On this very incredibly sad night it looks like we'll have to live under the draconian rule of president Dumbass again. I find this incredibly sad and heartbreaking. The man has no moral character, honesty isn't a thing he values and he has the brain cells of a donkey. He's like Danny Devito in "Twins", he has every bad attribute one person can have. It's going to be four more years of hell with this buffoon as our "leader".
Although this makes me very sad I did have some positive feelings. I still live in the greatest country in the world- for now. This is a time we are going to have to stand up our fellow Americans and anyone else that needs our help.
1) Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":
2) R.E.M. "Everybody Hurts":
3) Elton John "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word":
I'll be listening to a lot of these songs of peace and contentment the next four years. 4) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness":
5) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "The Tracks of My Tears":
6) Tori Amos "Silent All These Years":
I say this about a lot of songs, but this truly is one of the greatest songs of all time. 7) The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out":
8) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "The River":
9) The Counting Crows "A Long December":
10) Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mine":
11) The Fiery Furnaces "Single Again":
12) Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling":
13) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":
Journey and the nearly incomparable singing voice of Steve Perry. 14) "Don't Stop Believin'":
These are all the best songs of 1980, all genres included. I can't guarantee all of these songs are actually from 1980. I'm taking all the websites that I have stumbled across at what they say. In other words I believe that the song was released or was a hit in 1980.
52) Air Supply "All Out of Love":
53) Kenny Rogers "Lady":
This might not be the best of 1980, I have no recollection of this song. 54) Fred Knoblock "Why Not Me":
55) Kenny Loggins "I'm Alright":
56) ELO "Don't Walk Away":
57) Johnny Lee "One In A Million":
58) Donnie Iris "Ah Leah":
59) Ronnie Milsap "My Heart":
60) Eddie Rabbitt "Drivin' My Life Away":
61) Bruce Springsteen "The River":
62) Irene Cara "Fame":
63) Bob Marley and the Wailers "Could You Be Loved":
64) Michael Jackson "Rock With You":
65) Christopher Cross "Sailing":
66) Heart "Even It Up":
67) The Charlie Daniels Band "The Legend of Wooley Swamp":
68) Electric Light Orchestra "All Over The World":
Due to my job and the World Series- congratulations to the World Series champion Dodgers- I haven't had much time to blog. I will make it up this weekend starting with this blog. I will only list the title of the show if it's not very obvious what the song is.
This is the full version of the song. Great song, dumb show. "The Greatest American Hero". 1) Joey Scarbury "Believe It Or Not":
From the excellent British detective series "Unforgotten". 2) Oh Wonder "All We Do":
3) Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna "Meet The Flintstones":
4) John Sebastian "Welcome Back Kotter":
Theme song from "Bosom Buddies". 5a) Billy Joel "My Life":
I'm looking forward to seeing Billy Joel and Sting together in May of next year. Joel is a great live performer. 5b) Billy Joel "My Life":
From "One Tree Hill". 6a) Gavin DeGraw "I Don't Want To Be":
6b) Gavin Degraw "I Don't Want To Be":
From "The Wire": 7) Five Blind Boys of Alabama "Way Down In The Hole":
From "Cheers" 8) Gary Portnoy "Where Everybody Knows Your Name":
From Married...With Children 9) Frank Sinatra "Love and Marriage":
10) Vic Mizzy "The Addams Family" Theme
11a) Rhythm Heritage "Swat" Theme Song:
11b) Rhythm Heritage "Swat" Theme Song:
12) The Spelding's Jazz Orchestra Theme from "Mission Impossible":
12b) Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen's revamped version of Theme from "Mission Impossible":
This is a series of blogs about songs, albums, bands etc that mention any form of royalty. This will apply to kings, queens, princes, princesses, jacks and jokers. This will include dukes, duchess, viscounts, barons, viscountesses and yes jokers. And of course that includes the king of rock and roll, king of pop, queen of pop, King, Prince etc.
1) Gene Chandler "The Duke Of Earl":
2) The Click Five "Pop Princess":
From the CD "Rise and Fall of A Midwest Princess" 3) Chappell Roan "Hot To Go":
4) Prince "Baltimore":
5) Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke":
The Queen of Pop 6) Madonna "Papa Don't Preach":
7) The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley "Viva Las Vegas":
8) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":
9) Ava Max "Kings and Queens":
10) We The Kings "Check Yes Juliet":
11) The amazing Halsey "Castle":
12) Abba "Dancing Queen":
13) Lorde "Royals":
14) Thompson Twins "King For A Day":
From the movie "The Prince of Egypt". 15) Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey "When You Believe":
When I started this blog series I was looking for songs that that talked about old songs. Songs like "1985" and "Timeless". That eventually grew into the best songs about nostalgia, time passing and the past. I still packed this blog with the best songs that talk about old songs.
35) Elton John "Candle In The Wind":
36) Nelly Furtado "...On The Radio (Remember The Days)":
37) Dooley Wilson As Time Goes By":
38) Jim Croce "Time In A Bottle":
39) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":
41) Al Stewart "Time Passages":
42) Peter, Paul and Mary "Puff The Magic Dragon":
43) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":
In this issue of AARP Magazine there are several mentions of great music. Ringo Starr, still going strong, is the cover story and picture. Editor Robert Love's Between Us mentions how many on his staff have music trigger memories. He mentions a few of the songs and the memories associated. I completely understand this as so many songs trigger memories.
Some of my song triggering memories include Glenn Frey's "The One You Love". I was a dumb punk kid sophomore at my high school and I asked a girl that was a senior to dance. Amazingly she said "yes" and it was an amazing experience for me.
Other song triggering memories: everytime I hear Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" I think of the 1979 World Series between the Pirates and Orioles. I was cheering for the Pirates and that song was their theme song. (Speaking of great World Series how about that Freddie Freeman ending Game 1 of the 2024 World Series hitting a grand slam.) Since I've heard so much of Randy Newman's "I Love LA" lately due to the Dodgers, it obviously makes me think of the Dodgers. I think of my ex-wife when I hear Meat Loaf "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". For that matter Green Day's "Whatsername" and America's "Sister Golden Hair" also remind me of my ex. Lady A's "Need You Now" came out around my divorce and that song takes me back to the divorce. It took me awhile before I could listen to that song again.
More memories: Missing Persons "Words" reminds me of my first high school stomp. The Cars "Let The Good Times Roll" reminds me of my first day of high school. Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" gives me both a feeling of contentment and melancholy- yeah I'm not sure how that's possible also. "Who Let The Dogs Out" and Bruce Channel's "Hey Baby" remind me of fun time at Lavell Edward Stadium in Provo, Utah.
This issue also has a great story about music and the mind. It tells about how music helps patients with dementia, how music sparks memories of long dead friends and family, how music helped Tony Bennett when he was in the throes of dementia and other amazing facts and stories.
1) Melissa Etheridge "I'm The Only One":
2) Barbra Streisand "People":
3) U2 "With Or Without You":
4) U2 "Beautiful Day":
5) Alicia Keys "Diary":
Oh my goodness I love this song so much. 6) Gerry and the Pacemakers "Ferry Cross The Mersey":
7) Merle Haggard's "Swinging Doors":
8) Henry Mancini "Pink Panther" Theme Song:
Pirates World Series memories. 9a) Sister Sledge "We Are Family":
The actual song. 9b) Sister Sledge "We Are Family":
It's funny what songs strike memories for people. I don't know that I have ever heard this song before and I'm a TMBG fan. But for this staffer of AARP magazine it brings up memories. 10) They Might Be Giants "New York City":
11) Ringo Starr "Photograph":
These next three songs were mentioned by Ringo Starr in the feature about him. However that doesn't tie me to having the Beatles versions of these songs. 12) Joe Cocker took the Beatles song and made it his own. This is how to do a cover. "With A Little Help From My Friends":
I could have went with the Beatles, Motley Crue or U2. I went with U2 as they stole this song back from Charles Manson. 13) U2 "Helter Skelter":
Such a beautiful song. 14) The Beatles "Blackbird":
