themusicaddict: June 2020

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

(Finished July 4th, 2020) Part 6 of The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time

For the last few weeks I've been busy working on this series of blogs. These are the songs of my life, aka The Greatest Songs of All-Time. These are the greatest songs of my life. What that means is that some of these songs that may not be the greatest songs ever on their own. However when attached to a personal link that makes it a Greatest Song of All-Time. I already have about 630 songs that will eventually be on this blog series as a GSoAT. I also have a list of songs that almost made the GSoAT- the almost GSoAT list- and some songs that are up and coming. On this blog these are songs I haven't decided whether or not they are GSoAT's. Working on these blogs will help me decide that.

Some of these songs will be on my actual GSoAT blogs and some won't, but I'll never tell.

101) The Beatles "Let It Be":

102) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":

103) Billy Joel "You May Be Right":

104) Prophets of Rage "Living On The 110":

105) Pop Evil "Nothing But Thieves":

106) Paul Davis "I Go Crazy":

107) Maddie and Tae "Girl In A Country Song":

108) Gary Wright "Dream Weaver":

109) Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough":

110) Camouflage "The Great Commandment":

111) Echosmith "Cool Kids":

112) Throw Me The Statute "Ancestors":

113) Brandy Clark "Stripes":

114) Miranda Lambert "Gunpowder and Lead":

115) The Strokes "Last Nite":

116) Will To Power "Baby I Love Your Way":

117) Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl":

118) Tears For Fears "Mother's Talk":

119) The Monkees "Daydream Believer":

120) Faith No More "Epic":

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Monday, June 29, 2020

(Finished July 4th, 2020) The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time, Preview Part 5

81) Foreigner "Say You Will":

82) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":

83) Savage Garden "I Want You":

84) Lisa Stansfeld "All Around The World":

85) Sarah Brightman "There For Me":

86) The Monkees "I'm A Believer":

87) Ugly Kid Joe "I Hate Everything About You":

88) Taylor Dayne "Love Will Lead You Back":

89) Carole King "It's Too Late":

90) Collective Soul "Shine":

91) Our Lady Peace "Starseed":

92) Berlin "The Metro":

93) Nine Days "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)":

94) Sophie B. Hawkins "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover":

95) Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones":

96) Duran Duran "Notorious":

97) Nina Simone "I Put A Spell On You":

98) Peggy Lee "Fever":

99) Fiona Apple "Criminal":

100) Paul Young "Everytime You Go Away":

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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Finished July 4th, 2020) The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time, Preview Part 4

61) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I Am":

62) The Temptations "Treat Her Like A Lady":

63) Alanis Morissette "Hand In My Pocket":

64) Alanis Morissette "Thank U':

65) Jon Bon Jovi "Blaze of Glory":

Hailee Steinfeld featuring Zedd 66) "Starving":

67) Dido "Thank You":

68) Dido "Hunter":

69) Lisa Loeb "Stay (I Missed You)":

70) Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World":

71) The Kinks "Destroyer":

72) The Kinks "You Really Got Me":

73) Van Halen "Panama":

74) Cyndi Lauper "All Through The Night":

75) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

76) Cutting Crew "I've Been In Love Before":

77) Cathy Dennis "Touch Me (All Night Long)":

From one of the greatest 80's soundtracks, "Pretty In Pink". 78) Suzanne Vega "Left of Center":

79) Suzanne Vega "Luka":

80) The Chicks "Everybody Knows":

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Saturday, June 27, 2020

(Finished June 27th, 2020) themusicaddict's 1744 Best Songs of the 80s, Part 46 Songs 813-828

Hello,

I haven't posted one of these videos in about 8 months and so I thought it was time for another one. I know I start on a series of blogs only to leave it unfinished. But honestly I always intend to finish them, there's just so many things to explore about the greatness of music. Recently I discovered the band First To Eleven and then today I discovered

Bonus video 1: First To Eleven "Closer":

Bonus video 2: Jessica Ricca "Hey It's Delilah":

Bonus video 3: Jessica Ricca "The Night We Met":

Now on to more of the greatest songs of the greatest decade for music, the 80s. You'll be seeing many of these songs again when I post the Songs of My Life/ Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSoAT) blogs.

These five songs are by INXS:
813) "The One Thing":

814) "What You Need":

815) "Listen Like Thieves":

816) "Need You Tonight":

817) "Mystify":

These three songs are by The Clash:
818) "Train In Vain":

819) "This Is Radio Clash":

820) "Should I Stay Or Should I Go":

These next three songs are by The Stray Cats:
821) "Rock This Town":

822) "Stray Cat Strut":

823) "She's Sexy + 17":

These next three songs are by Aerosmith
824) "Rag Doll":

825) "The Other Side":

826) "What It Takes":

These two songs are by Rick Astley 827) "Whenever You Need Somebody":

828) "Together Forever":

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(Finished June 27th, 2020) The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time, Part 3

Hello,

These blogs are inspired by Bono picking 60 songs to celebrate his 60th birthday. I thought that was a good idea, I selected 53 songs to celebrate my recent 53rd birthday. I just couldn't keep this at 53 songs, there have been just too many amazing songs over the years. I've broken this into 10 tiers- with Tier 1 being the 53 best songs of all-time and Tier 2 being songs one notch lower. Well at least that's the thought. That didn't work out as there are a lot of songs that could've been in Tier 1 if I only had thought of them earlier. Thus this list is very fluid, I knew it would be a very hard task to actually come up with a completely accurate list of my GSoAT, especially since that's constantly changes.

For the last few weeks I've been busy working on this series of blogs. These are the songs of my life, aka The Greatest Songs of All-Time. These are the greatest songs of my life. What that means is that some of these songs that may not be the greatest songs ever on their own. However when attached to a personal link that makes it a Greatest Song of All-Time. I already have about 630 songs that will eventually be on this blog series as a GSoAT. I also have a list of songs that almost made the GSoAT- the almost GSoAT list- and some songs that are up and coming. On this blog these are songs I haven't decided whether or not they are GSoAT's. Working on these blogs will help me decide that.

41) Rihanna "Shut Up and Drive";

42) Rihanna "Disturbia":

43) Lady Gaga "Paparazzi":

If you hadn't heard The Dixie Chicks have changed their name and will now be known as The Chicks, an obvious nod to the anti-confederacy movement sweeping the country.

44) The Chicks "March March":

45) The Chicks "Not Ready To Make Nice":

46) The Chicks "You Were Mine":

47) The Pretty Reckless "Make Me Wanna Die":

I love Taylor's voice. 48) The Pretty Reckless "Heaven Knows":

49) The Pretty Reckless "Going To Hell":

50) The Pretty Reckless "Miss Nothing":

51) The Pretty Reckless "Take Me Down":

52) Eisley "Telescope Eyes":

53) Eisley "Marvelous Things":

54) Eisley "Memories":

55) Crosby, Stills Nash and Young "Wooden Ships":

56) Harry Chapin "Cats In The Cradle":

57) Gary Puckett and Union Gap "Young Girl";

58) Slash featuring Fergie "Beautiful/Dangerous":

59) Sixto Rodriguez "Sugarman":

60) Kool and The Gang "Celebration":

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Friday, June 26, 2020

(Finished June 26th, 2020) The Poppingest Pop Songs of All-Time, Part 2

Hello,

There's just something so great about a pop song, here's 17 selections of something so great.

18) Enigma "Sade":

19) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Queen of the Winter Night":

20) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

21) Sammy John "Chevy Van":

22) Prince and Sheena Easton "The Arms of Orion":

23) No Doubt "Hella Good":

24) Tracey Ullman "They Don't Know":

25) Ed Sheeran "The Shape of You":

26) David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium":

27) Oasis "Wonderwall":

28) Scandal "The Warrior":

29) Semisonic "Closing Time":

30) Duran Duran "Ordinary World":

31) Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy":

32) Howard Jones "No One Is To Blame":

33) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

34) Cat Stevens "Peace Train":

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

(Finished July 19th, 2020) The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time, Part 2

21) Andy Gibb "Shadow Dancing":

22) Blondie "Call Me":

23) Paula Abdul "Rush Rush":

24) The Archies "Sugar Sugar":

25) Echo and the Bunnymen "People Are Strange":

26) Lesley Gore "You Don't Own Me":

27) Peggy March "I Will Follow":

28) Edison Lighthouse "Love Grows":

29) David Bowie "China Girl":

30) David Bowie "Modern Love":

31) Stone Temple Pilots "Plush":

This is where the songs of my life come into play. Blondie was my favorite band growing up so obviously I have a lot of love for their songs. Due to that more of their songs will fall into the GSoAT category. 32) Blondie "Dreaming":

33) The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed":

34) The B-52's "Private Idaho":

35) The New Pornographers "Myriad Harbor":

Although these guys have a long way to go to become superstars, they're still young. They are my favorite new band following bands like Badflower, Greta Van Fleet and back in the day Guns N' Roses. 36) First To Eleven "Girlfriend":

Who sings it better? Avril by a ways. 37) Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend":

38) Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl":

39) Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce "Telephone":

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

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

(Finished June 28th, 2020) Part 1 of The Songs Of My Life, themusicaddict's Greatest Songs Of All-Time

1) The Beatles "Blackbird":

2) The Doors "People Are Strange":

3) Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues":

4) Jefferson Airplane "Somebody To Love":

5) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

6) Cream "White Room":

7) Jimi Hendrix "Stone Free":

8) Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun":

Wow she's beautiful and has an amazing voice. 9) Grace featuring G-Eazy "You Don't Own Me":

10) John Lennon "Instant Karma":

11) Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer":

12) Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair":

13) The Beach Boys "I Get Around":

14) Chubby Checker "The Twist":

15) The Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love":

16) Andy Gibb "Just Want To Be Your Everything":

17) Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans":

18) Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply":

19) The Bee Gees "Night Fever":

20) Tony Orlando and Dawn "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree":

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

(Updated July 11th, 2020) Songs With Non-Musical Words In The Title, Part 1

Hello,

No free Slurpees today, here's some tasty music instead.

1) Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz":

2) The B-52's "Rock Lobster":

3) The Smiths "Shoplifters of the World Unite":

4) The Smiths "Girlfriend In A Coma":

5) Pearl Jam "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town":

6) The Stray Cats "Stray Cat Strut":

7) Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermints":

8) Van Halen "Hot For Teacher":

9) Lulu "To Sir With Love":

10) Toadies "Possum Kingdom":

11) The Ben Folds Five "Battle Of Who Could Care Less":

12) Gladys Knight "License To Kill":

13) The Red Hot Chili Peppers "Aeroplane":

14) Gavin DeGraw "Chariot":

15) Vangelis "Chariots of Fire":

16) The Eagles "Desperado":

17) Ozzy Osborne "Crazy Train":

18) Rod Stewart "Downtown Train":

19) Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath":

20) Tim McGraw "Illegal":

21) Boris Pickett "Monster Mash":

22) Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Driveby":

These next four songs are by They Might Be Giants

23) "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)":

24) "Particle Man":

25) "Your Racist Friend":

26) "Birdhouse In Your Soul":

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Monday, June 22, 2020

(Finished June 22nd, 2020) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Bands Unranked Meat Loaf, Part 4: Songs 10-1

Hello,

This is my latest blog in counting down themusicaddict's Greatest 80's era bands. When I came up with this original list I somehow completely forgot Meat Loaf. That is why he's listed as unranked now. Once I finish this countdown I'm going to rerank all the artists into order, which is when I'll properly rank Meat Loaf. When I refer to era I mean the years from 1977 to 1993 as the 80s era. That's notable for Meat Loaf as his first "Bat Out of Hell" was released in 1977 and the second "BOOH" was released in 1993.

10) "For Crying Out Loud":

9) "Good Girls Go To Heaven":

8) "Everything Louder Than Everything Else":

7) "Modern Girl":

6) "All Revved Up and Nowhere To Go":

5) "Bat Out Of Hell":

4) "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

3) "Midnight At The Lost and Found":

2) "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth":

1) "Paradise By The Dashboard Light":

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

(Finished June 20th, 2020) The Best Soul/ Funk Songs of the 60s and 70s, Part 1

Hello,

This series of blogs is inspired by watching Spike Lee's Vietnam War movie "Da 5 Bloods". It's set in both the Vietnam War and then several years later when the four survivors go back to Vietnam for many different reasons. I give the movie a B, it felt a bit long. That's especially for the parts involving Delroy Lindo's Paul. Lindo does a great job though as a man who's losing a battle with PTSD. There are many outstanding performances, the best are by Chadwick Boseman and Clarke Peters. Peters is great in everything he's in.

The music of Marvin Gaye plays a prominent part and that's what inspired this series of blogs.

1) Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through The Grapevine":

2) The Commodores "Sail On":

3) The Commodores "Still":

4) The Commodores "Too Hot Ta Trot":

5) Brook Benton "Rainy Night In Georgia":

6) The Commodores "Three Times A Lady":

7) The Commodores "Brick House":

8) James Brown "I Got You (I Feel Good):

9) James Brown "Papa's Got's A Brand New Bag":

10) The Commodores "Easy":

11) Chic "Good Times":

12) The Manhattans "Shining Star":

13) Ray Charles "What I'd Say":

14) Ray Charles "Hit The Road Jack":

15) The Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her":

16) The Contours "Do You Love Me":

17) Sam Cooke "Cupid":

18) The Chi-Lites "Oh Girl":

19) The Drifters "Up On The Roof":

20) The Delfonics "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)":

21) Atlanta Rhythm Section "Imaginary Lover":

22) Chaka Kahn "I'm Every Woman":

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Saturday, June 20, 2020

(Finished June 20th, 2020) The Best Forgotten 80's Songs, Part 5: Songs 69-85

Hello,

I was just randomly watching videos on YouTube when I had the idea for this blog. I picked the most obscure 80s songs that are still great songs. I used a lot of YouTube videos and various blogs to come up with these blogs as well as my brain that retains way too many 80s songs.

Some of the various songs the above mentioned videos and websites suggested include The Kinks' "Come Dancing", Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby", Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out", Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait", Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down" and 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry". I've had those 6 songs on my blog so many times that none of them will be included here. They'll not be on these blogs.

I've published blogs like this previously, I'm hoping that many of these songs are different forgotten songs. Since I grew up in the 80s and am so familiar with so many songs from them, it's hard for me to know what's obscure and what isn't.

This and "Sign Your Name" were his two big hits and then he was hardly heard from again.

69) Terence Trent Darby "Wishing Well":

70) Big Pig "Breakaway":

71) Charlene "I've Never Been To Me":

72) The Motels "Only The Lonely":

I haven't heard this funky uptempo version of this song before, I like it.

73) Stephen Duffy "Kiss Me":

74) Stephanie Mills "Never Knew Love Like This Before":

75) Rick Springfield "Celebrate Youth":

76) The Blow Monkeys "Digging Your Scene":

77) Bobby Brown "All Day All Night":

78) Johnny Hates Jazz "Shattered Dreams":

79) Big Audio Dynamite "The Bottom Line":

80) Alphaville "Forever Young":

81) Boy's Don't Cry "I Wanna Be A Cowboy":

82) Kon Kan "I Beg Your Pardon":

83) Living In A Box "Living In A Box":

84) Siouxsie and the Banshees "Peek-A-Boo":

85) Pseudo Echo "Living In A Dream":

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

(Finished July 7th, 2020) Obscure (Mostly) Rock Songs

Hello,

I need some rock music tonight!!

1) The Runaways "Thunder":

2) K's Choice "Not An Addict":

3) Poe "Hey Pretty":

This was the rock band that broke out with "Seether"- this is another one of their great songs. A truly under appreciated band. 4) Veruca Salt "Number One Blind":

5) Letters To Cleo "Cruel To Be Kind":

6) Ned's Atomic Dustbin "":

7) Redlight King "Bullet In My Hand":

These songs come from the following website, I disagree that the songs I post are terrible. Some of these songs this dude calls worst songs are some of the greatest songs ever.

https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/3/26/8287419/100-worst-rock-n-roll-songs-of-all-time