Tick tock, tick tock, well would ya look at that! Yep, it's Tuesday folks and for our merry little band of ladies and lads, that means sharing tunes, good vibes and engagement. As another week disappears in the rearview mirror, we have loads of engagement and tunes flying around on Three Tune Tuesday and sure isn't that bloody fantastic! I hope you're ready to share three tunes from wherever you find yourself on this magical spinning lump of rock that we all call home and sure you might even sing us a tune if we're lucky?
Tuesday is here again, which can only mean one thing, another three tunes from me and hopefully from lots of you good folks too. How are all of you music loving rockers from Uarán Mór to Uluru doing on this fine evening? Sure, isn't great to be alive all the same.
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 let's roll on and let the tunes flow free.
This is my 80th week waxing lyrical for Three Tune Tuesday and we are still going strong. 80 weeks people, that's a milestone I am delighted to have made it to, and I have never missed a week.
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. Weekly, I try to find three or five 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 led 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 find 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 tag 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 eighty recommendations for Three Tune Tuesday
** Drum roll please.....**
Nirvana - About a Girl
For those with good memories, you'll know that it's not that long since I did a three tune post on Nirvana, yes I keep track of what I share, as I don't want to share the same artists over and over if possible. It was week 64 and I brought you three cracking tunes from Kurt Cobain and Co, namely Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium and In Bloom.
My friend @seki1 had a recent post about acoustic songs and it made me think about my first ever CD album purchase, I had bought some singles at this point, but no albums. The album was by Nirvana and it was called All Acoustically which was basically two live shows, tracks 1 to 12 were Live from MTV Unplugged at New york and tracks 13 to 22 were live at Pier 48, Seattle in December 1993. Here is what the CD looked like:
The hardest part now is to pick just three songs, but I'll give it a go. Let's start with the first song from the New York gig.
Nirvana - Dumb
What I love about these videos is the fact that they are unedited, so you get to see the chit chat between the band members, I think that is especially special when somebody is no longer with us, as Kurt Cobain tragically took his own life aged 27 in 1994.
It's crazy to think about, because Nirvana had just made the big time, Kurt was super talented, good looking and seemed to have the world at his feet. For me it just goes to show that you never really know what is going on with people and beneath the smiling and joking exterior, Kurt must have had some demons that he felt he could not talk about or address. I suppose the drugs and alcohol did not help, but often drugs and alcohol are used by people to escape something deep within and in the end Kurt succumbed and ended his own life. I have older sisters and they were absolutely devasted by this and mourned him like a family member, they were big fans of Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Therapy, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots and are certainly responsible for some of my taste in music.
Here is Dumb.
Nirvana - Drain You
What to finish out the set with???? Ok, I have included two tunes from Live at New York and honestly I could have included any of the songs from that live album, it's flawless in my opinion. In the interests of balance though, I'll go for track 14 from All Acoustically, which is from that gig in Seatle in December 1993.
This was the eight track from 1991 studio album Nevermind.
Bonus Track - Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
I don't often do a bonus track, but this week I will allow myself one, as Nirvana also covered some tracks on the New York gig, including songs from The Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly and Meat Puppets, all worth checking out by the way, but I will opt for David Bowie's Man Who Sold The World. I like to think David and Kurt rock out in Heaven every now and again playing this one.
ThreeTune Spotify Playlist
Our good friend and regular Three Tune Tuesday poster @blackdaisyft added some tunes to a playlist in the early days and there are around 600 tunes there which is class. You can check those out here:
HBI contest - win 5HBI
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 HBI to the winner when this post pays out 7 days from now, but wait there's more...
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My old pal and brother from another mother @blanchy has also committed a share of HBI each week and so have three other Three Tune legends @blackdaisyft and @tengolotodo and @hannes-stoffel so now the winner will receive five shares of HBI, not too shabby at all folks.
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Sin é, That's all folks, thanks for stopping by.
That's it for another week. Those are your three songs for week eighty. 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
