Hello,
With the Dodgers rolling along, I've decided to switch the focus of this blog to some of my other teams. I'll still write about the Dodgers and this blog will resume being Dodgers centric as the playoffs get closer. Of course with so many of my teams likely to make the playoffs this season, I'll be keeping an eye on them as well. For now I want to focus on the other 4 teams I follow that have a chance to make the playoffs. That would be the Pirates, Red Sox, A's and Braves. I also follow/cheer for the Orioles and Cubs but both won't be in this season's playoffs. With the high likelihood that 5 of my teams will reach the playoffs, one of them has to win the World Series right?
The Dodgers 6 game winning streak came crashing to a halt yesterday, but honestly I'm not concerned. LA is going to lose occasionally and they still took 2 of 3 in Colorado against the not terrible Rockies, a team they've struggled against this season. LA continues to sail along at 83-56 and have a 99.9% chance of reaching the playoffs. The Diamondbacks remain a playoff afterthought, even though they won their game last night. Arizona moves to within 12.5 games of LA and increase their playoff chances all the way to 1.7%.
To show that the Dodgers weren't overly worried about this game they sent Edinson Volquez to the mound. He has been so bad this season that the Padres released him a few days ago. Anyway he lasted all of 4 innings, gave up 6 hits and 4 runs. His record drops to 9-11 and his ERA is at an atrocious 6.05. Another in season Dodgers pick up was Carlos Marmol. Once again he was brutal, he lasted 1 inning, allowed 3 hits and 3 runs. Although only 2 of the runs were earned. Marmol has a 5.27 ERA this year, please someone assure me that he's not going to be on the playoff roster.
I was able to see a bit of this game and saw J.P. Howell pitch. He has an interesting delivery motion, but it's effective. In his one inning he faced 3 batters and struck them all out. Howell has a 2.24 ERA this season.
Another thing that reassured me about this loss is how little the LA's main offensive studs played. (No disrespect intended to Hanley Ramirez.) Matt Kemp is still rehabbing, although I'm beginning to wonder if he'll make it back this season. Yasiel Puig, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez each only had one pitch hit at bat in this game. Clearly Don Mattingly was getting some Dodgers much needed rest after a long and grueling season. Another thing that makes me feel good about the Dodgers chances this season is their recent pickup. That's former Phillie Michael Young, he was 3 for 5 and had 2 RBIs. He's hitting .278, has 44 RBIs on the season and isn't a bad late season pickup.
The Dodgers get Thursday off then play 3 games against the last great team they'll face in the regular season. That's the Reds, one of 3 very tough NL Central teams. After battling with the Reds, LA closes out their season playing the awful to mediocre teams in the NL West. I do realize Arizona is over .500, but would you consider them a good team? With LA's final 20 games against the NL West the Dodgers will coast to one of the easiest NL West titles ever.
Speaking of running away, that's what Boston is doing in the AL East. On Wednesday, they destroyed the Tigers 20-4. Boston hit 8 homers in their very easy victory over the Tigers. Stephen Drew hit his 12th homer of the season, he has 56 RBIs and is hitting .250. Jacoby Ellsbury hit his 8th homer, he has 51 RBIs and is hitting .296. David Ortiz hit his 25th and 26th homers, he has 89 RBIs and is hitting .313. Will Middlebrooks had his 12th homer of the season, he has 38 RBIs and a .238 batting average. Daniel Nava hit his 11th homer, he has 58 RBIs and a .300 batting average. Ryan Lavarnway had his first home run this season, he has 10 RBIs and is hitting .306. Last but certainly not least is former Ranger Mike Napoli. He has 18 homers now, 77 RBIs and is hitting .251.
The Red Sox are 84-57 and have a 99.5% chance of reaching the playoffs. They've won 8 of 10 games and lead the second place Rays by 5.5 games. The Rays have only won 3 of their last 10 games. The Yankees and Orioles are still lingering, but almost assuredly won't be in the postseason this year. That will give Arod less chances to tie the great Willie Mays for career home runs. Rodriguez has it written in his contract that if he ties Willie Mays for number of career homers the Yankees will pay him a $6 million dollar bonus. Rodriguez must have a hell of an agent to convince the Yankees of that.
Lastly the A's weren't quite as explosive as the Red Sox, but they did score 11 runs against the great Yu Darvish who was pitching for the Rangers. Oakland won 11-4, are now 80-59 and have a 96.4% chance of reaching the playoffs. They're tied with the Rangers for first place in the AL West, both teams ahead a ridiculous 15.5 games over the third place and over paid Angels.
Oakland is currently in a 10 game home stand and they are 5-1 so far. They close out this home stand with 4 games against the awful, 47 games below .500 Astros. Oakland needs to sweep the Astros to improve their chances of making the playoffs and then making noise in the playoffs. In other words they need to win their division so they won't be stuck in the one game wild card matchup.
themusicaddict
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Dodgers Daily, September 3rd, 2013, Dodgers Win But Pirates Make History
Hello,
This is a Dodgers Daily so I'll mention the Dodgers briefly, however this blog is mostly about the Pirates.
LA beat Colorado 7-4 and have won the first 2 games in this three game series. The Dodgers have won 6 straight games and continue to cruise to the NL West title and the playoffs. They're now 83-53 and have a 99.9% chance of reaching the playoffs. Meanwhile they lead the second place Diamondbacks by 13.5 games, Arizona has almost been eliminated from the playoff chase.
I love that the Dodgers are playing so well right now. I go back and forth between thinking this team could be a team of destiny or could get eliminated in the NLDS. If the Dodgers go through this long 162 game season and lose in the NLDS then their great season will fill very hollow. (The MLB season is just too long.) I'm enjoying the Dodgers train ride as long as it's going to last.
From here on out this will be a Pirates blog. To answer your first question, how did a guy who lives in Utah start following the Pirates? A couple of years ago I read an article in Sports Illustrated about the at the time beleaguered Pirates. The Pirates were at a very low point, with very things giving them hope. I've always liked to cheer for the underdog and thought the Pirates could use another fan that would stick with them no matter what. After reading that article I started following the Pirates.
On Tuesday the Pirates defeated the Brewers 4-3, which was Pittsburgh's 81st win of the season. The Pirates are now 81-57 and have a 99.8% chance to win the NL Central. Tuesday's victory ensures that the Pirates won't have a losing season this season, which will be the first time that happens since 1992. In 1992 the Pirates finished 96-66, a record this Pirates team could possibly equal. The Pirates would only have to finish a very doable 15-9 to match that record.
Tuesday's victory had many encouraging signs for the Pirates. For one they had timely hitting, Travis Snider's homer in the 9th inning was the game winning run. The Pirates also had timely pitching. Mark Melancon, in place of Jason Grilli as Pirates closer, earned his 11th save of the season. Melancon also has an impressive 0.87 ERA. He's been a hell of a closer while Grilli recovers. Pirates MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen was 2 for 4 and he's hitting .320 this season. McCutchen added his 18th homer and has 75 RBIs. He also does quite well in center field, he's a complete player.
The Pirates also received contributions from their new players. I'm extremely excited about the recent additions of Justin Morneau and Marlon Byrd, I could see these two players being the final pieces of Pittsburgh's puzzle. Morneau was 3 for 3 on Tuesday. Although he's only hitting .262 this season, he's hitting .444 in three games since joining the Pirates. Byrd was 2 for 3, he also had his 30th double of the season. Byrd also had two more RBIs, giving him 78 RBIs this season.
Also the good news keeps coming, Jason Grilli has been activated. He's been out for a few weeks battling an injury. Before he was injured he had 30 saves and a very solid 2.34 ERA for the Pirates. It looks like he'll pitch in a couple of non-save situations before resuming his role as closer. Obviously that could change, I don't necessarily think the Pirates should rush him back. But I'm glad the Pirates have Melancon to back him up.
The last piece of good news for the Pirates is they lead the Cardinals by 2 games. Pittsburgh also leads 3rd place Cincinnati by 3.5 games. The Pirates have their great record in the best by far NL division. I've never seen so many good teams in one division. It's almost assured that 3 NL Central teams will reach the NL Playoffs. Besides the top three NL Central teams, Dodgers and Braves the rest of the NL is embarassingly weak.
I went to Wikipedia to look up some interesting things about the Pirates 1992 season. Here are 5 interesting things about the 1992 Pirates.
1) Let's get the most painful thing out of the way, that was the playoffs of Sid Bream. The Pirates led 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th inning. Doug Drabek pitched a masterful game for the Pirates. Drabek had pitched about 120 pitches before facing Bream. Drabek was getting tired and walked Sid Bream, who might have been the slowest running player in MLB that season. (No disrespect intended, just calling it like it is.) Later in the inning the Braves sent up Francisco Cabrera to pinch hit. He singled left to drive in David Justice and Bream. Bream was pumping his arms like crazy around third base as he hustled home. That was a damn gutsy call by the Braves third base coach Jimy Williams to send the slow footed Bream home, but it ultimately proved to be the right call. Bream was safe just ahead of Barry Bonds throw home.
I remember watching this play live and how electric Atlanta Fulton County Stadium was, this play has to be one of the most memorable plays in MLB history. Looking at the play several times now, was Bream really safe?
Here's Skip Caray call of that amazing 9th inning:
The Braves won the game and advanced to the World Series. They lost the World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays in 6 games.
2) The 1992 Pirates team featured such players as Barry Bonds, Andy Van Slyke (who's son, Scott, is currently playing for the Dodgers), Tim Wakefield (in his rookie season), Doug Drabek and Kirk Gibson, who was only on the team briefly.
3) The Pirates manager was Jim Leyland, who currently is managing the offensively explosive Tigers.
4) At the time the Pirates played at Three Rivers Stadium, where the Pirates won the World Series in 1979. That was the "We Are Family" year and the last time the Pirates won the World Series. The Pirates now play in PNC Park.
5) In 1992 they were a member of the NL East, now they are in the NL Central.
Who knew that it would be 21 years before the Pirates had another at least .500 season? This is why I fully support the Pirates going all out to win the World Series this season.
Look how many things have changed since then, let's hope the Pirates on field experience will change as drastically. Tuesday's victory was a good start, but winning on Wednesday to clinch a winning season would be the next step. The Pirates send Francisco Liriano (15-6, 2.57 ERA) to the mound Wednesday so the Pirates can clinch a winning season.
Will the 2013 Pirates season end with similar scenes as this?:
themusicaddict
This is a Dodgers Daily so I'll mention the Dodgers briefly, however this blog is mostly about the Pirates.
LA beat Colorado 7-4 and have won the first 2 games in this three game series. The Dodgers have won 6 straight games and continue to cruise to the NL West title and the playoffs. They're now 83-53 and have a 99.9% chance of reaching the playoffs. Meanwhile they lead the second place Diamondbacks by 13.5 games, Arizona has almost been eliminated from the playoff chase.
I love that the Dodgers are playing so well right now. I go back and forth between thinking this team could be a team of destiny or could get eliminated in the NLDS. If the Dodgers go through this long 162 game season and lose in the NLDS then their great season will fill very hollow. (The MLB season is just too long.) I'm enjoying the Dodgers train ride as long as it's going to last.
From here on out this will be a Pirates blog. To answer your first question, how did a guy who lives in Utah start following the Pirates? A couple of years ago I read an article in Sports Illustrated about the at the time beleaguered Pirates. The Pirates were at a very low point, with very things giving them hope. I've always liked to cheer for the underdog and thought the Pirates could use another fan that would stick with them no matter what. After reading that article I started following the Pirates.
On Tuesday the Pirates defeated the Brewers 4-3, which was Pittsburgh's 81st win of the season. The Pirates are now 81-57 and have a 99.8% chance to win the NL Central. Tuesday's victory ensures that the Pirates won't have a losing season this season, which will be the first time that happens since 1992. In 1992 the Pirates finished 96-66, a record this Pirates team could possibly equal. The Pirates would only have to finish a very doable 15-9 to match that record.
Tuesday's victory had many encouraging signs for the Pirates. For one they had timely hitting, Travis Snider's homer in the 9th inning was the game winning run. The Pirates also had timely pitching. Mark Melancon, in place of Jason Grilli as Pirates closer, earned his 11th save of the season. Melancon also has an impressive 0.87 ERA. He's been a hell of a closer while Grilli recovers. Pirates MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen was 2 for 4 and he's hitting .320 this season. McCutchen added his 18th homer and has 75 RBIs. He also does quite well in center field, he's a complete player.
The Pirates also received contributions from their new players. I'm extremely excited about the recent additions of Justin Morneau and Marlon Byrd, I could see these two players being the final pieces of Pittsburgh's puzzle. Morneau was 3 for 3 on Tuesday. Although he's only hitting .262 this season, he's hitting .444 in three games since joining the Pirates. Byrd was 2 for 3, he also had his 30th double of the season. Byrd also had two more RBIs, giving him 78 RBIs this season.
Also the good news keeps coming, Jason Grilli has been activated. He's been out for a few weeks battling an injury. Before he was injured he had 30 saves and a very solid 2.34 ERA for the Pirates. It looks like he'll pitch in a couple of non-save situations before resuming his role as closer. Obviously that could change, I don't necessarily think the Pirates should rush him back. But I'm glad the Pirates have Melancon to back him up.
The last piece of good news for the Pirates is they lead the Cardinals by 2 games. Pittsburgh also leads 3rd place Cincinnati by 3.5 games. The Pirates have their great record in the best by far NL division. I've never seen so many good teams in one division. It's almost assured that 3 NL Central teams will reach the NL Playoffs. Besides the top three NL Central teams, Dodgers and Braves the rest of the NL is embarassingly weak.
I went to Wikipedia to look up some interesting things about the Pirates 1992 season. Here are 5 interesting things about the 1992 Pirates.
1) Let's get the most painful thing out of the way, that was the playoffs of Sid Bream. The Pirates led 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th inning. Doug Drabek pitched a masterful game for the Pirates. Drabek had pitched about 120 pitches before facing Bream. Drabek was getting tired and walked Sid Bream, who might have been the slowest running player in MLB that season. (No disrespect intended, just calling it like it is.) Later in the inning the Braves sent up Francisco Cabrera to pinch hit. He singled left to drive in David Justice and Bream. Bream was pumping his arms like crazy around third base as he hustled home. That was a damn gutsy call by the Braves third base coach Jimy Williams to send the slow footed Bream home, but it ultimately proved to be the right call. Bream was safe just ahead of Barry Bonds throw home.
I remember watching this play live and how electric Atlanta Fulton County Stadium was, this play has to be one of the most memorable plays in MLB history. Looking at the play several times now, was Bream really safe?
Here's Skip Caray call of that amazing 9th inning:
The Braves won the game and advanced to the World Series. They lost the World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays in 6 games.
2) The 1992 Pirates team featured such players as Barry Bonds, Andy Van Slyke (who's son, Scott, is currently playing for the Dodgers), Tim Wakefield (in his rookie season), Doug Drabek and Kirk Gibson, who was only on the team briefly.
3) The Pirates manager was Jim Leyland, who currently is managing the offensively explosive Tigers.
4) At the time the Pirates played at Three Rivers Stadium, where the Pirates won the World Series in 1979. That was the "We Are Family" year and the last time the Pirates won the World Series. The Pirates now play in PNC Park.
5) In 1992 they were a member of the NL East, now they are in the NL Central.
Who knew that it would be 21 years before the Pirates had another at least .500 season? This is why I fully support the Pirates going all out to win the World Series this season.
Look how many things have changed since then, let's hope the Pirates on field experience will change as drastically. Tuesday's victory was a good start, but winning on Wednesday to clinch a winning season would be the next step. The Pirates send Francisco Liriano (15-6, 2.57 ERA) to the mound Wednesday so the Pirates can clinch a winning season.
Will the 2013 Pirates season end with similar scenes as this?:
themusicaddict
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
The Under Appreciated Genius of Michael Jackson's "Bad"
Hello,
I got the idea for this blog as I was writing one of my 80s music blogs, I started listening to "Bad" and I had forgotten how many great songs that CD has. There are 11 songs on "Bad", all of them are great.
What to do when you make an album that eventually sells by some estimates up to 65,000,000 copies? (Just think about that for a minute, 65 million copies of an album!) How do you proceed if your last record includes the classics "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "PYT". Every song on "Thriller" is great. What do you do when there's intense pressure on you and very few people think you can make lightning strike again? If your Michael Jackson, you shrug your shoulders, work on your next album for five years, don't let yourself cower and make the classic but sadly under appreciated "Bad". Also to up the ante you put 11 songs on "Bad", when there are only 9 songs on "Thriller".
Jackson answered the call following "Thriller" by creating another absolutely amazing CD. "Bad" didn't sell as many copies as "Thriller", it "only" sold 45 million copies. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org for sales information.) But I suggest to you that "Bad" is just as good of a CD as "Thriller". "Bad" features some of Michael Jackson's strongest songs. Those songs include "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal", "Man In The Mirror", "Bad", "Just Good Friends" and 6 other Jackson classics.
Here's the video for the complete "Bad" CD, While this video does show how great each song is, it doesn't deliver the same butt kicking as a great sound system.
I'm also including videos for each individual song:
1) "Bad": (This is the full 16 minute version of "Bad", directed by Martin Scorcese. And yes that's Wesley Snipes as one of the gangsters.)
The actual video:
2) "The Way You Make Me Feel" (with Britney Spears):
3) "Speed Demon":
4) "Liberian Girl": (And all these years I thought it was "Librarian Girl".) This is sung for a girl from the African country Liberia and is a very sweet song:
5) "Just Good Friends" (Duet with another musical genius Stevie Wonder):
6) "Another Part of Me":
7) "Man In The Mirror":
8) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett):
9) "Dirty Diana":
10) "Smooth Criminal":
Jackson's version of "Smooth Criminal" kicked butt, but Alien Ant Farm took this song to the next level:
11) "Leave Me Alone":
Michael Jackson was producing other amazing songs during this time. On the 25th anniversary edition of "Bad", there are many other good songs. My favorites of those additional tracks are below.
"Free": (This song goes to the next level when it reaches the chorus. Such a great song and this is an outtake for Michael Jackson!)
"Price Of Fame": Wanting privacy and to be left alone was a constant theme in Jackson's music and sadly I don't ever think he achieved in his lifetime.
"Al Capone":
"Streetwalker":
"Fly Away":
"Speed Demon" (Remix By Nero):
While Thriller was certainly Michael Jackson's peak and "Bad" is also a classic album, sadly after that Jackson's musical descent began. Although he still made great songs, for instance"Black or White", "They Don't Care About Us", "Heal The World" and "Remember The Time. However he was never able to reach the heights of "Bad". Four years later he released "Dangerous", which only sold half of what "Thriller" sold. That meant it sold 32 million copies, but still rapidly decreasing in sales.
In 1995 he released his greatest hits CD, "History", which sold about 20 million copies. Six years later, in 2001, he released the last CD that he made while alive and had control over, which is the ironically titled "Invincible". It has been anything but in terms of sales. Although most people would kill to sell 10,000,000 CDs, for Michael Jackson that was his lowest sales since his pre "Off The Wall" work. "Invincible" is also the first CD he released pre "Off The Wall" that doesn't have any classics on it.
I realize that Michael Jackson made some poor choices and harmed some people. That truly is part of his legacy that I wish didn't happen. But without a doubt the man also made some of the most classic music of this era or any other era. I'm sad there will only ever be one Michael Jackson and the one we had died so soon.
RIP Michael.
themusicaddict
I got the idea for this blog as I was writing one of my 80s music blogs, I started listening to "Bad" and I had forgotten how many great songs that CD has. There are 11 songs on "Bad", all of them are great.
What to do when you make an album that eventually sells by some estimates up to 65,000,000 copies? (Just think about that for a minute, 65 million copies of an album!) How do you proceed if your last record includes the classics "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "PYT". Every song on "Thriller" is great. What do you do when there's intense pressure on you and very few people think you can make lightning strike again? If your Michael Jackson, you shrug your shoulders, work on your next album for five years, don't let yourself cower and make the classic but sadly under appreciated "Bad". Also to up the ante you put 11 songs on "Bad", when there are only 9 songs on "Thriller".
Jackson answered the call following "Thriller" by creating another absolutely amazing CD. "Bad" didn't sell as many copies as "Thriller", it "only" sold 45 million copies. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org for sales information.) But I suggest to you that "Bad" is just as good of a CD as "Thriller". "Bad" features some of Michael Jackson's strongest songs. Those songs include "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal", "Man In The Mirror", "Bad", "Just Good Friends" and 6 other Jackson classics.
Here's the video for the complete "Bad" CD, While this video does show how great each song is, it doesn't deliver the same butt kicking as a great sound system.
I'm also including videos for each individual song:
1) "Bad": (This is the full 16 minute version of "Bad", directed by Martin Scorcese. And yes that's Wesley Snipes as one of the gangsters.)
The actual video:
2) "The Way You Make Me Feel" (with Britney Spears):
3) "Speed Demon":
4) "Liberian Girl": (And all these years I thought it was "Librarian Girl".) This is sung for a girl from the African country Liberia and is a very sweet song:
5) "Just Good Friends" (Duet with another musical genius Stevie Wonder):
6) "Another Part of Me":
7) "Man In The Mirror":
8) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett):
9) "Dirty Diana":
10) "Smooth Criminal":
Jackson's version of "Smooth Criminal" kicked butt, but Alien Ant Farm took this song to the next level:
11) "Leave Me Alone":
Michael Jackson was producing other amazing songs during this time. On the 25th anniversary edition of "Bad", there are many other good songs. My favorites of those additional tracks are below.
"Free": (This song goes to the next level when it reaches the chorus. Such a great song and this is an outtake for Michael Jackson!)
"Price Of Fame": Wanting privacy and to be left alone was a constant theme in Jackson's music and sadly I don't ever think he achieved in his lifetime.
"Al Capone":
"Streetwalker":
"Fly Away":
"Speed Demon" (Remix By Nero):
While Thriller was certainly Michael Jackson's peak and "Bad" is also a classic album, sadly after that Jackson's musical descent began. Although he still made great songs, for instance"Black or White", "They Don't Care About Us", "Heal The World" and "Remember The Time. However he was never able to reach the heights of "Bad". Four years later he released "Dangerous", which only sold half of what "Thriller" sold. That meant it sold 32 million copies, but still rapidly decreasing in sales.
In 1995 he released his greatest hits CD, "History", which sold about 20 million copies. Six years later, in 2001, he released the last CD that he made while alive and had control over, which is the ironically titled "Invincible". It has been anything but in terms of sales. Although most people would kill to sell 10,000,000 CDs, for Michael Jackson that was his lowest sales since his pre "Off The Wall" work. "Invincible" is also the first CD he released pre "Off The Wall" that doesn't have any classics on it.
I realize that Michael Jackson made some poor choices and harmed some people. That truly is part of his legacy that I wish didn't happen. But without a doubt the man also made some of the most classic music of this era or any other era. I'm sad there will only ever be one Michael Jackson and the one we had died so soon.
RIP Michael.
themusicaddict
Monday, September 2, 2013
Dodgers Daily, September 2nd, 2013: Dodgers Win A Wild Game In The Thin Air of Colorado
Hello,
On Labor Day 2013, Monday September 2nd, the Dodgers started a three game road series with the Colorado Rockies. This series is taking place in the thin air of Denver. Games played in the thin air of Coors Field can become wild very quickly and that's what happened with this 10-8 Dodgers victory. LA has won 5 games in a row as they continue steamrolling the NL West.
This was a good news and bad news game for Clayton Kershaw. The good news is the Dodgers scored plenty of runs in a game he started. Kershaw again helped himself with the bat, he was 2 for 2 today. More importantly his 5th inning single drove in two runs, Kershaw's 9th and 10th RBIs of the season. The last piece of good news for Kershaw is he finished with a win and improves to 14-8. Now for the bad news, Kershaw didn't have a particularly good outing from the mound. He lasted 5 innings, giving up 11 hits and 5 runs. His ERA jumped up a bit, but it's still at a solid 1.89.
I'm so glad that Kershaw is pitching for the Dodgers. He easily leads all of Major League Baseball starters in ERA. His 1.89 ERA is .38 points lower than the second place Matt Harvey. Harvey's ERA won't change as he's injured and is out for the rest of the season. Kershaw leads all starting pitchers in Wins Above Replacement (WAR), he is 6.8 games WAR. Last but not least, Kershaw is tied for second place in strikeouts with Detroit's Max Scherzer. Both are 35 strikeouts behind the Rangers Yu Darvish, who probably won't be caught.
Another concern for the Dodgers is that Yasiel Puig left the game with a strained knee. The hope is that he won't miss much time. Before leaving the game, in favor of Skip Schumaker, he was 1 for 3 and is hitting .351 this season. The Dodgers are cruising so he can sit out a few games and the Dodgers won't be harmed very much, if at all. LA would have to stop showing up to their games for them to lose their 12.5 game lead over the Diamondbacks.
I'll remain positive in this blog as there were a lot more good things that happened than bad things. The Dodgers had 15 hits with the 10 runs. Andre Ethier continues his good play of late as he had 3 hits. Along with raising his batting average to .279, he also had his 29th and 30th doubles and his 11th home run. Ethier also has 50 RBIs. The other Dodger that had three hits was Juan Uribe, as with Ethier he's having a bit of a late season resurgence. Uribe was 3 for 5 and is hitting .274 this season. Uribe had 3 singles but drove in his 38th and 39th runs of the season.
Another good sign for the Dodgers is that they had 15 hits with Adrian Gonzalez, Yasiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez only having a total of 2 hits. That's a very encouraging sign as those three have been the most consistent Dodgers this season.
Carl Crawford had 2 hits, including the biggest hit of the game. His two run ground rule double in the top of the 9th inning ended up being the difference in the game. Crawford, who's hitting .291, had his 25th and 26th RBIs with that crucial hit.
Crawford's big double gave Kenley Jansen a bit more insurance than he usually needs. Jansen usually gives up few hits and rarely gives up runs. However tonight he gave up Wilin Rosario's 9th inning homer. That drew the Rockies to within 10-8, but the Rockies didn't score any more runs. Jansen went on to secure his 25th save, his ERA increased a bit to 1.97. It's good to see on a night that even when Kershaw and Jansen weren't at their best the Dodgers could still win the game.
Brian Wilson also pitched effectively, the Beard only had to pitch 14 pitches to get through the 7th inning. However the pitchers that preceded and followed him weren't as good, in fact both were pretty bad. Brandon League, who was signed with the thought that he would be the closer, gave up 2 hits in 1 inning. However he gave up no runs. However Ronald Belisario was awful, in his one inning of work he gave up 4 hits and 2 runs.
While the Dodgers are running away from the NL West, the A's and Rangers are tied atop of the AL West. Just when I thought the A's were going to fade, they've come out of recent spate of bad play and won 4 games in a row. Oakland has also won 8 of 10 games. ESPN is of the opinion that the Rangers won't fade season this season. I'm not sure if that's true, but with the Rangers letting Josh Hamilton go in the offseason that will certainly help them. Hamilton got bored at the end of last season and the Rangers didn't have enough to overcome his poor play. Also Hamilton's whiff on a fly ball against the A's didn't help either. But at least the Rangers aren't paying a lot of money to Hamilton this season for his about 0.00 WAR.
Monday's game was the first game in the A's-Rangers 3 game series, which is being played in Oakland. The A's are playing fantastic on their current 10 game home stand, they've won the first 4 games so far. They swept the Rays to start off this home stand. Oakland-Texas have two more games, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then to close out this home stand they'll play the terrible Astros for 4 games. As of Tuesday morning the Astros are 45-92, have no chance of reaching the playoffs and are 34 games out of first place.
After the current A's-Rangers series, the two teams only play 3 more games each other. That series is in Texas from September 13th to 15th.
themusicaddict
On Labor Day 2013, Monday September 2nd, the Dodgers started a three game road series with the Colorado Rockies. This series is taking place in the thin air of Denver. Games played in the thin air of Coors Field can become wild very quickly and that's what happened with this 10-8 Dodgers victory. LA has won 5 games in a row as they continue steamrolling the NL West.
This was a good news and bad news game for Clayton Kershaw. The good news is the Dodgers scored plenty of runs in a game he started. Kershaw again helped himself with the bat, he was 2 for 2 today. More importantly his 5th inning single drove in two runs, Kershaw's 9th and 10th RBIs of the season. The last piece of good news for Kershaw is he finished with a win and improves to 14-8. Now for the bad news, Kershaw didn't have a particularly good outing from the mound. He lasted 5 innings, giving up 11 hits and 5 runs. His ERA jumped up a bit, but it's still at a solid 1.89.
I'm so glad that Kershaw is pitching for the Dodgers. He easily leads all of Major League Baseball starters in ERA. His 1.89 ERA is .38 points lower than the second place Matt Harvey. Harvey's ERA won't change as he's injured and is out for the rest of the season. Kershaw leads all starting pitchers in Wins Above Replacement (WAR), he is 6.8 games WAR. Last but not least, Kershaw is tied for second place in strikeouts with Detroit's Max Scherzer. Both are 35 strikeouts behind the Rangers Yu Darvish, who probably won't be caught.
Another concern for the Dodgers is that Yasiel Puig left the game with a strained knee. The hope is that he won't miss much time. Before leaving the game, in favor of Skip Schumaker, he was 1 for 3 and is hitting .351 this season. The Dodgers are cruising so he can sit out a few games and the Dodgers won't be harmed very much, if at all. LA would have to stop showing up to their games for them to lose their 12.5 game lead over the Diamondbacks.
I'll remain positive in this blog as there were a lot more good things that happened than bad things. The Dodgers had 15 hits with the 10 runs. Andre Ethier continues his good play of late as he had 3 hits. Along with raising his batting average to .279, he also had his 29th and 30th doubles and his 11th home run. Ethier also has 50 RBIs. The other Dodger that had three hits was Juan Uribe, as with Ethier he's having a bit of a late season resurgence. Uribe was 3 for 5 and is hitting .274 this season. Uribe had 3 singles but drove in his 38th and 39th runs of the season.
Another good sign for the Dodgers is that they had 15 hits with Adrian Gonzalez, Yasiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez only having a total of 2 hits. That's a very encouraging sign as those three have been the most consistent Dodgers this season.
Carl Crawford had 2 hits, including the biggest hit of the game. His two run ground rule double in the top of the 9th inning ended up being the difference in the game. Crawford, who's hitting .291, had his 25th and 26th RBIs with that crucial hit.
Crawford's big double gave Kenley Jansen a bit more insurance than he usually needs. Jansen usually gives up few hits and rarely gives up runs. However tonight he gave up Wilin Rosario's 9th inning homer. That drew the Rockies to within 10-8, but the Rockies didn't score any more runs. Jansen went on to secure his 25th save, his ERA increased a bit to 1.97. It's good to see on a night that even when Kershaw and Jansen weren't at their best the Dodgers could still win the game.
Brian Wilson also pitched effectively, the Beard only had to pitch 14 pitches to get through the 7th inning. However the pitchers that preceded and followed him weren't as good, in fact both were pretty bad. Brandon League, who was signed with the thought that he would be the closer, gave up 2 hits in 1 inning. However he gave up no runs. However Ronald Belisario was awful, in his one inning of work he gave up 4 hits and 2 runs.
While the Dodgers are running away from the NL West, the A's and Rangers are tied atop of the AL West. Just when I thought the A's were going to fade, they've come out of recent spate of bad play and won 4 games in a row. Oakland has also won 8 of 10 games. ESPN is of the opinion that the Rangers won't fade season this season. I'm not sure if that's true, but with the Rangers letting Josh Hamilton go in the offseason that will certainly help them. Hamilton got bored at the end of last season and the Rangers didn't have enough to overcome his poor play. Also Hamilton's whiff on a fly ball against the A's didn't help either. But at least the Rangers aren't paying a lot of money to Hamilton this season for his about 0.00 WAR.
Monday's game was the first game in the A's-Rangers 3 game series, which is being played in Oakland. The A's are playing fantastic on their current 10 game home stand, they've won the first 4 games so far. They swept the Rays to start off this home stand. Oakland-Texas have two more games, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then to close out this home stand they'll play the terrible Astros for 4 games. As of Tuesday morning the Astros are 45-92, have no chance of reaching the playoffs and are 34 games out of first place.
After the current A's-Rangers series, the two teams only play 3 more games each other. That series is in Texas from September 13th to 15th.
themusicaddict
themusicaddict's Great 80's Soul, Rap and Dance
Hello,
I decided to break down my Mega 80's music blog into several different categories, I won't be changing my original Mega 80's music blog. I'm taking the same categories, expanding on each theme and I will also be adding new categories. For instance, how did I miss the music of 80's music? The 80s movie music blog is now available, it's the blog two blogs ago. I enjoy making these kind of blogs and I hope you enjoy them too. As always I welcome all comments, both negative and positive. All you have to do is to leave a comment and I see it almost immediately.
I added videos to this blog for people to watch, without needing to go anywhere else. However if for some reason the videos don't play here, please enjoy on Youtube, MTV.com or wherever else you can.
It would be a shame not to enjoy the greatest music of all-time.
This blog focuses on the great soul, dance and rap music. I often make the joke that 80s music is so good, that even that era's rap music was good.
Two words, Hammer pants:
C & C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)":
Young MC's "Bust A Move":
Neneh Cherry "Kisses On The Wind":
One of the best rap songs of all-time, also one of the best songs ever, Run-D.M.C.'s "It's Tricky": (Warning: the "acting" isn't Oscar caliber.)
Bobby Brown "Every Little Step":
One of my favorite Tracy Chapman songs "For My Lover":
"Now That We Found Love"- Heavy D & The Boyz:
Snap's "The Power":
Herbie Hancock's "Rockit":
Here are a couple of the funkiest songs ever recorded, both courtesy of The Time. First up "Jungle Love":
The Times' (now apparently known as The Original 7Ven) less funky than the original version of "The Bird":
Oran "Juice" Jones "Walking In The Rain": ("I gave you things that you couldn't even pronounce.")
Ready For The World's "Oh Sheila":
Sheila E's "The Glamorous Life":
I never understood all the love for "The Message", this song is considerably better. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "White Lines (Don't Do It)":
Timex Social Club's "Rumors":
Black Box's "Strike It Up":
"Open Your Eyes":
The Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) To Fight For Your Right (To Party)":
"Girls":
"Time To Get Ill":
Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina":
Of course you can't write about 80s soul, rap and dance music without writing about Michael Jackson. Instead of posting a bunch of his great videos, I was going to post the full album of "Thriller", the CD that may be the ultimate 80s CD. Sadly it's blocked on Youtube, "Off The Wall" is available however. Although "Off The Wall" was released in August, 1979 it's close enough to the 80s for the purposes of this blog. Jackson pretty much had his sound down by "Off The Wall", he continued growing as an artist during the 80s. Without a doubt Michael Jackson is one of the all-time greats.
"Off The Wall";
Also the full version of "Bad" is available on Youtube. Enjoy!
themusicaddict
I decided to break down my Mega 80's music blog into several different categories, I won't be changing my original Mega 80's music blog. I'm taking the same categories, expanding on each theme and I will also be adding new categories. For instance, how did I miss the music of 80's music? The 80s movie music blog is now available, it's the blog two blogs ago. I enjoy making these kind of blogs and I hope you enjoy them too. As always I welcome all comments, both negative and positive. All you have to do is to leave a comment and I see it almost immediately.
I added videos to this blog for people to watch, without needing to go anywhere else. However if for some reason the videos don't play here, please enjoy on Youtube, MTV.com or wherever else you can.
It would be a shame not to enjoy the greatest music of all-time.
This blog focuses on the great soul, dance and rap music. I often make the joke that 80s music is so good, that even that era's rap music was good.
Two words, Hammer pants:
C & C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)":
Young MC's "Bust A Move":
Neneh Cherry "Kisses On The Wind":
One of the best rap songs of all-time, also one of the best songs ever, Run-D.M.C.'s "It's Tricky": (Warning: the "acting" isn't Oscar caliber.)
Bobby Brown "Every Little Step":
One of my favorite Tracy Chapman songs "For My Lover":
"Now That We Found Love"- Heavy D & The Boyz:
Snap's "The Power":
Herbie Hancock's "Rockit":
Here are a couple of the funkiest songs ever recorded, both courtesy of The Time. First up "Jungle Love":
The Times' (now apparently known as The Original 7Ven) less funky than the original version of "The Bird":
Oran "Juice" Jones "Walking In The Rain": ("I gave you things that you couldn't even pronounce.")
Ready For The World's "Oh Sheila":
Sheila E's "The Glamorous Life":
I never understood all the love for "The Message", this song is considerably better. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "White Lines (Don't Do It)":
Timex Social Club's "Rumors":
Black Box's "Strike It Up":
"Open Your Eyes":
The Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) To Fight For Your Right (To Party)":
"Girls":
"Time To Get Ill":
Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina":
Of course you can't write about 80s soul, rap and dance music without writing about Michael Jackson. Instead of posting a bunch of his great videos, I was going to post the full album of "Thriller", the CD that may be the ultimate 80s CD. Sadly it's blocked on Youtube, "Off The Wall" is available however. Although "Off The Wall" was released in August, 1979 it's close enough to the 80s for the purposes of this blog. Jackson pretty much had his sound down by "Off The Wall", he continued growing as an artist during the 80s. Without a doubt Michael Jackson is one of the all-time greats.
"Off The Wall";
Also the full version of "Bad" is available on Youtube. Enjoy!
themusicaddict
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Dodgers Daily, September 1st, 2013: Greinke, Puig Combine For Latest Dodgers Victory
Hello,
On Sunday afternoon the Dodgers completed a 3 game sweep of the Padres by winning 2-1. Ho hum, the Dodgers win again. LA is a steamroller rolling over most obstacles they face.
Zack Greinke had another good outing, he pitched 7 innings, allowed 2 hits and 1 run. He improved to 14-3 and lowered his ERA to 2.78. Kenley Jansen struck out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in earning his 24th save. Jansen lowered his ERA to 1.86. With Jansen, newly signed Brian Wilson and the steady Paco Rodriguez I hope LA gets away from relying on Brandon League or Carlos Marmol at all.
Yasiel Puig hit his 14th homer, which ended up being the game winner, in the 6th inning. Puig was 2 for 4 and is hitting .351. Two other Dodger batters had multiple hit games as well. Carl Crawford was 2 for 3 and is hitting .289. Mark Ellis continued his recent hot play, was 2 for 4 and is hitting .278. Greinke had the other Dodgers hit, he was 1 for 2 and is hitting .347.
Also the Diamondbacks lost, the Dodgers lead them by 11.5 games. Both teams only have about 25 games to play.
Dodgers.com's Ken Gurnick is reporting that Matt Kemp still isn't comfortably hitting because of his sore ankle. He's likely to be going to the Arizona Instructional League rather than the Dodgers dugout. I agree that the Dodgers should be very cautious with Kemp, shutting him down for the rest of the season if they need to. But I'm more than a little disappointed by his latest setback.
Kemp has been playing for Class A Rancho Cucamonga for 3 games. He was 0 for 11 and struck out 5 times. (Thanks to ESPN LA.) Of course with how few games Kemp has played this season, LA has learned how to play without him. Obviously it would be better if the Dodgers had Kemp available, but I still think they can win the World Series without him.
One of Kemp's most notable statistics this season is that he's only played 62 games, which isn't even half of the season. Other notable stats include him being on the DL 3 times, has a .263 batting average and is being paid $20,250,000.
On Monday the Dodgers start a 3 game series with the Rockies in Colorado. Since today is Labor Day, the game will be played this afternoon. Today's scheduled starting pitching matchup: Clayton Kershaw (13-8 and league leading 1.72 ERA) vs. Chad Bettis (0-3, 4.80 ERA). Will LA's offense show up for Kershaw Monday? The Dodgers haven't scored a whole lot of runs lately, they've scored 36 runs in their last 10 games. LA scored 21 runs in three of those games, they only scored 15 runs in those other 7 games. In those 7 games LA scored 2,2,1,2,4,2, and 2 runs. LA has been able to get away with a low amount of runs thanks to their excellent pitching staff.
themusicaddict
On Sunday afternoon the Dodgers completed a 3 game sweep of the Padres by winning 2-1. Ho hum, the Dodgers win again. LA is a steamroller rolling over most obstacles they face.
Zack Greinke had another good outing, he pitched 7 innings, allowed 2 hits and 1 run. He improved to 14-3 and lowered his ERA to 2.78. Kenley Jansen struck out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in earning his 24th save. Jansen lowered his ERA to 1.86. With Jansen, newly signed Brian Wilson and the steady Paco Rodriguez I hope LA gets away from relying on Brandon League or Carlos Marmol at all.
Yasiel Puig hit his 14th homer, which ended up being the game winner, in the 6th inning. Puig was 2 for 4 and is hitting .351. Two other Dodger batters had multiple hit games as well. Carl Crawford was 2 for 3 and is hitting .289. Mark Ellis continued his recent hot play, was 2 for 4 and is hitting .278. Greinke had the other Dodgers hit, he was 1 for 2 and is hitting .347.
Also the Diamondbacks lost, the Dodgers lead them by 11.5 games. Both teams only have about 25 games to play.
Dodgers.com's Ken Gurnick is reporting that Matt Kemp still isn't comfortably hitting because of his sore ankle. He's likely to be going to the Arizona Instructional League rather than the Dodgers dugout. I agree that the Dodgers should be very cautious with Kemp, shutting him down for the rest of the season if they need to. But I'm more than a little disappointed by his latest setback.
Kemp has been playing for Class A Rancho Cucamonga for 3 games. He was 0 for 11 and struck out 5 times. (Thanks to ESPN LA.) Of course with how few games Kemp has played this season, LA has learned how to play without him. Obviously it would be better if the Dodgers had Kemp available, but I still think they can win the World Series without him.
One of Kemp's most notable statistics this season is that he's only played 62 games, which isn't even half of the season. Other notable stats include him being on the DL 3 times, has a .263 batting average and is being paid $20,250,000.
On Monday the Dodgers start a 3 game series with the Rockies in Colorado. Since today is Labor Day, the game will be played this afternoon. Today's scheduled starting pitching matchup: Clayton Kershaw (13-8 and league leading 1.72 ERA) vs. Chad Bettis (0-3, 4.80 ERA). Will LA's offense show up for Kershaw Monday? The Dodgers haven't scored a whole lot of runs lately, they've scored 36 runs in their last 10 games. LA scored 21 runs in three of those games, they only scored 15 runs in those other 7 games. In those 7 games LA scored 2,2,1,2,4,2, and 2 runs. LA has been able to get away with a low amount of runs thanks to their excellent pitching staff.
themusicaddict
themusicaddict Goes To The Movies In The 80's, Great 80s Movie Music
Hello,
This is the latest blog in my 80's music blog series, this blog is about all the great music in 80's movies. As always if a video doesn't play on this blog, please find it elsewhere. themusicaddict's preferred video website is Youtube, but there are many websites where you can watch videos. Warning: if you go to mtv.com, be prepared to have to deal with a lot of sleeze. Many videos pander to the lowest common denominator. As always these aren't greatest hits blogs, they're greatest songs blogs. Enjoy!
In my opinion the two best soundtracks of the 80s are "Pretty In Pink" and "Purple Rain". I looked for the entire soundtrack of "Pretty In Pink" on Youtube, but that video hasn't been made yet. Here are some of my favorite songs from that movie. Honestly every song from "Pretty In Pink" is great. I'm not going to add a video for every song because it's an 80s greatest movie songs blog, not greatest CDs of all-time blog. Although if you don't have this CD you should add it your collection. As of now you can get this soundtrack from amazon.com new for $6.99.
First up The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink"- btw the soundtrack version of this song is much better than their original version. Isn't she pretty in pink? Yes, Molly Ringwald was very pretty in pink and in any other color for that matter. Even now in 2013, she's still a fine looking woman.
The Danny Hutton Hitters "Wouldn't It Be Good":
And who better to have a song about unrequited teen love, poor Duckie, than the Smiths. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want":
New Order's "Shell Shock":
And of course I can't leave off this classic song and video. OMD's "If You Leave":
Due to Prince's greedy, self limiting policy of not allowing his songs to be on Youtube, this is the only video I could find on Youtube and who knows how long this will be here. But even this brief glimpse, poor sound and poor video can't fully hide how much of a genius Prince was and how amazing of a song "Purple Rain" is. Prince's "Purple Rain":
Too bad he won't allow fans like myself highlight other great songs from the "Purple Rain" soundtrack like "Baby, I'm A Star", "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry" (one of the best things of all-time), "Take Me With You" and the amazing and amoral "Darling Nikki". Since Prince doesn't allow his music on Youtube, here's Incubus' version of "Let's Go Crazy":
Janelle Monae's "Take Me With U":
Noa from the Australian X Factor "When Doves Cry";
Now on to some of the many other great songs from 80s movies. This is from "Rocky 4" Mr. James Brown "Living In America":
From "Back To The Future", Huey Lewis and the News "Power Of Love":
Here's a couple of "heroic songs", from different perspectives:
From the original and will never be topped "Footloose", Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero":
Here's the video with the whole song:
From "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero":
From "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Yello's "Oh Yeah":
From "St. Elmo's Fire", John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)". In case you were wondering, yes Demi Moore has always been gorgeous.
From "Karate Kid 2", Peter Cetera's "The Glory of Love":
From "An Officer and a Gentleman", Joe Cocker's and Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong":
This is a truly amazing song:
From 1980's, just barely 80s, "Caddyshack" "I'm Alright":
Kenny Loggins had many of the movie hits from the 80s, this is from "Caddyshack 2". This is "Nobody's Fool":
He had two great songs from "Top Gun":
"Danger Zone":
This wasn't technically a "hit", but it's still a great song. "Playing With The Boys":
"Footloose":
themusicaddict
This is the latest blog in my 80's music blog series, this blog is about all the great music in 80's movies. As always if a video doesn't play on this blog, please find it elsewhere. themusicaddict's preferred video website is Youtube, but there are many websites where you can watch videos. Warning: if you go to mtv.com, be prepared to have to deal with a lot of sleeze. Many videos pander to the lowest common denominator. As always these aren't greatest hits blogs, they're greatest songs blogs. Enjoy!
In my opinion the two best soundtracks of the 80s are "Pretty In Pink" and "Purple Rain". I looked for the entire soundtrack of "Pretty In Pink" on Youtube, but that video hasn't been made yet. Here are some of my favorite songs from that movie. Honestly every song from "Pretty In Pink" is great. I'm not going to add a video for every song because it's an 80s greatest movie songs blog, not greatest CDs of all-time blog. Although if you don't have this CD you should add it your collection. As of now you can get this soundtrack from amazon.com new for $6.99.
First up The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink"- btw the soundtrack version of this song is much better than their original version. Isn't she pretty in pink? Yes, Molly Ringwald was very pretty in pink and in any other color for that matter. Even now in 2013, she's still a fine looking woman.
The Danny Hutton Hitters "Wouldn't It Be Good":
And who better to have a song about unrequited teen love, poor Duckie, than the Smiths. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want":
New Order's "Shell Shock":
And of course I can't leave off this classic song and video. OMD's "If You Leave":
Due to Prince's greedy, self limiting policy of not allowing his songs to be on Youtube, this is the only video I could find on Youtube and who knows how long this will be here. But even this brief glimpse, poor sound and poor video can't fully hide how much of a genius Prince was and how amazing of a song "Purple Rain" is. Prince's "Purple Rain":
Too bad he won't allow fans like myself highlight other great songs from the "Purple Rain" soundtrack like "Baby, I'm A Star", "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry" (one of the best things of all-time), "Take Me With You" and the amazing and amoral "Darling Nikki". Since Prince doesn't allow his music on Youtube, here's Incubus' version of "Let's Go Crazy":
Janelle Monae's "Take Me With U":
Noa from the Australian X Factor "When Doves Cry";
Now on to some of the many other great songs from 80s movies. This is from "Rocky 4" Mr. James Brown "Living In America":
From "Back To The Future", Huey Lewis and the News "Power Of Love":
Here's a couple of "heroic songs", from different perspectives:
From the original and will never be topped "Footloose", Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero":
Here's the video with the whole song:
From "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero":
From "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Yello's "Oh Yeah":
From "St. Elmo's Fire", John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)". In case you were wondering, yes Demi Moore has always been gorgeous.
From "Karate Kid 2", Peter Cetera's "The Glory of Love":
From "An Officer and a Gentleman", Joe Cocker's and Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong":
This is a truly amazing song:
From 1980's, just barely 80s, "Caddyshack" "I'm Alright":
Kenny Loggins had many of the movie hits from the 80s, this is from "Caddyshack 2". This is "Nobody's Fool":
He had two great songs from "Top Gun":
"Danger Zone":
This wasn't technically a "hit", but it's still a great song. "Playing With The Boys":
"Footloose":
themusicaddict
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