(Started September 30th, 2024) The Most Successful Years of Billy Joel and Sting

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Today I bought tickets to see Billy Joel and Sting in concert in May 2025 here in Salt Lake. As always I'll be attending with my rock concert girlfriend. I'm not sure when Billy Joel's most successful year was so I Googled it. Google said the year was 1985 as that when he released his double greatest hits CD. It has sold over 11.5 million copies of the double CD so far. I'm going to focus on the songs from that CD from 1980-1983. This will be my fifth time seeing Billy Joel. He puts on a tremendous show.

Now for Sting I don't have to think about it too long. Those years are 1983-1985 following the release of "Synchronicity" and his first solo CD. After the release of that CD they were briefly the biggest band in the world and then they broke up. Sting's first CD is "The Dream of The Blue Turtle" This will be my second time seeing Sting, I was never able to see The Police. A tip of the hat to the other members of The Police, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

1) Billy Joel "You May Be Right":

2) The Police with Sting as a member.  "Synchronicity 1":

3) Billy Joel "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me":

4)  The Police with Sting as a member. "Walking In Your Footsteps":

5) Billy Joel "Don't Ask Me Why":

6)  The Police with Sting as a member. "Synchronicity 2":

7) Billy Joel "Pressure":

This song was originally a Police song. 8) Sting featuring Bruce Springsteen.  "Every Breath You Take":

9) Billy Joel "Allentown":

10)  The Police with Sting as a member. King of Pain":

11) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

12) The Police with Sting as a member. "Wrapped Around Your Finger":

13) Billy Joel "Tell Her About It":

14) The Police with Sting as a member. "Murder By Numbers":

Warning: white boy dancing about to appear on your screen. 15) Billy Joel "Uptown Girl":

16) Sting "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free":

17) Billy Joel "The Longest Time":

18) Sting "Love Is The Seventh Wave":

19) Billy Joel "You're Only Human (Second Wind)":

20) Sting "Russians":

21) Billy Joel "The Night Is Young":

22) Sting "We Work The Black Seam":

23) Billy Joel "All For Leyna":

24) Sting "Fortress Around Your Heart":

25) Billy Joel "Sleeping With The Television On":

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(Finished September 28th, 2024) Part 2 of The Best of Nostalgic Songs

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When I started this blog series I was looking for songs that that talked about old songs. Songs like "1985" and "Timeless". That eventually grew into the best songs about nostalgia, time passing and the past. I still packed this blog with the best songs that talk about old songs.

18) Kenny Rogers "Through The Years":

19) James Taylor "Copperline":

20) The J. Geils Band "Centerfold":

21) Billy Joel "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant":

22) Kane Brown "Cowboy Classic":

23) Tim McGraw "Something Like That":

24) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":

25) Sinead O'Connor "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

26) ABC "When Smokey Sings":

27) Ronnie Milsap "Lost In The Fifties Tonight":

28) The Verve Pipe "The Freshman":

29) Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me":

30) The Four Seasons "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"

31) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

32) The Kinks "Come Dancing":

33) Chicago "Old Days":

34) Sting "All This Time":

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(Finished September 26th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best of Nostalgic Songs

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When I started this blog series I was looking for songs that that talked about old songs. Songs like "1985" and "Timeless". That eventually grew into the best songs about nostalgia, time passing and the past. I still packed this blog with the best songs that talked about old songs.

1) Rob Thomas "Timeless":

2) Bowling For Soup "1985":

Why yes I do include this song on every possible blog I can. 3) Green Day "Whatsername":

4) Barbra Streisand "Memory":

5) The Carpenters "Yesterday Once More":

6) Eric Church "Springsteen":

7) Alan Parsons "Time":

8) twenty one pilots "Stressed Out":

This great song isn't on my blog enough. 9) The Manhattans "Kiss and Say Goodbye":

10) Prince "Musicology":

11) Kenny Chesney "Young":

12) Billy Joel "Keeping The Faith":

13) Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

14) Elton John "Crocodile Rock":

15) Lana Del Rey "Young and Beautiful":

16) Corrine Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On";

17) Van Halen "You and Your Blues":

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(Finished September 24th, 2024) Part 6 of The Best of the Best- The Most Deserving Diamond Certified CDs

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These are the best of the best diamond certified CDs. To be a diamond CD at least 10 million units have to be sold. I'll only be focusing on original CDs and not any greatest hits collections. Although some of these CDs feel like they are greatest hits collections. I'm only making an exception for Bob Marley's "Legend". I know that's a greatest hits collection, but it seems it was meant to raise awareness of the great music of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Not all Diamond CDs are equal. I'll post the six or more best songs from each CD.

16) Prince and the Revolution "Purple Rain" "Let's Go Crazy":

"Take Me With U":

"The Beautiful Ones":

"When Doves Cry":

"I Would Die 4 U":

"Baby I'm A Star":

17) Whitney Houston "Whitney Houston" "You Give Good Love":

"Someone For Me":

"Saving All My Love For You":

"How Will I Know":

"All At Once":

"Greatest Love of All":

One of Led Zeppelin's 5 diamond CDs. 18) Led Zeppelin "2" "Whole Lotta Love":

"What Is and What Should Never Be":

"The Lemon Song":

"Thank You":

"Heartbreaker":

"Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)":

"Ramble On":

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(Finished September 23rd, 2024) Part 6 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. 

This song list is from the 2022 West End Revival "Grease", but for this blog I'll get the songs from anywhere. 

These next seven songs are from "Grease". This is the very sanitized version of this song. 86) "Greased Lighting":

87) "Summer Nights": 

88) "We Go Together":

89) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

90) Stockard Channing "There Are Worse Things I Could Do":

91) Frankie Avalon "Beauty School Dropout"

92) Aaron Tveit and the gorgeous Julianne Hough "You're The One That I Want":

 These next nine videos are all from "Jesus Christ Superstar". The first song is titled 93) "Overture":

94) "What's The Buzz";

95) "Hosanna":

96) Mel C "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

97) Carl Anderson "Heaven On Their Minds":

98) "The Arrest":

99) Brandon Victor Dixon "Superstar":

100) "King Herod's Song (Try It And See)":

These next 11 songs are from one of the best musicals ever. I especially love the movie version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas "Evita"

101) Langley High School 2018 "Peron's Latest Flame":

102) Madonna and others Rainbow Tour

103) Antonio Banderas and others "High Flying Adored":

104) Antonio Banderas and others "Oh What A Circus":

105) Jonathan Price and Madonna "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

106) Madonna and others "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

107) Madonna and Andrea Corr Hello and Goodbye

108) "Goodnight and Thank You":

109) Caroline Bowman "Rainbow High":

110) "A New Argentina":

111) Antonio Banderas and others "And The Money Kept On Rolling In and Out":

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(Finished September 21st, 2024) Part 2 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

18) The Band "The Weight":

19) Neil Young "Trans Am":

20) Anne Murray "A Little Good News":

21) Alvays "Many Mirrors":

22) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Takin' Care of Business":

23) Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)":

24) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

25) Alias "More Than Words Can Say":

Featuring Bryan Adams on the background vocals. 26) Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)":

27) Payolas "Eyes Of A Stranger":

28) Daniel Powter "Bad Day":

29) Corey Hart "Never Surrender":

30) Lucy Thomas singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":

31) David Foster "Love Theme From 'St. Elmo's Fire'":

32) Alannah Myles "Black Velvet":

33) Aldo Nova "Monkey On Your Back":

34) Prism "Don't Let Him Know":

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(Finished September 18th, 2024) Part 1 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

1) Snow "Informer":

2) April Wine "Just Between You and Me":

3) Barenaked Ladies If I Had A $1,000,000":

4) Alessia Carr "Dead Man":

5) Nelly Furtado "... On The Radio (Remember The Days)":

6) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

7) Bryan Adams "This Time":

8) The Guess Who "Undun":

9) Avril Lavigne "Nobody's Home":

10) The New Pornographers "All For Swinging You Around":

11) Carly Rae Jepsen "Want You In My Room":

12) Arcade Fire "Suburbs":

13) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

14) Celine Dion "It's All Coming Back To Me Now":

15) Alanis Morissette "Uninvited":

16) Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like A Woman":

17) Rush "Limelight":

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(Started September 16th, 2024) Songs Rocking My iPod (All Live Versions Issue-Where Possible)

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I couldn't find a good live version of XTC performing this song, it seems the band had some stage fright issues. Here's the original video and see below for an alternative live version. 1a) XTC "The Mayor of Simpleton":

1b) Joe Jackson "The Mayor Of Simpleton":

I also couldn't find a live version of this song either. That's a shame as this song is a jam. 2) Thompson Twins "My Funky Valentine":

One of our current greatest live bands, sadly I've only been able to see them live once. 3) Pearl Jam "Go":

Another video I couldn't find a whole length live version of. 4) Green Day "Say Goodbye":

5) 2 Unlimited "No One":

It has to be the Steve Perry Journey for this live version. 6) Journey "Stone In Love":

"Holy Fvck" is my favorite CD of 2022. 7) Demi Lovato "City of Angels":

Again no live version available for this song. 8) Fall Out Boy featuring Big Sean "The Mighty Fall":

I couldn't find a great live version of this song. 9) Kenny Rogers "Love Or Something Like It":

10) H.E.A.T. "Rock Your Body":

My favorite line is "Immigrants, we get the job done." 11) Lin Manuel Miranda et al. "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

12a) Connor Smith "Steal My Thunder":

Studio version from the "Twisters" soundtrack, the best country CD of 2024. It might be the best CD of 2024. Twenty-nine songs, nearly all of them are great. 12b) Connor Smith featuring Tucker Wetmore "Steal My Thunder":

13a) Lindsey Stirling "The Upside":

13b) Lindsey Stirling featuring Elle King "The Upside":

I'm not a big fan of the sound on this video. 14a) Pink "Beautiful Trauma":

This is such a great song. 14b) Pink "Beautiful Trauma":

15a) My Chemical Romance "The Sharpest Lives";

15b) The studio version of "The Sharpest Lives":

Again I couldn't find a live version of this song. 16) The Dark Element "Not Your Monster":

17) Sam Barber "Tear Us Apart":

18) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Free Girl Now":

19) Papa Roach "Getting Away With Murder":

20) The Damn Truth "Shot Em":

21) Chic "Good Times":

22) Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka":

23) Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting":

(Finished September 14th, 2024) Part 2 of The Best Songs About Animals/ Animal Related Song Titles

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21) Lana Del Rey "White Mustang":

22) Belinda Carlisle "Runaway Horses":

23) ) Nazareth "Hair of the Dog":

24) Andy Taylor "Man's A Wolf To Man":

25) Was (Not Was) "Walk The Dinosaur":

26) Pirates of the Mississippi "Feed Jake":

27) Steely Dan "Black Cow

28) Duran Duran "Union of the Snake":

29) Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey":

30) Shakira "She Wolf":

31) Crazy Town "Butterfly":

32) The Trashmen "Surfin Bird":

33) Harry Chapin "Cats In The Cradle":

34) Bob Marley "Three Little Birds":

35) Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London":

36) The Time "The Bird":

37) Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over":

38) Nelly Furtado "I'm Like A Bird":

It seems there was a random black dog in the studio around the time Led Zeppelin was recording this song. 39) Led Zeppelin "Black Dog":

40) Of Monsters and Men "Alligator":

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(Finished September 14th, 2024) Part 5 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. 

69a) From Sweet Charity "Big Spender":

69b) Shirley Bassey "Big Spender":

70a) "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

70b) Linda Clifford "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

Lea Michele is one of the best singers of this century. 71) From "Funny Girl" "Don't Rain On My Parade":

These next five songs are from "Hair": 72a) "Aquarius":

72b) The 5th Dimensions "Age Of Aquarius":

73) "Hair":

74) "Good Morning Starshine":

75) "Three-Five-Zero-Zero":

76) "The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)":

These next 8 songs are from "Miss Saigon".  77) "Sun and Moon":

78) "Room 317":

79) "Now That I've Seen Her":

80) "Paper Dragons":

81) "The American Dream":

From "The Man of La Mancha" 82a) Brian Stokes Mitchell "The Impossible Dream":

82b) Elvis Presley "The Impossible Dream":

The next two songs are from Fiddler On The Roof" 83) Chaim Topol "Tradition":

84) Chaim Topol "If I Were A Rich Man":

From "A Little Night Music" 85) Stephen Sondheim and Bernadette Peters "Send In The Clowns":

85b) Judy Collins "Send In The Clowns":

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(Finished September 13th, 2024) The 22 Best Sinead O'Connor Songs

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It's time to do another Sinead O'Connor blog. She's always been one of my favorite singers, which started with "The Lion and the Cobra".

1) "Just Like You Said It Should B":

2) featuring MC Lyte "I Want Your Hands On Me":

3) Mandinka":

4) "Paddy's Lament":

5) "I Am Stretched Out On Your Grave":

6) "Troy":

7a) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

7b) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

8) "Nothing Compares 2 U":

9) "Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home":

10) "No Man's Woman":

11) "Black Boys on Moped":

12) "Daddy I'm Fine":

13) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

14) "Jackie":

15) Bomb The Bass featuring Sinead O'Connor "Empire":

16) Sinead O'Connor and The Edge "Heroine":

17) "Take Me To Church":

18) "Why Don't You Do Right":

19) "Till I Whisper You Something":

20) "Fire On Babylon":

21) "Red Football":

22) "The Emperor's New Clothes":

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(Finished 9/11/2024) Songs About Sadness/ 9/11 and Hope

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I hadn't planned on writing this blog today. However I feel that with the life changing moments of 23 years ago I shouldn't let the day pass by. But I'm going to mark the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 by more than just 9/11 songs. There will be some 9/11 songs in there of course, but also some songs that capture the feeling of that dark day. Always Remember, Never Forget. God Bless America!!

1) Judy Collins "Both Sides Now":

2) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

3) Bruce Springsteen "The River":

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

5) Cat Stevens "Moonshadow":

6) Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":

7) Pearl Jam "Black":

8) Garth Brooks "Wolves":

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

Some of the best 9/11 songs:

10) Neil Young "Let's Roll":

11) Bruce Springsteen "The Rising":

12) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Grand Central Station":

13) Bruce Springsteen "Lonesome Day":

These next two songs are from "Come From Away" 14) Darkness and Trees":

15) "28 Hours/ Wherever We Are":

Best songs about hope

16) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

17) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

18) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

19) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

20) The Scorpions "Wind of Change":

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(FInished September 9th, 2024) They Don't Write 'Em Like That Any More

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I heard The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" on my morning walk today. I don't completely agree with that assessment but there were a lot of amazings songs before that song was released in 1981. Here are 17 of those great songs.

Kihn died a little bit less than a month ago at the age of 75. Although he never achieved great success this is one of the first songs that helped me discover my love of music, especially rock music. The Greg Kihn Band "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em):

1) The Crew Cuts "Sh-Boom":

2) The Supremes "Stop In The Name of Love":

3) The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

4) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

5) The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer In The City":

6) The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter":

7) David Bowie "Space Oddity":

8) Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'":

9) Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love":

10) The Shangri-las "Leader of The Pack":

11) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":

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

13) Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":

14) Neil Diamond "Song Sung Blue":

15) Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music":

16a) Carly Simon "You're So Vain":

16b) The lovely Olivia Rodrigo covering "You're So Vain":

17) Sweet "Ballroom Blitz":

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