themusicaddict: November 2021

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

(Finished November 30th, 2021) Part 1 of Best of 80s Female Rockers

Hello,

Let's go back once again to the 80s where the music was so good. Rock music of all stripes was great and the women rockers kicked some serious butt. Not only did they rock, but they looked great doing it. Women represented themselves so well in the rock world.

These next several songs are all by the rock goddess Pat Benatar. 1) "We Live For Love":

2) "You Better Run":

3) "Treat Me Right":

4) "Fire and Ice":

5) "Promises In The Dark":

6) "Invincible":

7) "Sex As A Weapon":

8) "All Fired Up":

These next several songs are headlined by the Wilson sisters, Ann and Nancy. One's a talented singer and the other sister is a talented guitarist. Beautiful and talented are the Wilson sisters. 9) Heart "Even It Up":

10) Heart "What About Love":

11) Heart "Never":

12) Heart "If Looks Could Kill":

13) Heart "Alone":

14) Heart "Who Will You Run To":

Tina Turner is not exactly a rocker, but Miss Turner has some pretty rockin' songs. These next several songs are by the queen of attitude.

Just an absolutely amazing song. 15) "What's Love Got To Do With It":

16) "Better Be Good To Me":

17) "I Can't Stand The Rain":

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Monday, November 29, 2021

(Finished November 29th, 2021) Part 3 of Great Lesser Known/Lesser Played Songs: Songs 35-51

Hello,

I started this blog August 30th, 2020. Now about 15 months later I've come back to work on and hopefully finish it.

Songs that I should have on my blog more. One thing about my blog that I have noticed is that I post basically the same couple hundred songs for nearly every blog. This blog is dedicated to those songs that are great that I never or rarely publish. Enjoy.

35) Stereo MC's "Connected":

36) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Like A Rock";

37) Paul McCartney "No More Lonely Nights":

38) Robbie Dupree "Hot Rod Hearts":

39) Kenny Loggins "Welcome To Heartlight":

40) America "You Can Do Magic":

41) Stevie Nicks "If Anyone Falls":

42) Steel Breeze "You Don't Want Me Anymore":

43) Julie Brown "Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun":

44) Missing Persons "Destination Unknown":

45) ZZ Top "Heard It On The X":

46) The Doors "The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)":

47) The Lemonheads "Different Drum":

48) The System "Don't Disturb This Groove":

49) Carly Simon "You Belong To Me":

50) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Waiting In Vain":

51) Avril Lavigne "Fall To Pieces":

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

(Finished November 28th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best Songs of 1977

Hello,

This blog is mostly inspired by a book I saw yesterday at Target. I loved the title of the book, which is "I Heard It In A Love Song". That of course reminded me of the classic Marshall Tucker Band song. I knew I needed to hear that song again. I then took it further and decided to build a whole blog around it. I focused on 1961 yesterday. Today I'm focusing on 1977, it was an amazing year for music.

I spent more time than I should have to made sure all of these songs were released in 1977. If I am wrong on any it is my fault. I was trying to keep these songs in alphabetical order and I was pretty close, except for songs here.

52) Dave & Sugar ""That's The Way It Should Be":

53) Paul Davis "I Go Crazy":

54) Neil Diamond "Desiree":

55) Dr. Hook "Walk Right In":

56) Johnny Duncan featuring Janie Fricke "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better":

57) "Hotel California" Eagles "Life In The Last Line":

58) Electric Light Orchestra "Do Ya":

59) Electric Light Orchestra "Rockaria":

60) Electric Light Orchestra "Telephone Line":

61) Electric Light Orchestra "Turn To Stone":

62) Yvonne Elliman "If I Can't Have You":

63) Emotions "Best of My Love":

1977 was the year of release for the Fleetwood Mac CD "Rumours". This might be the greatest break up CD ever and is also one of the greatest CDs of all-time. I've written about this amazing CD in a previous blog. Songs like "Go Your Own Way", "I Don't Want To Know", "Dreams" and the below classic all talk about the breaking of bonds that make this CD such an enduring classic. 64) Fleetwood Mac "The Chain":

65) Fleetwood Mac "Don't Stop":

66) Fleetwood Mac "Dreams":

67) Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way":

68) Lindsey and Stevie "Never Going Back Again":

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

(Finished November 27th, 2021) Projected Roger Waters "This Is Not A Drill" 2022 Setlist

Hello,

I saw The Aces/ Madeline The Person (who is incredibly sweet) and the Rubies in concert last night. The Aces were very good and my only regret about them is I didn't know their songs better. If I had I would've enjoyed the concert more. As of now the next concert I'm going to will be the Roger Waters "This Is Not A Drill" tour. As Pink Floyd/ Roger Waters been around a lot longer than the Aces I obviously know his music a lot better. For those of you who don't know his music this is a good sampler. This is last full setlist that I could find. My Roger Waters tickets are for Thursday, September 8th, 2022. Enjoy these amazing Roger Waters songs.

1) "Breathe":

2) "One of These Days":

3) "Time":

4) "Breathe" (Reprise):

Angela Cervantes/ Brit Floyd version. 5) "The Great Gig in the Sky":

6) "Welcome to the Machine":

7) "Deja Vu":

8) "The Last Refugee":

\9) "Picture That":

10) "Wish You Were Here":

11) "The Happiest Days of Our Lives":

12) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2":

13) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3":

Set 2:

14) "Dogs":

15) Pigs "Three Different Ones":

16) "Money":

17) "Us and Them":

18) "Smell The Roses":

19) "Brain Damage" and 20) "Eclipse":

I have taken blogger's prerogative and have changed the songs in the encore a bit. Not sure how 21) "Run Like Hell" is kept out of his setlist. It's one of his/ Pink Floyd's best songs.

Encore:

22) "Wait For Her"/ 23 "Oceans Apart"/ 24) "Part of Me Died":

25) "Young Lust":

26) "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

27) "Mother":

28) Featuring David Gilmour "Comfortably Numb":

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Friday, November 26, 2021

(Finished November 26th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best Rock Music of the Late 70's: 1976-1980, Songs 52-68

Hello,

I was watching the first episode of the newly reprised "Freaks and Geeks" on Hulu the other day. It's based in 1980 and has many of the great songs of that time play in the show. The song that really stood out was Styx's "Come Sail Away". It's a song I didn't like much for the longest time but have grown to like over the last few years. But last night it really hit me how great of a song it is. For 1979 we know it was a terrible year for rock music as that year was the peak of disco. But there are still dozens of great rock classics in this five year window. Here's over 140 songs from that era.

Neil Peart was such an amazing drummer, he also wrote most of Rush's songs. Gone too soon. 52) Rush "The Spirit Of Radio":

53) Led Zeppelin "Achilles Last Stand":

54) The Marshall Tucker Band "Heard It In A Love Song":

55) Foreigner "Blue Morning, Blue Day":

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

57) Billy Joel "Sometimes A Fantasy":

58) Pink Floyd "Young Lust":

59) The Climax Blues Band "Couldn't Get It Right":

60) Kiss "Calling Dr. Love":

61) Cheap Trick "Dream Police":

62) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

63) Paul McCartney "Coming Up":

64) Blondie "Call Me":

65) AC/DC "T.N.T.":

66) The Steve Miller Band "Swingtown":

67) Heart "Straight On":

68) The Eagles "The Long Run":

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(Finished November 25th, 2021) The Aces: A Recent Setlist

Hello,

Tomorrow night my friend and I will be going to go see The Aces in concert here in Salt Lake City. They are a local Utah band trying to break out into national prominence. The Aces are Katie Henderson, McKenna Petty and sisters Alisa and Cristal Ramirez.

The opener here in Salt Lake City is Madeline The Person, here are some of her songs. This is a recent setlist.

1) "As A Child":

2) "Gladly":

3) "Crazy":

4) "Haunted":

5) featuring Adam Melchor "August":

6) "Mean":

7) "Unrecognizable":

The following songs are by Utah's own The Aces:

1) "Can You Do":

2) "New Emotion":

3) "Stay":

4) "Don't Freak":

5) "Kelly":

6) "Lost Angeles":

7) "Not Enough":

8) "I Can Break Your Heart Too":

801 is one of two Utah area codes, it covers a large majority of people in the state. 9) "801":

10) "Volcanic Love":

11) "All Mean Nothing":

12) "Cruel":

13) "Thought Of You":

14) "Going Home":

15) "Zillionaire":

16) "My Phone Is Trying To Kill Me":

17) "Daydream":

Encore:

18) "Waiting For You":

19) "Stuck":

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

(Finished November 25th, 2021) The Best of Tears For Fears + New Songs

Hello,

Tears For Fears are Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They formed in 1981 and they have released six CDs. Their seventh CD "The Tipping Point" will be released February 25th, 2022. This is their first new CD in 18 years. I have included some of their new songs as well as those songs that I consider their greatest hits.

Jill Riley interviewing Roland and Curt.

Let's start with the new songs first:

1) "The Tipping Point":

These next two songs are from their 2017 greatest hits collection "Rule The World: The Greatest Hits".

2) "I Love You But I'm Lost":

Along with being on "Rule The World", this song also appears on their 2022 CD "The Tipping Point". 3) "Stay":

Also from "The Tipping Point". 4) "Please Be Happy":

Now to their greatest hits:

5) "Break It Down Again":

6) "Mad World":

7) "Pale Shelter":

8) "Change":

9) "Shout":

10) "Falling Down":

11) "Sowing The Seeds Of Love":

12) "Everyone Wants To Rule The World":

13) "Mother's Talk":

14) "Head Over Heels":

15) "Broken":

16) featuring Oleta Adams "Woman In Chains":

17) "Advice For The Young At Heart":

18) "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)":

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(Finished November 26th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best Songs of 1977

Hello,

35) Shaun Cassidy "Da Doo Ron Ron":

36) Shaun Cassidy "That's Rock And Roll":

37) Cheap Trick "Oh Candy":

This song was released as a single in 1977 and didn't chart. But the song soared to #7 when it was released as a single from Cheap Trick At Budakon. But before that it was released as a studio track. Wow, I had no idea how much better the live version is. 38) Cheap Trick "I Want You Want Me":

The live and much better version of "I Want You To Want Me":

39) C.J. and Company "Devil's Gun":

40) Climax Blues Band "Couldn't Get It Right":

41) The Commodores "Brick House":

42) The Commodores "Easy":

43) Rita Coolidge "We're All Alone":

44) Rita Coolidge "You Love Has Lifted":

These two songs are out of alphabetical order as I duplicated some songs by the Commodores. 45) Tammy Wynette "Let's Get Together One Last Time":

46) Tammy Wynette "One Of A Kind":

47) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)":

48) Billy "Crash" Craddock "The First Time":

49) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Just A Song Before I Go":

50) Dave & Sugar "Don't Throw It All Away":

51) Dave & Sugar "I'm Knee Deep In Loving You":

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

(Finished November 23rd, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Songs of 1962

Hello,

With 2022 rapidly approaching I thought I would review the best songs of 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2012. I would have gone back further but I know very few songs from either 1942 or 1952. If a song was a significant chart factor in two years I will include that song in both years.

These songs are the best songs of 1962, not the biggest hits. A lot of great songs never become a hit.

Also the biggest pop culture trend of the early 60s was the twist dance. From the Chubby Checker classic song came a whole slew of imitators. You'll notice those twist songs throughout this entire blog series. Chubby Checker's "The Twist" went to #1 in 1960. Then it went back to number 1 in 1962. The only song of the rock era to go to #1 in two different years.

1) Eddy Arnold "You Slipped A Little Heartache In On Me":

2) The Beach Boys "409":

3) The Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari":

4) The Beach Boys "Ten Little Indians":

5) The Beatles "Love Me Do":

6) Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco":

7) Blue Bells "I Sold My Heart To The Junkman":

8) Pat Boone "Speedy Gonzales":

9) Brook Benton "Hit Record":

10) Brook Benton "Lie To Me":

11) Brook Benton "Shadrack"

12) Brook Benton "Walk On The Wild Side":

13) Gary "U.S." Bonds "Dear Lady Twist":

14) Gary "U.S." Bonds "Twist Twist Senora":

15) Solomon Burke "Cry To Me":

The actual song starts about the 30 second mark. 16) Freddy Cannon "Palisades Park":

17) Johnny Cash (With The Carter Family) "Busted":

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

(Finished November 21st, 2021) Part 1 of Peaceful Songs

Hello,

Here are some peaceful songs for your Sunday.

1) "If You Could Hie To Kolob":

Obviously. 2) Cat Stevens "Peace Train":

3) The Youngbloods "Get Together":

4) Jackie DeShannon "What The World Needs Now":

5) Curtis Mayfield "People Get Ready":

6) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

The Christmas season is here and themusicaddict loves Christmas music. This is my warning for the next few weeks.

7) Jeremy Fisher "Snowflakes":

8) Stevie Nicks "Silent Night":

9) Whitney Houston "Do You Hear What I Hear":

This is the very epitome of peaceful songs. 10) Celtic Woman "What Child Is This?":

11) 4Him "A Strange Way To Save The World":

12) Alexander Jean featuring Casey Abrams "We Three Kings":

13) Michael Crawford "Mary Did You Know?":

14) Peter Tchaikovsky "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy":

15) Celine Dion "O Holy Night":

16) Dionne Warwick "I Say A Little Prayer":

17) Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair":

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

(Finished November 20th, 2021) Part 7 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

Hello,

Another Greatest Songs of All-Time issued from on high by Rolling Stone magazine. I love that magazine and have been a subscriber since approximately the early 80s. I understand that a lot of people have different tastes in music. That's the best way it should be, but as with all opinions I have my own opinions. Just as fervently I agree with some of their choices I also disagree with some of their choices. Currently I'm working on my Top 100 Songs of All-Time and honorable mentions. There are just some songs that I can't not include in the Greatest Songs of All-Time. I started with 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. That has now worked up to about 205 songs and will continue to rise. For this blog I'm going to focus on the actual Greatest Songs Of All Time, not the honorable mentions. These are songs that are ranked outside of my Top 100.

These lists are very fluid. Most of these songs could have also been in my All-Time Top 100 if only I had thought of them earlier. There are probably about 300 to 500 songs that will always be in my GSOAT. Again these are GSOAT, just outside my Top 100 GSOAT.

One of the very rare times someone has made a Simon and Garfunkel song better. 203) The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter":

204) Mariah Carey "Someday":

205) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":

206) Seal "Kiss From A Rose":

207) Gnarls Barkley "Crazy":

208) Madonna and Antonio Banderas "Goodnight and Thank You":

209) Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft":

210) Montgomery Gentry "Roll With Me":

211) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Southern Cross":

212) Daughtry "Over You":

213) Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":

It's specifically this version of the song that's one of the greatest songs of all-time. 214) Eric Clapton "Layla":

215) Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning":

216) Chris DeBurgh "Lady In Red":

217) Kylie Minogue "The Loco-motion":

Bruce Springsteen featuring young and cute Courtney Cox before she got way too much work done. 218) "Dancing In The Dark":

219) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

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(Finished November 20th, 2021) Part 6 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

Hello,

Yup, this song was only released this year, but it still is definitely a greatest song of all time. 186) The Pretty Reckless "Death By Rock and Roll":

Crank it loud!! 187) Andrew Lloyd Webber "Phantom Overture":

188) Brad Paisley "Ticks":

189) Mazzy Star "Fade Into You":

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

I know it's kinda silly, but still such a great song. 191) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

192) Little Big Town "Boondocks":

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

194) Neil Diamond "America":

195) Sade "Never As Good As The First Time":

196) Nena "99 Luftballons":

197) The B-52's ""Strobe Light":

198) Blondie "Heart Of Glass":

199) 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry":

I'm really surprised this song is here also, but I heard it again and was reminded how great of a song it was. I love this song so much. 200) Bobby Pickett "Monster Mash":

201) Wilson Phillips "Hold On":

202) Enya "Orinico Flow (Sail Away)":

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

(Finished November 18th, 2021) Part 5 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

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

170) Alicia Keys "Fallin'":

171) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out":

172) Shontelle "Impossible":

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

174) Big & Rich "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy":

175) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

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

177) Rascal Flatts "These Days":

178) AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap":

179) Modern English "Melt With You":

180) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

181) Bobby Brown "Every Little Step":

182) Steely Dan "Hey 19":

183) Soundgarden "Spoonman":

184) Styx "Best of Times":

185) N'Sync "Bye Bye Bye":

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

(Started November 17th, 2021) Please Let's Not Ban Books Or Songs

Hello,

Recent pushes in Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah to ban books- some even suggest burning books- scare the hell out of me. Please let's not ban any books or songs, that even applies to crap like "Fifty Shades of Grey". If you want to find out more why these songs were banned then feel free to research on your own. But the best way to ban a song is to turn off the radio.

1) Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing":