(Finished April 27th, 2024) Part 2 of Songs That No One In Their Right Mind Should Try and Cover

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These are songs that no one should ever try and cover, how can you improve these classics? I know that many songs below have had covers made of them. A tip of the hat to those that are brave enough to do that. Saying that though these are songs that NO ONE should ever attempt to cover. Now if you want to do a faithful cover that's one thing. But to try and improve on these songs? No, just no.

Prince wrote this song followed by Sinead O'Connor's eloquent cover in 1990. Then Prince covered Sinead O'Connor's version of the song he wrote. However his version pales in comparison to Sinead's version. 18) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

19) Dua Lipa "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)":

Who would be brave enough to try and cover a Whitney Houston song? 20) Whitney Houston "Saving All My Love For You":

21) Mariah Carey "Vision of Love":

22) Chaka Khan featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel  "I Feel For You":

23) The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again":

24) The Doors "When The Music's Over":

25) George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today":

Sure someone could cover this song, but who has enough sass to pull it off as well as Madonna? 26) Madonna "Vogue":

Just the right amount of goofiness and rock and roll pedigree to pull off this harshly thought of song. Not sure why this song has been so hated by so many people. It's just a fun pop song that's night trying to be any more than what it is. 27) Starship "We Built This City":

28) Whitesnake"In The Still Of The Night":

29) Prince "Let's Go Crazy":

The right amount of heartbreak and brutal life experience to sing this song so well. Also we can't forget that great powerful voice and persona of Miss Turner. 30) Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It":

I love the tone of Stevie Nicks voice so much!! 31) Fleetwood Mac "The Chain":

First of all who's going to top that big voiced female vocalist. Also the model isn't the one really singing. The one really singing is Miss Loleatta Holloway. 32) C + C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)":

33) Aretha Franklin "Respect":

34) Skeeter Davis "End of the World":

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(Started May 5th, 2020, Updated April 27th, 2024) Part 2 of Best Songs That Start With The Letter J

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I started this blog over three years ago and I finish it today.

Sometimes it's hard to come up with new blog topics. Cinco De Mayo seemed too obvious, after racking my brain I came up with best songs and bands that start with the letter J. Next blog will be the best bands that start with the letter J. As usual, I'm trying to focus on less well known songs.

19) Whitney Houston "Just The Lonely Talking Again":

20) KLF "Justified and Ancient (Remix)":

21) Billy Joel "Just The Way You Are":

22) Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun":

23) Sinead O'Connor "Jerusalem":

24) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Jammin'":

25) Last November "Julie":

Yes The New Pornographers have two Jackie songs. 26) The New Pornographers "Jackie, Dressed In Cobras":

27) Arcade Fire "Joan of Arc":

28) The Temptations "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)":

29) James Ingram "Just Once":

30) David Bowie "Jean Genie":

31) Another song about "Jenny", this one by Walk The Moon:

32) The B-52's "Juliet of The Spirits":

33) Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash "Jackson":

Miss O'Connor loves song titles that start with J. 34) Sinead O'Connor "Just Like U Said It Would Be":

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(Finished April 23rd, 2024) Part 10 of Songs That Meant Something To Me In The 80s, Songs 154-171

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Previously I worked at Lowes and they're a store that plays a preponderance of 80s music. As an old fogie and a member of Generation X I love 80s music. Two of the better songs that were played were Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and Fleetwood Mac's "Hold Me". I now work at a hospital and I miss not have songs playing while working. But hey it's a much better job.

154) The Jeff Healey Band "Angel Eyes":

155) The Cure "Why Can't I Be You":

156) Peabo Bryant and Roberta Flack "Tonight I Celebrate My Love":

157) Sade "Your Love Is King":

158) Skyy "Real Love":

I like Palmer's version better than Cherelle's version, I have included both here. Here's an anti-love song

159) Cherelle "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On":

 160) Robert Palmer's "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On":

162) Kenny Loggins "Vox Humana":

163) Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up":

164) INXS "Need You Tonight":

165) Terrance Trent D'Arby "Sign Your Name":

166) Blondie "Atomic":

167) Mr. Mister "Broken Wings":

168) New Order "Blue Monday":

169) Van Halen "Finish What Ya Started":

170) a-ha "Take On Me":

171) Howard Jones "No One Is To Blame":

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(Finished April 20th, 2024) Part 9 of Songs That Meant Something To Me In The 80s, Songs 137-153

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Currently I'm working at Lowes and they're another store that plays a preponderance of 80s music. As an old fogie and a member of Generation X I love 80s music. Two of the better songs that were played were Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and Fleetwood Mac's "Hold Me". 

A song that I've always loved about a sport I've always loved is John Fogerty's "Centerfield". Go Dodgers!! Please sign Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers did sign Ohtani along with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and traded for Tyler Glasnow. The Dodgers are paying a lot of money to be in the middle of the pack in the MLB. So far I've been very disappointed. As of tonight they are 12-11 and have the 16th best record in MLB.  120) John Fogerty "Centerfield":

137) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

138) Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys on Mopeds":

139) Metallica "One":

140) XTC "Dear God":

141) Rush "Early Distant Warning":

142) U2 "Pride (In The Name of Love)":

143) Sting "Russians":

144) Prince "Sign of the Times":

145) Martika "Toy Soldiers":

146) U2 "New Years Day":

147) Sinead O'Connor "The Emperor's New Clothes":

The 80s were a sappy decade, there were a lot of great love songs. Here are some of the best:

148) Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is":

149) Survivor "The Search Is Over":

One of my all-time favorite Elton John songs. 150) Elton John "I'm Still Standing":

151) Survivor "High On You":

152) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":

153) The Bangles "Eternal Flame":

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(Finished April 18th, 2024) Part 2 of the Best of 1965 to 1967 and Three More Recent Covers

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The best songs of 1965 to 1967. How did the music reflect the times and how did the times reflect the music?

Most of the news items below come from this: https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html

What were some of the historical events that happened in 1965 to 1967? 

The Vietnam War intensifies in 1965. Also the first draft card was burned in 1965. In 1966 United States warplanes begin their bombing raids of Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam. Over 400,000 Americans were in country also at that time.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is being dismantled before our eyes now, was signed into law.

The Watts riot occurred in 1965. In July, 1967 Black riots plague Newark, New Jersey. Twenty six are killed, over 1,500 were injured and one thousand were arrested. From July 23rd to July 30th forty more people were killed in Detroit. In a semi-related theme Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court justice.

Also in 1966 Medicare, a great program for seniors, begins. As someone who works in a hospital I see this great program in practice everyday.

18) Petula Clark "Downtown":

19) Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs "Wooly Bully":

20a) Jimmy Ruffin "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted":

20b) Joan Osborne "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted":

21) The Association "Cherish":

22a) The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love":

One of the first videos I remember seeing on MTV back when it first began. 22b) Phil Collins "You Can't Hurry Love":

23) Percy Sledge "When A Man Loves A Woman":

24) The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black":

25) Lovin Spoonful "Daydream":

26) The Temptations "Ain't Too Proud To Beg":

27) Petula Clark "My Love":

28a) George Jones "The Race Is On":

28b) Sawyer Brown "The Race Is On":

29) Merle Haggard "The Bottle Let Me Down":

30) Glen Campbell "By The Time I Get To Phoenix":

31) Merle Haggard "Branded Man":

32) Fontella Bass "Rescue Me":

33) Stevie Wonder "Uptight":

34) The Supremes "I Hear A Symphony":

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(Finished April 16th, 2024) Part 3 of Songs I Should Post More

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This has been a fun blog series to create, trying to come up several songs that I should post more. There are honestly some songs that I post on my own blog- songs I love- that I think to myself I can't believe I'm posting again. I decided to go the other way and post songs that I haven't posted nearly enough.

I love Nelly Furtado. 35) Nelly Furtado "Explode":

36) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones "The Impression That I Get":

37) Ava Max "Kings and Queens":

38) Journey "Wheel In The Sky":

39) Aretha Franklin "Who's Zoomin' Who":

40) Olivia Rodrigo "Driver's License":

41) Brian Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini":

42) Mary Hopkins "Those Were The Days":

43) Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad":

44) Rihanna "Rehab":

45) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

46) Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It":

47) Lady Gaga "Hold My Hand":

48) Kings of Leon "The Bucket":

49) Ronnie Milsap "Something In My House":

50) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":

51) Culture Beat "Mr. Vain":

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(Finished April 15th, 2024) Part 2 of themusicaddict's Top 100ish Albums of All-Time: The Anti-Preview

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I decided today to take on the task of naming the 100ish best albums of all-time. I use ish as I'm not sure how many albums I will end with. Right now I have about 145 CDs on the Top 100ish Albums of All-Time. These CDs cover nearly every genre, era, style and decades. The CDs represented here range from the 1960s to the 2010s. 

I'm going to start off with songs from CDs that aren't included on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. Thus the anti-preview. There's no guarantee that the bands below will have an album on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. But you will know some of the albums that won't be on that list.

Also for the most part I'll not be including greatest hits or live albums to this list. A certain Jamaican reggae musician may be an exception to that. Feel free to Google the albums each song is from.

18) Blondie "Dreaming":

19) Billy Joel "Piano Man":

20) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Born To Run":

21a) Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke":

21b) One version of this song just isn't enough. A longer version of "Sir Duke":

22) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

This great song is from "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", not exactly the pinnacle of peak U2. 23) U2 "Vertigo":

From U2's third CD "War". This song is one of their most anthemic songs from their career. "War" is also known for the classic "New Year's Day" and "Two Hearts Beat As One". At this point they were still young band trying to find their way. Only five years they released their late 80s classic "The Joshua Tree". 24) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

25) Stone Temple Pilots "Big Bang Baby":

26) XTC "Senses Working Overtime":

27) Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking":

28) Alan Jackson "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow":

29) Sugarland "Baby Girl":

30) Little Big Town "Pontoon":

31) The Band Perry "If I Die Young":

32) Aerosmith "Dream On":

33) The Thompson Twins "Into The Gap":

34) The Black Eyed Peas "Rock That Body":

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