Today's #TuneTuesday theme is #Tearjerker, songs that make you cry.

I'm emotionally incontinent. By the time I get to the end of my viewing of "It's A Wonderful Life" later this week I will be a desiccated husk.

But I struggled to think of a song guaranteed to make me cry. Eventually I re-listened to this country inflected tune &, yes, my lip did quiver. If I'd been drunk, & maudlin, it would've been a done deal.

SKY SMEED - LUNKER BASS

An idyllic yesteryear; the passing of time; loss. All crammed into a simple 2 minute song about fishing. How has this got < 5k views in 7 years? Pah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoa8Dq0FOXA

Pies 'n' Prog on a Thursday night: consider my boxes ticked!

The Notorious P.I.G. (noun): A pulled pork & Cajun potato pie, speciality of Winchester pastry purveyors 'Piecaramba!'

A Formal Horse (noun): A criminally underappreciated musical combo: an unholy mash up of gnarly prog, wiry metal, impossible math rock & winsome indie.

Put aside your prejudices, 'twas joyous stuff!

It's that time of the week.

#ThursdayFiveList
#TheComing  

Refused -The Shape Of Punk To Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdp18lRzIgk

Chris T-T - The Huntsman Comes A-Marchin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLa7LBGCj08

Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfE6PJmGS8

Scroobius Pip - Let 'Em Come (ft. Sage Francis & P.O.S.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ8TzuqpSQs

McLusky - When They Come Tell Them No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJvhxyQtofI

Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheFall. I've seen a few mentions of the band of that name, but the songs chosen don't seem to be on topic.

So here, for fans of The Fall who are having their hashtag overrun, are 4 of their songs that do have 'fall' in the title. And one song about Mark E Smith. And The Fall.

The Fall - Fall Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJbD1DwYd4

The Fall - Before The Moon Falls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ply8h0kHuag

The Fall - Jim's "The Fall"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BneHUiVNlU

The Fall - C.D. Win Fall 2088 AD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ-edVHeTEc

Here Are The Young Men & Uncle Peanut - Mark E. Smith's Still Doing The Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pud-sQxMMmQ

This #TuneTuesday’s theme is #SciFiSongs

My selection: Dave House's 10 song pop--hardcore EP about the (excellent) early 2000s remake of 'Battlestar Galactica'.

Totalling 8m 23s it's pretty disposable stuff. But I'm a simple soul & it makes me smile.

Tracks include "(I Wanna Frak You) Starbuck", "Major Lee Buff", and "(It's A Tough Life Being A) Hybrid".

Here's a sample - honestly, don't bother if you've never seen the show. If you have, but hate the song, you can curse me & say "that's 53 seconds of my life I'll never get back".

THE FINAL FIVE - BOOMER'S PLAN

https://ia600201.us.archive.org/27/items/TheFinalFive-Galacticore/05-BoomersPlan.mp3

"Sleeper agent, she didn't know, she had more in common with Nintendo..."

PS> This is My Space era stuff. The only place I can now find it is archive.org.

This week's theme for #TuneTuesday is #FireAndBurn

I was going to post the Age Of Chance industrial/noise cover version of this song, but when I listened to it again, it, wasn't half as good as I remembered 😂

So sticking with the wonderful original.

THE TRAMMPS - DISCO INFERNO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ogAJdg99Jk

Better late than never for this week's #ThursdayFiveList with the theme #TheMagic

5 songs about magic, spells, enchantments etc etc

The Open Mind - Magic Potion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Hdmm304Uw
60s freakbeat / psych monster! Love it.

Opeth - The Grand Conjuration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5LRReFYus
Dark forces are summoned!

Cathedral - Hopkins (Witchfinder General)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKV7WUM-Ots
Don't miss the comedy 'none more metal' video! 🤣

Van Der Graaf Generator - White Hammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3SDpP0qyes
The Malleus Maleficarum... a 15th century treatise on witchcraft & sorcery.

Rosetta Stone - The Witch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlrwYZ6rVOk
Sisters wannabees. But fun.

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #WaterMusic - "songs that mention oceans, rivers, streams, puddles..."

A good opportunity to share the incomparably beautiful voice of Sandy Denny:

FOTHERINGAY - THE SEA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q4iIaqmLZ8