(Finished March 29th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best 80s Ballads: Songs 1-17

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I updated a couple of the video links and the rest of the blog on September 4th, 2022.

"Cobra Kai" Season 3, episode 10 when Ali (the still beautiful Elisabeth Shue), Daniel and Johnny all get together and I had a complete surge of 80s nostalgia. Then Journey's classic "Faithfully" started playing and the feels took over. Here are a few of the likely hundreds of great 80s ballad. Long live the pop culture of the 80s.

What a great song! 1) Journey "Faithfully":

2) Berlin "Take My Breath Away":

3)  Laura Branigan "Power of Love":

4) Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes":

5) Whitney Houston "Greatest Love of All":

6) Whitney Houston "All At Once":

7) Whitney Houston "Didn't We Almost Have It All":

8) Whitney Houston "One Moment In Time":

Bonus non-80s video from the amazing Whitney "I Have Nothing":

All of these ballads are great, but this song is pure pop protection. 9) Roxette "It Must Have Been Love":

10) George Michael "Careless Whisper":

11) Belinda Carlisle "Circle In The Sand":

12) Will To Power "Baby I Love Your Way":

13) Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser "She's Like The Wind":

14) Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer":

15) Stevie B "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)":

This is such a lovely melody and such a beautiful song. 16) David Foster "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire":

17) Debarge "Who's Holding Donna Now":

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(Finished January 21, 2021) Best Songs About Love the Second Time Around, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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These songs range from hitting the nail on this head to not so close, but still a great song. This song is inspired by Olivia Newton-John's "Twist of Fate". That song is coming in a later blog. I like blogs like this that force me to expand the music I'm listening to, a few of these songs I had never heard before.

1) Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry":

2) One Direction "Change My Mind":

3) Dierks Bentley "Come A Little Closer":

4) Lonestar "Let's Be Us Again":

5) Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up":

6) Thompson Square "Glass":

7) Daughtry "It's Not Over":

8) Sergio Mendes "Never Gonna Give You Up":

9) Lonestar "Not A Day Goes By":

10) Mariah Carey "We Belong Together":

11) Alabama "Old Flame":

12) .38 Special "Second Chance":

13) This Century "Second Chance":

14) Jackson 5 "I Want You Back":

Rihanna is such a gorgeous and sexy woman. 15) Rihanna "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)":

16) Peter Cetera and Cher "After All":

17) Vanessa Hudgens "Come Back To Me":

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(Finished January 20th, 2021) Songs With The Best Bass Lines, Part 2: Songs 19-36 (According To Bassplayer, MusicRadar and ultimate-guitar.com)

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I was scrolling through my blogs looking for good blog ideas. A couple of years ago I wrote about the best Synth Pop songs and I was thinking about writing another synth music blog. Then I remembered that I've been wanting to do a bass blog for awhile. Here it is, thanks to Bassplayer, MusicRadar and ultimate-guitar.com. Many of these songs are on all three lists, not just the list I post them under.

I discovered both of these songs on the MusicRadar website. 19) Metallica "For Whom The Bells Toll":

20) Rush "Freewill":

Thanks to ultimate-guitar.com for the excellent selections below.

21) Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music":

22) Parliament "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)":

23) Electric Light Orchestra "Last Train To London":

24) The Trammps "Disco Inferno":

25) Incubus "Glass":

26) Led Zeppelin "Lemon Song":

27) Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":

28) James Brown "I Got You (I Feel Good)":

29) Metallica "My Friend of Misery":

30) Green Day "Longview":

31) Primus "Jerry Was A Racecar Driver":

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

33) Megadeth "Peace Sells":

34) Alice In Chains "Would?":

35) Tool "Schism":

36) The Commodores "Brick House":

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(Finished January 19th, 2021) Songs About The Black Experience: An Education, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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Best songs about the black experience. I'm a white guy and I have no idea what the black experience is like. So this isn't coming from knowledge, but from trying to understand the black experience.

1) Nina Simone "To Be Young, Gifted and Black":

2) Bob Marley "Redemption Song":

3) Lauryn Hill "Black Rage":

4) Pete Seeger "We Shall Overcome":

5) Mahalia Jackson "Go Tell It On The Mountain":

6) Soweto Gospel Choir "This Little Light of Mine":

7) Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised":

8) Public Enemy "Fight The Power":

9) Mavis Staples "We Shall Not Be Moved":

10) Sweet Honey In The Rock "Ain Gonna Let No One Turn Me Around":

11) The Staple Singers "Freedom Highway":

12) Artists United Against Apartheid "Sun City":

13) Nina Simone "Mississippi Goddam":

14) RUN-D.M.C. "Proud To Be Black":

15) James Brown "Say It Loud- I'm Black and Proud":

16) Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions "People Get Ready":

17) Nina Simone "Why? The King of Love Is Dead":

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(Finished January 18th, 2021) The Best "Obscure" 70's Songs, Part 1: Songs 1-17 (But What Is Obscure?)

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What is obscure? I guess that would be any thing that you might not be familiar with. For instance I've heard The Knack's "My Sharona" many times, and it has been in movies etc, but it might be obscure to you. Even some songs on here by big named artists are obscure to me. To paraphrase I guess obscurity is in the ear of the beholder.

1) Ocean "Put Your Hand In The Hand":

Uh, some of the lyrics have been changed from the original. It hurts. 2) The Knack "Good Girls Don't":

3) Melanie "Brand New Key":

4) King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight":

5) Jessi Colter "I'm Not Lisa":

6) Sanford Townsend Band "Smoke Of A Distant Fire":

7) Walter Egan "Magnet and Steel":

8) The New Seekers "I'd Like To Teach The World":

9) Ides of March "Vehicle":

10) Climax Blues Band "Couldn't Get It Right":

11) Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight":

I'm sure this song is obscure for most people, that's a shame. This is one of the greatest songs ever!! 12) C.W. McCall "Convoy":

13) Albert Hammond "It Never Rains In Southern California":

14) Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real":

15) Billy Ocean "Love Really Hurts Without You":

16) Paul Nichols "Heaven On the 7th Floor":

17) Morris Albert "Feelings":

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(Started January 17th, 2021) Great Covers of 70's Songs

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I'm going to post both the original and the cover of each one of these songs.

1) The Beatles "The Long and Winding Road":

This has always been one of my favorite 70s covers. 2) Billy Ocean featuring Ruby Turner

3) Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi":

4) The Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carlton:

5) The Rolling Stones "Tumbling Dice":

6) Linda Ronstadt

7) The Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The U.K.":

8) "Motley Crue":

9) Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly":

10) The Fugees:

11) The Beatles "Come Together":

12) Aerosmith:

13) Harry Nilsson "Without You": 

14) Mariah Carey

15) Bill Withers "Lean On Me":

16) Club Nouveau

17) The Monkees "I'm A Believer":

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19) Fleetwood Mac "Landslide":

20) The Smashing Pumpkins

(Started January 16th, 2021) The Best of Linda Ronstadt, Part 1: Songs 1-15

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Linda Marie Ronstadt was born July 15th, 1946. She's a great singer that had hits from 1967 all the way through the early 90s. She sang in multiple genres from rock, pop and country. Ms. Ronstadt has recorded and worked with Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and many others

As always these are a collection of her best songs, not necessarily her biggest hits. Although obviously there's a lot of overlap.

1) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles":

2) "Only Mama That'll Walk The Line":

3) As part of The Stone Poneys "Different Drum":

4) "Long Long Time":

5) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow":

6) "I Still Miss Someone":

7) "Rock Me On The Water":

8) "You're No Good":

9) "When Will I Be Loved":

10) "It Doesn't Matter Anymore":

11) "Love Is A Rose":

12) "Heat Wave":

13) "Tracks Of My Tears":

14) "That'll Be The Day":

15) "It's So Easy":