Jürgen Hermann

A week of listening to Halloween-related music. Post at least 1 track each day, from 25-31 Oct. Please include all tags: 👻😱🧏🎵🩵 #HarkenHalloween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Posting Time: NO earlier than 23:00 CET the prior night please! @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social

🔎🎶🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #FindASongToExplain 153 APPLAUSE- Witches www.youtube.com/watch?v=oThn... bsky.app/profile/andr...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 451 Redrum - Tom Waits www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Sf... bsky.app/profile/sier...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 452 You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1h... bsky.app/profile/sier...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 453 I Don't Wanna Grow Up - Tom Waits www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWh4... bsky.app/profile/sier...

📄👀🎶 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #LookAndSee 545 Dashboard Confessional - Ghost Of A Good Thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybjG... bsky.app/profile/pega...

📄👀🎶 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #LookAndSee 544 Point Of View www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYV... bsky.app/profile/pega...

Oct 27 • Post-Apocalyptic Soundtrack 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Mad Max: Fury Road Main Title — Junkie XL (2015) www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Mg... Thundering orchestral percussion and industrial synth distorted waves depict a desolate future wasteland.

Oct 26 • Space Exploration Anthem 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Space Truckin' — Deep Purple on "Machine Head" (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt9W... A driving hard-rock track detailing imaginary intergalactic highway travel across the solar system.

Oct 27 • 🫶🎶🥰 Love Songs #52WeeksOfFavourites (43/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Love Is Like — Maroon 5 feat. Lil Wayne www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4u1... A pop collaboration pairing Maroon 5's melodic hook with Lil Wayne's guest verse.

Oct 26 • 🫶🎶🥰 Love Songs #52WeeksOfFavourites (43/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky All Love Everything — Aloe Blacc www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUA... A warm soul-pop declaration of choosing love and positivity.

👻😱🧏🎵🩵 #HarkenHalloween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky (Don't Fear) The Reaper — Blue Öyster Cult on "Agents of Fortune" (1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4H... Famous for its haunting cowbell line, the lyrics deal with transcending mortal fear and eternal love.

👻😱🧏🎵🩵 #HarkenHalloween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Monster — Lady Gaga on "The Fame Monster" (2009) youtu.be/SaUib_tzZmk A dark synth-pop track using consuming romance and monster metaphors as an allegory for fear of love.

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 836 Poetry Man - Queen Latifah www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAY... bsky.app/profile/save...

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 836 "Split", by Ute Lemper & Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wku6... bsky.app/profile/save...

🕰️🎵🩵 #ClocktoberMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Running Out of Time — Poets of the Fall www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWyQ...

Oct 25 • Interstellar Prog Rock 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Astronomy Domine — Pink Floyd on "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbN... Syd Barrett's space-rock landmark incorporates planetary names and radio-crackle atmospheres.

Oct 25 - 🆘️ SOS Button 🙂🔊🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #EmojiSounds S.O.S. – ABBA www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCh... Sending out an emergency signal when you're caught sinking in sound.

Oct 25 • A song for a rainy Sunday afternoon. 🎼🎶🩵 #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Sunday Morning — Maroon 5 on "Songs About Jane" (2002) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpoL... A mellow, soul-inflected pop tune complete with gentle piano chords and relaxed vocal harmonies.

Oct 25 • 🫶🎶🥰 Love Songs #52WeeksOfFavourites (43/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Ich lass für Dich das Licht an — Revolverheld youtu.be/Vf0MC3CFihY?... A tender promise to be there for a loved one, even when it takes effort.

Day 1 • OCTOBER 25 👻😱🧏🎵🩵 #HarkenHalloween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Thriller — Michael Jackson on "Thriller" (1982) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nywa... Vincent Price chose a flat $20k fee over a percentage of album profits for his iconic spoken-word cameo. bsky.app/profile/jher...

🔎🎶🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #FindASongToExplain 152 LINDEMANN - Ich weiß es nicht www.youtube.com/watch?v=obY4... bsky.app/profile/andr...

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 835 Cover Me With Snow www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WuV... bsky.app/profile/save...

Oct 24 • The German "Star Trek - TOS" Equivalent 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Raumpatrouille "Orion" | Soundtrack Suite (Peter Thomas) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsIn... Only authentic with the legendary iron (Bügeleisen) on the command bridge of the spaceship Orion.

Oct 24 - ⚰️ Coffin 🙂🔊🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #EmojiSounds The Requiem - Linkin Park www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KS...

Oct 24 • A song you would put in a time capsule. 🎼🎶🩵 #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky What A Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong on "Single" (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhC... A timeless, optimistic jazz ballad celebrated for its warm gravelly vocals and uplifting orchestration.

🎨🔴💿🎶❤️ #RedAlbums #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Oct 24 • Toto IV - Toto open.spotify.com/album/62U7xI...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 450 Here Come The Munchies www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsD2... bsky.app/profile/sier...

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 834 Tom Waits - "God's Away On Business" www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mh... bsky.app/profile/atcl...

Oct 23 • Sci-Fi Soundscapes 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Starless — King Crimson on "Red" (1974) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR6... Mellotron strings and tense improvisations evoke the cosmic dark expanse of space.

Oct 23 - 💄 Lipstick 🙂🔊🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #EmojiSounds Cherry Pie – Warrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZ... Leaving a bold, unforgettable mark on the mirror of memory.

Oct 23 • A song that belongs at the end of a long night. 🎼🎶🩵 #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Closing Time — Semisonic on "Feeling Strangely Fine" (1998) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGyt... An iconic alternative rock track written about pub closing hours and impending fatherhood.

🎨🔴💿🎶❤️ #RedAlbums #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Oct 23 • Red Skies Over Paradise - Fischer-Z open.spotify.com/album/7lO2PF...

Oct 24 • 🫶🎶🥰 Love Songs #52WeeksOfFavourites (43/52) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Without Your Love — Toto www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ER... A heartfelt song about longing for a loved one's affection.

🎶🩵 #BabelWeek #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Man — Herbert Grönemeyer on "I Walk" (2012) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1s... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8w... Re-recorded in English from his huge hit "Mensch," the song offers a compassionate take on human emotion. ---- On Sunday: bsky.app/profile/jher...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 449 Resist - Melissa Etheridge www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_D9... bsky.app/profile/sier...

🕰️🎵🩵 #ClocktoberMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge That Was Then But This Is Now - ABC www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7T...

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 448 Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHY... bsky.app/profile/sier...

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 833 The Storm Before the Calm www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7w_... bsky.app/profile/save...

🔎🎶🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #FindASongToExplain 151 Billy Joel - Travelin' Prayer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj05... bsky.app/profile/andr...

🕰️🎵🩵 #ClocktoberMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge That Was Yesterday - Foreigner www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPg3...

Day 6 • Oct 22 🎶🩵 #BabelWeek #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Ute Lemper - Mack the Knife www.ardmediathek.de/video/ard-kl... www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmm... Kurt Weill in German and English.

🎨🔴💿🎶❤️ #RedAlbums #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Oct 22 • Making Movies - Dire Straits open.spotify.com/album/7yTjsI...

Oct 22 - 👩‍🚀 Woman Astronaut 🙂🔊🩵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #EmojiSounds Space Oddity – David Bowie www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYR... Floating far above the world in a most peculiar tin can.

Oct 22 • Cybernetic Rock 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Mr. Roboto — Styx on "Kilroy Was Here" (1983) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6f... A famous futuristic rock opera anthem about human identity in a robotic society.

🗣️🥅🩵 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #CatchThePhrase 447 Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8F... bsky.app/profile/sier...

📖▶️🎵 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #readandplay 832 Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfa... bsky.app/profile/atcl...

🕰️🎵🩵 #ClocktoberMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge The Future That Was - Josh Joplin Group www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf9G...

As the days grow shorter, let's warm up the chill! Post one Blues song per day, from smooth fireside acoustic jams to soulful R&B. Please include all tags: 🍃🍁🎸🎷🎵💚 #NovemberBlues #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Early posts AFTER 23:00 CET, i.e. 5:00 PM EST, on Oct 31. @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social

Oct 21 • A song featuring broken-chord accompaniment. 🎼🎶🩵 #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Every Breath You Take — The Police on "Synchronicity" (1983) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOG... Driven by Andy Summers' shimmering arpeggiated guitar pattern underneath Sting's haunting vocal lead.

Oct 21 • Drumming sounds tearing through the atmosphere 🤖📡🛰️👽🎵💚 #SciFiOdyssey #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Contact — Daft Punk on "Random Access Memories" (2013) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbT... Samples actual audio from NASA's Apollo 17 mission over exploding space-rock synth drumming.