(Finished October 31st, 2023) The Top 17 Songs 35 Years Ago, October 29th, 1988

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Most of the following information comes from this website: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1988.html

What was 1988 known for? 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, Korea. The Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Canada. This was when both Olympic Games were held in the same year. The Soviet army withdraws from Afghanistan, a country known as the graveyard of empires. Hopefully that will serve as a sign for Russia eventually pulling out of Ukraine. The Space Shuttle program resumes 2.5 years after the Challenger disaster. 

Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" is published. That's a book that I have told myself that I'm going to read multiple times but have yet to get around to it. Other great books of 1988: Thomas Harris' "The Silence of the Lambs", Anne Rice "Queen of The Damned", H.G. Bissinger's "Friday Night Lights", and Dean Koontz's "Lightning". If I remember correctly that was the first Dean Koontz book I read and I loved it. Other popular books included Robert Fulghum's "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten", James Michener's "Alaska" and Taylor Branch's "Parting The Waters".

Great movies of 1988: The original "Die Hard", "Rain Man", "Big":"Twins", "Eight Men Out", "The Last Temptation of Christ", "Coming to America", "Mystic Pizza" and "A Fish Called Wanda". 

17) Breathe "How Can I Fall":

I was listening to the radio constantly and watching MTV quite a bit, but I have never heard of this song. Maybe it will ring a bell when I listen to this song for this blog. I'm not familiar with this song, but it's a pretty good song. 16) Giant Steps "Another Lover":

15) Rod Stewart "Forever Young":

14) U2 "Desire":

13) Def Leppard "Love Bites":

12) Erasure "Chains of Fools":

11) Bobby Brown "Don't Be Cruel":

10) Bon Jovi "Bad Medicine":

9) Whitney Houston "One Moment In Time":

8) INXS "Never Tear Us Apart":

7) Kylie Minogue "The Loco-motion":

6) Steve Winwood "Don't You Know What The Night Can Do":

5) Information Society featuring Leonard Nimoy "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)":

4) UB40 "Red Red Wine":

3) The Escape Club "Wild Wild West":

2) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":

1) Phil Collins "Groovy Kind of Love":

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(Finished October 30th, 2023) The Top 17 Songs 30 Years Ago, October 29th, 1993

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1993 was turbulent, it was the first time terrorists hit the World Trade Center. It was also the year of the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas. Also Pablo Escobar was killed by Colombian special forces. River Phoenix died outside of The Viper Room with drug induced heart failure.

For much more information than below go to the website: https://popculturemadness.com/1993-trivia-fun-facts-and-history/

Bill Clinton started his first term as President. Some of the quotes were The X Files "The Truth Is Out There" and California Milk Processor Board's Got Milk?

Movies include "Schindler's List"- a great and heartbreaking novel and movie. Also the Velociraptors of "Jurassic Park" invaded local movie theatres. The movie was decent, but the book is so much better. Also we enjoyed the cute couple of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in "Sleepless In Seattle".

The above website listed a couple of books, but neither one were interesting to me. I have come up with my own list: Tom Clancy's "Without Remorse", Margaret Atwood's "The Robber Bride" (a great, great book), "Lasher" the second of Anne Rice's "The Mayfair Witches" trilogy, Tony Kushner's "Angels In America" and a whole bunch of books I'm not interested in.

17) 2Pac "I Get Around":

16) Inner Circle "Sweat (A La La La La Long)":

15) Aerosmith "Cryin":

14) Def Leppard "Two Steps Behind":

13) Toni Braxton "Another Sad Love Song":

12) Janet Jackson "If":

11) Haddaway "What Is Love":

10) Tony! Toni! Tone! "Anniversary":

9) Janet Jackson featuring Heavy D "Again":

8) SWV "Right Here":

7) Tag Team "Whoomp (There It Is)":

6) Zhane "Hey Mr. DJ":

5) Billy Joel "The River of Dreams":

4) Xscape "Just Kickin' It":

3) Ace of Base "All That She Wants":

2) Meat Loaf "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)":

This was also the top song of 1993. 1) Mariah Carey "Dreamlover":

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(Finished October 30th, 2023) The Top 17 Songs 40 Years Ago, October 29th, 1983

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Ah 1983, good times. themusicaddict enters high school and MTV is in full motion. Those two things are connected but only tangentially. Many a hour I spent in front of an old beater TV watching MTV.

The following comes from: https://hobbylark.com/party-games/1983-Fun-Facts-and-Trivia

Other notable events of 1983: Sally Ride became the first woman in space, Thistle, Utah was destroyed by a big landslide, the unemployment rate was 8.0%- about 3 times higher than it is now- the Washington Redskins- yes, Redskins- won the Super Bowl and the Orioles won the World Series. Other items of note: More than 10 million computers were being used and the first version of Microsoft Word was released- how antiquated would that look now?

Also the tv series MASH ended on a very subdued note. Companies such as CostCo, Sam's Club and Verizon Communications all were started. 1983 was the year of two Stephen King books "Christine" and "Pet Semetary". "Christine" was the book that got me to fall in love with the writing of Stephen King, I have read about 80% of his books. "Flashdance" taught the world to dance and "A Christmas Story" made us rethink the word "fragile". 

17) Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack "Tonight I Celebrate My Love":

16) David Bowie "Modern Love":

15) Stevie Nicks "If Anyone Falls":

14) Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize":

13) The Talking Heads "Burning Down The House":

12) The Motels "Suddenly Last Summer":

11) Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson "Say Say Say":

10) Billy Joel "Uptown Girl":

9) Sheena Easton "Telefone (Long Distance Affair)":

8) Prince "Delirious":

7) The Police "King of Pain":

6) Air Supply "Making Love Out of Nothing At All":

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

4) Spandau Ballet "True":

3) Lionel Richie "All Night Long (All Night)":

2) Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

1) Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton "Islands In The Stream":

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(Finished October 28th, 2023) The Top 17 Songs from March 15th, 2003

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How many of these songs will I be familiar with? This chart is a very interesting mix of hip hop/ soul and country music. Off the top of my head I know five of the seventeen songs. I wasn't a big fan of the music of the 2000s until Lady Gaga broke out at the end of the decade.

I have no regrets that I never heard this "classic" until today. Hopefully this will be the last time I ever hear this "song". 17) 50 Cent "Wanksta":

16) JAY-Z featuring Pharrell "Excuse Me Miss":

Eminem is terrible, this is one of the dumbest songs ever. This is the musical equivalent of lowest common denominator. 15) Eminem featuring Dina Rae "Superman":

14) 3 Doors Down "When I'm Gone":

13) Tyrese "How You Gonna Act Like That":

12) Christina Aguilera "Beautiful":

Will someone one please remind me what P. Diddy is calling himself now days. Wait a minute, never mind I just don't care. 11) B2K and P. Diddy "Bump Bump Bump":

10) Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock "Picture":

9) Avril Lavigne "I'm With You":

I literally have never heard of this song. 8) Missy Elliott "Gossip Folks":

One amazing band covering the classic of another amazing band, Fleetwood Mac. 7) The Chicks "Landslide":

6) R. Kelly "Ignition":

5) Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River":

4) Aaliyah "Miss You":

I like the parts where Ashanti sang, but the the rest of the song is terrible. This really was a hit in 2003? 3) Ja Rule featuring Ashanti "Mesmerize":

2) Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J  "All I Have":

1) 50 Cent "In Da Club":

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(Finished October 27th, 2023) Part 2 of The Greatness and Greatest Hits of Arcade Fire

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I have no idea how Arcade Fire isn't one of the biggest bands in the world, they have so many amazing songs. Arcade Fire's first full length CD "Funeral" is easily one of the best CDs from the last several years. Currently they're working on their latest CD, "We". It was released on May 6th, 2022. 

It's finally time for part 2 of this series, part 1 was published about seventeen months ago.

My favorite Arcade FIre song. 17) "Sprawl 2 (Mountains Beyond Mountains)":

18) "Crown of Love":

19) featuring Mavis Staples "I Give You Power":

From the "Dumbo" soundtrack. 20) "Baby Mine":

21) "Black Mirror":

From "The Hunger Games" trilogy. 22) "Abraham's Daughter":

23) "In The Backseat":

24) "Rebellion (Lies)":

25) "Creature Comfort":

26) "Signs of Life":

From "We"

27) "Age of Anxiety 1":

28) "End of the Empire 1 to 3":

29) "Lightning 2":

30) "Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid)":

featuring Peter Gabriel 31) "Unconditional 2 (Race and Religion)":

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(Finished October 26th, 2023) Part 12 of Apple's Top 200 Most Streamed 80s Song: 3 to 1

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Holy hell I'm in an 80s mood. After seeing David Bowie and Depeche Mode tribute bands and the actual Love and Rockets I've heard a lot of great 80s music live this year. Later this year I'll be seeing the Lost 80s tour which feature bands such as Wang Chung, General Public, Naked Eyes and others. And tonight I'll be seeing Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers and Chic and Bastille. With all that going on I'll be doing an 80s blog, but I desperately wanted to do something different than I've done before.  Thus I Googled for the best selling 80s songs of all-time. 

I normally would go to Billboard for this kind of thing, however I didn't want to pay for access for that. I continued Googling and came across a list of the most streamed 80s songs on Apple Music. For some reason there are only 199 songs on their Top 200, that gives me the option to provide my own song at #200. There are some very unusual songs on this list, including songs I've never heard of. But that's why I wanted a list like that to force me to include songs that I don't usually share. 

Well here's the last of this long going blog series. Not only am I adding a video for each of the Top Ten songs, I'll be also adding videos for other songs by each band. Enjoy the greatest decade of music ever. Again this is Apple Music's Top 200 80s songs, not themusicaddict's Top Ten 80s songs. I think trying to figure out my Top Ten 80s song would be a no win task. Also even if I did figure it out I think it would be constantly changing.

The next seven 80s songs are by Queen. 3) "Another One Bites The Dust":

"Play The Game":

"Flash":

"One Vision":

"Body Language":

Without this song would there have been Vanilla Ice? Under Pressure":

"Radio Gaga":

"Hammer To Fall":

The next nine 80s songs are by the Queen, Whitney Houston. I loved all eras of Whitney Houston, but the 80s was the best. 2)  "I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me":

"You Give Good Love":

"All At Once":

"Saving All Of My Love For You":

"Didn't We Almost Have It All":

"Greatest Love Of All":

"Do You Hear What I Hear":

"How Will I Know":

"So Emotional":

Apple's most streamed 80s song and these other five 80s songs are all by Toto. 1) "Africa":

"Rosanna":

"I Won't Hold You Back":

"Stranger In Town":

"Pamela":

"I'll Be Over You":

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(Updated October 25th, 2023) Part 11 of Apple's Top 200 Most Streamed 80s Songs: 10 to 4

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Holy hell I'm in an 80s mood. After seeing David Bowie and Depeche Mode tribute bands and the actual Love and Rockets I've heard a lot of great 80s music live this year. Later this year I'll be seeing the Lost 80s tour which feature bands such as Wang Chung, General Public, Naked Eyes and others. And tonight I'll be seeing Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers and Chic and Bastille. With all that going on I'll be doing an 80s blog, but I desperately wanted to do something different than I've done before.  Thus I Googled for the best selling 80s songs of all-time. 

I normally would go to Billboard for this kind of thing, however I didn't want to pay for access for that. I continued Googling and came across a list of the most streamed 80s songs on Apple Music. For some reason there are only 199 songs on their Top 200, that gives me the option to provide my own song at #200. There are some very unusual songs on this list, including songs I've never heard of. But that's why I wanted a list like that to force me to include songs that I don't usually share. 

Well here's the last of this long going blog series. Not only am I adding a video for each of the Top Ten songs, I'll be also adding videos for other songs by each band. Enjoy the greatest decade of music ever. Again this is Apple Music's Top 200 80s songs, not themusicaddict's Top Ten 80s songs.

10) AC/DC "Back In Black":

Another great song from the classic AC/DC CD "Back In Black". "Hells Bells":

Not to be a snob, but I'm going to be a snob. This is the tenth or eleventh best song on "Appetite For Destruction". That truly is one of the greatest debut, greatest rock and all-time greatest albums of all-time. 9) Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine":

Now here's the best song on the CD "Mr. Brownstone":

The second best song from "Appetite":

Another great song from G N' R's classic debut CD "Nightrain":

8) a-ha "Take On Me":

a-ha were given the opportunity to do a Bond, James Bond song. Their Bond entry isn't well known but it's a pretty good song. Their not so classic "The Living Daylights":

Being a snob again but this is about my tenth favorite Journey song. Journey is one of my favorite 80s bands, but they were never as good after Steve Perry left the band. I was able to see the Journey Escape tour, that was an amazing concert. These next five songs are by Journey. 7) "Don't Stop Believin":

"Anyway You Want It":

featuring a Jonathan Cain piano solo "Who's Crying Now":

"Send Her My Love":

"I'll Be Alright Without You":

Like "Escape" and "Back In Black" "Slippery When Wet" was also a classic CD. Their follow up CD "New Jersey" is also a very good CD. I don't know how I still remember this but it was also the first CD I ever bought. The next six songs are by Bon Jovi. 6) "Livin On A Prayer":

"Wanted Dead or Alive":

"Never Say Goodbye":

"I'll Be There For You":

"On The Edge of A Broken Heart":

"Blood On Blood":

Speaking of classic CDs most people consider Jackson's "Thriller" the best CD of the 80s. It indeed has several amazing songs on it, there is not a dud on the whole CD. 5) Michael Jackson "Billie Jean":

"Smooth Criminal":

Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie "We Are The World":

4) Fleetwood Mac "Everywhere":

These next four songs are all amazing 80s Fleetwood Mac tracks. "Gypsy":

"Little Lies":

"Hold Me":

"Big Love":

(Finished October 23rd, 2023) Part 9 of The 213 Greatest 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 would post a series of blogs with the greatest 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".

For some reason this is one of the nights that I can't post videos so I'm going to just post song titles for now and hopefully I can add the videos tomorrow.

137) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":

138) Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out For A Hero":

Video 1: 139a) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

Video #2: 139b) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

140) Moving Pictures "Never":

141) Billy Ocean "Mystery Lady":

142) Billy Ocean "The Long and Winding Road":

143) Billy Ocean "Suddenly":

144) "Close (To The Edit)":

145) Sade "Smooth Operator":

146) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax":

147) The Time "The Bird":

148) The Time "Jungle Love":

149) The Scorpions "Rock You Like A Hurricane":

150) "Coming Home":

151) Scorpions "Big City Nights":

152) The Scorpions "Still Loving You":

153) Iron Maiden "2 Minutes To Midnight":

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(Finished October 22nd, 2023) Part 5 of The Best Country Songs of the 2000s

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The best decade for country music, in terms of popularity, was probably the 90s. Country music absolutely exploded that decade. However Country music still has maintained a fair level of popularity in the last 23 years. Songs continue to break out. Lady A's "Need You Now" broke out in a big way. As did "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. Then of course that song that has been driving much talk of late is Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town". That's a song I still haven't listened to and have little desire to.

Other country songs that have broken out since 2000 include Little Big Town's "Girl Crush", Tim McGraw's "Red Ragtop", multiple songs by Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road". More songs that have broken out coming out later. 

69) Brad Paisley "The World":

70) Big and Rich "Comin' To Your City":

71) Tim McGraw "Drugs or Jesus":

72) "How Am I Doin'":

73) Toby Keith "I Love This Bar":

74) Julie Roberts "If You Had Called Yesterday":

75) Kenny Chesney "Don't Happen Twice":

76) Jordan Davis "Next Thing You Know":

77) Rascal Flatts "Mayberry":

78) Carrie Underwood "Church Bells":

79) Jake Owen "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)":

80) Phil Vassar "Another Day In Paradise":

81) Lonestar "Out Go The Lights":

82) Steve Holy "Good Morning Beautiful":

83) Tim McGraw "Telluride":

84) Joe Nichols "The Impossible":

85) Buddy Jewell "Sweet Southern Comfort":

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(Finished October 21st, 2023) Part 5 of The Best of 90s Rock: 69-85

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What is the 90s known for? The 90s is known for the rise of the Internet, "Saved By The Bell"- which of course means Tiffani Amber-Thiessen. The 90s is also known for Grunge, which means Seattle and flannel and darker themed music. Speaking of Grunge that would mean "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Evenflow", "Rusty Cage" and "Rooster". 

Other things the 90s are known for one of the best albums of all-time, Metallica's "The Black Album". It's so good they released a 4 disc remake of it performed by other singers. Other great things about the 90s include Blockbusters- so many great memories about getting videos there. I know that seems ridiculous now in the age of on demand.

Also OJ Simpson's White Bronco, slap bracelets (they were a bit addictive), The Macarena, "The Bodyguard" and the power of Whitney Houston's voice, colorful iMacs, Weezer's the so-called blue album, one of the dumbest fads of all-time- beanie babies- 

Alanis Morissette, "You Oughta Know" and "swallow it down jagged little pill". I remember when that CD was breaking, what a breath of fresh air that CD was. I know it wasn't her first CD, but for all intents and purposes it was. Also one of the best albums of the 90s.

Other things continued Aqua's "Barbie Girl"- from another one of the best albums of the 90s, "Fava beans and a nice Chianti", so much nervousness about Y2k- which was so incredibly anti-climactic.

Finally No Doubt, "as if", "psyche", yet another great first CD- "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", "Saving Private Ryan", "Independence Day" (although it has not aged well at all) and "Jurassic Park". If you loved the "Jurassic Park" movie you'll really love Michael Crichton's novel. Other great novels Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes", Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", Tracy Chevalier's "The Girl With The Pearl Earring", Michael Ondaatje's "The English Patient"- one of the few times the movie is better than the book, Richard Preston's "The Hot Zone", Margaret Atwood's brilliant "The Robber Bride", Zadie Smith's "White Teeth", Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air", Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" and so many others.

This video has nothing to do with the song, but it's the only Bryan Adams thing I can find. 69) Bryan Adams "Not Guilty":

70) Alice In Chains "Man In The Box":

71) Beastie Boys "So What'cha Want":

72) Blink-182 "Adam's Song":

73) Candlebox "You":

74) ZZ Top "Doubleback":

75) The Waterboys "Why Look At The Moon":

76) Depeche Mode "Barrel Of A Gun":

77) Whitesnake "The Deeper The Love"

78) Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart":

79) Van Halen "Me Wise Magic":

80) Type O Negative "Summer Breeze":

81) U2 "Even Better Than The Real Thing":

82) Soundgarden "Outshined":

83) Smashing Pumpkins "I Am One":

84) Skid Row "Monkey Business":

85) Scorpions "Tease Me Please Me":

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(Finished October 19th, 2023) Part 8 of The 213 Greatest 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 would post a series of blogs with the greatest 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".

For some reason this is one of the nights that I can't post videos so I'm going to just post song titles for now and hopefully I can add the videos tomorrow.

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

122) The Pretenders "Middle of the Road":

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

124) The Pretenders "My City Was Gone":

125) Bryan Adams "Run To You":

126) Bryan Adams "Heaven":

127) Bryan Adams "Somebody":

128) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

Not to be confused with George Michael's "Freedom '90". 129) Wham! "Freedom":

130) Wham! "Everything She Wants":

131) The Cars "Hello Again":

132) The Cars "Magic":

133) The Cars "Drive":

134) The Cars "Why Can't I Have You":

135) Chicago "Along Comes A Woman":

136).Moving Pictures "Never":

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(Finished October 17th, 2023) Part 11 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

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Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There was a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

171) Brad Paisley "Mud On The Tires":

172) Diamond Rio "One More Day":

173) Dido "White Flag":

174) Audioslave "Dandelion":

175) Nelly Furtado "Explode":

176) James Blunt "You're Beautiful":

177) Green Day "Jesus of Suburbia":

178) Franz Ferdinand "Your Diary":

179) Bloc Party "Helicopter":

Lets enjoy some more Green Day, truly one of the best bands of the aughts. 180) Green Day "Holiday":

181) Rascal Flatts "Prayin' For Daylight":

182) The Donnas "The Gold Medal":

183) Disturbed "Stupify":

184) Vertical Horizon "Grey Sky Morning":

185) Audioslave "Revelations":

Another one of my favorite musicians of the aughts, the lovely Miss Nelly Furtado. 186) Nelly Furtado "One Trick Pony":

187) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

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(Finished October 15th, 2023) Part 8 of The Greatest Country Songs of the 1980s

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I'm just going to turn these blogs into the greatest 80s country songs of all-time. I may or may not post other great 80s songs by each band listed. All of these artists are so much more than some of the greatest songs of the 80s. 

This is in conjunction with my Top 102 Best Songs of each decade from the 50s to the 20s. I limited those blogs to the 102 best non-country songs. The first 102 songs are unofficially the best of 80s country music. 

121) Deborah Allen "I've Been Wrong Before":

122) Clint Black "Walkin'' Away":

123) Rosanne Cash "Hold On":

124) John Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs":

125) The Bellamy Brothers "Lovers Live Longer":

126) Garth Brooks "If Tomorrow Never Comes":

127) Earl Thomas Conley "Heavenly Bodies":

128) Conway Twitty "Tight Fittin' Jeans":

129) The Bellamy Brothers "For All The Wrong Reasons":

130) The Charlie Daniels Band "The Legend of Wooley Swamp":

131) Janie Fricke "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen)":

132) George Jones "The Right Left Hand":

133) The Judds "Young Love, Strong Love":

134) Juice Newton "Shot Full of Love":

135) The Oak Ridge Boys "Fancy Free":

136) Ricky Van Shelton "From A Jack To A King":

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(Finished October 14th, 2023) Part 10 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

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Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There was a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

154) Disturbed "Stupify":

155) Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye":

156) "Don't Think I Don't Think About It":

157) Pearl Jam "Nothing As It Seems":

158) Lady Gaga "Bad Romance":

159) Nine Days "Story Of A Girl":

160) Matchbox Twenty "Bent":

161) Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man":

162) Nelly Furtado "Baby Girl":

163) Audioslave "Out of Exile":

164) The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love":

I love me some Nelly Furtado. 165) Nelly Furtado "Turn Off The Light":

166) Bloc Party "Staying Fat":

167) Lil Kim, Mya, Christina Aguilera and Pink "Lady Marmalade":

168) Jet "Rollover DJ":

169) Jamey Johnson "In Color":

170) Nelly Furtado "Powerless (Say What You Want)":

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