This blog series is every original song by Boston from their six CDs across the years. Those CDs are 1976's "Boston", 1978's "Don't Look Back", 1986's "Third Stage", 1994's "Walk On", 2002's "Corporate America" and 2013's "Life, Love and Hope".
"Boston":
1) "More Than A Feeling":
2) "Peace of Mind":
3) "Foreplay/ Long Time":
Which is better live? Honestly I'm disappointed a bit by both. 4a) "Rock and Roll Band":
I made several mistakes on this blog when I originally published it. I have fixed those mistakes and made this post better for it.
Let's go back to the early days of MTV and some of the most MTVish videos of those early days from 1981-1985. I loved MTV so much, especially the early days. It was so cool to see what these musicians looked like and learn more about that them. And as the kids would say these are all bangers!!
This will include videos from before MTV's debut. I had so much fun listening to all of these great songs again, it took me back to the hot summers of the 80s.
18) The Go-Go's "Vacation":
19) The Bangles "Manic Monday";
20) Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want To Have Fun":
21) The Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like":
Here's the actual video. 22a) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":
Here's the full version. I still get goosebumps at the end of this song. 22b) "Camouflage":
23) John Lennon "Nobody Told Me":
24) Def Leppard "Foolin'":
25) Styx "Mr. Roboto":
26) Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only":
27) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)":
28) The Police "Synchronicity 2":
29) Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out":
30) The Flirts "Don't Put Another Dime In The Jukebox":
Let's go back to the early days of MTV and some of the most MTVish videos of those early days from 1981-1985. I loved MTV so much, especially the early days. It was so cool to see what these musicians looked like and learn more about that them. And as the kids would say these are all bangers!!
This will include videos from before MTV's debut. I had so much fun listening to all of these great songs again, it took me back to the hot summers of the 80s.
These lyrics are from Kane Brown's "Country Classic". It's performed by Brown and written by Jon Capeci, Gabe Foust and Free.
That girl, she's a sweet home Alabama She could paint me a Birmingham Hot damn, if I could make it to Cheyenne Or Amarillo by morning (By morning) Man, she feels like a woman Like I heard her on the radio Driving down that red dirt road (Woo-hoo) Oh, I can't get her out of my head Know I gotta have it That girl, that girl is a country classic, mm yeah
Yeah, she's a country classic
Kane Brown's "Country Classic":
The above song is from Kane Brown, it's called "Country Classic". It truly is a country classic and a song from one of the best CDs of this century. That would be the soundtrack for "Twisters". Some of the songs listed below are referenced in the above lyrics. These are a bunch of other country classics.
1) Alabama "Old Flame":
2) Pam Tillis "Maybe It Was Memphis":
3) Garth Brooks "The Beaches of Cheyenne":
4) George Strait "Amarillo By Morning":
5) Brooks and Dunn "Red Dirt Road":
6) Kenny Rogers and The First Edition "I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In":
7) Merle Haggard "Mama Tried":
8) Tammy Wynette "Til I Can Make It On My Own":
9) George Jones "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)":
Are James Bond movies the movie series that has best music? Truly some of the greatest songs ever have been in these movies. These are the 17 best songs, ranked in order, from the James Bond movies. With apologies to Adele, Matt Monro, Jack White and Alicia Keys, Chris Cornell, and Nancy Sinatra. That Sam Smith song is just brutal though, not sure which of his previous songs made anyone think he belonged in this select group. Maybe they mistook him for James Capaldi?
Bonus song: James Capaldi "Someone You Loved":
That "Three Blind Mice" thing at the end is a bit weird. But up to that point this is a pretty cool instrumental. 17) John Barry and Orchestra "The James Bond Theme":
16) Louis Armstrong "We Have All The Time In The World":
15) Billie Eilish "No Time To Die":
As cool as the above song, it's nowhere as good as this song. It fit in perfectly with "True Detective: Night Country". After five pretty good episodes the final episode was brutal though.This song is flawless though. Bonus Song: Billie Eilish "Bury A Friend":
This is such an incredibly passionate version of one of the lesser known songs of the James Bond series. 14) Tom Jones "Thunderball":
13) a-ha "The Living Daylights":
12) Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger":
11) Garbage "The World Is Not Enough":
10) Lulu "The Man With The Golden Gun":
Another truly underappreciated song from this movie series. It's also the funkiest song in this collection. 9) Gladys Knight "License To Kill":
A song that fits in perfectly on my iPod. 8) Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever":
7) Rita Coolidge "All Time High":
6) Tina Turner "Goldeneye":
5) Duran Duran "A View To A Kill":
4) Madonna "Die Another Day":
Quite likely Sheena Easton's best song. 3) Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only":
I really love reliving these charts from back in the day. Instead of picking and choosing the subjective best of these lists I'm going to break them down into two blogs and posts videos for all the songs. So many of these songs I know and love so much, but so many of these songs I've never heard of!!
All thanks to Billboard for all the great memories and song information.
I've heard of The Wonder Stuff, but I've never heard of this song. But it's a great song. 30) The Wonder Stuff "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More":
Another great song by the band who gave us "The Great Commandment". 29) Camouflage "That Smiling Face":
28) U2 "God, Part 2":
27) The Waterboys "Fisherman's Blues":
Never knew there was a band called Christmas. 26) Christmas "Stupid Kids":
25) Erasure "Stop!":
24) The Saints "Music Goes Around My Head":
One of the greatest songs ever. 23) The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl":
News has come that the Billy Joel/ Sting concert in May of this year has been postponed due to health issues of Billy Joel. Joel is going to recover and they've set a new date for the show. They will be playing in Salt Lake in May of 2026. I'm obviously okay with this as I want Billy Joel and Sting to be at the height of their powers when they play here. BIlly Joel is a great showman and has a bunch of amazing songs to perform. This is my best of Sting and The Police.
News has come out that the Billy Joel/ Sting concert in May of this year has been postponed due to health issues of Billy Joel. Joel is going to recover and they've set a new date for the show. They'll now be stopping in Salt Lake in May of 2026. I'm obviously okay with this as I want Billy Joel and Sting to be at the height of their powers when they play in Salt Lake. BIlly Joel is a great showman and has a bunch of amazing songs to perform. This is my Billy Joel dream playlist, which features most of his classics and some more obscure Joel songs.
Billy Joel starts most of his shows with this duo 1) "Prelude/Angry Young Man":
I'm a big fan of Joel's "Glass Houses", which is the CD many of these songs originate. 2) "All For Leyna":
3) "She's Always A Woman":
4) "Close To The Borderline":
5) "I Go To Extremes":
6) "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)":
7) "You're Only Human (Second Wind)":
8) "Don't Ask Me Why":
9) "The "Downeaster" Alexa":
10) "Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Down On Broadway)":
11) "Summer (Highland Falls)":
12) "My Life":
13) A cover of the Rolling Stones classic. "Start Me Up":
Here are the 20 best or most interesting songs from 35 years ago today. This list is a mix of some amazing classics and some songs I've never heard. Enjoy!! Other than the first three songs the other songs are in no specific order. Thanks to Billboard magazine for the chart information.
1) Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up":
2) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":
3) Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mine":
4) They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse In Your Soul":
5) Depeche Mode "Enjoy The Silence":
6) Electronic "Getting Away With It":
7) Oingo Boingo "When The Lights Go Out":
One of my favorite songs of this time period. How it is already 35 years ago? 8) Michael Penn "No Myth":
9) The The "Jealous of Youth":
10) The Blue Nile "The Downtown Lights":
With a name like Renegade Soundwave you better be good, the fact that I've never heard of them isn't a great sign. It's a good enough song. 11) Renegade Soundwave "Biting My Nails":
12) The Creatures "Fury Eyes":
13) The Rave-Ups "(Respectfully) King Of Rain":
14) The House of Love "I Don't Know Why I Love You":
Rock legends from the 70s with names start with S- either first name, last name or band name. I forgot to include a Boz Scaggs song on this blog, I will catch up on the next blog.
18) Bob Seger "Katmandu":
19) Stevie Wonder "Superstition":
20) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "Blinded By The Light":
Bonus video: "Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By The Light":
21) Rod Stewart "You Wear It Well":
22) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Night Moves":
23) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Woodstock/ Find The Cost of Freedom":
24) The Spinners featuring Dionne Warwick "Then Came You":
25) Santana "Oye Como Va":
26) Supertramp "Bloody Well Right":
27) Barbra Streisand "Evergreen (Love Theme To "A Star Is Born":
28) Paul Simon featuring Stevie Wonder "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard":
29) Styx "Lorelei":
30) Steely Dan "Do It Again":
31) Carly Simon "Anticipation":
32) Stevie Wonder "You Are The Sunshine of My Life":
These are my greatest songs of all-time. These are those songs that I absolutely love. I'll also be creating a second set of songs that are almost a greatest song of all-time but doesn't quite reach that rarefied air. All of these songs I've listened to hundreds of times but still can't get enough.
I've started working on several different permutations of these blogs, but this is the final blog series for this topic. I've put a lot of work into this so that it will be comprehensive, but I can also add new songs as time goes on. For instance when I started this blog series I had never heard of Chappell Roan. But now I love "Hot To Go". There will be other songs that meet this same criteria.
69) AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long":
70) Garth Brooks "Unanswered Prayers":
71) CW McCall "Convoy":
72) Daughtry "Over You":
73) Aretha Franklin "Respect":
74) Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":
75) Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart":
76) George Michael "Careless Whisper":
77) The B-52's "Rock Lobster":
78) R.E.M. "Orange Crush":
79) Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad":
80) The Shirelles "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow":
