(Finished July 31st, 2021) Part 1 of The Best of the First 100 Videos Ever Played on MTV

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Kids today will never understand the impact that MTV had on pop culture of the early 80s. It was part of a broader phenomena called cable TV. At the time we were basically expanding from just a few channels to a whole lot more. There were some shows that showed music videos, but no more than a few hours a day. MTV was truly ground breaking, showing music videos 24 hours day. Like a bright light in a dark space MTV brought music into our front rooms. 

I spent many a hour, especially during the summer,  watching MTV. It was quite easily to while away an afternoon watching MTV. Even though there were dozens of other channels a lot of those didn't have much programming. All MTV needed was videos. Once it broke out and people started becoming famous then people happily provided their own programming (videos). 

The stars of the first few days of MTV were Rod Stewart, April Wine, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Styx and The Pretenders. As much as possible I posted the original video that played 40 years ago.

The first couple of hours of Day 1 of MTV:

Sadly after a few years MTV decided to expand their programming and add actual shows to their lineup. One of the first shows was the game show turned on it's head, "Remote Control". The show hasn't aged well, but this show was pretty funny back in the day. Shout out to Kari Wuhrer:

1) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star":

2) Pat Benatar "You Better Run":

3) The Who "You Better, You Bet":

4) The Pretenders "Brass In Pocket":

5) REO Speedwagon "Take It On The Run":

6) Styx "Rockin' The Paradise":

7) .38 Special "Hold On Loosely":

8) April Wine "Just Between You and Me":

9) REO Speedwagon "Keep On Loving You":

10) Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight":

11) Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around":

12) Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy":

13) Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street":

14) Styx "The Best Of Times":

15) Blotto "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard":

16) Rod Stewart "Passion":

17) REO Speedwagon "Don't Let Him Go":

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(Finished July 29th, 2021) Part 6 of 80s and 90s Country Music: The Best Era Of Country Music

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These are the best of 80s and 90s country music, indeed the best era of country music. If a few songs from the late 70s slip in well you're just going to have to enjoy those as well.

86) Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers "All The Gold In California":

87) Kenny Rogers "You Decorated My Life":

88) John Conlee "Common Man":

89) Alan Jackson "Remember When":

90) Collin Raye "I Can Still Feel You":

91) The Chicks "Goodbye Earl":

92) Martina McBride "Independence Day":

93) Terri Clark "When Boy Meets Girl":

94) Confederate Railroad "Trashy Women":

95) Daryle Singletary "Too Much Fun":

96) Doug Stone "Why Didn't I Think of That":

97) Dwight Yoakam "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere":

98) Patty Loveless "I Try To Think About Elvis":

99) The Oak Ridge Boys "Elvira":

100) Dan Seals "One Friend":

101) Hank Williams Jr. "A Country Boy Can Survive":

102) Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson "Pancho and Lefty":

103) Aaron Tippin "Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio":

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(Finished July 28th, 2021) Part 2 of Billy Gibbons Through His Whole Career/ Goodbye to Dusty Hill

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From Gibbons' first band, The Moving Sidewalks, to ZZ Top through to his solo work. Also including the best of his one off projects. We're both in for a treat.

This blog will serve a dual purpose. Not only will it feature the best songs of Billy Gibbons. But it will also be a tribute to Gibbons ZZ Top band mate Dusty Hill. Hill was born May 19, 1949 and died today, he was 72. ZZ Top started in 1969 and were active until this year, that's incredible. 

A tribute to Hill:

American Blues Is Here was a pre- ZZ Top band that featured Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, which were two thirds of ZZ Top. This is the best I could find of their music. It starts off with a very bluesy cover "If I Were A Carpenter":

18) "La Grange":

19) "Heard It On The X":

20) "Tush":

21) "It's Only Love":

22) "Arrested for Driving While Blind":

23) "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide":

24) "Cheap Sunglasses":

25) "Tube Snake Boogie":

26) "Gimme All Your Lovin'":

27) "Sharp Dressed Man":

28) "Got Me Under Pressure":

18) ZZ Top's cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Foxy Lady";

29) "I Got The Six":

30) "Legs":

31) "If I Could Only Flag Her Down":

32) "Sleeping Bag":

33) "Stages":

34) "Rough Boy":

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(Finished August 3rd, 2021) Part 5 of 80s and 90s Country Music: The Best Era Of Country Music

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These are the best of 80s and 90s country music, indeed the best era of country music. If a few songs from the late 70s slip in well you're just going to have to enjoy those as well.

69) Keith Whitley "When You Nothing At All":

70) Restless Heart "Til I Loved You":

71) Reba McEntire and Vince Gill "The Heart Won't Lie":

72) Ronnie Milsap "She Keeps The Home Fires Burning":

73) Terri Clark "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me":

74) Collin Raye "One Boy, One Girl":

75) Lee Roy Parnell "Tender Moment":

76) Little Texas "What Might Have Been":

77) K.T. Oslin "Do Ya":

78) Clint Black "A Better Man":

79) Kenny Chesney "She's Got It All":

80) LeAnn Rimes "Blue":

81) Pam Tillis "Shake The Sugar Tree":

82) Johnny Cash "Ghost Riders In The Sky":

83) Jo Dee Messina "I'm Alright":

84) Faith Hill "Wild One":

85) George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today":

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(Finished July 27th, 2021) Part 4 of 80s and 90s Country Music: The Best Era Of Country Music

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These are the best of 80s and 90s country music, indeed the best era of country music. If a few songs from the late 70s slip in well you're just going to have to enjoy those as well.

52) Reba McEntire "One Promise Too Late":

53) John Conlee "Rose Colored Glasses":

54) Bocephus aka Hank Williams Jr. "Family Tradition":

55) The Oak Ridge Boys "Sail Away":

56) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "American Dream":

Featuring Vince Gill, singer of many great 80s and 90s country songs. 57) Pure Prairie League "Let Me Love You Tonight":

58) Kenny Rogers "Love Or Something Like It":

59) Eddie Rabbit "Step By Step":

60) Crystal Gayle "Talking In Your Sleep":

61) Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon":

One of the most beautiful singers, of any genre, ever. 62) Shania Twain "Any Man of Mine":

63) Alan Jackson "Livin' On Love":

When you watch a video and hope the story ends up the way you want, that's this video for me. 64) Clay Walker "This Woman and This Man":

65) Trisha Yearwood "She's In Love With The Boy":

66) Alabama "Mountain Music":

67) Roseanne Cash "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me":

68) Pam Tillis "Maybe It Was Memphis":

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(Finished July 25th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend recently and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. And then this past Saturday I went on a full Broadway binge.

These next six songs are from "Rent": 52) "La Vie Boheme":

53) "Seasons of Love":

54) "Light My Candle":

55) "Another Day":

56) "Life Support":

 57) Rosario Dawson!! "Out Tonight":

From "Phantom of The Opera".  That note that Emmy Rossum, Sarah Brightman and many others hold- it's just amazing. 58) "Phantom of the Opera":

59) "Music of the Night":

60) "Think of Me":

61) "All I Ask of You":

62) "The Point Of No Return":

From "Les Miserables": 63) "On My Own":

64) Colm Wilkinson "Bring Him Home":

17 ValJeans 65) "Do You Hear The People Sing":

From "Evita": 66) "Don't Cry For Me Argentina":

67) "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

68) "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

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(Started July 24th, 2021) Part 1 of Billy Gibbons Through His Whole Career

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From Gibons' first band, The Moving Sidewalks, to ZZ Top through to his solo work. Also including the best of his one off projects. We're both in for a treat.

1) The Moving Sidewalks "Joe Blues":

2) The Moving Sidewalks "99th Floor":

3) The Moving Sidewalks "You Make Me Shake":

With Queens of the Stone Age, from the CD "Lullabies To Paralyze" 4) "Burn The Witch":

With John Mayall and Friends 5) "Put It Right Back":

With Sammy Hagar 6) "Switch On The Light":

With Brooks & Dunn 7) "Honky Tonk Stomp":

With Everlast 8) "Stone In My Hand":

With Everlast 9) "Anyone":

With Government Mule 10)"Broke Down On The Brazos":

With Vivian Campbell 11) "Willin For Satisfaction":

These next three songs are featuring Nickelback. If you ever wondered what does it take to include a Nickelback song on my blog, it's a couple of different thing. It either has to be one of their few good songs or it has to feature another amazing musician. This song fits in both regards 12) "Follow You Home":

13) "Rock Star":

14) "Fight For All The Wrong Reasons":

With Hank Williams 111 15) "Trashville":

These next several songs are all by ZZ Top. 

16) "Somebody Else (Been Shaking Your Tree)":

17) "Just Got Paid":

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(Started July 23rd, 2021) Part 8 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

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Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

121) Volbeat "Battleship Chains":

122) Volbeat "Marie Laveau":

123) Halestorm "Fell On Black Days":

124) Halestorm "Still of The Night":

125) Halestorm "Heathens":

126) Halestorm "Shoot To Thrill":

127) Halestorm "I Hate Myself For Loving You":

128) Foo Fighters "Band On The Run":

Why yes I do like First To Eleven quite a bit. 129) First To Eleven "Carry On Wayward Son":

130) The Foo Fighters "Baker Street":

131) Shinedown "Simple Man":

132) A Perfect Circle "Imagine":

133) Stutterfly "Cherub Rock":

134) Rage Against The Machine "How I Could Just Kill A Man":

135) No Fair Fights "Kiss From A Rose":

136) Braid "There's A Light That Will Never Go Out":

137) Ministry "Roadhouse Blues":

(Finished July 23rd, 2021) Part 7 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

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Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

These first three videos are from a Weezer Punk Tribute CD.

103) Latterday Saints "Tired of Sex":

104) Favorite Atomic "Getchoo":

105) The Skulls "The Good Life":

106) First To Eleven featuring Addie  "New Rules":

107) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

108) First To Eleven "In The Name of Love":

109) First To Eleven "Cool Kids":

110) First To Eleven "Closer":

111) New Found Glory "The Promise":

112) New Found Glory "Don't You Forget Me":

113) New Found Glory "King of Wishful Thinking":

114) New Found Glory "Head Over Heels":

115) In This Moment "Call Me":

A decent cover of one of the greatest songs of all-time, no one will do this song as well as Terry Jacks though. 116) Hannes and Felix "Seasons In The Sun":

A very good cover of one of Pearl Jam's best songs. 117) Mark Morton featuring Mark Morales "Black":

118) Halestorm "Dissident Aggressor":

119) Halestorm "Get Lucky":

120) Twenty One Two "Wonderwall":

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(Finished July 21st, 2021) Part 6 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

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Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

87) Bad Wolves "Zombie": 

A lot of people love Marilyn Manson's version of this song, I'm not one of those. Give me the Eurythmics' or Emily Browning's version any day. 88) "Sweet Dreams":

89) Seether "Careless Whisper":

90) Faith No More "Easy":

91) Mayday Parade featuring Vic Fuentes  "Somebody I Used To Know":

92) Kik Tracee "Mrs. Robinson":

93) Lacuna Coil "Enjoy The Silence":

94) Blacktop Mojo "Dream On":

Yes, a cover of the Linkin Park song. 95) J. Fla "What I've Done":

96) Amy Lee "Going To California":

97) Liliac "Enter Sandman":

98) Black Rainbow "Tainted Love":

99) State of Mine featuring No Resolve "The Thunder Rolls":

100) Leo Moracchioli featuring Violet Orlandi "Listen To Your Heart":

102) Halocene featuring Serchen & Zaritskaya "Kickstart My Heart":

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(Finished July 21st, 2021) Part 5 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

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Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

69) Flyleaf "Something I Can Never Have":

70) Nonpoint "Evil Ways":

71) P.O.D. "Bullet The Blue Sky":

72) Mudvayne "King of Pain":

I've got to be honest in that I've never heard of this Portishead cover, but this isn't bad. 73) Blank Theory "Sour Times":

74) Disturbed "Land of Confusion":

75) Fear Factory "Cars":

76) Evanescence "Heart Shaped Box":

77) Seether "Careless Whisper":

78) Orgy "Blue Monday":

79) System of A Down "Metro":

80) Sunflower Bean "Harvest Moon":

81) Lake Street Drive "I Want You Back":

82) J. Mascis "Fade Into You":

83) Chromatics "Into The Black":

84) Lorde "Everyone Wants To Rule The World":

85) Soccer Mommy "I'm On Fire":

86) Kari Kimmel "Cruel Summer":

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(Finished July 19th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend recently and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. And then this past Saturday I went on a full Broadway binge.

From "Annie". 35) "It's A Hard Knock Life":

I have "Greased Lightning" on Part 2 of this blog series. From "Grease":  36) "You're The One That I Want":

37) "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee":

Why couldn't have Olivia Newton-John sang this song to me? 38) "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

39) "Summer Nights":

From "Aspects of Love". 40) "Love Changes Everything":

From "The Threepenny Opera". 41) Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife":

These next two songs are from The Four Seasons play "Jersey Boys". 42) "My Eyes Adored You":

43) "Walk Like A Man":

These next two songs are from "Chess". 44) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

45) I Know Him So Well":

From "Pippin". 46) "Magic To Do":

From "Sunset Boulevard".  47)"As If We Never Said Goodbye":

Such a great song!! 48) "Boy Meets Girl":

49) "The Lady's Paying":

50) "With One Look":

From "Oklahoma". 51) "Oh What A Beautiful Morning":

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(Finished July 18th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend recently and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. 

From "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". 18) "Any Dream Will Do":

This is from the musical "Pal Joey". 19) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

From the play of the same name. 20) "Singin' In The Rain":

From "The Wiz". 21) "No Bad News":

This is from "Sweet Charity". 22) "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

From "Cats". 23) "Memory":

Obviously this is from "Grease". 24) "Greased Lightning":

Also from "The Wiz". 25) "Ease On Down The Road":

From "Jesus Christ Superstar". 26) "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

 From "Footloose". 27) "Footloose/ On Any Sunday":

28) "Holding Out For A Hero":

From "The Lion King" 29) "Circle of Life":

From "Tick, Tick.... Boom!". 30) "Louder Than Words":

31) "Hair":

From "Adia" 32) "Written In The Stars":

From "Jesus Christ Superstar". 33) "Heaven On Their Minds":

From "Dream Girls". 34) "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going":

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(Finished July 17th, 2021) The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend last night and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. 

From "Hair". 1) "Age of Aquarius/ Let The Sunshine In":

From "Sweet Charity". 2) "Big Spender":

From "The King and I". 3) "Getting To Know You":

These next two songs are from "The Sound of Music". 4) "The Sound of Music":

5) "My Favorite Things":

Obviously from the "Hello Dolly" Broadway musical. 6) "Hello Dolly":

From "South Pacific". 7) "I'm Going To Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair":

I had no clue this was from a Broadway play. This is from the early 30's musical "Roberta". 8) "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

From "A Little Night Music". 9) "Send In The Clowns":

From "Starland Express". 10) "One Rock and Roll Too Many":

From "The Man of La Mancha". 11) "The Impossible Dream":

12) "There's No Business Like Show Business":

13) "Don't Rain On My Parade":

14) "Tomorrow":

From "Fiddler On The Roof". 15) "If I Were A Rich Man":

16) "Everything's Coming Up Roses":

From "Fiddler On The Roof". 17) "Tradition":

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