Hold onto your hats people, as another week disappears in our rearview mirrors. I hope it was a fun, exciting, productive, joyful and music filled week, wherever you find yourself on this magical spinning lump of rock that we all call home.
Tuesday is here again, which can only mean one thing, another three tunes from me and hopefully from lots of you legends too. How are all of you music loving rockers from Drimnagh to the Detroit? It's a time of the week when lovers of music, tunes and craic bring their blockchain community three of their finest and brightest tunes to share and celebrate, so lets roll on and let the tunes flow free.
This is my 61st week waxing lyrical for Three Tune Tuesday. It started off with me just sharing tunes into what seemed like a void, but little by little others joined and now I'm thrilled that we have a little corner of Hive where we come and share our tunes every Tuesday, and long may it continue. I almost stopped posting the songs and thoughts a few times, but I stuck with it and now interestingly it is my favorite thing about Hive. I love music and now I have a network of folks around the world who love music too and we share our tunes and catch up with each others tunes and discuss them each week. We get Pop, Metal, Rock, Gospel, Folk, Jazz, Rap, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Reggae, Bippy bappidy Flange Hop. Ok I made that one up, but you get the idea, we are all learning about new artists, bands, back stories and sure isn't it just mighty!
Something that excites me the most is that we even get musicians sharing their covers of famous songs and even their own songs from time to time here on #ThreeTuneTuesday, which is a real favorite of mine, as that takes talent, time and dedication.
We are adding New posters and retaining our core of regulars here on #TTT which is fantastic. Let's keep it growing and that playlist that @blackdaisyft is updating (when she gets time) has ripped past the 500 mark that I mentioned before and at the last count was at an mightily impressive 639 unique tunes. Thank you for doing that by the way daisy, when you do find time, as I like throwing on the playlist from time to time reminding myself of all of the sweet tunes that have been shared down through the months - Good on you.
Weekly, I try to find two or three hours to listen to all of the fantastic music shared from like-minded folk from around the globe and interact with their posts. This has lead me to genres I don't know well and to some amazing new bands and artists and has even introduced me to some musical instruments I did not know existed. It also allows me to upvote smaller accounts and fins some really interesting people from all over the world, which is heartening.
I hope you enjoy the tunes - be sure to tell me all about it in the comments below and above all else, please enjoy the rest of your Tuesday - smile at a stranger, rub a dog, be a nice human to someone who was not expecting it - peace out.
For those unfamiliar with TTT or Three Tune Tuesday....
The jist is as follows
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #threetunetuesday tags that would be great, as that is what I use when sifting through all the entries every Wednesday. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the prize - more on that later.
Here are my week sixty one recommendations for Three Tune Tuesday
** Drum roll please.....**
Sublime - What I Got
I can't remember who first introduced me to this Reggae/Ska band from Long Beach, California, but what I can remember is that I loved them straight off the bat. They are the type of band that you forget about for a while and then get really excited when you remember them and start to play their tunes again.
I was lucky enough to spend a couple of summers in California when I was in University, so I was able to see first hand the influences for Sublime's music.
Here is the first song I will share with you guys, which is taken from their self titled third and final album Sublime.
Sublime - Santeria
This next one also comes from their final album Sublime and tragically frontman Bradley Newell never lived for it's release and the success which followed. He left this world on May 25th 1996 and with him with Sublime, so they only ever had three studio albums, and this one, their last was my favorite of the three.
I just learned while preparing this post that after Bradley passed away, Sublime's Manager, Michael 'Miguel' adopted Lou Dog took care of him until he was finally called home to his maker - that makes me smile.
Rest in peace Bradley and Lou Dog.
Sublime - April 29, 1992
It's over 30 years since the LA riots which broke out in response to police brutality Rodney King received after evading arrest. A local resident recorded the beating and sent it to his local channel and it ended up as front page news around the world and caused a huge backlash against the police.
The riots spread like wildfire across the United States, as community after community let it be known that they too suffered injustice at the hands of some law enforcement.
This song from Sublime documents some of what happened that day and days after. It is sewn into a couple of interviews here, with an interview with Rodney King finishing things off, which is worth a listen.
"We all can get along"
"Let's try to work it out"
Too right Rodney. Whenever I see hatred and injustice and violence in our world, I always think of Carl Sagan and the Pale Blue Dot which I will share after the Sublime Video Below, which puts life, the cosmos, humanity into perspective very well I believe.
Carl Sagan - The Pale Blue Dot
Even if you did'nt listen to the music, please take five minutes to watch and listen to this video, for it is powerful, wise and profound.
ThreeTune Spotify Playlist
Our good friend and regular Three Tune Tuesday poster @blackdaisyft adds the ThreeTuneTuesday songs to an ever increasing Spotify playlist occasionally when time allows. You can check them out here:
SBI contest
Share your Three Tune Tuesday songs below or create a post with #ttt or #threetunetuesday and mention me so I can find the post.
I'll pick the three songs I enjoyed the most each week as the winner and transfer 1 share of SBI to the winner when this post pays out 7 days from now.
Three Tune Tuesday Sponsor
My old pal and brother from another mother @blanchy has also committed a share of SBI each week and so have three other Three Tune legends @blackdaisyft @tengolotodo and @por500bolos.
So if you win, then you will get not one, not two, not three, not four, but five shares of HBI! Not too shabby at all!
Sin é, That's all folks, thanks for stopping by.
That's it for another week. Those are your three songs for week sixty one. Let me know what you think - good, bad or indifferent? Did you like them all or just one or two?
Also, as I said before, I love getting good steers for new tunes, so please tell me about the latest and greatest from your playlist below and I'll be sure to check em out.
The YouTube videos shared are not owned by me and I am simply sharing great music with the community here on Hive
Thanks as always for stopping by everyone.
Peace Out
