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#FortnightFridayMusic
Jul 11 2025
The prompt is #Movement

J. Ralph, “The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu” 2005, featuring “One Million Miles Away”

This album is an odd one, comprising straight #symphonic tracks, some with #operatic vocals, as well as tracks with those elements integrated with pop melody and #turntabilism touches. “One Million Miles Away” is one of the latter.

I first heard this track in a car commercial that debuted during the 2001 Super Bowl; my search began. At great pains (old style, pre-#Shazam), I ID’d it as a hidden leading track on a 1999 CD “Music to Mauzner By.” by an artist known as SPY. A hidden LEADING track? I got the #CD but never figured out how to navigate to it and get it to play.

I am nothing if not persistent. Some years later I connected the SPY moniker to producer/composer J. Ralph and found “One Million Miles Away” as a listed, conventionally playable track on “The Illusionary Movements…” Sigh of relief.

youtube.com/watch?v=R06ZRt3lIg

"Fortnight Friday Music" on Friday July 11th, and the theme is "Movement".

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: Movement
Song: "Darshan (The Road to Graceland)" (1993; 17:17)
Performed by: Robert Fripp, David Sylvian

Movement implies, in some cases, the existence of a road –
"One light
One way
One road
To take
We stand
And wait

From cool
To warm
From dusk
'til dawn
From flux
To form

Kneeling on the road to Graceland …"

youtube.com/watch?v=Oh5DDB4Osq

#FortnightFridayMusic #Movement
#RobertFripp #DavidSylvian

"Fortnight Friday Music" on Friday July 11th, and the theme is "Movement".

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: Movement
Song: "Rat Trap" (1978)
Performed by: The Boomtown Rats

Here you go, sing along:
"You walk up to those traffic lights, switch from your left to your right
You push in that button and that button comes alight
It tells you "Walk don't walk, walk don't walk
"Talk don't talk, talk don't talk"
"Walk don't walk, walk don't walk
"Talk don't talk, talk don't talk"
Hey, Billy, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (3 x)
Hey, Billy, take a walk with me …"

youtube.com/watch?v=YkParWYKjP

"Fortnight Friday Music" on Friday July 11th, and the theme is "Movement".

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: Movement
Song: "Underture" (1969; 10:04)
Performed by: The Who

From the "rock opera" titled "Tommy", "Underture" plays on the the word "overture", which is a symphonic piece of music that serves as an musical introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio, and later as an independent concert piece. Both styles incorporate movements. Pete Townshend's "underture" uses movements to describe an LSD experience (so they say …).

youtube.com/watch?v=O1D9oPeGIg

Even more #FortnightFridayMusic 🎉

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #movement #moviĝas
Song: Al la luno
By: EKDE TIAM
Link: youtu.be/XYcVb1mRGHk

That moment when you're getting some movement & it's taking you to the moon? Jo nails that heat here in #Esperanto:

🎶 Ame, li moviĝas
Mole tuŝas ombrajn partojn de mi
Kare li kuŝigas
Min en liton ne konata de ni
Volo min bruligas
Superfluas min deziro je li
Kreskigu la anticipon
Bonvenas la esplorado
Mia Dio! Kia stango 🎶

#brisbane #ausMusic

4/4

#FortnightFridayMusic

The word for today is #Movement

The lyrics say it all:

We're fighting for our freedom
We shall not be moved
Fighting for our freedom
We shall not be moved
We're fighting for our freedom
We shall not be moved
Like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved

Mavis Staples – We Shall Not Be Moved

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Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic by @MarkIngs

The word for July 04 is "Never"

Post with the tag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our awesome artist @romanalanwrites

The first Rick Astley post gets a permanent ban! 😼
Bonus points to the first Prince drop, though!

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Jul 18 #Opportunity
Aug 01 #Pop

Also, Join us next week for #FortnightFridayMusic

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Jul 11 #Movement
Jul 25 #Lounge

¡Poke!:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen #music

Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic by @MarkIngs.

The word for Jun 20 is "Myth"

Post with the tag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our awesome artist!@romanalanwrites

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Jul 04 #Never
Jul 18 #Opportunity

Also, Join us next week for #FortnightFridayMusic

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Jun 27 #Nowhere
Jul 11 #Movement

¡Poke!:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen