(Finished October 27th, 2025) Part 1 of The Best Songs From Natalie Merchant and Other 80s and 90s Songbirds

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I'd like this series of blogs to be about great 80s and 90s songbirds. For this blog series I'm going to focus on lesser known female singers. By "lesser known" I don't mean to disparage anyone. Several of these women and women led bands had a lot of big songs. They're just the not first people you think of when you hear of 80s and 90s songbirds.

Natalie Anne Merchant was born on October 26th, 1963. She went on to have a successful career as the singer and main songwriter for 10,000 Maniacs. Eventually she left on her own to have some success as a solo artist. Here are some of the best songs of her entire career. These first seven songs are from her career with 10,000 Maniacs.

Sit back and enjoy some great tunes.

One of the many great covers of this Bruce Springsteen written song. 1) "Because The Night":

Another cover of a song by a legendary songwriter, Morrissey. 2) "Everyday Is Like Sunday":

3) "These Are Days":

4) "Trouble Me":

5) "What's The Matter Here":

6) "Like The Weather":

7) "Candy Everybody Wants":

These next few songs are from Natalie's solo career:

One of my all-time favorite songs 8) "Wonder":

9) "Carnival":

I love how prominently the bass guitar is featured here. 10) "It's A-Coming":

11) "Kind and Generous":

These next few songs are by Edie Brickell, with and without the New Bohemians

12) "What I Am":

13) "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall":

14) "Walk On The Wild Side":

These next few songs are by Bonnie Tyler:

15) "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

16) "Holding Out For The Hero":

17) "Faster Than The Speed of Night":

This one goes back to the 70s. 18) "It's A Heartache":

19) "Save Up All Your Tears":

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(Finished October 25th, 2025) Part 1 of Best Songs, Bands and Albums With The Word "Darkness" In Them

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Songs with darkness in the title.

1) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Darkness On The Edge of Town":

2) The Darkness "I Believe In A Thing":

3) Beware of Darkness "Howl":

4) The Darkness "I Hate Myself":

5) Mumford and Sons "Darkness Visible":

6) The Darkness "Black Shuck":

7) Beware of Darkness "Sweet Girl":

8) The Darkness "Givin' Up":

9) Greta Van Fleet "Edge of Darkness":

There's no video for this song as of now. 10) The Darkness "Do They Know It's Christmas":

11) From Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "Badlands":

12) The Darkness "Battle For Gadget Land":

From "Come From Away" 13) "Darkness and Trees":

 14) The Darkness featuring Ed Sheeran in this performance. "Love Is Only A Feeling":

From the CD "Speed of Darkness". 15) Flogging Molly "Don't Shut Em Down":

16) The Darkness "Get Your Hands Off My Woman":

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(Finished October 23rd, 2025) Part 1 of The Greatest Songs That Mention Ghosts, Musicians and CDs With The Word Ghost

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Here comes some ghostly songs for your Halloween season.

1) Ella Henderson "Ghost":

2) Against The Current "Chasing Ghosts":

3) Amy Winehouse featuring Ghostface Killah "You Know That I'm No Good":

From the CD "Ghostlights". 4) Avantasia "Draconian Love":

5) Badflower "Ghost":

6) Carrie Underwood "Ghost Story":

7) Alan Jackson "Midnight In Montgomery":

8) Benson Boone "Ghost Town":

9) Carrie Underwood "Ghosts On The Stereo":

10) Madonna "Ghosttown":

11) Counting Crows "The Ghost In You":

12) Jason Tillberg "Ghosts":

13) Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again":

14) Diamante "Ghost Myself":

15) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

16) Ghost Town "Mama":

How can you not love Halsey? 17) Halsey "Ghost":

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(Finished October 20th, 2025) Part 9 of The Greatest Songs of All-Time

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Okay I'm trying this again. This is the definitive, last, final blog series of themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time. But of course I will continue to add songs as I think of songs and new songs are released. For instance a couple of Chappell Roan songs will be somewhere on this list.

Songs from nearly all genres will be represented on this list, even funk.

137) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Night Moves":

138) Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)":

I prefer the studio recording:

139) Joni Mitchell "Both Sides Now":

140) Fiona Apple "Criminal":

141) Mariah Carey "Someday":

142) Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over":

143) Whitney Houston "You Give Good Love":

144) Rihanna "Umbrella":

145) Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You":

146) INXS "Listen Like Thieves":

147) Madonna "Like A Virgin":

148) Bob Marley and the "Redemption Song":

149) Foreigner "Double Vision":

150) Black Sabbath "Iron Man":

151) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star":

152) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

153) The Four Seasons "Oh What A Night":

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(Finished October 18th, 2025) Songs About Sticking It To The Man

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Songs about sticking it to the man!! In honor of the NoKings protests across the nation and across the country these are songs about sticking it to the man.

1) Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job And Shove It":

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

3) Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2":

4) Ministry "N.W.O":

5) Rage Against The Machine "Killing In The Name":

6) Public Enemy "Fight The Power":

7) Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son":

8) Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Radio, Radio":

9) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "I Won't Back Down":

10) Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise":

11) Bob Marley and the Wailers "Get Up Stand Up":

12) Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":

13) Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":

14) The Clash "I Fought The Law":

15) Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth":

16) Jimi Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower":

17) M.I.A. "Paper Planes":

18) Against Me! "White Crosses":

19) Rush "Limelight":

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

21) The Highwomen "Highwomen":

22) "The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade":

Song for No King's Day 23) "No King's Day":

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(Finished October 16th, 2025) Part 8 of The Greatest Songs of All-Time

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Okay I'm trying this again. This is the definitive, last, final blog series of themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time. But of course I will continue to add songs as I think of songs and new songs are released. For instance a couple of Chappell Roan songs will be somewhere on this list.

Songs from nearly all genres will be represented on this list, even funk.

120) Shania Twin "Any Man of Mine":

121) Queensryche "Empire":

122) 311 "Down":

123) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

124) Lady Gaga "Bad Romance":

125) Caleb Johnson "Testify":

126) Kool and the Gang "Celebration":

Such an incredibly beautiful song. 127) Kenny Rogers "She Believes In Me":

128) The Commodores "Three Times A Lady":

129) Abba "The Winner Takes It All":

130) Aerosmith "Angel":

131) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":

132) Clint Black "A Better Man":

133) Sia "Cheap Thrills":

134) Sublime "Wrong Way":

135) Steppenwolf "Born To Be Wild":

136) The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

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(Finished October 13th, 2025) Part 2 of Best Songs About Standing Up For What We Believe In

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These are most of the best songs about standing up for what we believe in, courage, tenacity and what is right!!

18) Pink "Just Like Fire":

"Tramps like us, baby we were born to run." 19) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Born To Run":

20) Aretha Franklin "Respect":

21) Andra Day "Rise Up":

22) Demi Lovato "Skyscraper":

23) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande "Defying Gravity":

24) Lady Gaga "The Edge of Glory":

25) Bomshell "Fight Like A Girl":

26) Pete Seeger "We Shall Overcome":

27) Rascal Flatts "Stand":

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

29) Marvin Gaye "What's Going On":

30) Breaking Benjamin "I Will Not Bow":

31) Bruce Springsteen "The Rising":

32) Neil Young "Let's Roll":

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

34) Gojira "Liquid Fire":

35) Garth Brooks "We Shall Be Free":

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(Finished October 11th, 2025) Songs On My Mind Today

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I will be seeing Benson Boone tonight in concert, this is the song of his that's playing the most in my head. 1) Benson Boone "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else":

This is Benson Boone's opener. A very talented singer and I love her attitude. 2) Brooke Combe "Miss Me Now":

3) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

My theme song. 4) The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again":

I stumbled across this song while researching an alleged upcoming Morena Baccarin project. This is supposedly a song released in the 80s. However I've never heard of this song, I would have remember this song. 5) Nova Hart "Crimson Horizon":

6) Nova Hart "We Belong Here":

7) Enuff Z'Nuff "Fly High Michelle":

8) Kula Shaker "Hush":

9) Blink-182 "Rock Show":

10) Aerosmith "Living On The Edge":

11) Ozzy Osbourne "Patient No. 9":

12) Pet Shop Boys "It's A Sin":

13) Ghost "Call Me Little Sunshine":

14) Nelly Furtado"Say It Right":

15) Shakira "Whenever Wherever":

16) Alphaville "Forever Young";

17) Taylor Swift "The Fate of Ophelia":

18) twenty one pilots "Stressed Out":

19) Southern Culture On The Kids "My Baby's Got The Strangest Ways":

This song takes me back to when I was 9 years old and seeing "Star Wars" for the first time. 20) John Williams "Star Wars Main Theme" (Full):

Rush will be going on tour again, this is their amazing 21) "Red Barchetta":

22) After The Fire "Der Kommissar":

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(Finished October 9th, 2025) Part 4 of The Best Songs of Summer and The Beach Boys

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Is there a band more associated with summer than The Beach Boys? I think not. Here is a series of blogs with the best summer songs mixed in with the best Beach Boys songs. There will be a few summer songs and then one Beach Boys song and going forward. That is until I run out of Beach Boys songs or maybe not. I don't care when the song was released if it feels like a summer song to me it is a summer song.

Thanks to this website for many of these songs: https://www.timeout.com/music/the-50-best-summer-songs-hit-the-beach-with-these-summertime-tunes

52) Owl City "Fireflies":

53) The Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice":

54) The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Fishin' In The Dark":

55) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

56) Bruce Springsteen "Girls In Their Summer Clothes":

57) Bob Marley and the Wailers "Could You Be Loved":

58) Camila Cabello "Havana":

59) The Beach Boys "In My Room":

60) Martha and the Vandellas "Heat Wave":

61) Magic! "Rude":

62) Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love":

63) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "I'm On Fire":

64) Nelly Furtado "Say It Right":

65) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Dancing In The Dark":

66) Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City":

67) BIlly Idol "Hot In The City":

68) Dua Lipa "Hotter Than Hell":

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(Finished October 8th, 2025) The Best Rock Songs of 2019, Part 3

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These are the best rock songs of 2019. Although rock music no longer has the cultural impact it did as back in the day, it's still thriving. It's not as easy as to find it as before, but it's still out there. Rock on!! I started this blog series over four and a half years ago. Now in late 2025 I barely remember any of these songs. After listening to a lot of these songs I understand how I forget some of these songs.

35) First To Eleven "Royals":

36) Avantasia "The Raven Child":

37) Hells Fire Sinners "Sweet Mary":

38) Volbeat "Last Day Under The Sun":

39) Alice Merton "Trouble In Paradise":

40) Five Finger Death Punch "Wrong Side of Heaven":

41) Halestorm "Black Vultures":

42) Scarlet Rebels "You Take My Breath Away":

43) Queensryche "Dark Reverie":

46) Badflower "Ghost":

They used to be known as The Bad Flowers, I think their new name is much better. 47) Wolf Jaw "Living The Dream":

48) Halsey "Nightmare":

50) Scarlet Rebels "Nothing To Say":

51) Simple Creatures "Drug":

52) Illuminati Hotties "I Wanna Keep Yr Dog":

53) Doll Skin "Mark My Words":

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(Finished October 5th, 2025) Part 1 of Best Songs About Standing Up For What We Believe In

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These are most of the best songs about standing up for what we believe in, courage, tenacity and what is right!!

1) Elton John "I'm Still Standing":

2) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "I Won't Back Down":

3) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Get Up, Stand Up":

4) Mel McDaniel "Stand Up":

5) The Alarm "The Stand":

6) Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams":

7) Creed "Stand Here With Me":

8) Aaron Tippin "You've Got To Stand For Something":

9) Rachel Platten "Stand By You":

10) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

11) Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive":

12) Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger":

13) Bon Jovi "It's My Life":

14) Avril Lavigne "Keep Holding On":

15) Sia "Unstoppable":

16) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

17) David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium":

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(Finished October 4th, 2025) Part 6 of The Most MTVish Videos of The Early MTV Days: 1966ish-1986

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Let's go back to the early days of MTV and some of the most MTVish videos of the early days of MTV and pre-MTV. These videos came out between 1966ish to 1986. We'll go back a bit further to 1966 before anyone knew what music videos were and couldn't imagine a television station like MTV. some people who saw far into the future were making videos- or whatever word they used- to go with their songs. 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. I've updated this blog series to include the years of 1966-1975 and 1986.

As I'm working on this blog series I am also reading the very good "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of The Music Video Revolution" by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks. Highly recommended!

86) Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noise":

87) Nick Lowe "I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll":

88) The Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime":

89) Michael Jackson "Thriller":

90) The Police "Every Breath You Take":

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

92) Starship "Sara":

93) Asia "Heat Of The Moment":

The second video played on MTV. 94) Pat Benatar "You Better Run":

95) ABC "The Look of Love":

96) Santana "Winning":

97) Abba "Waterloo":

98) Stan Ridgway "Drive She Said":

99) The Clash "I Fought The Law":

100) Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":

101) The Alarm "The Stand":

102) Aldo Nova "Fantasy":

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(Finished October 1st, 2025) Part 5 of The Most MTVish Videos of The Early MTV Days: 1966ish-1986

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Let's go back to the early days of MTV and some of the most MTVish videos of the early days of MTV and pre-MTV. These videos came out between 1966ish to 1986. We'll go back a bit further to 1966 before anyone knew what music videos were and couldn't imagine a television station like MTV. some people who saw far into the future were making videos- or whatever word they used- to go with their songs. 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. I've updated this blog series to include the years of 1966-1975 and 1986.

69) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax":

70) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

71) Van Halen "Hot For Teacher":

72) Duran Duran "Girls On Film":

73) Heart "Alone":

74) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Born In The USA":

75) Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes":

Okay this doesn't fit into my timeline and I don't think it's an official video. I will still include it in this blog series. 76) The Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin":

77) "Der Kommissar":

78) Scandal "The Warrior":

79) Men At Work "Down Under":

80) Billy Idol "White Wedding":

81) Manfred Mann "The Mighty Quinn":

82) Mungo Jerry "In The Summertime":

83) Jefferson Starship "Stranger":

84) Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy":

85) David Bowie "China Girl":

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