(Finished July 30th, 2019) Let's Go Back To The 70s, Part 10 Songs 140-156

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What a beautiful song. 140) Crosby, Stills & Nash "Just A Song Before I Go":

141) The Cars "Just What I Needed":

142) Queen "Killer Queen":

143) Kool and the Gang "Ladies Night":

144) ELO "Last Train To London":

145) Journey "Lights":

146) Wings "Live and Let Die":

147) America "Lonely People":

148) Little River Band "Lonesome Loser":

149) The Eagles "The Long Run":

150) CCR "Lookin' Out My Back Door":

151) Styx "Lorelei":

152) Journey "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'":

153) Jimmy Buffet "Margaritaville":

154) The Cars "My Best Friend's Girl":

155) Rick James "Mary Jane":

156) James Taylor and Carly Simon "Mockingbird":

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(Finished November 13th, 2019) Let's Go Back To The 70s, Part 9 Songs 124-139

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Although this song is over 40 years old, it sounds just as amazing as it did when it was first released. 124) Boston "Don't Look Back":

125) ELO "Do Ya":

126) Bad Company "Feel Like Makin' Love":

127) Chicago "Feelin' Stronger Everyday":

128) The Steve Miller Band "Fly Like An Eagle":

129) Styx "Foolin' Yourself":

One of my favorite Neil Diamond songs. 130) Neil Diamond "Forever In Blue Jeans":

131) Abba "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)":

132) AC/DC "Girls Got Rhythm":

133) The Eagles "Heartache Tonight":

134) Wings "Hi Hi Hi":

135) Stevie Wonder "Higher Ground":

136) Mel Tillis "I Got The Hoss":

137) Elton John "Island Girl":

138) Wings "Jet":

139) The Steve Miller Band "Jet Airliner":

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(Finished October 20th, 2019) The Best of (Mostly) Instrumental Songs, Part 3

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35) "Top Gun" Anthem:

Two songs from the soundtrack "Rabbit Proof Fence" by Peter Gabriel

36) "Cloudless":

37) "Go Away Mr. Evans":

A couple by George Winston:

38) "Variations On The Canon":

39) "Longing/Love":

40) Mar-key's "Last Night":

I'm just learning that "The Entertainer" from "The Sting" is the same song as 41) Scott Joplin's "Ragtime":

42) Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag":

43) Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith "Dueling Banjos":

44) Richard Strauss "Also Sprach Zarathustra":

45) Harold Faltermeyer "Axel F":

46) Lalo Schifrin Theme From "Mission Impossible":

47) Randy Newman Theme from "The Natural":

48) Aaron Copland "Fanfare for the Common Man":

49) Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass "A Taste of Honey":

50)  Booker T. and the M.G.'s "Green Onions":

51) Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street":

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(Finished July 27th, 2019) What Are The Best Songs About Music?, Part 2

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19) Rihanna "Don't Stop The Music":



20) The Postal Service "Such Great Heights":



21) Madonna "Music":



Sorry Roberta Flack, I suggest that Miss Hill completely owns this song.
22) Lauryn Hill "Killing Me Softly":



23) Violent Femmes "American Music":



I love Nelly Furtado. 24) Nelly Furtado "... On The Radio (Remember The Days)":



One of the most beautiful songs ever. 25) Kenny Rogers "She Believes In Me":



26) "Angel of Music":



27) Night Ranger (You Can Still) Rock In America":



28) Waylon Jennings "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way":



29) Sammy Hagar "Heavy Metal":



30) AC/DC "Let There Be Rock":



31) Eric Carmen "Make Me Lose Control":



32) M "Pop Muzik":



33) John Mellencamp "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.":



34) AC/DC "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution":



35) Trace Adkins "Songs About Me":

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(Started July 25th, 2019) What Are The Best Songs About Music?

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1) Don McLean "American Pie":

2) Joan Jett "I Love Rock and Roll":

3) Elton John "Your Song":

4) Billy Joel "Piano Man":

5) George Harrison "While My Guitar Gently Wipes":

6) Doobie Brothers "Listen To The Music":

"But you don't really care for music, do you?' 7) Kate Voegele "Hallelujah":

8) Wild Cherry "Play The Funky Music":

9) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star":

10) Elton John "Crocodile Rock":

11) The Charlie Daniels Band  "The Devil Went Down To Georgia":

12) David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust":

13) Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing":

14) Barry Manilow "I Write The Songs":

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

16) Rush "Spirit of Radio":

17) Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke":

18) Boston "More Than A Feeling";

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(Started July 24th, 2019) The Best Songs of 1997, Part 2

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A couple by Third Eye Blind:
19) "Graduate":



20) "Semi-Charmed Life":



21) Cornershop "Brimful of Asha":



22) Chumbawamba "Tubthumping":



23) Aqua "Barbie Girl":



24) Live "Lakini's Juice":



25) Hanson "MMMBop":



26) Meredith Brooks "Bitch":



27) Depeche Mode "Barrel Of A Gun":



28) Creed "My Own Prison":



29) Smash Mouth "Walkin' On The Sun":



30) R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly":



31) Spice Girls "Wannabe":



32) Spice Girl "2 Becomes 1":
33) Verve Pipe "Freshman":
34) Whitney Houston "I Believe In You and Me":
35) Sister Hazel "All For You":

(Finished July 24th, 2019) The Best Songs of 1998, Part 1

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1) Shawn Mullins "Lullaby":

2) Ben Folds Five "Song For The Dumped":

3) Brian Setzer Orchestra "Jump, Jive and Wail":

I saw Creed back in the day and this song was the highlight of their concert, a great song.

4) Creed "One":

5) Garbage "Special":

6) Alanis Morissette "Thank U":

7) Cherry Poppin' Daddies "Zoot Suit Riot":

8) Pearl Jam "Given To Fly":

9) Barenaked Ladies "It's All Been Done":

10) Sheryl Crow "My Favorite Mistake":

Such an incredibly sweet song. 11) R.E.M. "Daysleeper":

12) Garbage "Push It":

13) Beastie Boys "Body Movin'":

14) U2 "The Sweetest Thing":

15) Goo Goo Dolls "Iris":

16) Eve 6 "Inside Out":

17) Everlast "What It's Like":

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(Finished July 24th, 2019) The Best Songs of 1997, Part 1

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Thanks to The Wave 103.1 I heard The Mighty Mighty Bosstones classic "The Impression I Get" on my drive to work today. They actually played a bunch of great songs this morning. Those include Belly's "Feed The Tree" and Peter Schilling's "The Different Story".

1) Mighty Mighty Bosstones "The Impression I Get":

2) The Offspring "Gone Away":

3) Depeche Mode "It's No Good":

4) Our Lady Peace "Superman's Dead":

5) Sarah McLachlan "Building A Mystery":

6) Blur "Song 2":

7) Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta":

8) Third Eye Blind "Jumper":

9) Natalie Imbruglia "Torn":

10) Blink-182 "Dammit":

11) Radiohead "Karma Police":

12) Foo Fighters "Everlong":

13) Martina McBride "A Broken Wing":

A couple by Trace Adkins:

14) "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing":

15) "I Left Something Turned On At Home":

16) LeAnn Rimes "How Do I Live":

17) Terri Clark "Emotional Girl":

18) Marcy Playground "Sex and Candy":

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(Finished July 22nd, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #14 Journey, Part 5: Songs 10-1

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10) "After The Fall":

9) "Faithfully":

8) "Wheel In The Sky":

7) "Open Arms":

6) "Chain Reaction":

5) "Don't Stop Believin'":

4) "Send Her My Love":

3) "Lights":

2) "Stone In Love";

1) "Anyway You Want It":

"Anyway You Want It" scene from "Caddyshack":

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(Finished July 21st, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #14 Journey, Part 4: Songs 20-11

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20) "I'll Be Alright Without You":

19) "Escape":

18) "Only The Young":

17) "Ask The Lonely":

16) "It Could Have Been You":

15) "Positive Touch";

14) "Still They Ride";

13) "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'":

12) "Who's Crying Now":

11) "Separate Ways":

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(Finished July 21st, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #14 Journey, Part 3: Songs 30-21

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30) "Once You Love Somebody":

29) "Keep On Running":

28) "Line of Fire":

27) "Raised On Radio":



26) "Mother, Father":



The next 25 songs all received my highest rating of 5.0 stars. Obviously it's a bit of a challenge to rank 25 great songs by quality, when they're all so close. But since this is my blog I must do so.  Obviously if I ranked these songs on a different day the rankings would be different.

25) "The Party's Over":



24) "Be Good To Yourself":



23) "Suzanne":



22) "Dead or Alive";



21) "Girl Can't Help It":

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(Finished July 20th, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #14 Journey, Part 2: Songs 40-31

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40) "Happy To Give":

39) "Lay It Down":

38) "Feeling That Way":

37) "Keep On Running":

36) "Rubicon":

35) "Where Were You":



34) "The Eyes of A Woman":



33) "Stay Awhile":



32) "Just The Same Way":



31) "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever":

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(Finished July 18th, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #14 Journey, Part 1: Songs 51-41

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I'm going back to working on these countdown blogs and hopefully will finish these blogs. Up next is the great band Journey. They have sold over 75 million CDs worldwide and joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. I saw Journey during their "Escape" tour back in the day and it was amazing, loved hearing Steve Perry's voice when he was at his peak.

Band members

• Steve Perry - Lead vocals
• Neal Schon - Lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain - Keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ross Valory - Bass, backing vocals
• Steve Smith - Drums, percussion, backing vocals

51) "Little Girl":

50) "Sweet and Simple":

49) "Troubled Child":

48) "Dixie Highway":



47) "When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)":



46) "Too Late":



45) "Do You Recall":



44) "Edge of The Blade":



43) "Walks Like A Lady":

42) "Anytime":

41) "I'm Cryin'":

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(Started July 17th, 2019) That One Band.....That One Song, Part 13

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This is a blog about a band and the first song you think of when you hear that bands name. For example when most people hear "Led Zeppelin", they think of "Stairway To Heaven". But for me I think of "Whole Lotta Love". So with this blog I'll mention a band and the song I think of when I think of that band.

481) All-American Rejects "Swing, Swing":

482) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

483) Kelsea Ballerini "End of the World":

484) Bellamy Brothers "Let Your Love Flow":

485) Chevelle "Send The Pain Below":

486) Collective Soul "Where The River Flows":

487) Alice Cooper "Poison":

488) Dazz Band "Let It Whip":

I know they have so many great songs like "Sexy Eyes", "Sharing The Night Together" and "Better Love Next Time" but my favorite Dr. Hook song is 489) "The Cover of The Rolling Stone":

490) Steve Earle "Copperhead Road":

491) Fratellis "Creepin' Up The Back Stairs":

492) Frida "I Know There's Something Going On":

493) Andrew Gold "Lonely Boy":

494) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five "White Lines (Don't Do It)":

495) Bill Haley and the Comets "Rock Around The Clock":

496) Billie Holiday "Speak Low (Bent Remix):

Billie Holiday without a remix "Let's Do It":

497) Danny Hutton Hitters

498) Donnie Iris "Ah Leah":

499) Sammy Johns "Chevy Van":

500) Jana Kramer

501) Dave Loggins "Please Come To Boston":

502) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

503) Curtis Mayfield Hard Times":

504) Motion City Soundtrack

505) Our Lady Peace

506) Dolly Parton

507) Portugal The Man "Feel It Still":

508) Republica

509) Royal Thunder

510) Saliva

511) Salt N Pepa "":

512) Dan Seals "":

513) Ed Sheeran "Shape of You":

514) Sneaker Pimps

515) State Radio "Calling All Crows":

With Stevie Nicks on background vocals. 516) John Stewart "Gold":

517) Sugar Hill Gang

518) Toad The Wet Sprocket

519) Ultravox

520) U.S.A. For Africa "We Are The World":

(Finished July 28th, 2019) The Best of (Mostly) Instrumental Songs, Part 2

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Um, I thought this was more of an instrumental than it actually is, oh well I love this song and keeping it here. 18) Enigma "Return To Innocence":

19) Enigma "Sadeness":

20) Enigma "Mea Culpa":

I'm struggling understanding what instrumental means it would seem. 21) "Carmina Burana":

22) Rimsky-Korsokov "Flight of the Bumblebee":

23) Jan Hammer "Miami Vice" Theme:

24) Champs "Tequila":

25) Ennio Morricone "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly":

26) Vangelis "Chariots of Fire":

27) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now" (Theme From "Rocky"):

28) Walter Murphy "A Fifth of Beethoven":

29) Herb Alpert "Rise":

30) "Hawaii Five-O" Theme:

31) Van McCoy "The Hustle":

 Coming later the Art of Noise version. 32) Henry Mancini "Peter Gunn" Theme:

33) The Commodores "Machine Gun":

34) Edgar Winter Band "Frankenstein":

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(Finished July 28th, 2019) The Best of (Mostly) Instrumental Songs, Part 1

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1) Mason Williams "Classical Gas":

2) Van Halen "Eruption":

3) Surfaris "Wipe Out":

4) Vangelis "Conquest of Paradise":

5) Ventures "Walk Don't Run":

6) Percy Faith Theme From "A Summer Place":

7) Rhythm Heritage Theme From "Swat":

8) Frank Mills "Music Box Dancer":

9) Glenn Miller "In The Mood":

10) John William "Communicating With The Mothership":

This is an incredibly moving piece of music. 11) Composed by Nino Rota and Played by Henry Mancini Love Theme to "Romeo and Juliet":

12) David Foster "St. Elmo's Fire" Love Theme:

13) John Williams "Imperial March":

14)  John Williams "Star Wars" Main Theme:

15) Wagner "Flight of Valkyries":

 16) Rossini's complete "William Tell Overture":

17) Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture":

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(Started July 14th, 2019) Part 1 of Some of the Best Songs of the 60s

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The 60's:

1) Dionne Warwick "Walk On By":

2) The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup":

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

4) Patsy Cline "She's Got You":

5) The Zombies "She's Not There":

6) Loretta Lynn "Fist City":

7) Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising":

8) Bobbie Gentry "Ode To Billie Joe":

9) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

10) ? and the Mysterians "96 Tears":

11) Merle Haggard "Mama Tried":

12) Simon & Garfunkel "Mrs. Robinson":

13) The Angels "My Boyfriend's Back":

14) The Miracles "Tracks of My Tears":

15) Jimi Hendrix "Manic Depression":

16) The Mamas and the Papas "California Dreamin'":

17) Dusty Springfield "Son of a Preacher Man":

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(Finished July 12th, 2020) Some of the Best Songs of the 50s

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This blog was inspired by a scene from "Mad Men", which is below. I know "Mad Men" is set in the 60s and that "The Best Things In Life Are Free" is from the 20s. As much as possible I'm posting songs I have never posted before or have rarely posted.

Bert Morse "The Best Things In Life Are Free":

The 50's:

1) Dion and The Belmont "A Teenager In Love":

2) The Champs "Tequila":

3) Fats Domino "Ain't That A Shame":

This is such a cool song. 4) The Big Bopper "Chantilly Lace":

5) Danny and the Juniors "At The Hop":

I know what the announcer says here, but the song was actually released in 1956.
6) Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Workin'":

7) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

8) The Five Satins "In The Still of the Night":

9) The Coasters "Yakety Yak":

10) Johnny Preston "Running Bear":

11) Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues":

12) Buddy Holly "Peggy Sue":

13) Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel":

I'm playing this for Richie Cunningham's benefit. 14) Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill":

15) Johnny Cash "I Walk The Line":

16) Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin":



17) Frank Sinatra "I've Got The World On A String":

18) Scream Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You":

19) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers "Why Do Fools In Love":

20) The Isley Brothers "Shout":



21) The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Susie":

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(Finished July 13th, 2019) What Is The Greater Rap CD "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" or "Raising Hell", Part 1

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I've long contended that RUN-D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell" is the greatest rap record ever. However as I continue to listen to Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" I've started wondering if "Raising Hell" has been surpassed? I've decided to compare both CDs track by track and let's solve this riddle. This alternates between Lauryn Hill and RUN-D.M.C.

"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill":

Even in a miseducation, there is still roll call. Get it? 1) "Intro":

1) "Peter Piper":

Round One goes to RUN-D.M.C., "Peter Piper" is just one of the many classics on this CD. One of the down sides of "Miseducation" is the classroom settings. I don't mind them that much overall, however I do mind that they're attached to the actual songs. They should be their own tracks so people can skip or listen to them as wanted. 

I like this version much better than the one on the CD, it has much more pep and energy.

2) "Lost Ones":

2) "It's Tricky":

While I do love Lauryn's "Lost Ones", there was no way it was ever going to win this contest. "It's Tricky" is easily one of the Top 500 songs of all-time. 

3) "Ex-Factor":

3) "My Adidas":

Again RUN-D.M.C. gets the nod here, I think you might see where this is going.

4)"To Zion" (featuring Carlos Santana):

featuring Aerosmith 4) "Walk This Way":

RUN-D.M.C take a great song and make it even better vs. a loving tribute from a Mom to her son. Although I love the tender song by Lauryn Hill, but the edge goes to RUN-D.M.C.

5) "Doo Wop (That Thing):

5) "Is It Live":

While I do love RUN-D.M.C.'s "Is It Live", there was no way it was ever going to win this contest. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" is easily one of the Top 500 songs of all-time. 

6) "Superstar":

6) "Perfection":

Again the edge goes to RUN-D.M.C and they're leading this duel 5 to 1.

7) "Final Hour":

7) "Hit It Run":

Yeah you guessed it, RUN-D.M.C. wins again.

8) "When It Hurts So Bad":

8) "Raising Hell":

As you can tell RUN-D.M.C. won this battle between two great rap CDs. RUN-D.M.C. won this round and now lead 7-1. With them obviously winning this contest, I'm just going to post videos from here on out. This is no disrespect to Lauryn Hill, both CDs are amazing. Both would look great in your music collection. 

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