themusicaddict: 2026

Saturday, July 18, 2026

(Finished July 18th, 2026) Part 2 of The 17 Most Intriguing/ Interesting CDs of the November 2025 Classic Rock

Hello,

My favorite magazine currently is Classic Rock. I love how many great articles it has and it has the best review section of any magazine. Also it's supposed to be a monthly magazine, but it feels like I get an issue every three weeks. These are the 15 most intriguing/interesting CDs/DVDs.

I'll be using the tracklists now, rather than what the tracklists may have been November of last year.

I've included this mainly because of their band name. Margarita Witch Cult:

19) "Diabolical Influence":

Their sound is too muddy for me. 20) "Death Lurks At Every Turn":

The sound is a little less muddy here and this is also a better song than others. 21) "The Witchfinder Comes":

22) "Be My Witch":

23) "Annihilation":

24) "Theme From Cyclops":

25) "Lord of The Flies":

26) "Aradia":

27) "Sacrifice":

I was hoping this was a cover of the Billy Idol classic, too bad this cover is terrible. Bonus song, not on the above CD, "White Wedding":

Creeper "Sanguivore 2: Mistress of Death":

featuring Patricia Morrison 28) "A Shadow Stirs":

29) "Mistress of Death":

30) "Blood Magick (It's A Ritual)":

31) "Headstones":

32) "Prey For the Night":

33) "Daydreaming In The Dark":

34) "Parasite":

This song is very cool and I really like her voice on this song. 35) "Razor Wire":

36) "From The Depths Below":

37) "The Black House":

38) "The Crimson Bride":

featuring Patricia Morrison 39) "Pavor Nocturnus":

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(Finished July 18th, 2026) Part 1 of The 17 Most Intriguing/ Interesting CDs of the November 2025 Classic Rock

Hello,

I'll be using the tracklists now, rather than what the tracklists may have been November of last year.

The cover of this Classic Rock is Queen and the 50th anniversary of "A Night At The Opera":

1) "Death On Two Legs":

2) "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon":

3) "I'm In Love With My Car":

4) "You're My Best Friend":

5) "39":

6) "Sweet Lady":

7) "Seaside Rendezvous":

8) "The Prophet's Song":

9) "Love of My Life":

10) "Good Company":

11) "Bohemian Rhapsody":

12) "God Save The Queen":

The Hollow Souls "The Hollow Souls":

featuring Jared James Nichols 13) "Borderline":

featuring Chris Tapp 14) "Bad Things":

15) "I Need The Fire":

16) featuring Elles Bailey "Burn It To The Ground":

featuring Jon Harvey 17) "Shotgun":

18) "Chasing Ghosts":

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

(Finished July 15th, 2026) Part 2 of The European Hot 100 Singles July 12th, 1986

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I thought it would be an interesting comparison and contrast between the European Hot 100 singles for July 12th, 1986 and for the Billboard Hot 100 countdown for the same time frame. I'll be doing the Billboard Hot 100 blogs later. First I have to find out all the songs on that list.

100-86, 85-68, 67-51, 50 to 33, 32 to 16 and 15 to 1.

I love that this amazing song received international love in the summer of '86. 85) Suzanne Vega "Left of Center":

84) Alain Souchon "Ballade De Jim":

83) Big Country "The Teacher":

82) Capitaine Abandonne "Gold":

81) Stephan Eicher "Two People In A Room":

80) Johnny Nash "Rock Me Baby":

79) Furniture "Brilliant Mind":

78) CC Catch "Strangers By Night":

77) The Cure "Boys Don't Cry":

I had never heard of this song, but I quite like it. 76) Midge Ure "Call of the Wild":

75) Sandra "Innocent Love":

I haven't heard this song for awhile and it's much better than I remember. 74) a-ha "The Sun Always Shines On TV":

73) Gary Numan "I Can't Stop":

72) Alisha "Baby Talk":

71) Art of Noise with Max Headroom "Paranoimia":

70) Cock Robin "Thought You Were On My Side":

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

68) Daniel Balavoine "Sauver L'amour":

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Monday, July 13, 2026

(Finished July 13th, 2026) Part 1 of The European Hot 100 Singles July 12th, 1986

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100-86, 85-68, 67-51, 50 to 33, 32 to 16 and 15 to 1.

100) Haywoode "Roses":

99) Steve Winwood "Higher Love":

98) Billy Ocean "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)":

97) This song is done by either Carlos or Viva Les Bleus "Viva Les Bleus":

96) Limahl "Love In Your Eyes":

95) The Human League "Being Boiled":

94) Billy Bragg "Levi Stubbs Tears":

93) Propaganda "P. Machinery":

92) Dhar Braxton "Jump Back (Set Me Free)":

91) Cora "Amsterdam":

90) Whitney Houston "Greatest Love Of All":

89) Den Harrow"Charleston":

88) Animotion "I Engineer":

87) Indochine "Troisième sexe":

This song doesn't really fit in. 86) Real Thing "You To Me Are Everything":

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Saturday, July 11, 2026

(Finished July 11th, 2026) Part 1 of The Top 100 Billboard Hot 100 Countdown for February 24th, 1990: 100-84

Hello,

I haven't done one of these for awhile so it's time. Thanks to Billboard, Facebook and others for this information.

The blogs will bread down like this 100-84, 83-67, 66-49, 48-33, 32-21, 20-11, 10-1.

To view the full list go to this website:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10225359218326463&set=gm.25849006208104297&idorvanity=414490368649231

Apparently this is a very serious message. Okay I mock, but this song is better than I expected. 100) This One's For The Children":

A not necessary cover of the Gloria Gaynor classic. 99) Safire "I Will Survive":

98) Sybil "Don't Make Me Over":

Ah the inevitable less than satisfying follow to the one hit of a one hit wonder. Although I do know that Young MC also wrote a couple of hits for Tone Loc. Even more importantly he didn't show up for a concert for Trump. Good job there Young. 97) Young MC "Principal's Office":

96) Regina Belle "Make It Like It Was":

95) Entouch featuring Keith Sweat "All Night":

Jason Bonham is the son of the greatest rock drummer of all-time, the mighty John Bonham of Led Zeppelin fame. 94) Bonham "Wait For You":

She's also related to a very famous musician. I just can't remember who. 😄😄 93) Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation":

92) Fine Young Cannibals "I'm Not Satisfied":

91) Mantronix "Got To Have Your Love":

90) Babyface "Whip Appeal":

Such a great and sad song. But the video ends with a note of hope. 89) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

88) Yvonne "There's A Party Going On":

87) The Chimes "1-2-3":

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

85) John Farnham "You're The Voice":

84) Natalie Cole "Wild Women Do":

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(Finished July 11th, 2026) The Best of Sarah Brightman

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That voice- one of the greatest voices in the history of music- Miss Sarah Brightman. Here are some of her best songs. I could listen to her sing anytime.

1) "Little Lotte/ The Mirror":

2) featuring Michael Crawford "Phantom of The Opera":

This seems to be a singer's song. I also think that Samantha Barks' version is masterful. Sarah's version is magnificent. 3a) "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

Bonus 3b) This is Samantha Barks amazing version. "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

I honestly had never heard of either one of these next two songs until I started working on this blog. I don't know if I would call them Miss Brightman's best. However I'm including them here as they are so different from what she usually sings. 4) With Hot Gossip "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper":

5) With The Starship Troopers "The Adventures of The Love Crusader":

6) "Pie Jesu":

7) With Gregorian "Voyage, Voyage":

8) "Love Changes Everything":

9) "Tell Me On A Sunday":

10) "Wishing You Were Here Somehow Here Again":

featuring Michael Crawford 11) "The Music Of The Night":

12) "The Second Element":

featuring Tara Lipinski 13) "The Second Element, Part 2":

14a) "Eden":

Bonus song 14b) "Eden":

15) "Deliver Me":

16) featuring Andrea Bocelli "There For Me":

featuring Michael Crawford 17) "All I Ask Of You":

featuring Andrea Bocelli 18) "Time To Say Goodbye":

19) featuring Jose Carreras "Amigos Para Siempre":

20) "Only An Ocean Away":

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

(Finished July 9th, 2026) R.I.P. Bonnie Tyler

Hello,

"Turn around bright eyes" are some of the most iconic words from one of the most iconic 80s songs, Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of The Heart". Bonnie Tyler died July 9th, 2026 at the age of 75. She was known for her raspy voice, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and many other great songs.

In honor of her great life and career here's a blog dedicated to the best songs of Bonnie Tyler and songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart". RIP Bonnie

The long version. 1) Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

2) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":

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

4) Air Supply "Making Love Out of Nothing At All":

5) Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out For A Hero":

6) Alphaville "Forever Young":

7) Bonnie Tyler "It's A Heartache":

8) Chris De Burgh "Lady In Red":

9) Marty Balin "Hearts":

10) Robbie Dupree "Hot Rod Hearts":

11) Bryan Adams "Straight From The Heart":

12) Neil Diamond "Heartlight":

13) Kenny Diamond "Danger Zone":

14) Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face":

15) Celestial Decay "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

16) Lea Michele "Total Eclipse of The Heart":

17) Bonnie Tyler "Save Up All Your Tears":

18) Bonnie Tyler "Faster Than The Speed of Night":

19) Bonnie Tyler "Don't Turn Around":

20) The Carpenters "Superstar":

From telegram.com they say these sings are worse than "Total Eclipse of The Heart", but I disagree. I think "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and these other two songs are all amazing.

21) Def Leppard "Armageddon It":

22) Donna Summer "MacArthur Park":

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Friday, July 3, 2026

(Finished July 3rd, 2025) Part 3 of the Best Obscureish Songs of 1994

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Let's go back to 1994 and enjoy some of the best songs of the year. I'm going to focus on some of the more obscure songs of that year.

35) Mazzy Star "Fade Into You":

36) Big Mountain "Baby I Love Your Way":

37) Weezer "In The Garage":

38) Huey Lewis and the News "Mother In Law":

39) Beastie Boys "Sure Shot":

40) Blues Traveler "Run-Around":

41) David Lee Murphy "Dust On The Bottle":

42) Brooks and Dunn "That Ain't No Way To Go":

43) Veruca Salt "Spiderman":

44) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":

I haven't thought of this song for a long time. 45) The Cranberries "Ridiculous Thoughts":

46) Collin Raye "That Was A River":

From "Sunset Boulevard". 47) Alan Campbell "Sunset Boulevard":

48) Bush "Comedown":

49) R.E.M. "Bang and Blame":

50) The Counting Crows "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)":

51) The Dave Matthews Band "What Would You Say":

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Thursday, July 2, 2026

(Finished July 2nd, 2026) Part 2 of The Most Poignant and Uplifting Songs of 1979

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This blog is inspired by "Cold Case" Season 2, episode 3 "Daniela". I love "Cold Case" and how poignant so many episodes are. And this episode was especially good and poignant, here are the most fitting songs from 1979 for that blog and year.

18) Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud":

19) Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough":

20) Peaches and Herb "Reunited":

21) Randy VanWarmer "Just When I Needed You The Most":

22) Robert John "Sad Eyes":

23) Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)":

24) Sister Sledge "We Are Family":

25) Styx "Renegade":

26) The Knack "My Sharona":

27) Toto "Hold The Line":

R.I.P Victor Willis, lead singer of The Village People. 28) The Village People "Y.M.C.A.":

29) Abba "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)":

30) Atlanta Rhythm Section "Spooky":

31) Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright "With You I'm Born Again":

32) Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind":

33) The Clash "Train In Vain":

One of the greatest ballads ever. 34) The Commodores "Still":

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Sunday, June 28, 2026

(Finished June 28th, 2026) Part 10 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, quirky 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.

154) When In Rome "The Promise":

155) Simple Minds "Promised You A Miracle":

156) Naked Eyes "Promises Promises":

157) The Talking Heads "Psycho Killer":

158) Squeeze "Pulling Mussels From The Shell":

159) The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl":

160) Depeche Mode "A Question Of Lust":

161) Depeche Mode "A Question of Time":

162) R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe":

163) Blondie "Rapture":

164) Martini Ranch "Reach":

165) Billy Idol "Rebel Yell":

166) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

167) Frankie Goes To The Hollywood "Relax":

168) The Fixx "Red Skies":

169) Duran Duran "The Reflex":

170) Duran Duran Duran "Rio":

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Saturday, June 27, 2026

(Finished June 27th, 2026) Part 13 of 48 Blogs: All Songs On themusicaddict's iPod

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This was a living blog series until that became too time consuming of a task. As of the morning of June 11th this blog series is locked. That means I've typed all the songs and their number of listens and will not be making any changes.

These are all the songs that are on my iPod. I'm going to start with the least played songs on my iPod all the way up to the most played song on my iPod. These songs are on my iPod are songs that I've loved all my life, just barely discovered, songs from concerts that I've been too and concerts I'll be going to soon. I love all sorts of songs and genres. There are no weird songs on my iPod, just a bunch of great songs. One of the things I love the most about my iPod is that it's a living thing. Six months from now the songs on my iPod will be drastically different.

The first ten blogs will have 18 songs and the last 30 blogs will have 17 songs. Songs 809 to 806 haven't had any listens so far. Like my iPod updates the number of listens a song when a song plays I'll update this blog series to correspond with that. However again that's too time consuming so these blogs are locked.

600) The English Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom":

From the "Back To The Future" musical 599) "Teach Him A Lesson":

Songs 598 to 571 all have 6 listens.

A timeless song that holds up over 40 years later. 598) Yes "Owner of A Lonely Heart":

597) Wings of Steel "Garden of Eden":

596) Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina":

595) Thunder "Love Walked In":

594) Stevie Nicks "The Lighthouse":

593) She Wants Revenge "Tear You Apart":

592) The Runarounds "Funny How The Universe Works":

591) Queensryche "Jet City Woman":

590) Nightwish "The Day Of...":

589) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones featuring Gene Simmons "Detroit Rock City":

588) Michael Jackson "Bad":

One of those random great songs that one adds to their iTunes over the years. 587) Little Daylight "Overdose":

586) Joe Bonamassa "Black Roses":

585) Janis Joplin "Try (A Little Bit Harder)":

584) Jackson Browne "Running On Empty":

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Thursday, June 25, 2026

(Finished June 26th, 2026) Part 15 of Gen Z Loves 90s Country Classics, So Do I

Hello,

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.

239) Terri Clark "Everytime I Cry":

240) Doug Stone "Warning Labels":

241) Sawyer Brown "The Boys and Me":

242) Reba McEntire "The Greatest Man I Never Knew":

243) Dan Seals "L.O.A. (Love On Arrival)":

244) Restless Heart "You Can Depend On Me":

243) Randy Travis "The Box":

244) Collin Raye "One Boy, One Girl":

245) Trace Adkins "This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing":

246) Hal Ketchum "Small Town Saturday Night":

247) John Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs":

248) Sawyer Brown "Hard To Say":

249) Lorrie Morgan "Except For Monday":

250) Suzy Bogguss "Somebody To Love":

251) Rick Trevino "Bobbie Ann Mason":

252) Collin Raye "Not That Different":

253) The Highwaymen "Silver Stallion":

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Monday, June 22, 2026

(Finished June 22nd, 2026) Part 2 of Happy Heavenly Birthday Prince Rogers Nelson

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Sixty-eight years ago Prince came roaring into the world. I'm sure he had a guitar in his hand, which must have made it uncomfortable for his Mom. Prince peaked with one of the greatest CDs of all-time, the timeless "Purple Rain". Although that was his peak- every song on that CD is great- his career was full of many other great songs.

Since "Purple Rain" is so timeless I won't be including any songs from that CD here. This blog is 22 of Prince's greatest hits not on "Purple Rain".

Cyndi Lauper also recorded a cover of this song, see below. 19) "When You Were Mine":

20) With the New Power Generation "Diamonds and Pearls":

21) "Alphabet Street":

22) "Shockadelica":

23) "Erotic City (Make Love, Not War)" (Extended version):

24) featuring George Clinton "We Can Funk":

25) "Pop Life":

One of his best songs, especially one of his best late career songs. 26) "Rock and Roll Love Affair":

27) "I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man":

28) "Witness 4 The Prosecution":

29) Prince "Peach":

Songs Written By Prince for other musicians:

30) The Time "Jungle Love":

31) Sheila E "The Glamorous Life":

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

33) Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls":

34) The Bangles "Manic Monday":

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

36) Tevin Campbell "Round and Round":

37) Martika "Love, Thy Will Be Done":

38) Cyndi Lauper "When You Were Mine":

39) The Time "The Bird":

40") Stevie Nicks "Stand Back":

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Sunday, June 21, 2026

(Finished June 21st, 2026) Part 7 of The Best Love Songs

Hello,

These are some of the best love songs of all-time. The good, the bad, the sad, the happy, the up, the down, the fun, the brutal, the sexy and the oh my that's not sexy at all. This is inspired by a NPR story about love songs. And yes I know that this blog series could literally turn into hundreds of blogs.

103) Beach Boys "Good Vibrations":