(Finished November 14th, 2026) Part 5 of The 5,000 All Time Best Songs

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This blog series is exactly what it sounds like. I'll post blogs until I get to 5,000 songs, then once I get to 5000 songs I will start deleting songs to maintain 5,000 songs. I'm then going to outdo that by trying to rank all 5000 songs in order of how much I like them. (Okay I'm no longer even going to attempt that idea.) I decided that last sentence is completely impossible, but I am going to try and rank the songs in someway. I thought about putting them in alphabetical order, but that would be too hard with 294 blogs. 

69) James Taylor "Fire and Rain":

70) Muse "Something Human":

71) Motley Crue "Shout At The Devil":

72) ABC "Poison Arrow":

73) ZZ Top "Stages":

74) Fleetwood Mac "Don't Stop":

75) Ace of Base "The Sign":

76) Christopher Cross featuring Michael McDonald "Ride Like The Wind":

77) No Doubt "Don't Speak":

78) Puddle of Mudd "Blurry":

79) Jimmie Rodgers "Honeycomb":

80) Kenny Loggins "I'm Alright":

81) Oasis "Don't Look Back In Anger":

82) The Black Crowes "Remedy":

83) The Beatles "A Day In The Life":

84) Veruca Salt "Seether":

85) Survivor "I Can't Hold You Back":

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(Finished November 9th, 2026) Part 1 of The Best Songs From (Nearly) Ten Years Ago

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What were the best songs from (nearly) 10 years ago? Going into 2027 I wanted to look at the best songs from ten years ago, twenty years ago, thirty years ago, forty years ago, fifty years ago and sixty years ago.

1) Harry Styles "Sign of the Times":

2)  Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

3) Zedd and Alessia Cara "Stay":

4) Camila Cabello "Havana":

5) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

6) Ed Sheeran "The Shape of You":

7) P!nk "Beautiful Trauma":

8) Taylor Swift "Getaway Car":

9) Alice Merton "No Roots":

10) Imagine Dragons "Thunder":

11) The Accidentals "Earthbound":

12) Biters "No Stranger To Heartache":

13) Brothers Osborne "It Ain't My Fault":

From "Come From Away". 14) Darkness and Trees":

15) Haley Reinhart "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'":

16) Ed Sheeran "Galway Girl":

17) Electric Century "You Got It All Wrong":

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(Finished November 6th, 2026) Part 3 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Mainly 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. And by solo I mostly mean songs performed not with the band that they originally played with.

The main singer and songwriter of Pink Floyd. 35) Roger Waters "5:01am (The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, Part 10)":

The lead singer of Genesis and one of the two singers of Earth, Wind and Fire. 36) Phil Collins and Philip Bailey "Easy Lover":

The singer for Tin Machine. 37) David Bowie "Blue Jean":

The lead singer for Blondie. 38) Debbie Harry "French Kissin In The USA":

A singer for Montrose and Van Halen. 39) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

Jackson and one of the singers for the Beatles. 40) Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. "The Girl Is Mine":

John Lennon is also one of the singers of the Beatles. 41) Plastic Ono Band "Give Peace A Chance":

Knopfler was is the lead singer of Dire Stratis. 42) Mark Knopfler "Sailing To Philadelphia":

One of the main singers of The Go-Gos. 43) Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A Place On Earth":

44) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

A former member of The Jackson Five. 45) Jermaine Jackson "Let's Get Serious":

She and Lita Ford were members of the Runaways. 46) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Love Rock and Roll":

The Eagles. 47) Don Henley "Dirty Laundry":

Singers for Journey and Loggins and Messina. 48) Steve Perry and Kenny Loggins "Don't Fight It":

The greatest singer of all-time who sang for the greatest band of all-time. 49) Robert Plant "Tall Cool One":

Styx. 50) Tommy Shaw "Girls With Guns":

The Police 51) Sting "Brand New Day":

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(Finished November 2nd, 2026) Part 2 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Successful Mainly 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.

He was both in Montrose and Van Halen, aka Van Hagar, along with several other bands. 18) Sammy Hagar "I'll Fall In Love Again":

One of the two main singers with The Cars. 19) Ric Ocasek "Don't Lose Me":

A member of the Beatles and in bands with Yoko Ono. 20) John Lennon "Woman":

Both a main member of The Beatles and The Traveling Wilburys. 21) George Harrison "When We Was Fab":

22) One of the many singers from Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey Buckingham "Go Insane":

Bowie and the lead singer of the Rolling Stones. 23) Mick Jagger and David Bowie "Dancing In The Street":

24) Sting "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free":

The formerly on again, off again lead singer for Black Sabbath. 25) Ozzy Osbourne "No More Tears":

The lead singer of the still touring Iron Maiden. 26) Bruce Dickinson "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter":

27) Dennis DeYoung "Desert Moon":

28) Don Henley "The End of The Innocence":

I just barely discovered this song last night. 29) Lou Gramm "Ready Or Not":

Clemons is the former saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. Springsteen affectionately called him Big Man. 30) Jackson Browne and Clarence Clemons "You're A Friend of Mine":

31) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant "Next Time I Fall":

32) Keith Richards "Take It So Hard":

33) Jon Bon Jovi "Blaze of Glory":

34) Donald Fagen "IGY (What A Beautiful World)":

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(Finished October 31st, 2026) Part 2 of Pump Up The Jam Songs, Let's Go Cougars!!

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My Cougars were able to beat the #2 Fighting Irish and then BYU moved up to #2. I hadn't been stressed for a game in a long time and it was four hours of intensity and agony. But ultimately the Cougars were able to beat Notre Dame. Sadly the next week the Cougars traveled to Florida and lost to UCF 39-31.

Now the Cougars return to the friendly confines of Lavell Edward Stadium Saturday. The now #8 Cougars will host Arizona State (4-3) Saturday at 1:30.

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/

18) Europe "The Final Countdown":

19) Sia featuring David Guetta "Titanium"/ "Beautiful People":

20) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Rocky's Theme)":

21) MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This":

22) Dua Lipa "IDGAF":

23) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City":

24) Rihanna "Diamonds":

25) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

26) Adele "Can I Get It":

27) Fergie featuring Q-Tip and GoonRock "A Little Party Never Killed No One (All We Got)":

28) The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started":

29) Rita Ora featuring DJ Fresh "Hot Right Now":

30) Kenny Loggins "This Is It":

31) Dua Lipa "Levitating":

32) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

33) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

34) The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip "Galvanize":

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(Finished October 29th, 2026) Part 6 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" Disc Two

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Tonight is the night I'll be going to see The Smashing Pumpkins in concert here in Salt Lake with a friend. Rock on!!

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be posting 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 itself. On future blogs I'll post songs from "Adore" the two "Machina" CDs and maybe more CDs beyond that. I'll also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" in three different blogs.

I'm going to skip "Vieuphoria", which is essentially a live, greatest hits CD.

Disc two:

15) Where Boys Fear To Tread":

16) "Bodies":

17) "Thirty-Three":

18) "In The Arms of Sleep":

19) "1979":

20) "Tales of a Scorched Earth":

21) "Thru The Eyes of Ruby":

22) "Stumbleine":

23) "X.Y.U.":

24) "We Only Come Out At Night":

25) "Beautiful":

26) "Lily (My One and Only)":

27) "By Starlight":

28) Farewell and Goodnight":

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(Finished October 26th, 2026) Part 5 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" Disc One

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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 posting 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 itself. On future blogs I'll post songs from "Adore" the two "Machina" CDs and maybe more CDs beyond that. I'll also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" in three different blogs.

I'm going to skip "Vieuphoria", which is essentially a live, greatest hits CD.

Disc one:

1) "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (Instrumental)":

2) "Tonight, Tonight":

3) "Jellybelly":

4) "Zero":

5) "Here Is No Why":

"The world is a vampire." Indeed it is. 6) "Bullet With Butterfly Wings":

7) "To Forgive":

8) "F You (An Ode To No One)":

9) "Love":

10) "Cupid De Locke":

11) "Galapagos":

12) "Muzzle":

13) "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans":

14) "Take Me Down":

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