(Finished February 20th, 2026) Part 8 of The Best of New Wave Alphabetically

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It's again about time to relive that great time of the early to mid 80s of New Wave music. New Wave is a genre that has quirky people, quairly lyrics and quirky music. It doesn't work all the time, but when it work at it's best the songs are great.

What exactly is/ was New Wave music. Well two things New Wave typically is energetic and fun. New Wave never took itself too seriously. The lyrics weren't serious. New Wave is basically just fun upbeat music to dance to. Who were some of the best New Wave musicians? The Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Howard Jones and many others have to be considered the best New Wave bands.

You may see this and wonder why I didn't include U2 and The Police- both of who many lumped in with the New Wave movement. However both bands, especially The Police, feel like old fashioned rock bands to me. Other bands that were lumped in with New Wave, that I don't really consider New Wave, include The Talking Heads, Men At Work, Elvis Costello, The Go-Go's, The Eurythmics  and David Bowie. Duran Duran was lumped in with the New Wave crowd and I'm not sure they are truly a New Wave band.

120) Romeo Void "Never Say Never":

121) Berlin "No More Words":

122) Howard Jones "No One Is To Blame":

123) Oingo Boingo "Not My Slave":

124) Oingo Boingo "Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me":

125) Animotion "Obsession":

126) Yello "Oh Yeah":

127) The Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime":

128) Murray Head "One Night in Bangkok"

129) The Fixx "One Things Leads To Another":

130) Blondie "One Way Or Another":

131) Oingo Boingo "Only A Lad":

132) The Motels "Only The Lonely":

133) Yaz "Only You":

134) The Human League "Open Your Heart":

135) The Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities (Let's Make A Lot of Money)":

136) Madness "Our House":

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(Finished February 16th, 2026) Part 2 of Selected Best Songs of 1975

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Let's go back and check on the best songs from 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years. Hey and maybe some of the best songs from 2025. 1955 was a hard year for me to find 17 songs for this blog. However 1965 was a much easier year for me to find a bunch of great songs. Then 1975 was even easier, some of the greatest songs of all-time.

18) Abba "Mamma Mia":

19) Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy":

20) Frankie Valli "My Eyes Adored You":

21) Bob Marley and the Wailers "No Woman, No Cry" (Live):

22) Earth, Wind and Fire "Shining Star":

23) David Bowie "Fame":

24) Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night":

25) Crystal Gayle "Wrong Road Again":

26) Styx "Lady":

27) Grand Funk Railroad "Bad Time":

28) Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds "Fallin' In Love":

29) Head East "Never Been Any Reason":

30) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Hey You":

31) Loretta Lynn "The Pill":

32) Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion":

33) Average White Band "Cut The Cake":

34) Billie Jo Spears "Blanket On The Ground":

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(Finished February 15th, 2026) Part 3 of My Top 51 Most Played Songs of the 70s On My iTunes

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These are my 17 most played 70s songs. That's except for "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the "BBC Sessions". The show was recorded in the early 70s, but it wasn't released until 1997. Other than the Dolly Parton song, most of these songs are rock songs. I'm surprised my most played Disco song isn't until number 19. The 70s were such a rich amd amazing time for music. 

Again these aren't my favorite 70s songs, they're the most played 70s songs on my iTunes. 

17) Led Zeppelin "Fool In The Rain":

16) Foreigner "Double Vision":

From "How The West Was Won" 15) Led Zeppelin "Immigrant Song":

From "BBC Sessions" 14) Led Zeppelin "What Is And What Should Never Be":

13) ELO "Last Train To London":

12) Boston "Peace of Mind":

11) Supertramp "Breakfast In America":

10) The Temptations "Ball of Confusion":

If you've never heard this song before, prepare to have your heart broken. 9) Dolly Parton "Me and Little Andy":

8) America "Sister Golden Hair":

Guess what my all-time favorite movie is? 7) John Williams "Main Title/ Rebel Blockade Runner":

6) AC/DC "TNT":

5) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Ohio":

4) The Commodores "Brick House":

3) April Wine "Roller":

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

If you haven't guessed what my all-time favorite movie is, here's another hint. 1) John Williams Main Title from "Star Wars":

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(Finished February 14th, 2026) Part 2 of My Top 51 Most Played Songs of the 70s On My iTunes

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These are my 17 most played 70s songs. That's except for "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the "BBC Sessions". The show was recorded in the early 70s, but it wasn't released until 1997. Other than the Dolly Parton song, most of these songs are rock songs. I'm surprised my most played Disco song isn't until number 19. The 70s were such a rich amd amazing time for music. 

Again these aren't my favorite 70s songs, they're the most played 70s songs on my iTunes. 

34) The Eagles "Heartache Tonight":

33) Paul Revere and The Raiders "Indian Reservation":

32) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":

31) Neil Diamond "Cracklin' Rosie":

30) Led Zeppelin "Over The Hills and Far Away":

29) Kenny Loggins "This Is It":

28) The Clash "Train In Vain":

27) Queen "Killer Queen":

26) The Clash "I Fought The Law":

25) Bad Company "Bad Company":

24) AC/DC "Girls Got Rhythm":

23) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Refugee":

22) The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

21) Frankie Valli "Grease":

20) Chicago "Alive Again":

19) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

18) Waylon Jennings "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way":

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(Finished February 13th, 2026) Part 2 of The Best Pop Songs: Not Necessarily Pop But Popular (Overall Or At Least To Someone)

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Pop songs, but more popular than pop. Yeah, I don't know what means either. This blog could also be songs I really like.

18) Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of..)":

19) Semisonic "Closing Time":

20) Snap! "The Power":

21) Natalie Merchant "Carnival":

22) C + C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)":

23) "Good Vibrations":

24) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch "Good Vibrations":

25) Heavy D and the Boyz "Now That We Found Love":

26) Trombone Shorty "Here Come The Girls":

27) The Brian Setzer Orchestra "Jump, Jive and Wail":

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

29) Paula Cole "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone":

30) Shawn Colvin "Sunny Came Home":

31) Peter Gabriel "Digging In The Dirt":

32) Scorpions "Tease Me, Please Me":

33) Poison "Unskinny Bop":

34) R.E.M. "Losing My Religion":

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(Finished February 11th, 2026) My Most Played R.E.M. Songs

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R.E.M. was Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Michael Stipe. They sold over 90 million CDs in their career, which ran from 1980-2011. R.E.M. is one of those bands that say they'll never reunite. For a lot of bands I don't believe that. However for R.E.M. I very much believe that. Thanks gentleman for many great years of music.

I'm going to put these songs in order of how they are listed on my iTunes in ranks of plays.

1) "Orange Crush" has 57 listens:

2) "Pop Song '89" has 54 listens:

Yes, two of the three most played R.E.M. songs on my iTunes is this song. Can you tell I like it. This song has 34 listens. 3) "Orange Crush":

These next two songs have 29 listens. 4) "Mine Smell Like Honey":

5) "Finest Worksong":

These next two songs have 27 listens. 6) "Drive":

7) "It's The End of The World (And I Feel Fine)":

8) "What's The Frequency Kenneth" has 23 listens:

9) "Losing My Religion" has 21 listens:

10) "King of Comedy" has 20 listens":

Both of these songs have 19 listens. 11) "Everybody Hurts":

12) "Electrolite":

These two songs have 18 listens. 13) "Don't Go Back To Rockville":

featuring Patti Smith 14) "E-Bow The Letter":

15) "Bang and Blame" has 17 listens":

16) "Stand" has 17 listens:

This song has 12 listens. 17) "Fall On Me":

Both of these have 12 listens. 18) "Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight":

19) "Fall On Me":

This song has 10 listens. 20) "Drive":

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(Finished February 8th, 2026) Part 6 of The Best Love Songs

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These are some of the best love songs of all-time. The good, the bad, the sad, the happy, the up, the down, the fun, the brutal, the sexy and the oh my that's not sexy at all. This is inspired by a NPR story about love songs. And yes I know that this blog series could literally turn into hundreds of blogs.

86) Tiffany "All This Time":

87) The Carpenters "Superstar":

88) Steve Winwood "Valerie":

89) Material Issue "Valerie Loves Me":

A complete combination of beauty and that voice! Too bad she also had some pretty severe personal demons. 90) Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You":

91) Wilson Phillips "Next To You (Someday I'll Be)":

92) Wang Chung "Hypnotize Me":

93) The Heights "How Do You Talk To An Angel":

All I can say after watching this video is "WOW". 94) Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lin Manuel-Miranda and Phillipa Soo "It's Quiet Uptown":

95) Shaggy featuring Rayvon "Angel":

This is such a beautiful song. 96) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant "Next Time I Fall":

97) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":

98) Atlantic Starr "Always":

99) Klymaxx "I Miss You":

100) Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson  "Think of Me":

101) The Andrews Sisters "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree":

102) The Counting Crows "A Long December":

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