I liked The Corrs, whatever happened to them? 72) The Corrs "Runaway":
I love, love Prince and still think the day he died was one of the worst things that could happen to music. Having said that this is the first time I've ever heard this song. Another Prince funktastic song, but it wouldn't even make Prince's Top 50 best songs. 67) Prince "I Hate U":
65) Better Than Ezra "Good":
Along with "Who Let The Dogs Out", one of the most pervasive ear worms of all-time.
45) Los Del Rio "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)":
A song I couldn't place by the title, but quickly remembered once it started. A great song. 40) Everything But The Girl "Missing":
The incredibly beautiful Miss Williams and a great singer to boot. 34) Vanessa Williams "Colors of the Wind":
33) Bush "Comedown":
This was "Bullet's" first week on the countdown, a bullet to the countdown.
28) Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings":
22) Collective Soul "December":
20) TLC "Waterfalls":
17) Blues Travel "Run-Around":
16) All-4-One "I Can Love You Like That":
15) Meat Loaf "I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth):
New Year's Day "Diary of a Creep" was released in 2018.
"Disgust Me":
"Crawling":
"Don't Speak":
I like this studio version better, it shows more what I'm going for in these chicks that rock blogs:
Their "Malevolence" was released on October 2, 2015.
"Kill Or Be Killed":
"I'm About To Break You":
"Alone":
Garbage's "Strange Little Birds" was released on June 10th, 2016.
"Empty":
"Blackout":
"Magnetized":
I know these blogs are 2015 onwards, but I had to throw an old school Garbage song in here. The old school Garbage is the best Garbage. This is "Androgyny":
This was definitely one of the best CDs of 2016. Rachel Platten's "Wildfire" was released on January 1, 2016.
6) "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want":
5) "Girlfriend In A Coma":
4) "Panic":
3) "Bigmouth Strikes Again":
This is more of what I think of when I think of this song, rather than that tame version above.
One of the most distinctive and noticeable beginning 8 seconds of a song and of course the whole song is just amazing. 2) "How Soon Is Now":
When I think of this song, I just think it's a classic. Although the lyrics are a bit bizarre, well it is a Smiths song, this is just a great, great song. 1) "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out":
I've already written about Johnny Marr and Stephen Morrissey and highlighted some of their best non-Smiths work. However those weren't the only two members of The Smiths obviously. The other two main members were bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
Post Smiths Andy Rourke worked with Morrissey as a solo artist. He also worked with Sinead O'Connor and The Pretenders. As for Mike Joyce, he's known more for the lawsuits he filed, and won, than any post-Smiths musical accomplishments. Twenty years after The Smiths broke up both Rourke and Joyce tried to capitalize on the Smiths magic. I couldn't find any sales figures, but my guess is that it wasn't a big seller. They released a DVD titled "Inside The Smiths".
19) "The Boy With A Thorn In His Side":
18) "Shakespeare's Sister":
17) "What Difference Does It Make":
16) "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before":
"I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And Heaven knows I'm miserable now" is one of the funniest lines in all of music. 15) "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now":
In This Moment released "Ritual" on July 21st, 2017.
"Black Wedding" (featuring New Year's Day Ash Costello):
"Half God, Half Devil":
"River of Fire":
"Roots":
"Witching Hour":
Bad Seed Rising's "Awake In Color" was released in late 2016. After releasing that CD and 3 EPs they have now broken up. That's too bad as they were a good band.
"What Have We Done?":
"I Can Feel You":
"Obvious":
"Fighting Gravity":
"Sleeping In Cars":
Halestorm released "Into The Wild Life" on April 14, 2015. They released "Reanimate 3.0: The Covers EP" on January 6th, 2017.
I love Lizzy's amazing voice here. "I Hate Myself For Loving You":
"Fell On Black Days":
"Into The Wild Life":
"I Am The Fire":
"Amen":
Starting off this video with an actually good drum solo. "Mayhem":
To see the videos for this show, please review my recent Pink concert preview setlist. I've posted some of the highlights below. Shortly after an unnecessary DJ set by KidCutUp, Pink, her band and dancers took the stage. She put on a great show, but it was nowhere close to perfect. Her voice was strong through the night, although she told us the elevation did cause her problems. But I would have never noticed. Pink is in exquisite shape which is the only way she could have got through her 100 aerobic set that is a Pink concert.
However as some of the videos below the sound could be muddy, although the live sound is much better at the actual show. Both "Just Like A Pill" and "Who Knew" were too bass heavy, the bass obliterated the great song that is "Just Like A Pill".
These aren't complaints, just questions. Does Pink's shows really need dancers and all the aerial acrobatics. The acrobatics are cool the first few times and Pink is fearless, I just hope that doesn't catch up with her. However the best aerial acrobatics of the night was during "So What", when she flew far and around into the audience. Everyone was able to see her much closer.
Before the show officially started a speaker rattling version of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was played. That was all the opener Pink needed on this night. A couple of moments after that song ended the show began with the dropping of the curtain.
Yes, I would suggest you go check out Pink, if you can catch her live, I would give her concert a solid B grade. I hope to work more on this blog later.
The show started off with a huge chandelier like device coming from the top of the stage, one of the many things that Pink hung on throughout the night. 1) "Get The Party Started":
This is a great song, but even is better live. 2) "Beautiful Trauma":
3) "Just Like A Pill":
4) "Who Knew":
A giant Eminem balloon rapped the rap part, that was a nice touch. Then Pink and her acrobatics kicked the balloon Eminem's butt. 5) "Revenge":
6) "Fun House/ Just A Girl":
7) "Smells Like Teen Spirit":
8) "Secrets":
9) "Try":
A video of Nate Reuss singing on a very old school TV was her partner on this night. 10) "Just Give Me One Reason":
11) "I'm Not Dead":
I keep on forgetting she sings this song and I always wonder who sings it when I hear it. Pink sings it and she does so very ably. This is one of the highlights or her show. 12) "Just Like Fire":
The live version:
"Change Is Possible" video and 13) "What About Us":
