(Started October 31st, 2020) The Best Songs 2000-2009, Part 3: Rock: Songs 35-51

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I've put these songs into four categories, ballads, rock, pop and miscellaneous. Now many of these songs could go in multiple categories. I just tried to be as consistent as possible.  

35) The White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl":

36) The Strokes "Last Nite":

37) Linkin Park "Numb":

38) Three Days Grace "Riot":

39) Trapt "Headstrong":

40) Drowning Pool "Bodies":

41) Semisonic "Closing Time":

42) Puddle of Mudd "Blurry":

43) Fall Out Boy "Sugar We're Goin' Down":

44) Bowling For Soup "1985":

45) Jason Mraz "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)":

46) Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone":

47) Panic At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies":

48) Linkin Park "In The End":

49) Hinder "Lips Of An Angel":

50) "I Believe In A Thing Called Love":

51) Avril Lavigne "My Happy Ending":

(Finished October 29th, 2020) The Best Songs 2000-2009, Part 2: Rock: Songs 18-34

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I've put these songs into four categories, ballads, rock, pop and miscellaneous. Now many of these songs could go in multiple categories. I just tried to be as consistent as possible.  

18) Green Day "21 Guns":

19) Lifehouse "Hanging By A Moment":

20) "If You're Gone":

21) Incubus "Drive":

22) Creed "One":

23) Aerosmith "Jaded":

24) U2 "Beautiful Day":

25) Nickelback "How You Remind Me":

26) Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams":

27) The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

28) Evanesence "Bring Me To Life":

29) U2 "Vertigo":

30) Bruce Springsteen "My City of Ruins":

31) The Gossip "Standing In The Way of Control":

32) Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)":

33) "No One Knows":

34) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl":

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(Finished November 4th, 2020) The Best Songs 2000-2009, Part 1: Rock: Songs 1-17

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Congrats to the Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series champions 2020. Let's not wait another 32 years for a World Series title, eh?

I've put these songs into four categories, ballads, rock, pop and miscellaneous. Now many of these songs could go in multiple categories. I just tried to be as consistent as possible.  

1) Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas "Smooth":

2) Vertical Horizon "Everything You Want":

3) Matchbox 20 "Bent":

4) Creed "Higher":

5) Three Doors Down "Kryptonite":

6) Creed "With Arms Wide Open":

7) Blink-182 "All The Small Things":

8) Third Eye Blind "Never Let You Go":

9) The All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell":

10) The Goo Goo Dolls "Broadway":

I argued with myself about having this song here. It's not my favorite Kelly Clarkson song and it's a pretty average song. Despite that I decided to include it.

11) Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You":

12) Shinedown "Second Chance":

This was a good decade for Pink. 13) Pink "Sober":

14) Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester "Good Girls Go Bad":

15) Pink "So What":

16) Linkin Park "New Divide":

17) Rob Thomas Her Diamonds":

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(Finished October 27th, 2020) B101's Top 500 Songs of the 80s, Part 13: Songs 267-250

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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.

I was in need of some great 80s music tonight.

267) The Commodores "Lady (You Bring Me Up)":

266) The Greg Kihn Band "Breakup Song (They Don't Write Em Like That Anymore)":

Is there a better combination than great 80s music and a beautiful woman? Don't worry it's a rhetorical question. 265) .38 Special "Hold On Loosely":

264) Kool & The Gang "Celebration":

263) R.E.M. "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)":

262) Olivia Newton-John "Physical":

261) Heart "What About Love":

260) Paul Young "Every Time You Go Away":

259) The Cars "Magic":

58) Dan Hartman "I Can Dream About You":

No Phillip Bailey, but this is still a sizzling live version. 257) Philip Bailey and Phil Collins 

 "Easy Lover":

256) Miami Sound Machine "Bad Boy":

255) Huey Lewis & The News "The Heart of Rock and Roll":

254) Duran Duran "The Reflex":

253) The Go-Go's "Head Over Heels":

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

51) Hall and Oates "Private Eyes":

250) Michael Jackson "Human Nature":

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(Finished November 28th, 2020) B101's Top 500 Songs of the 80s, Part 12: Songs 285-268

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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.

285) Kool & The Gang "Get Down On It":

284) The Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra":

283) Journey "Who's Crying Now":

282) Irene Cara "Fame":

281) Genesis "Misunderstanding":

280) Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes":

279) Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies":

278) Devo "Whip It":

277) Mister Mister "Kyrie":

"You can stand me up at the gates of hell and I won't back down." 276) Tom Petty "I Won't Back Down":

275) Bryan Adams "Run To You":

274) The Cars "You Might Think":

273) Styx "Mr. Roboto":

272) The Romantics "Talking In Your Sleep":

271) The Motels "Only The Lonely":

270) The J. Geils Band "Freeze-Frame":

269) .38 Special "Caught Up In You":

One of my favorite 80s songs. 268) Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby":

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(Finished October 25th, 2020) Thirty of The Best Songs That Mention America, Part 2: Songs 16-30

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16) Razorlight "America":

17) Kim Wilde "The Kids In America":

Just one of the many great musicians we've lost in 2020!! 18) The Charlie Daniels Band "In America":

19) The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "American Dream":

20) U2 "Hands That Built America":

21) Supertramp "Breakfast In America":

22) ELO "Calling America":

VOA stands for Voice of America. 23) Sammy Hagar "VOA":

24) The Oak Ridge Boys "American Made":

25) Carrie Underwood "All American Girl":

26) Brooke Valentine "American Girl":

27)  Hinder "All-American Nightmare":

28) Lady A "American Honey":

29) Skillet "American Noise":

30) Jimmy Eat World "Bleed American":

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(Finished October 24th, 2020) Women: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Part 2: Songs 18-34

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Women! One of the best things about being a man. They amuse us, they entertain us, they thrill us, they seduce, they satisfy us. They also irritate us, frustrate us, destroy us, rehabilitate us, make us happy, break our hearts and makes us so thankful and at the same time regretful to be a man. Women, in other words we can't live with you, we can't live without you and we have no idea how to reconcile this. These songs cover all angles of the glory and heartbreak of the beguiling woman.

18) Looking Glass "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)":

19) Barry Manilow "Mandy":

20) Labelle "Lady Marmalade":

21) The Beach Boys "Surfer Girl":

22) The Rolling Stones "Angie":

23) Incubus "Anna Molly":

24) Simon & Garfunkel "Cecelia":

The best version of this song. 25) Eric Clapton "Layla":

26) The Knack "My Sharona":

27) Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen":

This video has great sound. 28) Fleetwood Mac "Rhiannon":

29) Fleetwood Mac "Sara":

30) Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom":

31) Plain White T's "Hey There Delialah":

32) Toto "Rosanna":

33) Dolly Parton "Jolene":

34) Laura Branigan "Gloria":

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(Finished October 24th, 2020) Women: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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Women! One of the best things about being a man. They amuse us, they entertain us, they thrill us, they seduce, they satisfy us. They also irritate us, frustrate us, destroy us, rehabilitate us, make us happy, break our hearts and makes us so thankful and at the same time regretful to be a man. Women, in other words we can't live with you, we can't live without you and we have no idea how to reconcile this. These songs cover all angles of the glory and heartbreak of the beguiling woman.

Remember to treat your woman with love and respect always. 1) Grace featuring G-Eazy "You Don't Own Me":

2) Alicia Keys "Girl On Fire":

This video is back in the days when MTV was MTV, not what it is now. 3) Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want To Have Fun":

4) No Doubt "Just A Girl":

5) Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)":

Chic featuring Elton John and Emeli Sande 6) "Q.U.E.E.N.":

Men don't own women obviously and if we don't treat them them right they will survive. That's a lesson I learned the hard way. The good thing is that men will survive as well. Time does heal all wounds.

7) Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive":

8) Loretta Lynn "The Pill":

9) Alicia Keys "A Woman's Worth":

This song is a thesis statement for this series of blogs. 10) Def Leppard "Women":

11) Bob Marley and The Wailers "No Women No Cry":

12) "American Woman":

13) Helen Ready "I Am Woman":

14) Santana "Black Magic Woman":

15) Whitney Houston "I'm Every Woman":

16) The Rolling Stones "Angie Baby":

I just don't know about that Lola. 17) The Kinks "Lola":

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(Finished October 21st, 2020) 70s Songs That Begin With The Letter M

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1) Bread "Make It With You":

2) Rod Stewart "Maggie May":

3) "My Ding A Ling":

4) Billy Paul "Me and Mrs Jones":

5) Paul McCartney & Wings "My Love":

6) Maureen McGovern "The Morning After":

7) Gladys Knight and The Pips "Midnight Train To Georgia":

8) Charlie Rich "The Most Beautiful Girl":

9) Barry Manilow "Mandy":

10) The Rolling Stones "Miss You":

11) The Knack "My Sharona":

I couldn't find the Hendrix version, this is the Tim Morgan version. 12) Jimi Hendrix "Mojo Man":

13) Mountain "Mississippi Queen":

14) Led Zeppelin "Misty Mountain Hop":

15) "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife":

16) Van Morrison "Moondance":

17) Johnny Cash "Man In Black":

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(Finished October 20th, 2020) Happy Birthday Tom Petty, Part 1

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Seventy years ago today Thomas Earl Petty was born. He died about three years ago, but obviously his music will never die. Long love Tom. Obviously a shout out to his great band The Heartbreakers!!

1) "Breakdown":

2)  "American Girl":

3) "I Need To Know":

4) "Even The Losers":

One of the 80's best duets. With Stevie Nicks 5) "Stop Dragging My Heart Around":

6) "You Got Lucky":

7) "Face In The Crowd":

8) "Runnin' Down A Dream":

9) "Zombie Zoo":

10) "Into The Great Wide Open":

11) "Free Girl Now":

12) "Counting On You":

13) "The Last DJ":

14) "When A Kid Goes Bad":

With the Traveling Wilburys 15) "Handle With Care":

With the Traveling Wilburys 16) "The End Of The Line":

This song contains the lyric "My middle name is Earl" and yes that's true.

17) "A Mind With A Heart Of It's Own":

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(Started October 19th, 2020) Thirty of The Best Songs That Mention America, Part 1: Songs 1-15

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Isn't amazing how some songs can fit in with so many different musical categories. 1) Don McLean "American Pie":

2) Estelle featuring Presidential candidate Kanye West "American Boy":

3) The Guess Who "American Woman":

4) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "American Girl":

5) Grand Funk Railroad "An American Band":

6) David Bowie "Young Americans":

7) Green Day "American Idiot":

8) Neil Diamond "America":

This is the song that inspired this blog. 9) The Violent Femmes "American Music":

10) James Brown "Living In America":

11) Ray Charles "America The Beautiful":

12) Simon & Garfunkel "America":

13) Brooks & Dunn "Only In American":

14) Night Ranger "You Can Still Rock In America":

15) "American Saturday Night":

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(Finished October 18th, 2020) Best Music By Swedish Musicians, Part 2: Songs 19-36

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Roxette:

19) "Sleeping In My Car":

20) "It Must Have Been Love":

21) "Crash Boom Bang":

22) "Dressed For Success":

23) "Joyride":

24) "The Look":

25) "How Do You Do":

Ace of Base:

26) "The Sign":

27) "All That":

28) "Don't Turn Around":

29) "Hallo Hallo":

30) "Unspeakable":

They were once the best band on the moon, too bad that didn't extend to the Earth. The Cardigans:

Without a doubt one of the greatest songs of all-time. 31) "Lovefool":

32) "Never Recover":

Swedish House Mafia:

featuring John Martin 33) "Don't You Worry Child":

featuring Coldplay 34) "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall":

vs. Knife Party 35) "Antidote":

36) "Save The World":

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(Finished October 17th, 2020) Dead or Alive: Tonight is Alive, Last Time Was Dead

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The greatest alive song of all-time? Um, yes. 1) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

2) Krewella "Alive":

3) Pearl Jam "Alive":

4) Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking":

5) Flyleaf "Fully Alive":

6) Empire of The Sun "Alive":

Yes, this is one of a few songs that can be both on the dead and alive blogs.

One of my two or three favorite Bon Jovi songs. 7) Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive":

8) Three Days Grace "Get Out Alive":

9) Chicago "Alive Again":

10) Queen "Keep Yourself Alive":

11) Joan Osborne "Love Is Alive":

12) Avenged Sevenfold "Buried Alive":

13) Steppenwolf "Born To Be Alive":

14) ELO "Alive":

15) P.O.D. "Alive":

16) The Judds "Love Is Alive":

17) Diana Ross "Eaten Alive":

18) Heart "Love Alive":

19) Skillet "Awake and Alive":

20) Tonight Alive "Waves":

21) Tonight Alive "Everywhere":

22) Dead or Alive "Brand New Lover":

23) Dead or Alive "Lover Come Back To Me":

24) Gary Wright "My Love Is Alive":

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(Started October 15th, 2020) Dead or Alive: Tonight is Dead, Next Time We'll Be Alive

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The best songs and bands that have dead in their name or title. This blog was inspired by listening to Dead Or Alive's much better than I thought it would be "Nude". Thankfully the music is so much better than that terrible cover. No one wants to see that much of Pete Burns.

Not a big Grateful Dead fan, but I do love this song. 1) Grateful Dead "Touch of Grey":

2) Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive":

3) Pink "I'm Not Dead":

4) The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground":

5) Sugarcult "Dead Living":

We see more than enough of Pete in this video. 6) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)":

7) Guns N' Roses "Dead Horse":

8) Lita Ford "Kiss Me Deadly":

9) 10 Years "Dancing With The Dead":

10) Natalie Grant "Dead Alive":

11) Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart":

12) Billy Idol "Dead On Arrival":

13) Boz Scaggs "Breakdown Dead Ahead":

14) Dead Sara "Suicidal":

15) Dead Sara "Mona Lisa":

16) Jan & Dean "Dead or Alive":

17) Journey "Dead or Alive":

18) Jukebox The Ghost "Dead":

19) The Lovemakers "Love Is Dead":

20) The Dead Weather "Are Friends Electric":

21) Theory of a Deadman "Not Meant To Be":

If you hang out with Mr. Brownstone too much you will end up dead. 22) Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":

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(Finished October 17th, 2020) Best Music By Swedish Musicians, Part 1: Songs 1-18

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I realize the high unlikelihood that Ghost and Abba would be on the same blog. Some connections create interesting pairings. Also Abba and Ghost are definitely the light and dark of rock music.

Abba:

1) "Money Money Money":

2) "Take A Chance On Me":

3) "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)":

4) "S.O.S.":

5) "Mamma Mia":

6) "Dancing Queen":

Ghost:

7) "From Pinnacle To The Pit":

8) "Mummy Dust":

9) "Ritual":

10) "Faith":

11) "It's A Sin":

12) "Rats":

Europe:

13) "The Final Countdown":

14) "Rock The Night":

15) "War of Kings":

16) "Carrie":

Acid House Kings

17) "This Heart Is A Stone":

18) "Sunday Morning":

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(Finished October 12th, 2020) The Best Songs About Heartbreak and Heartache, Part 4: Songs 52-70

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52) Abba "The Winner Takes It All":

53) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

54) Lauryn Hill "Ex-Factor":

55) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Tracks of My Tears":

See I know Oasis has more good songs than just "Wonderwall". 56) Oasis "Don't Look Back In Anger":

57) Avril Lavigne "My Happy Ending":

58) Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko "Stay":

59) Passenger "Let Her Go":

60) First Aid Kit "Fireworks":

61) Blu Cantrall "Hit Em Up Style":

62) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

63) Reba McEntire "New Fool At An Old Game":

64) The Police "Every Breath You Take":

65) U2 "With or Without You":

66) Gary Morris "Headed For A Heartache":

67) Chicago "Look Away":

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

69) Paul Young "Every Time You Go Away":

70) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":

71) Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart":

72) Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock "Picture":

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(Started October 12th, 2020) The Best Songs of the 50s, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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Last night I watched the fantastic movie "Hearts In Atlantis". I read the story previously and loved it, just one of the many works of Stephen King that's so amazing. However there are some weird elements in the novella "Low Men In Yellow Coats" that I knew would probably be in the movie. Those weird elements are easier to handle when reading them rather than watching them. Anyway I decided to watch "Hearts In Atlantis" yesterday and it was so good, I cried at the end like a baby. King is the master storyteller of our day, his characters are so fantastic and well written.

Anyway the acting this this movie was fantastic. Anthony Hopkins doing a great job is a given. But I also want to give a shout out to David Morse, one of the great character actors of our day. Also Anton Yelchin (R.I.P.) and Mika Boorem were fantastic. Hope Davis did a good job too, but I hated the character she played. 

Anyway one thing about the works of Stephen King is his inclusion of great songs, this movie captures so many of the great songs of the 50s. I thought it was time to post another blog of the best of 50s music.

1) Chuck Berry "No Particular Place To Go":

2) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

3) The Platters "Only You (And You Alone)":

4) Bo Diddley "Who Do You Love":

5) Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel":

6) Elvis Presley "Hound Dog":

7) Buddy Holly and the Cricketts "That'll Be The Day":

8) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

9) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire":

10) Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin":

I know I've posted this songs dozens of times, but what is the 50s without this song capping off the decade? 11) The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

12) Bobby Darin "Splish Splash":

13) Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife":

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

15) Marty Robbins "Cool Water":
16) Marty Robbins "El Paso":

17) Percy Faith "Theme From A Summer Place":

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