(Finished November 26th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best Songs of 1977

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This blog is mostly inspired by a book I saw yesterday at Target. I loved the title of the book, which is "I Heard It In A Love Song". That of course reminded me of the classic Marshall Tucker Band song. I knew I needed to hear that song again. I then took it further and decided to build a whole blog around it. I focused on 1961 yesterday. Today I'm focusing on 1977, it was an amazing year for music.

I spent more time than I should have to made sure all of these songs were released in 1977. If I am wrong on any it is my fault. I was trying to keep these songs in alphabetical order and I was pretty close, except for songs here.

35) Shaun Cassidy "Da Doo Ron Ron":

36) Shaun Cassidy "That's Rock And Roll":

37) Cheap Trick "Oh Candy":

This song was released as a single in 1977 and didn't chart. But the song soared to #7 when it was released as a single from Cheap Trick At Budakon. But before that it was released as a studio track. Wow, I had no idea how much better the live version is. 38) Cheap Trick "I Want You Want Me":

The live and much better version of "I Want You To Want Me":

39) C.J. and Company "Devil's Gun":

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

41) The Commodores "Brick House":

42) The Commodores "Easy":

43) Rita Coolidge "We're All Alone":

44) Rita Coolidge "You Love Has Lifted":

These two songs are out of alphabetical order as I duplicated some songs by the Commodores. 45) Tammy Wynette "Let's Get Together One Last Time":

46) Tammy Wynette "One Of A Kind":

47) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)":

48) Billy "Crash" Craddock "The First Time":

49) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Just A Song Before I Go":

50) Dave & Sugar "Don't Throw It All Away":

51) Dave & Sugar "I'm Knee Deep In Loving You":

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(Finished November 23rd, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Songs of 1962

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With 2022 rapidly approaching I thought I would review the best songs of 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2012. I would have gone back further but I know very few songs from either 1942 or 1952. If a song was a significant chart factor in two years I will include that song in both years.

These songs are the best songs of 1962, not the biggest hits. A lot of great songs never become a hit. 

Also the biggest pop culture trend of the early 60s was the twist dance. From the Chubby Checker classic song came a whole slew of imitators. You'll notice those twist songs throughout this entire blog series. Chubby Checker's "The Twist" went to #1 in 1960. Then it went back to number 1 in 1962. The only song of the rock era to go to #1 in two different years. 

1) Eddy Arnold "You Slipped A Little Heartache In On Me":

2) The Beach Boys "409":

3) The Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari":

4) The Beach Boys "Ten Little Indians":

5) The Beatles "Love Me Do":

6) Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco":

7) Blue Bells "I Sold My Heart To The Junkman":

8) Pat Boone "Speedy Gonzales":

9) Brook Benton "Hit Record":

10) Brook Benton "Lie To Me":

11) Brook Benton "Shadrack"

12) Brook Benton "Walk On The Wild Side":

13) Gary "U.S." Bonds "Dear Lady Twist":

14) Gary "U.S." Bonds "Twist Twist Senora":

15) Solomon Burke "Cry To Me":

The actual song starts about the 30 second mark. 16) Freddy Cannon "Palisades Park":

17) Johnny Cash (With The Carter Family) "Busted":

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(Finished November 21st, 2021) Part 1 of Peaceful Songs

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Here are some peaceful songs for your Sunday.

1) "If You Could Hie To Kolob":

Obviously. 2) Cat Stevens "Peace Train": 

3) The Youngbloods "Get Together":

4) Jackie DeShannon "What The World Needs Now":

5) Curtis Mayfield "People Get Ready":

6) Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World":

The Christmas season is here and themusicaddict loves Christmas music. This is my warning for the next few weeks. 

7) Jeremy Fisher "Snowflakes":

8) Stevie Nicks "Silent Night":

9) Whitney Houston "Do You Hear What I Hear":

This is the very epitome of peaceful songs. 10) Celtic Woman "What Child Is This?":

11) 4Him "A Strange Way To Save The World":

12) Alexander Jean featuring Casey Abrams "We Three Kings":

13) Michael Crawford "Mary Did You Know?":

14) Peter Tchaikovsky "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy":

15) Celine Dion "O Holy Night":

16) Dionne Warwick "I Say A Little Prayer":

17) Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair":

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(Finished November 20th, 2021) Part 7 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

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Another Greatest Songs of All-Time issued from on high by Rolling Stone magazine. I love that magazine and have been a subscriber since approximately the early 80s. I understand that a lot of people have different tastes in music. That's the best way it should be, but as with all opinions I have my own opinions. Just as fervently I agree with some of their choices I also disagree with some of their choices. Currently I'm working on my Top 100 Songs of All-Time and honorable mentions. There are just some songs that I can't not include in the Greatest Songs of All-Time. I started with 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. That has now worked up to about 205 songs and will continue to rise. For this blog I'm going to focus on the actual Greatest Songs Of All Time, not the honorable mentions. These are songs that are ranked outside of my Top 100. 

These lists are very fluid. Most of these songs could have also been in my All-Time Top 100 if only I had thought of them earlier. There are probably about 300 to 500 songs that will always be in my GSOAT. Again these are GSOAT, just outside my Top 100 GSOAT.

One of the very rare times someone has made a Simon and Garfunkel song better. 203) The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter":

204) Mariah Carey "Someday":

205) Stan Ridgway "Camouflage":

206) Seal "Kiss From A Rose":

207) Gnarls Barkley "Crazy":

208) Madonna and Antonio Banderas "Goodnight and Thank You":

209) Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft":

210) Montgomery Gentry "Roll With Me":

211) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Southern Cross":

212) Daughtry "Over You":

213) Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":

It's specifically this version of the song that's one of the greatest songs of all-time. 214) Eric Clapton "Layla":

215) Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning":

216) Chris DeBurgh "Lady In Red":

217) Kylie Minogue "The Loco-motion":

 Bruce Springsteen featuring young and cute Courtney Cox before she got way too much work done. 218) "Dancing In The Dark":

219) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

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(Finished November 20th, 2021) Part 6 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

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Another Greatest Songs of All-Time issued from on high by Rolling Stone magazine. I love that magazine and have been a subscriber since approximately the early 80s. I understand that a lot of people have different tastes in music. That's the best way it should be, but as with all opinions I have my own opinions. Just as fervently I agree with some of their choices I also disagree with some of their choices. Currently I'm working on my Top 100 Songs of All-Time and honorable mentions. There are just some songs that I can't not include in the Greatest Songs of All-Time. I started with 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. That has now worked up to about 205 songs and will continue to rise. For this blog I'm going to focus on the actual Greatest Songs Of All Time, not the honorable mentions. These are songs that are ranked outside of my Top 100. 

These lists are very fluid. Most of these songs could have also been in my All-Time Top 100 if only I had thought of them earlier. There are probably about 300 to 500 songs that will always be in my GSOAT. Again these are GSOAT, just outside my Top 100 GSOAT.

Yup, this song was only released this year, but it still is definitely a greatest song of all time. 186) The Pretty Reckless "Death By Rock and Roll":

Crank it loud!! 187) Andrew Lloyd Webber "Phantom Overture":

188) Brad Paisley "Ticks":

189) Mazzy Star "Fade Into You":

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

I know it's kinda silly, but still such a great song. 191) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

192) Little Big Town "Boondocks":

193) Elton John "I'm Still Standing":

194) Neil Diamond "America":

195) Sade "Never As Good As The First Time":

196) Nena "99 Luftballons":

197) The B-52's ""Strobe Light":

198) Blondie "Heart Of Glass":

199) 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry":

I'm really surprised this song is here also, but I heard it again and was reminded how great of a song it was. I love this song so much. 200) Bobby Pickett "Monster Mash":

201) Wilson Phillips "Hold On":

202) Enya "Orinico Flow (Sail Away)":

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(Finished November 18th, 2021) Part 5 of themusicaddict's Actual Greatest Songs Of All-Time (GSOAT)

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Another Greatest Songs of All-Time issued from on high by Rolling Stone magazine. I love that magazine and have been a subscriber since approximately the early 80s. I understand that a lot of people have different tastes in music. That's the best way it should be, but as with all opinions I have my own opinions. Just as fervently I agree with some of their choices I also disagree with some of their choices. Currently I'm working on my Top 100 Songs of All-Time and honorable mentions. There are just some songs that I can't not include in the Greatest Songs of All-Time. I started with 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. That has now worked up to about 205 songs and will continue to rise. For this blog I'm going to focus on the actual Greatest Songs Of All Time, not the honorable mentions. These are songs that are ranked outside of my Top 100. 

These lists are very fluid. Most of these songs could have also been in my All-Time Top 100 if only I had thought of them earlier. There are probably about 300 to 500 songs that will always be in my GSOAT. Again these are GSOAT, just outside my Top 100 GSOAT.

169) The Chicks "Not Ready To Make Nice":

170) Alicia Keys "Fallin'":

171) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out":

172) Shontelle "Impossible":

173) Jason Mraz "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)":

174) Big & Rich "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy":

175) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

176) Death Cab For Cutie "We Looked Like Giants":

177) Rascal Flatts "These Days":

178) AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap":

179) Modern English "Melt With You":

180) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

181) Bobby Brown "Every Little Step":

182) Steely Dan "Hey 19":

183) Soundgarden "Spoonman":

184) Styx "Best of Times":

185) N'Sync "Bye Bye Bye":

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(Started November 17th, 2021) Please Let's Not Ban Books Or Songs

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Recent pushes in Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah to ban books- some even suggest burning books- scare the hell out of me. Please let's not ban any books or songs, that even applies to crap like "Fifty Shades of Grey". If you want to find out more why these songs were banned then feel free to research on your own. But the best way to ban a song is to turn off the radio.

1) Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing":

2) The Who "My Generation":

3) Lady Gaga "Judas":

4) Abba "Waterloo":

5) Madonna "Justify My Love":

6) George Michael "I Want Your Sex":

7) Loretta Lynn "The Pill":

8) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax":

9) Tom Petty "You Don't Know How It Feels":

10) The Housemartins "Flag Day":

11) John Travolta "Greased Lightning":

12) Shirelles "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow":

13) Madonna "Like A Prayer":

14) Lady Gaga "Lovegame":

15) The Kinks "Lola":

16) Rage Against The Machine "Take The Power Back":

17) "Give Peace A Chance":

18) Nancy Sinatra "Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)":

19) XTC "Dear God":

20) Nine Inch Nails "Happiness In Slavery":

21) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes":

22) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas":

23) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

24) Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl":

25) Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night":

26) The Shangri Las "Leader of The Pack":

27) The Doors "Love Me Two Times":

28) The Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian":

29) Garth Brooks "We Shall Be Free":

30) Lady Gaga "Born This Way":

31) Whitesnake "In The Still of The Night":

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