(Finished January 30th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best 80s Ballads: Songs 52-68

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"Cobra Kai" Season 3, episode 10 when Ali (the still beautiful Elisabeth Shue), Daniel and Johnny all get together and I had a complete surge of 80s nostalgia. Then Journey's classic "Faithfully" started playing and the feels took over. Here are a few of the likely hundreds of great 80s ballad. Long live the pop culture of the 80s.

52) B.B. King "There Must Be A Better World Somewhere":

53) Anne Murray "Blessed Are The Believers":

54) John Conlee "Friday Night Blues":

55) Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror":

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

57) Barbra Streisand "Woman In Love":

58) Janet Jackson "Come Back To Me":

59) Journey "Still They Ride":

60) Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton "We've Got Tonight":

61) Roxette "Listen To Your Heart":

62) Simply Red "If You Don't Know Me By Now":

63) Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle "On My Own":

64) Aerosmith "Angel":

65) David Allen Coe "The Ride":

66) Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Withers "Just The Two of Us":

67) James Taylor and J.D. Souther "Her Town Too":

68) Joan Armatrading "The Weakness In Me":

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(Finished March 28th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Songs of 2002, Songs 1-17

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Inspired by the second half of Season 1 of "Smallville".

1) A "Took It Away":

2) Foo Fighters "All My Life":

3) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

4) A*Teens "Floorfiller":

5) The Hellacopers "By The Grace of God":

6) The Donnas "Five O'Clock In The Morning":

7) A*Teens "Can't Help Falling In Love":

8) White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground":

9) A*Teens "Hi and Goodbye":

10) Aerosmith "Livin' On The Edge":

11) Linkin Park "In The End":

12) Aerosmith "Amazing":

13) No Doubt featuring Bounty Killer "Hey Baby":

14) Default "Wasting My Time":

15) Sheryl Crow "Soak Up The Sun":

16) The Hives "Outsmarted":

17) Dirty Vegas "Days Go By":

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(Finished March 27th, 2021) Part 5 of The Best 70's One Hit Wonders, Songs 69-83

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As much as possible I tried to locate true one hit wonders, meaning having only one song in the Top Ten. And some of these musicians had multiple country hits, I'm focusing on songs that made the Top Ten in the Billboard Hot 100. Thanks to Ranker.com for the idea for this blog.

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

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

This song only reached #68, due to how many times I've heard it I'm going to call it a hit. 71) Head East "Never Been Any Reason":

72) Stories "Brother Louie":

73) Dave Edmunds "I Hear You Knocking":

74) The Trammps "Disco Inferno":

75) John Paul Young "Love Is In The Air":

76) Starbuck "Moonlight Feels Right":

77) Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E's in Love":

78) The DeFranco Family "Heartbeat- It's A Love Beat":

79) Jigsaw "Sky High":

80) Reunion "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)":

81) Danny O'Keefe "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues":

Released July 1969, close enough. 82) Smiths "Baby It's You":

83) Wadsworth Mansion "Sweet Mary":

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(Finished May 29th, 2021) Part 2 of Singers Who Died Way Too Young

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I started working on this blog on March 25th, 2021 and I finished it on May 29th, 2021.

A Laura Branigan YouTube video about singers who died too long inspired this blog. Laura Branigan was my favorite of the musicians listed. These are musicians that died way too young and some of their best songs, whether hits or not. I tried to go with lesser known singers for the most part, but I was also in the mood for some of The Doors.

What do Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, John Bonham, Selena, Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jim Morrison all have in common? They all died way too long. What have we missed out by not having these legends living a normal life span. B.J. Thomas, the singer of, "Raindrops Keep On Falling On My Head" died today.  R.I.P. legends.

These two songs are John Wetton's work with Asia. 6) Asia "Heat of the Moment":

"Go":

John Wetton solo "Battle Lines":

7) Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine":

"Lean On Me":

"Lovely Day":

With Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two of Us":

All these songs are either Jim solo or with The Doors. 8) Jim Morrison was only 27 when he died. The Doors "Roadhouse Blues":

"Love Street":

"The End":

"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"/ "Backdoor Man":

"Strange Days":

"When The Music's Over":

"The Unknown Soldier":

"Five To One":

"Touch Me":

"L.A. Woman":

"Waiting For The Sun":

"Love Me Two Times":

"Crystal Ship":

"The Wasp":

"Riders On The Storm":

"Ghost Song":

Jim Morrison solo "The Movie":

I wasn't even aware that Pete had died. 9) Pete Burns, all of these songs are with Dead Or Alive. When one thinks of Dead or Alive what song do you think of? Yup, for most of us it's just great song. "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)":

"That's The Way (I Like It)":

"In Too Deep":

"Sex Drive":

"Lover Come Back To Me":

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(Finished March 24th, 2021) Part 2 of Great Dance Songs" Songs 18-34

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18) Janet Jackson "What Have You Done For Me Lately":

19) Atlantic Connection "Hypem":

20) Whitney Houston "My Love Is Your Love":

21) Heavy D and the Boys "Now That We Found Love":

22) Culture Beat "Mr. Vain":

23) M.C. Hammer "U Can't Touch This":

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

25) Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis "Just Dance":

160,000 views from 100 million YouTube views. 26) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

27) Real McCoy "Another Night":

28) Bobby Brown "Every Little Step":

29) La Bouche "Be My Lover":

30) Yarbough and Peoples "Don't Stop The Music":

31) Stacey Q "Two of Hearts":

32) Anita Ward "Ring My Bell":

33) The Immortals "Mortal Kombat":

34) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Can You Feel The Beat":

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(Finished March 23rd, 2021, 2021) Part 1 of Great Dance Songs, Songs 1-17

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Not to be confused with the jock jams series of blogs, this is completely different. Just because they are nearly all the same songs it's a completely different blog. 

What makes a great dance song, I'm not sure I could explain it 100%. However I do know a great dance song when I hear it. Here are a few dozen of my favorites. And of course there will be a lot of Disco on here, it's music made to dance to.

1) Dead Or Alive "You Spin Me Round":

2) C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)":

The following three songs are by the great 90s dance band Black Box:

3) "Everybody Everybody":

4) "Strike It Up":

5) "I Don't Know Anybody Else":

6) Fergie featuring Goon Rock and Q-Tip "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)":

7) The Village People "Y.M.C.A":

8) Amii Stewart "Knock On Wood":

9) The Bee Gees "You Should Be Dancing":

10) Van McCoy "The Hustle":

11) Alicia Bridges "I Love The Nightlife":

12) The Bee Gees "Jive Talkin'":

13) Maxine Nightingale "Right Back Where We Started From"

14) Corona "Get Up and Boogie":

15) Mstrkcraft "Easy Love":

16) Mariah Carey "Someday":

17) The Rednex "Cotton Eyed Joe"

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(Finished March 22nd, 2021) Part 3 of The Best Sports Anthems, Songs 35-51

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On this rough day at work these upbeat sports anthems served as a better tonic than angry songs.

35) Technotronic "Pump Up The Jam":

36) Rednex "Cotton Eyed Joe":

37) The Beastie Boys "Sabotage":

38) Taio Cruz "Dynamite":

39 Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart":

40) 2 Unlimited "Twilight Zone":

41) Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love":

42) Black Box "Strike It Up":

43) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now":

44) Billy Idol "Mony Mony":

45) 2 Unlimited "Get Ready For This":

46) Darude "Sandstorm":

47) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

48) Ozzy Osborne "Crazy Train":

49) Culture Beat "Mr. Vain";

50) Guns N Roses "Welcome To The Jungle":

51) 2 Unlimited "No Limit":

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(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 2 of The Best Sports Anthems, Songs 18-34

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It's finally the best time of the year. It's Spring, the weather is getting warmer without getting hot. It's March Madness and MLB Spring Training. The three weeks of March Madness is the best sporting event each year. This blog goes out to the Cinderellas. That includes Oral Roberts (on to the Sweet 16), the Rutger Scarlet Knights- who has overcome a bad situation. Also the remarkable Loyola Chicago and Sister Jean. They are the first team to knock off a #1 seed on their way to the Sweet Sixteen also. There's also North Texas-who fought with all they have tonight- and the 14th seeded Ohio and great guard Jason Preston. He had 13 rebounds- as a guard?-, 8 assists and steady leadership. And of course we can't forget Abilene Christian, what a clutch final two seconds of the game for them. I love March Madness!!

18) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb On Me":

19) The Bucketheads "Bomb "These Sounds Fall Into My Mind":

20) Semisonic "Closing Time":

21) Republica "Ready To Go":

22) Heavy D and The Boyz "Now That We Found Love":

23) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

24) Bush "Machinehead":

25) Elvis Presley vs. Junkie XL "A Little Less Conversation":

26) The Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger":

27) The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started":

28) Soul 2 Soul "Back To Life (However You Want Me)":

29) Fatboy Slim "Right Here, Right Now":

30) P.O.D. "Boom":

31) Various Artists "The Jock Jam (Megamix)":

32) Tag Team "Whoomp (There It Is)":

33) Smash Mouth "All Star":

34) AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long":

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(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 7 of Best Songs About The Wistful Passage of Time, Songs 108-124

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108) Tom T. Hall "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine":

Perhaps this song isn't so wistful. 109) Alanis "You Oughta Know":

Yeah maybe this song isn't so wistful either. In fact it's a call to action. 110) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

111) Billy Dean "Billy The Kid":

112) Sawyer Brown "The Walk":

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

114) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

115) Meat Loaf "Things In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear":

116) Randy Travis "Digging Up Bones":

117) Roy Clark "Yesterday, When I Was Young";

118) Neil Diamond "Shilo":

119) Toby Keith "As Good As I Once Was":

120) Better Midler "The Rose":

Now this is one incredibly wistful song. I love the story that goes with the video.

121) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

122) J. Geils Band "Centerfold":

123) Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire":

124) Ronnie Milsap "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World":

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(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 2 of Songs About Work, Songs 18-34

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I have switched locations where I work and my new location is probably twice as busy as the previous location. The first song on this list describes my day today so well. That song was the Bangles "Manic Monday", thankfully things calmed down as the week went on.

This is what I do from Monday to Friday unless I have those days off. 18) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

19) Huey Lewis and the News "Working For A Living":

20) Canned Heat "Let's Work Together":

21) blotto "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard":

22) Dolly Parton "9 to 5":

The Seven Dwarfs 23) "Heigh Ho":

24) Cher "Working Girl":

25) Sting "We Work The Black Seam":

26) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

27) The Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang":

28) Bon Jovi "Work For The Working Man":

29) Jimmy Reed "Big Boss Man":

Bonus video: Elvis Presley "Big Boss Man":

30) Tennesse Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":

31) Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mining":

32) Iggy Azalea "Work":

33) Portugal. The Man "Work All Day":

And here's the reason most people work. 34) Charli XCX "Money (That's What I Want)":

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(Finished March 20th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 52-68

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I'l not be apologizing. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

52)  Ryder's Creed "Meant To Be":

54) Old 97s "Happy Hour":

55) Old 97s "Diamonds On Neptune":

56) In This Moment "Lay Me Down":

57) In This Moment featuring Joe Cotela "Hunting Grounds":

This is a very bizarre video. 58) Haggard Cat "Rational":

59) Goodbye June "Anywhere The Wind Blows":

60) Everyday Heroes "The Witches King":

61) Ego Kill Talent "Lifeporn":

62) Ego Kill Talent "Now!":

63) Bush "The Kingdom":

64) Collateral "Mr. Big Shot":

65) Collateral "Merry Go Round":

66) Collateral "In It For Love":

67) Collateral "Lullaby":

68) Broken Witt Rebels "Running With The Wolves":

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(Finished March 20th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 35-51

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I'l not be apologizing. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

35) Black Pumas "I'm Ready":

36) Panic! At The Disco "King of the Clouds":

37) AC/DC "Carry Me Home":

38) Panic! At The Disco "One of The Drunks":

39) AC/DC "Code Red":

40) Inglorious "Medusa":

41) Inglorious "Eye of the Storm":

42) Inglorious "Cruel Intentions":

43) Those Damn Crows "Who Did It":

44) Those Damn Crows "Send The Reaper":

45) Those Damn Crows "Second Chances":

46) Those Damn Crows "Going Down ":

47) Spirit Machines "Eagle":

48) Spirit Machines "Echoing Sound":

I couldn't find any videos for these two songs yet. The Spirit Machines "Hand In Hand With The Devil" and "Money". I'm going to substitute those two songs with the songs below.

49) Spirit Machines "The Changeling":

50) Spirt Machines "Lazarus": 

I also couldn't find a video for this song yet. Spirit Machines "Cut Me Down": In It's place I'll include the bonus Spirit Machines song. "Watch It Burn":

My favorite Spirt Machines song, a mash up of songs from Tool and The Mighty Zep. "Zober":

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(Finished March 18th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 18-34

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I won't apologize. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

18) The Fallen State "American Made":

19) The Fallen State "Statements":

20) Dirty Honey "When I'm Gone":

21) Dirty Honey "Rolling 7's":

22) Bishop Gunn "Southern Discomfort":

Bonus video The Highwomen cover of this Fleetwood Mac classic "The Chain":

23) The Empty Hearts "Well, Look At You":

24) Chez Kane "Rocket On The Radio":

25) I Prevail "Bow Down":

Another bonus song from a not so recent vintage, I Prevail "Come And Get It":

26) I Prevail featuring Delaney Jane "Every Time You Leave":

27) I Prevail "Rise Above It":

28) I Prevail featuring Joyner Lucas "DOA"

29) I Prevail "Hurricane":

30) Redlight King "Not Dead Yet":

A band I don't know much about, but I took a flier on their latest CD. I was surprised by how much I enjoy their music. It's not logical, but I just didn't think I would like their music. 31) Black Pumas "Fast Car":

32) Black Pumas "Colors":

33) Black Pumas "Fire":

34) Black Pumas "Politicians In My Eyes":

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(Finished April 3rd, 2021) Part 1 of Singers Who Died Way Too Young

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This video inspired this blog. But other than Laura Branigan I didn't like the other singers for this blog. These are musicians that died way too young and some of their best songs, whether hits or not. I tried to go with lesser known bands for the most part.

Branigan was 52 when she died, leaving behind many great songs. 1) Laura Branigan "Solitaire":

"Self-Control":

"Gloria":

"Power Of Love":

"The Lucky One":

"Spanish Eddie":

2) Michael Hutchence, died at the age of 37, all of these songs are with INXS: "Need You Tonight":

"Suicide Blonde":

"Do Wot You Do":

"Don't Change":

"Listen Like Thieves":

"New Sensation":

"Beautiful Girl": 

"What You Need":

"Original Sin":

"Mystify":

Prince Rogers Nelson was only 57 when he died. Who knows what great songs he would have had up his sleeve if he had lived longer. We all know his classic songs, for the most part I want to highlight his lesser know great songs. 3) Prince

"Witness For The Prosecution (Version 2)":

"Diamonds and Pearls":

"Cream":

"Delirious":

"Moonbeam Levels":

"Trust":

featuring Mavis Staples "Melody Cool":

"HARDROCKLOVER":

"Baltimore":

"Sign O' The Times":

"Pop Life":

"Gett Off":

"Little Red Corvette":

"Take Me With U":

"Cinnamon Girl":

Balin was 76 when he died, in retrospect he's not a great person for this blog series. He lived a good long life and didn't die relatively young. But hey enjoy the good music. 4) Marty Balin "Somebody To Love":

"White Rabbit":

"Hearts":

"Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)":

Miss Marie was 54 when she died. 5) Teena Marie "Lovergirl":

"I Need Your Lovin":

"Square Biz":

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