#Sunshine Reggae

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... morning music ...

[kickerofelves]

On The Beach — U-Roy

[jeffcbliss]

Iration - BeachLife Festival; Redondo Beach, CA (5-6-23).  @BeachLifeFest @Iration

Photo: Jeff Bliss - for @calimaglife

[fifthdegreeus]

The Healing Power of Sunshine Reggae: A Guide to Music Therapy

Sunshine Reggae is a subgenre of reggae music that originated in the 1970s. It is known for its upbeat rhythms, positive lyrics, and its ability to evoke feelings of joy and happiness in listeners. On the other hand, Music Therapy is a well-established healthcare profession that uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages. Music Therapy can…

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Tracklist:

Smile • Knock 'Em Out • LDN • Everything's Just Wonderful • Not Big • Friday Night • Shame For You • Littlest Things • Take What You Take • Friend Of Mine • Alfie • Mr Blue Sky • Cheryl Tweedy • Nan You're A Window Shopper • Blank Expression • Absolutley Nothing • U Killed It • Everybody's Changing • Naïve (BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley's Live Lounge)

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[dozydawn]

Fly Away / Walking in the Sunshine by Laid Back, 1983.

Words and music by John Guldberg and Tim Stahl.

“ ... reached #1 in up to 22 countries and was a favourite spin for many Ibiza DJs.”

[peninsularian]

Licking over Horace Andy’s rhythm

[pumpking64]

Music ask: 13 :)

Oh god a favourite 80’s song? Damn that’s hard. I just went through my playlist dedicated to 80’s adjacent music (my longest playlist by far) and hoped I could rule out a lot simply because it’s 70’s or 90’s, but not much was actually.

Also found out that a lot of songs I like are from ‘83! So yeah, do with that info as you please hahah, but I can recommend checking the year out! Had some real bangers

If I had to pick one right now I’d maybe go with Maniac by Michael Sembello, that song just really slaps

[afrofunk]

Alan Cosmos And His Bam-Baara Soundz - Sunshine Music For Your Pleasure (1985) [FLAC]

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[allieebobo]

Merry Crisis—Cast of characters

Romance-focused x Slice-of-life x Queer x Non-Euro-centric x Character-based

Demo | Features | Dev log | Back to Main Post | COG forum | Dedicated tumblr | Ko-fi

Credit: The wonderful amazing INSANELY talented @dumplingcatho made these STUNNING character portraits!! I am still reeling from how dang good she is. I swear she probably made a deal with the devil for this talent but I shall not question it.

Nat [M/F]

The soulmate/ex/best friend.

Your ex. Your parents never approved of them, but you suppose it doesn’t matter anymore. Despite the breakup, you’re still friends, and worse still - you still live with them in a tiny shoebox apartment. New York rent, man—it's hard to say no even though you know you should be moving on, and moving out.

Height: 6′2 (M) | 5′11 (F)

Nationality & race: African-American

Occupation: Post-doc fellow, working towards becoming a tenure-track professor.

Description:

Warm, twinkling eyes, and big, infectious laugh. Can swing from nerdy charm to extreme goofyness at the drop of a pin.

Loving, thoughtful, and kind to a fault. Relaxed, gentle demeanour

The kind of friend—and partner—you can trust with your life.

An incurable optimist.

Loves people, art/movies (especially talking about them with friends), food/cooking, their two dogs. 

Nat's dogs

Kiho [M]

Breed: Cairn Terrier

Age: 8

Description: Proud, small, intelligent, standoffish, with a stern grandpa energy. Apparently, a reader/player told me long ago that Kiho means "big boss" in Finnish colloquial slang and that was so perfect that it stuck. If Kiho were human he'd wear an old patagonia vest and spend his weekends fishing (not very adeptly).

Liz [F]

Breed: Border collie

Age: 3 (adopted when MC and Nat were already together.)

Description: Not exactly literal golden retriever energy but... close enough. A ray of sunshine, playful, easygoing, happy-go-lucky and a voracious eater (she eats everything), loves playing in puddles and has a special love for chewed up tennis balls.

Qiu [M/F]

The estranged first love / soulmates.

Your first-love (or platonic soulmate), from junior college. You’d not kept in touch, and now, they’re ridiculously successful. But, according to your intel, still…single.

Height: 5′8 (M) | 5′4 (F)

Nationality & race: Chinese Singaporean

Occupation: Public prosecutor

Description:

Extremely intelligent, with a sharp, cutting wit.

Ambitious, determined, and a bit cynical / jaded.

Dark, piercing gaze, with a completely unreadable expression.

Formal, a little bit stiff, and always impeccably dressed.

Aloof, almost intimidating presence despite their relatively average height/slim build.

Loves a job well done, being useful, stimulating conversation, and solving problems. Peace and quiet.

Shay [M/F]

The charismatic stranger.

Your neighbour (Auntie Pearl)'s new tenant. Sexy, confident, and unabashedly unconventional. Your mother definitely does not approve, but you might not be able to resist their roguish charms.

Height: 5′10 (M) | 5′6 (F)

Nationality & race: Chinese (Peranakan) Singaporean

Occupation: Lead singer & guitarist in a rock band

Description:

Thick, sweeping eyebrows, expressive eyes that twinkle at the edges, and a permanent roguish half-grin.

Tan, athletic, with an undeniable swagger to their walk. Has a penchant for sleeveless muscle tees. Good with their hands (and... possibly other parts of their body).

Adventurous, resilient, unflinchingly honest, and uncompromisingly true to themselves / the people they love.

Loves the outdoors (and constant motion), music (especially rock, reggae and soul), dancing, soccer, nature/plants (including gardening).

Other asks

[vivianbernadetteaurora]

Some my fave Scorpio moon singers artist s

The Weeknd

 of my favourites will moon artist Scorpio moon is the weekend he’s able to do that Lana Del Rey thing where you really feel the depth of everything in a man perspective. I may not like what he gets personally but such a deep cord,,,, he may Aquarius son and a cancer rising if he’s cancer rising his wall by his will be which makes you sound so relatable and unexpected of everything and most people can feel the deep connection with his music

Miley Cyrus

Another great Scorpio moon artist he’s an amazing voice as well not just the deep perspective performing and making it feel very connection and all of them as I keep saying it’s deep it really is the voices of wildly and that would be the tourist placements which I think is rising which then becomes a physical appearance in between in the lungs. You have long if you have strong tourist advise these placements makes a good singer for the school, inside a deep aspect of life of many forms . Dolly Parton Billy Idol and poison I think as well well I know her mother had something with him meaning Brett Michael.

George Harrison

George Harrison will always hold my heart is my favourite beetle everything that he say was the best of me the way he say it with motion and just his voice in general he’s got a lot of like religious believes as well and he’s also applied to they’ve got that very deep connection with Neptune and Pluto he was in a band with Paul and John me he is the one that stands at the Mo and his voice is something else for me, he had a life with and Eric Clapton fell in love with his wife. Just to dance with you as my favourite Beatles song.

Accused of being a witch Beyoncé is very Scorpio moon 🌒

You can say she’s racist. and that because they think she was groomed Virgo by Jay-Z because she was very young when she got with him, He has amazing talent and the Virgo by his side, in that dedication to work kind of like Michael Jackson but this will give me intense dramatic. for example lemonade that intense feeling of anger towards Jay when he cheated there is no doubt that she is the most popular female in the world. She has a enigmatic power and she just makes people come to her and she has been accused of being a witch, which makes perfect sense but I feel like Beyoncé been very young when she was still in Destiny’s Child and she was very Christian but then I think it’s since meeting Jay-Z and joining the proper industry.

Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkeys

His voice to me, he’s like a male Lana Del Rey to some degree, especially with his album why do you only call me and you’re high and I want to be yours all that period?, Nothing like when the Sun goes down and I bet that you look good on the floor good. His voice is perfect and he gives when his own version of ultraviolence he gave off a very 1950s Elvis look with his Paul guitar as well.. I love being a Scorpio moon when I see the other creatives

Bob Marley

As a Aquarius sun , he definitely brings the vibe of the collective and the whole and brings his music brings people together the reggae the sunshine the music the summer specially with the scorpion moon being in the that represents, he believes in a power beyond himself with his Rastafarianism , a lot of Scorpio moon or 12 house placements as well have the power to be religious to a great extent him being ruled by Jupiter as well would make that make sense being a Sagittarius rising.

[shefanispeculator]

I saw this on ATRL!

1. "Somebody Else's": We all know this song and it is definitely a great one! It feels like a proper album opener and the lyrics are pretty solid. 8/10

2. "Bouquet": Well, well, the title track. It features an overarching theme of growth using lyrics like "Clouds are like miracles / Appearin' overhead, but raining when you need some peace" and "You go on pickin' the petals and I'll just smile". Basically it's about coming with terms the fact is that you might not need someone to make you happy and it's better if you go your separate ways becuase she doesn't need a bouquet. Sonically, it's similar to "Somebody Else's" but features more prominent bass. 7.5/10

3. "Pretty": Whew!!! The lyrics on this one are a DAMN SERVE!! "Memories are sentimental 'cause we're not who we used to be / Sometimes you lose, sometimes you weep as it creeps / Through the backyards on common ground, we do not stand / Oh my, there is coincidence and then there is circumstance". It has a certain groove to it but it also sounds kinda dark and myserteous (?)! This is for sure one of my favorites on the record. 9.5/10

4. "Empty Vase": Mmm... I understand the concept, but like, I find this song to be a bit boring, truth be told. It's entirely built off of acoustic guitar—which is fine—but it sort of goes nowhere. Also, the outro will definitely catch you off guard the first time because she starts whispering and it's very intimate. 7/10

5. "Marigolds": Okay, VOCALS!!!! She is singing her a*s off here, especially in the final chorus. "Watch me die a little bit each time I come alive". This could have used a bridge but it's one of the tracks that stands out sonically. It's almost reggae but also kind of punk-ish at the same time. 8/10

6. "Late To Bloom": I truly appreciate Gwen diving into the subject matters she does on the song. It's basically about it being too late to realize what you had and/or being emotionally mature enough to fully appreciate someone, but they're already gone. "Maybe I'll see you in the next lifetime, maybe I won't / But first a little pit stop to catch a few rays of sunshine / I say see you at noon, but I'm always late to bloom". The production here is very Rock Steady No Doubt vibes. A highlight! 9/10

7. "Swallow My Tears": So, she posted a snippet of this on her social media and I honestly think she's kinda deceiving y'all. The song builds throughout, and at the final chorus, there's a "drop" with full on production that's comparable to "Guilty as Sin?" by Taylor Swift. It is a bit repetitive, but the bridge is one of the best moments on the album; she kind of sounds chaotic, but like panicked too, and it works ssooo well. 8.5/10

8. "Reminders": For sure, this is the most sentimental song on the album. It's got this early 2000's acoustic pop ballad vibe to it (think Nelly Furtado or even "Don't Speak" by No Doubt themselves). "I saved you a seat / Just like how you gave my heart a beat". 8/10

9. "All Your Fault": Well, if you like "Naughty" from This Is What the Truth Feels Like, you'll enjoy this. It has a very similar vocal style and even some quirky-ish lyrics. I am surprised Diane Warren wrote this one by herself because there are most definitely some signature Stefani lines in here like "Was pretty sure I ran out of power / But you got me lit every single hour" and "And I'll never be the same / Won't catch me taking the blame / Ahhh, it's all your fault!". Overall, I think this is a fun track but it's placement on the album is odd. 7.5/10

10. "Purple Irises" (featuring Blake Shelton): I suppose this works as a closer, but it feels a bit like an afterthought.... Truly, the song itself is fine but I believe it's supposed to make you feel nostalgic and I just feel relief (?). Maybe that's just me, who knows. 7.5/10

As a whole, I believe Bouquet is a pretty strong body of work by Gwen Stefani. It's a confident, self-assured put together collection of 10 nice tracks. I know I'm in the minority here but I still believe This Is What the Truth Feels Like is her strongest album to-date. But for those looking for something completely different, Bouquet is for you, bar elements of "All Your Fault". This album feels like it will age really well over time and I hope we get another No Doubt album in the feature because this is absolutely the closest we have gotten to one as a solo Gwen project.

[top10statuesthatcriedblood]

inspired by this post, i decided to do a little update to include fall out boy's/patrick's latest releases to his vocal progression :] enjoy! tracklist under the cut

calm before the storm - fall out boy / x

get busy living or get busy dying (do you part to save the scene and stop going to shows) - fall out boy / x

the take over, the breaks over - fall out boy / x

hum hallelujah - fall out boy / x

beat it - michael jackson (fall out boy cover) / x

guilty as charged - gym class heroes (fall out boy cover) / x

what a catch, donnie - fall out boy / x

kiss - prince (cover) / x

black hole sun - soundgarden (patrick & robert glasper experiment cover) / x

save rock and roll (live in london) - fall out boy / x

if i die young - the band perry (feat. patrick) / x

the kids aren't alright - fall out boy / x

twin skeleton's (hotel in NYC) - fall out boy / x

i wanna be like you - "the jungle book" (fall out boy cover) / x

no tears left to cry - ariana grande (cover) / x

church - fall out boy / x

heaven's gate - fall out boy / x

bishop's knife trick - fall out boy / x

young & menace (live piano version) - fall out boy / x

lake effect kid - fall out boy (2018 rerecorded version) / x

deep blue love - patrick stump / x

phantom of the theme park - "dead end: paranormal park" (patrick stump demo) / x

i can make you a man - "rocky horror picture show" (cover) / x

under pressure - queen ft. david bowie (fall out boy cover) / x

i am my own muse - fall out boy / x

so much (for) stardust - fall out boy / x

honorable mentions that i didn't include for other reasons/didn't have time for:

snitches and talkers get stitches and walkers - fall out boy (bonus track with some aggressive patrick vocals mmmm) / x

summer days - martin garrix feat. macklemore & patrick stump (felt like i already covered the pop sound but he sounds nice here) / x

uptown funk - mark ronson ft. bruno mars (fall out boy cover) / x

sound the alarm - stu brooks feat. patrick stump (patrick on a reggae-influenced beat that isnt sunshine riptide!!) / x

sell out - reel big fish cover (for an In Defense of Ska podcast episode, so no full length sadly) / x

close to me - the cure cover (idk the source) / x

[tammyfeabakker]

Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae

[herzlak]

Was ich so an den (modernen) Trauma Tatort Teams liebe, ist, dass die Kommissar*innen gewisse Vorlieben oder Ticks haben, die eigentlich gar nix mit dem Krimiplot zu tun haben, aber trotzdem so wichtig und schön für die Figurenzeichnung sind.

Esther Baumann ist ein absolutes Fußball-girly und chillt in ihrer Freizeit barfuß auf Bänken und liest. Pia Heinrich liebt Croissants und Instantnudeln. Adam Schürk ist Mr. Steals Your Food und anscheinend gern im Garten beim Beton... äh, Blumengießen. Leo Hölzer verträgt Alkohol und Nikotin nicht besonders gut. Peter Faber trinkt am liebsten Pils und hört gern Sunshine Reggae. Rosa Herzog hat ihre gemusterten Blusen und ihr lila Armband und trägt dunkelroten Nagellack. Jan Pawlak hat seit Jahren eigentlich nur Übergangsjacken an, egal wie warm oder kalt es ist. Rosa und Jan teilen sich eine Kaffeetasse.

Und die existieren zum Großteil nicht nur in einer Folge, sondern ziehen sich durch oder tauchen immer wieder auf :)

[jeffffffffest]

Sunshine Reggae

A Dum Dum and Space Shuttle No.8 inspired fanfic by LiliBlauKatz @lilitblaukatz