission and then the phone goes dark. Betrayed? The walls close in and there's nowhere to turn. The eight-minute version is a masterpiece. #SongoftheDay

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Twilight Zone (Remastered)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The voice is sincere. Commanding: "Hold my hand." But should he sound guilty? Conflicted? "And I was hoping you'd be death, trapped by my side." Kingfishr has a disturbing conviction in the vocals of Eyes Don't Lie (Sep 2022). I just can't put my finger on why. #SongoftheDay

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Kingfishr - eyes don't lie (Official Audio)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Finding yourself is hard: self-worth, questionable choices, faking confidence. What do you commit to? What do you turn away from? #MikeWaters can feel the clock ticking: "Find my stride before I'm 30." Them Dirty Bones (Nov 2016) is figuring it out. #SongoftheDay

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Mike Waters - Them Dirty Bones

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'80s music is nowhere near dead. Blinding Lights (Nov 2019) by #TheWeeknd proves it by using '80s inspiration to create one of the most-streamed songs ever. It's about driving while almost blackout drunk for a hookup. Really bad idea. Really incredible song. #SongoftheDay

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The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Official Audio)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Garage rock power from a band known for synth-pop. #Bastille can't look away from their phone and neither can you. WHAT YOU GONNA DO??? (Jul 2020) says you have our attention, but what's the point? The way it says it: unpolished, tight, and loud. An attack. #SongoftheDay

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Bastille - WHAT YOU GONNA DO??? ft. Graham Coxon (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BastilleVEVO

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#ElectricLightOrchestra is hurt; the narrator hates his ex. But Evil Woman (Oct 1975) is cynical, basically name-calling. And I'm good with it because it's a groovy disco track meeting yacht rock. Smooth and cool. OK, maybe a little mean too. #SongoftheDay

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Evil Woman

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fifty years in, #U2 isn't finished being loud. Silencio (Sep 2026) hits hard and fast for two-and-a-half minutes of driving surf-punk. No downtime. Not built for arenas. Think "Vertigo" with political anger that just won't quit. #SongoftheDay

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U2 - Silencio

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#CrazyTown didn't want Butterfly (Nov 1999) to be their legacy. It's not heavy rock. Nope, it's an old-school hip-hop loop track lifting from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and turning it into a breezy ode to Binzer's girlfriend. Boom, #1 hit. #SongoftheDay

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Crazy Town - Butterfly (Official Video)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Those three words change the relationship. Picture them said at the perfect moment, after months of waiting. They mean everything, don't they? #AbigailOsborn doesn't get that in Take A Drink (Jun 2026). Drunken words in a dive bar. No, not like this... #SongoftheDay

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Abigail Osborn - Take A Drink (Audio)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a tragic love story. Cinematic, unmistakably country. #ChaseRice researched WWII correspondence to write Circa 1943 (Aug 2025). The ending goes beyond bittersweet because true love deserved so much more. "If we ever make it out of here alive." #SongoftheDay

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Chase Rice - "Circa 1943" (Official Audio)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Time passes. This song makes you replay your fondest memories and want them back. Younger Days (Oct 2025) by #OcieElliott is coming to terms with reality. "I can't go back… my younger days are over." It's ok to feel grief. #SongoftheDay

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Ocie Elliott - Younger Days (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Ocie Elliott

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If it's over, why are they dancing? Marfa brings close harmonies to a relationship that's done, but maybe not tonight, in Last Time Last (Jun 2026). I'm not sure why she says yes. Maybe they aren't completely over it: "And one more kiss." #SongoftheDay

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Marfa - Last Time Last (Official Video)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

End of my senior year. HS English class assignment: bring a song that means something to you. I brought #TheWho Going Mobile (Aug 1971). You may hear the love of the road. I heard permanent escape through motion. Ready for what came next. #SongoftheDay

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The Who - Going Mobile

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TedeschiTrucksBand has a smooth groove in Under The Knife (Mar 2026). Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks stay in the background, leaving Mattison front and center, proving the deep bench this band represents. Laid-back swamp funk. #SongoftheDay

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Tedeschi Trucks Band - Under The Knife (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Tedeschi Trucks Band

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everything about #NatalieMerchant is powerful. That voice: OMG. But she goes so much deeper, inspiring, even bringing tears to your eyes. Wonder (Jun 1995) is a defiant statement for disabled children’s dignity and possibility. "She'll make her way." Stunning. #SongoftheDay

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Natalie Merchant - Wonder

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Payphone (Apr 2012) is post-breakup disillusionment. Adam Levine delivers peak #Maroon5 pop hooks, melodically wistful yet bitter. #WizKhalifa wants his ex to know who won (which kinda makes him the loser). Best part: a love song that hates love songs. #SongoftheDay

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Maroon 5 - Payphone ft. Wiz Khalifa (Explicit) (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Maroon5VEVO

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's nothing quite like an uptempo jam. #KALEO has no trouble showing off its delta-blues-inspired power with Hot Blood (Jun 2016). Workout pace, slide riffs, vocals implore you to "get up and get up and get up again." Rockin'. #SongoftheDay

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KALEO "Hot Blood" [Official Audio]

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Circles (June 2026) by #Roundtripp is stuck in slow motion. The impossibly catchy guitar loop mirrors the conflict in the vocals. "Oh Lord, I've been walking in circles again." No bridge. More importantly, no exit. #SongoftheDay

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Circles

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When a close friend faces cancer, #JasonMraz channels existential dread into a critique of our insane media culture built on fear and manufactured paranoia. Ignore the noise! The Remedy (I Won't Worry) (Oct 2002) argues lived experience is the real antidote. #SongoftheDay

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Jason Mraz - The Remedy (I Won't Worry) [Official Video] [HD]

YouTube video by Jason Mraz

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It sounds like a celebration. But #StephenStills is subversive in Love the One You're With (Nov 1970). So if, say, tonight "you can't be with the one you love," well... He's advocating cheating and he gets everybody to sing along. A perfect rationalization. #SongoftheDay

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Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (Jun 2008) by #TheOffspring is not a nice song. It's mean. A song written about manipulative sociopathy and crowd psychology. It's "Lord of the Flies" mean. And it completely rocks. #SongoftheDay

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The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by OffspringVEVO

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In the end, it's a joyful farce. Banditos (Jan 1996) by #TheRefreshments sketches out a cross-border heist, the singer insisting it will work because "everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people." Pure attitude and guitar swagger. #SongoftheDay

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"Banditos" The Refreshments

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#PanicAtTheDisco knows drama in I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Sep 2005). The groom overhears a bridesmaid telling a waiter the bride is unfaithful. Reaction: "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" Whoa! #SongoftheDay

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Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Kansas City (Aug 2014) by #TheNewBasementTapes is time travel. In early 2014, a musical supergroup brought unfinished 1967 Bob Dylan lyrics to life as a weary track that I discovered in 2026 during the Season 3 opener of Ted Lasso. #SongoftheDay

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The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My eyes should be rolling. #WeBanjo3 want me to follow the Light in the Sky (Jul 2018) and usually I wouldn't be moved. But somehow, I believe the bridge, "Stuck between the demon and the night." And sometimes an uplifting chorus is all I want. #SongoftheDay

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We Banjo 3 - "Light in the Sky"

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I feel bad for Sadie Gene. In Carry Me Home (Oct 2025), #GrahamStClairBand knows his path is destructive, yet "Won't you carry me home, Sadie Gene?" is his constant refrain. She warns, chews his ear off. But she's always there. #SongoftheDay

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Graham St. Clair Band - Carry Me Home (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Graham St. Clair Band

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Is it really #TheBeachBoys? Sail On, Sailor (Jan 1973) was a band reinvention. No Brian Wilson falsetto; instead a Blondie Chaplin chest-led baritone, pivoting from sunny beaches to "Uninspired, drenched and tired." It's The Anti-Beach Boys! #SongoftheDay

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Sail On, Sailor (Remastered 2000)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Glasgow Songwriter version of Days Go By (Jun 2026) by #Ferester reshapes the 2024 original by stripping away the studio framing, leaving a man in love who needs space yet knows it's failing. Conflict caught in his vocal inflections: Lonely yet pushing her away. #SongoftheDay

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Ferester - Days Go By (Live From the Scottish Countryside)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#DavidBowie goes for dance-rock in Modern Love (Apr 1983), mixing existential dread with the friction between the religious and the secular. Does he find meaning? "I try, I try." Not really, but you'll feel the uplift anyway. #SongoftheDay

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David Bowie - Modern Love (Official Video) [HD]

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The words. Over-the-top commitment. "If I had one thousand lives, I'd spend every last one with you." ...OK. But that singing voice is such a vibe. He actually sounds a little desperate. Maybe I believe GIO DARA in Back To You (May 2026). #SongoftheDay

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Back To You

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#Henrik is ready to give up Half of forever (Jan 2024) "just to be with you." Is that less than forever? I mean we're all going to die, right? But with heartfelt and sincere vocal energy, the feeling doesn't need to make sense. He's committed. #SongoftheDay

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Henrik - Half of forever (Lyrics)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Chemistry, raw attraction. It hits hard. You know those moments when you think you can be rational, but instead your head spins. Heart Attack (Apr 2016) is a crush so bad it overwhelms. #WildRivers wrote this in college. Young and in too deep for perspective. #SongoftheDay

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Wild Rivers - Heart Attack (Official Audio)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's Alright (Aug 2022) is about breaking away and becoming independent. #CeciliaCastleman says "I don't need your money, I don't need your time" and I think this might be harder than she is letting on. But you know what? "It's Alright." #SongoftheDay

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Cecilia Castleman - It's Alright (Official Video)

YouTube video by Cecilia Castleman

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's fair to say that #GrandFunkRailroad doesn't feel bad about the male gaze. Some Kind of Wonderful (Dec 1974) is so genuine, asking a crowd "Can I get a witness?" to how sweet his woman is. A gospel request for the profane. #SongoftheDay

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Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind of Wonderful

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#AustinMeade and #TreatyOakRevival bring '90s guitar distortion to Red Dirt/Texas Country in Rio Grande (Jun 2026). Neglected veterans, armed robbery, a clean getaway ruined by a waiting ambush. Heavy riffs and brutal consequences. Whoa. #SongoftheDay

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Rio Grande

YouTube video by Austin Meade - Topic

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Centerfold by the J. Geils Band (Sep 1981) captures a bit of my innocence falling away. I was in 6th grade and I knew where my Dad hid his magazines. Is the house empty? "Oh, no, I can't deny it, oh, yeah, I guess I gotta buy it." #SongoftheDay

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The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by JGeilsBandVEVO

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

FINE PLACE TO DIE (Apr 2026) is completely over the top, which is likely why I dig it so much. #AlexWarren says that "the world's on fire" but it's OK 'cause he'll be able to "Burn with you." And he's so genuine, so in love. But... What?!? #SongoftheDay

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Alex Warren - FINE PLACE TO DIE (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Alex Warren

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A cranked electric guitar, a sweet riff, solid tempo. But let's be real, it's the voice. It's raw #ChrisStapleton and raspy power in Midnight Train To Memphis (Dec 2017) about paying a fine with 40 days of hard labor. #SongoftheDay

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Chris Stapleton - Midnight Train To Memphis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by ChrisStapletonVEVO

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#CarliOso is struggling in Some Kinda Rain (Mar 2024). The way he sings it, I swear the storm is terrible, so much effort just to get through. But is there a hint of joyful madness? Like he wouldn't have it any other way? #SongoftheDay

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Some Kinda Rain

YouTube video by Carli Oso - Topic

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#JoshTobias channels Guthrie in Elijah Payne (May 2026). It's not just the mill, the economics, the slow beatdown of a shortened life, and the future widow left with three boys. It's the feeling of the music telling the story. #SongoftheDay

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Elijah Payne

YouTube video by Josh Tobias - Topic

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

He loves her so completely, but he knows it's off and it's paralyzing. Helplessly Hoping (May 1969) by #CrosbyStillsAndNash didn't chart, but its harmonies are legend. "He worries, did he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?" Still brings a tear to my eye. #SongoftheDay

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Helplessly Hoping (2005 Remaster)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In Bourbon Melody (Mar 2018), the palliative doesn't help #NathanColberg. It makes things worse. The groove, I swear I've heard it before. My brother heard it too: "Sounds so familiar." Still, the song just cuts right through. #SongoftheDay

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Nathan Colberg // Bourbon Melody

YouTube video by Nathan Colberg

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#BillyJoel told working people's stories. The Downeaster "Alexa" (Oct 1989) is a commercial fishing romance set in Montauk, Block Island, and Nantucket reaching an intergenerational end. "There ain't much future for a man who works the sea." #SongoftheDay

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Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa" (Official HD Video)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In love, but it hurts too much. #TheGhostOfPaulRevere has reached the breaking point in Love At Your Convenience (Jul 2020). Angry. Sorry. Still in Love. Self-preservation means "I ain't coming back, no more." #SongoftheDay

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The Ghost Of Paul Revere - Love At Your Convenience (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Ghost of Paul Revere

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Butterflies. #StellaLefty has them in Lean In, Kiss Me (Aug 2026). I remember the 'friend' I wanted to be more than a friend. Those times alone with each other. The anticipation, and honestly... it didn't happen. But hopeful, always hopeful. #SongoftheDay

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Lean In, Kiss Me

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

She lied. She's with someone else. Oh, the images of her with him. "And his hands are where my hands should be." #ole60 is raw in smoke & a light (Aug 2023). Can't get her out of his head. Can't get the betrayal out of his head. #SongoftheDay

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Ole 60 - smoke & a light (Lyric Video)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There's something off, whole thing is unhealthy. You like him, but he LOVES you. To a fault. Totally devoted. And I'm not sure you care. Doesn't he see that? He'd do anything for you. #LiamStJohn is "Like a Dog" in Send for me (Jun 2026). #SongoftheDay

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Liam St. John - Send for me (Official Video)

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Travis Wiebe @twiebe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Relationship's beginning is peak melodrama. Is she coming? Late? Chemistry was there, wasn't it? Maybe it was all in my head? #LedZeppelin let the Fool in the Rain (Aug 1979) spiral before he figures out he's "on the wrong block." #SongoftheDay

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Fool in the Rain (Remaster)

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