Keeping the party going with Depeche Mode and “The Landscape is Changing” (https://youtu.be/VhnJFxXhoJ0?si=VnKTlprKx9B8-j2Y) from 1983’s “Construction Time Again” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI6kLIhBBwmT_jUt8YZ8v5bA9JF0ktToF&si=8zzWCQ7yDwNhOG4B). The band is currently taking a well deserved break

#RetroView #DepecheMode

Time to get funky with virtuoso bassist Tal Wilkenfeld & the funk collective Scary Pockets and their cover of Joni Mitchell’s #EarthDay classic: “Big Yellow Taxi” (https://youtu.be/8jm1Zl2Fjd4?si=ijzIePeq-RDqqw04)
#RetroView #TalWilkenfeld #JoniMitchell #funk

Staying funky with “Planet Earth” (https://youtu.be/ASCM4BzTN0Y?si=J0IHSytsOFQmw5XN) by Prince from his 2007 33rd (!!!) album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nweMZKm1Oe_CpcjHz4LZIRIXlGByj9PFk&si=ojXu1--Cg-QXK11I)
#RetroView #Prince #funk

Freddie Mercury. Brian May. “Is this the world we created?” (https://youtu.be/riwDo7_GxjM?si=TbsNQv3MTrXQp0G8) LiveAid ‘85 (https://youtu.be/dDYzUqUpbQU?si=csR5qSk9N8filCMP).. do I need to say more??

#RetroView #Queen #FreddieMercury #BrianMay #LiveAid

“Meat is Murder” is a great song about the reality of modern food. BUT b/c Morrisey is a major POS here’s Johnny Marr performing it with his longtime friends Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders (https://youtu.be/cbO7rNAedXY?si=YlfqMohCsukxh1So)

#RetroView #TheSmiths #JohnnyMarr #ChrissieHynde #ThePretenders

“Hymn of The Big Wheel” (https://youtu.be/FG_0DSb8mpI?si=2YHUQnxhM9IbF5JA) by one of Bristol’s finest bands Massive Attack with some help from Jamaican reggae legend Horace Andy. The song was on their 1991 album “Blue Lines” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI6kLIhBBwmQs4uIox4UgB2UHc4IuS78s&si=UEPXvLIHQ-2bNxgo). They are currently touring and released the song “Boots on the Ground” Featuring Tom Waits (https://youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE?si=AOu82hhnPB-krwdI) last week!
#RetroView #MassiveAttack #HoraceAndy #TomWaits

“Idioteque” is a visceral song about climate change BUT b/c Radiohead are zionist assholes, here’s a brilliant cover by singer-songwriters Vienna Teng and Alex Wong (https://youtu.be/bKuAizCzoJQ?si=1NLT_e8FVowJHvv1)
#RetroView #Radiohead #ViennaTeng #AlexWong

“Sun Green” (https://youtu.be/s69388irZ4A?si=yftQqtz_IisST4Vq)is an epic by none other than Neil Young and Crazy Horse from their 2003 musical novel “Greendale” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_khXC615jquc1Hqevz1Ti5Y9OJ42RngRkk&si=MftlLOgF3j0o63AE). This song tells the story of the character Sun and her environmental activism. 
#RetroView #NeilYoung #CrazyHorse

“The Trees” (https://youtu.be/JnC88xBPkkc?si=2RyviHi2Gh4msZ8V) is from Canadian Prog Rock legends Rush’s 6th album “Hemispheres” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSSm2CURA2lwzWDPBQJ1V7pCvdNTslyv&si=Us4I-FEK6zGBPIH9) The song is considered to be one of the band’s best of their career.
#RetroView #Rush #ProgRock #classicrock

Time to get down with German Funk-Disco-WTF band Boney-M’s “We Kill The World (Don’t Kill The World)” (https://youtu.be/UrFqSe-FPOE?si=YF7lZnYyoyEglvDj) from their 1981 album “Boonoonoonoos” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJfpJiDQ4b8bxb2iDEg_VGl1EU9PT1HGE&si=bZRmTqfLfShKT2DF)
#RetroView #BoneyM #funk #disco

Here’s The Beach Boys with the ever poignant “Day in the Life of a Tree” (https://youtu.be/fANTtBJoXcA?si=qYk7DQsyB2JzaVe_) from 1971’s environmentally themed “Surf’s Up” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lb1QdqKFMwrZmCal0R8g4ITgQELMpQXfY&si=g8xDzeqqhL6ESD2r)
#RetroView #TheBeachBoys

“Love Song to the Earth” (https://youtu.be/ZSnOXbaXzfM?si=LqHo2RY2ZhHQZeW4) is a collaboration of more than 15 different popular musicians headed up by Paul McCartney to raise public awareness about climate change. All royalties and proceeds earned by “Love Song to the Earth” were donated to Friends of the Earth US and the UN Foundation
#RetroView #EarthDay

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris AKA The Trio with a cover of Neil Young’s depressingly evergreen “After The Gold Rush” (https://youtu.be/ykMzS6ugnPI?si=RtpzpIj38Dfwz6m3) from their second self titled album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOtx5whu3dJQ8REv35rajJAiIkLkDa-Gk&si=0s1jWs2ZgaZm9fhn)
#RetroView #DollyParton #LindaRonstadt #EmmylouHarris #NeilYoung

It’s illegal to celebrate #EarthDay without James Taylor’s “Gaia” (https://youtu.be/UcFGgsuUS4Y?si=xM4WobI1B37l-r4x) from his 1997 Grammy award winning album “Hourglass” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNfJDqxbRJ_UAHyLu692LQ0i067prhg7w&si=mzaEMR7BDcSdu75o) sorry I don’t make the rules
#RetroView #JamesTaylor