I'm happy tonight.
It's been a minute since I posted a chunk of music.

Thought I'd start another music debate & recommends thread as my original Mastodon thread is close to 500 track posts plus almost as many replies on top with conversation, so at 1k posts or w/ever it's getting a bit unwieldy. Although it is kinda cool scrolling up a bunch of cool conversations! Also memories & moods since I joined Fedi.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ArtBear/110856323614495145

So erm, here we go for anyone who's interested in maybe finding some new tunes.
#Beartracks pt.II

I'm going to keep the ongoing Youtube & Spotify playlists going instead of starting new ones.
Youtube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSjf2LsBixj_y6Q7vRz9rG_m0PILEpuW
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Cfnw4ZRUGfr86nPRbdJX5?si=b5397e12d368483b
ArtBear on Mastodon (@[email protected])

Blistering. Totally on fire, & on point. This track gut punches. State of #UK. #JukeboxFridayNight Kid Kapichi ft. Bob Vylan - New England https://youtu.be/omMN8o2UDlU #KidKapichi #BobVylan #music #Indie #Punk #AltRock #HipHop #BearTracks #UK #Hastings #20s

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ARXX - Ride or Die (Official Video)

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THE GOA EXPRESS - Everybody In The UK

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The Interrupters - "Raised By Wolves"

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Gold Lions

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Honda Civic

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Kid Kapichi - I.N.V.U. (Official Video)

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#jukeboxFridayNight #newMusic
Definite Ray of Light vibes here, but that's no bad thing.

Georgia - Give It Up For Love

https://youtu.be/SSa8pU_3ODs

#Georgia #music #Synth #Pop #Dance #BearTracks #USA #20s
Georgia - Give It Up For Love (Official Video)

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#jukeboxFridayNight #newMusic
Yes it is.
Yep.
It is pronounced slutface.
Anyway, good track & vid.

Sløtface - HAPPY

https://youtu.be/A2JOnt0rf6c

#Sløtface #music #altRock #Rock #BearTracks #Norway #20s
Sløtface - HAPPY (Official Live/Lyric Video)

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Heard It All

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#jukeboxFridayNight
I know it's such a cliche:
'I prefer the original few have heard.'
But in this case I really do prefer the relatively unknown 60s original, over the 80s Marc Almond cover hit.

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

https://youtu.be/EH4yq-goqiA

#GloriaJones #music #Soul #RnB #Motown #BearTracks #USA #60s
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (VN Project edited video)

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Grooving to this synthdance electropop upbeat sound for getting physical stuff done. Lots to enjoy on this album. Midnight Sun, Lion For Real, When I Was Young, Northern Lights, Temporary Gold. Taking a little breather to have a coffee before diving back in to it.

Kate Boy - Temporary Gold

https://youtu.be/2Zy82aGmn08

#KateBoy #Electro #Dance #Synth #Pop #Music #BearTracks #HipHop #Australia #10s
Temporary Gold (Bonus Track)

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Happiness (feat. Krafty Kuts & Beadyman)

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K+Lab - Rhisky Sours

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Dynamite Love (Krafty Kuts vs. Freestylers)

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Well if you don't like this blastin track... It ain't my fault. 😆
The massive barritone flow of Chali 2na, tight bars of Dynamite MC & Krafty Kuts beats, how can you go wrong?
#Chali2na #KraftyKuts #DynamiteMC - It Ain't My Fault
https://youtu.be/n9HQGDCfLO0?si=nvOh1V8RU4UPi6da
https://open.spotify.com/track/4sNSHzXcLSKAgWai7jyGUb?si=LCAlW805QYiiZsYdkrq3OA
Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MC - It Ain't My Fault (ft. Chali 2na)

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Say Lou Lou - Stayin' Alive (official audio)

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Up energy!!
This Krossbow remix sets me on the tracks for getting physical stuff done.
https://open.spotify.com/track/61TE609sILpyLH3Q4aEDH2?si=ir1bPv4fSDyMXYzlD8PAFQ
Feel Like Jumpin - Krossbow Remix

Krafty Kuts, Krossbow · Song · 2013

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Try to Fight

Cathedrals · Song · 2017

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36 piece orchestra = headbop #hiphop
Love music that challenges genre boundaries.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oSmp7qnvAxUXeUKhl67a6?si=7shACEvtRieAgKqw4RZK_g
1955

Hilltop Hoods, Montaigne, Tom Thum · Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung · Song · 2016

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Get It Right

Ferdinand fka Left Boy · Song · 2014

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I'll Have What She's Having

WOOZE · Song · 2019

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Voodoo Science

Demob Happy · Song · 2023

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The Valley of The Pagans (feat. Beck)

Gorillaz, Beck · Song · 2020

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Flower Power Madness

Royal Republic · Club Majesty · Song · 2019

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Lost in Big City

Maethelvin · Song · 2009

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Take Me Out

Franz Ferdinand · Franz Ferdinand · Song · 2004

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Kingdom

NAATIONS · Song · 2016

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Cry - Kaan Hastaoglu Remix

Deniz Bahadir · Song · 2015

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Knee Length Socks

Urthboy · Song · 2012

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Now U Do - Edit

DJ Seinfeld, Confidence Man · Now U Do · Song · 2023

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Makeba - Ian Asher Remix

Jain, Ian Asher · Makeba (Ian Asher Remix) · Song · 2023

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Don't Rock the boat (Bart & Baker Remix)

Skeewiff · Song · 2012

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Life Gives You Lemons

Citizen Kay · Song · 2015

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X Valentine

GEMS · Song · 2017

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Romanticise

Chela · Song · 2013

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Lost in Big City

Maethelvin · Song · 2009

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Evolve - Maethelvin Remix

Anoraak, Lydmor, Maethelvin · Song · 2017

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Chain My Name

POLIÇA · Song · 2013

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Funn

Cash+David · Song · 2014

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Tasty cover of the archetypal #10s Edwyn Collins original.

Kate Boy - A Girl Like You

https://open.spotify.com/track/3PklRkg6ZFsPAv9VR7dtew?si=acb9d5fd0b6243e1

#KateBoy #music #beartracks
A Girl Like You

Kate Boy · Song · 2015

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This is almost the most 80s song ever, right?

But made in 2015 - lol.
Oh and headphones close to compulsory for the stereo.

Maethelvin - Dragster

https://open.spotify.com/track/55CW9xtP4I99LfepDz5aog?si=3c2178cda48b4a4c

#Maethelvin #music #beartracks
Dragster

Maethelvin · Song · 2015

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Don't Wanna See Your Face

John Butler Trio · Song · 2010

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Not Today

Chill Bump · Song · 2014

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Wanna Stay

Luude, Dear Sunday · Song · 2021

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I WANT YOU

Carter Vail · Song · 2022

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Keeping You Around

Nothing But Thieves · Song · 2023

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Stutter

Kill J · Song · 2019

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Goodnight Fediverse. This is a gorgeous track to wind down for the night.

Wishing good rest to all the Firefish & Mastodons, the Pixelfed, the Lemmys and everyone else
​😴​​💤

Dustin Tebbutt - The Breach (10yr version)

https://youtu.be/G_CQOcDOcAE?si=1IeLnEs7CkgA5vzh
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wrhWgmVl8EvWEKwAXLzpr?si=1eca9c2d89df40d8

#DustinTebbutt #acoustic #Guitar #Folk #music #beartracks #10s #Sweden
The Breach (Vast Decade ReWork) - 10yr Anniversary Release

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Who doesn't remember Placebo's Pure Morning? Anyway say hello to this tasty #Ska #Dubstep joint.

TopCat - Friend in Need (remix Panik & M Rode)

https://youtu.be/MmdznYNfKZ4?si=Wg5GPLOn0-Ok8Dlc
https://open.spotify.com/track/3TYT0onRi1Ri5FniasScfg?si=d77030ccb20140bc

#TopCat #MRode #Panik #Ska #Dubstep #music #beartracks #10s #Remix
Friend in Need (Panik & M Rode Remix)

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It's Over

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Kano - P's and Q's (Official Music Video)

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Grimey London pt. II
2015 those first take off years. Stormzy with his mates in the park spittin bars to someone's phone.

#Stormzy - Shut Up
https://youtu.be/RqQGUJK7Na4?si=IV8hlHwF3lQcOG67
https://open.spotify.com/track/4P8dRfSz0LBgyWfjod6v3J?si=50fd6da7a79f4ecb
#hiphop #grime #music #beartracks #10s #London
STORMZY - SHUT UP

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Grimey London sound pt. III
2020 Sometimes but maybe not household, but fan gem Lesh. Yeah Brum & London.

Beefin here like Stormzy, but dense packed lyrical talent in the bars. Hitting that hard no swears is impressive, but written shot edited and released in 1 day is a whole other level.

Lady Leshurr - D.I.V
https://youtu.be/ATbwQLqlJ7Y?si=CSsg48M7Y9WIBePl
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xb2GiWUmsginVasUNRjFM?si=399653970605409d
#hiphop #grime #music #beartracks #20s #London #Solihull
LADY LESHURR - D.I.V

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Skepta - Shutdown

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Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me

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Grimey London pt. VI

2005 grime pioneers Roll Deep laying the grime delivery over that motown yet actually 80s sample from
#TheMaisonettes.

#RollDeep - The Avenue
https://youtu.be/K5jkgt9H9oE?si=W2GgWhbESaG8o8Oj
https://open.spotify.com/track/0H9WQbyHO5FHchgtADVf4R?si=19a9b22a33e54883
#grime #hipHop #music #BearTracks #00s #London #jukeboxFridayNight
Roll Deep - The Avenue

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Grimey London pt. VII

2006 Sov was another distinctive voice pushing the UK scene out from the US style & flow.

#LadySovereign - Those Were The Days
https://youtu.be/d819GFDGQ6s?si=lza12P5lqOkroH3s
https://open.spotify.com/track/4w2cfflCq4jN5hUHTJdueo?si=19d0f8edf56a4d36
#grime #hipHop #music #BearTracks #00s #London #jukeboxFridayNight
Lady Sovereign - Those Were The Days

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Grimey London pt. VIII

1998 So wtf is a manc rock rap group doing in a london grime segment?

Big shift from US style and flow, bringing more UK regional delivery in to UK rap. Rock rap hiphop acts like Dust Junkys in the 90s were rare, but laid groundwork for expanding the range of the UK scene similar to say Bodycount or RunDMC did for diversifying rap rock hiphop in the states. Creating more attention & space for breakaway sounds.

The Dust Junkys sound was really fresh for most listeners when it first hit UK.

#DustJunkys - Non Stop Operation
https://youtu.be/zU-VxwxgNgA?si=Fj23Ql1J4F70HY0z
https://open.spotify.com/track/4gkzT6ggOvvWbf6UPPtUeh?si=3a11e520a33e4114
#grime #hipHop #music #BearTracks #90s #London #Manchester #jukeboxFridayNight
Non Stop Operation by Dust Junkys

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Grimey London pt. IX

2008 Dose of serious.
Refreshing thing about a fair bit of grime writing was steering around/away from a lot of the stereotypical focus on drugs, guns, hos, bling.
#Jme - Serious
https://youtu.be/9_xMxgAJ-2s?si=o-klL1p8xrWhjp7e
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UYESIKtM26pOgH3E9Dcgh?si=da9cfb13bf464d0c
#grime #hipHop #music #BearTracks #00s #London #jukeboxFridayNight
JME - Serious

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Grimey London pt. X

2008 Way off the commercial break tracks, underground fave Scroobius Pip with a totally different level of writing. Amazing lyrics.

#DanLeSac vs #ScroobiusPip - Letter From God To Man
https://youtu.be/e4467CI4y0M?si=9gYRZRKuqjSiTHNX
https://open.spotify.com/track/4TPmB8Xol9mseNxIBfXgev?si=d17c03e3427a401c
#grime #hipHop #music #BearTracks #00s #London #jukeboxFridayNight
LETTER FROM GOD TO MAN - dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip OFFICIAL

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@ArtBear I have a long shot of a question for you. I seem to remember a 2000s grime song with a hook that goes something like: “Don’t tell me you’re real / Show me some evidence” and I thought it was by JME but have never managed to track down this earworm. Does it ring any bells?
@ArtBear nah. House music is better.