Holiday Music Challenge


Home for the holidays...music for the memories. So here's a little game to occupy the mind today or at least give the relatives something besides politics to debate:

Make a playlist that's sums up the musical history and pride of your home town. A time capsule for future listeners to uncover that will let them hear the evolution of the sound of your town.

Here's mine for Philadelphia:

  • John Coltrane - Blue Train
  • Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
  • MFSB - TSOP (Soul Train theme)
  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
  • William Devaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got
  • The O'jays - Love Train
  • Todd Rundgren - Hello, It's Me
  • The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
  • Hall & Oates - She's Gone
  • Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
  • Labelle - Lady Marmalade
  • The Hooters - And We Danced
  • USA for Africa - We Are The World (from Live Aid)
  • Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares
  • Dr. Dog - The Truth
  • The Roots feat. Erykah Badu - You Got Me
  • The War on Drugs - Under The Pressure

Cheers,

Spencer

 

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My family moved so much, I really don't have a home town other that I've lived in Greensboro longer than any ....

Rhiannon Giddens 

Happy to have her! 

There are many from the area,100 mile radius.

 

I don't think Silver Spring, MD had a sound! 😆 But it does have a Fillmore Auditorium! 

Bay Area, there isn't enough room.. :-) We are full to the top with a bunch of the greats and up and coming. Man oh man there were a lot of local bands that played around my home town. Antioch/Pittsburg/Brentwood area. 30 miles away was Berkley, 35 was Oakland and 45 miles was San Francisco. I was everywhere as a kid.