(Finished June 17th, 2018) The Effective Soundtrack of "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past":

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"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is the 2009 movie that stars Matthew McConaughey, the lovely Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer and Lacy Chabert. It also stars a young Emma Stone, not sure how they made such a beautiful woman to look so gawky. McConaughey plays a lothario that obviously puts on a show of being a sexual braggadocio in order to protect himself from the one thing that truly scares him, love. A soundtrack should add poignance to scenes and this movie that does that expertly. (I hate to use the word poignance as it sounds, but in this case it fits perfectly. These songs also tracks well with the time I was growing up. While the movie was only good, the way the music was used was perfect.

(Thanks to https://reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/ghosts-of-girlfriends-past-songs/ for the list of songs for this blog.)

I've left the list of the songs and some of the scene details from the reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com blog below. For my blog I'm posting the best songs from that movie. It has a lot of great songs that I haven't thought about for awhile.

The trailer:

reelsoundtrack.com states this is the song in the trailer, this is also a great song. The Last Goodnight "Pictures of You":

Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much "Hush":



KC & The Sunshine Band "Get Down Tonight":

Poison "Nothin' But A Good Time":

Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance":

This song was used very effectively twice in the movie and what a great song it is. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Lovin' You":



Kool & The Gang "Ladies Night":

Joan Jett "I Hate Myself For Loving You":

Sneaker Pimps "6 Underground":

Macy Gray "I Try":

Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time":

Nat King Cole's "L O V E":

Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

Ralph Sail Experience featuring Sharon Jones "You Can't Hurry Love":

I'm posting this twice because it's played twice in the movie and because I like it:



Opening – Don’t Say Love (The Smooth Mix) by All Too Much

• Hush by Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much
• Score! by All Too Much
• Driving in snow – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Gillian’s Song by Dan Rose
• Dancing – Let’s Groove by Earth Wind and Fire
• Yeah (Dream Of Me) – The Interstellar Remix by All Too Much
• First ghost appears (split second) – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Middle school dance – The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
• Jenny slow dance with other guy – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• Bar with Uncle Wayne – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Lessons with Uncle Wayne – Ladies Night by Kool & The Gang
• Basement party – I Hate Myself For Loving You by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Basement song 2 – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Bar with long hair – 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps
• Talking to Jenny at the bar – I Try by Macy Gray
• Montage – Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
• Love’s Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra
• Dance rehearsal for wedding – L O V E by Nat King Cole
• Sleep (The Ambient Mix) by All Too Much
• Three exes at assistant’s house – Holding Back The Years by Simply Red
• Jenny’ wedding – Here Comes The Bride by Ralph Sall
• Jenny’s wedding song 2 – Wedding March by Ralph Sall
• Chasing after brother’s bride in old car – Burning Love by Elvis Presley
• Wedding reception – You Can’t Hurry Love by The Ralph Sall Experience featuring Sharon Jones (originally by The Supremes)
• The kiss – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• End credits – Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past by All Too Much featuring Matthew Sweet
• Got a Lot Of Love For You Baby by The Ralph Sall Experience

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 8: Songs Tied For 17th, 21st and 25th Place

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These songs are tied for 25th place on my iTunes, all have 45 listens:

I love this song, but I would've never guessed I listened to this song as many times as I did. 25) Berlin "No More Words":

One of 3 Led Zeppelin songs in my Top 113 most played songs on my iTunes. 25) Led Zeppelin "Ramble On":

No songs from  "The Black Parade" is on my most played songs, but this song is? This is a great song and underscores what happens when I mainly listen to music on a random basis, it finds it's way on to my iPod and then I fall in love with it. 25) My Chemical Romance "Bulletproof Heart":

I continue to be amazed that this band didn't break out, one of my favorite undeservedly known bands. Only 39,000 views, what a shame!! 25) Sugarcult "Riot":

21) Songs tied for 21st place, all have 46 listens:

473 millions YouTube plays, impressive. 21) Europe "The Final Countdown":

21) Jan & Dean "Dead Man's Curve":

21) Michael Jackson's "Beat It":



21) Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train":

17) Songs tied for 17th place, all have 47 listens:

Another one of those very odd 80s videos, but the song is undeniable. 17) Bananarama "Venus":



17) Bruce Springsteen "Death To My Hometown":



17) Chicago "Stay The Night":



"1, 2, 3, 14"? 17) U2 "Vertigo":

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) Some of the Best Songs With Numbers In The Title, Part 2

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Bowling For Soup "1985":

Prince "I Would Die 4 U":



Steely Dan "Hey Nineteen":

Christina Perri "A Thousand Years":



Queen "Another One Bites The Dust":



Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":



Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":



A song you'll hear at college football stadiums this rapidly approaching fall. The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":



Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two of Us":



The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown":



Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2U":



The Wallflowers "One Headlight":



The Wallflowers "6th Avenue Heartache":



Another One "Three Marlenas":

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(Finished June 13th, 2018) An Intro To RidingEasy Records

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A couple of days ago I had the day off and so I went to one of my favorite places, Graywhale. It's a store that sells mostly music, although they do sell other pop culture artifacts as well. Graywhale is like an old school record store. Not only they do carry the newest and hottest stuff, but they also know their music.

I had the privilege of talking to someone who knew her stuff and she introduced me to a record label called RidingEasy records. She called this some old school rock music, but also feels modern. They have a YouTube channel and I'm going to post a select number of songs by bands on the RidingEasy label. I can't guarantee the quality of the below music as of now, this is the first time I'm listening to these songs as well. This might work out to be a great idea or not.

The person I talked to was really high on the bands Slow Season, the Brown Acid Comps and Svvamp (not a misspelling and she said she thinks it's pronounced swamp). I'm going to start with Svvamp and Slow Season.

This has more of a bluesy feel than some of the other RidingEasy bands, Svvamp.

"Sunshine Street":

This is Svvamp's debut CD "Svvamp":

Slow Season's 2014 CD "Mountains":

I believe there have been 6 of these so-called Brown Acid compilations. What are Brown Acid compilations? This is from the the RidingEasy website: "Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A./Chicago retailer Permanent Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the growing compilation series. Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a selection of songs that’s hard to believe have remained unheard for so long."

I'm These are several different bands on one compilation CD, mostly extremely obscure bands. This is "The First Trip". A particular favorite song of mine on this compilation is track 3. The band is named Tour and the song is "One of The Bad Guys". On Josefus' "Hard Luck" does the singer sound like John Fogerty to anyone else?

The Death Wheelers "I Tread On Your Grave":

Monolord "Empress Rising":

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(Finished June 16th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 113 Most Played Songs on iTunes, Part 7: Songs Tied For 29th Place

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These 12 songs have 44 listens and they're all tied for 29th most played songs on my iTunes. I won't be able to finish this blog tonight. I have more time tomorrow and hopefully will be able to finish it and others tomorrow.

29) Adele "Rumor Has It":

29) Blur "Song 2":

A great post break-up song of catharsis, one of the reasons this song has so many listens. 29) Daughtry "Over You":

My highest ranked former "American Idol" contestant. 29) Daughtry "Everytime You Turn Around":

29) Depeche Mode "Strangelove":

29) Gratitude "Sadie":

29) Paramore "Ignorance":



Another great break up song. 29) Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear":



29) Stone Temple Pilots "Wicked Garden":



Bonus song, my favorite STP song "Interstate Love Song":



29) Switchfoot "Meant To Live":



29) Walk The Moon "Anna Sun":

I've always loved these lyrics:

Your hands on my cheeks your shoulder in my mouth
I was up against the wall on the west mezzanine



29) R.E.M. "Pop Song '89":

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(Finished October 4th, 2018) Sixx A.M.'s Excellent CD "The Heroin Diaries"

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"The Heroin Diaries" is both a book and a CD, mostly written by Motley Crue bassist, Nikki Sixx. He recorded the CD with his band Sixx A.M. Both are about his battle with heroin in 1987 and are gritty looks into the life of a heroin addict. The book "The Heroin Diaries" isn't a graphic novel, but it looks much like a graphic novel. And later a graphic novel was written. Eventually Sixx was able to kick the heroin habit and it seems like he has been able to remain clean the last 30 years. Both the book and the CD are very good and I would suggest you look into both.

The other members of Sixx A.M. were when this was recorded was James Michael and DJ Ashba. I first discovered this CD when the ten year anniversary was released in 2017.

1) "X-Mas In Hell":

2) "Van Nuys":

3) "Life Is Beautiful":

4) "Pray For Me":

5) "Tomorrow":

6) "Accidents Can Happen":

7) "Intermission":

8) "Dead Man's Ballet":

9) "Heart Failure":

10) "Girl With Golden Eyes":

11) "Courtesy Call":

12) "Permission":

13) "Life After Death":

10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks

14) "Life Is Beautiful (2017)":

15) "Accidents Can Happen (2017)":

16) "Girl With Golden Eyes (2017)":

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(Finished October 4th, 2018) The Best of Samantha Fox

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Samantha Fox was a 80's singer babe, one of the many sexy 80's singer babes. She wasn't as well known or as successful as Madonna, Pat Benatar, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Sheena Easton

She put a sexual twist on many of her songs and highlighted that in her clothing or lack thereof. These are some of her best songs.

"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)":

"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)":

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now":

"I Only Wanna Be With You':

"I Surrender (To The Spirit of The Night)":

"I Wanna Have Some Fun":

"Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)":

"I Promise You (Get Ready)":

"Hot Lovin'":

"Giving Me A Hard Time":



"Spirit of America":



Megamix:



I like the Megamixes so much, here's another one:

Samantha Fox and Sabrina "Call Me":

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