(Updated December 30th, 2021) Part 5 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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From "Evita", there are so many great songs in this play. 69) "Buenos Aires":

70) "Goodnight and Thank You":

71) "And The Money Kept Rolling In":

72) "High Flying Adored":

73) "Rainbow Tour":

74) From "Come From Away": "Darkness and Trees":

75) "On The Edge":

76) "Something's Missing":

77) 28 Hours/ Wherever We Are

78) "Welcome To The Rock":

79"Stop The World":

I'm so excited, after being in love with "Hamilton" ever since I've been able to listen to the soundtrack I am finally going to be able to go see it. I cannot wait!! That's why I'm posting this blog now as I love these songs so much!!

"She takes his hand." 80)"It's Quiet Uptown":

81) "My Shot":

82) "Alexander Hamilton":

83) "Satisfied":

84) "The Schuyler Sisters":

85) "What I'd Miss":

86) "Say No To This":

87) "I Know Him":

88) "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story":

89) "Ten Duel Commandments":

90) "The Room Where It Happens":

91) "Wait For It":

From "Hamilton":  92) "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

93) "Guns and Ships":

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(Finished December 29th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best of Banned Songs

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These are some of the websites that I got these songs from. I don't know why most songs would ever be banned, especially some of these songs. I have posted explanations for why some of these songs were or may have been banned. If politicians can say all sorts of dumb/ controversial things why can't musicians do the same thing?

https://ncac.org/news/blog/turn-that-down-40-banned-and-censored-songs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/14/the-greatest-banned-songs-of-all-time-ranked

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/21-offensive-songs-that-were-banned-from-radio/ss-BB1bQZ8q#image=22

18) Lady Gaga "Love Game":

19) Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe":

20) Adele "Rolling In The Deep":

From MSN: Apparently, using the word “God,” was a little too out there for 1966.) 21) The Beach Boys "God Only Knows":

22) Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight":

23) The Kingsmen "Louie Louie":

24) The Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian":

25) The Doors "Light My Fire":

26) Rage Against The Machine "Take The Power Back":

Know Your Enemy":

27) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band  "Imagine":

I'm not sure how anyone can be offended by this song? 28) U2 "Walk On":

29) The Rolling Stones "I Can't Get No Satisfaction":

30) Madonna "Like A Prayer":

32) Britney Spears "If U Seek Amy":

33) The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Susie":

From the MSN.com website above: "Three young women singing about getting drunk in a foreign country was a big no-no back then (not to mention that product placement!, but it’s a relic today.) 34) The Andrews Sisters "Rum and Coca Cola":

35) Paul McCartney and Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi":

36) XTC "Dear God":

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(Updated December 28th, 2021) Part 2 Best Solo Songs By Former Members of Good/Great Bands

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What do George Michael, Robert Plant, Lauryn Hill, Neil Young and Stevie Nicks all have in common? They all had big solo careers after being in some very famous bands. These are some of those musicians best solo songs.

Formerly the lead singer for Led Zeppelin 3) Robert Plant "Big Log":

"In The Mood":

"Ship of Fools":

"29 Palms":

"Shine It All Around":

"Heaven Knows":

"Darkness, Darkness":

"If I Were A Carpenter":

With The Honeydrippers "Sea of Love":

"Tall Cool One":

"Upside Down":

"Dance On My Own":

"I Believe":

Formerly Simon and Garfunkel 4) Paul Simon "Late In The Evening":

He released an acoustic version as a solo artist. Then a year later he released an electric version with Art Garfunkel. "I Am A Rock":

"You Can Call Me Al":

"Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard":

"Mother and Child Reunion":

Formerly of Buckingham Nicks and the slightly more well known Fleetwood Mac 5) Stevie Nicks "I Can't Wait":

"Stand Back":

"Talk To Me":

"Edge of Seventeen":

Formerly of the Commodores 6) Lionel Richie "All Night Long":

"Dancing On The Ceiling":

"Say You Say Me":

"Running With The Night":

"Penny Lover":

This version features Darius Rucker, another solo singer that was formerly with a band. "Stuck On You":

"Truly":

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(Finished December 27th, 2021) Part 3 of The All-Time Best Disco Songs

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It's fine that people don't like Disco music, not everyone is going to like the same thing. However Disco music has some of the best songs, best dance music, most entertaining music ever. How can you not like a genre that features The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, "I Will Survive", "I Love The Nightlife", Kool and the Gang, The Village People (yes, I'm aware they're a bit over the top), Earth, Wind and Fire, "Funky Town", "Kung Fu Fighting", Chic, Kool and the Gang and many others.Even The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Stevie Wonder and so many other bands dipped their foot into Disco. Please stop dismissing one of the most fun musical genres ever!!

35) Lipps Inc "Funkytown":

36) Heatwave "Boogie Nights":

37) Marvin Gaye "Got To Give It Up":

38) Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music":

39) Shalamar "Second Time Around":

40) Abba "Dancing Queen":

41) The O'Jays "Love Train":

42) Donna Summer "On The Radio":

43) The Emotions "Best Of My Love":

44) Brothers Johnson "Stomp":

45) Tavares "More Than A Woman":

46) Hues Corporation "Rock The Boat":

47) K.C. and the Sunshine Band "That's The Way (I Like It)":

48) Peaches and Herb "Shake Your Groove Thing":

49) The Bee Gees "Tragedy":

50) Gloria Gaynor "Never Can Say Goodbye":

51) Yarbrough and Peoples "Don't Stop The Music":

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(Finished December 26th, 2021) Part 3 of Merry Christmas

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There's got to be at least three of these blogs every year. I'm posting this blog on the day after Christmas. I know for the most part that people are already transitioning out of Christmas the day after. However today is also Sunday. Thus I can't think of a better time to hear songs about our Savior or joy or being good to others. Merry Christmas to you and yours and may it be a great holiday season.

35) Elvis Presley "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me":

36) The Ronettes "Sleigh Ride":

37) Celtic Woman "O Tannenbaum":

38) Unspoken "Christmas Everyday":

39) Jimmy Durante "Frosty The Snowman":

40a) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Carol of The Bells":

40b) Libera "Carol Of The Bells":

40c) Cimorelli "Carol of the Bells";

40d) Arranged and orchestrated by Samuel Kim "Carol of The Bells":

40e) Shadowfire "Carol of the Bells":

40f) The Trills "Carol of the Bells";

40g) John Williams and Samuel Kim "Carol of the Bells/ Imperial March":

41) for King and Country "Angels We Have Heard On High":

42) Casting Crowns "While You Were Sleeping":

43) MercyMe "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen":

44) Kelly Clarkson "Wrapped In Red":

45) Stephen Colbert "Another Christmas Song":

46) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Christmas In The Air":

47) Jose Feliciano "Feliz Navidad":

This song gets me everytime I hear, especially when the children's voices come in at the end. That and the line about how he wants his Mom to look beautiful tonight if "she meets Jesus tonight". Goosebumps.

48) NewSong "Christmas Shoes":

49) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Prince of Peace":

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(Finished December 25th, 2021) Part 5 of What Is Synth-Pop?: A Master List: Songs 69-85

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The below collection of videos is supposedly the 500 Greatest Synth-Pop Songs of All-Time. However I don't think there were really that many great Synth-Pop songs. My list won't be quite as thorough as the video below. But I've started to find a lot more amazing Synth-Pop songs that I never even knew existed.

As I usually do I find these songs at all sort of places. It's so many places that I didn't keep track of all of them. However I must give a special shout out to last.fm. For the most obscure- at least to me-songs on this list I found most of those songs at https://www.last.fm/tag/synthpop/tracks

Many of these videos came from the 500 Synth-Pop YouTube video above. My thanks to everyone.

69) IAMX "The Alternative":

70) Blancmange "Don't Tell Me":

71) Zeitgeist "Dawn/Night":

I  think this is the right song? 72) dj puppeter "axis":

73) Alphaville "A Victory of Love":

74) Eftosrx "Oxygene 2":

75) Howard Jones "Things Can Only Get Better":

76) Apoptygma Berzerk "Shine On":

77) OMD "Joan of Arc":

78) IAMX "After Every Party I Die":

79) Deep Sleep "She Breaks My Faith":

80) Depeche Mode "People Are People":

81) The Knife "We Share Our Mother's Health":

82) The Synthetic Dream Foundation "In the Realms of the Unreal":

83) NamNamBulu "Memories":

84) And One "Sometimes":

85) Fischerspooner "Never Win":

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(Started Christmas Day, 2021) Part 2 of Songs With Run- Or Some Iteration Of That Word- In The Title

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Care for a run? I found these songs through the Ranker.com songs with run in the title, my iTunes and YouTube. Thanks to all!!

18) Garth Brooks featuring George Jones "Beer Run":

19) The Harters "If I Run":

20) Heart "Who Will You Run To":

21) Iron Maiden "Run To The Hills":

22) Jackson Browne "Running On Empty":

I saw Journey on this tour, the Escape tour, and they were absolutely amazing. Steve's voice sounded so great. 23) Journey "Keep On Runnin":

24) Linkin Park "Runaway":

25) Lionel Richie "Running With The Night":

26) Live featuring Shelby Lynne  "Run Away":

I hadn't heard of Aurora before tonight, but I love her voice. 27) Aurora "Running With The Wolves":

28) Martha Reeves and the Vandellas "Nowhere To Run":

29) Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running":

30) Night Ranger "Running Out of Time":

31) Pink "Runaway":

32) Pat Benatar "You Better Run":

33) "Band On The Run":

34) Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell":

35) Real McCoy "Run Away":

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

37) RUN-D.M.C. "Hit It Run":

38) Slade "Run Runaway":

39) "Runaway Train":

40) Thriving Ivory "Runaway":

41) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Runnin' Down A Dream":

42) Tom T. Hall "Fox On The Run":

43) Van Halen "Runaround":

44) Whitney Houston "Run To You":

45) "Marathon Runner":

46) Yes "Long Distance Runaround":

47) Van Halen "Runnin' With The Devil":

48) Clint Black "A Good Run of Bad Luck":

49) Lady A "I Run To You":

50) Dan Fogelberg "Run For The Roses":

51) Hot Hot Heat "Running Out Of Time":

52) Aurora "Runaway":

53) Mannfred's Mann "Runner":

54) One Republic "Run":

55) Bryan Adams "Run To You":

56) Woodkid "Run Boy Run":

57) The Foo Fighters "Run":

58) Vintage Trouble "Run Like The River":

59) Carly Rae Jepsen "Run Away With Me":

60) The Downtown Faction "I Just Wanna Run":

 

61) Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill":

This was filmed yesterday in Dublin. 62) U2 "Running To Stand Still":

63) No Doubt "Running":

64) Evermore "Running":

A cover of the Beyonce song by 65) Sofia Karlberg "Runnin":

66) Adam Lambert "Runnin":

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(Finished Christmas Day, 2021) Songs With Run- Or Some Iteration Of That Word- In The Title

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Care for a run? I found these songs through the Ranker.com songs with run in the title, my iTunes and YouTube. Thanks to all!! Some of all these songs are better than others, but they're all great songs.

1) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Born To Run":

2) Against The Current "Running With The Wild Things":

3) American Authors "I'm Born To Run":

4) Alice Merton "Hit The Ground Running":

5) Avril Lavigne "Runaway":

6) AWOLNATION "Run":

7) Billy Idol "Summer Running":

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

9) Bon Jovi "Runaway":

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

11) One Republic "Love Runs Out":

12) Def Leppard "Run Riot":

13) Del Shannon "Runaway":

14) Dion "Runaround Sue":

15) The Chicks "Ready To Run":

16) The Eagles "The Long Run":

17) The Doobie Brothers "It Keeps You Runnin":

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(Finished December 22nd, 2021) Songs Rocking My iPod

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This is from a blog I started in late January 2021. I'm just getting around to working on it now. These are 19 amazing songs. Enjoy.

These are the last 17 songs played on my iPod that I've updated to iTunes. Plus a couple of other random songs from my iPod. Yes, I still use an iPod. A lot of time I just want the music without the distractions that come with a "smart" phone.

1) Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait" (Live):

2) Rush "The Spirit of Radio" (Live):

3) Third Eye Blind "Jumper":

4) Motion City Soundtrack "Fell In Love Without You":

5) Material Issue "Valerie Loves Me":

What a heartbreaking and thought provoking song. 6) "The Bullet":

7) Cream "White Room":

8) Sarah Vaughn "Peter Gunn (Max Sedgley Mix)":

9) Little Big Town "Boondocks":

10) Lady Gaga "911":

11) "Black Smoke Rising":

12) Jefferson Starship "Stranger":

13) Marina and the Diamonds "How To Be A Heartbreaker":

14) Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever":

15) Madonna "The Power of Goodbye":

16) Live "Rattlesnake":

17) Beastie Boys "Intergalactic":

18) Stars on 45 "Stars On 45":

19) Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke":

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(Finished December 21st, 2021) Part 5 of The Best of Billboard's #2 Songs

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Whoever knew how many songs had peaked at #2, it's a lot. For about 90% of these songs it's so very sad that they didn't break into the #1 position. Not every song, no matter how great, can reach #1. Reaching #2 is quite an accomplishment.

69) The Cowsills "The Rain, The Park and Other Things":

70) twenty one pilots "Heathens":

71) Taylor Swift "Today Was A Fairytale":

72) Katy Perry "Wide Awake":

73) Hozier "Take Me To Church":

74) Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers "Get Lucky":

75) Taio Cruz "Dynamite":

76) Kanye West "Heartless":

77) Fall Out Boy "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race":

78) Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone":

79) Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams":

80) Linkin Park "In The End":

81) Lifehouse "Hanging By A Moment":

82) Brian McKnight "Back At One":

83) Jewel "You Were Meant For Me":

84) Bette Midler "From A Distance":

85) R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly":

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(Finished December 20, 2021) Part 3 of Songs Rocking My iPod That I Need To Hear More

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Not all of these songs are currently on my iPod, although some of them are. Some of them have been on my iPod in the past and some of them might be in the future. These are lesser known songs that I don't think get enough love. Not that many people read my blog, but I do want to give these great songs as much exposure as possible. 

And yes I still do have an iPod, it's music without the distractions of an iPhone.

35) Kylie Minogue "The Loco-motion":

36) Green Day "Say Goodbye":

37) Bishop Briggs "Lyin":

38) Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party "Antidote":

I just barely discovered this song and I love it. 39) Chris Stapleton "Tennessee Whiskey":

40) Tears For Fears "Head Over Heels":

41) Squeeze "Hourglass":

42) The Pretty Reckless "My Bones":

I'm glad to see that The Wallflowers are back out on the concert trail this summer. 43) The Wallflowers "One Headlight":

44) Abba "Knowing Me, Knowing You":

45) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

46) The Gin Blossoms "Found Out About You":

47) Seven Mary Three "Cumbersome":

48) Pearl Jam featuring Ben Harper "Red Mosquito":

In my opinion this band never received the love or respect they deserved. 49) Survivor "High On You":

50) Robert Tepper "No Easy Way Out":

Most people know "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight" but Cutting Crew has at least another great song. 51) Cutting Crew "I've Been In Love Before":

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(Finished December 19th, 2021) Part 2 of Merry Christmas

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There's going to be at least two of these blogs every year. Merry Christmas to you and yours and may it be a great holiday season.

18) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo":

19) Barenaked Ladies featuring Sarah McLachlan "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/ We Three Kings":

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

21) Brenda Lee "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree":

22) Bobby Helms "Jingle Bell Rock":

23) Andy Williams "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year";

24)  Perry Como "It's Becoming To Look A Lot Like Christmas":

25) Enya "O Come, O Come Emmanuel":

In my opinion this is the best version of this song. 26) Lady A "Baby It's Cold Outside":

27) Trans Siberian Orchestra "Remember":

28) The Eurythmics "Winter Wonderland":

"Stink, stank, stunk." 29) Thurl Ravenscroft "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch":

30) Michael Crawford "Mary Did You Know":

31) The Drifters "White Christmas":

32) The Pogues "Fairytale of New York":

33) The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping":

34) John Lennon "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)":

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(Finished December 18th, 2021) Part 4 of Great Lesser Known/Lesser Played Songs: Songs 52-68

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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.

52) The Police "King of Pain":

53) Lacy J Dalton "Hard Times":

54) Josh Turner "Firecracker":

55) Susan Kaye "L.A. International Airport":

56) Eisley "Brightly Wound":

57) Brad Paisley "He Didn't Have To Be":

58) Linda Ronstadt "Still Within The Sound of My Voice":

59) Dido "I'm No Angel":

60) Christina Aguilera "Dynamite":

61) John Anderson "Down In Tennessee":

62) Don Williams "Tulsa Time":

63) Whitney Houston "Miracle":

64) Velvet Revolver "Fall To Pieces":

65) Stevie Nicks "I Can't Wait":

66) Men At Work "Overkill":

67) Cornershop "Brimful of Asha":

68) Prince "Cinnamon Girl":

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