(Finished August 7th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best of the First 100 Videos Ever Played on MTV

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Kids today will never understand the impact that MTV had on pop culture of the early 80s. It was part of a broader phenomena called cable TV. At the time we were basically expanding from just a few channels to a whole lot more. There were some shows that showed music videos, but no more than a few hours a day. MTV was truly ground breaking, showing music videos 24 hours day. Like a bright light in a dark space MTV brought music into our front rooms. 

I spent many a hour, especially during the summer,  watching MTV. It was quite easily to while away an afternoon watching MTV. Even though there were dozens of other channels a lot of those didn't have much programming. All MTV needed was videos. Once it broke out and people started becoming famous then people happily provided their own programming (videos). 

The stars of the first few days of MTV were Rod Stewart, April Wine, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Styx and The Pretenders. As much as possible I posted the original video that played 40 years ago.

The first couple of hours of Day 1 of MTV:

Sadly after a few years MTV decided to expand their programming and add actual shows to their lineup. One of the first shows was the game show turned on it's head, "Remote Control". The show hasn't aged well, but this show was pretty funny back in the day. Shout out to Kari Wuhrer:

18) Juice Newton "Angel of the Morning":

19) Lee Ritenour featuring Eric Tagg "Is It You":

20) Blondie "Rapture":

21) April Wine "Sign of the Gypsy Queen":

22) Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime":

23) Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)":

24) Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind":

25) .38 Special "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys":

26) Blondie "Heart Of Glass":

27) David Bowie "Fashion":

28) J. Geils Band "Love Stinks":

29) The Cars "Let's Go":

30) REO Speedwagon "Tough Guys":

31) The Michael Stanley Band "He Can't Love You":

32) Iron Maiden "Wrathchild":

33) Split Enz "One Step Ahead":

Filmed in historic Dodger Stadium, home of the defending World Series champs. 34) Fleetwood Mac

 "Tusk":

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(Started August 5th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Second CDs of All-Time

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When I stumbled across this idea on ranker.com, the first CD I thought of was Pearl Jam's "Vs." But all of these are at least very good CDs. I'm posting the best songs from each CD.

This blog will feature Blondie's "Parallel Lines"- which isn't quite as good as I remember- The Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock" and Alice In Chains "Dirt".

4) From Blondie's CD "Parallel Lines" this is "Hanging On The Telephone":

"One Way Or Another":

"Picture This":

"Heart of Glass":

"Sunday Girl":

5) From The Smashing Pumpkins" "Siamese Dream" this is "Cherub Rock":

"Today":

"Disarm":

"Geek USA":

"Spaceboy":

"Silverf":

6) From the Alice In Chains CD "Dirt", this is "Them Bones":

"Down In A Hole":

"Rooster":

"Dirt":

"Angry Chair":

"Would?":

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(Finished August 4th, 2021) Part 2 of Songs That I Never Tire Of

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These are songs that no matter how many times I hear them I don't get sick of them. Many times when I hear them I immediately want to listen to them again. Some songs just have that magic. Other than loving these songs there's no other connection. Some of these songs are older and some of these are much more recent.

How does this amazing song only have slightly over 4.6 million YouTube views? That's just not right.

18) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

Over 22.7 million YouTube views. 19) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All":

20) Lulu "To Sir With Love":

Slightly over 20.3 million YouTube views. 21) Barbra Streisand "The Way We Were":

Almost 17.6 million YouTube views. 22) Simon & Garfunkel "The Sounds of Silence":

Slightly over 280,000 YouTube views. 23) Boston "More Than A Feeling":

Only a little over 1.2 million YouTube views? Really? 24) Don McLean "American Pie":

A little over 3.2 million YouTube views. 25) Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train":

Only a bit over 2.8 million YouTube views for one of the greatest love songs of all-time? 26) The Commodores "Still":

Almost 57.5 million YouTube views, such a great song. 27) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

A little over 7.2 million YouTube views. 28) Culture Beat "Mr. Vain":

Just shy of 51,000,000 You Tube views. 29) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

This has almost 178,000,000 YouTube views, why does this have so many views than the iconic "Sunday Bloody Sunday"? 30) Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning":

I couldn't post the original video as the ending breaks my heart every time. This video only has 7,400 YouTube views. 31) James Ingram "Just Once":

32) Bruno Mars featuring Mark Ronson "Uptown Funk":

33) The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter":

34) Pearl Jam "Even Flow":

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(Finished August 4th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Second CDs of All-Time

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When I stumbled across this idea on ranker.com, the first CD I thought of was Pearl Jam's "Vs." But all of these are at least very good CDs. 

Right off the top of my head this might be the greatest second CD ever. I would have to do more research before I came to that conclusion. But I still remember the first time I listened to this CD I was absolutely blown away. I went from liking Pearl Jam to being a big fan. 1) Pearl Jam "Vs." A) "Go":

B) "Rearviewmirror":

C) "Leash":

D) "Rats":

E) "Daughter":

F) "Glorified G":

G) "WMA":

H) "Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town":

It's very appropriate my two favorite bands of all-time are on this same blog. There's also no surprise that both bands created amazing second CDs. 2) Led Zeppelin, the very creatively named "!!" (that's suppose to be roman numerals for 2). A) "Whole Lotta Love":

B) "What Is And What Should Never Be":

C) "Heartbreaker":

D) Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)":

E) "Ramble On":

F) "The Lemon Song":

Three of the best bands of all time, and the highlights of their second CDs, all on this one blog. 

3) The Doors "Strange Days": A) "Strange Days":

B) "Love Me Two Times":

C) "People Are Strange":

D) "When The Music's Over":

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(Finished August 3rd, 2021) Part 1 of the Best Intros/ Beginnings of Songs

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These are the songs with the best intros/ beginnings. Thanks to MusicRadar.com and ultimate-guitar.com for many of these songs.

1) The Cure "Just Like Heaven":

Perhaps the best intro/beginning to a song ever? 2) Steely Dan "Hey 19":

This song has a great beginning, middle and ending- just a magnificent song. 3) Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On":

4) Prince "Let's Go Crazy":

5) Michael Jackson "Billie Jean":

6) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "Born To Run":

7) Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out":

8) The Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone":

9) Ram Jam "Black Betty":

10) Outkast "Hey Ya":

11) Big & Rich "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)":

12) Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Cinnamon Girl";

13) Black Sabbath "Iron Man":

14) ZZ Top "La Grange":

15) Aerosmith "Come Together":

16) The Rolling Stones "Start Me Up":

17) U2 "Pride (In The Name of Love)":

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(Finished August 2nd, 2021) The Glory of Falling In Love: Part 6: Songs 94-118

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I'm continuing a series of blogs that I started writing in . I know I have a lot of unfinished blogs out there. With some extra time this weekend I was hoping to finish a few. Which in this case I completely failed I instead came up with a new blog in a continuing series. These songs deal with all sorts of love, both the good and the bad.

I started this specific blog on October, 2019 and finished it today, August 2nd, 2021.

The best love songs of Roxette: 94) "Listen To Your Heart":

What happens when you fall out of love. The line "It must have been love, but it's over now" gets me every time. Although sad, this is one of the most beautiful songs of all-time. 95) "It Must Have Been Love":

96) "Joyride":

97) "The Look":

The best love songs of Lifehouse 98) "Only One":

99) "You And Me":

100) "Halfway Gone":

101) "Breathing":

102) "Hanging By A Moment":

103) "By Your Side":

104) "All In":

The best love songs of Chicago. 105) "Along Comes A Woman":

106) "Only You":

107) "Stay The Night":

108) "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love":

109) "We Can Last Forever":

110) "Hard Habit To Break":

111) "What Kind of Man Would I Be":

112) "Wishing You Were Here":

113) "If She Would Have Been Faithful":

114) "Love Me Tomorrow":

115) "You're The Inspiration":

Peter Cetera 116) "Glory of Love":

117) With Amy Grant "Next Time I Fall":

118) With Cher "After All":

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(Finished August 1st, 2021) Part 1 of Songs That I Never Get Tired With

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These are songs that no matter how many times I hear them I don't get sick of them. Many times when I hear them I immediately want to listen to them again. Some songs just have that magic. Other than loving these songs there's no other connection. Some of these songs are older and some of these are much more recent.

 This has 5,404, 813,626 views, yes that's over 5 Billion YouTube views. 1) Ed Sheeran "Shape Of You":

A little over 5,000,000 views. 2) The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl":

About 13,600,000 YouTube views. 3) The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

Almost 264,500,000 YouTube views. 3) Olivia Rodrigo "Driver's License":

196, 640 YouTube views. 4) Frank Sinatra "Mack The Knife":

I still have yet find the definitive version of this song, but this is the closest version so far. Almost 6 million YouTube views. 5) Rufus Wainwright "Hallelujah":

29,400,000 + YouTube views. 6) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town":

Over 26.5 million YouTube views. 7) Little Big Town "Boondocks":

Only 17.9 million YouTube views for this video, I would have guessed a lot more. 8) Peter Cetera "The Glory of Love":

32, 200,000 YouTube views. 9) Bananarama "Cruel Summer":

Over 48,000,000 YouTube views. 10) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

Just slightly over 141,000,000 YouTube views. 11) The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive":

Over 530 million YouTube views. 12) Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2":

Just shy of 9 million YouTube views. 13) ZZ Ward "Put The Gun Down":

Just a tidge over 47,000,000 YouTube vies. 14) The Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor":

This song just barely passed the 400 million YouTube views, just about 87,000 views over that milestone. 15) Oasis "Wonderwall":

Well on their way to a billion views, currently this song has 652 million YouTube views. 

16) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City":

A bit over 18,300,000 YouTube views. 17) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About It":

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