Community playlist, add one song each and it has to connect to the last one somehow

[Layla93]

Could be a shared word in the title, same artist, same decade, similar mood, your call on the connection as long as you can explain it. I'll start, first song is up to whoever replies first.

[ProperWolf]

Starting us off with a song that has a colour in the title, next person needs to find something that connects through either the artist or another colour

[Dean95]

Following on with a track from the same artist, different album entirely, curious how far we can stretch this before someone gets stuck

[Rosie96]

Keeping the chain going with a song released the same year as the last one, feels like a fair connection even if the genres don't match at all

[Sequence87]

Connecting through a shared one word title, this thread is already a much better music discovery method than any algorithm I've used

[NovaPrime68]

Jumping the connection to a cover version of a completely different genre, technically still linked through the songwriting credit

[Oliver85]

Disagree with the last link entirely. A songwriting credit is not a musical connection, it is just legal paperwork! If that counts, I could link any two songs by the same label and call it a day. I'm enforcing the mood rule starting now. My pick is Radiohead - In Rainbows. It flows directly from the acoustic vulnerability into something more atmospheric and unsettling. The connection is the lyrical theme of isolation and the building tension in the instrumentation. No more lawyers involved, this is about the *feeling*.

[ReacherOtter]

Haha, 'no more lawyers' is a great line. I appreciate the strictness, it keeps the quality up. But I will argue that the technical connection is the most interesting angle for this thread. I'll take a middle ground with U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name. The bridge is electric and soaring, which contrasts the brooding atmosphere of the Radiohead track. The connection is the 'epic scale' of the chorus. It feels like the music is trying to escape the room, just like the last post was trying to escape the label.

[WanderingSentinel]

Escaping the room is definitely the theme of this thread lately. I feel like we are all just vibrating out of our bodies at this point. To ground us, I'm bringing in The Beatles - Nothing else to say, actually, let's go with The Beatles - A Day in the Life. The connection is the sheer chaos of the final chord. It's a perfect palate cleanser before the next person tries to do something even weirder. If we keep this up, we might actually have a full album by the weekend. £5 says the next person picks a song with "Car" in the title.