(Finished September 8th, 2026) Part 9 of the Definitive Songs, Albums, Soundtracks and Musicians of the 80s: The Albums That Built The 80s

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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.

1980:

These four songs are from "Back In Black". 1) AC/DC "Back In Black":

2) AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long":

3) "Hells Bells":

4) "Shoot To Thrill":

These three songs are from "British Steel". 5) Judas Priest "Breaking The Law":

6) Judas Priest "United":

7) Judas Priest "Living After Midnight":

Both of these songs are from "Permanent Waves". 8) Rush "Freewill":

9) Rush "Spirit of Radio":

These songs are from "The River". 10) Bruce Springsteen "Hungry Heart":

11) Bruce Springsteen "Two Hearts":

12) Bruce Springsteen "The River":

13) Bruce Springsteen "Cadillac Ranch":

14) "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)":

15) Iron Maiden "Prowler":

16) Iron Maiden "Phantom of the Opera":

 17) Iron Maiden "Iron Maiden":

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(Finished September 8th, 2026) Part 3 of themusicaddict's Mandatory Monday Metallica Blog

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It's time for a Mandatory Monday Metallica blog, although it's only mandatory on some Mondays. These are the most played Metallica songs on my iTunes. It's not a coincidence that the five most highest played songs are from The Black Album. There are from 313 related to Metallica on my iTunes. These are cover songs, original songs, live tracks and songs from The Metallica Blacklist. 

35) "Broken, Beat and Scarred":

36) "All Nightmare Long":

37) "Cyanide":

38) "The Judas Kiss":

39) "Cure":

40) "Wasting My Hate":

41) "The Outlaw Torn":

42) "Wherever I May Roam" (Live):

43) "Battery" (Live):

44) "Nothing Else Matters" (Live)":

45) "The Unforgiven 2":

46) "Low Man's Lyrics":

47) "Attitude":

48) "Some Kind of Monster":

49) "Fade To Black":

50) "Just A Bullet Away":

51) "Hell and Back":

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(Finished September 4th, 2026) Jimmy Eat World Setlist RBC Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada

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I'm going to see My Chemical Romance with family on Sunday, September 6th, 2026. The opening act is Jimmy Eat World, they're touring behind the 25th anniversary of their most famous and best CD "Bleed American". 

This blog is meant so that I can remind me of all their great songs. I've seen Jimmy Eat World before and I liked them. They are more than "The Middle".

1) "Clarity":

2) "Your New Aesthetic":

3) "Blister":

4) "Lucky Denver Mint":

The "Bleed American" CD

5) "Bleed American":

6) "A Praise Chorus":

7) "The Middle":

8) "Your House":

9) "Sweetness":

10) "Hear You Me":

11) "If You Don't, Don't":

12) "Get It Faster":

13) "Cautioners":

14) "The Authority Song":

15) "My Sundown":

Encore:

16) "Disintegration":

17) "Pain":

18) "Work":

19) "Big Casino":

20) "23": 

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(Finished August 31st 2026) Part 2 of themusicaddict's Mandatory Monday Metallica Blog

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It's time for a Mandatory Monday Metallica blog, although it's only mandatory on some Mondays. These are the most played Metallica songs on my iTunes. It's not a coincidence that the five most highest played songs are from The Black Album. There are from 313 related to Metallica on my iTunes. These are cover songs, original songs, live tracks and songs from The Metallica Blacklist. 

18) "Devil's Dance":

19) "Bad Seed":

20) "Where The Wild Things Are":

21) "One":

22) "Holier Than Thou":

23) "Don't Tread On Me":

24) "My Friend of Misery":

"Where's your crown King Nothing." 25) "King Nothing":

26) "Thorn Within":

27) "Orion (Instrumental)":

28) "For Whom The Bells Toll":

29) "Prince Charming":

30) "Some Kind of Monster":

31) "The Shortest Straw":

32) "Harvester of Sorrow":

33) "To Live Is To Die":

34) "Of Wolf and Man":

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(Finished August 29th, 2026) Part 4 of Songs About The One Who Got Away/ Previous Loves

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This blog is inspired by one of the greatest songs of all-time, Eric Church's "Springsteen", a song about a very memorable relationship that ended. There's no one like that for me, but still each time I hear one of those songs it hits me right in the feels. These songs are those we look back on with nostalgia/ feeling wistful. In other words songs like Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" won't be here. These songs are some of the greatest songs ever. Some may wonder is there a chance to reconcile? Who knows, but I'll include a few of those songs here as well. Also I'll include a few songs about relationships that should be over already. 

52) Patty Loveless "You Don't Even Know Who I Am":

53) Mary Chapin Carpenter "He Thinks He'll Keep Her":

54) Train featuring Ashley Monroe "Bruises":

55) The Eurythmics "Would I Lie To You":

One of those relationships that should end. 56) Little Big Town "Sugar Coat":

57) The Commodores "Still":

58) Poison "Every Rose Has It's Thorn":

59) Reba McEntire "The Last One To Know":

60) Randy VanWarmer "Just When I Needed You The Most":

61) Dan Seals "Addicted":

This might be the definitive version of "Hallelujah", the version that I've been looking for so long. It's still bizarre to me that I hadn't heard this song until Jason Castro sang it on "American Idol". 62) ALECO "Hallelujah":

63) Don Henley "The Boys of Summer":

64) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

65) Hall and Oates "She's Gone":

66) Pearl Jam "Black":

67) No Doubt "Don't Speak":

68) Skid Row "I Remember You":

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(Finished August 27th, 2026) Part 3 of Selected Best Songs of 1965

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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 even some of the best songs from 2025. 1955 was a hard year for me to find 17 songs for this blog. However 1965 is a much easier year for me to find a bunch of great songs.

1965 was known for the funeral of Winston Churchill, one of the finest leaders in the history of the world. 

Also the assassination of Malcolm X, another great although much more controversial leader. In Vietnam the beginning of Operation Rolling Thunder, Also President Johnson increases the number of troops in Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,00 as the war continues to get out of hand for America. 58,000 Americans would die in this conflict, which sadly reminds me a lot of the current Iranian quagmire. 

Martin Luther King's four day march in Selma, which is immortalized by the move of the same name. Also Tokyo officially becomes the largest city, bypassing New York City. 

35) The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction":

36a) The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin":

Fifteen years later Hall and Oates released their own, but not as iconic version. 36b) "You've Lost That Feeling":

37) Petula Clark "Downtown":

38) Tom Jones "Thunderball":

39) The Temptations "My Girl":

40) Gary Lewis and the Playboys "This Diamond Ring":

Hermit's Hermits 41) "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter":

42) The Supremes "Stop! In The Name of Love":

43) The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody":

44) The Supremes "Silhouettes":

45) The Rolling Stones "Get Off Of My Cloud":

One of the most iconic duets ever. 46) Sonny and Cher "I Got You Babe":

47) Jewel Akens "The Birds and the Bees":

48) The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man":

49) Tom Jones "What's New Pussycat":

50) Barry McGuire "Eve of Destruction":

51) The McCoys "Hang on Sloopy":

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(Finished August 26th, 2026) themusicaddict's Mandatory Monday Metallica Blog

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It's time for a Mandatory Monday Metallica blog, although it's only mandatory on some Mondays. These are the most played Metallica songs on my iTunes. It's not a coincidence that the five most highest played songs are from The Black Album. There are from 313 related to Metallica on my iTunes. These are cover songs, original songs, live tracks and songs from The Metallica Blacklist. 

1) "Sad But True" has 28 listens.

2) "Through The Never" has 26 listens.

3) Metallica "Enter Sandman" has 19 listens. 

4) "The Unforgiven" has 14 listens.

These next two songs have 13 listens.

5) "Nothing Else Matters":

6) "Until It Sleeps":

Live July 13th, 2013, but I couldn't find that video. This video was recorded a few months later.  7) Metallica "Blackened":

These next three songs all have ten listens:

8) "Eye of the Beholder":

9) "Slither":

10) "Fade To Black":

These next two songs have nine listens.

This is the studio version. 11) "Blackened":

12) "Dyers Eve":

Metallica "Through The Never" version. 13) "Creeping Death" has 8 listens:

These next seven songs all have seven listens.

14) Ghost "Enter Sandman":

15) "...And Justice For All":

16) "The Struggle Within":

17) "The End of The Line":

18) "Devils Dance":

19) "Bad Seed":

20) "Where The Wild Things Are":

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