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Two years ago a group of us brought together over 70 musicians from #Liverpool. With permission from Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, we recorded our own version of their classic "Do They Know It's Christmas" with all proceeds going to Shelter for the homeless and Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

We reached Number 1 at the time, and while every sale still goes to charity, feel free to just play this & share it.

Band Aid Liverpool - Do They Know It's Christmas
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmB0y6BAkM

For those who missed it a couple of days ago, some friends & I recorded a tribute to those we've lost & to artists affected by #Covid. It was meant to be a one-off project, but we've had a lot of great feedback so have decided we're going to keep working together on more material next year, including some originals.

A few people mentioned wanting to be able to boost this video, so it's now up on YouTube 🎸

Wayward Sons - The Flame Still Burns
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHAXPrYhwWY

Last year some friends and I put together a virtual lockdown band, called Wayward Sons (see my pinned post for more).

For anyone interested, here's our long-awaited second video 🎸

Wayward Sons - Rolling In The Deep (Adele cover)
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAat2oprqTk

Welcome new #cosonauts. A quick heads up

Every so often we go through a new influx of users. It's worth noting a few things:

1. We've been here for 5 years. Please don't start by trying to mould Coso into what YOU think it should be.
1. We're conversation-driven. Feel free to join in any that are already happening, just be respectful.
2. This isn't Twitter and it's not the new Rebel Base. Many of us lean left in politics, but by no means all
3. Remember Coso's golden rule: Don't Be A Dick 👍

Here's a Top #Tip for new Cosonauts - Change your egg avi and Header photo, write a short bio with a little about yourself or dirty limerick and start finding interesting people to follow.

You'll get far more success if you look half-interesting rather than having just a blank profile and a single post that says "Testing. This is weird, I might leave in a few days"
#Welcome

And don't forget the Coso User Guide here:

https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

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#cosohumour #cosoafterdark

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour to Release New Solo Album, ‘Luck and Strange,’ This Fall

Artist will release a new single, "The Piper's Call," on Thursday

#cosomusic #Guitarists

More/source:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-solo-album-1235009520/amp/

NME:
Deep Purple have shared details of a new studio album titled ‘=1’, set for release later this year.

‘=1’ will see the Deep Purple team up with legendary producer Bob Ezrin once again, and sees the band channel the same sound that first put them on the map over 50 years ago, but without relying on nostalgia.

#cosomusic

More/source:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/deep-purple-share-details-of-new-album-1-pre-order-3750022

#Politics
How was #DFG an 'eligible bachelor' in 2015/16? 🤔

BBC:
Pecker says that in a meeting, Trump and Cohen asked him what his magazines “can do to help the campaign”.

Pecker says he agreed to publish negative stories about Trump’s opponents while promoting positive ones about him

This involved women’s stories about Trump, Pecker says, claiming he knew those stories would surface anyway because Trump was an “eligible bachelor” who “dated the most beautiful women”

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68848464

St Paddy gets all the love, but there are plenty of other Patron Saints, including ours today, 23rd April

So... Happy St George's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
#cosomusic
https://youtu.be/jmI2C9yYs5E

Gillan - Running, White Face, City Boy
#cosomusic #Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDikCyQTwbY

Just about made this on the date

22 April - #OnThisDay in 1923, 'Queen of Pinups' Bettie Mae Page was born in Nashville, TN. Bettie passed away in 2008 but would have been 101 today

If I were a DJ, I'd be talking over the drum intro saying that "This one goes out to the man known only as...The Jester" 😝

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
#cosomusic #Guitarists #EVH
https://youtu.be/6M4_Ommfvv0

Oooh oooh - Tomorrow is St George's Day, but it reminds me - isn't it supposed to be #Rapture Day 26.0 too? 🤔

Did CoSo just have a Dennis Nedry moment a few minutes ago or was it just me? 🤔

Chag Sameach to those celebrating #Passover 👍

Still just about time for #EarthDay 🌍

Ozzy Osbourne - Revelation (Mother Earth)
#cosomusic #Singers #Guitarists
https://youtu.be/meCb_LfzRhE

There's a fella who lives about 5 miles down the road from ours who has a few nice cars that he spends most of his time washing & polishing.

I went by there a few days ago and he's just got this... 🙀
#CosoCars

EDIT Typo:

^^ And here's the full version of the mini album, featuring three tracks the guys recorded over those couple of days (Star Fleet theme and two blues tracks/jams)

Brian May & Friends - Star Fleet (full album)
Star Fleet/Let Me Out/Blues Breaker
#cosomusic #Guitarists #Queen #EVH #Blues
https://youtu.be/luAsAqYO4Ww