Feeling mellow, got some chill going on, just got home from church or another relaxing place. You want some music but you don't want to ruin your mellow music mood. These playlists are designed for you.
35) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness":
36) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All":
37) The Cranberries "Linger":
The National Anthem singer before the final game of the Stanley Cup finals. Congrats to the Florida Panthers. 38) Alanis Morissette "Thank U":
39) Enigma "Return To Innocence":
Such a talented and beautiful singer. This is such a great song and she sings the song with such conviction. 40) Carrie Underwood "So Small":
These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.
I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.
What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters
We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",
The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else.
35) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":
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.
154) Garth Brooks "Nobody Gets Off In This Town":
155) The Charlie Daniels Band "In America":
156) Mickey Gilley "A Headache Tomorrow (Or A Heartache Tonight)":
157) The Judds "Love Is Alive":
158) Janie Fricke "It Ain't Easy Being Easy":
159) Janie Fricke "She's Single Again":
160) George Jones "The King Is Gone (And So Are You)":
161) The Oak Ridge Boys "Bobbie Sue":
162) Theme From "Dukes of Hazzard" ("Good Ol' Boys)":
Feeling mellow, got some chill going on, just got home from church or another relaxing place. You want some music but you don't want to ruin your mellow music mood. These playlists are designed for you.
18) The Commodores "Still":
19) The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations":
20) Ronnie Milsap "It Was Almost Like A Song":
21) Jackie DeShannon "What The World Needs Now":
22) Then Years After "I'd Like To Change The World":
23) Mat and Savanna "For Good":
This song deserves so many more than the 72 views it has. 24) Scarlette Fever "December Prayer":
25) Veronica Swift "Getting To Know You":
26) Frank Sinatra "I've Got The World On A String":
Feeling mellow, got some chill going on, just got home from church or another relaxing place. You want some music but you don't want to ruin your mellow music mood. These playlists are designed for you.
1) The Sundays "Here's Where The Story Ends":
2) Norah Jones "Come Away With Me":
3) The Cranberries "Dreams":
4) Johnny Cash "Sunday Morning Coming Down":
5) Sybil "Don't Make Me Over":
6) Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine":
7) David Foster "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire":
8) Dionne Warwick "I'll Never Love This Way Again":
I saw something on Facebook about Chant music being so popular for just a little while back in the 90s. I do remember that and I liked a lot of those songs, I've tried to include the best Chant songs here. I don't know enough about Chant to know which are the best songs in that genre. I've filled out this blog with some of the best songs from the 60s and the 70s.
1) Louis Armstrong "We Have All The Time In The World":
Arm 2) "O Fortuna":
3) Bill Haley and the Comets "Rock Around The Clock":
These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.
I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.
What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters
We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",
The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else.
18) Chaka Khan "I Feel For You":
19) Berlin "Take My Breath Away":
20) Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want To Have Fun":
21) Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I Loved You":
On March 1st, 2024 my rock concert girlfriend and I will be going to see "Les Miserables" here in the Eccles Theatre in Salt Lake City. This will be the seventh or eighth time I've seen this amazing musical. It quite likely is my favorite Broadway play ever.
From "Les Miserables" This is probably the best version of any song from the fairly dreadful "Les Mis" movie. I want them to remake that again, but this time with people that can all sing well. 1) Anne Hathaway "I Dreamed A Dream":
2) "One Day More":
3) "Who Am I- The Trial":
4) "At The End of the Day":
5) "The Confrontation":
6) "Master of the House":
7) "The Bishop":
8) Norm Lewis "Stars":
From "Phantom of the Opera" 9) The "Phantom" OG Phantom and Christine, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman "Music of The Night":
The recent "Phantom" is so much better than the recent "Les Mis"- the singing is so much better in the "Phantom" music. 10) Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum "The Mirror (Angel of Music)":
12) "Overture":
13) Emmy Rossum "Think of Me":
14) "Masquerade":
15) "Phantom of The Opera":
From "Rent": 15) "Rent":
16) "Seasons of Love":
I absolutely love everything about this song. 17) "Light My Candle":
I've taken on the task of naming the 100ish best albums of all-time, wish has evolved into the about 140ish Greatest 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 starting 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.
After working on this blog for awhile it seems this will work out to be about 140 CDs as my greatest albums of all-time.
I'm not quite sure if she's going to have any CDs on this Top 140ish CDs of all-time list or not. If she does it will be either her first or second CD only.
69) Whitney Houston "My Name is Not Susan":
I will have to listen to "Nevermind" a few times to see if it's on this list. 70) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":
71) Sinead O'Connor "Emperor's New Clothes":
72) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":
I don't even know if I'd know who Fiona Apple is without this song. 73) Fiona Apple "Criminal":
I wasn't aware this had been made into a Broadway play. 74) Sufjan Stevens "Jacksonville":
Truly such a sublime song. 75) Eric Church "Springsteen":
76) The Go-Go's "We Got The Beat":
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)":
I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.
What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters
We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",
The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else.
1) Rosanne Cash "Seven Year Ache":
2) Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only":
3) Ronnie Milsap "Smokey Mountain Rain":
4) John Lennon "Watching The Wheels":
5) Santana "Winning":
6) Dan Fogelberg "Same Old Lang Syne":
One of my all-time favorite songs. 7) Steely Dan "Hey Nineteen":
8) Stevie Wonder "Master Blaster (Jammin)":
The ballads of the 80s were amazing!! 9) Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Do)":
10) Gary U.S. Bonds "This Little Girl":
11) Journey "Who's Crying Now":
12) Foreigner "Urgent":
13) Juice Newton "Angel of the Morning":
14) Stars on 45 "Stars on 45 Medley":
15) A Taste of Honey "Sukiyaki":
16) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":
17) Hall and Oates "Kiss On My List":
One of the biggest earworms ever. 18) Kool and the Gang "Celebration":
I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.
What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters
We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",
The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else.
1) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Refugee":
2) Boz Scaggs "Breakdown Dead Ahead":
3) Kenny Loggins "This Is It":
4) Anne Murray "Broken Hearted Me":
5) George Benson "Give Me The Night":
6) Benny Mardones "Into The Night":
7) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Fire Lake":
8) Pete Townshend "Let My Love Open The Door":
9) Little River Band "Cool Change":
10) Herb Alpert "Rise":
11) The Eagles "Heartache Tonight":
12) S.O.S. Band "Take Your Time (Do It Right)":
13) The Spinners "Cupid/ I've Loved You For A Long Time":
I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this but it's not important enough that I'll contribute to that.
What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams,
We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",
We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score,
The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else.
The Most Definitive Songs of The 80s:
1) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Born In The USA":
2) Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":
3) a-ha "Take On Me":
4) Paula Abdul "Straight Up":
This song isn't from the 80s, but it's included because it was the first video shown on MTV- back when people used to watch MTV. 5) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star":
I watched the first Beverly Hills Cop with my son tonight. While watching that movie I realized that it came out 40 years ago this season. I told my son that this movie was when Eddie Murphy was the hottest comedian in the whole world. It still holds up pretty well, but as usual each sequel is a bit worse than the previous movie. I've seen the trailer for the fourth "Beverly Hills Cop" movie and it looks like it has some funny moments, but one of the bits was in the original "Beverly Hills Cop". It's amazing how many of these franchises are making appearances in 2024.
1984 likely was the best year for pop music of the 80s. The songs from that year's soundtracks were also pretty amazing. I'm starting with that first "Beverly Hills Cop" movie. These first five songs are from that movie.
These three songs are from "Footloose". 18) Mike Reno and Ann Wilson "Almost Paradise":
19) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":
20) Shalamar "Dancing In The Sheets":
From one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, this song is in "Revenge of the Nerds". 21) Gleaming Spires "Are You Ready For The Sex Girls":
These next four songs are from "Stop Making Sense". All songs are by The Talking Heads. 22) "Psycho Killer":
23) "Burning Down The House":
24) "Girlfriend Is Better":
25) "Once In A Lifetime":
This song is from "Streets of Fire", an actual 80s movie I've never seen. 26) Dan Hartman "I Can Dream About You":
These next six songs are all from "Purple Rain" and from the genius of Prince. 27) "Baby, I'm A Star":
28) "Let's Go Crazy":
29) "Take Me With You":
30) "Beautiful Ones":
31) "When Doves Cry":
32) "I Would Die For You":
These next 6 songs are from "Breakin'". Two are on this blog entry and the other four songs are on Part 3 of this blog series. 33) Ollie and Jerry "There's No Stopping Us":
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 when this blog idea came to me. Despite the amazing conditions in which I was walking in I started thinking of snarly songs. I arrived home and 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.
69) The Eurythmics "Would I Lie To You":
70) Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2):
71) Tool "Stinkfist":
72) Filter "Hey Man, Nice Shot":
73) White Zombie "More Human Than Human":
74) Alice In Chains "Man In The Box":
75) Rage Against The Machine "Killing In The Name":
