(Finished June 30th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band Addendum: Night Ranger Part 2: Setlist

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I have the opportunity to see Night Ranger in concert tonight and I'm looking forward to seeing them. These are the songs played at a recent concert, of course I'll have a blog coming following tonight's concert. Although they seem to mostly be playing a greatest hits, including some of the songs Jack Blades recorded with Damn Yankees. Those songs will be a nice addition to an already great setlist. It's too bad they won't be sneaking in a couple of their new songs, because they do have some good new songs. But at least I'll be able to sing along to all of their songs.

This seems to be the only new song they play, it's from 2017's "Don't Let Up". 

1) "Somehow Someway":

2) "Four In The Morning":

3) "Sing Me Away":

4) "(You Can) Still Rock In America":

5) "Coming of Age":

6) "Sentimental Street":

7) "Passion Play":

8) "The Secret Of My Success":

9) "Night Ranger":

10) "Come Again/11) "High Enough":

12) "Goodbye":

13) "When You Close Your Eyes":

14) "Sister Christian":

15) "Don't Tell Me You Love Me":

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(Started June 28th, 2018) The Best of 1995: Part 3

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The Dave Matthews Band "Ants Marching":

Live "Lightning Crashes":

Shania Twain "Any Man Of Mine":

All-4-One "I Can Love You Like That":

Madonna "You'll See":

Madonna "Secret":

Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise":

Blues Traveler "Run-Around":

Collective Soul "December":

Upcoming songs by Tom Petty, Vanessa Williams and The Pretenders.

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(Finished July 23rd, 2020) The Best of 1995: Part 2: Songs 18-34

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18) Live "All Over You":

19) Jill Sobule "I Kissed A Girl":

20) The Counting Crows "Rain King":

21)  The Counting Crows "Round Here":

22) White Zombie "More Human Than Human":

23) The Rentals "Friends of P":

24) Bush "Everything Zen":

Definitely one of the best songs ever, but it was downhill after that for them.
25) Everclear "Santa Monica":

26) Better Than Ezra "Good":

27) Rancid "Ruby Soho":

28) Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know":

29) The Goo Goo Dolls "Name":

30) Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees":

31) The Smashing Pumpkins "Bullets With Butterfly Wings":

32) Green Day "When I Come Around":



33) Corona "Baby Baby":



34) Tina Turner "Goldeneye":

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(Finished July 22nd, 2020) The Best of 1995: Part 1

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These are some of the best songs of 1995, this is the first part of a 5 part series. And yes I know how many blogs I do have to go back and finish. I published the first three of these blogs late June, 2018. I hope to finish parts 4 and 5 in Summer 2020.

1) TLC "Waterfalls":

2) Seal "Kiss From A Rose":

3) Madonna's "Take A Bow":

4) Montell Jordan "This Is How We Do It":

5) Michael Jackson "You Are Not Alone":

6) Sheryl Crow "Are You Strong Enough To Be My Man":



7) Melissa Etheridge "I'm The Only One":



8) Take That "Back For Good":



9) U2 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me":



10) Rednex "Cotton Eyed Joe":



11) Joan Osborne "One of Us":



12) Smoking Popes "Need You Around":



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



14) Alanis Morrissette Hand In My Pocket":



15) Real McCoy "Run Away":



16) Rick Trevino "Bobbie Ann Mason":



17) The Connells "'74-75":

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(Finished June 25th, 2018) The Best Songs of Michael Jackson's "Invinicible":

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On October 30th, 2001 Michael Jackson's CD "Invincible" was released. This was his last CD of original music that he released before his too early death. In fact he was closer to his death at that point than he was his last CD release of original music, 1991's "Dangerous".

I don't really remember paying attention to "Invincible" when it came out and I couldn't tell you a song that was on it. But the other day I decided to start listening to this CD. The first couple of songs I liked quite a bit, so I decided to listen to the whole CD. And you know what, it has several good songs on it. It's a lot better CD than I would have ever thought. Here are the best songs on Jackson's "Invincible".

I'll be blogging about Michael Jackson again soon when I get to his series of countdown blogs as a greatest 80's era musician.

"Don't Walk Away":

"Privacy":

"You Rock My World":

"Whatever Happens":

"Unbreakable":

"Threatened":

My favorite song on the CD. "2000 Watts":

"Cry":

                                                                                              

"Break of Dawn":

"Heartbreaker":

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(Updated June 25th, 2018) The Best of "Black" Songs

Hello,

These are the selected best of songs with the word "black" in the title.

The first 3 "black" songs I thought of:
 AC/DC "Back In Black":

A very powerful song. Pearl Jam "Black":

Alannah Miles "Black Velvet":

Other great "black" songs:

Three Dog Night "Black and White":

The Goo Goo Dolls "Black Balloon":

Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys On Mopeds":

Amy Winehouse "Back To Black":

Janet Jackson "Black Cat":

Steely Dan "Black Cow":

Squeeze "Black Coffee In Bed":

Soul Asylum "Black Gold":

KT Tunstall "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree":

Michael Jackson "Black or White":



John Anderson "Black Sheep":

Santana "Black Magic Woman":

The Hollies "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress":

The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black":

RUN-D.M.C. "Proud To Be Black":

My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade":

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(Finished June 21st, 2018) Some of the Best Songs With Numbers In The Title, Part 3

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Happy first day of summer!! This is the third and final of these blogs that feature songs with numbers in the title. It should go without saying, but these songs are also great. themusicaddict don't have time for bad music. As always, enjoy.

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

"One Fine Day":

Stacey Q "Two of Hearts":

Skid Row "18 and Life":

Meat Loaf "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

The Commodores "Three Times A Lady":

Larry Graham "One In A Million You":

R.E.M. "Driver 8":

Guns N' Roses "14 Years":

? and the Mysterians "96 Tears":

Nena "99 Luftballoons":

This song has not just one number in it, but two!!! Dead Sara "Radio One Two":



A bonus song, Dead Sara's "Heaven's Got A Bad Door Too":

Bob Marley "Three Little Birds":



Bob Marley "One Love":

Pink Floyd "One Of These Days":

Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes":

Yeah I know a lot of people sang this song, but I'm going to go with the Nat King Cole version. "Route 66":

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(Finished June 20th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 10: Songs From The Top 9

Hello,

These are the nine most played songs on my iTunes.

These are songs for 7th place with 53 listens

These next two songs are from two of the best 80's movies ever "St. Elmo's Fire" and "Top Gun".

7) John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)":

I know you would think that "Danger Zone" would be here and that's a great song. However playing songs randomly favored this specific song. 7) Kenny Loggins "Playing With The Boys":

These songs are for 5th place, tied with 54 listens:

From one of the best debut CDs of all-time, Aqua's "Aquarium". This CD has one damn catchy song after another damn catchy song. 5) Aqua "Lollipop":

From one of the Blues legends, one of the classic Blues songs. 5) Muddy Waters "I'm A King Bee":

5) Morrissey "Big Mouth Strikes Again":

A bonus song "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out":

4) R.E.M. "Orange Crush" has 57 listens:

3) U2 "Even Better Than The Real Thing" has 58 listens:

One of the all-time biggest ear worms ever. 2) The Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" has 64 listens:

1) The Beastie Boys "Girls" had 70 listens:

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(Started June 19th, 2018) What Are The Songs Mentioned in Hinder's "Put That Record On":

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Hinder "Put That Record On":

The Rolling Stones "It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)":

Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home":

Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love":

Guns n' Roses "Knocking On Heaven's Door":

Aerosmith "Walk This Way":

Led Zeppelin "The Songs Remain The Same":

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band "Turn The Page":

Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train":

AC/DC "Back In Black":

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(Finished October 8th, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band Addendum: Night Ranger

Hello,

In my attempt to finish all my unfinished blogs I'm working more on this blog on October 8th, 2019.

I've been focusing on finishing the Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Bands. I originally started out with 106 bands, but as I've went along I've remembered other bands that might deserve to be on my rankings. Once I finish this series of countdown blogs, I then am going to finalize those rankings and then publish a second and final countdown of probably about 120 bands.

The next band up is Night Ranger, they aren't in the original rankings. I'm going to write a series of countdown blogs for them for when I do the final rankings of 80's bands. Also I get to go see Night Ranger in a couple of weeks, the first time I've ever seen them. I'm excited!!!!

And that concert was amazing by the way, I was amazed how great Night Ranger is still in concert. One of the best concerts I've been to the last few years.

This blog will evolve into a countdown blog, but first these are best songs from their first CD, "Dawn Patrol" and a few other great songs. 

1) "Don't Tell Me You Love Me":

2) "Sing Me Away":

3) "At Night She Sleeps":

4) "Call My Name":

5) "Eddie's Coming Out Tonight":

6) "Can't Find Me A Thrill":

7) "Young Girl In Love":

8) "Carry On":



9) "When You Close Your Eyes":



10) "The Secret Of My Success":



11) "Sentimental Street":



12) "Four In The Morning":

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(Finished June 17th, 2018) A Rabbit Hole Blog: Where Will We End?

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Starting with Taylor Swift's "Sparks Fly", I'm going to jump in the rabbit hole and see where it ends. I'll post the next video that plays and so on and so on.

Taylor Swift "Sparks Fly":

Taylor Swift "Picture To Burn":

Miss Swift again "Fifteen":

Then after 4 or 5 more Taylor Swift songs it led to this interesting video and no I didn't listen to all 80 minutes of it:

Coldplay "Adventure Of A Lifetime":

Piano Covers, another 80 minutes of mostly instrumental covers:

This idea is starting to suck, now there's 80 minute of Kenny G's best songs. The only way anything by Kenny G would appear on this blog:



After about the third Kenny G video I had to reset this blog. I picked Ozzy's "Crazy Train":



Ozzy "Mr. Crowley":



From one Sabbath singer to another Sabbath singer, on the Sabbath nonetheless!!
Heaven and Hell "Die Young":



Back To Ozzy for "Perry Mason":



Ozzy "No More Tears":



Ozzy and Lita Ford "Close My Eyes Forever":



This is the bottom of the rabbit hole. The greatest band of all-time, "Kashmir":

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(Finished June 17th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 9: Songs From 10th to 16th

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Songs Tied For 14th Place with 48 listens

14) Rev Theory "Hell Yeah":

14) Jackyl "I Stand Alone":

14) Dolly Pardon "Me and Little Andy":

Songs Tied for 12th place with 49 listens.

12) The Charlie Daniels Band "The Devil Went Down To Georgia":

12) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Suck My Kiss":

And to think I don't really consider myself a RHCP fan. This song has 50 listens. 11) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Higher Ground":

This song has 51 listens. 10) Taylor Swift "Sparks Fly":

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(Finished June 17th, 2018) The Effective Soundtrack of "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past":

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"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is the 2009 movie that stars Matthew McConaughey, the lovely Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer and Lacy Chabert. It also stars a young Emma Stone, not sure how they made such a beautiful woman to look so gawky. McConaughey plays a lothario that obviously puts on a show of being a sexual braggadocio in order to protect himself from the one thing that truly scares him, love. A soundtrack should add poignance to scenes and this movie that does that expertly. (I hate to use the word poignance as it sounds, but in this case it fits perfectly. These songs also tracks well with the time I was growing up. While the movie was only good, the way the music was used was perfect.

(Thanks to https://reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/ghosts-of-girlfriends-past-songs/ for the list of songs for this blog.)

I've left the list of the songs and some of the scene details from the reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com blog below. For my blog I'm posting the best songs from that movie. It has a lot of great songs that I haven't thought about for awhile.

The trailer:

reelsoundtrack.com states this is the song in the trailer, this is also a great song. The Last Goodnight "Pictures of You":

Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much "Hush":



KC & The Sunshine Band "Get Down Tonight":

Poison "Nothin' But A Good Time":

Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance":

This song was used very effectively twice in the movie and what a great song it is. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Lovin' You":



Kool & The Gang "Ladies Night":

Joan Jett "I Hate Myself For Loving You":

Sneaker Pimps "6 Underground":

Macy Gray "I Try":

Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time":

Nat King Cole's "L O V E":

Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

Ralph Sail Experience featuring Sharon Jones "You Can't Hurry Love":

I'm posting this twice because it's played twice in the movie and because I like it:



Opening – Don’t Say Love (The Smooth Mix) by All Too Much

• Hush by Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much
• Score! by All Too Much
• Driving in snow – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Gillian’s Song by Dan Rose
• Dancing – Let’s Groove by Earth Wind and Fire
• Yeah (Dream Of Me) – The Interstellar Remix by All Too Much
• First ghost appears (split second) – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Middle school dance – The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
• Jenny slow dance with other guy – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• Bar with Uncle Wayne – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Lessons with Uncle Wayne – Ladies Night by Kool & The Gang
• Basement party – I Hate Myself For Loving You by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Basement song 2 – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Bar with long hair – 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps
• Talking to Jenny at the bar – I Try by Macy Gray
• Montage – Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
• Love’s Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra
• Dance rehearsal for wedding – L O V E by Nat King Cole
• Sleep (The Ambient Mix) by All Too Much
• Three exes at assistant’s house – Holding Back The Years by Simply Red
• Jenny’ wedding – Here Comes The Bride by Ralph Sall
• Jenny’s wedding song 2 – Wedding March by Ralph Sall
• Chasing after brother’s bride in old car – Burning Love by Elvis Presley
• Wedding reception – You Can’t Hurry Love by The Ralph Sall Experience featuring Sharon Jones (originally by The Supremes)
• The kiss – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• End credits – Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past by All Too Much featuring Matthew Sweet
• Got a Lot Of Love For You Baby by The Ralph Sall Experience

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 8: Songs Tied For 17th, 21st and 25th Place

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These songs are tied for 25th place on my iTunes, all have 45 listens:

I love this song, but I would've never guessed I listened to this song as many times as I did. 25) Berlin "No More Words":

One of 3 Led Zeppelin songs in my Top 113 most played songs on my iTunes. 25) Led Zeppelin "Ramble On":

No songs from  "The Black Parade" is on my most played songs, but this song is? This is a great song and underscores what happens when I mainly listen to music on a random basis, it finds it's way on to my iPod and then I fall in love with it. 25) My Chemical Romance "Bulletproof Heart":

I continue to be amazed that this band didn't break out, one of my favorite undeservedly known bands. Only 39,000 views, what a shame!! 25) Sugarcult "Riot":

21) Songs tied for 21st place, all have 46 listens:

473 millions YouTube plays, impressive. 21) Europe "The Final Countdown":

21) Jan & Dean "Dead Man's Curve":

21) Michael Jackson's "Beat It":



21) Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train":

17) Songs tied for 17th place, all have 47 listens:

Another one of those very odd 80s videos, but the song is undeniable. 17) Bananarama "Venus":



17) Bruce Springsteen "Death To My Hometown":



17) Chicago "Stay The Night":



"1, 2, 3, 14"? 17) U2 "Vertigo":

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) Some of the Best Songs With Numbers In The Title, Part 2

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Bowling For Soup "1985":

Prince "I Would Die 4 U":



Steely Dan "Hey Nineteen":

Christina Perri "A Thousand Years":



Queen "Another One Bites The Dust":



Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":



Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":



A song you'll hear at college football stadiums this rapidly approaching fall. The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":



Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two of Us":



The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown":



Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2U":



The Wallflowers "One Headlight":



The Wallflowers "6th Avenue Heartache":



Another One "Three Marlenas":

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(Finished June 13th, 2018) An Intro To RidingEasy Records

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A couple of days ago I had the day off and so I went to one of my favorite places, Graywhale. It's a store that sells mostly music, although they do sell other pop culture artifacts as well. Graywhale is like an old school record store. Not only they do carry the newest and hottest stuff, but they also know their music.

I had the privilege of talking to someone who knew her stuff and she introduced me to a record label called RidingEasy records. She called this some old school rock music, but also feels modern. They have a YouTube channel and I'm going to post a select number of songs by bands on the RidingEasy label. I can't guarantee the quality of the below music as of now, this is the first time I'm listening to these songs as well. This might work out to be a great idea or not.

The person I talked to was really high on the bands Slow Season, the Brown Acid Comps and Svvamp (not a misspelling and she said she thinks it's pronounced swamp). I'm going to start with Svvamp and Slow Season.

This has more of a bluesy feel than some of the other RidingEasy bands, Svvamp.

"Sunshine Street":

This is Svvamp's debut CD "Svvamp":

Slow Season's 2014 CD "Mountains":

I believe there have been 6 of these so-called Brown Acid compilations. What are Brown Acid compilations? This is from the the RidingEasy website: "Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A./Chicago retailer Permanent Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the growing compilation series. Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a selection of songs that’s hard to believe have remained unheard for so long."

I'm These are several different bands on one compilation CD, mostly extremely obscure bands. This is "The First Trip". A particular favorite song of mine on this compilation is track 3. The band is named Tour and the song is "One of The Bad Guys". On Josefus' "Hard Luck" does the singer sound like John Fogerty to anyone else?

The Death Wheelers "I Tread On Your Grave":

Monolord "Empress Rising":

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 7: Songs Tied For 29th Place

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These 12 songs have 44 listens and they're all tied for 29th most played songs on my iTunes. I won't be able to finish this blog tonight. I have more time tomorrow and hopefully will be able to finish it and others tomorrow.

29) Adele "Rumor Has It":

29) Blur "Song 2":

A great post break-up song of catharsis, one of the reasons this song has so many listens. 29) Daughtry "Over You":

My highest ranked former "American Idol" contestant. 29) Daughtry "Everytime You Turn Around":

29) Depeche Mode "Strangelove":

29) Gratitude "Sadie":

29) Paramore "Ignorance":



Another great break up song. 29) Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear":



29) Stone Temple Pilots "Wicked Garden":



Bonus song, my favorite STP song "Interstate Love Song":



29) Switchfoot "Meant To Live":



29) Walk The Moon "Anna Sun":

I've always loved these lyrics:

Your hands on my cheeks your shoulder in my mouth
I was up against the wall on the west mezzanine



29) R.E.M. "Pop Song '89":

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(Finished October 4th, 2018) Sixx A.M.'s Excellent CD "The Heroin Diaries"

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"The Heroin Diaries" is both a book and a CD, mostly written by Motley Crue bassist, Nikki Sixx. He recorded the CD with his band Sixx A.M. Both are about his battle with heroin in 1987 and are gritty looks into the life of a heroin addict. The book "The Heroin Diaries" isn't a graphic novel, but it looks much like a graphic novel. And later a graphic novel was written. Eventually Sixx was able to kick the heroin habit and it seems like he has been able to remain clean the last 30 years. Both the book and the CD are very good and I would suggest you look into both.

The other members of Sixx A.M. were when this was recorded was James Michael and DJ Ashba. I first discovered this CD when the ten year anniversary was released in 2017.

1) "X-Mas In Hell":

2) "Van Nuys":

3) "Life Is Beautiful":

4) "Pray For Me":

5) "Tomorrow":

6) "Accidents Can Happen":

7) "Intermission":

8) "Dead Man's Ballet":

9) "Heart Failure":

10) "Girl With Golden Eyes":

11) "Courtesy Call":

12) "Permission":

13) "Life After Death":

10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks

14) "Life Is Beautiful (2017)":

15) "Accidents Can Happen (2017)":

16) "Girl With Golden Eyes (2017)":

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(Finished October 4th, 2018) The Best of Samantha Fox

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Samantha Fox was a 80's singer babe, one of the many sexy 80's singer babes. She wasn't as well known or as successful as Madonna, Pat Benatar, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Sheena Easton

She put a sexual twist on many of her songs and highlighted that in her clothing or lack thereof. These are some of her best songs.

"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)":

"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)":

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now":

"I Only Wanna Be With You':

"I Surrender (To The Spirit of The Night)":

"I Wanna Have Some Fun":

"Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)":

"I Promise You (Get Ready)":

"Hot Lovin'":

"Giving Me A Hard Time":



"Spirit of America":



Megamix:



I like the Megamixes so much, here's another one:

Samantha Fox and Sabrina "Call Me":

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(Finished September 19th, 2018) Some Amazing and Amazingly Moody Songs

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When you make a TV show about teenage suicide, what kind of songs should you feature. Well for "13 Reasons Why", some of the best moody songs over the last several years. Not all of these songs are from "13 Reasons Why", although some are.

Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":

This blog could be all Neil Young songs. Neil Young "Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)":

Lord Huron "The Night We Met":

The Call "The Walls Came Down":



Anna Nalick "Breathe (2 AM):



Selena Gomez "Only You":

Roman Remains "The Killing Moon":

The Arcade Fire "Haiti":

The Wallflowers "One Headlight":

Nine Inch Nails "Down In It":



Nine Inch Nails "Head Like A Hole":

Metallica "The Unforgiven":

Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":

Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":



Gary Jules "Mad World":



Sinead O'Connor "The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance":



Miss O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2U":



Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike":



Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun":

Queensryche "Silent Lucidity":

Don McLean "American Pie":

Human Touch "Promise Not To Fall":

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