(Finished July 30th, 2023) Part 3 of The Greatest Country Songs of 1984 And Counting

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Since I've been sharing countdowns from 1984 and listening to all those great songs again, I thought I'd post a series of blogs with the greatest songs of 1984. But this series of blogs will focus on the best country songs of 1984.

Notable events of 1984 include the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Steve Jobs launches the Mac in a world of primitive PCs, this commercial:

"Purple Rain"- all that incredible music and a dopey movie- Geraldine Ferraro, Tetris, "Footloose", "Sixteen Candles" (which also means the lovely Molly Ringwald, "Ghostbusters", Eddie Murphy, the first MTV Video Music Awards, "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Marvin Gaye is killed.

Best movies of 1984 include those mentioned above, "The Terminator", "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom", "Gremlins", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Karate Kid", "1984" (of course), "Top Secret", "The Natural" (still a great movie), "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Splash".

35) The Judds "Love Is Alive":

36) Anne Murray and Dave Loggins  "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do":

37) Lee Greenwood "God Bless The U.S.A.":

38) The Oak Ridge Boys "I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometime":

39) Conway Twitty "I Don't Know A Thing About Love":

40) Janie Fricke "Your Hearts Not In It":

41) "My Baby's Got Good Timing":

42) Alabama "Roll On (18 Wheeler)":

43) The Judds "Why Not Me":

44) Dan Seals "My Old Yellow Car":

45) George Strait "Right Or Wrong":

46) Earl Thomas Conley "Chance of Lovin' You":

47) Alabama "There's A Fire In The Night":

49) Kenny Rogers "Eyes That See In The Dark":

50) Oak Ridge Boys "Everyday":

51) Kenny Rogers "Evening Star":

52) Kenny Rogers "This Woman":

53) The Judds "Girls Night Out":

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(Finished July 29th, 2023) Part 6 of Best Songs of 1991: Alphabetically By Musician

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I started this blog series over a year ago. What are some of the best songs from twenty two years ago? I've done my best to make sure the song was released on a CD or as a single in 1991.

In February 2023 I went back and revamped all these blogs. Now in July 2023 I'm again working on and making these blogs better and with more songs. 

These next two songs are from The Cult's "Ceremony 86) "Sweet Salvation":

87) "Wonderland":

88) Damn Yankees "High Enough":

89) The Damn Yankees "Come Again":

90) Billy Dean "Somewhere In My Broken Heart":

91) Billy Dean "Billy The Kid":

92) Billy Dean "You Don't Count The Cost":

93) Celine Dion "Have A Heart":

94) Celine Dion "The Last To Know":

95) Peabo Bryson and Celine Dion "Beauty and the Beast":

96) Dire Straits "Calling Elvis":

97) Dire Straits "Heavy Fuel":

98) Dire Straits "On Every Street":

Released in 1990, but a hit in 1991. 99) Enigma "Sadeness, Part 1":

100) Enigma "Principles of Lust":

101) "Mea Culpa":

102) "The Rivers of Belief":

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(Finished July 29th, 2023) Part 6 of the Most Fun Songs of the Late 70s the Entire 80s

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This is at least the 723rd blog that I've written about the greatest decade of music ever. The music of the late 70s to the end of the 80s is indeed amazing. Inspired by watching the "Tetris" movie and the amazing 80s songs they played I thought it was time for another 80s blog series. This blog will feature some great late 70s songs as well.

86) The Gap Band "Early In The Morning":

87) Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen":

88) Def Leppard "Women":

89) RUN-D.M.C. and Aerosmith "Walk This Way":

90) Chic "Good Times":

91) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

92) Samantha Fox "I Wanna Have Some Fun":

93) One of my favorite songs of the 80s. The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Tuff Enuff":

94) M "Pop Muzik":

95) The Beastie Boys "Girls":

96) Hall and Oates "Maneater":

97) Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy":

98) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town":

99) Erasure "Oh L'Amour":

100) Joan Jett and the Blackhawks "I Love Rock and Roll":

101) Michael Jackson "Billie Jean":

102) Wang Chung "Hypnotize Me":

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(Finished July 26th, 2023) Part 5 of the Most Fun Songs of the Late 70s the Entire 80s

Hello,

This is at least the 723rd blog that I've written about the greatest decade of music ever. The music of the late 70s to the end of the 80s is indeed amazing. Inspired by watching the "Tetris" movie and the amazing 80s songs they played I thought it was time for another 80s blog series. This blog will feature some great late 70s songs as well.

69) Oxo "Whirly Girl":

70) The Bangles "In Your Room":

71) Pat Benatar "We Belong":

72) John Mellencamp "R.O.C.K. In The USA":

73) Huey Lewis "Heart and Soul":

74) Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl":

75) Kenny Loggins "Footloose"

Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":

77) Baltimora "Tarzan Boy":

78) Fleetwood Mac "Dreams":

79) Supertramp "Breakfast In America":

80) Jackson Browne "Lawyers In Love":

81) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

82) Van Halen "Finish What You Started":

83) ABC "How To Be A Millionaire":

84) Duran Duran "Girls On Film":

85) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

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(Finished July 24th, 2023) Part 4 of The Best of Radio Songs

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The best of songs that mention or are about radio. This is the fourth of four blogs on this topic.

49) Gary Allen "Nothing On But The Radio":

50) The Doors "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)/ "Hello I Love You"":

51) LL Cool J "I Can't Live Without My Radio":

52) Steely Dan "FM (No Static At All)":

53) Lionel Cartwright "I Watched It All (On My Radio)":

54) Indeep "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life":

55) Tom Petty "The Last DJ':

56) The Smiths "Panic":

57) Slade "Radio Wall of Sound":

58) Superbus "Radio Song":

59) Don Williams "Listen To The Radio":

60) Reba McEntire "Turn On The Radio":

61) McFly "Love Is On The Radio":

62) Taffy "I Love My Radio":

63) Shakin Stevens "Radio":

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

65) Clout "Portable Radio":

66) Charlie Dore "Pilot of the Airwaves":

67) OMD "Radio Waves":

68) Pink "God Is A DJ":

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(Finished July 22nd, 2023) Part 11 of Random, Underappreciated Songs of the 80s (and early 90s), Songs 171-187

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I'm going to go where YouTube, old memories and the greatest decade for music ever take me. I started this blog series over two years ago. Sometimes I just yearn to listen to the classics from the past. This is one of those times. I've worked very hard to not have duplicates, but if I do that's a well deserving song that's a little bit less obscure.

171)  Bruce Springsteen "Human Touch":

172) Prince "Pop Life":

173) The Housemartins "Sitting On The Fence":

174) Clint Black "Nobody's Home":

175) Celine Dion "If You Asked Me To":

176) Dwight Yoakam "Fast As You":

177) (Was) Not Was "Walk The Dinosaur":

178) Abba "Voulez Vous":

179) Squeeze "Tempted":

180) Alabama "Pass It On Down":

181) Eurythmics "Sex Crime":

182) Alan Jackson "Dallas":

183) Barenaked Ladies "The Old Apartment":

184) The Hooters "Satellite":

185) Restless Heart "Fast Movin' Train":

MARRS 186) "Pump Up The Volume":

187) Cher "Just Like Jesse James":

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(Finished July 22nd, 2023) Part 3 of Selected Best(ish) Rock Songs of Now!! And The Last Couple of Years

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These are some of the best songs of the last couple years, or maybe a bit beyond.

35) Daughty/ Lzzy Hale "Separate Ways":

36) I Prevail "Deep End":

37) Those Damn Crows "See You Again":

38) Rammstein "Angst":

39) Metallica "Sleeping My Life Away":

40) Those Damn Crows "I Am":

41) Drug Church "Million Miles of Fun":

42) Momma "Medicine":

43) Smashing Pumpkins "Avalanche":

44) Metallica "Shadows Fall":

45) Paramore "This Is Why":

46) Winger "It All Comes Back Around":

47) Generation Radio "Why Are You Calling Me Now":

48) Skid Row "Time Bomb":

49) Within Temptation "Wireless":

50) Halocene "Help Me, Hold Me":

51) Black Stone Cherry "Nervous":

52) Skid Row "October's Song":

53) Butcher Babies "Red Thunder":

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(Finished July 17th, 2023) Part 7 of The Best Songs of 1983

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What were the best songs of 1983? These are the best non-country songs. I have a separate blog for best country songs also happening. However some songs like Deborah Allen's "Baby I Lied" will be on both lists.

103) Robert Plant "Big Log":

104) Agnetha Faltskog "Can't Shake Loose":

105) Elton John "Kiss The Bride":

This medley was re-released in 1983. 106) The Kinks "You Really Got Me"/ "All Day and All of the Night":

107) Men At Work "Overkill":

108) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines (Don't Do It)":

109) Depeche Mode "Get The Balance Right":

110) Motley Crue "Helter Skelter":

111) Prince "Little Red Corvette":

112) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

113) Kool and The Gang "Tonight":

114) ABC "That Was Then This Is Now":

115) Duran Duran "New Moon on Monday":

116) The Police "King of Pain":

117) The Violent Femmes "Gone Daddy Gone":

118) The Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now":

119) Tears For Fears "Change":

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(Finished July 17th, 2023) Part 4 of The Best 80sish Synth Songs

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I like to make the joke that the best way to tell if a movie is an 80s movies is by the synth background music. A lot of time those are great synth songs, but not always. There were a lot of terrible synth songs in the 80s. It was a trend that a lot of people tried to exploit, some much better than others.

Thanks again to ranker.com for the ideas. Also thanks to Paramo de Tres Incendios Records for their Synth Pop YouTube video. Thanks for introducing to so much new music.

52) Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":

53) ZZ Top "Velcro Fly":

54) Europe "The Final Countdown":

55) Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)":

56) Erasure "Oh L'Amour":

57) Yazoo "Only You":

58) M "Pop Muzik":

59) Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz":

60) Duran Duran "Rio":

61) Erasure "Sometimes":

62) Depeche Mode "Shake The Disease":

63) Camouflage "The Great Commandment":

64) ABC "The Look of Love":

65) Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder "Together In Electric Dreams":

66) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

67) Johnny Hates Jazz "Shattered Dreams":

68) The Cutting Crew "(I Just) Died In Your Arms":

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(Finished July 16th, 2023) Part 6 of The Best Songs of 1983

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What were the best songs of 1983? These are the best non-country songs. I have a separate blog for best country songs also happening. However some songs like Deborah Allen's "Baby I Lied" will be on both lists. 

86) The Fixx "One Thing Leads To Another":

87) Def Leppard "Photograph":

88) R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe":

89) Dio "Shame On The Night":

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

91) Irene Cara "Flashdance (What A Feeling)":

92) The Violent Femmes "Gimme The Car":

93) Men At Work "High Wire":

94) Stevie Nicks "Stand Back":

"Thriller" is an appropriate title for one of the greatest CDs of all-time. 95) Michael Jackson "Beat It":

96) R.E.M. "Talk About The Passion":

97) Golden Earring "Twilight Zone":

98) China Crisis "Working With Fire and Steel":

99) Moving Pictures "What About Me":

100) Toni Basil "Nobody":

101) Robert Plant "In The Mood":

I saw this guy a couple of months ago. First of all it's not guys, now it's just one very bizarre dude. He was only allowed to sing four songs, including this song. This was one of my favorite songs back in the 80s. 102) Naked Eyes "Always Something There To Remind Me":

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(Finished July 15th, 2023) Part 4 of The Best of the Best- The Most Deserving Diamond Certified CDs

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These are the best of the best diamond certified CDs. I will only be focusing on original CDs and not any greatest hits collections. I'll only make an exception for Bob Marley's "Legend". I know that's a greatest hits collection, but it seems it was meant to raise awareness of the great music of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Not all Diamond CDs are equal. I'll post the six best songs from each deserving diamond certified CD.

10) Guns N' Roses "Appetite For Destruction": 1) My favorite Guns N' Roses song "Mr. Brownstone":

I love everything about this performance with Carrie Underwood. Not only is Carrie absolutely gorgeous  but she's also. great singer. She would be a great rock vocalist!! 2) "Welcome To The Jungle":

My second favorite G N' R song. 3) "Paradise City":

Sorry I got distracted, Miss Underwood with "Paradise City":

4) "My Michelle":

5) "Rocket Queen":

6) "Nightrain": 

11) Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill": With Taylor Swift 1) "You Oughta Know":

2) "Ironic":

3) "Hand In My Pocket":

4) "Head Over Feet":

5) "All I Really Want":

With Elizabeth Stanley and many other talented musicians. 6) "You Learn":

12) Bob Marley and the Wailers "Legend": 1) "Buffalo Soldier":

2) "I Shot The Sheriff":

3) "Exodus":

4) "Get Up, Stand Up":

5) "Waiting In Vain":

6) "Redemption Song":

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(Finished July 13th, 2023) More Rock Ballads

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Two days ago I posted a blog about the best hair metal ballads. That wasn't enough rocking ballads so here's another blog celebrating the best rock ballads. 

21) Def Leppard "Love Bites":

22) Aerosmith "Angel":

23) Bon Jovi "I''ll Be There For You":

24) Bon Jovi "Never Say Goodbye":

25) Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun":

26) Giant "I'll See You In My Dreams":

27) Boston "Amanda":

28) Cinderella "Nobody's Fool":

29) Firehouse "When I Look Into Your Eyes":

30) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

31) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters"

32) Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home":

33) Night Ranger "Sister Christian":

34) Ozzy Osbourne "Mama I'm Coming Home":

35) Queensryche "Silent Lucidity":

36) The Scorpions "Still Loving You":

37) Thunder "Love Walked In":

38) Winger "Headed For A Heartbreak":

39) Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartbreak":

40) AC/DC "Ride On":

41) The Scorpions "Wind of Change":

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(Started July 11th, 2023) The Best Hair Metal Ballads

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I'm feeling like some old school hair metal music. While Googling around I stumbled across this page:

https://www.liveabout.com/best-hair-metal-ballads-1752387

This is a great selection of songs on this list:

1) Poison "Every Rose Has It's Thorn":

2) Skid Row "I Remember You":

3) Warrant Heaven":

This song is a bit wimpy for me, but it's tolerable. 4) White Lion "When The Children Cry":

5) L.A. Guns "Ballad of Jayne":

6) Firehouse "Love of A Lifetime":

7) Tesla "Love Song":

8) Slaughter "Fly To The Angels":

9) Cinderella "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)":

10) Steelheart "I'll Never Let You Go":

11) Kix "Don't Close Your Eyes":

12) Damn Yankees "High Enough":

13) Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford "Close My Eyes Forever":

14) Motley Crue "Without You":

15) Enuff Z'nuff "Fly High Michelle":

16) Winger "Miles Away":

17) Dokken "Alone Again":

18) Extreme "More Than Words":

19) Scorpions "Still Loving You":

20) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

(Finished July 9th, 2023) Part 3 of The Best of the Best- The Most Deserving Diamond Certified CDs

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These are the best of the best diamond certified CDs. I will only be focusing on original CDs and not any greatest hits collections. I'll only make an exception for Bob Marley's "Legend". I know that's a greatest hits collection, but it seems it was meant to raise awareness of the great music of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Not all Diamond CDs are equal. I'll post the six best songs from each CD.

7) Bruce Springsteen "Born In The U.S.A.":

1) "Born In The U.S.A.":

2) "I'm On Fire":

3) "Dancing In The Dark":

4) "Darlington County":

5) "I'm Goin' Down":

6) "Cover Me":

8) Metallica "Metallica":

1) "Enter Sandman":

2) "Sad But True":

3) "The Unforgiven":

4) "Nothing Else Matters";

5) "Don't Tread On Me":

6) "Through The Never":

Warning unneeded explicit language. Bonus track: From the Japanese edition bonus track. "So What":

9) "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack

Songs 1-3 and 5 are all by the Bee Gees. 1) Stayin' Alive":

2) "How Deep Is Your Love":

3) "Night Fever":

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

5) "Jive Talkin'":

The full length version. 6) The Trammps "Disco Inferno":

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(Finished July 8th, 2023) Part 4 of the Most Fun Songs of the Late 70s the Entire 80s

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This is at least the 718th blog that I've written about the greatest decade of music ever. The music of the late 70s to the end of the 80s is indeed amazing. Inspired by watching the "Tetris" movie and the amazing 80s songs they played I thought it was time for another 80s blog. This blog will feature some great late 70s songs as well.

52) Roxette "Joyride":

53) Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel":

54) Donnie Iris "Ah Leah":

55) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":

56) Terence Trent D'Arby "Wishing Well":

57) Shannon "Let The Music Play":

58) The B-52's "Love Shack":

59) Teena Marie "Lovergirl":

60) A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)":

61) Prince "I Would Die 4 U":

62) Prince and Sheena Easton  "U Got The Look":

63) Huey Lewis and The News "The Power of Love":

64) Animotion "Obsession":

65) King "Love and Pride":

66) Oingo Boingo "Weird Science":

67) Queen "Flash":

68) The Time "The Bird":

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(Finished July 6th, 2023) Part 3 of the Most Fun Songs of the Late 70s the Entire 80s

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This is at least the 700th blog that I've written about the greatest decade of music ever. The music of the late 70s throughout the end of the 1989 is indeed amazing. Inspired by watching the "Tetris" movie and the amazing 80s songs they played I thought we needed yet another 80s blog. This one will feature some great late 70s songs as well.

35) Information Society "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)":

36) Samantha Fox "I Surrender (To The Spirit of the Night":

37) Taylor Dayne "I'll Be Your Shelter":

38) Elton John "Kiss The Bride":

39) Love and Rockets "So Alive":

40) Starship "We Built This City":

41) Paula Abdul "Straight Up":

42) Kool and the Gang "Celebration":

43) Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait":

44) "Raspberry Beret":

45) Madonna "Like A Prayer":

46) The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Tuff Enuff":

47) Wang Chung"Dance Hall Days":

48) Duran Duran "Is There Something I Should Know":

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

50) The Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up":

51) Duran Duran "Rio":

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