(Finished April 10th, 2020) The Best Mellow Songs 2010-2019 Part 3: Songs 35-54

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This started out as the best mellow of the decade just ending and then it started to expand into the best songs of 2010-2019. These songs are in no particular order. And I've expanded way beyond the best mellow songs to the best songs of 2010-2019.

35) Rihanna "Only Girl In The World":



36) Kelly Clarkson "Piece By Piece":



37) Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)":



38) Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble":



39) AWOLNATION "Sail":



40) Usher featuring Pitbull "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love":



41) Luke Bryan "I Don't Want This Night To End":



42) Court Yard Hounds "It Didn't Make A Sound":



43) Taylor Swift "Enchanted":



44) Taylor Swift "The Story Of Us":



45) Miley Cyrus "Who Owns My Heart":



46) "Leave Right Now":



47) We Are The In Crowd (featuring Alex Gaskarth) "Kiss Me Again":



48) Rebecca Ferguson "Nothing Real's But Love":



49) Tift Merritt "Mixtape":



50) Emily Brooke "Hello":



51) Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up":



52) Shovels & Rope "Birmingham":



53) The Republic Tigers "Buildings and Mountains":



54) Eric Church Springsteen":

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(Finished December 29th, 2019) The Best Mellow Songs 2010-2019 Part 2: Songs 18-34

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18) Ragn'n'Bone "Human":

19) Swedish House Mafia "Don't You Worry Child":

Taylor had a great decade. 20) Taylor Swift "Shake It Off":

Lady Antebellum also had a great decade. 21) Lady Antebellum "Need You Now":

22) Lukas Graham "7 Years":

23) Pink "A Million Dreams":

24) Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "I'll Never Love Again":

25) Avril Lavigne "Head Above Water":

26) Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do":

27) Pink featuring Nate Reuss "Just Give Me A Reason":

28) Owl City "Fireflies":

29) The Script "Breakeven":

30) Lady Antebellum "Just A Kiss":

31) Train "Hey, Soul Sister":

32) Lady Gaga "You and I":

33) Lumineers "Ho Hey":

34) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

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(Finished January 11th, 2020) The Best Mellow Songs 2010-2019 Part 1: Songs 1-17

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This started out as the best mellow of the decade just ending and then it started to expand into the best songs of 2010-2019. These songs are in no particular order.

1) Sia "Chandelier":

2) Lady Gaga "Born This Way":

3) John Legend "All of Me":

4) Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk":

5) Avicii "Wake Me Up":

6) Passenger "Let Her Go":

7) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

I know this song was released long ago, but it also was the last #1 song of this decade. 8) Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You":

9) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

10) Camilla Cabello "Havana":

11) Christina Perri "A Thousand Years":

12) Vance Joy "Riptide":

13) Walk The Moon "Shut Up and Dance":



14) Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love":

15) One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful":

16) Portugal! The Man "Feel It Still":

17) Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

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(Finished December 28th, 2019) The Best of 2010, Part 3: Songs 35 to 52

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I'm not one of those bloggers that usually do a best of year or best of decade posts. If I do something like that I have to do it my own way. I thought I could do obscure songs. Thus I went through my iTunes and picked the best obscure great songs from 2010. This may be the only one of these kind of blogs I do for this last decade. These songs mostly come from my iTunes, even using that weird iTunes alphabetical order. I'm not saying all of these songs are great.

I don't have unlimited resources so some of these songs may have been released in a different year. I made these blogs as accurate as possible.

35) Mallory Hope "Blossom In The Dust":

36) Michael Buble "I'm Beginning To See The Light":

I've always loved the line "We don't have to be friends, we don't have to be enemies." 37) Miley Cyrus "Two More Lonely People":

38) MonkeyJunk "Small Time Evil":

39) Motion City Soundtrack "Disappear":

40) New Politics "Give Me Hope":

41) Newworld Son "There Is A Way":

I know very little about Nitzer Ebb, other than they are a techno band. It seems this song might have been released before 2011, however on my iTunes it says 2011. So you're just going to have to enjoy it here. 42) Nitzer Ebb "Promises":

43) No Shame "Better Drunk Than Part of the Machine":

44) Reckless Kelly "American Blood":

45) Ryan Adams "Numbers":

46) Seether "Fallen":

47) Shontelle "Impossible":

48) Sick Puppies "Maybe":

49) Sick of Sarah "Autograph":



The butt kicking rock version:

50) Symphony X "Set The World On Fire":

51) Taio Cruz "Dynamite":

52) Thieves and Villians "Drunk In Amsterdam":

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(Started December 27th, 2019) The Best of 2010, Part 2: Songs 18 to 34

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I'm not one of those bloggers that usually do a best of year or best of decade posts. If I do something like that I have to do it my own way. I thought I could do obscure songs. Thus I went through my iTunes and picked the best obscure great songs from 2010. This may be the only one of these kind of blogs I do for this last decade. These songs mostly come from my iTunes, even using that weird iTunes alphabetical order. I'm not saying all of these songs are great.

17) Foxy Shazam "Count Me Out":

18) Furyon "Disappear Again":

19) Gaslight Anthem "American Slang":

20) Gentlemen Reg "How We Exit":



21) Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Stars":

22) The Green Children "Dragons":

23) Hey Monday "I Don't Wanna Dance":

24) Hinder "Put That Record On":

25) House of Heroes "God Save Foolish":

26) Jane Dear Girls "Wildflower":

27) Janelle Monae "Tightrope":



28) Jukebox The Ghost "Empire":

29) Katharine McPhee "Had It All":

30) Katie Armiger "Best Song Ever":

31) Kings X "Move":

32) Lady Antebellum "Something About A Woman":
33) Lana Del Rey "Gramma":
34) Little Big Town "Little White Church":

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(Started December 26th, 2019) The Best of 2010, Part 1: Songs 1 to 17

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I'm not one of those bloggers that usually do a best of year or best of decade posts. If I do something like that I have to do it my own way. I thought I could do obscure songs. Thus I went through my iTunes and picked the best obscure great songs from 2010. This may be the only one of these kind of blogs I do for this last decade. These songs mostly come from my iTunes, even using that weird iTunes alphabetical order.

1) American Bang "Wild & Young":

2) American Bang "Whiskey Walk":

3) Anti-Flag "We Are The One":

4) Avenged Sevenfold "Buried Alive":

Only 761 views. 5) Before Their Eyes "Sing To Me":

6) Black Keys "Next Girl":

7) Bleu "Singin' In Tongues":

8) Casualties "We Are All We Have":

9) Christian Mistress "Omega Stone":

10) Chromeo "Night by Night:



11) Chromeo "Don't Turn The Lights On":

12) Court Yard Hounds "It Didn't Make A Sound":

13) Debi Nova "Drummer Boy":

14) Down n' Outz "England Rocks":

I could listen to that voice for a very long time. 15) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

16) Flyleaf "Fully Alive":

17) Flyleaf "I'm So Sick":

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(Started December 25th, 2019) Random Angry Song Post!! Part 1

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First of all Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

Although I know I shouldn't take it so seriously, this blog was inspired by last night's BYU-Hawaii game. I've been a long time BYU fan and I love my Cougars as much as legally possible. Going into last night's game my biggest concern was the tendency of BYU's quarterback, Zach Wilson, to turn the ball over. As happened way too many times this season Wilson had too many turnovers. He was responsible for 3 turnovers, including the interception that effectively ended the game.

I was seething last night and the anger was still here this morning, which led to a very good walk. Here are some good angry songs to help me get some catharsis.

1) Halsey "Gasoline":

2) Muse "Uprising":

3) Hollywood Undead "Pray (Put Them...)":

4) Drowning Pool "Bodies":

5) Papa Roach "Last Resort":

6) Papa Roach "Getting Away With Murder":

7) Grace featuring G Easy "You Don't Owe Me":

8) Dua Lipa "IDGAF":

9) Rage Against The Machine "Killing In The Name of Love":

10) Green Day "Basket Case":

11) Linkin Park "One Step Closer":

12) AC/DC "Who Made Who":

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

14) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Do Me Like That":

15) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

16) Alice In Chains "Angry Chair":

17) Paramore "Misery Business":

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(Finished August 25th, 2020) The Best of Casablanca Records, Part 2

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A member of Joan Jett's band, Thommy Price I believe, has mentioned Neil Bogart. He was thankful for his help in launching their career. Joan Jett and the Blackhawks weren't on Casablanca. They were signed to Bogarts's post Casablanca record label, Boardwalk Records. Joan Jett was one of their only major signings and the company folded about a year after the death of Bogart. He was an American record executive that was known most for the founding of Casablanca Records. That company was most closely associated with late 70's Disco. I thought I would write a blog about the best songs of Casablanca. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org for the above information.)

16) Kiss "Beth":

17) Kiss "Calling Dr. Love":

18) Kiss "Christine Sixteen":

19) Donna Summer "Dim All The Lights":

20) Donna Summer "On The Radio":

21) The Four Tops "When She Was My Girl":

22) People's Choice "You Ought To Be Dancin'":

23) Stephanie Mills "Medicine Song":

24) The Village People "YMCA":

25) Meco "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band":

26) Michael Sembello "Maniac":

27) Captain and Tennille "Do That To Me One More Time":

28) Teri Desario featuring K.C. "Yes I'm Ready":

29) Irene Cara "Flashdance...What A Feeling":

30) Donna Summer "Last Dance":

31) Mac Davis "It's Hard To Be Humble":

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(Finished August 25th, 2020) Songs That Surprise By How Good They Are, Part 2

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Again these are songs that overwhelm me with how great they are every time I hear them.

13) Dan Fogelberg "Same Auld Lang Syne":

14) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

15) Sinead O'Connor "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

16) Lulu "To Sir With Love":

17) Acid House Kings "This Heart Is A Stone":

18) Jimmy Buffet "Margaritaville":

19) Starland Vocal Band "Afternoon Delight":

20) Natalie Merchant "Wonder":

21) Shawn Colvin "Sunny Came Home";

22) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Carol of the Bells":

23) The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter":



24) Duran Duran "Come Undone":



25) Oasis "Wonderwall":

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(Finished December 22nd, 2019) The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Part 2

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"Tell Me On A Sunday" (1979):

"Tell Me On A Sunday":

From "Cats" (1981)

"Memory":

"Starlight Express":

"One Rock and Roll Too Many":

"Pumping Iron":

"Phantom of the Opera" (1986):

I didn't intend on posting so many videos from the "Phantom" movie. However Emmy Rossum is such a lovely presence and has such a pretty voice I couldn't resist.  "The Music of The Night":

"Phantom of the Opera":

"Angel of Music":

"Think of Me":

"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again":

"All I Ask of You":

"Masquerade":



"The Point of No Return":

"Sunset Boulevard" (1993):

Glenn Close "With One Look":

"Girl Meets Boy":

"As If We Never Said Goodbye":

"Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering":

"The Lady's Paying":

"Too Much In Love To Care":

"Sunset Boulevard":

"The Perfect Year":

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(Finished December 21, 2019) Songs That Surprise By How Good They Are, Part 1

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These are the songs that surprise me by how good they are every time I hear them.

1) Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson "I Know Him So Well":

2) Melanie C "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

3) Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All":

4) Juice Newton "Angel of the Morning":

Somehow I still haven't got sick of this song. 5) Ed Sheeran "The Shape of You":

6) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas":

7) Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli "Time To Say Goodbye":

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

9) Roxette "It Must Have Been Love":

10) Madonna "Crazy For You":

11) Prince "Take Me With U":

12) Mariah Carey "Vision of Love":

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(Finished December 21st, 2019) The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Part 1

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The musical "Cats" was released yesterday in theaters and the reviews have been savage, it sounds like this might be the worst musical to movie crossover ever made. I had no desire to see the movie version of "Cats", it was barely even on my radar, but for sure I won't be seeing it now. Although after watching the trailer I was reminded again of how amazing the song "Memory" is. I haven't done a best of Andrew Lloyd Webber blog in a long time, I thought in honor of the amazing "Memory" this would be a good time.

The "Cats" trailer:

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (1968):

"Any Memory Will Do":

"Go Go Go Joseph":

"Jesus Christ Superstar" (1970):

"Hosanna":

"I Don't Know How To Love Him":

Foxy Shazam "Heaven On Their Minds":

"What's The Buzz":

"The Arrest":

"Superstar":

"Evita" (1976):

Samantha Barks "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

This song is so incredibly joyous. Madonna "Buenos Aires":

"Goodnight and Thank You":

Madonna "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

"Peron's Latest Flame":

Madonna "Don't Cry For Me Argentina":

"High Flying Adored":

"Rainbow High":

"Rainbow Tour":

Antonio Banderas "And The Money Kept Rolling In":



Antonio Banderas "Oh What A Circus":

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(December 19th, 2019) The Best of School Dance/ School Bus Songs, Part 9: Songs 135-151

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These are songs that I heard on the school bus going to junior high and at South Davis Junior High dances. These are the songs that were popular when I first fell in love with music. These songs have brought so much joy to my life. I picked other songs from the same time era to fill out the blogs. These are songs from the years 1978-1981.

135) Joe Jackson "Is She Really Going Out With Him?":

136) ELO "Don't Bring Me Down":

137) Journey "Anyway You Want It":

138) Chiliwack "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)":

139) John Travolta "Greased Lightning":

140) Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Loving You":

141) Journey "Wheel In The Sky":

142) The Commodores "Sail On":

143) Supertramp "Dreamer":

144) Dionne Warwick "No Night So Long":

145) Charlie Dore "Pilot of Airwaves":

146) Eddie Money "Baby Hold On":

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

148) Barry Manilow "Copacabana":

149) Michael Jackson "Rock With You":

150) Linda Ronstadt "It's So Easy":

151) The Clash "London Calling":

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(Started December 18th, 2019) 100ish Best Songs from 2015 to 2019, Part 5: Songs 69-85

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As I say a lot there are a lot of great songs out there. You just have to know where to look. Look in the right places and you will find plenty of great songs. A lot of the most popular songs that are out now aren't songs that I'm much interested in. However I wanted to find the good songs. I love music, sort of meh on hip hop but I do love rock and roll. These songs do tend to be mostly rock songs.

69) Lindsey Stirling featuring ZZ Ward "Hold My Heart":

70) U2 "Landlady":

71) U2 "The Blackout":

72) Carrie Underwood "The Song We Used To Make Love To":

73) Prophets of Rage "Living on The 110":

74) Motor Gun Hotel "Leave It All Behind":

75) Night Ranger "Running Out of Time":

76) Kobra and the Lotus "TriggerPulse":

77) Kelsea Ballerini "Music":

78) Kelsea Ballerini "In Between"

79) JJ and the Real Jerks "Mr. Good Enough":

80) In This Moment "Black Wedding":

81) Volbeat "Battleship Chains":

82) The Struts "Could Have Been Me":

83) Ra Ra Riot "Foreign Lovers":

84) Pet Shop Boys "The Pop Kids":

85) Needtobreathe "Hard Love":

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(Started December 17th, 2019) Mash Up Blog: Quincy Jones and Dionne Warwick (Non White Privilege Edition), Part 1

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I like these mash up blogs. I usually post two completely different bands in these mash up blogs. Like my last mash up blog was My Chemical Romance and Martina McBride. But this time I decided to do a non white privilege blog, writing about two different black musicians. But I didn't want to write about Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston- who I've already written about multiple times. I'll also probably write about them many more times.

I Googled the Top 100 black musicians and two came up that are fairly famous, but I don't believe have received enough love. Well here's some love for Quincy Jones and Dionne Warwick. As usual I'll alternate the two musicians. Warwick is a singer whereas Jones is a producer, a songwriter, an arranger and musician.

1) Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram and Patti Austin "Baby, Come To Me":

2) Dionne Warwick "Don't Make Me Over":

3) Tony Bennett "Days of Wine and Roses":

4) Dionne Warwick "Anyone Who Had A Heart":

5) Quincy Jones "The Gentle Rain":

6) Dionne Warwick "Walk On By":

7) George Benson "Give Me The Night":

8) Dionne Warwick "You'll Never Get To Heaven":

9) Brothers Johnson "Stomp":

10) Dionne Warwick "Reach Out For Me":

11) Ray Charles "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying":

12) Dionne Warwick I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself":

13) Ray Charles "Am I Blue":

14) Dionne Warwick "Windows of the World":

15) Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie "Deed I Do":

16) Dionne Warwick "I Say A Little Prayer":

17) Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie "Dream A Little Dream":

18) Dionne Warwick "Do You Know Your Way To San Jose":

19) Ella and Count Basie "Ain't Misbehavin":

20) Dionne Warwick "This Girl's In Love":

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(Finished December 15th, 2019) Songs Rocking My iPod and Why They Do So, Part 2: Songs 17-31

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This blog was inspired by my morning walk, where I listen to my iPod on shuffle. I love all sorts of music so the songs can and do switch between wildly different genres. I am not saying I super smart because I like a bunch of kinds of music. What I'm saying is that I like all sorts of music. Although that can be a bit expensive I love it music. Music is my cure all, everything is made better with music.

That diversity that inspired this and the next blog was Kansas' "Point of Know Return" shuffling to The Carpenters "Superstar". Two different genres, but two great songs.

Our first introduction to Pink was "Let's Get This Party Started". This was her next song and one of my favorite Pink songs. 17) Pink "Don't Let Me Get Me":



Perhaps the best G N' R song not on "Appetite For Destruction": 18) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":



19) Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime"



I saw Styx in concert on this tour, they put on a great show. 20) Styx "Mr. Roboto":



21) Our Lady Peace "Starseed":



22) Soundgarden "Spoonman":



One of the best songs from this new symphonic rock band that kicks butt. It's not their best song, that would be "Not Your Monster". However a great song on a CD full of great songs.
23) Dark Element "I Have To Go":



Lady Gaga is known for her upbeat songs like "Bad Romance" and "Papaprazzi":
 24) Lady Gaga "You and I":



I don't know if they'd be considered a New Wave of Classic Rock band, but the Biters are pretty good. 25) Biters "No Stranger To Heartache":



The next two are great songs from the 80s and 90s. 26) The Cult "Wild Flower":



27) Smashing Pumpkins "Galapogos":



Another great song I round through a sampler, this one was from Classic Rock magazine. 28) The Living Strange "1000 pretty girls and 3 ugly 1's" is the song I wanted to add a video for, but there's no video available yet. This is their most played song on YouTube "New Pet":


Even many of Journey's deep cuts were great songs, that's the sign of a great band. This song wasn't a hit, but is a great song nonetheless. 29) Journey "Keep On Runnin'":



A super sexy song. 30) Carrie Underwood "The Song We Used To Make Love To":



One of the greatest dance songs of all-time. 31) C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)":

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(Started December 15th, 2019) Songs Rocking My iPod and Why They Do So, Part 1: Songs 1 to 16

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This blog was inspired by my morning walk, where I listen to my iPod on shuffle. I love all sorts of music so the songs can and do switch between wildly different genres. I am not saying I super smart because I like a bunch of kinds of music. What I'm saying is that I like all sorts of music. Although that can be a bit expensive I love it music. Music is my cure all, everything is made better with music.

That diversity that inspired this and the next blog was Kansas' "Point of Know Return" shuffling to The Carpenters "Superstar". Two different genres, but two great songs.

I don't know for sure, but probably one of the first rock songs that I heard and fell in love with. This song was released when I was ten, but it was probably still a few years before I heard it.

1) Kansas "Point of Know Return":

Just one of the all-time great songs, one of those songs I can't ever get enough of. 

2) The Carpenters "Superstar":

This is one of four Steely Dan songs on my iPod. Who doesn't love Steely Dan? 

3) Steely Dan "F.M.":

A song I found through a Record Store Day compilation. Songs like this are why I will try any kind of music. That's because sometimes you can find a real gem. 4) Last November "Julie":

I'll be seeing Cher in concert in 2020 I always like to familiarize myself with a musician's music before seeing them in concert. That's even if I know that band's music very well already. Also this is one of my all-time favorite Cher songs, one of the song of her mid-80's comeback. 

5) Cher "Bang Bang":

One of the funkiest and best of dance and heartbreak songs. 6) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb On Me":

The first song we heard after Sammy Hagar joined Van Halen. It's just a great rock song, the kind you turn up the radio, roll down the windows and jam. 7) Van Halen "Black and Blue":

The song that has the line that sums up my dating philosophy, "If you don't expect too much from me I might not let you down." It's also a hell of an catchy earworm. 

8) The Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy":

The Thompson Twins train had come to an end. But when you have name recognition and desire, you continue to create music. From 1989's late career comeback attempt "Big Trash" comes this little gem. 9) The Thompson Twins "Sugar Daddy":

Just one of the many bands that performed with the core of the original RATM. With RATM reforming that means this great band goes away. That's too bad as their 2017's self-titled CD is a great slice of music. I love the social consciousness and music of this song.

10) Prophets of Rage "Living On The 110:

One of the best songs of Elvis' career. An incredibly fun song, even though the lyrics aren't the happiest. 11) Elvis Presley "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me":

Sure they have the two big classic ballads "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling", but they also have other great ballads. Songs like "One Lonely Night" and this sweet gem.

 12) REO Speedwagon "In My Dreams":

13) Velvet Revolver "Let It Roll":

A Christian singer that has good songs, who would've thunk? As a Christian and rock music lover, these two things don't really mix well. However with Lauren Daigle they do. Not all of her songs are great but I do love "You Say" and this uplifting anthem. 14) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

One of the great songs that I fell in love with when I went through one of my country music phases. "You walk away and I walk the floor". 15) Lorrie Morgan "We Both Walk":

One of the many great songs that came out in the last few years and somehow I stumbled across it. 16) Sheppard "Geronimo":

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