(Started October 19th, 2020) Thirty of The Best Songs That Mention America, Part 1: Songs 1-15

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Isn't amazing how some songs can fit in with so many different musical categories. 1) Don McLean "American Pie":

2) Estelle featuring Presidential candidate Kanye West "American Boy":

3) The Guess Who "American Woman":

4) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "American Girl":

5) Grand Funk Railroad "An American Band":

6) David Bowie "Young Americans":

7) Green Day "American Idiot":

8) Neil Diamond "America":

This is the song that inspired this blog. 9) The Violent Femmes "American Music":

10) James Brown "Living In America":

11) Ray Charles "America The Beautiful":

12) Simon & Garfunkel "America":

13) Brooks & Dunn "Only In American":

14) Night Ranger "You Can Still Rock In America":

15) "American Saturday Night":

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(Finished October 18th, 2020) Best Music By Swedish Musicians, Part 2: Songs 19-36

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Roxette:

19) "Sleeping In My Car":

20) "It Must Have Been Love":

21) "Crash Boom Bang":

22) "Dressed For Success":

23) "Joyride":

24) "The Look":

25) "How Do You Do":

Ace of Base:

26) "The Sign":

27) "All That":

28) "Don't Turn Around":

29) "Hallo Hallo":

30) "Unspeakable":

They were once the best band on the moon, too bad that didn't extend to the Earth. The Cardigans:

Without a doubt one of the greatest songs of all-time. 31) "Lovefool":

32) "Never Recover":

Swedish House Mafia:

featuring John Martin 33) "Don't You Worry Child":

featuring Coldplay 34) "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall":

vs. Knife Party 35) "Antidote":

36) "Save The World":

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(Finished October 17th, 2020) Dead or Alive: Tonight is Alive, Last Time Was Dead

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The greatest alive song of all-time? Um, yes. 1) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

2) Krewella "Alive":

3) Pearl Jam "Alive":

4) Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking":

5) Flyleaf "Fully Alive":

6) Empire of The Sun "Alive":

Yes, this is one of a few songs that can be both on the dead and alive blogs.

One of my two or three favorite Bon Jovi songs. 7) Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive":

8) Three Days Grace "Get Out Alive":

9) Chicago "Alive Again":

10) Queen "Keep Yourself Alive":

11) Joan Osborne "Love Is Alive":

12) Avenged Sevenfold "Buried Alive":

13) Steppenwolf "Born To Be Alive":

14) ELO "Alive":

15) P.O.D. "Alive":

16) The Judds "Love Is Alive":

17) Diana Ross "Eaten Alive":

18) Heart "Love Alive":

19) Skillet "Awake and Alive":

20) Tonight Alive "Waves":

21) Tonight Alive "Everywhere":

22) Dead or Alive "Brand New Lover":

23) Dead or Alive "Lover Come Back To Me":

24) Gary Wright "My Love Is Alive":

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(Started October 15th, 2020) Dead or Alive: Tonight is Dead, Next Time We'll Be Alive

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The best songs and bands that have dead in their name or title. This blog was inspired by listening to Dead Or Alive's much better than I thought it would be "Nude". Thankfully the music is so much better than that terrible cover. No one wants to see that much of Pete Burns.

Not a big Grateful Dead fan, but I do love this song. 1) Grateful Dead "Touch of Grey":

2) Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive":

3) Pink "I'm Not Dead":

4) The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground":

5) Sugarcult "Dead Living":

We see more than enough of Pete in this video. 6) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)":

7) Guns N' Roses "Dead Horse":

8) Lita Ford "Kiss Me Deadly":

9) 10 Years "Dancing With The Dead":

10) Natalie Grant "Dead Alive":

11) Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart":

12) Billy Idol "Dead On Arrival":

13) Boz Scaggs "Breakdown Dead Ahead":

14) Dead Sara "Suicidal":

15) Dead Sara "Mona Lisa":

16) Jan & Dean "Dead or Alive":

17) Journey "Dead or Alive":

18) Jukebox The Ghost "Dead":

19) The Lovemakers "Love Is Dead":

20) The Dead Weather "Are Friends Electric":

21) Theory of a Deadman "Not Meant To Be":

If you hang out with Mr. Brownstone too much you will end up dead. 22) Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":

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(Finished October 17th, 2020) Best Music By Swedish Musicians, Part 1: Songs 1-18

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I realize the high unlikelihood that Ghost and Abba would be on the same blog. Some connections create interesting pairings. Also Abba and Ghost are definitely the light and dark of rock music.

Abba:

1) "Money Money Money":

2) "Take A Chance On Me":

3) "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)":

4) "S.O.S.":

5) "Mamma Mia":

6) "Dancing Queen":

Ghost:

7) "From Pinnacle To The Pit":

8) "Mummy Dust":

9) "Ritual":

10) "Faith":

11) "It's A Sin":

12) "Rats":

Europe:

13) "The Final Countdown":

14) "Rock The Night":

15) "War of Kings":

16) "Carrie":

Acid House Kings

17) "This Heart Is A Stone":

18) "Sunday Morning":

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(Finished October 12th, 2020) The Best Songs About Heartbreak and Heartache, Part 4: Songs 52-70

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52) Abba "The Winner Takes It All":

53) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

54) Lauryn Hill "Ex-Factor":

55) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Tracks of My Tears":

See I know Oasis has more good songs than just "Wonderwall". 56) Oasis "Don't Look Back In Anger":

57) Avril Lavigne "My Happy Ending":

58) Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko "Stay":

59) Passenger "Let Her Go":

60) First Aid Kit "Fireworks":

61) Blu Cantrall "Hit Em Up Style":

62) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

63) Reba McEntire "New Fool At An Old Game":

64) The Police "Every Breath You Take":

65) U2 "With or Without You":

66) Gary Morris "Headed For A Heartache":

67) Chicago "Look Away":

68) Cinderella "Don't Know What You Got":

69) Paul Young "Every Time You Go Away":

70) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":

71) Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart":

72) Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock "Picture":

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(Started October 12th, 2020) The Best Songs of the 50s, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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Last night I watched the fantastic movie "Hearts In Atlantis". I read the story previously and loved it, just one of the many works of Stephen King that's so amazing. However there are some weird elements in the novella "Low Men In Yellow Coats" that I knew would probably be in the movie. Those weird elements are easier to handle when reading them rather than watching them. Anyway I decided to watch "Hearts In Atlantis" yesterday and it was so good, I cried at the end like a baby. King is the master storyteller of our day, his characters are so fantastic and well written.

Anyway the acting this this movie was fantastic. Anthony Hopkins doing a great job is a given. But I also want to give a shout out to David Morse, one of the great character actors of our day. Also Anton Yelchin (R.I.P.) and Mika Boorem were fantastic. Hope Davis did a good job too, but I hated the character she played. 

Anyway one thing about the works of Stephen King is his inclusion of great songs, this movie captures so many of the great songs of the 50s. I thought it was time to post another blog of the best of 50s music.

1) Chuck Berry "No Particular Place To Go":

2) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

3) The Platters "Only You (And You Alone)":

4) Bo Diddley "Who Do You Love":

5) Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel":

6) Elvis Presley "Hound Dog":

7) Buddy Holly and the Cricketts "That'll Be The Day":

8) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

9) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire":

10) Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin":

I know I've posted this songs dozens of times, but what is the 50s without this song capping off the decade? 11) The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

12) Bobby Darin "Splish Splash":

13) Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife":

14) Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans":

15) Marty Robbins "Cool Water":
16) Marty Robbins "El Paso":

17) Percy Faith "Theme From A Summer Place":

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