(Started October 7th, 2019) themusicaddict's 1744 Best Songs of the 80s, Part 45 Songs 795-812

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These are great 80s songs from Bruce Springsteen:

795) "Hungry Heart":

796) "Glory Days":

797) "My Hometown":

798) Sting "We'll Be Together":

The Smiths:

799) "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now":

800) "Panic":

801) "Ask":

James Taylor 

802) "That's Why I'm Here":

803) "Everyday":

Randy Travis

804) "Diggin' Up Bones":

805) "Forever and Ever Amen":

806) "Deeper Than The Holler":

807) "Is It Still Over":

The Judds

808) "Mama He's Crazy":

809) "Why Not Me":

810) "Love Is Alive":

811) "Rockin' With The Rhythm of the Rain":

812) "Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues":

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(Finished December 11th, 2019) The Glory of Falling In Love, Part 5: Songs 73-93

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I'm continuing a series of blogs that I started writing in . I know I have a lot of unfinished blogs out there. With some extra time this weekend I was hoping to finish a few. Which in this case I completely failed I instead came up with a new blog in a continuing series.

The best love songs of U2:

73) "The Sweetest Thing":

74) "In A Little While":

75) "One":

76) "All I Want Is You":

77) "When Love Comes To Town":

78) "With or Without You":

79) "Mysterious Ways":

80) "Trip Through Your Wires":

The best love songs of Whitney Houston:

She was incredibly beautiful and incredibly talented, but lost her way at way too young of an age. I truly love the music of Whitney Houston, but I hated most of her live performances. You could tell she got bored singing the same songs over and over again. She liked to change up the melodies and other things, thus many of her live performances weren't very good. That's why there's no live videos of her.
81) "All At Once":

82) "I Have Nothing":

You definitely should love yourself as well as the next generations. 83) "The Greatest Love of All":

84) "Where You Are":

85) "Someone For Me":

86) "You're Still My Man":

87) "I Wanna Dance With Somebody":

88) "How Will I Know":

89) "I Believe In You and Me":

90) "Run To You":

Almost an anti-love song. 91) "You Give Good Love":

One of Whitney's best songs and the sadness about great love not fully realized.
92) "Didn't We Almost Have It All":

I know you're still in love with me and "that you still care for me". 93) "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"?:

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(Updated October 5th, 2019) Songs Inspired By/Could Be About/Deal with Heroes of 9/11, Part 3

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51) Megadeth "Symphony of Destruction":

52) Casting Crowns "While You Were Sleeping":

53) Metallica "Don't Tread On Me":

54) U2 "Walk On":

55) U2 "New York":

56) Midnight Oil "Forgotten Years":

57) Boston "Peace of Mind":

58) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Like A Rock":

59) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "I Won't Back Down":

60) Pink Floyd "Learning To Fly":

61) Lily Allen "Him":

62) "Bible Code Sundays":

63) Box Car Racer "Elevator":

64) Box Car Racer "Watch The World":

65) Steven Curtis Chapman "Remember The Day":

66) Coldplay "Politik":

67) Dawnstar "Don't Die A Martyr":

68) Dream Theater "Sacrificed Sons":

69) Juliana Hatfield "Hole In The Sky":

70) Living Color "Flying":

71) "If This Is Goodbye":

72) My Chemical Romance "Skyline and Turnstiles":

73) Carrie Newcomer "I Heard An Owl":

74) Wheatus "Hometown":

Could there be a better lyric for a tribute about the losses of 9/11 than "Hello darkness, my old friend." 75) Simon and Garfunkel "Sounds of Silence":

(Finished December 25th, 2019) Inspired The Best of Goodbye Songs, Part 2

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My previous blog about being inspired by by a scene in a Dallas courtroom was part 1 of songs about goodbye. That's why this is Part 2.

17) Mark Chesnutt "Almost Goodbye":

18) Glenn Close "As If We Never Said Goodbye":

19) Scandal "Goodbye To You":

Typically not the type of band I would like, but they have so many good songs. This is one of my favs of their songs. 20) A*Teens "Hi and Goodbye":

21) Mark Chesnutt "I'm Not Getting Any Better At Goodbyes":

22) Pink Floyd "Goodbye Blue Sky":

23) The Carpenters "I'll Say Goodbye To Love":

24) Michelle Branch "Goodbye To You":

25) Night Ranger "Goodbye":

26) New Politics "Goodbye Copenhagen":

27) Expose "I'll Say Goodbye For The Two of Us":

28) SheDAISY "Little Goodbyes":

29) Green Day "Say Goodbye":

30) Train "50 Ways To Say Goodbye":

31) Paul Simon "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover":

32) Maroon 5 "Sweetest Goodbye":

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(Finished December 25th, 2019) Inspired By Grace From A Dallas Courtroom, Songs About Goodbye, Part 1

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I'm feeling a bit tender today about this amazing scene:

There are moments that the words don’t reach
There is a grace too powerful to name
We push away what we can never understand
We push away the unimaginable
They are standing in the garden
Alexander by Eliza’s side
She takes his hand

[ELIZA]
It’s quiet uptown

[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON AND ELIZA)]
Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
Forgiveness. Can you imagine?

The above lyrics are this song, from the amazing musical "Alexander Hamilton".
1) "It's Quiet Uptown":



2) Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)":



3) U2 "Who's Going To Ride Your Wild Horses":



4) Supertramp "Goodbye Stranger":



5) Sarah McLachlan "I Will Remember You":



6) Elton John "Candle In The Wind":



7) Elton John featuring special guest Billy Joel "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road":



8) Chicago "If You Leave Me Now":



9) Skeeter Davis "End of The World":



10) Semisonic "Closing Time":



Not quite at goodbye, but on the way to goodbye.
11) Neil Diamond and Barbara Striesand "You Don't Bring Me Flowers":



12) Supertramp "Goodbye My Friend":



13) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Just A Song Before I Go":



14) Boz Scaggs "It's Over":



15) N'Sync "Bye Bye Bye":



16) George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today":



17) Skid Row "I'll Remember You":

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(Started October 2nd) Getting To Know Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown

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I found out last night that Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown will be the opening act for Guns N' Roses when they visit October 29th, 2019. This is a band I know very little about, but I like to be familiar with the music of any band I go see in concert. Bob Seger's opening act was a band called The Wild Feathers and they were very good. I'm hoping for the same from Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown. This isn't a be all and end all of Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, this is just an introduction for me and you.

1) "On To The Next":

2) "Aftershock"

3) "Shackles":

4) "Say A Prayer":

5) "Backfire":

6) "Ride":

7) "Lipstick Wonder Woman":

8) "The Wayside":

9) "Devil's Keep":

The old Blues classic. 10) "Mojo Workin'":

11) "Ramblin' Bones":

12) "Heartland":

13) "Loaded Dice and Buried Money";

14) "Shock and Awe":

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(Finished October 1st, 2019) The Best of School Dance/ School Bus Songs, Part 8: Songs 117-134

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These are songs that I heard on the school bus going to junior high and at South Davis Junior High dances. These songs were popular when I first fell in love with music. They've brought so much joy to my life. I picked other songs from the same time era to fill out the blogs. These are songs from the years 1978-1981.

117) Steely Dan "Deacon Blues":

118) Styx "Renegade":

119) The J. Geils Band "Love Stinks":

120) Devo "Whip It":

121) Little River Band "Reminiscing":

122) England Dan and John Ford Coley "Love Is The Answer":

123) The Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue":

124) John Lennon "Watching The Wheels":

125) Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late":

126) Al Stewart "Time Passages":

127) Steve Forbert "Romeo's Tune":

I remember hearing this song at a school dance in the South Davis Jr. High gym. 

128)  ELO "Twilight":

129) Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind":

130) Journey "Open Arms":

131) Benny Mardones "Into The Night":

132) The Clash "This Is Radio Clash":

133) The Clash "Train In Vain":

134) Journey "The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love):

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