(Finished October 31st, 2022) Part 4 of The Best of 1982 Pop Culture

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Music Television (MTV) debuted on August 1st, 1981. Bands such as Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls, Billy Idol, Men At Work, Queen, Michael Jackson and eventually many other bands used the new format to break into prominence.

From inthe80s.com and mainly mrpopculture.com these are some of the biggest pop culture moments of that year. 1982 (and 1983) was the year of "Thriller", "E.T.", the debut of the Late Show With David Letterman, "Blade Runner", "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan", "First Blood", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", the hilarious "48 Hours", the heartbreaking "Sophie's Choice", Pink Floyd "The Wall", "Tron" and others. Remember many of these movies might look dated now, but back in 1982 this was cutting edge technology. I actually watched "Wrath of Khan" with my youngest son today. It's a bit dated, but it was still pretty good.

Some of the best/ intriguing books of 1982 included Alice Walker's "The Color Purple", Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" (first of his classic "Dark Tower" series), Thomas Keneally's "Schindler's List", Ken Follet's "The Man From St. Petersburg", Jean Auel's "The Valley of Horses", James Michener's "Space"and  Kurt Vonnegut's "Deadeye Dick".

Best Broadways plays of 1982 included "Cats", "84 Charing Cross Road", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" and "Torch Song Trilogy".

35) Eddie Money "Shakin'":

36) The English Beat "I Confess":

37) Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)":

38) Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder "Ebony and Ivory":

39) Kim Wilde "Kids In America":

40) Missing Persons "Words":

41) Peter Gabriel "Shock The Monkey":

42) Fleetwood Mac "Gypsy":

43 The Who "Eminence Front":

44) Felony "The Fanatic":

45) The Jam "Town Called Malice":

46) Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy":

47) Billy Idol "White Wedding":

48) Madonna "Everybody":

49) Modern English "Melt With You":

50) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Love Rock and Roll":

51) Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes": 

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(Started October 31st, 2022) The Best Rock Music of 2022

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The songs for this blog comes from Ranker.com, a couple of different YouTube compilation videos and my iTunes. I'm not going to break this blog up in parts, instead I will work on this blog until I finish it.

This definitely sounds like a RHCP song. 1) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Black Summer":

2) Muse "Won't Stand Down":

3) Shinedown "Planet Zero":

4) Shinedown "Daylight":

5) Scorpions "Rock Believer":

6) Halestorm "Steeple":

7) Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators "Actions Speak Louder Than Words":

8) Jack White "Fear of The Dawn":

9) Red Hot Chili Peppers "These Are The Days":

10) Spoon "The Devil and Mister Jones":

11) Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators "Call Off The Dogs":

12) Big Thief "Red Moon":

13) Maneskin "Supermodel":

14) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Spitting Off The Edge of the World":

15) Eddie Vedder "Brother The Could":

16) Tears For Fears "Break The Man":

17) Liam Gallagher "Everything's Electric":

18) Def Leppard "SOS Emergency":

19) The Interrupters "Anything Was Better":

20) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Nerve Flip":

21) Lord Huron "Your Other Life":

22) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Not The One":

23) The Lindas Lindas "Growing Up":

24) Muse "Will of the People":

25) Firish And The Chronicles "Hail to the Heroes":

26) Liam Gallagher "Diamond In The Dark":

27) Placebo "Hugz":

28) Mick Jagger "Strange Game":

29) Weezer "Garden of Eden":

30) Elvis Costello & The Imposters "Penelope Halfpenny":

31) Fontaines D.C. "Jackie Down The Line":

32) Beach Bunny "Fire Escape":

33) FM "Waiting On Love":

34) Purge "Willow":

35) Jack White "Love Is Selfish":

36) Eddie Vedder "Try":

37) blink-182 "Edging":

38) Frank Turner "Untainted Love":

39) Zeal & Ardor "Death To The Holy":

40) Lucy Dacus "Kissing Lessons":

41) Machine Gun Kelly featuring Bring Me The Horizon "maybe":

42) Pup "Relentless":

43) Panic! At The Disco "Viva Las Vengeance":

44) Machine Gun Kelly and WILLOW "emo girl":

45) Imagine Dragons "Bones":

46) Holden James Teenage Crisis":

47) Mint Green "Body Language":

48) Masked Wolf and Bring Me The Horizon "Fallout":

49) Bandit "Sefton In The Summertime":

50) blackbear "Toxic Energy":

Ed Sheeran featuring Bring Me The Horizon "Bad Habits":

Fozzy "Sane":

Kings of Leon "Stormy Weather":

Jack Kays and Travis Barker "Sideways":

Journey "Life Rolls On":

Halestorm "Brightside":
Fozzy "My Great Wall":

Maneskin "The Loneliest":

Scorpions "Crossing Borders":

Machine Head "Slaughter The Martyr":

Kissin' Dynamite "Scars":

Scorpions "Seventh Sun":

Demi Lovato "Freak":

Willow "maybe it's my fault":

Journey "The Way We Used To Be":

Paramore "This Is Why":

twenty one pilots "The Outside":

Inglorious "I Am The Fire":

Halestorm "Strange Girl":

Fozzy "Nowhere To Run":

Avril Lavigne "Bite Me":

Diamante "Maniac":

Demi Lovato "Substance":

The Black Keys "Wild Child":

Maneskin "Mammamia";

Imagine Dragons "Cutthroat":

Arch Enemy "Sunset Over The Empire":

Arcade Fire "The Lightning 1, 2:

Bring Me The Horizon "DiE4u":

Machine Gun Kelly featuring Halsey "forget me too":

Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. "Enemy":

Demi Lovato "Substance":

Muse "Euphoria":

One Republic "I Ain't Worried":

(Finished October 30th, 2022) Part 8 of Great Songs That Didn't Chart In The American Top 40

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These are mainly 80s songs that are great but never made the Top 40. I was and you'll be shocked by some of these songs. These are some amazing songs. As the foundation for this series of blogs I'm going to start off with a two part huffpost article. From there I'll be finding songs on my own. There are likely dozens, if not more, amazing songs that never made the Top 40. I get the song peak info from wikipedia.org most of those rankings come from Billboard. The didn't chart at all meant the song didn't even make the Top 100. Otherwise the number in parenthesis is the songs peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

Songs 122 to 130 are all by U2.  This is yet another amazing U2 song, 122) "Red Hill Mining Town" that was never released:

123) "Bullet The Blue Sky" was never released as a single:

124) "In God's Country" (#44):

125) "Trip Through Your Wires" also was never released as a single:

126) "The Fly" peaked at #61:

127) "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" peaked at #52:

128) "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" never charted:

One of U2's better latter day songs. 129) "The Blackout", though it deserved too, never charted:

130) Highwaymen "Highwayman" (#1 country song, but didn't chart on Billboard's Hot 100):

131) This is such a haunting song. Mazzy Star "Fade Into You" (#44):

Songs 132 to 136 are all by Swedish duo Roxette 132) "How Do You Do" (peaked at #58):

133) "Sleeping In My Car" (peaked at # 50):

134) "Crash! Boom! Bang!" (it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100):

135) "Wish I Could Fly" (it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100):

136) "Stars" (it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100):

137) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" (This song peaked at #40):

138) Fountains of Wayne "Mexican Wine" (It didn't ever reach Billboard's Hot 100):

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(Finished October 29th, 2022) Part 7 of Great Songs That Didn't Chart In The American Top 40

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These are mainly 80s songs that are great but never made the Top 40. I was and you'll be shocked by some of these songs. These are some amazing songs. As the foundation for this series of blogs I'm going to start off with a two part huffpost article. From there I'll be finding songs on my own. There are likely dozens, if not more, amazing songs that never made the Top 40. I get the song peak info from wikipedia.org most of those rankings come from Billboard. The didn't chart at all meant the song didn't even make the Top 100. Otherwise the number in parenthesis is the songs peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

Obviously "Purple Rain" is the greatest soundtrack of all-time, but Prince's soundtrack to 1989's "Batman" was also amazing. Some of these songs were released as singles, for instance 

Songs 106 to 115 are all by the legendary Prince. 106) "Scandalous", but it never charted:

While the rest of these songs are amazing, none of them were ever released as singles. 107) "Baby I'm A Star":

Why am I including this song. It's because it's amazing, every song on "Purple Rain" is amazing. 108) "Computer Blue":

These next three Prince songs weren't even released as singles 109) "Trust":

110) "Vicki Waiting":

111) "Electric Chair":

112) New Power Generation" went to # 64:

113) "Baltimore" was unranked:

114) "Hardrocklover", one of Prince's all-time best songs, never charted:

115) "Cinnamon Girl" was unranked: 

Songs 116 to 121 are all by Irish rockers U2. 116) U2 "I Will Follow" was never ranked:

117a) "New Year's Day" (#53):

117b) Bonus video: U2 "New Year's Eve" (Live)":

118) "Two Hearts Beat As One":

Hard to believe that 119) "Sunday Bloody Sunday" never made the charts:

120) featuring B.B. King "When Love Comes To Town" (#68):

121) "All I Want Is You" (#83):

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(Finished October 29th, 2022) Part 6 of Great Songs That Didn't Chart In The American Top 40

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These are mainly 80s songs that are great but never made the Top 40. I was and you'll be shocked by some of these songs. These are some amazing songs. As the foundation for this series of blogs I'm going to start off with a two part huffpost article. From there I'll be finding songs on my own. There are likely dozens, if not more, amazing songs that never made the Top 40. I get the song peak info from wikipedia.org most of those rankings come from Billboard. The didn't chart at all meant the song didn't even make the Top 100. Otherwise the number in parenthesis is the songs peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

The most amazing thing about Skid Row on the charts is that they had two top ten hits at all, that's not something typical for most rock bands. Def Leppard who is still around has only had for Top Ten hits. Skid Row's "18 and Life" went to #4 and "I Will Remember You" went to #6. 

86) Skid Row "Youth Gone Wild" (#99):

87) Skid Row "Sweet Little Sister" (Wasn't even released at the single. With the lyrical content that makes sense.):

88) Skid Row "Monkey Business" (Didn't chart at all.):

89) Skid Row "Slave To The Grind" (Didn't chart at all.):

90) Skid Row "Wasted Time" (#88) 

91) Skid Row "In A Darkened Room" (Didn't chart at all.):

A complete change of pace here, going from Skid Row to Yello. This song wasn't a big hit, but it is a great offbeat song and has been in a lot of movies. 92) Yello "Oh Yeah" (#51):

The bad girl of 80s pop, 93) Miss Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (#87):

94) Samantha Fox "Hold On Tight" (Didn't chart at all.)

95) Samantha Fox "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" (#80):

96) Samantha Fox "I Surrender To The Spirit of The Night" (Didn't chart at all)":

97) Samantha Fox "Love House" (Didn't chart at all.):

Only the amazing "Nothing Compares 2 U" went to America's Top 40, but at least that went to #1. "Emperor's New Clothes" went to # 60, but none of her other songs even made the Top 100. She's one of those artists that many would consider a one hit wonder, however she has several amazing songs. Sinead O'Connor from her amazing CDs "The Lion and the Cobra" and "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got". Except "Emperor's New Clothes" none of these songs made it on to the Top 100 at all.

Songs 98 to 99 are all by the incomparable vocalist Sinead O'Connor 98) "Mandinka":

99) "Jackie" 

100) "Troy":

101) "Just Like You Said It Would B":

102) "I Want Your Hands On Me":

103) "Emperor's New Clothes" (#60)

104) "Black Boys On Mopeds":

105) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

(Finished October 27th, 2022) Part 1 of Animal Related Song Titles or Bands

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Do you fly like an eagle, have the eye of the tiger or are really into Def Leppard? Then this blog is for you. Yes, I realize the animal is spelled leopard and most of these songs have nothing to do with the animal mentioned. Or songs like "Monkey Wrench" have nothing to do with monkeys.

1) The Steve Miller Band "Fly Like An Eagle":

2) Survivor "Eye of The Tiger":

3) Duran Duran "Union of the Snake":

4) Buck Owens and His Buckaroos  "Tiger By The Tail": 

5) Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)":

6) Bob Marley & The Wailers "Iron Lion Zion":

7) Judah and the Lion "Suit and Tie":

8) Monster Truck "The Lion":

9) The Tokens "The Lion Sleeps Tonight":

They even reference a wolf in the song lyrics, how animalistic. 10) "Whitesnake "Still of The Night":

11) Whitesnake "Here I Go Again":

12) Whitesnake "Love Ain't No Stranger":

13) Live "Rattlesnake":

14) Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man":

15) Pop Evil "Waking The Lions":

16) White Lion "Wait":

17) ZZ Top "Tube Snake Boogie":

18) Skid Row "Monkey Business":

19) Foxy Shazam "I Like It":

20) Foxy Shazam "Holy Touch":

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

22) Sly Fox "Let's Go All The Way":

23) .38 Special "Twentieth Century Fox":

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(Finished October 26th, 2022) Part 2 of Let's Do Some Metal/ Hard Rock/ Rock Blog

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What's the difference between hard rock, heavy metal, rock, alternative rock, nu metal, metal or rock. Who cares, let's rock. These are the best of the best of METAL and other derivatives. Isn't the phrase "hard rock" redundant?

18) Smashing Pumpkins "Disarm":

19) AC/DC "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)":

20) AC/DC "Back In Black":

21) Saliva "Click Click Boom":

22) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City":

23) Three Days Grace "I Hate Everything About You":

Does this song qualify for this blog? I don't know, but that drum solo! 24) Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight":

25) Kiss "Love Gun":

26) Metallica "Enter Sandman":

27) Alice In Chains "No Excuses":

28) Judas Priest "Headed Out To The Highway":

29) Shinedown "Outcast":

30) Motley Crue "She's Got The Looks That Kill":

31) Those Damn Crows "Sin on Skin":

32) Beth Hart "Good Times Bad Times":

33) Ozzy "Miracle Man":

34) Pearl Jam "Corduroy":

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(Started October 25th, 2022) Part 1 of Let's Do Some Metal/ Hard Rock/ Rock Blog

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What's the difference between hard rock, heavy metal, rock, alternative rock, nu metal, metal or rock. Who cares, let's rock. These are the best of the best of METAL and other derivatives. Isn't "hard rock" redundant?

1) Ozzy- do I really need a second name- "Crazy Train":

One of my new favorite rock bands. 2) Fozzy "I Still Burn":

3) Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name":

I love Dorothy, she kicks. She has a new CD out this year. "Gifts of The Holy Ghost" was released on April 22nd, 2022. 4) Dorothy "Black Sheep":

5) Linkin Park "Crawling":

6) Stone Temple Pilots "Sex Type Thing":

I'm excited to see these guys with Muse next April. 7) Evanescence "Bring Me To Life":

8) "Black Stone Cherry "Blame It On The Boom Boom":

9) Myrkur "Funeral":

10) Beartooth "In Between":

11) Green Day "I Walk Alone":

12) Papa Roach "Last Resort":

13) Avenged Sevenfold "Nightmare":

14) Lacuna Coil "Heaven's A Lie":

15) Linkin Park "In The End":

I had never heard this song before. 16) DragonForce "Through The Fire and Flames":

17) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":

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(Finished October 24th 2022) Part 4 of The Best of 80s British Music Alphabetically

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The best of 80s British music, soon getting to the song that's sweeping the world right now. That would be Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill". Thanks again to Ranker.com for this great idea. Now these are 80s musicians but songs are from their entire career. I will post as many or as few songs as I want for each band. For the purposes of this blog I will consider any band that had a hit or great song in the 80s a 80s band. Even if that band had their first hit in the 60s or 70s.

14) Elvis Costello "Everyday I Write The Book":

"Veronica":

15) Culture Club "Move Away":

"Time (Clock of The Heart":

"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me":

"Miss Me Blind":

"Karma Chameleon":

"I'll Tumble For Ya":

"Church of the Poisoned Mind":

16) The Cure. "Just Like Heaven":

"Lullaby":

"Boys Don't Cry":

"Fascination Street":

"Hot! Hot! Hot!":

"Why Can't I Be You":

"Love Song":

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(Finished October 23rd, 2022) Part 1 of Joyful Songs About The Night

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There's both happy songs and darker songs- so to speak- about the night. These are some of the joyful songs about the night. Of course that's subject to interpretation. 

1) King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight":

2) The Four Seasons December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

3) Eddie Rabbitt "I Love A Rainy Night":

4) Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling":

5) Usher featuring Pitbull "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love":

6) LeAnn Rimes "Can't Fight The Moonlight":

7) Eagle Eye Cherry "Save Tonight":

8) Elton John "Can You Feel The Love Tonight":

9) Abba "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)":

10) Aldo Nova "Hold Back The Night":

11) Avantasia featuring Candice Night (how appropriate for this blog) "Moonglow":

12) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

13) The Bee Gees "Nights On Broadway":

14) Benjamin Orr "Stay The Night":

15) Billy Joel "The Night Is Still Young":

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

17) The Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night":

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(Finished October 22nd, 2022) Part 5 of The Best Songs of 1968 to 1970

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I watched another episode of the Apple TV "For All Mankind" series tonight. It's set in the late 60s-early 70s and some of the songs from that era just so good. I wanted to trip the light fantastic on this series of blogs from the best songs of those years. 

In some ways those songs seem so innocent, but hiding a darker truth underneath. It feels like there's a big societal change coming. That darker undercurrent was seen with the student protests of Vietnam, the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots and the chaos at the Altamont Rolling Stones concert. But also we had the mostly peaceful Woodstock concert and of course the moon landings, which seemed to bring Americans together. It certainly was an interesting time. What a great time for music!!

69) Jethro Tull "Living In The Past":

70) Elvis Presley "In The Ghetto":

71) Jimi Hendrix "Stone Free":

72) Freda Payne "Band of Gold":

73) Carole King "Up On The Roof":

74) Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Cinnamon Girl":

75) The Grass Roots "Midnight Confessions":

76) Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida":

77) The Band "Up On Cripple Creek":

78) Led Zeppelin "Communication Breakdown":

79) Jimi Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower":

Edison Lifehouse 80) "Where My Rosemary Goes":

81) Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)":

82) Plastic Ono Band "Give Peace A Chance":

83) CCR "Lodi":

84) The Zombies "Time of the Season":

85) The Doors "The Unknown Soldier":

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(Started October 22nd, 2022) Part 1 of WatchMojo's Top 20 One Hit Wonders (Plus Other Great Songs)

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WatchMojo.com Top 20's 90s One Hit Wonders. I wanted to go back to the 90s for today's blog.

20) 4 Non Blondes "What's Going On":

Linda Perry is probably better known for the songs she has helped write. Songs such as:

The lyrics are not for the faint of heart. Christina Aguilera "Candyman":

Pink "Get The Party Started":

Where has this version been all of my life? Or at least since it was released? Shirley Bassey "Get The Party Started":

Christina Aguilera "Keeps Gettin' Better":

Gwen Stefani "What Are You Waiting For":

19) Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back":

"Posse On Broadway":

"My Hooptie";

She's much better than I expected. Though she only had one "hit", she has a lot of great songs. 

18) Lisa Loeb "Stay (I Missed You)":

"Wonder":

I like this song so much that I'm going to give her one more video. This is with 9 Stories "Do You Sleep":

I've heard this song before!! "I Do":

17) Republica "Ready To Go":

I've heard this one. "Drop Dead Gorgeous":

"From Rush Hour With Love":

"Christiana Obey":

Listening to this song again I am realizing it's not that good of a song, it just has that catchy as hell chorus that propels it. These guys are very lucky to even be a one hit wonder. 16) Tag Team "Whoomp! (There It Is)":

So their second best song is basically a remake of the above song? "Addams Family Whoomp":

15) Semisonic "Closing Time":

Semisonic's "Feeling Strangely Fine" is actually a very solid CD, check it out. Other great songs by Semisonic "Chemistry":

"FNT":

"Singing In My Sleep":

"This Will Be My Year":

I like Natalie a lot more after hearing all of these great songs. 14) Natalie Imbruglia "Torn":

Oh I've heard this song as well. "Wrong Impression":

"Shiver":

"Smoke":

13) House of Pain "Jump Around":

Everlast came out of House of Pain and I've liked quite a few of his songs, here's a sampling.

Everlast "Ends":

Everlast "White Trash Beautiful":

"The Warning":

"Pain":

"Ticking Away":

12) Mark Morrison "Return of the Mack":

11) Los Del Rio (Bayside Boys Mix) "Macarena":

(Finished October 22nd, 2022) Part 6 of Best 80sish Obscure Songs

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Sometimes I start blogs, but don't label what blog series that is. Eventually I go back and try to figure that out. I have no idea what this blog is about, other than probably best songs of the 80s. Other than this being an 80s blog I can't figure out any other unifying theme.

There's a blog elsewhere that this is part 3 of, but I don't know where it is. It's out there somewhere and I'm too lazy to find it so I'm moving on from here. I was starting to think this was obscure songs from the 80s, except that I have one of the most famous 80s songs here in these blogs. Everyone knows Journey's "Don't Stop Believing". And everyone should know Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen". I'm just going to call these the Best 80s Obscure Songs Series of blogs.

If you are looking for the first two parts of this blog series they don't exist. 

86) Blondie "Atomic":

87) The Go-Go's "Cool Jerk":

88) George Harrison "All Those Years Ago":

89) Madonna "White Heat":

90) Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us":

91) John Parr "Naughty Naughty":

92) Q5 "Steel The Light":

93) Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb  "Guilty":

94) 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry":

95) Dan Fogelberg "Longer":

98) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

99) Andy Gibb "Time Is Time":

100) Bob Marley "Redemption Song":

101) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  "Refugee":

102) Bob Seger "Fire Lake":

103) Asia "Here Comes The Feeling":

128) Blondie "Dreaming":

129) Billy Joel "Sometimes A Fantasy":

130) Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier":

131) Vanessa Williams "Save The Best For Last":

132) Steve Winwood "Valerie": 

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