(Finished September 29th, 2020) The Best, Most Interesting and Oddball First Songs Over The Years, Part 2

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Rolling Stone recently released their Top 100 debut singles of all-time. I worked through their list and have included some of those songs here- several of those I would have come to eventually. But then I got inspired by Rolling Stone's list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470/ and started adding songs of my own. I may be incorrect on some of these songs, but these are the songs from my research which seem to be a band's debut song/single. Also I'm not guaranteeing all of these are great songs.

18) Winger "Madalaine":

Not "Surfin' USA", "Surfer Girl" or "Surfin' Safari" but just "Surfin". 19) The Beach Boys "Surfin":

20) Seether "Fire Again":

21) Warrant "Down Boys":

22) Elastica "Stutter":

One thing I really like about this blog is that it really makes me stretch beyond the same few hundred songs that I usually post. I only know these guys because of "Feed The Tree" and had never heard this song before tonight. 23) Belly "Gepetto":

Bonus video: "Feed The Tree":

24) Veruca Salt "Seether":

25) Black Stone Cherry "Lonely Train":

26) Ed Sheeran "The A Team":

27) C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat":

28) Aldo Nova "Fantasy":

29) "Jukebox The Ghost" Everybody's Lonely":

30) Christina Aguilera "Genie In A Bottle":

31) Walk The Moon "Anna Sun":

32) Sixx A.M. "Life is Beautiful":

33) Air Supply "Love and Other Bruises":

34) Genesis "Silent Sun":

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(Finished October 3rd, 2020) The Best, Most Interesting and Oddball First Songs Over The Years, Part 1

 Hello,

Rolling Stone recently released their Top 100 debut singles of all-time. I worked through their list and have included some of those songs here- several of those I would have come to eventually. But then I got inspired by Rolling Stone's list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470/ and started adding songs of my own. I may be incorrect on some of these songs, but these are the songs from my research which seem to be a band's debut song/single. Also I'm not guaranteeing all of these are great songs.

1) Zombies "She's Not There":

2) Alabama Shakes "Hold On":

3) Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing":

4) The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men":

Highly likely this is the first time I added this song to my blog. 5) PIL "Public Image":

6) Metallica "Whiplash":

7) Lorde "Royals":

8) Bruce Hornsby and The Range "The Way It Is":

9) Bonnie Tyler "Lost In France":

10) Meat Loaf "Hot Summer Night":

From the band that brought you "Oh Sheila" and "Love You Down" comes this slow jam. 11) Ready For The World "Tonight":

12) Dead or Alive "Misty Circles":

13) Paula Abdul "Knocked Out":

14) The Cutting Crew "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight":

15) Gerry and the Pacemakers "How Do You Do It":

They improved so much after this song. 16) The Thompson Twins "Squares and Triangles":

17) B.B. King "Miss Martha King":

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(Finished September 27th, 2020) Mash Up Blog: Quincy Jones and Dionne Warwick (Non White Privilege Edition), Part 4

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Remember all the odd numbered songs are Quincy Jones related songs, whether he produced it or had any other connection to it.

43) Frank Sinatra "Come Fly With Me":

44) Dionne Warwick "Theme from Valley of Dolls":

45) Frank Sinatra "Luck Be A Lady":

46) Dionne Warwick "A House Is Not A Home":

47) "LA Is My Lady":

48) Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight "That's What Friends Are For":

49) Frank Sinatra "Mack The Knife":

50) Dionne Warwick "Whisper In The Dark":

51) Donna Summer "Love Is In Control":

52) Dionne Warwick "Alfie":

53) USA For Africa "We Are The World":

The Naked Eyes 80s version is much better. 54) Dionne Warwick "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me":

55) Sarah Vaughn  "Fly Me To The Moon":

56) Dionne Warwick "My Everlasting Love":

From this point on all of these songs are tied in with Quincy Jones. 

57) Sarah Vaughn "Witchcraft":

58) Sarah Vaughn "Days of Wine and Roses":

59) Dinah Washington "I Get A Kick Out of You":

60) Dinah Washington "I Could Write A Book":

 61) Dinah Washington "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

62) James Ingram "Just Once":

63) James Ingram "One Hundred Ways":

64) Chaka Kahn and Ray Charles "I'll Be Good To You":

65) Lena Horne "The Lady Is A Tramp":

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(Finished September 27th, 2020) B101's Top 500 Songs of the 80s, Part 9: Songs 340-321

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Because I haven't taken on enough projects already I decided I'd start yet one more project. I Googled The Top Songs of the 80s and found a Billboard list, but I didn't want to pay for that. I'm sure that Billboard would call that proprietary information. Next I thought I could do my Top 100 80s songs on my iTunes, but that ended up being too much work. I continued Googling and stumbled across this B101 countdown- they're an 80s and More station out of Providence. Since I found this easily and there's no financial strings attached I'm hoping this isn't proprietary information. Thanks to B101.

340) Steve Winwood "Roll With It":

339) Janet Jackson "Miss You Much":

338) Phil Collins "Take Me Home":

337) Don Henley "All She Wants To Do Is Dance":

336) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

335) Roxette "The Look":

334) Salt-N-Pepa "Push It":

333) Tom Petty "Runnin' Down A Dream":

332) Bruce Springsteen "Hungry Heart":

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

330) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":

329) The Human League "Human":

328) Bananarama "Venus":

327) Genesis "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight":

326) Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina":

325) Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)":

324) John Mellencamp "Authority Song":

323) Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)":

322) Don Henley "The End of the Innocence":

321) Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy":

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(Finished September 30th, 2020) 2020's Best Rock Music... So Far, Part 2

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I was working on the best rock songs of 1980, when I realized that bores me. If it bores me, the top lover of 80s music, then I know it would bore nearly everyone else. So I decided to work on the best rock songs of this year, 2020. It has been a brutal year, but there has been a lot of great rock music released this year. There has been new music released by-or will be released by- many great bands. Those bands include Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Shinedown, Ego Kill Talent, Seether, Bon Jovi, Bush and Massive Wagons. Of all the CDs I've listened to this year probably my second favorite CD as of now is H.E.A.T.'s "H.E.A.T 2".

"H.E.A.T 2" was released on February 21, 2020.

18) "Rock Your Body":

19) "Dangerous Ground":

20) "Victory":

21) "Adrenaline":

22) "One By One":

23) "Nothing To Say":

24) "We Are Gods"

Seether released "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" on August 28th, 2020.

25) "Pride Before The Fall":

26) "Let It Go":

27) "Dangerous":

28) "Bruised and Bloodied":

29) "Beg":

30) "Wasteland":

In This Moment released "Mother" on March 27th, 2020.

31) "Fly Like An Eagle":

32) "As Above, So Below":

33) "The In-Between":

34) "Hunting Grounds":

35) "Lay Me Down":

Stone Temple Pilots released the anemic CD "Perdida" on February 7th, 2020. Sadly this isn't a good CD at all. This is the best song on the CD:

36) "Fare Thee Well":

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(Finished September 23rd, 2020) 2020's Best Rock Music... So Far, Part 1

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I was working on the best rock songs of 1980, when I realized that bores me. If it bores me, the top lover of 80s music, then I know it would bore nearly everyone else. So I decided to work on the best rock songs of this year, 2020. It has been a brutal year, but there has been a lot of great rock music released this year. There has been new music released by-or will be released by- many great bands. Those bands include Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Shinedown, Ego Kill Talent, Seether, Bon Jovi, Bush and Massive Wagons. Of all the CDs I've listened to this year probably my favorite CD is the Those Damn Crows "Murder and The Motive".

Ego Kill Talent released their 3 song EP "The Dance" on June 26th.

1) "Lifeporn":

2) "The Call":

3) "Now!":

Shinedown/ Smith and Myers. Shinedown released the single 1) "Atlas Falls" during summer 2020.

Smith and Meyers is a side project of Shinedown, they're releasing Volume 1 around October 9th, 2020.

2) "Panic":

3) "Not Mad Enough":

Bush released "The Kingdom" on July 17th, 2020.

1) "Flowers On A Grave":

2) "Bullet Holes":

3) "The Kingdom":

4) "Ghosts In The Machine":

5) "Crossroads":

Those Damn Crows released "Point of No Return" on February 7th, 2020.

1) "Who Did It":

2) "Kingdom of Dust":

3) "Sin on Skin":

4) "Send The Reaper":

5) "Devil In My Pocket":

I can't find any information on the release of new twenty-one pilots music, this is a very cool new song.

"Level of Concern":

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(Started September 22nd, 2020) The Glory Days of MTV 1981-1985, Part 8: Songs 141-160

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Imagine if you will a hot summer, back when time moved slowly, no driver's license and not much to do. Imagine if there's a really new innovation called cable TV, but honestly there's not that much to watch. Let's fast forward to August 1st, 1981 when MTV first started. Now imagine that you don't have access to MTV but you hear a lot about how cool it is. Sure there are a couple of other places to watch videos, but they're not 24 hours. Finally a year or two later there you are on that hot summer day watching video after video on MTV and absolutely love it. Although these blogs are focusing on 1981-1985, I will include videos from before if they were also memorable. Now almost 40 years later on this hot summer day imagine this is that long ago hot summer day and enjoy....

141) The Cars "Shake It Up":

142) Def Leppard "Photograph":

Surprisingly there was no video for this all-time classic, this is the closest thing to an official music video for this song. 143) Journey "Don't Stop Believing":

144) Vangelis "Chariots of Fire":

145) Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky":

Not even 31,000 views? No Don Henley is this non-official music video.

146) Don Henley and Stevie Nicks "Leather and Lace":

147) Juice Newton "Love's Been A Little Hard On Me":

148) Laura Branigan "Gloria":

149) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

150) Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen":

151) Naked Eyes "Always Something There To Remind Me":

152) Journey "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)":

153) Madness "Our House":

154) Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz":

155) The Human League "(Keep Feeling) Fascination":

156) Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)":

157) The Kinks "Come Dancing":

158) Elton John "I'm Still Standing":

159) Stevie Nicks "Stand Back":

160) Golden Earring "Twilight Zone":

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(Finished September 20th, 2020) The Top 5 Songs + #100 Ranked Song Every Year I've Been Alive Part One: Expanded Edition, Part 2

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Ah good old 1984- what a great year for movies. Here's some of the classic movies of that year, "Beverly Hills Cop", "Ghostbusters", a personal favorite "Footloose", "Gremlins", "Sixteen Candles" "Splash", "Terminator", "Karate Kid" and Prince's "Purple Rain". That was a terrible movie, but likely is the greatest soundtrack ever. Many of the songs below are from the movies above.

37) Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face":

This song is speaking to me so much right now and I'm not sure why.

33) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

30) Shiela E "Glamorous Life":

28) Nena "99 Luftballoons":

27) Matthew Wilder "Break My Stride":

23) The Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now":

21) Prince "Let's Go Crazy":

20) Laura Branigan "Self-Control":

14) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Dancing In The Dark":

9) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

8) Yes "Owner of A Lonely Heart":

I wanted to post something different than the usual videos for these next two songs. Here are a couple of performances from Live Aid. 5) Phil Collins "Against All Odds":

4) Kenny Loggins "Footloose":

3) Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney "Say Say Say":

2) Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It":

1) Prince "When Doves Cry":

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(Finished September 20th, 2020) Great Sad Songs, Part 7, Songs 111 to 130

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111) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

112) Toby Keith "When Love Fades":

113) Kenny Rogers "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town":

114) Lacy J Dalton "16th Avenue":

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

116) Collin Raye "Little Rock":

117) Dan Hill "Sometimes When We Touch":

118) The Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carlton  "Big Yellow Taxi":

119) Elvis Presley "In The Ghetto":

120) Blink-182 "Adam's Song":

121) The Thompson Twins "If You Were Here":

Something about a sax that makes a song feel so sad. 122) Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street":

123) The Human League "Human":

124) Bread "Everything I Own":

125) The Dixie Chicks "You Were Mine":

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

127) Whitney Houston "Run To You":

128) Kenny Rogers "She Believes In Me":

129) Kris Allen "Heartless":

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(Finished September 20th, 2020. Revised and Revamped March 18th, 2023) The Top 5 Songs + #100 Ranked Song Every Year I've Been Alive Part One: Expanded Edition, Part 1

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Ah good old 1984- what a great year for movies. Here's some of the classic movies of that year, "Beverly Hills Cop", "Ghostbusters", a personal favorite "Footloose", "Gremlins", "Sixteen Candles" "Splash", "Terminator", "Karate Kid" and Prince's "Purple Rain". That was a terrible movie, but likely is the greatest soundtrack ever. Many of the songs below are from the movies above.

100) Michael McDonald and James Ingram "Yah Mo Be There":

94) John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band  "On The Dark Side":

91) Christine McVie "Got A Hold On Me":

85) The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger":

81) John Lennon "Nobody Told Me":

73) Bananarama "Cruel Summer":

72) Billy Joel "Innocent Man":

70) Hall and Oates "Adult Education":

69) Irene Cara "Breakdance":

60) ZZ Top "Legs":

53) "Running With The Night":

47) Peabo Bryson "If You're Ever In My Arms Again":

46) Scandal featuring Patti Smyth "The Warrior":

45) Chicago "Hard Habit To Break":

44) Olivia Newton-John "Twist of Fate":

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(Started September 18th, 2020) Songs About Nothing

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I'm still getting used to this new blogger style, I will get it figured out. So many of these songs are classics, when did nothing become so good?

1) Whitney Houston "I Have Nothing":

2) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters":

3) Heart "Nothin' At All":

4) Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":

5) Blondie "Nothing Is Real But The Girl":

6) "All Or Nothin'":

This song retains its power even after being released 30 years ago. 

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

8) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All":

9) Metallica "King Nothing":

10) Rage Against The Machine "Settle For Nothing":

11) Pearl Jam "Nothing As It Seems":

12) Billy Preston "Nothing From Nothing":

13) "Ain't Nothing About You":

14) "Don't Mean Nothing":

15) Bruce Springsteen "Nothingman":

16) Milli Vanilli "All or Nothing":

17) "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All":

18) American Authors "Nothing Better":

19) "I Who Have Nothing":

20) Clint Black "Nothing's News":

21) Scarlet Rebels "Nothing To Say":

22) Pop Evil "Nothing But Thieves":

23) Pretty Reckless "Nothing Left To Lose":

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(Finished November 5th, 2020) Great Sad Songs, Part 8, Songs 130-149

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blogger has changed their format, I'm not impressed. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Forgive this blog as I try to figure out this new style.

130) Dan Hill and Vonda Shepherd "Can't We Try":

131) Travis Tritt "Anymore":

132) Dido "Hunter":

133) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

134) Whitney Houston "I Have Nothing":

135) Mr. Mister "Broken Wings":

136) Skid Row "Youth Gone Wild":

137) Suzanne Vega "Luka":

138) The Ataris"Saddest Song":

139) Katherine McPhee "Had It All":

140) Dido "White Flag":

141) Brook Benton "Rainy Night In Georgia":

142) USA For Africa "We Are The World":

143) Martika "Toy Soldiers":

144) "One Less Bell To Answer":

145) Rosie Thomas and Sufjan Stevens "Say Hello":

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

147) Depeche Mode "People Are People":

148) Death Cab For Cutie "We Looked Like Giants":

149) Halsey "Gasoline":

One of the greatest ballads ever and James Ingram absolutely sings this song with perfection.

150) James Ingram "Just Once":

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(Finished November 4th, 2020) The Best "Blue" Songs, Part 3: Songs 41-60

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41) Alkaline Trio "Blue Carolina":

42) Bloc Party "Blue Light":

43) Crosby, Stills, Nash "Suite Judy Blue Eyes":

44) Randall Bramblett "Blue Road":

45) John Anderson "Wild and Blue":

46) Ryan Adams "Lonely and Blue":

47) Ryan Adams "When The Stars Go Blue":

48) John Anderson "Your Lying Blue Eyes":

49) Blondie "Look Good In Blue":

50) The Cars "Blue Tip":

51) The Cult "Soldier Blue":

52) Dead Is Sexy "Metallic Blue":

53) Neil Diamond "Song Sung Blue":

54) Erasure "Blue Savannah":

55) Frazey Ford "Blue Streak Mama":

56) Lita Ford "Blueberry":

One of my favorite Foreigner songs. 57) Foreigner "Blue Morning, Blue Day":

58) Crystal Gayle "Don't You Make My Brown Eyes Blue":

59) Expose "Baby Never Looked Good In Blue":

60) Elton John "Blue Eyes":

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