(Finished December 23rd, 2024) Part 1 of The Best CDs of 1984

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These are the best songs from the best CDs of 1984. I have a number by each CD, that's just a tracking method. Enjoy some of the best music from 40 years ago.

These next four songs are all by INXS. 36) INXS "The Swing" "Original Sin":

"Burn For You":

"The Swing":

"I Send A Message":

These next four songs are all by Sammy Hagar. 35) Sammy Hagar "VOA" "I Can't Drive 55":

"Rock Is In My Blood":

"VOA":

"Burnin' Down The City":

These next six songs are by Ratt. 34) Ratt "Out Of The Cellar": "Wanted Man":

This was one of the first heavy metal songs, later to be called hair metal, songs to break into the mainstream. "Round and Round":

Thanks to Tigre777 for this fan made video for this song. "Lack of Communication":

"Back For More":

"The Morning After":

"I'm Insane":

When you take a break from your world famous band, Journey, and you want to make a statement this is the kind of song you pick. These next five songs are by Steve Perry. 33) Steve Perry "Street Talk" "Oh Sherrie":

"Foolish Heart":

"You Should Be Happy":

"She's Mine 

"Strung Out":

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(Finished December 22nd, 2024) Part 32 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time

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Another Greatest Songs of All-Time issued from on high by Rolling Stone magazine. I love that magazine and have been a subscriber since approximately the early 80s. I understand that a lot of people have different tastes in music. That's the way it should be, but like everyone else I have my own opinions. Just as fervently as I agree with some of their choices I also disagree with some of their choices. Currently I'm working on my Top 100 Songs of All-Time and honorable mentions. There are just some songs that I can't not include in the Greatest Songs of All-Time. I started with 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. That has inched up to several hundred songs and will continue to rise. For this blog I'm going to focus on the actual Greatest Songs Of All Time, not the honorable mentions. These are songs that are ranked outside of my Top 100 GSOAT. 

These lists are very fluid. Most of these songs could have also been in my All-Time Top 100 if only I had thought of them earlier. There are probably at least 700 songs that will always be in my GSOAT. Again these are GSOAT, just outside my Top 100 GSOAT. 

I don't think I have published my actual Top 100 greatest songs of all-time, I might start that soon. I was reminded of many of the below songs by perusing Rolling Stone's Top 500 songs of all-time.

439) Depeche Mode "Enjoy The Silence":

440) Merle Haggard "Mama Tried":

441) Bonnie Raitt "I Can't Make You Love Me":

442) Prince "1999":

443) The Temptations "The Way You Do The Things You Do":

444) Procol Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale":

445) Neil Young "Heart of Gold":

446) Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive":

447) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire":

448) New Order "Blue Monday":

449) The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out":

450) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Free Fallin'":

451) U2 "With or Without You":

452) Aerosmith "Dream On":

453) Patsy Cline "Crazy":

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

455) The Shirelles "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow":

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(Finished December 19th, 2024) The Eight Best of "Les Miserables", "Evita" and "Phantom of The Opera":

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Yes another blog inspired by my long walks listening to my iPod. "Think of Me" was the inspiration this time. I was going to try and stick with seven songs, but that was just not enough.

First up "Les Miserables", the Broadway play over the music by far. The movie needs to be remade with every character being able to sing, especially Javert:

Let's start off with the ribald choice first. 1) Ruthie Henshall, Philip Quast, Colm Wilkinson and "Les Mis" cast "Lovely Ladies"/ "Fantine's Arrest"/ "Runaway Cart":

2a) The 1987 Tony Awards "At The End of the Day"/ "One Day More":

2b) "At The End of The Day":

3) Colm Wilkinson "Who Am I-The Trial":

4) "The Robbery- Javert's Intervention":

5) Colm Wilkinson and Philip Quast "The Confrontation":

6) "Master of The House":

7) "Do You Hear The People Sing":

8) Norm Lewis "Stars":

I preferred the movie over seeing this on stage. Next is "Phantom of the Opera":

9) Lindsey Stirling "Phantom of The Opera Medley":

10a) Sarah Brightman "Think of Me":

10b) Jackie Evancho "Think of Me":

Alright one more, 10c) The lovely Emmy Rossum "Think of Me":

11) Sarah Brightman "Angel of Music":

12) "Overture":

13) "Masquerade":

14) Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman "Phantom of the Opera":

Goosebumps alert. 15) Sarah Brightman "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again":

16) Minnie Driver and "Phantom" cast "Prima Donna":

Encore Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson "Down Once More/ Track Down The Murderer":

Finally from "Evita":

She has an unusual last name, but the woman can sang. 17) Samantha Barks "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

18) The amazing Madonna with one of the most joyous songs ever. "Buenos Aires":

19) Antonio Banderas "And The Money Kept Rolling In":

20) Madonna and cast "Rainbow Tour":

21) Antonio Banderas and Madonna "High Flying, Adored":

22) "Peron's Latest Flame":

23) Madonna "A New Argentina":

24) Antonio Banderas "Oh What A Circus":

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(Finished December 16th, 2024) Part 1 of Classic Rock's Albums of 2023

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These are the Top 50 CDs of 2023 as according to Classic Rock magazine. Many of these bands or albums I've never heard of, obviously that doesn't mean they aren't good. I actually own only a few of these CDs. What I'm going to do is to add the song that Classic Rock picked for each CD. If I like that song I'll add another song to the blog. I'll do that until I run out of songs I like, up to 5 songs. I like rock music so it's quite likely I will like a lot of the songs from these 50 CDs.  If I don't like Classic Rock's selected song then that's all I will add here.

50) Paul Rodgers "Midnight Rose":

With just the first few notes I knew I'd be adding at least one more song from Rodgers. "Living It Up":

"Take Love":

"Coming Home":

"Photo Shooter":

"Midnight Rose":

First two bands get five songs each? These blogs may take forever to finish. 49) Green Lung "This Heathen Land" "One For Sorrow":

"Maxine (Witch Queen)":

"Mountain Throne":

"The Forest Church":

"Hunters In The Sky":

48) The Defiants "Drive" "19 Summertime":

"Miracle":

"The Night To Remember":

"Go Big or Go Home":

"Hey Life":

47) Brothers Osborne "Brothers Osborne" "Nobody's Nobody":

"Might As Well Be Me":

"The Sun Ain't Even Gone Down Yet":

"Goodbye's Kickin' In":

"Ain't Nobody Got Time For That":

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(Finished December 15th, 2024) Business Insider's Top 15 Modern Christmas Songs Plus Some Old Favorites

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These are Business Insider's Top 15 Modern Christmas Songs. I have only heard one of these modern Christmas songs. I have no idea whether any of the songs are actually good. The first five songs are some of my, themusicaddict, greatest hits Christmas songs. 

This was sung in church today and it was absolutely great, don't worry I didn't join in the singing. I didn't want to take away from the Christmas spirit. 1) "Jesus, Once of Humble Birth":

2) Royal Choral Society "The Hallelujah Chorus":

3) Thurl Ravenscroft "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch":

4) 4Him "What A Strange Way To Save The World":

5) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Queen of The Winter Night":

These next 15 videos are the Business Insider's Top 15 Modern Christmas songs. 6) Destiny's Child "8 Days of Christmas":

7) Justin Bieber "Mistletoe":

8) Ariana Grande "Santa Tell Me":

9) Kacey Musgraves featuring Troye Sivan "Glittery":

10) girl in red "Two Queens In A King Sized Bed":

11) Finneas "Another Year":

12) Taylor Swift "'Tis The Damn Season":

13) Sigrid "Home To You (This Christmas)":

14) Phoebe Bridgers "So Much Wine":

15) PJ Harding and Noah Cyrus "Snow In L.A.":

A cover of the Wham! classic. It's a mid-tempo song here, but I still like it. 16) Remi Wolf "Last Christmas":

17) Quinnie "Silver Second":

18) Sabrina Carpenter "Nonsense Christmas":

19) Cher "DJ Play A Christmas Song":

20) Norah Jones and Laufey "Better Than Snow":

21) "Imperial March X Carol of The Bells":

22) Sabrina Carpenter "santa doesn't know you like I do":

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(Finished December 14th, 2024) Is "Wicked" On Stage Worthy of My Hard Earned Money?

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I'm thinking of going and seeing the Broadway play "Wicked" with my son. But the tickets are hella expensive. I know watching videos will never match the live experience but that's all I have. 

1) Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth "Popular":

2) Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth "Defying Gravity":

3) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande 'What Is This The Feeling":

4) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande "Defying Gravity":

5) When I first heard this song a few weeks ago I thought it was an amazing original by Mat and Savannah Shaw. It wasn't until awhile later that I realized it was from "Wicked". I really like the Shaw's version:

6) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande "Popular":

7) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande "No One Mourns The Wicked":

8) The Cast of Wicked "One Short Day":

9) NPR's "Wicked" Tiny Desk Concert featuring Stephen Schwartz, Alyssa Fox and McKenzie Kurtz:

10) The "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast "Dancing Through Life":

11) Stephanie Hsu's "I'm Not That Girl":

12) McKenzie Kurtz "No One Mourns The Wicked":

13) Ariana Grande "The Wizard and I";

14) Concordia Chamber Choir "Dear Old Shiz":

15) Andy Hockley "A Sentimental Man":

16) Brian May and Kerry Ellis "Defying Gravity":

17) Megan Hilty "Thank Goodness":

I think this is a perfectly fine musical, but I would still put it in the second tier of musicals. It does have some great songs and I think it would be fun to take my son to the theatre for a "Wicked" good time. See what I did there!!

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(Finished December 12th, 2024) Remembering Led Zeppelin

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Less than two months from now the Led Zeppelin discography will be coming to theatres. The two hour and one minute "Becoming Led Zeppelin" opens on February 7th, 2025. Although rumors of a reunion are floating around again, this is the closest we'll get to having a Led Zeppelin reunion. We will see all four of the original members of Led Zeppelin.

I've ordered a couple of Empress Valley Led Zeppelin bootlegs, I'm interested to know what the quality is like. My experience with unofficial Zeppelin bootlegs so far hasn't been very good.

Here are the first 17 Led Zeppelin related videos on YouTube today. That will be 17 different videos, not the same song 3 or 4 times. Although I much prefer the original Led Zeppelin 2, I'm not going to lie that I don't dig this.

1) If "Led Zeppelin 2" was recorded and released in the 50s. 

2) "Whole Lotta Love":

3) "Immigrant Song":

4) "Kashmir":

5) "Misty Mountain Hop":

6) "Black Dog":

7) "Going To California":

8) "Heartbreaker":

9) Rock and Roll":

10) "Traveling Riverside Blues":

11) "Over The Hills and Far Away":

12) "No Quarter":

13) Okay I will make an exception for their best song "Whole Lotta Love":

14) "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp":

These next three songs are completely random 15) "When The Levee Breaks":

16) "Since I've Been Loving You":

This is with Jason Bonham on the drums in place of his Dad. 17) "Nobody's Fault But Mine":

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