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2024: A Year In Review(s)

Abigail Devoe | August 16, 2025



Popping in from my holiday break to give you one last video before the new year: it’s the second annual YEAR IN REVIEW(s)! Happy new year, and thank you all for your continued loyalty to the channel.

Keep in touch:
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My website: https://www.reallifelayla.com
I cohost the Dolls Podcast!: https://open.spotify.com/show/4JsH0rsXUNjgvFLIbwYgnK?si=798d0d6d67864c4e
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unveiling-the-legends-dolls-of-the-60s-70s/id1749327932
I voice the bumpers on this radio show!: www.mixcloud.com/jkhoman
Follow the Vinyl Monday playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27N3dOWRJU7ydqY4f54nJB?si=bf7980c428c04340

Special thanks to the Mellons for their music! Check out Introducing…the Mellons! here: https://earthlibraries.bandcamp.com/album/introducing-the-mellons

Timestamps:

year in review(s) – 0:00
goals and updates – 21:11
want to review – 26:10
outtro/thank you! – 27:23

Music:
Intro Music: Yeah Yeah Yeah (Long) by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…) Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Outtro Music: Ticket To Nowhere Man by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…) Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Vinyl Monday logo by Callum: https://www.youtube.com/@clynaack

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Written by Abigail Devoe

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  3. @gratefulblac

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Would like to see you to review on vinyl Monday – The Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers album; The Grateful Dead – Live/Dead; The Who – Who's Next; Wishbone Ash – Argus; Its A Beautiful day – 1st album; Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technicion/Hairway to Steven;

  5. @jamesnock5572

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    I recorded blur live from wembley 2024 on tv, i've watched it five times im gonna watch it again now. I wish i'd have gone to see it live, great gig and incredible atmosphere🙋‍♂️

  8. @VHSTemptation

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    One thing I usually see when people talk about theory is that they talk about it as if it's a set of "rules" and guidelines towards music, or it being the explanation as to why "music works." (myself also being guilty of previously thinking this way) When in reality it should be talked about as tools given to the composer or songwriter to help bring their music to life. I went to college for composing music and that's something one of my theory professors told us. An anecdote that gets thrown around commonly that's helped me made music theory less intimidating is: "The last thing you learn about music theory is to forget it, and just play"

  9. @musicofjondonnegan

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Great work this year Abby! I am absolutely HERE for a Strawberry Alarm Clock episode 🍓⏰🍓 I'm fortunate enough to casually know a few of the members and they are great guys in addition to being stellar musicians. Two of them even called my dad to wish him happy birthday a few years back. Looking forward to whatever lies ahead this year, best of luck and always remember to take time for you too!
    -Jon Donnegan (guitar in Gimme Sugar, Cleveland based Stones tribute)

  11. @brunohebert1351

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Maybe 2 Vinyl Mondays per month would be a good rhythm for you? Or even one… we don't mind.
    Don't forget to take care of yourself both physically and mentally.. We don't want to see burnt out Abby…
    And most of all, thank you for what you do.
    Happy New Year!

  12. @denniswood1437

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    If you would consider doing a Vinyl Monday on the Byrds Fifth Dimension, Younger Than Yesterday, or Notorious Byrd Brothers, Big Star's 1st or Radio City, or Badfinger's Straight Up or Wish You Were Here albums would be great. Laura Nyro, Sandy Denny, Suzi Quatro or Terry Reid would be wonderful but the artists you've chosen are all amazing!

  14. @bertskybass6360

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Thank you for your channel.
    It’s turned me on to old albums (and some new ones, most notably The Mellons, thank you)
    that I hadn’t ever heard before.
    Best of luck on your short break!

  20. @kobcritic624

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    the eventual Vinyl Monday episode on A Hard Day's Night is going to fix me. potentially the most underrated album in the Beatles discography, that or With The Beatles. I would go to war for both of them

  21. @terryenglish7132

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Zappa fans come in 3 categories: 1 Those following along w the score to hear if a double doted eighth note is played w only one dot. … 2 Drunken yahoos holding up a bottle of Jack screaming ZAPPAAA ! … 3 Those who just like his music…. I'm thinking category 1 would be the gatekeepers.

  23. @RossHMay

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Yeah! More Surf Punk, Reggae, Rocksteady Ska, Dub, Jamaican Jazz, Celtic/Gaelic Trad and Punk, More Prog, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Bop, hard bop, free jazz, African, Afro;Brasilian,Cuban Puerto rican And Canadian Genres, including underground Country, Hillbilly Jazz JazzGrass,Country swing, Trad and 80z-90-z swingabilly. Cheers

  28. @tatemcilwain1775

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    hey Abi, I don't know if Prince is quite your style but I'm a huge fan of him, he was a total genius on an absolutely mind boggling scale and I'm always feeling sad that his legacy might be dying or isn't being celebrated like I and many of his other fans know he deserves. Everyone is going to recommend you do Purple Rain, 1999 or Sign 'O' The Times, and for good reason they're all amazing albums, but I personally think that if you want to do Prince properly, doing a proper video on his 1996 album, Emancipation, would go the furthest to truely keeping his legacy alive and might actually get people to understand what a true genius he was and how dense and important everything he did was as well. Emancipation is intended for CD and it's 3 hours long so that might make it a bit weird. I just want Prince to get more recognition from current day audiences and I think it's a great shame he hasn't gotten it.

  32. @WizardOfWailing

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    If you really want to play music, don’t let lack of musical talent stop you. Most of us don’t have natural talent, we just practice. Love the channel, and looking forward to 2025.

  34. @emdiar6588

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Ok, I'm finally going to check out the Dolls podcast. I've been meaning to get round to it but the Losing My Opinion back catalogue has been getting in the way – I'm afraid that's your fault too Abs.
    Now I hear you've done a Dolls episode on Nico, I am even more incentivised, if for no other reason than I want to hear you talk about John Cooper Clarke, however briefly. Deffo summat I need.
    Cheers Abi and have a Happy New Year.

  35. @alansmith1989

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Abigail. I think the important thing is that you `Enjoy` what you are doing and don`t overwork yourself. Just as long as you are happy doing what you, do, then we, you're subscribers & fans will be happy too! All the best for 2025. 👍👍😊😊

  37. @SunFellow941

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    This quote from the new Prog magazine explains it much better than I could, so here it is:

    The Turkish-American electronic music composer Ilhan Mimaroglu once said, "Music is the cinematographic concept. A type of cinema that is observed by the ear." That description easily applies to the remarkable body of music Yes generated from the early 70s onwards. The Yes Album, Fragile and Close to the Edge honed and refined a compositional style that created pictures in the mind, enhanced as they were by high-value productions. But if these albums exemplified a keenness to explore the cinematic approach, in the scale of ambition Tales from Topographic Oceans was something akin to an aural IMAX screening. — Sid Smith, Prog magazine's 50th anniversary tribute to Yes' Relayer.

  40. @scotttaylor7767

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    All the best for this year Abby and if you think it’s time to end the you tube channel so be it. You don’t owe us anything. You have given us some fantastic work this past couple of years. And it’s been really nice to see you on your journey every week. But you have so much ahead of you. And a full and amazing life to live. So don’t feel obligated to push yourself work wise. Knowing how talented you are there a dozen different roads you can take right now. And I am looking forward to seeing what you decide to do next. In the meantime don’t burn yourself out doing this. Go see your favourite band , see your boyfriend! Have fun 😊! But thanks once again for giving me at least a look at albums I would never have considered. And have a happy and successful 2025 👍😃

  42. @nobbynoris

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Hey Abby,

    Yours is one of my favourite YouTube channels and it always makes my day when you post a new video. They are always so well-crafted and your enthusiasm is uplifting. You must have worked so hard at your channel this past year.

    I bought Heavy Lifting on the strength of your review and I love it.

    Looking forward to your Rush takedown and I would personally love to see your video on The Pretty Things, one of the most under-rated '60s bands. Not to mention Radiohead and I would personally love to see your review of Reign In Blood by Slayer, but that's just me.

    I hope your channel grows and thrives in 2025.

  45. @Emmachantiri

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Thank you for being you, you have literally spoiled us and I know it must be overwhelming with all the new people here (I've been here since the channel was small the growth has been crazy) but I promise things will get easier, you have nothing to prove and we're happy with whatever you post in whatever shape it takes (take as much time off as you need tbh). Me and my friends have been posting clips from your videos as reacts like the GTO's WATCH OUT one and the "if you don't at the very least shimmy your shoulders somethings wrong with you" and who could forget "why are British musicians so incestuous its weird" sdcbjksd, you're an icon in our circles! Your the coolest! (the Leslie West moment was the most adorable thing, the smiling and looking down ahhhhh)

  46. @jribakove

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Happy New Year, Abigail. Thank you for another year of excellent videos. I find as I get older, conservation of mental energy comes more and more a daily living issue.

    I just saw Stereophonic on Broadway (a/k/a 2024's Tony Award Winner of Best Play). I've wanted to see it since it was at Playwright's Horizon (it was already being sold out by then) and had not had chance to (again, mental energy consumed elsewhere) during the majority of its Broadway run. I really enjoyed the show and would highly recommend getting a chance to see the play (it has got only 3 more weeks on Broadway but I can't see it not being performed elsewhere) performed live (and the actors play the music lived). The story is absolutely a Rumours roman à clef, but one well-done.

  47. @LWilloxMusic

    August 16, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Galaxie 500 yes!! Seeing Dean Wareham playing Galaxie 500 this year in Glasgow as I always although partly I wish he was bringing Luna. Anyway I’ll look forward to that video!

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