Technically, today should be Day 4 of the challenge, but I’m going to so the rest all at once, because I’m impatient and so spreading it out over 30 days is too hard!
I’m trying to make it so I don’t repeat any artists but there’s a few that I probably will have to – though I won’t be repeating any songs!
Day 1 – a song with a colour in the title
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Day 2 – a song with a number in the title
Three Hours – Nick Drake
Day 3 – A song that reminds you of summertime
A Summer Wasting – Belle and Sebastian
Day 4 – A song that reminds you of someone you’d rather forget
Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
Day 5. A song that needs to be played loud
Hanging on the Telephone – Blondie
Day 6. A song that makes you want to dance
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing – Scissor Sisters
Day 7. A song to drive to
Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
Day 8. A song about drugs or alcohol
Thoughts of Mary-Jane – Nick Drake
Day 9 – A song that makes you happy
Philomena – The Decemberists
Day 10 – A song that makes you sad
Glacier – John Grant
Day 11 – A song that you never get tired of
One Day Like This – Elbow
Day 12 – A song from your preteen years
Year 3000 – Busted
Day 13 – A song from the 1970s
Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
Day 14 – A song you’d love to be played at your wedding
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Day 15 – A song that’s a cover of another artist
Angel Eyes, the Czars
Day 16 – a classic favourite
Shelter from the Storm – Bob Dylan
Day 17 – A song you’d duet on karaoke
Married in a Gold Rush, Vampire Weekend
Day 18 – a song from the year you were born
Losing My Religion, REM
Day 19 – a song that makes you think about life
Ether and Wood, Alela Diane
Day 20 – a song that has many meanings to you
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks, The National
Day 21 – a song with a person’s name in the title
Emmylou, First Aid Kit
Day 22 – A song that moves you forward
GMF, John Grant
Day 23 – a song everyone should listen to
You’re So Vain, Carly Simon or Blinded by your Grace, Stormzy
Day 24 – A song for a band you wish were still together
Fuel Up, Stornoway
Day 25 – A song by an artist no longer living
Suzanne, Leonard Cohen
Day 26 – A song that makes you want to fall in love
Into My Arms, Nick Cave
Day 27 – A song that breaks your heart
The King of Rome, June Tabor
Day 28 – A song by an artist whose voice you love
The Art Teacher, Rufus Wainwright
Day 29 – A song you remember from your childhood
Paint It Black, Rolling Stones (I know it came out a long time before but I have very strong memories of listening to it as a child)
Day 30 – A song that reminds you of yourself
Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes (or Disco 2000, Pulp)
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