(Started May 5th, 2020, Updated April 27th, 2024) Part 2 of Best Songs That Start With The Letter J

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I started this blog over three years ago and I finish it today.

Sometimes it's hard to come up with new blog topics. Cinco De Mayo seemed too obvious, after racking my brain I came up with best songs and bands that start with the letter J. Next blog will be the best bands that start with the letter J. As usual, I'm trying to focus on less well known songs.

19) Whitney Houston "Just The Lonely Talking Again":

20) KLF "Justified and Ancient (Remix)":

21) Billy Joel "Just The Way You Are":

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

23) Sinead O'Connor "Jerusalem":

24) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Jammin'":

25) Last November "Julie":

Yes The New Pornographers have two Jackie songs. 26) The New Pornographers "Jackie, Dressed In Cobras":

27) Arcade Fire "Joan of Arc":

28) The Temptations "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)":

29) James Ingram "Just Once":

30) David Bowie "Jean Genie":

31) Another song about "Jenny", this one by Walk The Moon:

32) The B-52's "Juliet of The Spirits":

33) Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash "Jackson":

Miss O'Connor loves song titles that start with J. 34) Sinead O'Connor "Just Like U Said It Would Be":

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(Finished April 23rd, 2024) Part 10 of Songs That Meant Something To Me In The 80s, Songs 154-171

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Previously I worked at Lowes and they're a store that plays a preponderance of 80s music. As an old fogie and a member of Generation X I love 80s music. Two of the better songs that were played were Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and Fleetwood Mac's "Hold Me". I now work at a hospital and I miss not have songs playing while working. But hey it's a much better job.

154) The Jeff Healey Band "Angel Eyes":

155) The Cure "Why Can't I Be You":

156) Peabo Bryant and Roberta Flack "Tonight I Celebrate My Love":

157) Sade "Your Love Is King":

158) Skyy "Real Love":

I like Palmer's version better than Cherelle's version, I have included both here. Here's an anti-love song

159) Cherelle "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On":

 160) Robert Palmer's "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On":

162) Kenny Loggins "Vox Humana":

163) Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up":

164) INXS "Need You Tonight":

165) Terrance Trent D'Arby "Sign Your Name":

166) Blondie "Atomic":

167) Mr. Mister "Broken Wings":

168) New Order "Blue Monday":

169) Van Halen "Finish What Ya Started":

170) a-ha "Take On Me":

171) Howard Jones "No One Is To Blame":

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(Finished April 20th, 2024) Part 9 of Songs That Meant Something To Me In The 80s, Songs 137-153

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Currently I'm working at Lowes and they're another store that plays a preponderance of 80s music. As an old fogie and a member of Generation X I love 80s music. Two of the better songs that were played were Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and Fleetwood Mac's "Hold Me". 

A song that I've always loved about a sport I've always loved is John Fogerty's "Centerfield". Go Dodgers!! Please sign Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers did sign Ohtani along with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and traded for Tyler Glasnow. The Dodgers are paying a lot of money to be in the middle of the pack in the MLB. So far I've been very disappointed. As of tonight they are 12-11 and have the 16th best record in MLB.  120) John Fogerty "Centerfield":

137) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

138) Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys on Mopeds":

139) Metallica "One":

140) XTC "Dear God":

141) Rush "Early Distant Warning":

142) U2 "Pride (In The Name of Love)":

143) Sting "Russians":

144) Prince "Sign of the Times":

145) Martika "Toy Soldiers":

146) U2 "New Years Day":

147) Sinead O'Connor "The Emperor's New Clothes":

The 80s were a sappy decade, there were a lot of great love songs. Here are some of the best:

148) Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is":

149) Survivor "The Search Is Over":

One of my all-time favorite Elton John songs. 150) Elton John "I'm Still Standing":

151) Survivor "High On You":

152) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":

153) The Bangles "Eternal Flame":

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(Finished April 18th, 2024) Part 2 of the Best of 1965 to 1967 and Three More Recent Covers

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The best songs of 1965 to 1967. How did the music reflect the times and how did the times reflect the music?

Most of the news items below come from this: https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html

What were some of the historical events that happened in 1965 to 1967? 

The Vietnam War intensifies in 1965. Also the first draft card was burned in 1965. In 1966 United States warplanes begin their bombing raids of Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam. Over 400,000 Americans were in country also at that time.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is being dismantled before our eyes now, was signed into law.

The Watts riot occurred in 1965. In July, 1967 Black riots plague Newark, New Jersey. Twenty six are killed, over 1,500 were injured and one thousand were arrested. From July 23rd to July 30th forty more people were killed in Detroit. In a semi-related theme Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court justice.

Also in 1966 Medicare, a great program for seniors, begins. As someone who works in a hospital I see this great program in practice everyday.

18) Petula Clark "Downtown":

19) Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs "Wooly Bully":

20a) Jimmy Ruffin "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted":

20b) Joan Osborne "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted":

21) The Association "Cherish":

22a) The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love":

One of the first videos I remember seeing on MTV back when it first began. 22b) Phil Collins "You Can't Hurry Love":

23) Percy Sledge "When A Man Loves A Woman":

24) The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black":

25) Lovin Spoonful "Daydream":

26) The Temptations "Ain't Too Proud To Beg":

27) Petula Clark "My Love":

28a) George Jones "The Race Is On":

28b) Sawyer Brown "The Race Is On":

29) Merle Haggard "The Bottle Let Me Down":

30) Glen Campbell "By The Time I Get To Phoenix":

31) Merle Haggard "Branded Man":

32) Fontella Bass "Rescue Me":

33) Stevie Wonder "Uptight":

34) The Supremes "I Hear A Symphony":

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(Finished April 16th, 2024) Part 3 of Songs I Should Post More

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This has been a fun blog series to create, trying to come up several songs that I should post more. There are honestly some songs that I post on my own blog- songs I love- that I think to myself I can't believe I'm posting again. I decided to go the other way and post songs that I haven't posted nearly enough.

I love Nelly Furtado. 35) Nelly Furtado "Explode":

36) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones "The Impression That I Get":

37) Ava Max "Kings and Queens":

38) Journey "Wheel In The Sky":

39) Aretha Franklin "Who's Zoomin' Who":

40) Olivia Rodrigo "Driver's License":

41) Brian Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini":

42) Mary Hopkins "Those Were The Days":

43) Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad":

44) Rihanna "Rehab":

45) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

46) Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It":

47) Lady Gaga "Hold My Hand":

48) Kings of Leon "The Bucket":

49) Ronnie Milsap "Something In My House":

50) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":

51) Culture Beat "Mr. Vain":

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(Finished April 15th, 2024) Part 2 of themusicaddict's Top 100ish Albums of All-Time: The Anti-Preview

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I decided today to take on the task of naming the 100ish best albums of all-time. I use ish as I'm not sure how many albums I will end with. Right now I have about 145 CDs on the Top 100ish Albums of All-Time. These CDs cover nearly every genre, era, style and decades. The CDs represented here range from the 1960s to the 2010s. 

I'm going to start off with songs from CDs that aren't included on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. Thus the anti-preview. There's no guarantee that the bands below will have an album on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. But you will know some of the albums that won't be on that list.

Also for the most part I'll not be including greatest hits or live albums to this list. A certain Jamaican reggae musician may be an exception to that. Feel free to Google the albums each song is from.

18) Blondie "Dreaming":

19) Billy Joel "Piano Man":

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

21a) Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke":

21b) One version of this song just isn't enough. A longer version of "Sir Duke":

22) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

This great song is from "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", not exactly the pinnacle of peak U2. 23) U2 "Vertigo":

From U2's third CD "War". This song is one of their most anthemic songs from their career. "War" is also known for the classic "New Year's Day" and "Two Hearts Beat As One". At this point they were still young band trying to find their way. Only five years they released their late 80s classic "The Joshua Tree". 24) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

25) Stone Temple Pilots "Big Bang Baby":

26) XTC "Senses Working Overtime":

27) Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking":

28) Alan Jackson "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow":

29) Sugarland "Baby Girl":

30) Little Big Town "Pontoon":

31) The Band Perry "If I Die Young":

32) Aerosmith "Dream On":

33) The Thompson Twins "Into The Gap":

34) "Rock That Body":

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(Finished April 12th, 2024) The A's Of My iPod

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I'm one of those old people that haven't quite caught up with all the technology and just don't care who knows. 😁 I go walking with my iPod Nano and not a phone. I just want to listen to my music and not have to worry about anything else.

I have no need to impress anyone. I like the technology that I use. I have an old school iPod Nano, it's still running after 14 years of service. It holds about the perfect amount of songs, not too many and not too few.

The other day on my morning walk I accidentally set it to play artists starting with the letter a. So many great songs were played- as always, it is my iPod and I pick songs that I love-and I thought this would make a great blog topic. If an artist is a solo singer they are categorized alphabetically by their first name- in case your OCC gets triggered.

1) AC/DC "TNT":

If you had asked me if I had ever heard of this band I would have said "no". However it seems I have heard of them and in fact have one of their songs on my iTunes. I love this quirky little song. 2) The Accidentals "Earthbound":

I'm intrigued by this song, let's check out a few more songs by The Accidentals. "What A Waste":

The Accidentals "Go-Getter":

A cover of the Blondie classic by The Accidentals This cover takes a few seconds to heat up, but then it really kicks into gear. I love how The Accidentals have put a rock sheen on this disco classic. "Heart of Glass":

3) Aerosmith "Dream On":

4) AFI "Anxious":

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

6) Alan Jackson "She's Got The Rhythm (I Got The Blues)":

7) The Alarm "The Stand":

8) Alice In Chains "Grind":

9) Alice In Chains "Again":

10) Alice Merton "Same Team":

11) Alison Moyet "Invisible":

12) The All-American Rejects "Swing Swing":

13) Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks and Eddie Redmayne "In My Life/ A Heart Full of Love":

The former Duran Duran member makes his own music. 14) Andy Taylor "A Man's A Wolf To Man":

15) The Angels "My Boyfriend's Back":

Hopefully I'll be seeing the touring production of "Les Miserables" in 2025 and I'm going through a "Les Mis" phase. 16) Anne Hathaway "I Dreamed A Dream":

17) Arcade Fire "Crown of Love":

18) Arcade Fire "Lightning 1,2":

19) Avantasia "Draconian Love":

20) Ayron Jones "Baptized In Muddy Waters":

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(Finished April 11th, 2024) Part 1 of the Best of 1965 to 1967

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The best songs of 1965 to 1967. How did the music reflect the times and how did the times reflect the music?

Most of the news items below come from this: https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html

What were some of the historical events that happened in 1965 to 1967? 

The Vietnam War intensifies in 1965. Also the first draft card was burned in 1965. In 1966 United States warplanes begin their bombing raids of Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam. Over 400,000 Americans were in country also at that time.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is being dismantled before our eyes now, was signed into law.

The Watts riot occurred in 1965. In July, 1967 Black riots plague Newark, New Jersey. Twenty six are killed, over 1,500 were injured and one thousand were arrested. From July 23rd to July 30th forty more people were killed in Detroit. In a semi-related theme Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court justice.

Also in 1966 Medicare, a great program for seniors, begins. As someone who works in a hospital I see this great program in practice everyday.

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

2) The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody":

3) Elvis Presley "Crying In The Chapel":

4) Paul Revere and The Raiders "Kicks":

5) The Happenings "See You In September":

6) Jewel Akens "The Birds and The Bees":

7) The Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself":

What is that weird laugh. I have no idea, but it was the 60s. 8) Freddie and the Dreamers "I'm Telling You Now":

9) The Mindbenders "A Groovy Kind of Love":

10) The Cyrkle "Red Rubber Ball":

11a) Matt Monro "Born Free":

11b) Andy Williams "Born Free":

12) The Boxtops "The Letter":

13) Buck Owens and the Buckaroos "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail":

14) The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden":

15) Johnny Wright "Hello Vietnam":

16) David Houston "Livin' In A House of Love":

17) Henson Cargill "Skip A Rope":

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(Finished April 10th, 2024) Part 1 of themusicaddict's Top 100ish Albums of All-Time: The Anti-Preview

Hello,

I decided today to take on the task of naming the 100ish best albums of all-time. I use ish as I'm not sure how many albums I will end with. These CDs cover nearly every genre, era, style and decades. The CDs represented here range from the 1960s to the 2010s. 

I'm going to start off with songs from CDs that aren't included on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. Thus the anti-preview. There's no guarantee that the bands below will have an album on the Top 100ish albums of all-time. But you will know some of the albums that won't be on that list.

Also for the most part I'll not be including greatest hits or live albums to this list. A certain Jamaican reggae musician may be an exception to that.

1) The Smiths "How Soon Is Now":

2) The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out":

3) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

4) Prince "Little Red Corvette":

5) Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram "Somewhere Out There":

6) Madonna "Lucky Star":

7) Prince "Baltimore":

8) Beastie Boys "Intergalactic":

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

10) Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartache":

11) Whitney Houston "I Have Nothing":

12) Journey "Faithfully":

13) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

14) Lady Gaga "Born This Way":

15) Muse "Will of The People":

16) They Might Be Giants "(She Was A) Hotel Detective":

17) Bon Jovi "It's My Life":

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(Finished April 9th, 2024) Part 9 of Best Songs of 1991: Alphabetically By Musician

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I started this blog series a couple of years ago. What are some of the best songs from 1991? 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 these blogs. Now in January 2024 I'm again revamping these  blogs, making them better and adding more songs. 1991 was truly one of the greatest years for music.

Great albums released in 1991 include two Guns N' Roses "Use Your Illusion" CDs, Metallica's so called "Black" album, Pearl Jam's "Ten", U2's "Achtung Baby", Roxette's "Joyride", Bonnie Raitt's "Luck of The Draw", Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Into The Great Wide Open", Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magick", Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind", R.E.M.'s "Out of Time" and many others.

137) Alan Jackson "Chattahoochee":

138) Alan Jackson "Don't Rock The Jukebox":

139) Alan Jackson "Someday":

140) Alan Jackson "Dallas":

141) Alan Jackson "Love's Got A Hold On You":

142) Alan Jackson "Midnight In Montgomery":

143) Alan Jackson "That's All I Need To Know":

Rhythm Nation 1814 was still putting out singles two years after it's explosive debut. 144) Janet Jackson "State of The World":

145) Michael Jackson "Black Or White":

146) Michael Jackson "Give In To Me":

147 Michael Jackson "In The Closet":

148) Michael Jackson featuring Heavy D "Jam":

149) Michael Jackson "Remember The Time":

150) Michael Jackson "Who Is It":

151) Michael Jackson "Why You Wanna Trip On Me":

152) Hal Ketchum "Five O'Clock World":

153) Hal Ketchum "I Know Where Loves Live":

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(Finished April 6th, 2024) Part 2 of Best 90s Bands With Female Singers and Solo Female Singers

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These are the best songs by 90s bands led by female singers. I will include the best songs from all years for these bands. L7 and The Cranberries are on the first blog in this series.

3) The Cardigans "Step On Me":

"Lovefool"

"For What It's Worth":

featuring Tom Jones "Burning Down The House":

3) The Breeders "Saints":

"Cannonball":

4) No Doubt "Comforting Lie":

"Happy Now":

"Different People":

"Hey Baby":

"Hella Good":

"Sunday Morning":

"Spiderwebs":

"Don't Speak":

"Excuse Me Mister":

"Bathwater"

"Ex-Girlfriend":

"Looking Hot":

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(Finished April 4th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Songs of Summer and The Beach Boys

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Is there a band more associated with summer than The Beach Boys? I think not. Here is a series of blogs with the best summer songs mixed in with the best Beach Boys songs. There will be a few summer songs and then one Beach Boys song and going forward. That is until I run out of Beach Boys song.

Thanks to this website for many of these songs: https://www.timeout.com/music/the-50-best-summer-songs-hit-the-beach-with-these-summertime-tunes

1) Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone":

2) Fergie featuring GoonRock and Q-Tip "A Little Party Never Killed No One":

3) Kid Cudi "All Summer":

4) The Beach Boys "Surfer Girl":

This song is so amazing that it could almost fit any theme. 5) Don McLean "American Pie":

6) The 5th Dimension "Aquarius/ Let The Sunshine In":

7) Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang":

8) Aqua "Barbie Girl":

9) Dua Lipa "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)":

10) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":

11) The Ataris "Boys of Summer":

12) Don Henley "Boys Of Summer":

13) Sabrina "Boys (Summertime Love)":

14) John Fogerty "Centerfield":

15) Sammy Johns "Chevy Van":

16) The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations":

17) Colbie Caillat "Brighter Than The Sun":

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(Finished April 4th, 2024) Part 1 of The Saddest Songs of All-Time

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It's time for another saddest songs of all-time blog.

1) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

I heard someone playing this on the piano at the hospital I work at yesterday, this haunting melody stayed with me the rest of the day. 2) "I Dreamed A Dream":

3) Happy Chapin "Cats In The Cradle":

4) Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer":

5) Judy Collins "Both Sides Now":

It has to be this version. 6) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "The River":

7) Fleetwood Mac "Landslide":

8) Sarah McLachlan "I Will Remember You";

9) Elton John "Candle In The Wind":

10) My Chemical Romance "Cancer":

11) No Doubt "Don't Speak":

12) Live "Lightning Crashes":

13) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Tracks Of My Tears":

14) Skeeter Davis "End of The World":

15) The Highwomen "Highwomen":

16) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Ohio":

17) Randy Van Warmer "Just When I Needed You Most":

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(Mostly Finished March 31st, 2024) Part 3 of The Most Dramatic Songs of All-Time

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The continued most dramatic songs of all-time.

35) Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald":

36) AC/DC "Thunderstruck":

37) Paper Lace "Billy Don't Be A Hero":

38) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

39) Taylor Swift "Better Than Revenge":

40) From "Les Miserables" "Look Down":

If you hadn't grasped it already this is from the movie version of "Phantom of the Opera". 41) Gerard Butler "The Music of the Night":

42) Handel "Hallelujah Chorus":

43) Michael Jackson "They Don't Care About Us":

44) Lionel Richie "Say You, Say Me":

45) Aerosmith "Hangman Jury":

46) Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died":

47) Meat Loaf "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back":

48) The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter":

49) Paula Abdul "Straight Up":

It can be dramatic, sad and true. The fact that a song like this still needs to be played is definitely sad.

50) Janet Jackson "State of The World":

51) Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal":

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