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Musicians Contest Thematic Direction for Weekly #ThursdayFiveList Playlists

Culture & SocietyApr 18, 2026score 1.0615 posts · 0 replies across 11 instances
Community members submitted curated playlists for a recurring feature called the #ThursdayFiveList. The submissions centered around two distinct, proposed weekly themes: #LetTheRiversFlow and #Showtime. The division is starkly visible across submissions. Some users grouped their selections under the water-themed #LetTheRiversFlow, citing artists like Robert Johnson and Coil. Others focused exclusively on the performance-based #Showtime, listing anthems from bands like Queen and incorporating artists with stage presence, such as Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. One user even included a speculative track for the future in a #Showtime list, listing 'Viagra Boys - Best In Show Pt. IV (2025)'. The weight of submissions leans heavily into the #Showtime concept, with multiple contributors building entire playlists around theatricality and performance. However, the fault line remains the clear separation of genre focus: the ambient/blues nature of the 'river' theme versus the high-energy, anthemic focus of the 'show' theme.

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SUPPORT
The discussion is entirely confined to submitting curated song lists for the #ThursdayFiveList.
Multiple users, including @jake4480 and @curtisysmith, posted full playlist compilations rather than engaging in direct critique.
MIXED
The playlists are split into two opposing conceptual themes: #LetTheRiversFlow and #Showtime.
The division is evident by the selection of genre anchors: blues/ambient for the former, rock anthems for the latter.
SUPPORT
Several high-profile, recognizable hits were used to anchor the #Showtime theme.
@t4s listed Queen's 'The Show Must Go On' alongside Pink Floyd's 'In the Flesh,' gaining high engagement.
MIXED
One submission contained a forward-looking, unreleased track.
@johnbrowntypeface included 'Viagra Boys - Best In Show Pt. IV (2025)' in their #Showtime list, which is noted as potentially speculative.
SUPPORT
The #LetTheRiversFlow proponents featured deep, genre-blended atmospheric sounds.
@jake4480 anchored this theme with tracks by Robert Johnson and Coil, mixing blues, ambient, and psych elements.

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This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #LetTheRiversFlow Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside Blues https://youtu.be/Oq83yq2u3_E Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River https://youtu.be/fAZMPee1k5Q Psychic War - Transmutation in the River of Gold https://youtu.be/ArUQ3-xcDH4 Coil - Dark River https://youtu.be/mO1XQzHM06o Meat Puppets - River Rose https://youtu.be/FUIVnohf2Dg #blues #electronica #psych #BluesRock #PsychRock #ambient #grind #metal
3 boosts · 11 favs · 0 replies · Apr 9, 2026
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This week for #ThursdayFiveList, the theme is #Showtime - songs about shows, plays, performances, etc. I’m starting with the first song I ever heard a band play live at my very first concert 50 years ago 😳 Venus and Mars/Rockshow - Wings https://youtu.be/P0FIkmJ79Aw Woodstock - Joni Mitchell https://youtu.be/ZzZTSfXcHYI Late In the Evening - Paul Simon https://youtu.be/ilzvuie7Bks 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) - Cat Stevens https://youtu.be/SnrUJgL4apg Life on the Road - The Kinks https://youtu.be/1P7h58HOjag
8 boosts · 10 favs · 2 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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Here's my #ThursdayFiveList take on #Showtime. Limelight - Rush Stage fright - The Band The Show - Lenka Hollywood - Rufus with Chaka Khan Curtain Call - Hank Mobley Tidal playlist
4 boosts · 9 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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#ThursdayFiveList #Showtime Tom Waits - Step Right Up (1976) https://youtu.be/kTdScE3Rqh8 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Show Bizness (1978) https://youtu.be/7DIy-4ER6lQ Limp Wrist - Cruising at the Show (2001) https://youtu.be/4F70gltFEfs billy woods - Police Came to My Show (2017) https://youtu.be/qhSYDKDetHU Viagra Boys - Best In Show Pt. IV (2025) https://youtu.be/s40UzRNqUjM #Music #Playlist
4 boosts · 8 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
#playlist#music#showtime#thursdayfivelist
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A bit more laid back than usual. #ThursdayFiveList #LetTheRiversFlow Leaf and Stream - Wishbone Ash Eyeless Gaze All Eye / Don’t Tell the Riverman - Dead Meadow River Deep Mountain High - The Saints Sand River - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man Whiskey River - Budgie #ListenBrainz https://listenbrainz.org/playlist/f30198a5-02c7-421d-bc9b-0d0e70ac4fdf/ #AppleMusic https://listenbrainz.org/playlist/f30198a5-02c7-421d-bc9b-0d0e70ac4fdf/
7 boosts · 7 favs · 0 replies · Apr 9, 2026
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This week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #LetTheRiversFlow. Joni Mitchell — River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHxxBTl71I Moon River — from Breakfast at Tiffany’s — written by Henry Mancini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcp0nXoxX8Q River Deep, Mountain High — Tina Turner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Lehkou2Do Down by the River — Neil Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflCXmEX6BY Ferry Cross The Mersey — Gerry & The Pacemakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0O6ZjOZYhg
5 boosts · 5 favs · 0 replies · Apr 9, 2026
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This #ThursdayFiveList is theme is #Showtime - songs about shows, plays, performances, exhibitions, and stages. Rush - Limelight https://song.link/y/ZiRuj2_czzw The Band - Stage Fright https://song.link/y/NZMfZe7OFFk The Decemberists - I Was Meant for the Stage https://song.link/y/IGhUpvgcIKo The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes https://song.link/y/0Zz0s7yJefY Lady Gaga - Applause https://song.link/y/pco91kroVgQ
6 boosts · 5 favs · 3 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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#ThursdayFiveList #LetTheRiversFlow Black Label Society - In This River https://youtu.be/qz88qOS1Rwg (RIP Dimebag) Django Reinhardt - Swanee River https://youtu.be/nz6Lr5K-JsA Vintage Trouble - Run Like the River https://youtu.be/hlkOd6dryTU Nevermore - The River Dragon Has Come https://youtu.be/wp9q7T5TGqY Levellers - Riverflow https://youtu.be/PelEgZ-YYq0
2 boosts · 1 favs · 0 replies · Apr 9, 2026
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It's still #fortnightFridayMusic with a cue of #green because we're doing the reverse rainbow 🎉 It's after midday on a Friday so it's time to start thinking about the night ahead, we've got the: Skunhour - Green Light Live at the home of so many musical memories, the Metro: https://youtu.be/-F1cYvqgIVo Another band that swam against the tide in the 90's. 🎶 Day shine appears I change a gear up Touch the spirit loose within the shell That drinks the breath I drew My field's unbounded I'm surrounded under sound that gives grounding Pressing go, got good brew Oh yeah, head high We got, the green light 🎶 @Bishopjoey @dgar @electric_gumball @stormygleason @fc #ausMusic 2/4
6 boosts · 1 favs · 2 replies · Apr 17, 2026
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This #thursdayfivelist we have #showtime - songs about shows, plays, performances, etc. Billy Joel - Miami 2017 https://youtu.be/coYwBvysy3Q AC/DC - long way to the top https://youtu.be/GChhRrU6BJU The Tubes - she's a beauty https://youtu.be/mQ_k_VG6Syc The Replacements - talent show https://youtu.be/jVYR-ubqzuw Wierd Al - Nature Trail to Hell (in 3D) https://youtu.be/EQK7cFwPayI
0 boosts · 1 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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Hello, people! Let's have a show! For this #ThursdayFiveList, share five songs about shows, plays, performances, exhibitions, everything that needs a stage, metaphorical or not. It's #Showtime ! Mine in the next toot.
6 boosts · 1 favs · 1 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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#ThursdayFiveList by @neurothing, theme #Showtime, do-not-drive-and-swear edition (if you know, you know): Live - Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9Hhuc8__A Alan Parsons Project - Limelight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr_tV6Vbayg Milton Berle with the Muppets - The Entertainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gSvM4uR3s Mel Blanc - This Is It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-t8PngHgWY Joel Hodgson with Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu - Clown in the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamCu-w7rsc Bonus: Bread - The Guitar Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8mn2aAGtI
2 boosts · 0 favs · 3 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #Showtime - songs about shows, plays, performances, exhibitions, everything that needs a stage, metaphorical or not. It's Showtime - David Lee Roth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwzimTxhoU Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtXl8xAPAtA Start The Show - Danko Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zej8uz1Wh_Q Ready To Rock - Airbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tqA1ZYOXlQ Whiplash - Metallica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beWvPkYHaic
1 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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#ThursdayFiveList #Showtime Planet of Zeus - King of the Circus https://planetofzeus.bandcamp.com/track/king-of-the-circus Muse - Showbiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLa9eO3oNsw Psychotic Waltz - Freakshow https://psychoticwaltz.bandcamp.com/track/freakshow Frank Never Dies - Peep Show https://frankneverdies.bandcamp.com/track/peep-show Deaf Lizard - The Devil's Show https://deaflizard.bandcamp.com/track/the-devils-show
2 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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#ThursdayFiveList #Showtime Pink Floyd – In the Flesh https://musiccloud.io/DWevs Liza Minnelli – Cabaret https://musiccloud.io/6yVHE Madness – Theatre of the Absurd https://musiccloud.io/cAIc9 Nightwish – The Greatest Show on Earth https://musiccloud.io/XARV8 Queen – The Show Must Go On https://musiccloud.io/7wQQd
3 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 16, 2026
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