Nobody says “well well”* anymore as an improvised interjection in songs anymore. Singers, let’s change that. *a single “well” or a “well well well” are included - ThreadSky

Kevin Gordon and Lucinda Williams

Ain’t Going Down To The Well No More

https://youtu.be/sCMe6c52ikY?si=7ywEMAcMFlyXCn5d

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mustardglaze.bsky.social•2 days ago

And feel free to throw in a "child" or "honey child".

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starplyr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Badu has the triple “well well well” in the hook:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=51OITPsjEu0

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karenrenee.bsky.social•1 day ago

R.L. Burnside was a legend at delivering a well-timed 'Well, well, well'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuSkhzrZkPU

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exploregon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cyndi Lauper’s chorus on We Are The World.

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salec.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L67vGPkoJZY

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cre0.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well played.

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tzizzle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Summer Nights, from Grease
Well-a well-a well-a

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jsevia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here's an "Oh Well" for you 😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQmmByJwKFI

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mrspook.bsky.social•1 day ago

Took me far too long to find this.

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richpr.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UEsps-AADQ

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jakicunha.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uig_EbXYwn0

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jakicunha.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTvcvi2ks58

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dbeatcatdad.bsky.social•2 days ago

RL Burnside knew the power of a well placed well well well.

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horne.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for this, RL was the best.

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mrianpurcell.bsky.social•1 day ago

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pejacoby.bsky.social•2 days ago

I long for the days of the 154 “nah nah” outro to Journey’s “Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin”

Can’t we all just “nah” along?

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pathintegral.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣

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jeenyusb.bsky.social•2 days ago

well okkkaaaaaayyy

yeah, yeaaaaah

what

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pw61.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xsQZWgTefdM&si=e7qyWmClclLvRMMf

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andyrichter.co•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/9VH6yD8zobM?si=ihIj9XxHv5ck0aD3

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andyrichter.co•2 days ago

This one is lousy with em

https://youtu.be/23W3wqAvsLg?si=sv0xqe1KKoKJBHi_

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ghoulofficial.bsky.social•2 days ago

This album is so great

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christianfinnegan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe one of the last iterations?
https://youtu.be/Uc8wmLul3uw?si=LdLOeLQ3ctWxdo1l

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nettieusa.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the one that immediately sprung to mind.

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readyfretgo.bsky.social•1 day ago

DAMMIT.

I was just about to share this.

It's in the first 5 seconds.

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jenxjen.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

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jesseraub.bsky.social•2 days ago

ron isley aka mr biggs aka the king of well well well

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theweirdmachine.bsky.social•2 days ago

The one in this song is seared into my brain.

https://youtu.be/h1g36CXfQ00?si=0Z0323YpG0d1soSe

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dadzone513.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ok, well, I'll try.

But I don't know if it will come out as well as we hope.

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shakegrrl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Neutron Dance by the Pointer Sisters has some good “well” moments

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therealmarks.bsky.social•2 days ago

I like a well placed "all right", too.

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rodg3rdodg3r.bsky.social•2 days ago

🎶1st word sung in Lonely Island's 'Sax🎷Man' feat Jack Black
https://youtu.be/7XNLHsSpsxU

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rodg3rdodg3r.bsky.social•2 days ago

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mamick.bsky.social•2 days ago

Christine on Tic Tock dishes up the tea with well well well. Check her out.

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seanbre.bsky.social•2 days ago

The ‘millennial whoop’ is the new ‘well well’

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whyismark.bsky.social•2 days ago

ooh there should be a song where the lyrics contain as many grammatically correct usages of double word repeats
like um...and now i can't think of any....

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frijolesluvr.bsky.social•2 days ago

I keep scrolling and I see no one mentioning Modest Mouse??

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andynarwhal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Right??

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dc-757.bsky.social•2 days ago

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xenusparadox.bsky.social•1 day ago

What about, "well, well well, well well well"

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zunflour.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gregory Abbott 'Shake You Down'.

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hardwareguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

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mizstellar.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm listening to Al Green right now, he knows those wells...well

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typothetical.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Well well well” is what dowsers used to yell when they found water right where they expected to.

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neonscribe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Say what?

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freakbro70s.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah, the well well ol' days.
Much more satisfying than the good good ol' days.

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orangerrific.bsky.social•2 days ago

Chappell Roan sings “well, back at my house I got a California king” in her song Red Wine Supernova, does that count? That’s the most recent example that came to mind for me

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paris98.bsky.social•2 days ago

How common is well well/well well well in your vocabulary that this is a problem.

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samfedor.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://open.spotify.com/track/1NQPc9znr56Ci6f02HoLpg?si=4fxkSb-OT8m6QUUM7U3rAw

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drlarrymitchell.bsky.social•2 days ago

People don't sing that shit no more- no they don't, no they don't.

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maxshrek.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now see here, I heard tell of a man who uses 'well well well' with the added 'what do we have here?'

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tapdancingspy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Daryl Hall does.

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needwindham.bsky.social•2 days ago

My dream job is to be the Ohio Player that leans into the mic and lets out a “YOWwwwwwW!” Every other verse.

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desertdweller760.bsky.social•2 days ago

And what happened to “23 skidoo”?

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nulliusnverba.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where are The Woodentops when you need 'em?

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oldcitynecromancer.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/0lfq3auK808?si=WzJp8cMOnC4_a8s5

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vannyhoney.bsky.social•2 days ago

🫣

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sampeckinpahsghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/6_sQLIUi0mQ?si=AqeZpXa2qUKMHRiT

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poetryheckler.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://open.spotify.com/track/6cDY1FbkDKkzJtEnwnIjkl?si=c7NJXuAwTBygG4EA3mEjOQ

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dave.land•2 days ago

Will "Well" when I will.

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darwinbrandis.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like we're definitely in 3x-well times. I mean if not now, when?

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quiquaequod.bsky.social•2 days ago

Janis Jopin really knew how to well

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bryanhowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

Annnnnd now I’m gonna be singing this all day…

https://youtu.be/Uc8wmLul3uw?si=D-Cg_cQ7xFtrKIz4

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bryanhowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

(Not a complaint; I love this song)

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wmreddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Three holes in the ground...

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ibrahimalkhaldi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well well well is actually used by millennials in memes, but not in a good way 💀

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slingsnarrows.bsky.social•2 days ago

A well is a hole 🕳️ in the ground.

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andrewctenor.bsky.social•1 day ago

cc: @kayafraser.bsky.social

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prof.hazardlabs.com•2 days ago

I, too, have been listening to a lot of Country Joe McDonald

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brewscrolling.bsky.social•2 days ago

Favorite line from The Little Rascals, "well, well, well, look who fell in the well"

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candacenelson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for that 🎶 “Woman” 🎶 reference!

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lapsome.bsky.social•2 days ago

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birdfruitkid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also "whoa," like "whoa-ooo-whoa-ooo-whoa-oh"

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cathycarter.bsky.social•1 day ago

“I love you”, well well

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gheishhawlucho.bsky.social•2 days ago

Actually the only one I know to do that is John Lennon

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dteater.bsky.social•2 days ago

I say well well well so much that my grandson now says it.

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whatfreshhelldis.bsky.social•1 day ago

I actually say, "well" often and "oh-well" frequently, but "oh well hell!" almost daily.

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lordp666.bsky.social•2 days ago

That's not true.

How about this: Well, well, well, if it isn't the invisible cunt.

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muhammedus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please my flowwing

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authorgmacshane.bsky.social•2 days ago

This one's been around for a long, long, long time.

Worth a listen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lod927M8WDc

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petegoesforawalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's also not enough squeezebox playing.

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worldswerth.bsky.social•2 days ago

my vote is for "hey hey hey," but not Fat Albert

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missalboogie.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have a song coming out soon with exactly that but I’m not sure which “well, well, well” you mean. Mine has the *arms folded* type.

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besidestillwaters.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, well, well, three holes in the ground

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revcasaubon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jack White does

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dirgethehyena.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm more of a "me oh my" kind of fella

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iggsworldwide.bsky.social•1 day ago

Every Hot Tuna song starts with “Well…” or “Well I…”

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spbaseball.bsky.social•2 days ago

A well IS a very deep!

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scoutpotato.bsky.social•2 days ago

No exactly the same, but this one gets stuck in my head a lot
https://youtu.be/jmJ28Zmdi2k?si=VL5eNAGnDXXDcxoj

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pfcass.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/y5e6A_EozH0?feature=shared

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mosslike.bsky.social•2 days ago

The “well well” part of this song at 2:55 timestamp cracks me up every time. Island hits! https://youtu.be/U0npTjJTcys?si=weciuSQfJMh_WtWl

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kalieg.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/oDcnniMaQnk?feature=shared

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dmax801.bsky.social•2 days ago

Of course, it was all preceded by “haw haw.”

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dmax801.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was briefly replaced with the superior “sookey now”

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theusualryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/L5V9nK7-OkM?si=HcYvr_PZddBO31dR

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bklynmichael42.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s been too long

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dogsdadbod.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm also a fan of "A-haw haw haw haw"

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bookbook1.bsky.social•2 days ago

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non-cannon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm struggling to picture repeated "well"s as anything other than a villain going "well well well well, what do we have here?" so that could be part of the problem

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bether11.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can’t forget this one.

https://youtu.be/8lCMUkqpI7o?si=qZEa4nnHLkjQDqAs

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suzannedspain.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unless you're Matthew McConaughey.

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spouti.bsky.social•2 days ago

The well is dry

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animeboyianpower.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well well well...

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susanisoverthis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ray Charles. 7 Spanish Angels. I think it was a 4 weller.

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chuerta1.bsky.social•2 days ago

This made me think of the music of Earth, Wind and Fire, a pleasant thought indeed.

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cindyanddavid.bsky.social•2 days ago

I do. I'm old. 😂

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areyounickrivers.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eddie Murphy added a few wells for his James Brown Celebrity Hot Tub sketch.

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nogodsnodemons.bsky.social•2 days ago

I still do it ..

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anthonyjhodges.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/XnxKiBJN5NM

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spagrag.bsky.social•2 days ago

Craig Wedren wins this one for me and like 3 other people on the planet who have heard of Shudder To Think

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bmurray390.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think John Lennon did it best.

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jblaine.bsky.social•2 days ago

John Lennon could handle "well well well" and threw in an "oh well" for good measure.

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typoeman.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Well, well Look who's inside again. Went out to look for a reason to hide again. Well, well
Buddy, you found it. Now, come out with your hands up
We've got you surrounded."

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perrymonster.bsky.social•2 days ago

John Lennon went to the well quite often.

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mtruscello.bsky.social•2 days ago

I enjoy the occasional proper noun in a song, like, "Come on, Steve!" before the guitar solo by Steve.

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dogsdadbod.bsky.social•2 days ago

See, e.g., Ballroom Blitz, which name-checks Steve before the opening riff

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dmax801.bsky.social•2 days ago

FORtunately he and Andy were ready. Whew.

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mtruscello.bsky.social•2 days ago

I might be thinking of Def Leppard for this one lol

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dogsdadbod.bsky.social•2 days ago

Name a band post-1970 and it probably has a Steve, even if it's a session musician or touring member.

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flycktsoda.bsky.social•2 days ago

Make me think of that song by the Hives - closed for the season?

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mbd1006.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/lvevlCo7bUo?si=xw3EgkW6PlZp5aYE

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doliyom997.bsky.social•2 days ago

The library was filled with the aroma of old books and wisdom. 📖📚

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stevemartin35.bsky.social•2 days ago

DEI

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yeetski.bsky.social•2 days ago

Muddy those waters

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thebirdshow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe it’s a funk thing? At 2:57 in jungle love. Morris day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPQvwhSDY

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legacyoftchaka.bsky.social•1 day ago

When I think of “well well well”, I think of the Isley Brothers https://youtu.be/23W3wqAvsLg?si=4qkZAAurXWI-M5c-

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lowcarbloving.bsky.social•1 day ago

Watch and Enjoy... "OOGIE BOOGIE'S SONG | The Nightmare Before Christmas | VoicePlay A Cappella Cover" - https://youtu.be/EbxkOntz2SA?si=gPvR1Hs4nZgCk8cR

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