(Finished July 9th, 2026) R.I.P. Bonnie Tyler

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"Turn around bright eyes" are some of the most iconic words from one of the most iconic 80s songs, Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of The Heart". Bonnie Tyler died July 9th, 2026 at the age of 75. She was known for her raspy voice, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and many other great songs.

In honor of her great life and career here's a blog dedicated to the best songs of Bonnie Tyler and songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart". RIP Bonnie

The long version. 1) Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

2) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":

3) Celine Dion  "It's All Coming Back To Me":

4) Air Supply "Making Love Out of Nothing At All":

5) Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out For A Hero":

6) Alphaville "Forever Young":

7) Bonnie Tyler "It's A Heartache":

8) Chris De Burgh "Lady In Red":

9) Marty Balin "Hearts":

10) Robbie Dupree "Hot Rod Hearts":

11) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

12) Neil Diamond "Heartlight":

13) Kenny Diamond "Danger Zone":

14) Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face":

15) Celestial Decay "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

16) Lea Michele "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

17) Bonnie Tyler "Save Up All Your Tears":

18) Bonnie Tyler "Faster Than The Speed of Night":

19) Bonnie Tyler "Don't Turn Around":

20) The Carpenters "Superstar":

From telegram.com they say these sings are worse than "Total Eclipse of The Heart", but I disagree. I think "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and these other two songs are all amazing.

21) Def Leppard "Armageddon It":

22) Donna Summer "MacArthur Park":

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(Finished July 3rd, 2025) Part 3 of the Best Obscureish Songs of 1994

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Let's go back to 1994 and enjoy some of the best songs of the year. I'm going to focus on some of the more obscure songs of that year.

35) Mazzy Star  "Fade Into You":

36) Big Mountain "Baby I Love Your Way":

37) Weezer "In The Garage":

38) Huey Lewis and the News "Mother In Law":

39) Beastie Boys "Sure Shot":

40) Blues Traveler "Run-Around":

41) David Lee Murphy "Dust On The Bottle":

42) Brooks and Dunn "That Ain't No Way To Go":

43) Veruca Salt "Spiderman":

44) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":

I haven't thought of this song for a long time. 45) The Cranberries "Ridiculous Thoughts":

46) Collin Raye "That Was A River":

From "Sunset Boulevard". 47) Alan Campbell "Sunset Boulevard":

48) Bush "Comedown":

49) R.E.M. "Bang and Blame":

50) The Counting Crows "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)":

51) The Dave Matthews Band "What Would You Say":

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(Finished July 2nd, 2026) Part 2 of The Most Poignant and Uplifting Songs of 1979

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This blog is inspired by "Cold Case" Season 2, episode 3 "Daniela". I love "Cold Case" and how poignant so many episodes are. And this episode was especially good and poignant, here are the most fitting songs from 1979 for that blog and year.

18) Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud":

19) Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough":

20) Peaches and Herb "Reunited":

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

22) Robert John "Sad Eyes":

23) Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)":

24) Sister Sledge "We Are Family":

25) Styx "Renegade":

26) The Knack "My Sharona":

27) Toto "Hold The Line":

R.I.P Victor Willis, lead singer of The Village People. 28) The Village People "Y.M.C.A.":

29) Abba "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)":

30) Atlanta Rhythm Section "Spooky":

31) Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright "With You I'm Born Again":

32) Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind":

33) The Clash "Train In Vain":

One of the greatest ballads ever. 34) The Commodores "Still":

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(Finished June 28th, 2026) Part 10 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, quirky 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.

154) When In Rome "The Promise":

155) Simple Minds "Promised You A Miracle":

156) Naked Eyes "Promises Promises":

157) The Talking Heads "Psycho Killer":

158) Squeeze "Pulling Mussels From The Shell":

159) The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl":

160) Depeche Mode "A Question Of Lust":

161) Depeche Mode "A Question of Time":

162) R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe":

163) Blondie "Rapture":

164) Martini Ranch "Reach":

165) Billy Idol "Rebel Yell":

166) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

167) Frankie Goes To The Hollywood "Relax":

168) The Fixx "Red Skies":

169) Duran Duran "The Reflex":

170) Duran Duran Duran "Rio":

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(Finished June 27th, 2026) Part 13 of 48 Blogs: All Songs On themusicaddict's iPod

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This was a living blog series until that became too time consuming of a task. As of the morning of June 11th this blog series is locked. That means I've typed all the songs and their number of listens and will not be making any changes.

These are all the songs that are on my iPod. I'm going to start with the least played songs on my iPod all the way up to the most played song on my iPod. These songs are on my iPod are songs that I've loved all my life, just barely discovered, songs from concerts that I've been too and concerts I'll be going to soon. I love all sorts of songs and genres. There are no weird songs on my iPod, just a bunch of great songs. One of the things I love the most about my iPod is that it's a living thing. Six months from now the songs on my iPod will be drastically different.

The first ten blogs will have 18 songs and the last 30 blogs will have 17 songs. Songs 809 to 806 haven't had any listens so far. Like my iPod updates the number of listens a song when a song plays I'll update this blog series to correspond with that. However again that's too time consuming so these blogs are locked.

600) The English Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom":

From the "Back To The Future" musical 599) "Teach Him A Lesson":

Songs 598 to 571 all have 6 listens.

A timeless song that holds up over 40 years later. 598) Yes "Owner of A Lonely Heart":

597) Wings of Steel "Garden of Eden":

596) Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina":

595) Thunder "Love Walked In":

594) Stevie Nicks "The Lighthouse":

593) She Wants Revenge "Tear You Apart":

592) The Runarounds "Funny How The Universe Works":

591) Queensryche "Jet City Woman":

590) Nightwish "The Day Of...":

589) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones featuring Gene Simmons "Detroit Rock City":

588) Michael Jackson "Bad":

One of those random great songs that one adds to their iTunes over the years. 587) Little Daylight "Overdose":

586) Joe Bonamassa "Black Roses":

585) Janis Joplin "Try (A Little Bit Harder)":

584) Jackson Browne "Running On Empty":

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(Finished June 26th, 2026) Part 15 of Gen Z Loves 90s Country Classics, So Do I

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I have labeled some of these songs as best of the best, the 90s was a tremendous decade for country music. As usual I don't just post the hits, I post the best country songs of that decade.

RollingStone.com has a big article about Generation Z is loving 90s country. Here's the article : https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nineties-country-blowing-gen-z-142735025.html

From the article:

But the Nineties country resurgence isn’t limited to Spotify. Apple Music, Amazon Music and Pandora have all realized the demand for the subgenre and curated their own Nineties country playlists. Today’s Nashville stars have taken note as well: For the past few years, artists like Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Hailey Whitters, and Midland have been mining the sound, songwriting, and even style of the decade to great success. Blake Shelton based his entire Friends and Heroes Tour around celebrating veterans like John Anderson and Tracy Byrd. And when Joe Diffie, a Nineties icon with hits like “John Deere Greene” and “Pickup Man,” died in March 2020 from Covid-19, our remembrance of Diffie was one of Rolling Stone’s most-read stories ever. 

239) Terri Clark "Everytime I Cry":

240) Doug Stone "Warning Labels":

241) Sawyer Brown "The Boys and Me":

242) Reba McEntire "The Greatest Man I Never Knew":

243) Dan Seals "L.O.A. (Love On Arrival)":

244) Restless Heart "You Can Depend On Me":

243) Randy Travis "The Box":

244) Collin Raye "One Boy, One Girl":

245) Trace Adkins "This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing":

246) Hal Ketchum "Small Town Saturday Night":

247) John Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs":

248) Sawyer Brown "Hard To Say":

249) Lorrie Morgan "Except For Monday":

250) Suzy Bogguss "Somebody To Love":

251) Rick Trevino "Bobbie Ann Mason":

252) Collin Raye "Not That Different":

253) The Highwaymen "Silver Stallion":

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(Finished June 22nd, 2026) Part 2 of Happy Heavenly Birthday Prince Rogers Nelson

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Sixty-eight years ago Prince came roaring into the world. I'm sure he had a guitar in his hand, which must have made it uncomfortable for his Mom. Prince peaked with one of the greatest CDs of all-time, the timeless "Purple Rain". Although that was his peak- every song on that CD is great- his career was full of many other great songs. 

Since "Purple Rain" is so timeless I won't be including any songs from that CD here. This blog is 22 of Prince's greatest hits not on "Purple Rain". 

Cyndi Lauper also recorded a cover of this song, see below. 19) "When You Were Mine":

20) With the New Power Generation "Diamonds and Pearls":

21) "Alphabet Street":

22) "Shockadelica":

23) "Erotic City (Make Love, Not War)" (Extended version):

24) featuring George Clinton "We Can Funk":

25) "Pop Life":

One of his best songs, especially one of his best late career songs. 26) "Rock and Roll Love Affair":

27) "I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man":

28) "Witness 4 The Prosecution":

29) Prince "Peach":

Songs Written By Prince for other musicians:

30) The Time "Jungle Love":

31) Sheila E "The Glamorous Life":

32) Chaka Khan featuring Melle Mel "I Feel For You":

33) Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls":

34) The Bangles "Manic Monday":

35) Sinead O' Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

36) Tevin Campbell "Round and Round":

37) Martika "Love, Thy Will Be Done":

38) Cyndi Lauper "When You Were Mine":

39) The Time "The Bird":

40") Stevie Nicks "Stand Back": 

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