Saturday, October 17, 2026

(Finished October 17th, 2026) Part 1 of Pump Up The Jam Songs, Let's Go Cougars!!

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Today at 5:30pm my #8 BYU Cougars welcome #2 ranked Notre Dame. I haven't been this excited for a game for a long time. I'm not going to lie I think Notre Dame is going to win this game, but you never know. That's why they play the games.

More pressure to win is on Notre Dame than BYU. BYU is the home team, that and the altitude will give the Cougs an advantage in regard to those things. 

These are songs to pump up the Cougs to get that program defining win. A lot of these songs are songs I've loved for a long time. However I went to several other lists and was able to get additional songs. That's too many other websites to thank. This is one of the sites: https://recording-history.org/hype-songs/

1) Technotronic "Pump Up The Jam":


2) Survivor "Eye of The Tiger":


3) Imagine Dragons "Thunder":


4) Taylor Swift "Ready For It":


5) White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":


6) Van Halen "Right Now":


7) The Script and will.i.am "Hall of Fame":


8) Avicii "Wake Me Up":


9) Snap "The Power":


10) Seinabo Sey "Hard Time":


11) Queen "We Will Rock You":


12) Fort Minor "Remember The Name":


13) LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goonrock "Party Rock Anthem":


14) Sia "Never Give Up":


15) Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)":


16) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":


17) 2 Unlimited "No Limit":


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Thursday, October 15, 2026

(Finished October 16th, 2026) Part 4 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Pisces Iscariot":

Hello,

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be writing a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs. I was trying to post these videos in chronological order. However "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" has 28 tracks, thus I'm going to post that CD all by myself. On this blog I will post songs from "Siamese Dream" and "Adore". I will also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" all by itself. 

The compilation CD "Pisces Iscariot" was released on October 4th, 1994.

14) "Soothe":


15) "Frail and Bedazzled":


16) "Plume":


17) "Whir":


18) "Blew Away":


19) "Pissant":


20) "Hello Kitty Kat":


21) "Obscured":


I think they do a great job with this Fleetwood Mac classic. 22) "Landslide":


23) "Starla":


24) "Blue":


25) "Girl Named Sandoz":


26) "La Dolly Vita":


27) "Spaced":


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Monday, October 12, 2026

(Finished October 12th, 2026) Songs On My Mind Today

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Exactly one year ago I wrote this kind of blog and I thought it was time to do it again. Here are many great songs on my mind today for many various reasons.

1) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

The next band I'm going to go see in concert is The Smashing Pumpkins, thus a lot of their songs are on my mind today. 2) "Tonight, Tonight":

3) Ella Langley "Choosin' Texas":


4) David Bowie "Suffragette City":


5) Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka":


6) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":


I've always wondered where she has gone to and will she come back? These are three of her better songs. 7a) Duffy "Rockferry":


Bonus songs 7b) Duffy "Warwick Avenue":


7c) Duffy "Mercy":


8) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters":


9) Gavin DeGraw "The Best I Ever Had":


10) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

Here in Utah we are having October rain. Speaking of rain "November Rain" is a Top 5 Guns N' Roses song. 11) "November Rain":

12) Metallica "One":

13) Ella Langley "Girl Who Drank Wine":

14) Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart":

15) Rammstein "Du Hast":

16) U2 "Until The End of the World":

17) U2 "Silencio":

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Saturday, October 10, 2026

(Finished October 15th, 2026) Part 3 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Siamese Dream"

Hello,

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be writing a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs. I was trying to post these videos in chronological order. However "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" has 28 tracks, thus I'm going to post that CD all by myself. On this blog I will post songs from "Siamese Dream" and "Adore". I will also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" all by itself.

"Siamese Dream" was released on July 19th, 1993.

1) "Cherub Rock":


2) "Quiet":


3) "Today":


4) "Hummer":


5) "Rocket":


6) "Disarm":


7) "Soma":


8) "Geek U.S.A.":


9) "Mayonnaise":


10) "Spaceboy":


11) "Silver-":


12) "Sweet Sweet":


13) "Luna":


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Sunday, October 4, 2026

(Finished October 4th, 2026) Part 5 of The Best Songs About or Mention Time

Hello,

The best songs about time or mention time. The first two blogs of this series were the top 34 time songs. 

69) The Housemartins "Happy Hour":

70) Aqua "Freaky Friday":

71) Delta Rae "Cold Day In Heaven":

72) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Quittin Time":

This is such an amazing song. 73) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

I have no idea why this band isn't bigger. Eisley is a great band and their CD "Room Noises" is a modern classic. 74) Eisley "One Day I Floated Away":

A song that's as close to perfect as can see. The lyrics, the melody and the vocal performance all elevate this song to near perfection. 75) Vanessa Williams "Save The Best For Last":

76) The Doors "Strange Days":

77) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

78) Dream Theater "The Best of Times":

79) Edie Brickell "Good Times":


80) Collective Soul "December":


81) The Carpenters "Rainy Days and Mondays":

82) Asia "Only Time Will Tell":

83) 10,000 Maniacs "These Are Days":

84) Paul Young "Everytime I Go Away":

85) Five For Fighting "100 Years":


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Friday, October 2, 2026

(Finished October 2nd, 2026) Part 1 of 4 Greatest Country Songs of 1990-1993

Hello,

I watched the Kurt Warner movie "American Underdog" tonight. It's a great movie and it's such a heart warming, unbelievable, in overcoming all odds just to reach your dream. He literally won a Super Bowl in his first season as a starting NFL quarterback. Trent Green had to be injured for him to get his chance, but when he got that chance he took full advantage of it. He had learned earlier to always be ready. Honestly I thought I would be crying in this, but I did not. If they would have played the emotional aspect more I would have cried like a baby.

The first part of this movie is set in the early 90s and a few of those songs are in this movie. 1990-1993 had so many great country songs that I wanted to publish a few blogs about that amazing music.

1) Clint Black "Nobody's Home":


2) Travis Tritt "Anymore":


3) Reba McEntire "Rumor Has It":


4) Alan Jackson "Chattahoochee":


5) Mark Chesnutt "Your Love Is A Miracle":


6) Alan Jackson "Midnight In Montgomery":


7) Patty Loveless "Chains":


8) Alan Jackson "Dallas":


9) Tracy Lawrence "Alibis":


10) Dwight Yoakam "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose":


11) Brooks and Dunn "Boot Scootin' Boogie":


12) Wynonna "No One Else On Earth":


13) Billy Dean "Somewhere In My Broken Heart":


14) Randy Travis "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart":


15) Brooks and Dunn "My Next Broken Heart":


16) Aaron Tippin "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio":


17) Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon":


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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

(Finished September 29th, 2026) Part 12 of the Definitive Songs, Albums, Soundtracks and Musicians of the 80s: The Albums That Built The 80s

Hello,

These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.

I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.



What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters

We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders

We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So", 

We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",

The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else. These are the best songs from "The Albums That Built That 80s". I didn't include all of those albums, just the ones I consider the best.

Ozzy Osbourne "Diary of a Madman":

52) "Over The Mountain":


I saw a few concerts back in the day at The Salt Palace, but I didn't see Ozzy. 53) "Flying High Again":


54) "Believer":

1982:

 Toto "4":

55) "Rosanna":

56) "I Won't Hold You Back":

57) "Make Believe":

58) "Africa":

59) "Waiting For Your Love":

Asia "Asia":

60) "Heat of the Moment":

61) "Only Time Will Tell":

62) "Sole Survivor":

63) "One Step Closer":

64) "Time Again":

65) "Wildest Dreams":

66) "Without You":

67) "Cutting It Fine":

68) "Here Comes The Feeling":


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