(Finished October 14th, 2010) Part 1 of The Glorious Years of 1987-1989 For Black Musicians

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Salt-N-Pepa, Terence Trent D'arby, Prince, Michael and Janet Jackson, Living Colour, Public Enemy, Anita Baker, Vanessa Williams, Tina Turner, many others and a few one or two hit wonders. All that adds up to a great 3 year run for all of music, specifically black musicians.

1987 to 1989 was an amazing three year period for black musicians, here are most of those classic songs. Get ready to listen to some classic jams you haven't heard for awhile.

1) Salt-N-Pepa "Shake Your Thang":

2) Salt-N-Pepa "Push It":

These next four songs are all by Terence Trent D'arby (Now known as Sananda Maitreya). 3) "If You Let Me Stay":

4) "Dance Little Sister":

5) "Wishing Well":

6) "Sign Your Name":

7) George Michael and Aretha Franklin "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me":

This was a much different time in the music business. In the late 80s most musicians released a CD every year. From 1984 to 1992 Prince released a new CD every year. That includes to him releasing the double CD "Sign O' The Times" in 1987, "Lovesexy" in 1988 and The "Batman" soundtrack in 1989. 8) Prince "Sign of the Times":

9) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "U Got The Look":

10) Prince "Alphabet St.":

11) Prince "The Future/1999"":

12) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "The Arms of Orion":

13) Prince "Partyman":

14) Prince "Vicki Waiting":

15) Prince "Trust":

16) Prince "Batdance":

17) RUN-D.M.C. "Mary Mary":

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(Finished October 13th, 2024) Part 10 of The Best, No Matter How Obscure, Videos of The Beginning Days of Music Videos Through 1989

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In honor of the 43rd anniversary of MTV, these are the who knows how many best videos from MTV's early days. I am also including videos from pre-MTV days. This blog has expanded from my original intent. From only 51 songs to who knows how many songs? From videos from the late 70s to 1989 now from any notable video since music videos were made. 

I'm changing these blogs to the best, no matter how obscure videos of The Beginning Days Of Music Videos Through 1989.  I also just might post all the great songs from that era.

154) Devo "Working In A Coal Mine":

155) The Clocks "She Looks A Lot Like You":

156) Huey Lewis and the News "Workin For A Livin":

157) Kate Bush "Running Up THat Hill":

158) Laura Branigan "Self-Control":

159) Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger":

160) The Lightning Seeds "Life of Riley":

161) Bow Wow Wow "Do You Wanna Hold Me":

162) INXS "Disappear":

163) Cinderella "Don't Know What You've Got (Til It's Gone)":

164) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)":

165) Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby":

166) Journey "Only The Young":

167) .38 Special "If I'd Been The One":

168) Enya "Orinoco Flow":

169) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I Am":

170) Shannon "Let The Music Play":

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(Finished October 12th, 2024) Let's Go Back To The 80s!!

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Thirteen years ago I wrote this on Facebook: "Cure for a bad day, 80's music. I'm rocking out to "One Night In Bangkok" right now on Spotify. If you don't have Spotify yet you need to get it asap." I love this comment I haven't even used Spotify for ten or eleven years. When I listen to music I listen to my iTunes, YouTube and YouTube music.

1a) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

1b) A "One Night In Bangkok" remix:

2) Starship "We Built This City":

Oh man how much do I love this song. 3) Glenn Frey "The One You Love":

This song comes from "Raised On Radio", a CD that Rolling Stone calls one of the 50 Most Disappointing Albums of All-Time. The other 49 CDs on that list I agree with, but "Raised on Radio" is a pretty great CD. 4) Journey "Girl Can't Help It":

5) Madonna "Crazy For You":

6) Ozzy Osbourne "The Ultimate Sin":

7) April Wine "Sign of the Gypsy Queen":

Thanks to Strangelove The Depeche Mode Experience for reminding me of this great song. I had forgotten about this song for probably over 30 years. When I went and saw the tribute band in concert I was reminded of this amazing song. 8) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":

9) Madonna "Express Yourself":

10) MARRS "Pump Up The Volume":

11) Olivia Newton-John "Twist of Fate":

12) Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain":

13) Quarterflash "Find Another Fool":

14) Little River Band "Take It Easy On Me":

15) Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (The Best That I Can Do)":

16) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines":

17) Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us":

18) Billy Joel "An Innocent Man":

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(Finished October 10th, 2024) Part 6 of The Best of Tearjerker Songs

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Great sad songs, songs that are poignant and songs that are tearjerkers.

85) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

86) Waylon Jenning "Amanda":

87) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

88) George Jones "Window Up Above":

89) Simon and Garfunkel "Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme":

90) Jake Owen "The One Who Got Away":

91) Lin Manuel Miranda and Renee Elise Goldsberry "It's Quiet Uptown":

92) Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I Love You":

93) Tony Orlando and Dawn "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree":

94) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All":

These next three songs are from Linda Ronstadt's amazing CD "Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind". 95) Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville  "All My Life":

96) Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much":

97) Linda Ronstadt "Cry Like A Rainstorm":

98) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

99) Don McLean "American Pie":

100) Anna Nalick "Breathe (2 AM)":

101) Whitney Houston "Run To You":

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(Finished October 7th, 2024) Songs Rocking My iPod

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This is one of my continuing blog topics when the mood strikes.

Yes I still have an iPod and I love it very much. I go out on my walks in the morning, listen to my iPod and sing at the top of my lungs. These are some of those amazing songs that make my walks so great.

1) Boston "Don't Look Back":

2) Matchbox Twenty "Queen of New York City":

3) Metallica "Enter Sandman":

This is the perfect song to both exercise to and sing along with. 4) Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears 4) Sugarfoot

5) Joyous Wolf "Had Enough":

Another great Joyous Wolf song "Mother Rebel":

6) XTC "The Mayor Of Simpleton":

7) Dirty Honey "Break You":

8) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

When I heard this song this morning I was reminded yet again how great the "Hamilton" musical is. Working With Lemons. 9) "Satisfied":

10) Demi Lovato "City Of Angels":

11) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Do Me Like That":

This is one of the most fun songs to sing along with. 12) Alice Merton "No Roots":

13) Rag N' Bone Man "Human":

14) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

15) The Lightning Seeds "Pure":

16) Louis XIV "Air Traffic Control":

From one of England's greatest bands ever. 17) The Smiths "Girlfriend In A Coma":

The lead singer from another one of England's greatest bands ever. 18) Robert Plant "Tall Cool One":

This band should be so much bigger than they are!! 19) Maneskin "Mammamia":

20 Arcade Fire "Wake Up": 

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(Finished October 6th, 2024) Part 4 of Are These Some of the Greatest Songs of All-Time?

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I've been working on my list of greatest songs of all-time. Usually if I consider a song as a greatest song of all-time I can make that instantly. But there's some songs that are right on the border. I decided to do this blog to figure out if these songs are themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time.

Stay tuned.

52) Outkast "So Fresh, So Clean":

52) Kermit The Frog "The Rainbow Connection":

53) Alvvays "Archie, Marry Me":

54) Lana Del Rey "Young and Beautiful":

55) Prince "She's Always In My Hair":

56) twenty one pilots "Overcompensate":

I know she has been getting a lot of love lately, but I had never heard this song. I don't know that it's a greatest song of all-time now, but it's pretty good. 57) Chappell Roan "Hot To Go":

58) Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

Almost 300 million views.  59) The Manhattans "Kiss and Say Goodbye":

60) James Taylor "Copperline":

61) Shawn Colvin "Sunny Came Home":

Yes! Yes! Yes! This is easily one of the greatest songs of all-time. 62) The Chicks "You Were Mine":

63) Miranda Lambert "The House That Built Me":

64) Sugarland "Baby Girl":

This is the first time I'm hearing this song. 65) Alice Chater "Don't Let My Boyfriend Get In Your Way":

Frank has several greatest songs of all-time. 66) Frank Sinatra "Fly Me To The Moon":

67) Gracie Abrams "I Love You, I'm Sorry":

68) Avril Lavigne "Head Above Water":

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(Finished October 5th, 2024) Part 1 of The Loudest, Meanest and Most Aggressive Songs

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Not all of these songs will be loud, but they will have a loud attitude.

1) Quarterfly "All Lies":

2) Dido "Hunter":

With their new singer Emily Armstrong. 3) Linkin Park "Somewhere I Belong":

4) Redlight King "Something For The Pain":

5) Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth":

What can be more aggressive and mean than the line "a humiliating kick in the crotch." 6) The Police "Synchronicity 2":

7) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

8) Veruca Salt "Seether":

9) Adele "Rumour Has It":

10) My Chemical Romance "Cancer":

11) Drowning Pool "Bodies":

12) Trapt "Headstrong":

13) Three Days Grace "Animal I Have Become":

14) Jackyl "I Stand Alone":

15) Sara Bareilles "Love Song":

16) Three Days Grace "Pain":

17) Breaking Benjamin "I Will Not Bow":

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