(Finished March 28th, 2020) The Best Debut CDs Of All-Time In Alphabetical Order, Part 2 Badflower, Beastie Boys & Clint Black

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Yes it's another blog topic that I won't finish quickly, but hopefully finish eventually, is the best debut CDs of all-time. I originally was going to organize the CDs from best to worst, but I don't have that much time. Thus I'll be organizing them in alphabetical order. I scoured rankings/lists from Ranker, Wikipedia.org and rollingstone.com to come up with this list. There are also a few CDs that came to me on their own. I considered Arctic Monkey's "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", New Pornographers "Mass Romantic", Miranda Lambert's "Kerosene" for these blogs, but they're not quite good enough. Also I considered Garth Brooks self-titled CD, which came so close but I decided isn't one of the best debut CDs ever. Of all the CDs mentioned above, "Garth Brooks", is the closest CD to reaching greatest debut CD status. However a great debut CD should be obvious. Once I have to start talking myself to into a debut CD being great then it doesn't reach that level of greatness.

I also realized that for so many of these great debut CDs, the artist named the CD after themselves. Maybe at least name the CD after one of the songs on the CD?

4) Badflower "O.K. I'm Sick":

"The Jester":

"Ghost":

"24":

"Heroin":

"Die":

"Girlfriend":

"Wide Eyes":

5) Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill":

"She's Crafty":

One of the most addicting ear worms of all-time. "Girls":

"(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)":

'Brass Monkey":



"No Sleep Till Brooklyn":

"The New Style":

6) Clint Black "Killin' Time":

"Killin' Time":

"Walkin' Away":

"Nothing's News":

"Straight From The Factory":

"A Better Man":

"Nobody's Home":



"I'll Be Gone":

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(Finished November 28th, 2019) The Best Debut CDs Of All-Time In Alphabetical Order, Part 1

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Yet another blog topic that I won't finish quickly, but hopefully finish eventually, is the best debut CDs of all-time. I originally was going to organize the CDs from best to worst, but I don't have that much time. Thus I'll be organizing them in alphabetical order. I scoured rankings/lists from Ranker, Wikipedia.org and rollingstone.com to come up with this list. There are also a few CDs that came to me on their own. I considered Arctic Monkey's "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", New Pornographers "Mass Romantic", Miranda Lambert's "Kerosene" for these blogs, but they weren't quite good enough. I also realized that so many of these great debut CDs, the artist named the CDs after themselves. Maybe at least name the CD after one of the songs on the CD?

Not only one of the best debut CDs of all-time, but quite simply one of the best CDs of all-time. I've never understood why Arcade Fire isn't bigger than they are. 

1) Arcade Fire "Funeral":

"Neighborhood #2 (Laika)":

"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)":

"Crown Of Love":

with special guest David Bowie "Wake Up":

"Haiti":

"Rebellion (Lies)":

2) Asia "Asia":

"Heat of The Moment":

"Only Time Will Tell":

"Sole Survivor":

"Time Again":

"Wildest Dreams":

"Without You":

3) Bad Company "Bad Company":

"Rock Steady":

"Ready For Love":

"Movin' On":

"Can't Get Enough":

"Bad Company":

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(Started November 26th, 2019) Happy 80th Birthday Tina Turner

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This is her setlist from her final concert, May 5th, 2009, in Sheffield, England. Let us all enjoy the Queen in her final performance. I tried to find as many live performances as I could, very few, if any, are from that final show.

1) "Steamy Windows":

2) "Typical Male":

3) "River Deep, Mountain High":

4) "What You Get Is What You See":

5) Better Be Good To Me":

6) "Won't Get Fooled Again":

7) "The Acid Queen":

8) "What's Love Got To Do With It":

9) "Private Dancer":

10) "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)":

11) "Help!":

12) "Undercover Agent for the Blues":

13) "Let's Stay Together":
14) "I Can't Stand The Rain":

15) "Jumpin' Jack Flash":

16) "It's Only Rock n' Roll (But I Like It)":

17) "GoldenEye":

18) "Addicted To Love":

19) "The Best":

20) "Proud Mary":

Encore 

21) "Nutbush City Limits":

22) "Be Tender with Me Baby":

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(Finished December 1st, 2019) The Best 70s One Hit Wonders, Part 2

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18) Sniff 'n Tears "Driver's Seat":

19) Walter Egan "Magnet and Steel":

20) Gary Numan "Cars":

21) Paperlace "The Night Chicago Died":

22) Dave Loggins "Please Come To Boston":

23) Rick Derringer "Rock N' Roll Hoochie Koo":

24) Edison Lighthouse "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)":

25) Minnie Ripperton "Lovin' You":

26) The Buggles "Video Kills The Radio Star":

27) M "Pop Musik":

28) Chuck Mangione "Feels So Good":

29) Climax "Precious and Few":

30) Nicolette Larson "Lotta Love":

31) Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting":

32) Van McCoy "The Hustle":

33) Amii Stewart "Knock On Wood":

34) Randy Newman "Short People":

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(Finished November 28th, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 6

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I really love their CD "Murder and the Motive". Unless I hear something different later, this is by far the best band of this specific blog. 31) Those Damn Crows "The Fighter":

"Blink of An Eye":

"Rock N' Roll Ain't Dead":



"Fear of The Broken":



"Someone Someday":

Like I previously said not all of these performers are the best. Chantel is okay, but I quickly noticed many of her songs sound alike. I don't dislike her though. As I listen to her music she continues to grow on me. I love her bluesy sound and being such a great guitarist.
32) Chantel McGregor "Take The Power":



"Caught Out":



This song sounds very different from her other songs, this is a really sweet ballad, "Home":



Her cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters":



"Help Me":



I love her cover of Jimi's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)":

These guys are okay, but they need to have a lot of growth to reach the big leagues. Also their singer doesn't have the strongest voice. 33) Midnite City:
"Give Me Love";



"Here Comes The Party":



"You Don't Understand Me":

34) Xander and the Peace Pirates "Dance With The Devil":

"Rain":



"Shadows":



"Let Go";



35) Kris Barras Band
"Ignite (Light It Up)":



"Rock 'n' Roll Running Through My Veins":



"Propane":



"Can't Help You Now":



"Hail Mary":

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(Finished November 28th, 2019) The Best 70s One Hit Wonders, Part 1

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I selected my favorite songs from Ranker's Top 70s One Hit Wonders. Technically not all of these songs are from One Hit Wonder bands. Some of these bands have more than one hit and have more than several good songs.

1) Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky":

2) Warren Zevon "Werewolves Of London":

3) Thin Lizzy "The Boys Are Back In Town":

This band also had a number # 11 hit with "Good Girls Don't". Not only that but The Knack has many other great songs. I blog about The Knack a fair amount because I love so many of their songs. If you haven't already, check out their "Get The Knack" CD. My only complaint about the Knack is I wish their lyrics weren't so dumbed down and sexual. 4) The Knack "My Sharona":

5) Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street":

6) Mountain "Mississippi Queen":

7) Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music":

8) Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind":

9) Player "Baby Come Back":

They actually had 4 Top Fifteen hits over the late 60s and early 70s. 10) Badfinger "Day By Day":

11) Starland Vocal Band "Afternoon Delight":

Wright's "Love Is Alive" went to #2 in the same year, 1976. 12) Gary Wright "Dream Weaver":

"Time Passages" went to #36 in 1978, two years after his first hit. 13) Al Stewart "Year of the Cat":

14) Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City":

15) Shocking Blue "Venus":

16) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

17) Ace "How Long":

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(Finished November 23rd 2019) Songs That Are Sad And Rawk, Part 7 Songs 103-119

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103) Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear":

104) Bush "Machine Head":

105) Daughtry "It's Not Over":

106) Daughtry "Outta My Head":

107) Daughtry "Over You":



108) L.A. Guns "The Ballad of Jayne":



One of the most overrated rock bands ever, but in spite of that they still had a couple of moments of musical genius. And as bad and stupid as most of their music is, their live show is equally lame.
109) Nickelback "How You Remind Me":



110) Nickelback "Never Again":



111) Wallflowers "One Headlight":



112) Alice In Chains "Rooster":



113) Meat Loaf "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear":



114) Alice Cooper "Poison":



115) Aerosmith "Amazing":



116) Pearl Jam "Rearview Mirror":



117) Temple of The Dog "Hunger Strike":



118) Soundgarden "Burden In My Hand":



119) Shinedown "Second Chance":

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(Updated December 15th, 2021) Songs That Are Sad And Rawk, Part 6 Songs 86-102

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Sometimes you want to rock and sometimes you want to be sad. Sometimes you want to do both. Well you are in luck! Here are several blogs that feature songs that rock and allow you to be sad. For some reason I wrote up Parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 and posted those. I wrote up these five parts of this blog series from October to November 2019. I posted part 3 last night. Now I'm going through and refashioning parts 1, 2 and 4 to 6. There will probably also be a part 7 and possibly an 8th part.

I originally started this blog on November 21st, 2019.

86) Poison "Fallen Angel":

87) Puddle of Mudd "Blurry":

88) The Offspring "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)":

89) Everclear "Santa Monica":

90) Bush "Glycerine":

91) Elton John "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word":

92) Def Leppard "Two Steps Behind":

93) Linkin Park "Crawling":

94) Three Days Grace "Now or Never":

95) Soundgarden "The Day I Tried To Live":

96) Cinderella "Don't Know What You Got":

97) Toto "I Won't Hold You Back":

98) Muse "Dead Inside":

99) Pearl Jam "Last Kiss":

100) Bonnie Raitt "I Can't Make You Love Me":

101) Nazareth "Love Hurts":

102) Three Days Grace "I Hate Everything":

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(Updated November 21st, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 5

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26) Rival Sons "Keep On Swinging":

"Wild Animal":

"The Heist":

"All The Way":



"Open My Eyes":

27) Sons of Liberty (UK):

"Jekyll Island":

"Don't Tread On Me":



"Our Dying Republic";

28) Hollowstar

"Take It All":



"Invincible":
"All I Gotta Say":

"Holding It Together";



"Feel The Burn":

29) Piston "Rainmaker":



"Leave If You Dare";



"Fade Out":



"Blow It Away":



"Playing With Fire";



"Proud Mary":



30) Collateral "Big Shot":



"Midnight Queen":



"Lullaby":



A cover of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life";

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(Updated November 17th, 2019) The Music of History, Part 5: Songs 85-95

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85) The Herd "I Was Only 19":



86) Trace Adkins "Arlington":



87) Bruce Springsteen "Born In The U.S.A.":



88) Billy Ray Cyrus "Some Gave All":



89) Peter, Paul and Mary "Where Have All The Flowers Gone":



A bit of ancient, but still relevant, history. 90) Mylie Johnson Jones "Oh Lord My Redeemer":



91) Marty Robbins "Ballad of Alamo":



92) The Interrupters "Outrage":



93) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines":



94) "Camouflage":



Youthful naivete: 95) Mary Hopkins "Those Were The Days":

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(Updated November 18th, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 4

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Am I the only one that thinks they sound like Airbourne? 20) Treatment "Hang Them High":

"Running With The Dogs":

"Don't Look Down":

21) The Dark Element "Not Your Monster":

"The Ghost and the Reaper":

"Dead To Me":

22) Thunder "Backstreet Symphony":



"Dirty Love":



"Love Walked In":



"Low Life In High Places":

23) The Darker my Horizon "Olivia":

"No Superhero":

"Summer Time":



"No Superhero", Part 2:



"The Road":

24) The Rocket Dolls "DeaDHead":



"None Of This Is Right":



"I Can't Go Back";



"Eyes":



"She's Starting Something Now":

25) The Dust Coda

"The More It Fades":
"All I Got":
"Save Me":

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(Started November 15th, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 3

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14) H.E.A.T. "Rise":

"Living On The Rock":

With the hashtag #rockaintdead 15) Crazy Lixx "Silent Thunder":

I don't think she has the greatest voice, but the music rocks!! 16) Cassidy Paris "Talk About It":

17) The Radio Sun "Standing On The Edge Of Love":



18) Royal Blood

"Out of The Black":



"Lights Out":



"Little Monster";



"Better Strangers":



"How Did Things Get So Dark";



"Then Tonne Skeleton":



"Figure It Out":



19) Monster Truck:

"Don't Tell Me How To Live":



"Sweet Mountain River":



"Devil Don't Care":



"Righteous Smoke":

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(Updated November 17th, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 2

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I'm not saying all of these are great songs, although many are, I just wanted to share a wide range of these new rock bands. The first few bands I found on The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Page. But some of these other bands came from Classic Rock magazine or were suggested by YouTube.

7) Blackwater Conspiracy "Blackwater Swagger":



"Shoot The Breeze":



"The Monday Club":

8) Black Whiskey "King of The Blind":
"Bitter Pill":
"Mirror Lies":
"Burning Bridges":

9) Massive Wagons "Fee Fi Fo Fum":
"Fighting Jack":

10) Killcode

"Loose":
"Tied":
"Trust":
11) Wolf Jaw "Hear Me";



"Piece of Me":



12) Station "A Matter of Time":



"Everything";



"One And Only":



"Are You Sleeping Alone":



"Dressed To Kill":



13) Fighter V "Dangerous":



"City of Sinners";



"Can't Stop The Rock";

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(Finished November 14th, 2019) Songs From The New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group, Part 1

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Today I discovered a new Facebook group called The New Wave of Classic Rock. I just joined today, so I don't have an opinion as of yet of the group. But I thought I would pick a few bands they mention and check out a couple of songs for each band. I'm always on the search for new rock music and if that "Bad Love" is any indication of quality then I'm in good hands.

1) Joanne Shaw Taylor "Bad Love":

 "I've Been Loving You Too Long":

2) Dorothy "Raise Hell":

"Dark Nights":

"Flawless":

3) Joanovarc "Jane":

"Girls Wanna Rock":

Various Covers ("Rolling In The Deep", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Valerie"?, "We Are The Champions") :

4) Mason Hill "Against The Wall":

"Hold On":

5) Scarlet Rebels "No One Else To Blame":

 No, it's not a cover of the Destiny Child's song. "Say My Name":

6) Revival Black "Wide Awake":



"Give You The World":

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(Started November 11th, 2019) Songs That Are Sad And Also Rock, Part 5 Songs 66-81

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66) Stone Temple Pilots "Dead and Bloated":

67) Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song":

68) Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy":

69) Seether "Broken":

70) Staind "It's Been Awhile":

71) Soul Asylum "Runaway Train":

72) Papa Roach "Scars":

73) Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":

74) Beth "Kiss":

75) My Chemical Romance "The Ghost of You":

76) Interrupters "Room With A View":

77) U2 "Kite":

78) Pink Floyd "When The Tigers Broke Free":

79) Blink 182 "I Miss":

80) The Fray "I Miss Me Blind":

81) "Fake Plastic Trees":

(Updated December 14th, 2021) Songs That Are Sad And Also Rock, Part 4 Songs 52-65

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52) Aerosmith "Cryin'":

53) Pearl Jam "Yellow Ledbetter":

54) Pearl Jam "Corduroy":

55) Skid Row "18 And Life":

56) Soundgarden "Fell On Black Days":

57) Soundgarden "The Day I Tried To Live":

58) Soundgarden "Rusty Cage":

59) Shinedown "Sound of Madness":

60) Shinedown "Her Name Is Alice":

61) Shinedown "The Crow and Butterfly":

62) Green Day "Whatsername":

63) Queensryche "Another Rainy Night (Without You)":

64) Queensryche "Suite Sister Mary":

65) Poison "Every Rose Has It's Thorn":

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(Finished November 10th, 2019) The Best of 70s, 80s and 90s and Sometimes Other Decades Christmas Songs, Part 3

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33) Barbara Mandrell "It Must Have Been The Mistletoe":



34) Michael Crawford "A Strange Way To Save The World":

35) The Dropkick Murphys The Season's Upon Us":



36) Casting Crowns "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day":

37) Darlene Love "All Alone On Christmas":



38) Bruce Springsteen "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town":



39) The Pretenders "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas":



40) Alison Moyet "Coventry Carol":



It fits in with the reason for the season, our Savior. 41) Alabama "Angels Among Us":



42) Alabama "Christmas In Dixie";



43) Afterglow "I Heard Him Come":



44) Amy Grant "Grown Up Christmas List":



I really argued with myself about whether I should have this song on my blog, but ultimately decided to include it. It's very sad, a bit sappy but ultimately a beautiful story. 45) "Christmas Shoes":



46) Dan Fogelberg "Same Old Lang Syne":



47) Lindsay Stirling "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy":



48) Casting Crowns "While You Were Sleeping":

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(Finished November 19th, 2019) The Best of 70s, 80s and 90s and Sometimes Other Decades Christmas Songs, Part 2

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Some people consider the Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter" a Christmas song, however I'm not one of those people. Winter lasts a lot longer than the Christmas season. One could use that same argument for some of the following songs, but all songs have at least some Christmas in them. There's nothing Christmas about "Hazy Shade of Winter".

17) The Kinks "Father Christmas":

18) The Brian Setzer Orchestra "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch":

19) Kate Bush "Christmas Will Be Magic Again":

20) Queen "Thank God It's Christmas":

21) Jeffrey Osborne "Angels We Have Heard On High":

22) Neil Diamond "You Make It Feel Like Christmas":

23) Olivia Newton John "Away In A Manger":

24) Kim Carnes "O Little Town of Bethlehem":

25) Heart "Oh Holy Night":

26) Elton John "Step Into Christmas":

27) Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You":

28) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Christmas Canon":

Truly one of the rockingest songs of Christmas. 29) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Wizards In Winter":

30) Trans Siberian Orchestra" "The World That She Sees":

31) Mannheim Steamroller "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen":

32) Mannheim Steamroller "Angels We Have Heard On High":

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(Finished November 9th, 2019) The Best of 70s, 80s and 90s Christmas Songs, Part 1

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Some people consider the Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter" a Christmas song, however I'm not one of those people. Winter lasts a lot longer than the Christmas season. One could use that same argument for some of the following songs, but all songs have at least some Christmas in them. There's nothing Christmas about "Hazy Shade of Winter".

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

2) The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping":

3) Wham! "Last Christmas":

4) Bob and Doug McKenzie "12 Days of Christmas":

5) U2 "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home":

6) The Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)":

7) Billy Squire "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You":

8) Pat Benatar "Please Come Home For Christmas":

I'm pretty sure this is the saddest Christmas song of them all. 9) Amy Grant "I'll Be Home For Christmas":

Okay they're not from the 70s, 80s or 90s, but this is my favorite version of this song. It's a very fun and flirty song. 10) Lady Antebellum "Baby It's Cold Outside":

11) The Alarm "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)":

12) Buster Poindexter "'Zat You Santa Clause":

13) Whitney Houston "Do You Hear What I Hear":

14) Madonna "Santa Baby":

15) Sheena Easton "It's Christmas All Over The World":

16) The Weather Girls "Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas)":

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