(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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(Finished September 29th, 2026) Part 12 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.

Ozzy Osbourne "Diary of a Madman":

52) "Over The Mountain":

I saw a few concerts back in the day at The Salt Palace, but I didn't see Ozzy. 53) "Flying High Again":

54) "Believer":

1982:

 Toto "4":

55) "Rosanna":

56) "I Won't Hold You Back":

57) "Make Believe":

58) "Africa":

59) "Waiting For Your Love":

Asia "Asia":

60) "Heat of the Moment":

61) "Only Time Will Tell":

62) "Sole Survivor":

63) "One Step Closer":

64) "Time Again":

65) "Wildest Dreams":

66) "Without You":

67) "Cutting It Fine":

68) "Here Comes The Feeling":

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(Finished September 27th, 2026) Part 4 of The 17 Most Intriguing/ Interesting CDs of the November 2025 Classic Rock Magazine: The Cardiacs "LSD"

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My favorite magazine currently is Classic Rock. I love how many great articles it has and it has the best review section of any magazine. Also it's supposed to be a monthly magazine, but it feels like I get an issue every three weeks. These are the 15 most intriguing/interesting CDs/DVDs.

I'll be using the current tracklists, rather than what the tracklists may have been November of last year. 

I know if you click on the play button the videos don't play. I hate when a song/video only has one picture for most of the songs. Since the videos don't play I try to vary the picture from the video. There aren't a lot of choices for this particular CD. For this blog specifically I varied those pictures as much as I could.

I'm not sure what Classic Rock magazine but I think this CD is terrible. I mean there are a couple of decent songs but for the most part it's a pretty forgettable CD. 

7) Cardiacs "LSD":

60) "Men In Bed":

61) "The May":

62) "Gen":

63) "Woodeneye":

64) "Spelled All Wrong":

65) "By Numbers":

66) "The Blue and Buff":

67) "Skating":

68) "Breed":

69) "Volob":

70) "Busty Beez":

72) "Lovely Eyes":

This song has several videos to choose from. I like the lyrics videos. 73) "Ditzy Scene":

74) "Downup":

75) "A Roll from a Dirty Place":

76) "Made All Up":

77) "Pet Fezant":

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(Finished September 24th, 2026) Part 4 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. 

Just a couple of days ago I found out that Metallica will be coming to my hometown, Salt Lake City. I bought a couple of tickets tonight. This is their setlist from their last show they played at, which was in London, England.

From tape AC/DC "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)":

Ennio Morricone "The Ecstasy of Gold":

1) "Whiplash":

2) "For Whom The Bell Tolls":

3) "Ride The Lightning":

4a) "The Memory Remains":

4b) "The Memory Remains" (Live):

5) "72 Seasons":

6) "Screaming Suicide":

It seems like that's a real momentum killer, the "singing" somehow makes it worst. 7) "Kirk and Rob Doodle (featuring Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" and Sex Pistols "Holidays In The Sun")

8) "The Day That Never Comes":

9) "Wherever I May Roam":

10) "The Call of Ktulu":

11) "The Unforgiven":

12) "Whiskey In The Jar (preceded by "And Justice For All)":

13) "Blackened":

featuring Lady Gaga 14) "Moth Into Flame":

15) "One":

16) "Enter Sandman":

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(Finished September 20th, 2026) Part 5 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. 

69) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

70) Billy Joel "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant":

71) Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon":

I love his voice when he sings "moon" in a deep voice. 

72) Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way":

73) REO Speedwagon "Time For Me To Fly":

74) The Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy":

75) Rascal Flatts "What Hurts The Most":

76) Jim Croce "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)":

77) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

78) Alan Jackson "She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)":

79) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb on Me":

A positive song about looking back on a former love, maybe I should say semi-positive. 80) Chicago "If She Would Have Been Faithful":

81) Blink-182 "Dammit":

82) Gavin DeGraw "Not Over You":

83) Jake Owen "The One Who Got Away":

84) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

85) Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time":

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(Finished September 19th, 2026) Part 2 of The Loudest, Meanest and Most Aggressive Songs

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Not all of these songs will be loud, but they will have a loud attitude.

18) Tori Amos "Crucify":

19) Rush "Spirit of Radio":

20) The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again":

21) The Smashing Pumpkins "Siva":

22) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down":

Let's be honest Nickelback sucks, but they do have a couple of moments of brilliance. This is one of them. 23) Nickelback "How You Remind Me":

24) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

25) Megadeth "Symphony Of Destruction":

26) The Offspring "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)":

27) Linkin Park "In The End":

28) The Rolling Stones "Shattered":

29) Seether "Remedy":

30) Pearl Jam "Spin The Black Circle":

I love this movie opening so much. 31) "Overture" from "Phantom of The Opera":

Only 37 million views for this amazing video, that's shameful. This doesn't fit in with this blog, but I have to include Emmy Rossum's brilliant "Think of Me":

32) Dio "One Night In The City":

As I half joke this is my theme song. 33) The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again":

34) Loverboy "Queen of The Broken Hearts':

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(Finished September 17th, 2026) Part 2 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Gish", "Lull" and "Peel Sessions":

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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.

This is The Smashing Pumpkins first CD "Gish" which was released on May 28th, 1991:

1) "I Am One":

2) "Siva":

3) "Rhinoceros":

4) "Bury Me":

5) "Crush":

6) "Suffer":

7) "Snail":

8) "Tristessa":

9) "Window Paine":

10) "Daydream":

This is their EP "Lull" which was released November 1st, 1991:

"11) "Rhinoceros":

12) "Blue":

13) "Slunk":

14) "Bye June":

This is their EP "Peel Sessions" which was released late 1992:

15) "Siva":

16) "Girl Named Sandoz":

17) "Smiley":

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