Day 1 - A song with a colour in the title
Fields of Gold
Eva Cassidy or Sting
Yellow River
Christi
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Judy Garland
Blue Suede shoes
Elvis
Day 2 - A song with a number in the title
2468
Motorway
Seventeen
Janis Ian
In the Year 25/25
Zager and Evans
21
Adele
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Day 3 - A song that reminds you of summertime
Sunny afternoon
The Kinks
On the Beach
Cliff Richard
In the summer time
Mungo Jerry
Summer Breeze
Isley Brothers
Victims
Culture Club
Summer Breeze
Isley Brothers
Day 4 - A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget
Me and Mrs Jones
Billy Paul
Old Lang Syne
Me and my monkey
Robbie Williams
Life on Mars
David Bowie
Bright Eyes
Simon & Garfunkel
Day 5 - A song that needs to be played loudly
Land of Hope and Glory
Simply the Best
Tina Turner
Tracy Chapman Album
Tracy Chapman
Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
Fast car
Tracy Chapman
Day 6 Theme A Song that Makes you want to Dance
Eight Days a Week
Beatles
New York New York
Frank Sinatra
Macarena
Los del Río
Blame it on the boogie
The Jacksons
Day 7 A Song which is good to Drive to
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynrd
Handel's Messiah
Handel
Dreams
Gabrielle
Have you seen her
The Chi Lites
Respect
Erasure
Baby you can drive my car
Beatles
Day 8 - Drugs or Alcohol
Sex drugs and Rock & Roll
Ian Drury
Sex drugs and Sausage Rolls
Australia
Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Gangsters Paradise
Coolio
Day 9 - A Song that makes you Happy
Sitting on a dock of a bay
Ottis Reading
More than One Kind of Love
Joan Armatrading
Mr Blue Sky
ELO
Happy
Pharrell Williams
Flying without wings
West Life
Day 10 - A Song that makes you feel sad
Don't laugh at me cos I'm a fool
Norman Wisdom
Better
Boyzone
If tomorrow never comes
Ronan Keating
My song
Elton John
November rain
Guns and Roses
Piano Man
Billy Joel
Day 11 - A song you never
tire of hearing
Bach Oboe Concerto
Bach
Heard it through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
Kingston Town
UB40
Saturday Night
Earth Wind and Fire
I wanna be like you
Jungle Book
Day 12 A song from your
pre-teens
Day Dream Believer
Monkees
Have you seen her
Chi lites
Eight days a week
Beatles
Ben
Michael Jackson
Day 13 Theme 1970s
I am woman
Helen Reddy
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush
Grease
John Travalta and Olivier Newton-John
Hotel California
The Eagles
Day 14 - Song liked to be played at Wedding
Your Song
Elton John
From this Moment
Shania Twain
Better
Boyzone
Isn't she Lovely
Stevie Wonder
Day 15 - Song that is a Cover by another artist
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Michael Jackson
Don't leave me this way
Communards
SOS
Mama Mia -
Abba, Meryl Streep and Colin Firth
Twist & Shout
The Beatles & Isley Brothers
Mac The Knife
Robbie Williams
Day 16 - A Classic Favourite
Vincent
Stary Night fame
Ain't no mountain high enough
Aretha Franklin
Wonderful World
Sam Cooke
Whole Lotta of Rosie
AC/DC
Day 17 - A Song you'd sing duet on Karaoke
I will survive
Gloria Gaynor
You're the one that I want
Olivia Newton John
You to Me are Everything
The Real Thing
We've only just begun
The Carpenters
Day 18 - A Song from the year you were born
Don't be cruel
Elvis Presley
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Vaughn Monroe
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
The Beverley Sisters
I heard it through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
Day 19 - A Song that Makes you think about Life
Imagine
John Lennon
Heal the World
Michael Jackson
Flesh and Blood
Single by the Choir for the Invictus Games
The Windmills of your Mind
Dusty Springfield
Day 20 - A Song that has many meanings for you
Zoom
Fat Larry's Band
Daniel
Elton John
Destiny
Lionel Richie
I like it when we're together
Joan Armatrading
Day 21 - A Song with a person's name in the title
Ben
Michael Jackson
Ruby Tuesday
Rolling Stones
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
Gypsy Rose
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Day 22 - A Song that moves you forward
Wild is the Wind
David Bowie
Great British Hero
The Soldiers
Walking on Sunshine
Katrina & The Waves
My Way
Frank Sinatra
Day 23 - A Song that you think everybody should listen to
Bridge over troubled water
Simon & Garfunkel
Streets of London
Ralf McTell
The Prayer
Andrea Bocelli
Living Thing
ELO
Day 24 - A Song by a Band you wish were still
together
Old Friends
Simon & Garfunkel
Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
Monday Monday
Mumas and Papas
Wish you were here
Pink Floyd
Day 25 - A Song by an Artist no longer living
Once upon a time
Donna Summer
Home Thoughts from Abroad
Clifford T Ward
Hotel California
Eagles
Ghetto
Elvis Presley
Day 26 - A Song that makes you want to fall in love
I will always love you
Whitney Houston
When you say nothing at all
Ronan Keating
More than a woman
Bee Gees
Let's Get it on
Marvin Gaye
Day 27 - A Song that breaks your heart
Sailing
Rod Stewart
Wasn't Expecting That
Jamie Lawson
Mashed potato
Dirty Dancing
They'll be sad songs
Billy Ocean
Day 28 - A Song by an artist whose voice you love
You've really got a hold on me
Smokey Robinson
Seven Bridges Road
Eagles
Nature Boy
Nat King Cole
Monks and Liturgy
Benedictine Mons singing one of their services in Latin
The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
Day 29 - A Song you remember from your Childhood
Jesus Christ Superstar
Carl Anderson
My old man's a dustman
Lonnie Donegan
Does your chewing gum lose it flavour
Lonnie Donegan
Top of the World
The Carpenters
Day 30 - A Song that reminds you of yourself
Teenage Rampage
Sweet
I'm too sexy for my shirt
Right said Fred
The National Anthem
Que Sera Sera
Doris Day
Ricci singing 'Your Song' by Elton John
Playlist of one song from each day.
Lockdown
Musical
Challenge
The 30 Day Music Challenge was an opportunity for participants to share their favourite music as a way of communicating during Lockdown.
There was a different Theme for every day:- namely A Song that makes you Happy, A Song that makes you Sad, A song to Drive to, A Song you Never Tire of, A Song from the 1970s, A Song with a Number in the title, A Song by an Artist you love etc.
At Peaceful Place we heard about it on Day 5 and started from Day 6.
The original idea was that the end of Lockdown, Peaceful Place will have a Big Party and it would be good to gather music for a sing along, but it developed into much more.
The Theme of the Day would go up on WhatsApp early in the morning and the contributions would just flow in throughout the day with Members and families all contributing to the Challenge.
As the songs were posted and in many cases the reasons why – others came up with their comments on the choices and we soon realised that we had far more in common in our
music tastes than we would have thought possible.
The choices brought back memories of when and where we’d heard them, Concerts we’d attended, places we’d lived. It became the background of whatever else was happening
on the day and stimulated much discussion and interest. It became clear that the same piece of music could evoke different memories, some could be both happy and sad
depending on the person and the situation.
When we reached the end of Day 30, there was the appetite to continue and go back to the 5 days that we missed.
We now have a wonderful Music Library of over 400 songs ranging from Pop, Rock, Classic and Patriotic which we will be able to use for so many different occasions once
we return to the Centre.
