(Finished January 8th, 2022) The Best Songs of 1983-1986, Part 4: Songs 61-80

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This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", which takes me back to that extremely fertile time in music from 1983-1986. These are the best of the best for that four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies. The first two blogs in this series have a lot of songs from movies. It was such a great time to grow up. 

61) Prince "1999":

62) Whitesnake "Slide It In":

63) John Cougar "R.O.C.K. In The USA":

64) The Smiths "Big Mouth Strikes Again":

65) Toto "Africa":

66) Ozzy Osbourne "Ultimate Sin":

67) ZZ Top "Stages":

68) Night Ranger "Sister Christian":

69) Modern English "Melt With You":

70) New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle":

71) The Talking Heads "Psycho Killer":

72) Chicago "Along Comes A Woman":

73) Dio "Holy Diver":

74) Boston "Amanda":

75) Alabama "(There's A) Fire In The Night":

76) Tears For Fears "Mothers Talk":

77) The Police "Every Breath You Take":

78) Tears For Fears "Shout":

79) Survivor "The Search Is Over":

80) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":

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(Finished January 8th, 2022) The Best Songs of 1983-1986, Part 3: Songs 41-60

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This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", which takes me back to that extremely fertile time in music from 1983-1986. These are the best of the best for that four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies. The first two blogs in this series have a lot of songs from movies. It was such a great time to grow up. 

41) Def Leppard "Rock Rock Til You Drop":

42) RUN-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith "Walk This Way":

Did Whitney ever look more beautiful than in this video? 43) Whitney Houston "How Will I Know":

44) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

45) Journey "Faithfully":

46) George Michael "Careless Whisper":

47) Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home":

48) New Order "Shellshock":

49) Motley Crue "Girls Girls Girls":

50) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More":

51) The Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls":

52) Michael Jackson "Beat It":

53) Billy Idol "White Wedding":

54) AC/DC "Shake Your Foundations":

55) The Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up":

56) The Smiths "How Soon Is Now":

57) R.E.M. "Fall On Me":

58) The Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere":

59) Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face":

Over 4.9 million views for one of the oddest songs of all-time. 60) Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance":

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(Finished January 11th, 2021) The Best Songs of 1983-1986, Part 2: Songs 21-40

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This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", which takes me back to that extremely fertile time in music from 1983-1986. These are the best of the best for that four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies. The first two blogs in this series have a lot of songs from movies. It was such a great time to grow up. 

21) Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart":

Let's try the extended version and see how good it is. 22) Prince "When Doves Cry":

23) Madonna "Crazy For You":

24) Peter Cetera "Glory of Love":

25) Dio "We Rock":

26) Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule The World":

27) O.M.D "If You Leave":

28) Bow Wow Wow "Do You Wanna Hold Me":

29) John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)":

30) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

31) Bryan Adams "Cuts Like A Knife":

32) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

33) Berlin "Take My Breath Away":

34) Culture Club "Church of The Poisoned Mind":

35) Madonna "Like A Virgin":

36) Dio "Hungry For Heaven":

37) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

38) Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It":

39) Huey Lewis and the News "Power of Love":

40) Salt-n-Pepa"Push It":

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(Finished January 8th, 2022) The Best Songs of 1983-1986, Part 1: Songs 1-20

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This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", which takes me back to that extremely fertile time in music from 1983-1986. These are the best of the best for that four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies, what a great time to be growing up. 

One of the best songs from "The Karate Kid" universe. 1) Bananarama "Cruel Summer":

2) The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink":

3) Kenny Loggins "Footloose":

Almost 1.4 billion YouTube views, which is a lot for an 80s video. That doesn't even count all the time I watched it on MTV back in the day. It's a too rare combination of an amazing song and an equally amazing video. 4) a-ha "Take On Me":

5) Bon Jovi "Livin' On A Prayer":

6) Eddie Money featuring Ronnie Spector "Take Me Home Tonight":

7) The Miami Sound Machine "Conga":

8) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)":

9) Big Country "In A Big Country":

10) Billy Idol "Rebel Yell":

11) Prince "Let's Go Crazy":

One of the 80's best ballads. 12) REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This Feeling":

13) Prince "Kiss":

For some reason has been on my mind all day, one of the most addictive songs ever. It's nearly perfect in that way other than that terrible video. 14) RUN-D.M.C. "It's Tricky":

15) Madonna "Into The Groove":

16) Billy Joel "Allentown":

If this song doesn't put a pep in your step you just might be clinically dead. 17) Deniece Williams "Let's Hear It For The Boy":

I know most people wouldn't associate this song with 80's music, but it was released in 1983. 18) Bob Marley and the Wailers "Buffalo Soldier":

19) Tina Turner "Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)":

Yet another amazing 80s ballad. 20) Phil Collins "Against All Odds":

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(Finished January 10th, 2021) The Best Mellow Songs of 1999, Part 2: Songs 18-34

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Rock music, besides a few bands, albums and songs, was very anemic in 1999. The dominant music of that year was soul and hip hop, which I'm not a huge fan. That's not saying there isn't a lot of amazing soul, especially old school soul, and hip hop. In fact many of the songs below I don't know anything about by title and artist. My heart belongs to rock, pop and various smatterings of other genres' music. If the hard/ rock music was lacking how was the soft and mellow music of 1999? It was thankfully much better.

18) Mariah Carey Featuring Jay Z "Heartbreaker":

19) Mariah Carey "I Still Believe":

20) Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)":

21) Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5":

22) Tyrese "Sweet Lady":

23) N'Sync "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On Me":

24) Shawn Mullins "Lullaby":

25) Brad Paisley "It Never Woulda Worked Out":

26) Jewel "Hands":

27) Tim McGraw "Please Remember Me":

28) Shania Twain "From This Moment On":

29) Lauryn Hill "Ex-Factor":

30) Goo Goo Dolls "Black Balloon":

31) Sarah McLachlan "I Will Remember You":

32) Case "Happily Ever After":

33) Whitney Houston "My Love Is Your Love":

34) Marc Anthony "I Need To Know":

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(Finished January 9th, 2020) Angry Songs, Part 3: Songs 35-51

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35) Three Days Grace "Pain":

36) Rage Against The Machine "Fistful of Steel":

37) Motley Crue "Primal Scream":

38) Tool "Undertow":

39) Meat Loaf "Life Is A Lemon":

40) Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall":

41) Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning":

42) Dio "Double Monday":

43) Linkin Park "Papercut":

44) Hoobastank "Crawling In The Dark":

45) Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell":

46) Daughtry "Over You":

47) Pearl Jam "Leash":

48) Nine Inch Nails "Head Like A Hole":

49) Pink Floyd "Not Now John":

50) Garbage "I'm Only Happy When It Rains":

51) Three Days Grace "The Good Life":

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(Started January 7th, 2020) Angry Songs, Part 2: Songs 18-34

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18) Hollywood Undead "Bang Bang":

19) Redlight King "Born To Ride":

20) Megadeth "Symphony of Destruction":

21) Alice In Chains "Angry Chair":

22) Linkin Park "Numb":

23) "Machinehead":

24) Seether "No Jesus Christ":

25) Three Days Grace "Break":

26) Hollywood Undead "Usual Suspects":

27) Queensryche "Empire":

28) Metallica "Blackened":

29) Rage Against The Machine "Calm Like A Bomb":

30) Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart":

31) Nine Inch Nails "Terrible Lie":

32) Tool "Sober":

33) Metallica "Sad But True":

34) Queensryche "I Don't Believe In Love":