Sunday, January 31, 2021

The "NOT a Steven Spielberg Movie" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" - A Song About Sharks: Jimmy Buffett - Fins

Day 2: A Song About Phoning Home: The Jags - Back Of My Hand (I Got Your Number)

Day 3: A Song About Food (Mashed Potatoes Or Otherwise): Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - The Wonderful Soup Stone

Day 4: A Song About Fighting Nazis & Other Bad People: Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off

Day 5: A Song About Archeology: C.W. McCall - Comin’ Back For More

Day 6: A Song Focusing On Religious Artifacts: The Call - The Walls Came Down

Day 7: A Song About (Or By) Someone Named Peter, Wendy, or Hook: Wendy & Lisa - Waterfall

Day 8: A Song That Mentions The Color Purple: Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater

Day 9: A Song About The Holocaust: Rush - Red Sector A

Day 10: A Song Referencing Dinosaurs: Johnny Cash - The Dinosaur Song

Day 11: A Song Describing An Adventure: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Day 12: A Song Whose Lyrics Are From A Child's Point Of View: Harry Chapin - Flowers Are Red

Day 13: (Why'd It Have To Be) A Song About Snakes (Bonus: Asps!): Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Buy My Snake Oil

Day 14: A Song About Con Artists: Morris Day & The Time - Donald Trump (Black Version)

Day 15: A Song About Some Kind Of Close Encounter: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic - Mothership Connection

Day 16: A Dystopian / Big Brother Themed Song: Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

Day 17: A Song About The News Industry: Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers

Day 18: A Song Set In A Courtroom: Pink Floyd - The Trial

Day 19: A Song Referencing The Olympics: Vangelis - Theme From “Chariots of Fire”

Day 20: A Song About Terrorism: Marillion - Grendel

Day 21: A Song About A Giant: Tori Amos - Giant’s Rolling Pin

Day 22: A Song About Airports: Cassadee Pope - Kisses At Airports

Day 23: A Song About Artificial Intelligence: Kraftwerk - The Robots

Day 24: A Song That Mentions Flying (Or Non-Flying) Bicycles: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Day 25: A Song By Blues Singers (Possibly Even Brothers): John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones - Boogie Chillen

Day 26: A Song About Slavery: Bruce Springsteen - O Mary Don’t You Weep

Day 27: A Song That Has A Year As Its Title: Prince - 1999

Day 28: A Song About A Fractured Family: The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Day 29: A Song About Supernatural Events: The Highwaymen - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Day 30: A John Williams Song From A Non-Spielberg Movie: John Williams - Suite from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”