(Started November 15th, 2020) Happy and Uplifting Songs For Your Sunday, Part 1: Songs 1-16

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1) Sara Evans "I Could Not Ask For More":

2) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

3) Survivor "Eye of the Tiger":

4) Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror":

5) The Script featuring will.i.am "Hall of Fame":

6) Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)":

7) Des Ree "You Gotta Be":

8) Michael Jackson "Heal The World":

9) U2 "Beautiful Day":

10) U2 "Walk On":

Such a sweet song. 11) John Barry "Born Free":

12) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough":

13) "You Raise Me Up":

14) "One Moment In Time":

15) "Gonna Fly Now":

16) "When You Believe":

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(Finished November 15, 2020) Songs With Free In The Title, Part 1: Songs 1-16

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One of the greatest things about living in America is freedom and being free. But there's something about songs with the word free in them, many of those songs seem to be classics. Here are a few of those classics and some not so classic.

1) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Free Falling":

2) Kenny Loggins "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)":

3)  Masked Intruder "I'm Free (At Last)":

4) Lynryd Skynryd "Free Bird":

5) Neil Young with Pearl Jam "Rockin' In The Free World":

6) Johnny Horton "Johnny Freedom":

7) Aretha Franklin "Freeway of Love":

8) Blackberry Smoke Featuring Gregg Allman "Free On A Wing":

9) The Cars "Free":

Okay this one is a stretch, but it's technically true. 10) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "10th Avenue Freeze Out":

11) The J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame":

12) The Cranberries "Free To Decide":

13) George Michael "Freedom '90":

14) R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe":

15) Rush "Freewill":

16) Rage Against The Machine "Freedom":

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(Finished November 14th, 2020) Gritty Pop and Rock Songs, Part 2: Songs 18-34

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Here are some of the grittiest pop and rock songs from over the years:

18) The Smiths "How Soon Is Now":

19) Ozzy "Flying High Again":

20) Pearl Jam "Crazy Mary":

21) War "Low Rider":

22) Nazareth "Love Hurts":

23) The Who "Eminence Front":

24) Rage Against The Machines "Bombtrack":

25) ZZ Top "Hummbucking":

26) AC/DC "Who Made Who":

27) AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap":

28) Whitesnake "Ain't No Love In The Heart of The City":

29) Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead Or Alive":

30) Bon Jovi "It's My Life":

31) Bush "Comedown":

32) Aerosmith "Hangman Jury":

33) Cinderella "The Last Mile":

34) Mumford "Babel":

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(Finished November 14th, 2020) Gritty Pop and Rock Songs

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Here are some of the grittiest pop and rock songs from over the years:

1) ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag":

2) AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long":

3) ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man":

4) Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name":

5) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  "I Love Rock and Roll":

6) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Crimson and Clover":

7) Golden Earring "Radar Love":

8) Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By The Light":

9) Donna Summer "MacArthur Park":

10) Skid Row "In A Darkened Room":

11) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

12) Mumford and Sons "Little Lion Man":

13) Eric Clapton "Cocaine":

14) Aerosmith "Walk This Way":

15) Pat Benatar "Hell Is For Children":

I love that Kurt took time after the concert to sign autographs. I can't watch this video without a bit of sadness as I know he's about to kill himself. 16) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":

17) The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter":

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(Started November 11th, 2020) The Best Songs 2000-2009, Part 1: Pop: Songs 1-17

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Thanks to all those amazing and brave veterans and their families for serving our great country.

I've put these songs into four categories, ballads, rock, pop and miscellaneous. Now many of these songs could go in multiple categories. I just tried to be as consistent as possible.  

1) Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah":

2) Madonna "Music":

3) N'Sync "Bye Bye Bye":

4) N'Sync "It's Gonna Be Me":

5) Nine Days "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)":

6) Smash Mouth "Then The Morning Comes":

7) Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)":

8) Britney Spears "Oops I Did It Again":

9) Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow":

10) Lady Gaga "Poker Face":

11) "I Gotta Feeling":

12) Colbie Caillat "Fallin' For You":

13)  Veronicas "Untouched":

14) Madonna "Don't Tell Me":

15) Evan and Jaron "Crazy For This Girl":

16) Jason Mraz "I'm Yours":

17) Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love":

(Started November 9th, 2020) The Best Songs 2000-2009, Part 5: Rock: Songs 70-87

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I've put these songs into four categories, ballads, rock, pop and miscellaneous. Now many of these songs could go in multiple categories. I just tried to be as consistent as possible.  

70) John Mayer "No Such Thing":

71) Alanis Morrissette "Hands Clean":

72) Audioslave "Like A Stone":

73) Evanesence "My Immortal":

74) Switchfoot "Meant To Live":

75) Linkin Park "Breaking The Habit":

76) The Killers "Mr. Brightside":

77) "Breakaway":

78) Green Day "Holiday":

79) "Because of You":

80) All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret":

81) K.T. Tunstall "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree":

82) Fall Out Boy "Thanks Fr The Memories":

83) My Chemical Romance "Black Parade":

84) Pink "Who Knew":

85) Kings of Leon "The Bucket":

86) Ryan Adams "Boys":

87) U2 "Vertigo":

(Finished November 8th, 2020) The Most Joyous Songs of All-Time, Part 4: Songs 52-69

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Joe Biden has been named President Elect and that gives me such great joy. After four brutal years of whiny, look at me man child stupidity it's so nice to have an adult as President again. It's joyous and a great reason to celebrate. To celebrate President Elect Biden and Vice President Elect Harris I'm posting this series of blogs full of the some of the happiest songs ever.

52) Roxette "Joyride":

53) Christina Aguilera "Dynamite":

It's only Sunday night but I'm already... 54) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

55) Usher "DJ Got Us Falling In Love":

56) Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians "What I Am":

57) The Strumbellas "Spirits":

58) The Revivalists "Wish I Knew You":

59) Air Supply "Every Woman In The World":

60) Foo Fighters "Learning To Fly":

61) Lady Gaga "Monster":

62) Lady Gaga "Bad Romance":

63) Lionel Richie "Dancing On The Ceiling":

64) Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel":

65) The Black Eyed Peas "Meet Me Halfway":

66) Y & T "Summertime Girls":

67) Autograph "Turn Up The Radio":

68) Abba "Mamma Mia":

69) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "U Got The Look":

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