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50+ Music<p>"A Long December" is a song by American rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CountingCrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CountingCrows</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> is the second <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>single</span></a> and 13th track from their second album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RecoveringTheSatellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecoveringTheSatellites</span></a> (1996). Lead singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdamDuritz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamDuritz</span></a> was inspired to write the track after his friend was hit by a motorist and injured, making the song about reflecting on tragedy with a positive disposition. Released in December 1996, "A Long December" peaked at number five on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ModernRockTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernRockTracks</span></a> chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQYTT8npz5U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=NQYTT8npz5U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Cherish" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RAndB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAndB</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KoolAndTheGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KoolAndTheGang</span></a>, released in May 1985. It was the third single released from the band's sixteenth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emergency</span></a>. It was certified Gold by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIAA</span></a> and held the number 1 position on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdultContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdultContemporary</span></a> chart for six weeks running. It would ultimately rank as the biggest Adult Contemporary chart hit of the 1980s. The song is a romantic <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> that proved to be extremely popular when it was released. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4l32yNal9A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=X4l32yNal9A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Ghost" is a song by Canadian singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JustinBieber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinBieber</span></a>. It was sent to French radio stations through <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniversalMusicGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalMusicGroup</span></a> on September 10, 2021, as the sixth and final single from his sixth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JonBellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonBellion</span></a> wrote the song with Bieber and produced it with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theMonstersAndStrangerz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theMonstersAndStrangerz</span></a> (Jordan K. Johnson and Stefan Johnson), alongside <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelPollack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelPollack</span></a>. It is an uptempo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popRock</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/synthpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthpop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> with influences from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/grime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grime</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDM</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drumAndBass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drumAndBass</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQOAsuw_F6Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=cQOAsuw_F6Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Kiss Me" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popRock</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SixpenceNoneTheRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SixpenceNoneTheRicher</span></a> from their self-titled third album (1997). The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> was released to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/modernRockRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernRockRadio</span></a> on July 14, 1998, and was issued physically on August 12, 1998, in the United States. It was later issued in international territories the following year. Several <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicCritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicCritics</span></a> compared the song to works by English <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alternativeRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeRock</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theSundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theSundays</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnq9wPDoDKg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Jnq9wPDoDKg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the English <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soul</span></a> and pop band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SimplyRed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimplyRed</span></a>, released as the third single from their debut studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PictureBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PictureBook</span></a> (1985). In 1986, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> reached number one on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 and number two on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a>. "Holding Back the Years" had initially been released in the UK the year before, reaching number 51. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR7zKA7tPS8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=SR7zKA7tPS8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Hands to Heaven" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> by English new wave band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Breathe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breathe</span></a>, taken from their debut studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AllThatJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllThatJazz</span></a> (1987). The song released as their fifth UK single on 20 October 1987 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AAndMRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAndMRecords</span></a> and as the band's second single in the US the following year. It was written by group members David Glasper and Marcus Lillington, and produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobSargeant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobSargeant</span></a>. The B-side features an instrumental track "Life and Times". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgYT7Bskkdk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=dgYT7Bskkdk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Never a Time" is the fifth track from English rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genesis</span></a>'s 14th studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeCantDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeCantDance</span></a> (1991). This song, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>, was released as the fifth single from the album, and peaked at No. 4 on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HotAdultContemporaryTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotAdultContemporaryTracks</span></a> chart, No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 9 in Canada. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-QrqVKwb4U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=B-QrqVKwb4U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Patrick Honegger<p>Wenn nach der schönsten Rock-Ballade gefragt wird, höre ich in meinem Freundeskreis häufig 'Heaven' von Gotthard. Dabei ist der Titel hier von Giant mindestens so schön. Und weniger ausgelutscht: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TpS6LbvY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TpS6Lbv</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/kuschelrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kuschelrock</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TpS6LbvY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TpS6Lbv</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
Vishwas Gaitonde<p>The Battle Royal of Kittipup<br>🐲<br>How a kingdom was rescued from the clutches of a fierce dragon <br><a href="https://medium.com/@weareji/the-battle-royal-of-kittipup-eb3f7cd2f246?sk=95c0045368b01019e9cf08c3a9702cf1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@weareji/the-battle</span><span class="invisible">-royal-of-kittipup-eb3f7cd2f246?sk=95c0045368b01019e9cf08c3a9702cf1</span></a><br>My ballad in light verse<br> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bravery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bravery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/heroism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heroism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/verse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrative</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Still" is a 1979 song by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soulMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soulMusic</span></a> group the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Commodores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodores</span></a>. It was released as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>single</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MotownRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotownRecords</span></a> with "Such a Woman" as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bside</span></a>. The song appears on their 1979 hit album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MidnightMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidnightMagic</span></a>. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CashBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashBox</span></a> said it was a "tender, lilting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> praised the " poignant lyric and slow. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIWJtPR_BEg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=IIWJtPR_BEg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" is a song recorded by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhitneyHouston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhitneyHouston</span></a> for her second studio album, Whitney (1987). It was released as the fourth single from the album on February 15, 1988 to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/contemporaryHitRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryHitRadio</span></a> in the United States. The song was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FrankWildhorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrankWildhorn</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChuckJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckJackson</span></a> and produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NaradaMichaelWalden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaradaMichaelWalden</span></a>. A pop <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> set in the key of D major, the record is about someone seeking for a former lover to return after a breakup. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3tfVjGCQ8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wa3tfVjGCQ8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ChasMusic (he/him)<p>Just ran this rock ballad I like through Google Translate and the lyrics are so beautiful.</p><p>Ya Sudahlah by Bondan Prakoso &amp; Fade2Black</p><p><a href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NL8WUtq_NDY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.youtube.com/watch?v=NL8W</span><span class="invisible">Utq_NDY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Indonesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesian</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>music</span></a></span></p>
50+ Music<p>"The Air That I Breathe" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> written by the British-Gibraltarian singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertHammond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertHammond</span></a> and the English songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MikeHazlewood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeHazlewood</span></a>. It was initially recorded by Hammond on his debut album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ItNeverRainsInSouthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItNeverRainsInSouthernCalifornia</span></a> (1972). After being covered by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PhilEverly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilEverly</span></a> in 1973, it was a major hit for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theHollies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theHollies</span></a> in early 1974, reaching number two in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a>. It was the Hollies' last major hit. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRQ6exyRLog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=dRQ6exyRLog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Can't We Try" is a 1987 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/duet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duet</span></a> performed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DanHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanHill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VondaShepard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VondaShepard</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> was Billboard's No. 1 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdultContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdultContemporary</span></a> Song of the Year for 1987. "Can't We Try" was released as a single from Dan Hill's 1987 self-titled album. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CashBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashBox</span></a>, making it Dan Hill's second-biggest hit behind "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SometimesWhenWeTouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SometimesWhenWeTouch</span></a>", which hit No. 3 back in 1978, and was Vonda Shepard's only Top 10 Pop hit. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcU7TYIgLM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=gPcU7TYIgLM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Lonely Days" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> written and performed by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BeeGees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeeGees</span></a>. It appeared on their album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/2YearsOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2YearsOn</span></a>, and was released as a single, becoming their first Top Five hit in the US, peaking at number three in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a> and reaching number one in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cashbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cashbox</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RecordWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecordWorld</span></a> charts. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarryGibb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarryGibb</span></a> later re-recorded the song with country quartet <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LittleBigTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LittleBigTown</span></a> for his 2021 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Greenfields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenfields</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7KQ0xUfFjA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=C7KQ0xUfFjA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Always Tomorrow" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GloriaEstefan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GloriaEstefan</span></a>, released worldwide on October 12, 1992 as the first single by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EpicRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpicRecords</span></a> from her compilation album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatestHits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatestHits</span></a> (1992). The song is written by Estefan and produced by her husband <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmilioEstefanJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilioEstefanJr</span></a>, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald. It is a guitar-driven acoustic <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> about starting over in the wake of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tragedy</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a>. While on tour. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dhw1IpCt8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=K6dhw1IpCt8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Mirrors" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JustinTimberlake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinTimberlake</span></a> for his third studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/The2020Experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>The2020Experience</span></a> (2013). First conceived in 2009, the track was inspired by his relationship with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JessicaBiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JessicaBiel</span></a> and the marriage of his grandparents. It is an eight-minute-long mid-tempo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/progressiveSoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveSoul</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RAndB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAndB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>. Timberlake wrote and produced the song with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Timbaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timbaland</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JeromeJRocHarmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeromeJRocHarmon</span></a>, with additional writing from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JamesFauntleroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesFauntleroy</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuZE_IRwLNI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=uuZE_IRwLNI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
OccasionalDucks<p>Tam Lin really is a - and I can think of no other way to put this - completely f———ed up ballad if you stop and actually listen to the story, isn’t it? Seriously, check it out if you’re unfamiliar <a href="https://youtu.be/WhZSkbuGc1k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/WhZSkbuGc1k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TamLin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TamLin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ballad</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BroadsideBallad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BroadsideBallad</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FolkSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolkSong</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Roud35" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roud35</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Child39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Child39</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>And up come he to her bed fit,<br>And a grumlie guest I’m sure was he,<br>Saying, “Here am I, thy bairnie’s faither<br>Although I may not comely be.”</p><p>—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)</p><p>Illustration: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird and Wonderful by Richard Pearse Chope (John Lane, 1912)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folksong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalSealDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSealDay</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Hello! This is another amazing cover of one of my fave songs of all time. This musician's slowed down, ballad style cover is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! He truly does the song much justice.</p><p>Take a listen!</p><p>(A-ha) "Take On Me" cover by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/busker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>busker</span></a> David Hayden.<br><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KqSZG6ByQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KqSZG6</span><span class="invisible">ByQ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Busking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Busking</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Talent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Talent</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Acoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acoustic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CoverSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverSongs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StreetConcert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetConcert</span></a></p>