(Finished October 19th, 2026) Part 1 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Successful 80s Bands

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As so often I do this blog idea came to me while I was on my walk. I love 80s music and musicians. Also I don't think I have ever done of one of these blogs. I want to focus on solo songs by members of popular 80s bands. Several bands and solo stars popped into my mind. The main question is which bands should I include and not include. I know that David Bowie was in Tin Machine in the 80s, but I can't include him in this blog series. However I've decided to include John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Black Sabbath did record two CDs with Black Sabbath in the early 80s, thus I will include him.

I will include most, in not all, songs by the solo artist.

Two members of U2. 1) The Edge and Sinead O'Connor "Heroine":

These next two members were both in Genesis. 2) Phil Collins "I Missed Again":

3) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

The lead singer in Wham! 4) George Michael "Freedom '90":

The lead singers of respectively Heart and Loverboy. 5) Ann Wilson and Mike Reno "Almost Paradise":

As stated above a singer for Black Sabbath and a few other bands. 6) Ronnie James Dio "Rainbow In The Dark":

Singer and guitarist from The Beatles and Wings. 7) Paul McCartney "Coming Up":

The lead singer from The Power Station. 8) Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)":

The singer from the 80s greatest new wave band, The Smiths. 9) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart":

A singer for The Go-Go's. 10) Jane Wiedlin "Rush Hour":

One of the many singers from Fleetwood Mac. This is one of her more recent songs. 11) Stevie Nicks "The Lighthouse":

One of the four singers from Abba. 12) Frida "I Know There's Something Going On":

13) Donald Fagen "New Frontier":

A former singer and a back again singer of The Doobie Brothers. 14) Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin'":

Formerly of Adam and the Ants. 15) Adam Ant "Strip":

The bassist and drummer of U2. 16) Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. "Theme From Mission: Impossible":

The former lead singer of The Commodores. 17) Lionel Richie "Say You, Say Me":

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

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

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

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

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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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