(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 2 of The Best Sports Anthems, Songs 18-34

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It's finally the best time of the year. It's Spring, the weather is getting warmer without getting hot. It's March Madness and MLB Spring Training. The three weeks of March Madness is the best sporting event each year. This blog goes out to the Cinderellas. That includes Oral Roberts (on to the Sweet 16), the Rutger Scarlet Knights- who has overcome a bad situation. Also the remarkable Loyola Chicago and Sister Jean. They are the first team to knock off a #1 seed on their way to the Sweet Sixteen also. There's also North Texas-who fought with all they have tonight- and the 14th seeded Ohio and great guard Jason Preston. He had 13 rebounds- as a guard?-, 8 assists and steady leadership. And of course we can't forget Abilene Christian, what a clutch final two seconds of the game for them. I love March Madness!!

18) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb On Me":

19) The Bucketheads "Bomb "These Sounds Fall Into My Mind":

20) Semisonic "Closing Time":

21) Republica "Ready To Go":

22) Heavy D and The Boyz "Now That We Found Love":

23) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

24) Bush "Machinehead":

25) Elvis Presley vs. Junkie XL "A Little Less Conversation":

26) The Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger":

27) The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started":

28) Soul 2 Soul "Back To Life (However You Want Me)":

29) Fatboy Slim "Right Here, Right Now":

30) P.O.D. "Boom":

31) Various Artists "The Jock Jam (Megamix)":

32) Tag Team "Whoomp (There It Is)":

33) Smash Mouth "All Star":

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

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(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 7 of Best Songs About The Wistful Passage of Time, Songs 108-124

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108) Tom T. Hall "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine":

Perhaps this song isn't so wistful. 109) Alanis "You Oughta Know":

Yeah maybe this song isn't so wistful either. In fact it's a call to action. 110) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

111) Billy Dean "Billy The Kid":

112) Sawyer Brown "The Walk":

113) Chiliwack "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)":

114) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

115) Meat Loaf "Things In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear":

116) Randy Travis "Digging Up Bones":

117) Roy Clark "Yesterday, When I Was Young";

118) Neil Diamond "Shilo":

119) Toby Keith "As Good As I Once Was":

120) Better Midler "The Rose":

Now this is one incredibly wistful song. I love the story that goes with the video.

121) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

122) J. Geils Band "Centerfold":

123) Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire":

124) Ronnie Milsap "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World":

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(Finished March 21st, 2021) Part 2 of Songs About Work, Songs 18-34

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I have switched locations where I work and my new location is probably twice as busy as the previous location. The first song on this list describes my day today so well. That song was the Bangles "Manic Monday", thankfully things calmed down as the week went on.

This is what I do from Monday to Friday unless I have those days off. 18) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

19) Huey Lewis and the News "Working For A Living":

20) Canned Heat "Let's Work Together":

21) blotto "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard":

22) Dolly Parton "9 to 5":

The Seven Dwarfs 23) "Heigh Ho":

24) Cher "Working Girl":

25) Sting "We Work The Black Seam":

26) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

27) The Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang":

28) Bon Jovi "Work For The Working Man":

29) Jimmy Reed "Big Boss Man":

Bonus video: Elvis Presley "Big Boss Man":

30) Tennesse Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":

31) Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mining":

32) Iggy Azalea "Work":

33) Portugal. The Man "Work All Day":

And here's the reason most people work. 34) Charli XCX "Money (That's What I Want)":

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(Finished March 20th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 52-68

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I'l not be apologizing. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

52)  Ryder's Creed "Meant To Be":

54) Old 97s "Happy Hour":

55) Old 97s "Diamonds On Neptune":

56) In This Moment "Lay Me Down":

57) In This Moment featuring Joe Cotela "Hunting Grounds":

This is a very bizarre video. 58) Haggard Cat "Rational":

59) Goodbye June "Anywhere The Wind Blows":

60) Everyday Heroes "The Witches King":

61) Ego Kill Talent "Lifeporn":

62) Ego Kill Talent "Now!":

63) Bush "The Kingdom":

64) Collateral "Mr. Big Shot":

65) Collateral "Merry Go Round":

66) Collateral "In It For Love":

67) Collateral "Lullaby":

68) Broken Witt Rebels "Running With The Wolves":

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(Finished March 20th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 35-51

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I'l not be apologizing. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

35) Black Pumas "I'm Ready":

36) Panic! At The Disco "King of the Clouds":

37) AC/DC "Carry Me Home":

38) Panic! At The Disco "One of The Drunks":

39) AC/DC "Code Red":

40) Inglorious "Medusa":

41) Inglorious "Eye of the Storm":

42) Inglorious "Cruel Intentions":

43) Those Damn Crows "Who Did It":

44) Those Damn Crows "Send The Reaper":

45) Those Damn Crows "Second Chances":

46) Those Damn Crows "Going Down ":

47) Spirit Machines "Eagle":

48) Spirit Machines "Echoing Sound":

I couldn't find any videos for these two songs yet. The Spirit Machines "Hand In Hand With The Devil" and "Money". I'm going to substitute those two songs with the songs below.

49) Spirit Machines "The Changeling":

50) Spirt Machines "Lazarus": 

I also couldn't find a video for this song yet. Spirit Machines "Cut Me Down": In It's place I'll include the bonus Spirit Machines song. "Watch It Burn":

My favorite Spirt Machines song, a mash up of songs from Tool and The Mighty Zep. "Zober":

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(Finished March 18th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best Rock Songs of Recent Vintage: Songs 18-34

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These songs are in no particular order, basically when I thought of them/discovered them etc. As I always say there's a lot of great rock music out there you just have to look for it. This is meant to help the looking easier. Thanks to YouTube Music, Facebook's New Wave of Classic Rock group and anywhere else great rock music can be discovered. I'm focusing on songs from 2020 and 2021, but if songs from other years slip through I won't apologize. Any rock song is eligible, but I'm mostly focusing on New Wave of Classic Rock songs and bands.

18) The Fallen State "American Made":

19) The Fallen State "Statements":

20) Dirty Honey "When I'm Gone":

21) Dirty Honey "Rolling 7's":

22) Bishop Gunn "Southern Discomfort":

Bonus video The Highwomen cover of this Fleetwood Mac classic "The Chain":

23) The Empty Hearts "Well, Look At You":

24) Chez Kane "Rocket On The Radio":

25) I Prevail "Bow Down":

Another bonus song from a not so recent vintage, I Prevail "Come And Get It":

26) I Prevail featuring Delaney Jane "Every Time You Leave":

27) I Prevail "Rise Above It":

28) I Prevail featuring Joyner Lucas "DOA"

29) I Prevail "Hurricane":

30) Redlight King "Not Dead Yet":

A band I don't know much about, but I took a flier on their latest CD. I was surprised by how much I enjoy their music. It's not logical, but I just didn't think I would like their music. 31) Black Pumas "Fast Car":

32) Black Pumas "Colors":

33) Black Pumas "Fire":

34) Black Pumas "Politicians In My Eyes":

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(Finished April 3rd, 2021) Part 1 of Singers Who Died Way Too Young

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This video inspired this blog. But other than Laura Branigan I didn't like the other singers for this blog. These are musicians that died way too young and some of their best songs, whether hits or not. I tried to go with lesser known bands for the most part.

Branigan was 52 when she died, leaving behind many great songs. 1) Laura Branigan "Solitaire":

"Self-Control":

"Gloria":

"Power Of Love":

"The Lucky One":

"Spanish Eddie":

2) Michael Hutchence, died at the age of 37, all of these songs are with INXS: "Need You Tonight":

"Suicide Blonde":

"Do Wot You Do":

"Don't Change":

"Listen Like Thieves":

"New Sensation":

"Beautiful Girl": 

"What You Need":

"Original Sin":

"Mystify":

Prince Rogers Nelson was only 57 when he died. Who knows what great songs he would have had up his sleeve if he had lived longer. We all know his classic songs, for the most part I want to highlight his lesser know great songs. 3) Prince

"Witness For The Prosecution (Version 2)":

"Diamonds and Pearls":

"Cream":

"Delirious":

"Moonbeam Levels":

"Trust":

featuring Mavis Staples "Melody Cool":

"HARDROCKLOVER":

"Baltimore":

"Sign O' The Times":

"Pop Life":

"Gett Off":

"Little Red Corvette":

"Take Me With U":

"Cinnamon Girl":

Balin was 76 when he died, in retrospect he's not a great person for this blog series. He lived a good long life and didn't die relatively young. But hey enjoy the good music. 4) Marty Balin "Somebody To Love":

"White Rabbit":

"Hearts":

"Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)":

Miss Marie was 54 when she died. 5) Teena Marie "Lovergirl":

"I Need Your Lovin":

"Square Biz":

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