#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 18 Jul 2026 - Gymnasium ’Mother’ - David Bowie - “Non-album single” - Lennon “Mother, you had me but I never had you… Father, you left me but I never left you…” The callisthenics of family… (Recorded: Bermuda 1997 Released: 8 January 2021) (Photo by Simon Berger)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 17 Jul 2026 - Column ’Round and Round’ - David Bowie - “B-side of ‘Drive In Saturday’” - Berry “Going ‘round and ‘round… Well, reeling and a-rocking… What a crazy sound…” In the column of modern life… (New York City NY: RCA Records 6 Apr 1973) (Photo by John Nail)

#SongBuilding 9 Jul 2026 - Classical ’I’ve Been Waiting for You’ - David Bowie - “Heathen” - Young “I’ve been looking for a woman to save my life… Not to beg or borrow… A woman with a feeling of losing once or twice…” (New York City NY: Columbia Records 10 Jun 2002) (Photo by Benjamin Farren)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 8 Jul 2026 - Castle ’Knock on Wood’ - David Bowie - “David Live” - Floyd/Cropper Like a castle on a hill… “your love, is better than any love I’ve ever known…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 29 Oct 1974) (Photo by Denitsa Kireva)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 7 Jul 2026 - Raging Bull ‘Love Missile F1 Eleven’ - David Bowie- “B-side of New Killer Star” - Degville/James/Whitmore “Hold me shake me, I’m all shook up… Psycho maniac… Shoot it up…” (New York City, NY: Columbia Records, 15 Sep 2003) (Photo by Benjamin Farren)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 7 Jul 2026 - Station ’Kingdom Come’ - David Bowie - “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” - Verlaine My station here and now… (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 12 Sep 1980) (Photo by Artem Lysenko)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 6 Jul 2026 - Taxi Driver ‘I Wish You Would’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups” - Arnold “You know pretty baby it hurts me to see you go…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 13 Apr 1973) (Photo by Mike Bird)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 6 Jul 2026 - Monday ‘I Know It’s Going To Happen Someday’ - David Bowie - “Black Tie White Noise” - Morrissey/Nevin “My love wherever you are… Whatever you are… Don’t lose faith… Wait...” (Los Angeles, CA: EMI America, 24 Sep 1984) (Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh)

#SongBuilding 6 Jul 2026 - Roof ’I Keep Forgettin’’ - David Bowie - “Tonight” - Leiber/Stoller/Garfield I’m up on a roof seeing my… “Stupid old feet… Just head for your street… Like they’ve done so many times before…” (Los Angeles, CA: EMI America, 24 Sep 1984) (Photo by Richard Hunter-Rice)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 5 Jul 2026 - Saturday ‘I Feel Free’ - David Bowie - “Black Tie White Noise” - Bruce/Brown “Dance floor is like the sea… The ceiling is the sky… You’re the sun, and as you shine on me… I feel free.” (New York City, NY: Arista Records, 5 Apr 1993) (Photo by Thomas Shockey)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 5 Mar 2026 - Arcade ’I Can’t Explain’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups ” - Townshend “Dizzy in the head… I get funny dreams again and again…: (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 19 Oct 1973) (Photo by Amirul Hafisz Badrulhisham)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 4 Jul 2026 - Friday ‘Here Comes the Night’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups” - Berns “Now he’s holding her the way I used to do… I can see her closing her eyes… And telling him lies… Exactly like she told me too…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 19 Oct 1973) (Photo by Kunio Hori)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 4 Mar 2026 - Lighthouse ’Don’t Look Down’ - David Bowie - “Tonight” - Pop/Williamson “From Central Park to shanty town… I always hear that crazy sound…” (Los Angeles, CA: EMI America, 24 Sep 1984) (Photo by Rachel Claire)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 3 Jul 2026 - Thursday ‘The Drowned Girl’ - David Bowie - “Baal (EP)” - Brecht/Weill “Wreck and duck weed slowly…Increased her weight… ” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 26 Feb 1982) (Photo by Denitsa Kireva)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 3 Jul 2026 - Pyramid ’Truth’ - Goldie (featuring David Bowie) - “Saturnz Return” - Goldie Truth is not a pyramid… Nor a wall… (London, UK: FFRR Records, 27 Jan 1998) (Photo by Andreas Gusicov)

#BowieWednesday #MusicSky 2 Jul 2026 - Bowie Wednesday ’Don’t Let Me Down & Down’ - David Bowie - “Black Tie White Noise” - Hembara/Valmont “No place to hide no way to fall… Nowhere to lie no world so wide…” New York City, NY: Arista Records, 5 Apr 1993) (Photo by Benjamin Farren)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 2 Jul 2026 ’Friday on My Mind’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups” - Young/Vanda Modern life in a song… (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 19 Oct 1973) (Photo by Laura Meinhardt)

#BowieTuesday #MusicSky 1 Jul 2026 - Bowie Tuesday ‘The Dirty Song’ - David Bowie - “Baal (EP)” - Brecht/Muldowney “If… For that’s my way…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 28 Feb 1982) (Photo by Thomas Shockey)

#SongBuilding #MusicChallenge 1 Jul 2026 ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups” - Dee “I’m on my own, nowhere to roam, don’t want no home… I get this pad, just like a cave…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 19 Oct 1973) (Photo by Rachel Claire)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky Hypozeuxe, thanks so much for hosting the #BlueZicos "Figures of Speech" music challenge! ✍️ It's been fascinating to match lyrics and pictures daily... 🦋 I'm sorry to see it ending soon... 🖼️

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge L'agrume, thank you for hosting #EmojiSounds 🎧 for June 2026! I enjoy the variety of music expressed... 🎨 So much creative fun... 💕🎶😎

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 30 Jun 2026 - Tuesday - Metaphor ‘It Ain’t Easy’ - David Bowie- “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spidermen from Mars” - Ron Davies “It ain’t easy to get to heaven when you’re going down…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 16 Jun 1972) (Photo by Benjamin Farren)

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge 30 Jun 2026 - 💘 ’Here Today, Gone Tomorrow’ - David Bowie - “David Bowie Live (1990 reissue)” Bonner, Harris, Jones, et al “Each time you call, you leave a little sorrow…” (New York, NY: Rykodisc/EMI, 1990) (Photo by Mark Neal)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 29 Jun 2026 - Monday - Simile ‘Growin’ Up’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups (1990 reissue)” - Springsteen “Well I stood stone like at midnight… I pushed the B-52 and bombed ‘em with the blues…” (New York City, NY: RCA Records, 1990) (Photo by Denitsa Kireva)

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge 29 Jun 2026 - 🩴 ’God Only Knows’ - David Bowie (The Beach Boys cover) “Tonight” - Wilson/Asher “As long as there are… Stars above you… Never need to doubt it…” (Los Angeles, CA: EMI America, 24 Sep 1984) (Photo by Asad Photo Maldives)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 28 Jun 2026 - Sunday - Free Expression ‘Thru’ These Architects Eyes’ - David Bowie - “Outside” - Bowie/Reeves “Concrete dreams in my mind’s eye… Difficult, to give up… Money’s from day to day…” (New York, NY: Arista Records et al, 25 Sep 1995) (Photo by Waldemar Brandt)

#BlueZicos #MusicSky 27 Jun 2026 - Saturday - Anaphora ‘Tonight’ - David Bowie (with Tina Turner) - “Tonight” - Bowie/Pop “No one moves… No one talks… No one thinks… No one walks…” (Los Angeles, CA: EMI America, 21 Apr 1987) (Photo by Benjamin Farren)

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge 28 Jun 2026 - 👻 ’Shapes of Things’ - David Bowie - “Pin Ups - Samwell-Smith/McCarty/Relf” “Trees are almost green… Will they still be seen… When time and tide have been… Into your passing hands…” (New York, NY: RCA Records, 19 Oct 1973) (Photo by Guillaume Meurice)

Today is 26 June 2026, right? 🫣⛑️ If, you've been following the last week+ of my posts... I forgot to plug in my brain... 😵‍💫 Apologies to all who where confused... 🤔 Although, I'm pretty sure you were being kind, by not pointing out this faux pas!!! 🦉 Thank You! ❤️💛💙💜💚 (Photo by Benjamin Farren)