(Finished November 29th, 2025) Part 3 of the Hot 100 Songs of May 17th, 1986: Songs 65-48

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Thanks to Billboard Magazine these are the Hot 100 Songs for May 17th, 1986. 

65) Voices of America "Hands Across America":

64) The Blow Monkeys "Digging Your Scene":

63) The Bangles "If She Knew What She Wants":

62) Bourgeois Tagg "Mutual Surrender (What A Wonderful World)":

61) Patti Austin "The Heat of Heat":

60) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

59) John Taylor "I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 1/2 Weeks)":

58) Atlantic Starr "If You're Heart Isn't In It":

57) Dire Straits "So Far Away":

56) Vanity "Under The Influence":

55) Starpoint "Restless":

54) Models "Out of Sight, Out of Mind":

53) GTR "When The Heart Rules The Mind":

52) Atlantic Starr "Secret Lovers":

51) Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal "Saturday Love":

50) Jermaine Jackson "I Think It's Love":

49) The Moody Blues "Your Wildest Dreams":

48) The Dream Academy "The Love Parade":

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(Finished November 27th, 2025) Part 3 of The Best Cover Songs Since 2000

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This list isn't as strong as I thought it would be. Many of these songs are available on iTunes if you are interested in buying them.

35) Fitz and the Tantrums "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)":

36) Halocene "Driver's License":

37) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

38) Brooks and Dunn featuring Halestorm "Boot Scootin' Boogie":

39) New Year's Day "Sleep":

40) First Aid Kit "America":

41) Streetlight Manifesto "Punk Rock Girl":

It takes about two and a half minutes to get to the actual song. This is a fantastic cover. 42) Five Finger Death Punch "House of the Rising Sun":

43) First To Eleven with Addie from Halocene "New Rules":

44) Halestorm "Heathens":

Not even in the same league as Lady Gaga, but still an interesting take. 45) Lissie "Bad Romance":

46) Max Schneider and Hannah Trigwell "Stay":

This is the way to make a cover song your own!! 47) Kelly Clarkson "It's Quiet Uptown":

48) First To Eleven "Lover":

49) The Highwomen "The Highwomen":

50) Halocene with Lauren Babic and Alanna Sterling "Bang Bang":

This is another great cover. 51) t.a.t.u "How Soon Is Now":

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(Finished November 27th, 2025) Part 3 of Fun and Joyous Songs of the 80s

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When I'm just watching TV, watching a show set in space in the 23rd century I don't think I'm about to hear a song from the 80s. That would be the 1980s. Out of nowhere comes Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go". But sure enough there it was and I was reminded of the universality of 80s music. Even when I try I can't escape it. Here are some great and fun songs from the 80s. 

This show was Season 3, episode 2 "Wedding Bell Blues" and I hate to say how boring that episode was. Also the end of the episode suggested what the next episode would be about. I have no desire to see that episode. I've pretty much given up on that show.

There are so few sci-fi shows that are great. So far I've been enjoying the bizarre "Pluribus". It's bizarre in a very entertaining way though. I also have been enjoying "Welcome To Derry". I need a good show to watch with about 50 episodes I can just watch without spending time looking for something to watch.

35) Deniece Williams "Let's Hear It For The Boy":

36) Chaka Khan featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel  "I Feel For You":

37) The Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up":

38) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

39) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":

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

41) Sawyer Brown "Betty's Bein' Bad":

42) Jellybean Benitez "Sidewalk Talk":

43) Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off":

44) Mel McDaniel "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On":

45) Europe "The Final Countdown":

46) Prince "Raspberry Beret":

47) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Lost In Emotion":

48) Motley Crue "Looks That Kill":

49) ABC "How To Be A Millionaire":

50 Toni Basil "Mickey":

51) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

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(Finished November 24th, 2025) Part 6 of The Best of New Wave Alphabetically

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It's again about time to relive that great time of the early to mid 80s of New Wave music. New Wave is a genre that has quirky people, quairly lyrics and quirky music. It doesn't work all the time, but when it work at it's best the songs are great.

What exactly is/ was New Wave music. Well two things New Wave typically is energetic and fun. New Wave never took itself too seriously. The lyrics weren't serious. New Wave is basically just fun upbeat music to dance to. Who were some of the best New Wave musicians? The Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Howard Jones and many others have to be considered the best New Wave bands.

You may see this and wonder why I didn't include U2 and The Police- both of who many lumped in with the New Wave movement. However both bands, especially The Police, feel like old fashioned rock bands to me. Other bands that were lumped in with New Wave, that I don't really consider New Wave, include The Talking Heads, Men At Work, Elvis Costello, The Go-Go's, The Eurythmics  and David Bowie. Duran Duran was lumped in with the New Wave crowd and I'm not sure they are truly a New Wave band.

Part 5 of this blog is essential the same as this blog, but I had added most of the videos for Part 6 so I'm just going to go with it.

If this is a duplicate it's okay as this is an amazing song. 87) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

88) The Thompson Twins "King For A Day":

89) Tin Tin "Kiss Me":

90) The Thompson Twins "Lay Your Hands On Me":

From "Pretty In Pink", quite likely the greatest New Wave soundtrack ever. 91) Suzanne Vega "Left of Center":

92) Heaven 17 "Let Me Go":

93) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

94) The Thompson Twins "Lies":

95) The Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town":

96) Living In A Box "Living In A Box":

97) Blancmange "Living On The Ceiling":

98) The Psychedelic Furs "Lips Like Sugar":

99) The Human League "Love Action (Believe In Love)":

100) The Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way

101) The Thompson Twins "Love On Your Side":

102) Haircut 100 "Love Plus One":

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(Finished November 3rd, 2025) Part 3 of The Glorious Years of 1987-1989 For Black Musicians

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Black musicians such as Salt-N-Pepa, Terence Trent D'arby, Prince, Michael and Janet Jackson, Living Colour, Public Enemy, Anita Baker, Vanessa Williams, Tina Turner had many big hits between 1987 and 1989. Also there were many others and a few one or two hit wonders that joined the hit parade. All that adds up to a great 3 year run for all of music, specifically black musicians.

1987 to 1989 was an amazing three year period for black musicians, here are most of those classic songs. Get ready to listen to some classic jams you haven't heard for awhile.

35) Jody Watley "Looking For A New Love":

36) Jody Watley "Don't You Want Me":

37) Jody Watley "Real Love":

38) Jody Watley featuring Eric B & Rakim "Friends":

39) The System "Don't Disturb This Groove":

These next three songs are by Anita Baker 40) "Giving You The Best That I Got":

These next two songs were released as singles in 1987 41) "Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year)":

42) "No One In The World":

43) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

44) Billy Ocean "The Colour of Love":

45) Tina Turner "Steamy Windows":

These next three songs are from Billy Ocean. 46) "Tear Down These Walls":

47) "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car":

48) "Here's To You":

49) L'Trimm "Cars With The Boom":

50) Ice-T "Colors":

51) Rob Base featuring DJ EZ Rock "It Takes Two":

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(Finished November 22nd, 2025) Go See The Darkness When You Get A Chance

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If you get the chance to go see The Darkness, go ahead and do it. My concert girlfriend and I saw The Darkness last night, hey put on an amazing show. Justin Hawkins went into the crowd twice, including singing "I Believe In A Thing" with guitar, mic stand . Here are five of the best songs by The Darkness. I'll also include a few songs by Mark Daly and the Ravens, who was the opening act. Daly and the Ravens were great as well. This concert was at the Depot in Salt Lake City, not one of our bigger venues. It's still a great place to see a show. One of the things I love most about smaller venues is we were able to visit and talk with Mark Daly and his band after the show. 

These first five songs are by The Darkness. 1) "Growing On Me":

2) "The Longest Kiss":

3) "Makin' Out":

With Ed Sheeran 4) "Love Is Only A Feeling":

With Ed Sheeran 5) The Darkness "I Believe In A Thing":

These next three songs are by Mark Daly and the Ravens. 6) "Superhero":

7) "This Is Love":

8) "Brighter Days":

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(Finished November 21st, 2025) Part 1 of My Top 51 Most Played Songs of the 70s On My iTunes

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These are my 17 most played 70s songs. That's except for "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the "BBC Sessions". The show was recorded in the early 70s, but it wasn't released until 1997. Other than the Dolly Parton song, all of these songs are rock songs. I'm surprised my most played Disco song isn't until number 19. The 70s were such a rich amd amazing time for music.

51) Al Stewart "Year of the Cat":

50) Neil Young "Heart of Gold":

49) Kenny Rogers "She Believes In Me":

48) Hot Chocolate "You Sexy Thing":

47) Heart "Barracuda":

46) ELO "Turn To Stone":

 45) Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting":

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

43) Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever":

Yes, again. 42) Neil Young "Heart of Gold":

41) Johnny Duncan featuring Janie Fricke "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better":

40) Elvis Costello "Alison":

39) The Eagles "Desperado":

38) Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing":

37) The Carpenters "Superstar":

36) Neil Diamond "Forever In Blue Jeans":

35) Led Zeppelin "Dancing Days":

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(Finished November 17th, 2025) Part 2 of Fun and Joyous Songs of the 80s

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When I'm just watching TV, watching a show set in space in the 23rd century I don't think I'm about to hear a song from the 80s. That would be the 1980s. Out of nowhere comes Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go". But sure enough there it was and I was reminded of the universality of 80s music. Even when I try I can't escape it. Here are some great and fun songs from the 80s. 

This show was Season 3, episode 2 "Wedding Bell Blues" and I hate to say how boring that episode was. Also the end of the episode suggested what the next episode would be about. I have no desire to see that episode. I've pretty much given up on that show.

There are so few sci-fi shows that are great. So far I've been enjoying the bizarre "Pluribus". It's bizarre in a very entertaining way though. I also have been enjoying "Welcome To Derry". I need a good show to watch with about 50 episodes I can just watch without spending time looking for something to watch.

18) Jerry Reed featuring Dolly Parton "She's Got The Gold Mine, I Got The Shaft":

19) The Oak Ridge Boys "Elvira":

20) Alabama "Dixieland Delight":

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

22) Billy Squier "Big Beat":

23) Styx "Mr. Roboto":

24) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Head To Toe":

25) The Thompson Twins "Into The Gap":

26) Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up":

27) Dan Seals "Bop":

28) Slade "Run Runaway":

29) Alabama "Can't Keep A Good Man Down":

30) Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A Place On Earth":

31) ZZ Top "Stages":

32) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Wasted On The Way":

33) Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen":

34) Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind":

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(Finished November 15th, 2025) Part 3 of The Best Songs from TV Series

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Due to my job and the World Series- congratulations to the World Series champion Dodgers- I haven't had much time to blog. I'll only list the title of the show if it's not very obvious what the show is. I'm finishing this up right after the Dodgers won their second straight World Series. As a Dodgers fan I say let those World Series titles keep on coming.

35a) Theme from "Rescue Me "The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon":

35b) The Von Bondies "C'mon, C'mon":

36) The Olympics Theme Song John Williams "Olympics Theme and Fanfare":

37) Jerrold Immel "Theme from Dallas": 

38) Theme from "The Peacemaker" Wig Wam "Do You Want To Taste It":

From Season One 39) Heavy D and the Boyz "In Living Color" Theme:

40) Rockapella "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego":

From "The Gilmore Girls" 41) Carole King "Where You Lead":

Theme from "The Monkees" 42) The Monkees "Hey Hey We're The Monkees":

43) Ray Anthony and His Orchestra "Dragnet" Theme:

Theme from "One Day At A Time" 44) Jeff and Nancy Berry "This Is It":

From "All In The Family" 45) Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton "Those Were The Days":

Season Five Theme 46) The Muppets "The Muppet Show":

Mike Post and Pete Carpenter 47) Theme From "The Rockford Files":

48) Frankie Laine Theme From "Rawhide":

49) Theme from "Cross":

Theme from Monday Night Football from 1989 to 2005. 50) Johnny Pearson "Heavy Action":

The theme of "The Streets of San Francisco". 51) Pat Williams "Streets of San Francisco":

Theme from "Sunday Night Football" 52) Carrie Underwood "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night":

53) Theme from "Glee":

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(Finished November 14th, 2025) Part 1 of The Best Songs of 2020

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Let's go back 5 years and see what the best songs of 2020 were. I recognize so very few songs from that year. I'm sure I would recognize more if I heard them and I'll probably rediscover a few of those. This is going to be one of those blogs that there's still a lot of great music out there. Just because a song isn't a so-called "hit" doesn't mean it's not great. Here are many of the best songs of 2020 whether it was a hit or not. This will be much different than other peoples best songs of 2020 lists.

Without a doubt this is one of the best songs of this century, just a great, great song. It's so close to 1 billion views. 1) The Weeknd "Blinding Lights":

2) Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved":

3) Ava Max "Kings & Queens":

4) Dua Lipa featuring Da Baby "Levitating":

Thanks to a Tik Tok video this amazing song made a comeback. 5) Fleetwood Mac "Dreams":

6) Maroon 5 "Memories":

7) Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande "Rain On Me":

8) Aaron Goodvin "Good Ol' Bad Days":

A good old song about my hometown. 9) The Aces "801":

10) AC/DC "Demon Fire":

11) Black Lakes "Deathrone":

Long time rock band, BOC, bounces back with a very solid CD "The Symbol Remains". 12) Blue Oyster Cult "That Was Me":

13) Broken Witt Rebels "Running With The Wolves":

14) The Bush "The Kingdom":

Yes, this song was released back in 2020. 15) Chappell Roan "Pink Pony Club":

16) Cobra Spell "Poison Bite":

17) Avatar "Colossus":

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(Finished November 11th, 2025) Part 2 of Songs Rocking My iPod

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Happy Veteran's Day to all the great men, women and their families who have sacrificed to keep this country great, even in these turbulent time.

Once again here comes songs rocking my iPod. This is part 1 of a 2 part blog series of songs that mostly accompanied me on my walk this morning. I went a little crazy on my walk and walked almost two hours and I'm really feeling that long walk. However I did hear a lot of great songs and I want to share a lot of those with you. I love music of all kinds so who knows what song is going to be shuffled next.

I am going to be seeing The Darkness and Ghost in concert soon so I have a lot of their songs on my iPod. I still have a lot of Benson Boone songs on my iPod as he was the last musician I saw in concert.

The original version of this song is pretty darn good, but this version is absolutely amazing. 18) The Highwomen "Highwomen":

19) Mumford and Sons "I Will Wait":

20) Brad Paisley "Ticks":

21) Thunder "Don't Wait For Me":

22) John Mellencamp "Hurts So Good":

23) Boston "Rock N' Roll Band":

24) Billy Joel "Allentown":

25) Benson Boone "Cry":

26) Ghost "Spillways":

This is not their most hyped song, but it is their best song. 27) Foster The People "Houdini":

28) MaRynn Taylor "Small Town Spinnin'":

29) JD McPherson "Nite Owls":

Such an amazing song. 30) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

31) "The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again":

32) Broken Witt Rebels "OK Hotel":

6,602,480,692 people cannot be wrong, such an amazing song. 33) Ed Sheeran "Shape of You":

34) Seven Mary Three "Cumbersome":

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(Finished November 10th, 2025) Part 1 of Fun and Joyous Songs of the 80s

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When I'm just watching TV, watching a show set in space in the 23rd century I don't think I'm about to hear a song from the 80s. That would be the 1980s. Out of nowhere comes Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go". But sure enough there it was and I was reminded of the universality of 80s music. Even when I try I can't escape it. Here are some great and fun songs from the 80s. 

This show was Season 3, episode 2 "Wedding Bell Blues" and I hate to say how boring that episode was. Also the end of the episode suggested what the next episode would be about. I have no desire to see that episode. I've pretty much given up on that show.

There are so few sci-fi shows that are great. So far I've been enjoying the bizarre "Pluribus". It's bizarre in a very entertaining way though. I also have been enjoying "Welcome To Derry". I need a good show to watch with about 50 episodes I can just watch without spending time looking for something to watch.

I misnumbered some songs so I have fixed and updated this blog.

1) General Public "Tenderness":

2) Billy Joel "Keeping The Faith":

If you don't absolutely love and adore Madonna this might not be the best series of blogs for you. 3) Madonna "Dress You Up":

4) Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go":

5) The Brothers Johnson "Stomp":

6) Abba "Super Trouper":

7) The B-52's "Roam":

8) The Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls":

9) Madonna "Holiday":

10) The Jets "Crush On You":

11) The Chords "Maybe Tomorrow":

12) Duran Duran "Wild Boys":

13) Madonna "Into The Groove":

14) The B-52's "Love Shack":

15) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

16) Devo "Whip It":

17) John Anderson "Swingin":

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(Finished November 8th, 2025) Part 1 of Songs Rocking My iPod

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Once again here comes songs rocking my iPod. This is part 1 of a 2 part blog series of songs that mostly accompanied me on my walk this morning. I went a little crazy on my walk and walked almost two hours and I'm really feeling that long walk. However I did hear a lot of great songs and I want to share a lot of those with you. I love music of all kinds so who knows what song is going to be shuffled next.

I am going to be seeing The Darkness and Ghost in concert soon so I have a lot of their songs on my iPod. I still have a lot of Benson Boone songs on my iPod as he was the last musician I saw in concert.

1) Rosario Dawson and Adam Pascal "Light My Candle":

2) Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting":

3) Aerosmith "Come Together":

4) Guns N' Roses "Live and Let Die":

A fine instrumental, but again the only reason it's one my iPod is because I'm about to see this band in concert. 5) The Darkness "Buffet":

Originally Byrne sang this song with his band, The Talking Heads. 6) David Byrne "Road To Nowhere":

7) Neil Young "Piece of Crap":

8) Benson Boone "Slow It Down":

9) Kula Shaker "Hush":

Her new CD is a pop CD, but I love her two previous rock CDs. This is a rock version of a pop classic. 10) Demi Lovato "Cool For The Summer":

11) Jackyl "Dirty Little Mind":

12) Boz Scaggs "Lido Shuffle":

Such a classic song. 13) Lovin' Spoonful "Summer In The City":

14) Elenyi and Sarah Young "Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing/ If You Could Hie To Kolob":

15) Linkin Park "Lying From You":

A hair metal band that had a lot of truly great songs. 16) Warrant "Down Boys":

17) Swedish House Mafia "Antidote":

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(Finished November 7th, 2025) Part 2 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 now post-Halloween season.

18) Ozzy Osbourne "Ghost Behind My Eyes":

19) Jukebox The Ghost "Empire":

20) Larkin Poe "Holy Ghost Fire":

21) Ghost "It's A Sin":

22) Jelly Roll "Dance With Ghosts":

23) Fanfarlo "Ghosts":

24) Bruce Springsteen "Ghosts":

25) Stevie Nicks "Ghosts":

From the CD "In Ghost Colours" 26) Cut Copy "Lights and Music":

27) Live "Face and Ghost (The Children's Song)":

28) Lucie Silvas "Letters To Ghost":

29) Hollywood Undead "Ghost Beach":

30) My Chemical Romance "The Ghost of You":

That's the great Roger Staubach on the cover of that CD, back when the Cowboys were relevant. 31) Old 97s "This House Got Ghosts":

From The Police's "Ghosts In The Machine" 32) "Spirits In The Material World":

33) The Psychedelic Furs "The Ghost In You":

34) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

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(Finished November 6th, 2025) Part 2 of The Best of Drums In Music

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I'm still working on that series of blogs about the best of guitar rock, but I decided to expand a bit today. I want to do this series of the best drum songs. Songs where clearly the drums are the highlight of the song.

And yes I do realize that a lot of these same songs are on both the guitar and drum blogs.

18) Living Colour "Cult of Personality":

19) Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love":

20) Cream "White Room":

21) The Beatles "A Day In The Life":

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

23) Heart "Barracuda":

24) The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black":

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

John "Bonzo" Bonham is the beast on drums on this song. 26) Led Zeppelin "Achilles Last Stand":

27) Aerosmith "Come Together":

28) Pink Floyd "Time":

29) The Police "Message In A Bottle":

30) Led Zeppelin "Four Sticks":

31) Jimi Hendrix "Manic Depression":

32) Van Halen "5150":

33) The Doors "When The Music's Over":

34) Metallica "Dyers Eve":

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(Finished November 2nd, 2025) Part 3 of The Best Songs of 1982 to 1985

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A few months ago I received an e-mail from a classmate from the high school from where we graduated. This past summer was our 40th anniversary of graduating from high school. I thought that was very rude e-mail as there's no way I graduated from high school 40 years ago. That and hearing Echo and the Bunnymen "Bring On The Dancing Horses" inspired this blog. These are the best songs from 1982 to 1986, all genres. These were four years were some of the greatest years in the history of the music. 

Here are some of the best CDs from this timeframe, just a sample. 1) Prince "Purple Rain" 2) Michael Jackson "Thriller" 3) Duran Duran "Rio" 4) Styx "Kilroy Was Here" 5) "Flashdance" Soundtrack 6) Huey Lewis and The News "Sports" 7) Billy Idol "Rebel Yell" 8) Alabama "Mountain Music" 9) INXS "Listen Like Thieves" and 10) "Footloose" Soundtrack. 

35) Bertie Higgins "Key Largo":

36) The Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love":

37) 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry":

38) ABC "Poison Arrow":

39) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

40) Paul Hardcastle "19":

41) Billy Idol "White Wedding":

42) Alabama "Mountain Music":

43) Bon Jovi "In and Out of Love":

44) Deborah Allen "Let's Stop Talkin' About It":

45) AC/DC "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)":

46) Bruce Springsteen "Born In The U.S.A.":

47) Asia "Heat of the Moment":

48) Alabama "40 Hour Week (For A Livin')":

49) Peter Gabriel "Shock The Monkey":

50) Willie Nelson "Always On My Mind":

51) Billy Ocean "Mystery Lady":

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