(Finished September 12th, 2021) Selected Best Long Songs Part 1: Songs 1-17 Meat Loaf, The Doors And Others

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By long song, it has to be at least 7:00. To be a great long song and to last that long is quite a skill. Here are some of my favorite long songs. First up ten long songs by Meat Loaf, he's the king of the long song. The number in the () is the length of the specific track.

1) "I'd Do Anything For Love" (11:59):

2) "Bat Out Of Hell (9:54)":

3) "Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (7:42):

4) "For Crying Out Loud" (8:55)

5) "Paradise By A Dashboard Light" (8:25):

6) "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" (8:30):

7) "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" (7:59):

8) "Out of the Frying Pan (Into The Fire)" (7:18):

9) "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" (7:37):

10) "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" (7:39):

11) The Doors "When The Music's Over (Live In Hollywood)" (12:52):

12) The Doors "The End" (11:45):

Over 8 minutes of disco heaven. 13) Barbra Striesand and Donna Summer "No More Tears" (8:27):

14) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage" (7:12):

15) Paul Hardcastle "19 (Destruction Mix)" (7:14):

From the musical "Come From Away". 16) "28 Hours/Wherever We Are" (7:33):

17) Def Leppard "Gods of War (Viva Hysteria)":

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(Finished September 11th, 2021) Part 3 of Neneh Cherry, Tracy Chapman And Similar Kind of Singers During A Certain Time

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Sometimes I'm not sure where my ideas for blogs come, for instance this entire blog. I have no idea where this idea came from. For some reason I was thinking about Neneh Cherry and Tracy Chapman and thought maybe I should build a blog around those. I started working on that and what you see before you is Part 1 of at least a 5 blog series. For the very few of you that look at my blog thank you so much. I hope you get something of value from it. I do put a lot of effort into it.

With this blog I'm focusing on musicians from about about 1985 to 1995. These are musicians that weren't the biggest stars but still had a few hits. These are songs that are generally in the dance genre. I tried to stay away from one hit wonders. Although ultimately I did go with a few one hit wonders.

35) Soul 2 Soul "Get A Life":

36) Terence Trent D'arby "Wishing Well":

37) Jody Watley "Looking For A New Love":

38) Paula Abdul "Rush Rush":

39) DNA featuring Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner":

40) Shiela E "A Love Bizarre":

41) Ready For The World "Oh Shiela":

42) Expose "When I Looked at Him":

43) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "All Cried Out":

Damn Downtown Julie Brown was so annoying. 44) Neneh Cherry "Kisses On The Wind":

45) Samantha Fox "I Surrender To The Spirt of the Night":

46) Tracy Chapman "If Not Now":

47) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine "Anything For You":

48) Kim Wilde "Kids In America":

49) C+C Music Factory "Here We Go Let's Rock Roll":

                                             

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(Finished 9/11/2021) Part 2 of The Best 9/11 Songs and The Best Sad Songs (Is There A Difference?)

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I went and saw Little Big Town in concert last night and they were great. THAT'S what I wanted to write about. However......

I didn't want to write this blog. But after reading so many heart felt tributes I wanted to add to that growing list of thoughts. I've compiled a list of the best 9/11 songs and the best sad songs. Those two things aren't that dissimilar. I'm going to alternate the sad songs with the 9/11 songs, see if you can tell the difference.

I couldn't find a better video for this song. 18) Juliana Hatfield "Hole In The Sky":

19) Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair":

20) James "Hey Ma":

21) Pink "What About Us":

22) Hank Williams Jr. "America Will Survive":

23) Fleetwood Mac "Landslide":

24) Daryl Worley "Have You Forgotten":

25) Elton John "Candle In The Wind":

26) My Chemical Romance "Turnstiles and Skylines":

27) U2 "With or Without You":

28)The Low Anthem  "Boeing 737":

29) Sarah McLachlan "I Will Remember":

30) John Hiatt "When New York Had Her Heart Broke":

31) Gary Jules "Mad World":

32) Bruce Springsteen "Lonesome Day":

33) Pearl Jam "Black":

34) Bruce Springsteen "Waitin' On A Sunny Day":

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(Finished 9/11/2021) Part 1 of The Best 9/11 Songs and The Best Sad Songs (Is There A Difference?)

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I went and saw Little Big Town in concert last night and they were great. THAT'S what I wanted to write about. However......

I didn't want to write this blog. But after reading so many heart felt tributes I wanted to add to that growing list of thoughts. I've compiled a list of the best 9/11 songs and the best sad songs. Those two things aren't that dissimilar. I'm going to alternate the sad songs with the 9/11 songs, see if you can tell the difference.

This tribute to Syd Barrett could also serve as a tribute to all the victims of 9/11 and their families.

1) Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here":

2) Bruce Springsteen "The Rising":

3) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

4) The Weepies "Safe As Houses":

5) Elton Johns "Sad Songs (Say So Much)":

How Mary Chapin Carpenter came to write the below song. 6) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Grand Central Station":

7) Billy Ocean "There Will Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)":

8) Neil Young "Let's Roll":

9) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness":

Actually written before 9/11 but still a great tribute to New York, warts and all. This video was shot four days before of the momentous events of 9/11. 10) Ryan Adams "New York New York":

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

12) Leonard Cohen "On That Day":

13) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

14) The Cranberries "New New York":

15) Massive Attack "Teardrop":

16) Ministry "Lies Lies Lies":

17) Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer":

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(Finished September 10th, 2021) Part 2 of Neneh Cherry, Tracy Chapman And The Similar Kind of Singers Of A Certain Time

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Sometimes I'm not sure where my ideas for blogs come, for instance this entire blog. I have no idea where this idea came from. For some reason I was thinking about Neneh Cherry and Tracy Chapman and thought maybe I should build a blog around those. I started working on that and what you see before you is Part 1 of at least a 5 blog series. For the very few of you that look at my blog thank you so much. I hope you get something of value from it. I do put a lot of effort into it.

With this blog I'm focusing on musicians from about about 1985 to 1995. These are musicians that weren't the biggest stars but still had a few hits. These are songs that are generally in the dance genre. I tried to stay away from one hit wonders. Although ultimately I did go with a few one hit wonders.

18) Lisa Stansfield "Never Never Gonna Give You Up":

19) Soul 2 Soul "Keep On Movin'":

20) Expose "Exposed To Love":

21) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Wonder If I Take You Home":

22) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

23) Tracy Chapman "Talkin' About A Revolution":

24) Natalie Merchant "What's The Matter Here":

25) Suzanne Vega "Left of Center":

26) Bananarama "I Can't Help It":

27) Neneh Cherry "Manchild":

28) Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)":

29) "Tell Me When":

30) "Conga":

31) LL Cool J "I Need Love":

32) "Don't You Want Me":

33) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine "Bad Boy":

From one of the greatest debut CDs ever. 34) Tracy Chapman "Across The Lines":

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(Finished September 8th, 2021) Part 1 of Neneh Cherry, Tracy Chapman And The Similar Kind of Singers Of A Certain Time

Hello,

Sometimes I'm not sure where my ideas for blogs come, for instance this entire blog. I have no idea where this idea came from. For some reason I was thinking about Neneh Cherry and Tracy Chapman and thought maybe I should build a blog around those. I started working on that and what you see before you is Part 1 of at least a 5 blog series. For the very few of you that look at my blog thank you so much. I hope you get something of value from it. I do put a lot of effort into it.

With this blog I'm focusing on musicians from about about 1985 to 1995. These are musicians that weren't the biggest stars but still had a few hits. These are songs that are generally in the dance genre. I tried to stay away from one hit wonders. Although ultimately I did go with a few one hit wonders.

1) Lisa Stansfield "All Around The World":

2) Yaz "Situation":

3) Natalie Merchant "Carnival":

4) Suzanne Vega "Solitude Standing":

5) Shawn Colvin "Sonny Came Home":

6) Bananarama "Cruel Summer":

7) Expose "Come Go With Me":

8) Lisa Stansfield "You Can't Deny It":

9) Terence Trent D'arby "Sign Your Name":

10) Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait":

11) Alison Moyet "Invisible":

12) Indigo Girls "Closer To Fine":

13) Jesse Johnson "Be Your Man":

14) Shiela E Glamorous Life":

15) The Time "Jungle Love":

16) "Tell Me Why":

17) Klymaxx "Meeting In The Ladies Room":

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(Finished September 7th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best of Drums In Music

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I'm still working on that series of blogs about the best of guitar rock, but I decided to expand a bit today. I want to do this series of the best drum songs. Songs where clearly the drums are the highlight of the song.

Obviously this is the first song I thought of. 1) Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight":

Is John Henry Bonham the greatest drummer ever? I don't know about that, but he's got to be in the top 5. 2) Led Zeppelin "Moby Dick":

3) Rush "Tom Sawyer":

4) Rush "YYZ":

5) Judas Priest "Painkiller":

6) Van Halen "Hot For Teacher":

7) Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-La-Vida":

8) Led Zeppelin "Rock and Roll":

9) Steely Dan "Aja":

10) The Who "My Generation":

11) The White Stripes "7 Nation Army":

12) The Ventures "Wipe Out":

13) Duran Duran ""Girls On Film":

14) Def Leppard "Hysteria":

Bonham didn't quite know how to handle celebrity and drank himself to death. What other amazing things  could have he created if he had only lived past the age of 32. Led Zeppelin broke up because of his death. Maybe Led Zeppelin would have created more masterpieces? Anyway it's still a tragedy that Bonham died so young. People are still thinking about you John Henry Bonham. 15) Led Zeppelin "When The Levee Breaks":

16) Dave Brubeck "Take Five":

I liked this video so much that I included it twice, however it's by two different bands. 17) Surfaris "Wipe Out":

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