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My @OED birthday word is: brainiac, n. What’s yours? #OEDBirthdayWords oxford.ly/1bI3WgS

@grahamandre Thank you from my daughters too! Daughter1: More Than A Feeling by Boston - 1976, Always On My Mind by The Pet Shop Boys - 1987, Girls and Boys by Blur - 1994 #FebMusicChallenge26

@grahamandre Thank you so much @grahamandre - we always love joining in and here’s to many more years! #retro Abba - Take a chance on me, a-ha - Hunting High and Low, Garbage - Stupid girl #FebMusicChallenge26

It is the last day of #FebMusicChallenge26 so we are going #retro with our choices and we are going big. Thanks as always for joining in, it is the ten year anniversary next year. Little did I know it would last that long.

@grahamandre The daughters chose Little Mix - Love me like you. They have very happy memories of a Brownies and Rainbows trip to see a tribute band and may hours of dancing together at home. #FebMusicChallenge26

@grahamandre Gorgeous stories today! We had many happy years with Tinkerbell but this Pirate Fairy was the start of many pirate adventures- and only found out this year the Captain (yes, singing!) is Tom Hiddleston.. The Frigate that flies: youtu.be/9hPVvIPykVY?si… #FebMusicChallenge26 1/2

Our #FebMusicChallenge26 them today is all about the young people, full details on the graphic. For the younger people that take part you could choose younger siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews etc. My own choice below.

@grahamandre Mine is “All my little words” by The Magnetic Fields - lyric “not for all the tea in China..” youtu.be/3qs1t-_Q24Y?si… Daughter 1: Zombie - The Cranberries Daughter 2: Sally, when the wine runs out - Role Model #FebMusicChallenge26

It is #NationalChipWeek so today for #FebMusicChallenge26 we want your songs linked to food and drink. My own choice below.

@grahamandre I can’t believe I’m not choosing #TwinPeaksDay but now we’re back in term time it has to be for Classics. I’ll fly away by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch (O Brother, where art thou) youtu.be/lFamN-oXRMQ?si… #FebMusicChallenge26 Daughter 1 Tate McRae -Just keep watching (F1)

Our #FebMusicChallenge26 takes us to the movies today and our favourite songs from films that arent musicals or based upon musicians. I have a couple of choices today :-)

@grahamandre Oh, a day of earworms! Dadi Freyr - Think about things youtu.be/VFZNvj-HfBU?si… Daughter 1: Feist - My moon, my man Daughter 2: The Tams - Be Young, be foolish, be happy #FebMusicChallenge26

Morning all, back to school today. enjoy those that are just starting half term. Todays #FebMusicChallenge26 theme is due to the #WinterOlympic2026 closing ceremony.

@grahamandre From Daughter 1: Hozier - Nobody’s soldier and Daughter 2: Phoebe Bridgers - I know the end #FebMusicChallenge26 happy new term!

@grahamandre The children are struggling with this one so far..apparently we love a big story! Mine would be I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?si… #FebMusicChallenge26

Good morning all, yesterday for #FebMusicChallenge26 we focussed on the beginnings of songs today we look for those with great endings. Big crescendos, instrumental solos, vocal artistry or just a plain stop when you least expect it. My own choice.

@AntigoneJournal @HellenicBooks in North London has a wonderful basement of second hand Classics books

Never underestimate how much intelligence and insight lurks in 19th-century Classics textbooks intended for schoolchildren. Many of these Macmillan/Pitt/Clarendon pocket rockets outpace professional commentaries of the present day...

@grahamandre I’m going old school - Tom Jones: The Young New Mexican Puppeteer youtu.be/XvQHt5t7zkg?si… Mainly thanks to the Carpool Karaoke version by the heavenly Matthew Rhys and Michael Sheen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #FebMusicChallenge26 Daughter 2 is ahead today: Hasta Cuando - Kali Uchis

Morning all, today we celebrate those artists that just by listening to their songs you can tell which country, part of the country or even town they come from. Let's celebrate those different accents, dialects or both that make us who we are. #FebMusicChallenge26

@Misterbodd @grahamandre Nooooo! I didn’t get in quickly enough for Cerys. I LOVE the way she sings in this one. Back to the drawing board…

@grahamandre Sorry, 2 from me today Sheffield and Welsh Arctic Monkeys... Hmm... I think it's got to be Mardy Bum youtu.be/dO368WjwyFs?si… And Catatonia - Road rage youtu.be/U_bL0EqlDEk?si…

@grahamandre This is a brilliant list! My not yet 19yo daughters skipped (they let me know their favourites from aged 9!!) This defined the year: my first house share, a summer of no exams & lots of Get Ready With Me.. Whigfield - Saturday Night youtu.be/8DNQRtmIMxk?si… #FebMusicChallenge26

Its a difficult #FebMusicChallenge26 today, not because the brief is hard but because there may be several songs you could choose. Even I have two choices today and they were hard to pin down to 2 😆

@grahamandre Daughter 2 would like Babooshka - Kate Bush open.spotify.com/track/53Mz9H5U… #FebMusicChallenge26 and thank you for really challenging us!

@grahamandre Irresistible for a Language teacher- Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si… Daughter1: Canon in D Jatimatic remix (she had to dance on pointe to this in a ballet show, so says messes with her head!) open.spotify.com/track/5yaLz703… #FebMusicChallenge26

Well todays #FebMusicChallenge26 theme is a strange one. See the graphic for full details but it is #CowMilkedWhileFlyinginanAirplaneDay 😆 My own rather bizarre choice below.

yes! this will never be bettered!

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

@grahamandre Still missing Daughter 2 but will pin her choice down mid-pancakes! Happy #ShroveTuesday, Graham! Cover for me: Caravan of Love -The Housemartins Sample for Daughter 1: Love Again by Dua Lipa sampling Your Woman by White Town youtu.be/BC19kwABFwc?si… #FebMusicChallenge26

Happy #ShrovesTuesday #FebMusicChasllenge26 folk, we take inspiration from today to choose songs from artists that used samples of others work or just totally covered their songs. My own choice below.

@grahamandre Getting in early before Daughter2 surfaces.. Men of Harlech - Prince of Wales Band & Choir Daughter 1: Waterloo - ABBA open.spotify.com/track/4G9sCrK1… #FebMusicChallenge26

A simple brief today people but it should make for an interesting #FebMusicChallenge26 playlist. My own choice below