(Finished July 30th, 2024) Part 7 of the Best Pop, Rock and Soul Songs of 1986

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This is the first one of these blogs in over a year.

After watching another great episode of "Cold Case" I continue to say that show uses music to highlight and emphasize the emotions that enhance the storyline. Tonight I watched the Season 1 finale of "Cold Case", it's the episode entitled "Lover's Lane". The story is based in 1986, in other words a lot of great music from 1986 played. The first 8 songs below are songs played in that episode of "Cold Case". Some of those songs aren't actually from 1986. Starting with the ninth song though starts many of the greatest songs of that year.

It reminds me again how great the music was in 1986, but then again every year of the 80s had amazing music.

109) Sly Fox "Let's Go All The Way":

110) Dire Straits "Walk of Life":

111) Gloria Estefan "Words Get In The Way":

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

113) O.M.D. "If You Leave":

114) James Brown "Living In America":

115) El Debarge "Who's Johnny":

116) John Mellencamp "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.":

117) Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running":

118) ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag":

119) Berlin "When Love Goes To War":

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(Finished July 29th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Cover Songs Since 2000

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This list isn't as strong as I thought it would be.

It shows you what I know, I thought this was a Norah Jones original. Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos were the original performers, never heard of them. 1) Norah Jones "Don't Know Why":

2) Adele "If It Hadn't Been For Love":

3) Pearl Jam "Love Reign O'er Me":

4) Beth Hart "Good Times Bad Times":

5) Bad Wolves "Zombie":

6) Kari Kimmel "Cruel Summer":

7) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

8) Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal":

9) Ataris "The Boys of Summer":

10) Johnny Cash "God's Gonna Cut You Down":

11) Billie Joe Armstrong "That Thing You Do":

12) Sheryl Crow "The First Cut Is The Deepest":

13) Atomic Kitten "Eternal Flame":

14) Shinedown "Simple Man":

One of my all-time favorite covers. 15) SAYGRACE  featuring G-Eazy "You Don't Own Me":

16) Lorde "Everybody Wants To Rule The World":

17) Jack White "Love Is Blindness":

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(Finished July 28th, 2024) Part 2 of Preview of Summer Nights With The Stars at Ed Kenley Amphitheater

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What do Colbie Caillat, Ben Folds, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Lorrie Morgan all have in common? Not much, but they all will be appearing in Layton, Utah at the Ed Kenley Amphitheater this summer. The four musicians I mentioned are the four that interest me most. I'm going to include results from YouTube and my personal favorites in calculating the songs played for each artist. 

Since this summer concert season is almost half over, maybe I should finish this blog? Ben Folds is playing this Wednesday, July 31st.

These next 7 songs are all by Lorrie Morgan 20) "Good As I Was To You":

21) "A Picture of Me (Without You)":

22) "Watch Me":

23) "Except For Monday":

24) "What Part of No":

A personal favorite 25) "Something In Red":

26) "We Both Walk":

These next five songs are all by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 27) "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet":

28) "Takin' Care of Business":

29) "Let It Ride":

30) "Roll On Down The Highway":

31) "Hey You":

Before Randy Bachman helped create BTO he sang with The Guess Who, which is why all these amazing songs were performed the same concert. 32) "Undun":

33) "No Sugar Tonight":

34) "American Woman":

35) "These Eyes":

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(Finished July 26th, 2024) Part 3 of Are These Some of the Greatest Songs of All-Time?

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I've been working on my list of greatest songs of all-time. Usually if I consider a song as a greatest song of all-time I can make that instantly. But there's some songs that are right on the border. I decided to do this blog to figure out if these songs are themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time.

Stay tuned.

35) Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl":

This one is easy, this definitely is one of the greatest songs of all-time. 36) Whitney Houston "Where Do Broken Hearts Go":

See above. 37) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

38) Alicia Keys "Samsonite Man":

39) Mike Reno and Ann Wilson "Almost Paradise":

40) The Highwomen "Highwomen":

41) Oh Wonder "Without You":

42) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

43) Oh Wonder "All We Do":

44) Warrant "Down Boys":

45) ELO "Last Train To London":

46) Michael Jackson "Speed Demon":

47) Broken Witt Rebels "Rich Get Richer":

48) H.E.A.T. "One By One":

I saw Trombone Shorty and his amazing band live in Salt Lake City. They're all very talented and I had a fun time. My only issue is I wished that not every song turned into a jam. But a fun time was had by all and there might have even been some old white man dancing. 49) Trombone Shorty "Lie To Me":

50) Demi Lovato featuring YUNGBLUD "Freak":

51) Fall Out Boy (featuring Big Sean) "The Mighty Fall":

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(Finished July 24th, 2024) Part 2 of Are These Some of the Greatest Songs of All-Time?

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I've been working on my list of greatest songs of all-time. Usually if I consider a song as a greatest song of all-time I can make that instantly. But there's some songs that are right on the border. I decided to do this blog to figure out if these songs are themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time.

Stay tuned.

18) Demi Lovato "Give Your Heart A Break":

19) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

Already Greatest Song of All-Time #249. 20) Cher Lloyd "Want U Back":

21) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

22) Maggie Rogers "Fallingwater":

23) Sia "Chandelier":

24) Halsey "Gasoline":

25) St. Vincent "Cheerleader":

26) Ariana Grande "Into You":

27) Marina and the Diamonds "Primadonna":

28) SZA "The Weekend":

29) Nicki Minaj "Super Bass":

30) Lana Del Rey "Video Games":

31) Britney Spears "Baby One More Time":

32) Aqua "Barbie Girl":

33) The Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way":

34) Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Shallow":

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(Finished July 22, 2024) Part 3 of The Greatest Hits of Broadway

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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.

Most of the "Phantom" songs are on part 1. From "Phantom of the Opera" 34) Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler. "All I Ask of You":

From "Chess" 35) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

36) Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson  "I Know Him So Well":

These next four songs are from "Dreamgirls" 37) Jennifer Hudson "And I Tell You I'm Not Going":

I never paid much attention to Beyonce until I heard her sing this song so powerfully. 38) Beyonce "Listen":

39) Jennifer Hudson "Love You I Do":

40) Jennifer Hudson "One Night Only":

41) Several singers from the "Dreamgirls" cast. "Steppin' To The Bad Side":

These next five songs are from "Jersey Boys": 42) "Rag Doll":

43) "Walk Like A Man":

44) "Big Girls Don't Cry":

45) "Sherry":

46a) December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

46b) Frankie Valli "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

From "Moulin Rouge": 47) "Chandelier":

48) "Welcome To The Moulin Rouge":

47) "Truth Beauty Freedom Love":

48) Natalie Mendoza and cast "The Sparkling Diamond":

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(Finished July 21st, 2024) The 70s: Some of the Best of the Decade

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Last night I became a Gearhead- meaning a fan of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I saw them in concert in Layton, Utah last night. Randy Bachman played in both BTO and also The Guess Who. The band played several songs by both bands. It was a great night. It reminded me of all the great songs from the late 60s and the 70s.

1) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet":

This song takes on new life when played live, unfortunately no video can capture that. 2) The Guess Who "American Woman":

3) Joe Jackson "Is She Really Going Out With Him":

4) April Wine "I Like To Rock":

5) Rick Derringer "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Coo":

6) The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again":

7) Steely Dan "Reelin' In The Years":

8) Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":

9) The Doors "Riders On The Storm":

10) Rush "The Spirit of Radio":

11) David Bowie "Suffragette City":

12) Elton John "Saturday's Night Alright For Fighting":

13) The Clash "Train In Vain":

14) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Woodstock":

15) Blondie "One Way or Another":

16) Pink Floyd "Time":

17) ELO "Don't Bring Me Down":

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(Finished July 19th, 2024) Part 2 of The Greatest Hits of Broadway

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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.

These next eight videos are from "Rent". 18) "La Vie Boheme":

19a) Renee Elise Goldsberry "Out Tonight":

19b) Rosario Dawson "Out Tonight":

20) "Life Support":

21) "Today 4 U":

Bonus: I love this song so much I'm including it twice, it's first appearance is on blog 1 in this series. 22b) "Light My Candle":

This is three times. From the Broadway play "22c) Light My Candle":

"I Should Tell You":

These next seven songs are from "Hamilton": 22) "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

Such an incredibly beautiful song. 23) Kelly Clarkson "It's Quiet Uptown":

24) "I Know Him":

25) "Wait For It":

26) "The Schuyler Sisters":

27) "Alexander Hamilton":

28) "Say No To This":

From "Cats" 29) Elaine Paige "Memory":

I just barely realized "Illinoise: A New Musical" is now a Broadway play. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this great work by Sufjan Stevens. "Come On! Feel The Illinoise":

30) "Jacksonville":

31) "The Man of Metropolis":

32) "Chicago":

33a) "Casimir Pulaski Day":

No one can sing this song better than Sufjan. 33b) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

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(Finished July 16th, 2024) Bachman-Turner Overdrive Setlist/ Preview

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive is coming to the Ed Kenley Amphitheater in Layton, Utah. Along with being in BTO, Randy was also in the Guess Who- in came you're wondering why BTO covers so many of their tunes. Also Tal Bachman, known best for "She's So High", is with the band and I'm sure it's him singing his hit. Looking at the setlist it seems to be a great night of rock and roll and I'm looking forward to it.

The playlist below is fairly close to what will be their likely setlist every night of this tour.

This is the current lineup that will be touring with BTO:

• Randy Bachman – lead vocals, lead guitar
• C. Fred Turner – lead vocals, bass (on select dates)
• Tal Bachman - lead vocals, guitar
• Mick Dalla-Vee – bass, rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Brent Howard – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Marc LaFrance – drums, backing vocals

1) "Roll On Down The Highway":

2) "Rock Is My Life and This Is My Song":

3) "Shakin' All Over":

4) "These Eyes":

5) "No Time":

6) "Lookin' Out For #1":

7) "Stayed Awake All Night":

8) "American Woman":

9) "No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature":

10) "Undun":

11) "She's So High":

12) "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet":

I had no idea they sang this song!! 13) "Let It Ride":

14) "Hey You/ All Right Now/ Rock'n Me/ You Shook Me All Night Long/ Honky Tonk Women/ Can't Take My Eyes Off You/ Get It On (Bang A Gong)/ Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye/ Twist and Shout/ Hey You":

Encore:

15) "Takin' Care Of Business":

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(Finished July 14th, 2024) The Joy Of A Great Sing Along

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After being without my computer for nearly two weeks I finally was able to get it back today. Driving to pick it up was such a joyous time of my life- silly I know but oh so true. I chose to listen to the radio, which is pretty rare and they were delivering a lot of great songs. A lot of great songs I was singing along with.

So get your singing voices ready and sing along with all your heart. 

Is there a more fun song to sing than this? 1) Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville":

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

3) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":

4) Carly Simon "Nobody Does It Better":

5) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

6) Styx "Mr. Roboto":

7) Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks":

8) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

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

10) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness":

11) Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom":

12) OneRepublic "Counting Stars":

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

14) Walk The Moon "Shut Up and Dance":

15) Lady Gaga "Bad Romance":

16) Frank Sinatra "Fly Me To The Moon":

17) The Animals "House of the Rising Sun":

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

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(Started July 13th, 2024) Part 3 of Songs On My Mind

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Hopefully I will be getting my computer back soon. I will do the best I can do on my iPhone.

1) The first time I liked the song “Living For The City” is on Slash’s “Orgy of the Damned”. Tara That’s nothing against the great Stevie Wonder, one of the true sic legends of music.

2) Frank Sinatra “Fly Me To The Moon”. It’s now a movie, but it’s also a great song.

3) One of the great 80s ballads, Toto’s “I Won’t Hold You Back.

4) this is one of those songs that just randomly came to mind. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Aeroplane”. The song is a slice of mid-90s funk, one of the catchiest ear worms ever.

5) Ozzy Osborne’s late career butt kicking song “Patient No 9”.

6) Rodriguez “Sugar Man”. Quite simply an ode to illegal drugs and the perceived benefits they bring. His music was big in South Africa, which was something he was unaware of. It seems many people had assumed he was dead. he recorded two albums in the early 70s. He didn’t find out about his own popularity until 1997. He then had a late life comeback as shown in directors’ documentary “Searching For Sugar Man”.

7) Sinead O’ Connor’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. A song that perfectly describes your average gullible Trump supporter. When are they going to realize rhe emperor has no clothes?

Sorry I try to keep politics out of my blog, but at some point you just need to open your eyes folks.

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(Finished July 10th, 2024) Part 2 of Songs On My Mind

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More songs on my mind until I can get my Mac back.

From Tracey Garvis Graves’ novel “heard it in a love song”: Songs on my mind from that book include  Alanis morrissete’s “Ironic”, Eric Clapton’s “Layla” and of course “Heard It In A Love Song”. That song is by The Marshall Tucker Band.

Other songs on my mind, two great songs on my iPod that played back to back. First up Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford’s “Phantom of the Opera”. That led right into another great duet. That would be Shakey Graves and Esme Peterson. Both were so good paired together I had to listen a second time.

Not that I’ve seen it, but I hear the Tears For Fears classic “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” makes a featured appearance.

Other songs on my mind include Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker”, Trombone Shorty’s “Lie To Me” and Fergie’s  “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got). That last song is about as close to an instant classic as possible. 

Other great songs on “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack include Jack White’s “Love Is Blindness”, Emeli Sande’s “Crazy In Love”, the super talented Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” and Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black”.

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(Started July 9th, 2024) Songs On My Mind

Hello,

My computer is currently not working, which is why I haven’t blogged for awhile. I keep on coming up with ideas. However I’m old and don’t really want to blog on my phone.

But I quickly wanted to post something, anything. 

These are a few songs on my mind. since I read about it in Tom Breihan’s “The Number Ones” I’ve been thinking a lot about The Shirelles “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”. What a great song. 

Also a couple of other songs from that book and also songs on my mind. They are Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” and The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go”.

More later, 

Themusicaddict 

(Finished July 1st, 2024) Part 11 of Gen Z Loves the 90s Country Classics, So Do I

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I have labeled some of these songs as best of the best, the 90s was a tremendous decade for country music. As usual I don't just post the hits, I post the best country songs of that decade.

RollingStone.com has a big article about Generation Z is loving 90s country. Here's the article : https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nineties-country-blowing-gen-z-142735025.html

From the article:

But the Nineties country resurgence isn’t limited to Spotify. Apple Music, Amazon Music and Pandora have all realized the demand for the subgenre and curated their own Nineties country playlists. Today’s Nashville stars have taken note as well: For the past few years, artists like Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Hailey Whitters, and Midland have been mining the sound, songwriting, and even style of the decade to great success. Blake Shelton based his entire Friends and Heroes Tour around celebrating veterans like John Anderson and Tracy Byrd. And when Joe Diffie, a Nineties icon with hits like “John Deere Greene” and “Pickup Man,” died in March 2020 from Covid-19, our remembrance of Diffie was one of Rolling Stone’s most-read stories ever.

170) Sawyer Brown "The Walk":

171) Blackhawk "Goodbye Says It All":

172) Don Williams "True Love":

173) Anne Murray "Blue Bird":

174) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Hailey Came To Jackson":

175) Garth Brooks "The Night Will Only Know":

Absolutely best of the best. 176) Pam Tillis "Maybe It Was Memphis":

177) Tim McGraw "Everywhere":

178) Mary Chapin Carpenter "He Thinks He'll Keep Her":

179) Earl Thomas Conley and Keith Whitley "Brotherly Love":

180) John Michael Montgomery "Be My Baby Tonight":

181) Collin Raye "That Was A River":

182) Travis Tritt "Tell Me I Was Dreaming":

183) Randy Travis "Point of Light":

184) Sawyer Brown featuring Earl Scruggs The Dirt Road

185) Anne Murray "I Can See Arkansas":

186) Don Williams "Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy":

187) Doug Stone "In A Different Light":

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