(Updated May 30th, 2024) Part 4 of 80+ Songs In Honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th

Hello,

This blog series is inspired by the 107 year old man going back to France to partake in the 80th D-Day anniversary festivities. His name is Reynolds Tomter, he was a merchant marine during World War 2.

That got me thinking about how this year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day and that I should have a series of blogs about the best 80+ songs about war in general but specifically World War 2. (You know kinda like a Sabaton listening party.) However as I start working on this blog series I realized it might be a lot harder than I thought it would be. However once I did a lot of search and discovered Sabaton I have more than 85 songs. I'm going to share them all with you. War songs from all eras but mostly focusing on the Greatest Generation and World War 2.

From Wikipedia:

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt placed Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower in command of Allied forces.

55) Vera Lynn "We'll Meet Again":

56) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":

57) Iron Maiden "Where Eagles Dare":

58) The Andrews Sisters "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time":

59) Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers"Accentuate The Positive":

60) Artie Shaw "Stardust":

61) Artie Shaw "Begin The Beguine":

62) "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town of Berlin":

63) Frank Sinatra "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night":

64) Vera Lynn "Bless 'Em All/ The Washing On The Siegfried Line/Kiss Me Goodnight Sgt. Major":

65) Bing Crosby "White Christmas":

66) Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters "Don't Fence Me In":

67) Bing Crosby "Bells of St. Mary":

68) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

69) George Thorogood "Bad To The Bone":

70) Johnny Mercer "GI Jive":

71) Anne Shelton "Kiss The Boys Goodbye":

I found this list by Syndie Cat on Spotify, it's her list of best Sabaton World War 2 songs:

72) Sabaton "March To War":

73) Sabaton "40 to 1":

74) "Sabaton "Talvista":

75) Sabaton "White Death":

(Finished May 29th, 2024) Part 4 of The Snarliest Songs of All-Time

Hello,

I'm not sure why this blog idea came to me. I was on a early Saturday afternoon walk, perfect weather, great music on my iPod and somehow this blog idea came to me. Despite the amazing conditions I started thinking of songs. Next I started Googling more songs to fill out the blog. Not only snarling songs lyrics wise, also snarling songs music wise or a combination of both. 

53) The Charlie Daniels Band "Still In Saigon":

54) Styx "Renegade":

55) Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525":

56) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines":

57) Nena "99 Luftballons":

58) The Fixx "Red Skies At Night":

59) Wolfmother "The Joker and The Thief":

60) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Taste The Pain":

61) The Animals "House of The Rising Sun":

62) Evanescence "Bring Me To Life":

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

64) Warrant "Uncle Tom's Cabin":

65) Aerosmith "Hangman's Jury":

He almost snarls that song as much as he sings it. 66) Air Supply "Making Love Out of Nothing At All":

67) AC/DC "Money Talks":

68) My Chemical Romance "Cancer":

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(Finished May 26th, 2024) Part 3 of 80+ Songs In Honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th

Hello,

This blog series is inspired by the 107 year old man going back to France to partake in the 80th D-Day anniversary festivities. His name is Reynolds Tomter, he was a merchant marine during World War 2.

That got me thinking about how this year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day and that I should have a series of blogs about the best 80+ songs about war in general but specifically World War 2. (You know kinda like a Sabaton listening party.) However as I start working on this blog series I realized it might be a lot harder than I thought it would be. However once I did a lot of search and discovered Sabaton I have more than 85 songs. I'm going to share them all with you. War songs from all eras but mostly focusing on the Greatest Generation and World War 2.

From Wikipedia:

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt placed Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower in command of Allied forces.

35) The Glenn Miller Orchestra "In The Mood":

36) Jo Stafford "I'll Be Seeing You":

37) Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters "Don't Fence Me In":

38) The Andrew Sisters "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company C":

This song is about the Vietnam War and it points out some interesting contrasts with World War 2. 39) Paul Hardcastle "19 (Destruction Mix)":

A different kind, and ongoing war, is occurring in this song. 40) Bruce Springsteen "Death To My Hometown":

This song is about D-Day, the day many people call the longest day. 41) Iron Maiden "The Longest Day":

From "Hamilton" 42) Lin Manuel-Miranda, et. al "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

43) T.G. Sheppard "War Is Hell On The Homefront Too":

44) Ben Folds "Army":

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

46) Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans":

From World War 1. 47) "Long Long Way To Tipperary":

Wow, this is such a powerful version of this song. 48) U2 "Bullet The Blue Sky":

49) Pink Floyd "The Dogs of War":

50) "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down":

51) Jimmy Dorsey "Blueberry Hill":

I have 33 Sabaton World War 2 songs to share with you, I will start here with three. All of these World War 2 related songs are by Sabaton. 

52) "Rise of Evil":

 53) "The Final Solution":

54) "Wehrmacht":

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(Finished May 23rd, 2024) Part 3 of The Snarliest Songs of All-Time

Hello,

I'm not sure why this blog idea came to me. I was on a early Saturday afternoon walk, perfect weather, great music on my iPod and somehow this blog idea came to me. Despite the amazing conditions I started thinking of songs. Next I started Googling more songs to fill out the blog. Not only snarling songs lyrics wise, also snarling songs music wise or a combination of both. 

35) Michael Jackson "Thriller":

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

37) Depeche Mode "Master and Servant":

38) Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman "Phantom of The Opera":

39) Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum "The Point of No Return":

40) Peter Gabriel "Shock The Monkey":

41) Dio "Egypt (The Chains Are On)":

42) Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train":

43) The Scorpions "The Zoo":

44) AC/DC "Thunderstruck":

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

46) Stan Ridgway "Just Drive She Said":

47) Britney Spears "Toxic":

48) 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry":

49) The Chicks "Goodbye Earl":

50) Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight":

51) Alice In Chains "Rooster":

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(Finished March 22nd, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Covers, But Maybe Not The Best Originals

Hello,

Great covers, but maybe not the best originals. The original songs here cover the gamut of quality, from completely terrible to very very good.

I've heard this version was pretty terrible, but I had no idea just how bad it is. 1) The Rolling Stones "I'm Free":

The Soup Dragons "I'm Free":

2) The Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends":

Joe Cocker "With A Little Help From My Friends":

3) Elvis Presley "Always On My Mind":

Willie Nelson "Always On My Mind":

The Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind":

4) The Offspring "Gone Away":

 Five Finger Death Punch "Gone Away":

5) The Family "Nothing Compares 2 U":

Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

This version is better than I remember. Prince "Nothing Compares 2 U":

Toni and Chris Cornell "Nothing Compares 2 U":

6) Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal":

Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal":

7) Otis Redding "Hard To Handle":

The Black Crowes "Hard To Handle":

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(Finished May 19th, 2024) Part 3 of The Best Songs About Cars, Trucks and Driving

Hello,

Cars = freedom, mobility and a way to quickly getaway from whatever you don't want to deal with. I literally earned my driver's license as soon as I could. My first vehicle was a beat up old truck we called The Green Weenie. My current ride is a white vehicle named Caitlyn. I named her after the great Caitlin Clark of Iowa Women's basketball.

35) Rihanna "Shut Up and Drive":

36) Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55":

37) Sniff 'n The Tears "Driver's Seat":

38) Stan Ridgway "Drive She Said":

39) Suzy Bogguss "Drive South":

40) Train "Drive By":

41) Kraftwerk "Autobahn":

42) The Rip Chords "Three Window Coupe":

43) Jan and Dean "Drag City":

44) Zella Day "Mustang Kids":

45) Joe Diffie "Pickup Man":

46) Natalie Cole "Pink Cadillac": 

47) Bruce Springsteen "Pink Cadillac":

48) Chris LeDoux "Cadillac Cowboy":

49) Dwight Yoakam "Guitars, Cadillacs":

50) Prince "Little Red Corvette":

51) Nat King Cole "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66":

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(Finished May 17th, 2024) Part 2 of 80+ Songs In Honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th

Hello,

This blog series is inspired by the 107 year old man going back to France to partake in the 80th D-Day anniversary festivities. His name is Reynolds Tomter, he was a merchant marine during World War 2.

That got me thinking about how this year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day and that I should have a series of blogs about the best 80+ songs about war in general but specifically World War 2. (You know kinda like a Sabaton listening party.) However as I start working on this blog series I realized it might be a lot harder than I thought it would be. However once I did a lot of search and discovered Sabaton I have more than 85 songs. I'm going to share them all with you. War songs from all eras but mostly focusing on the Greatest Generation and World War 2.

From Wikipedia:

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt placed Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower in command of Allied forces.

18) The Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy":

19) Glenn Miller "Tuxedo Junction":

20) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

21) The Chicks "Travelin' Soldier":

22) The Cranberries "Zombie":

23) The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter":

24) Bing Crosby "I'll Be Home For Christmas":

25) The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra "The Great Escape":

26) Johnny Horton "Sink The Bismarck":

27) Glenn Miller "American Patrol":

28) Leann Rimes "How Do I Live":

29) Pink Floyd "Vera":

30) Iron Maiden "Aces High":

31) Angels and Airwaves "The War":

32) Jimmy Dean "Pt 109":

33) Nena "99 Luftballons":

34) Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms":

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(Finished May 15th, 2024) Part 5 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. 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.

69) Whitney Houston "My Name Is Not Susan":

70) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":

71) Sinead O'Connor "Emperor's New Clothes":

72) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":

73) Fiona Apple "Criminal":

74) Sufjan Stevens "Jacksonville":

That is just such a great song. It captures the nostalgia of young love so well. 75 Eric Church "Springsteen":

76) The Go-Go's "We Got The Beat":

Such a great theme for Season 4 of "True Detective", too bad that show's final episode was so dumb. It had been a great season up to then. 77) Billie Eilish "Bury A Friend":

78) Diana Ross "Upside Down":

79) Aretha Franklin "Respect":

80) The Supremes "Love Child":

81) The Offspring "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)":

82) The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated":

83) Moby "Pale Horses":

84) Rush "Tom Sawyer":

85) Isaac Hayes "Shaft":

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(Finished May 14th, 2024) Part 2 of The Snarliest Songs of All-Time

Hello,

I'm not sure why this blog idea came to me. I was on a early Saturday afternoon walk, perfect weather, great music on my iPod and somehow this blog idea came to me. Despite the amazing conditions I started thinking of songs. Next I started Googling more songs to fill out the blog. Not only snarling songs lyrics wise, also snarling songs music wise or a combination of both. 

19) Nine Inch Nails "Down In It":

20) Skid Row "Riot Act":

21) The Doors "Riders On The Storm":

22) Johnny Cash "Ghost Riders In The Sky":

23) Peter and Gordon "A World Without Love":

24) Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit":

25) Rockwell's "Someone's Watching Me":

26) Skeeter Davis "End of the World":

27) Rage Against The Machine "Bullet In The Head":

28) Tool "Prison Sex":

29) Drowning Pool "Bodies":

30) Papa Roach "Last Resort":

31) The Police "Synchronicity 2":

32) Ministry "N.W.O.":

33) The Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik":

34) Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell":

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(Finished May 12th, 2024) Part 1 of 80+ Songs In Honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th

Hello,

This story is inspired by the 107 year old man going back to France to partake in the 80th anniversary festivities to mark D-Day. That man is Reynolds Tomter, he was a merchant marine during World War 2.

That got me thinking about how this year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day and how I should have a series of blogs about the best 80+ songs about war in general and specifically World War 2. However as I start working on this blog series I realized it might be a lot harder than I thought to come up with 80 to 85 songs for this blog series.

From Wikipedia:

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt placed Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower in command of Allied forces.

 1) "Over There":

Such an incredibly beautiful song. 2) Vera Lynn "White Cliffs of Dover":

3) Kate Smith "God Bless America":

4) The Andrews Sisters "The Chattanooga Choo Choo":

Starr famously sings "War what is it good for, absolutely nothing. Generally I agree with that especially with Russia trying to annex Ukraine and the Israeli overreach in Gaza. However the United States entering World War 2 was absolutely necessary. Hitler, his movement and armies had to be stopped. This is much different, and not better than, the original version. 5a) Edwin Starr "War":

The classic version of this song. 5b) Edwin Starr "War":

There were probably a few "fortunate sons" in World War 2, however that trend didn't take hold until the Vietnam War. John Fogerty was not a fan of "fortunate sons" so he wrote a song about it. During World War 2 nearly everyone that was called up went to war. That includes The Splendid Splinter. 6) Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son":

7) Simon and Garfunkel "The Sounds of Silence":

8) The Cranberries "Zombie":

9) Metallica "One":

10) The Doors "The Unknown Soldier":

11) Iron Maiden "Run To The Hills":

12) Barry McGuire "The Eve of Destruction":

13) Pink Floyd "When The Tigers Broke Free":

14) The Scorpions "Wind of Change":

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

16) Alice In Chains "Rooster":

17) The D-Day Darlings "The Longest Day":

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