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A while back ago we had a Teenage Days Edition where I asked you folks to share some of your favorite tunes from your teenage years. Playing off of that, I'd like to hear what music you all were into in your twenties. If you're still in your twenties, more power to ya... just go ahead and share what you're currently listening to! If you've yet to reach your twenties, don't fret... just let us know what you imagine you'll be listening to in your twenties hahaha! Really, it's all good if you want to step outside of this theme... just share whatever music ya like!
How we do
In this weekly series, folks can chime in and drop links to whatever it is they've been listening to recently + browse others suggestions. You can follow the suggested genre if you'd like, but don't feel confined to it; you're free to suggest whatever you wanna. 🙌
If you're interested in having other discussions about music, consider following the aptly named #music discussions organization.
Now, think back to those good old days and share us some tunes! Note: you can embed a link to your song using the following syntax {% embed https://... %}. This should work for most common platforms!
Looking forward to listening to y'all's suggestions! 🎶
Top comments (29)
One of my favorite groups in my early 20's was LCD Soundsystem... they're still one of my faves! All of their songs are good to me, but "Home" is def one of my faves... the lyrics always hit me hard. The music video is super fun too:
Thank you for reminding me
Awww yeah! Happy to do so. They're such a great band. You got a favorite track by them?
Hi, I'm listening to "This Is Happening" right now.
My favorite songs are probably "Somebody's Calling Me" and "Pow Pow".
OOoo yes! "This is Happening" is a wonderful album. And those are 2 damn good ones right there!
I just tuned into "Pow Pow" for the first time in a long while... so good. Following it, the London Sessions version came on too... also so good. 😀
I got goosebumps... so it's very good too... 😀
I hadn't heard this version before. Thx
Woot! You're very welcome. Always nice to bump into a fellow LCD fan! 🙌
Do you know this band? My favorites in my company. Unfortunately, the sound quality on youtube is poor.
youtube.com/watch?v=LUWJfZSw40I
Oooo no! I hadn't heard this one before.
This is pretty dang cool though! The music is badass. It feels kinda gyspy-esque and dark... I love the haunting vocal lines that come in during the chorus.
Also, great music video!!
Ooo, my 20s were when I embraced my nerdier musical side. I've always been a fan of nerdcore (mc chris, Beefy, etc.), and I liked a lot of music from anime -- Naruto in particular.
But I think the song I'm going to share is when I first heard of Jonathan Coulton, thanks to this being the theme song of a show I loved when I was 20 (and still do today): Code Monkeys.
Also, this reminds me of a post I saw on DEV a while ago by a programmer with some hip hop chops.
A rapper that just makes painfully true songs about programming
stdoutrap ・ Nov 9 '18
Here's his YouTube channel:
I'm a full time programmer and I love making rap music. I see a lot of humor in the profession/industry, and thought it would be fun to combine the two. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/%24stdout/1462513581 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dthHxDshaRB9IElwEfVgW Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stdoutrap SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/stdoutrap Twitter: https://twitter.com/stdoutrap
Haha! This is rad. I love his picture with the flowers too! 💐
Aw, man. I'm sad I missed this one. I'm a little late to the party, but here's a loved one harking back to my 20s from The Violent Femmes, sounding surprisingly undamaged by time in this KEXP show from 2017. (clip starts at "American Music", but I recommend the whole show.. :) ).
Violent Femmes - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) - YouTube
http://KEXP.ORG presents Violent Femmes performing live in KEXP's gathering space. Recorded August 2, 2017.Songs:Blister In The SunPlease Do Not GoAmerican M...
Haha, better late than never!
This is so awesome, Mary. I hadn't thought about the Violent Femmes in a long while... glad to see (hear!) that they still got it.
What a fun show! I started from your link into American Music (excellent!), but I think I'm gonna have to go back to the beginning to catch the whole show as you suggested.
Guess what I was doing in my twenties (and not that I ever stopped tbh) ;-)
Lol!! This is sooooo good, Valeria. 😆
So I take it you like WoW, eh? Rock on!! 🎸
Guilty! I do :-)
Gregory Porter &The Metropole Orchestra, Full concert, Paradiso. - YouTube
Music in collaboration with Radio 6. -Broadcast in the sign of the Radio 6-concert jazz singer Gregory Porter gave together with the Metropole Orchestra in D...
Oh yes!! 🙌 Gregory Porter is amazing and wow, hearing him backed by an orchestra is so nice. I've not heard this performance before, but I love it.
Metropole Orchestra is just wow too. Really looove this performance by Gregory, on repeat
Listening to this right now (me...in my twenties...)
Woooaaa! I like this a lot. It's soooo funky! I'm, watching on YouTube (my platform of choice) and the lyrics are shared on the video... just wow, I really like them. 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Rachel!! This is super cool.
Wow, this is lovely! I really like this kind of meditative, electronic, ambient music. Thanks for sharing, Writwik!
Awesome! What a powerful acapella performance. 😀
Also, such a cool video — I really like the perspective from behind with the tree to the side and the sun coming up!! It's kind of mysterious how we never see the singer's face.
Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing, Rafaf.
Anjunadeep 14
open.spotify.com/album/7DMVHNNy2As...
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