themusicaddict's Songs That I Never Get Sick Of, Part 3: The Ballads

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As threatened here are the ballads that I never get sick of, some of these are some of the greatest songs of all-time. There's just something so sweet and simple about an amazing ballad. A great ballad can be intoxicating and can lead to some of the best, or worst, decisions you'll ever make.

From the amazing Broadway play "Hamilton", which I hope I'll be able to see in 2018. This is one of the prettiest and most heartfelt songs of all-time. The amazing "It's Quiet Uptown":

Madonna "Crazy For You":

A couple from Air Supply "Every Woman In The World":

"Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)":

Kenny Rogers "Through The Years":

Quincy Jones (featuring James Ingram) "Just Once":

Billy Ocean "Suddenly":

Chris DeBurgh "Lady In Red":

Roxette "It Must Have Been Love":



This song is written for original Floyd member, Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":



The Commodores "Still":



Wow, no chemistry whatsoever. But it's still a great song. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross "Endless Love":

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themusicaddict's Songs That I Never Get Sick Of, Part 2

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I liked this topic so much that I had to do a part two and I might do a ballads version as well.

Incubus "Good To Know You":

U2's "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me":

 U2's "Until The End of the World":

I get goose bumps every time at the end of this song starting about the 6:33 mark when it sounds like troops are marching. "Camouflage":

Fall Out Boy simply isn't as good of a band as they think they are. Their songs nearly all sound alike. They have very similar sounding songs, sometimes it seems the same song over and over again. They do have some good songs, but they had an absolute moment of brilliance with 

"My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark":

Bowling For Soup's "1985":

Blue Oyster Cult's "Burnin' For You":

Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) "Uptown Funk":

Paramore "crushcrushcrush":

 I absolutely adore The Counting Crows "Omaha":

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themusicaddict's Songs That I Never Get Sick Of

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All of these are songs that I never get sick of. Every time the song starts playing I stop to enjoy it.

I never get sick of taking the Chevy to the levy, Don McLean's "American Pie":

Eddie Money featuring Roni Spector "Take Me Home Tonight":

Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen":

I just might, I could get sick of, but haven't quite yet of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean":

Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville":

The Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor":

Never have rock lyrics been more spot on than "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again":

Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford "Phantom of the Opera":

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themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands #38 Oingo Boingo: Their Best 80's Era Songs Part 2: #19-#11 (Finished May 14th, 2017)

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Here's a brief Oingo Boingo band introduction. Of course any introduction about Oingo Boingo begins and ends with Danny Elfman, their uber talented band leader. Here's the main members of Oingo Boingo over the years:

Leon Schneiderman

• Active: 1972–95
• Instrument(s): baritone and alto saxophones, percussion, backing vocals
• Release contributions: all Oingo Boingo releases

Dale Turner

• Active: 1972–95
• Instrument(s): trumpet, trombone, percussion, guitar, backing vocals
• Release contributions: all Oingo Boingo releases

Sam "Sluggo" Phipps

• Active: 1973–95
• Instrument(s): tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, percussion, backing vocals, flute
• Release contributions: all Oingo Boingo releases

Danny Elfman

• Active: 1974–95
• Instrument(s): lead vocals, guitar, percussion, sitar, programming, trombone, violin
• Release contributions: all Oingo Boingo releases

Steve Bartek

• Active: 1976–95
• Instrument(s): guitar, Backing vocals, percussion, accordion
• Release contributions: all Oingo Boingo releases

John "Vatos" Hernandez

• Active: 1978–95
• Instrument(s): drums, percussion

Actually Danny Elfman's older brother, Richard, was the one that formed the precurser to Oingo Boingo. Elfman formed the musical theatre troupe known as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo in 1972. The group was inspired by Richard's time in Paris with Le Grand Magic Circus. Richard's wife, Marie-Pascale, high school friend Gene Cunningham and brother Danny helped Richard found the group. Original performances of the group consisted of upward of 15 musicians, often dressed in garish clown makeup, performing classics from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, as well as avant-garde originals by Danny Elfman. The band appeared on The Gong Show as well as in the 1977 movie I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Richard left the group in 1979 to pursue filmmaking, leaving Danny as music director. Danny eventually changed the theatrical nature of the band into a steady 8 piece touring act that became Oingo Boingo

In doing research for this blog I stumbled across this video of what was known at the time as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. (Thanks to Wikipedia for all biographical detail.)

Oingo Boingo and their precursers were active from 1972 to 1995, when they broke up. They released 8 studio albums from 1981's "Only A Lad" to 1995's "Boingo squared- not sure how to put the 2 above the O. Oingo Boingo has a very unique sound that sometimes worked for them and sometimes not so much. Oingo Boingo was definitely a perfect band for the 80's, their sound captured many of the influences of that wild and bizarre decade. Of local note for Salt Lake City, Oingo Boingo was the first band to play at what at the time was called The Deltra Center. It's now called the Vivint Smart Home Arena, or The Viv. It hosts concerts and the Utah Jazz.

Danny Elfman has written the score for some "interesting" movies over the years that fit within the bizarre nature of Oingo Boingo. He wrote the score for "Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure" and also wrote the Simpson's theme song. He has worked a lot with Tim Burton and has scored most of his movies. His most recent score was for the romance porn "Fifty Shades Darker". 

 19) "When The Lights Go Out":

18) "Private Life":

17) "Why'd We Come":

16) "Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me":

15) "Winning Side":

14) "Dead Man's Party":

13) "Skin":



12) "No One Lives Forever":



11) "Gratitude":

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themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands #38 Oingo Boingo: Their Best 80's Era Songs Part 1: #32-#21 (Finished May 8th, 2017)

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Now on to the quirky world, sounds and lyrics of Oingo Boingo. The seven CDs considered for this blog are 1981's "Only A Lad" to 1990's "Dark End of The Tunnel". Surprisingly I only have 17 Boingo songs on my iTunes, aka "Best 0' Boingo". And it might not even be that many if someone I worked with hadn't introduced me to Oingo Boingo several years ago. A total of seventy songs were considered for this blog, with thirty-two songs making the countdown. (This has been updated with finding out about "Winning Side" from "Boingo Alive".) Likely when I rework this countdown Oingo Boingo won't finish quite as high as thirty-eight.

I'll be writing a more proper introduction later.

32) "Home Again":

Warning this video is very political. 31) "Capitalism":

30) "Whole Day Off":

29) "Where Do All My Friends Go":

28) "Right To Know":

27) "Grey Matter":

26) "New Generation":

25) "Elevator Man":

24) "Lightning":

23) "Heard Somebody Cry":

22) "We Close Our Eyes":

21) "Out of Control":

20) "Pain":

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themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands #39 Neil Young: Their Best 80's Era Songs Part 3: #10-#1 (Finished May 4th, 2017)

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Again when I use the word their it's to not only acknowledge Neil Young, but all the other very creative people who've helped him musically over the years. Specifically Crazy Horse.

10) "Homegrown":

9) "Harvest Moon":

8) "Get Back To The Country":

7) "Opera Star":

6) "Love To Burn":

5) "My My Hey Hey (Into The Blue):

4) "Like A Hurricane":

3) "F'n Up":

2) "Rockin' In The Free World":

 1) "Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)":

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themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands #39 Neil Young: Their Best 80's Era Songs Part 2: #24-#11 (Finished May 2nd, 2017)

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24) "Country Home":

23) "Unknown Legend":

22) "Sedan Delivery":

21) "Over and Over":

20) "Ain't It The Truth":

19) "Kinda Fonda Wanda":

18) "Welfare Mothers":

17) "Bright Lights, Big City":



16) "Hawks and Doves":



15) "Surfer Joe and Moe The Sleeze":



14) "Comin' Apart At The Nail":



13) "Mansion On The Hill":



12) "The Loner":



11) "We R In Control":

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