Why not call it the 31 day song challenge? The world may never know.

The theme is a song that comforts your soul, and the only real question was which Bob Marley song I was gonna choose, so I went with both of them. And I can’t imagine a better song to end this month on than Redemption Song:

And your choice?

Day 30, which should be the last day of the challenge but isn’t, is “A song that reminds you of yourself.” Which … huh? I’m reinterpreting this again, to mean “reminds you of a specific time in your life.” Which leads me to this song, which (despite coming out in 1992) will never as long as I live not remind me of my senior year of high school:

Do any of you have songs that you listen to and think “This reminds me of me”?

Heh. A song that reminds me of my childhood, huh? Okay:

What were you listening to in 4th grade?

Day 28 is a song by an artist whose voice you love. And, again, this is perfectly interchangeable with Day 25:

Don’t front, dammit: Biggie may not be a singer, but his voice is beautiful, and you know it.

Who’s got pipes out there?

Day 27 is a song that breaks your heart. I have heard this song a million times and can’t get through the last verse without fighting off tears. That’s not a joke or an exaggeration. I can’t do it.

What song breaks you every time you hear it?

A song that makes you want to fall in love? This one’s easy:

Which obviously wrong song might you have chosen for this one?

Day 25 is a song from an artist who is no longer living. I could have interchanged this song with the one that we’ll be playing on Day 28, as both songs work perfectly for both themes:

My first thought for this day was “Bowie or Prince?”, if we’re being honest. And then Kurt Cobain came to mind. Well, Day 2 was a Prince song, and I don’t have a great place to put a Bowie song or a Nirvana song in the days that are left, so this is a bonus song, a Nirvana cover of a Bowie song. I also could have chosen this for the covers day:

Favorite song by an artist no longer with us?