(Finished April 2nd, 2022) Part 1 of themusicaddict's Top 70 Eighties Songs on My iTunes

Hello,

I did this as mostly an exercise for myself. I wanted to see how and which 80s songs I listened to most and I didn't know what to expect. I was surprised by the #1 song. It's a great song, but how did it get to #1? This is influenced by how long the song has been on my iTunes, what concerts I've gone to see and some of the songs downloaded from my iPod twice. That's the main factor why the #1 song is the most played. It's also clear that how much I like a song has relatively little bearing on how many songs it's played.

I'm also going to post the video for the song that I would have predicted would have been my most played song if I had been asked.

This is one of three AC/DC songs on this list. The song that is my most played AC/DC song is a song that doesn't surprise me at all. I will get to that later on. 70) AC/DC "Hells Bells" Year: 1980, 41 plays:

My third most played 80s AC/DC song "You Shook Me All Night Long":

My fourth most played 80s AC/DC song "Meanstreak", I'm so surprised this song has 28 iTunes listens. I mean it's a good song, but it's not even in my Top 20 favorite songs.

My fifth and sixth most played 80s songs "For Those To About To Rock (We Salute You)", it has 26 and 25 listens. 

This song has 42 listens. and it's no surprise it's my most played Y&T song. 69) Y&T "Summertime Girls" Year: 1985, 42 plays:

My next highest played Y&T song is "Brothers In Arms", which has 11 listens. But there are no YouTube videos for that, so here's "Lipstick and Leather":

68) Van Halen "Unchained": Year: 1987, 42 plays

I would have predicted possibly my most played songs would have been one of these three songs. "Black and Blue", which is my second most played Van Halen 80s song with 38 listens.

This is my 11th and 12th most played Van Halen song at 24 and 22 listens. "Finish What Ya Started":

I would have also expected "Cabo Wabo" to be at least near my most played Van Halen songs. But it's only my 25th highest played Van Halen song with 12 listens.

I would have predicted that his duet with Linda Ronstadt "Somewhere Out There" would be #1, but then I remember it's not even on my iTunes. I'm not buying a whole CD for just one song. What an amazing song. 67) James Ingram "Just Once": Year: 1981, 42 plays:

James Ingram and Linda Ronstadt "Somewhere Out There":

There is no way I would have predicted that this would by my most played 80s Prince song. It's a great jam from the "Batman" movie, but it's still not the amazing "When Doves Cry".

66) Prince "Trust": Year: 1989,  42 plays:

38 listens. "Baby I'm A Star":

32 listens. "When Doves Cry":

27 listens. "Take Me With You":

26 listens "Kiss":

Almost 32 million views. 25 listens "Little Red Corvette":

Only 22 million YouTube views? That's a damn disgrace. 21 listens "Let's Go Crazy":

themusicaddict

(Finished March 31st, 2022) Part 4 of Songs Rocking My iPod That I Need To Hear More

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Not all of these songs are currently on my iPod, although some of them are. Some of them have been on my iPod in the past and some of them might be in the future. These are lesser known songs that I don't think get enough love. Not that many people read my blog, but I do want to give these great songs as much exposure as possible. 

And yes I still do have an iPod, it's music without the distractions of an iPhone.

52) Big Country "In A Big Country":

"I'm no sweet dream, but I'm a hell of a night". 53) Halsey "Nightmare":

54) Dua Lipa "Genesis":

55) Bruce Hornsby and The Range "Mandolin Rain":

56) The Aces "Zillionaire":

57) The Smiths "This Charming Man":

58) The Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere":

59) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant:

60) Def Leppard "Women":

61) Liz Phair "Rock Me":

62) Black Eyed Peas "Rock That Body":

63) Whitney Houston "Love Is A Contact Sport":

64) Diana Krall "Let's Fall In Love":

65) Conal Fowkes "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)":

66) Norah Jones "Come Away With Me":

67) Sting "Fields of Gold":

68) Pearl Jam "Wishlist";

themusicaddict

(Finished March 30th, 2022) Part 7 of Sleazy and/or Crunchy Rock

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Inspired by the first episode of "Peacemaker" and it's mid-level hair metal soundtrack I wanted to post a blog about crunchy and sleazy rock songs. I found quite a few songs from Leighton and Tracey Stead's 80's and 90's Glam Sleaze and Rock 'N Roll YouTube collection of videos.

As for the "Peacemaker" show there's a lot of language and sexual storylines. I was less than impressed by the first episode. I wasn't much impressed with "Peacemaker", but new to Prime is "Reacher". I watched the first three episodes of it the other night. It was plenty of action and Reacher is much easier to root for than shallow Peacemaker. 

Rock On!!!!

103) Jackyl "Down On Me":

104) Great White "Once Bitten, Twice Shy":

105) Danger Danger "Naughty Naughty":

106) Britny Fox "Long Way To Love":

107) Kiss "Heaven's On Fire":

108) Faster Pussycat "Don't Change That Song":

109) Faster Pussycat "Bathroom Wall":

110) Kiss "Strutter":

111) Warrant "Down Boys":

 112) Heart "Barracuda":

113) Winger "Seventeen":

114) Danger Danger "Bang Bang":

115) Honeymoon Suite "Feel It Again":

116) Poison "Unskinny Bop":

117) Winger "Seventeen":

118) Enuff Z'nuff "Fly High Michelle":

119) Trixter "One In A Million":

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(Finished March 29th, 2022) The Best Twenty Four Songs of 1959

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I've been wanting to do a blog series like this for awhile. I will pick five or more songs from 1953 to 2022. I would've started an earlier year but I'm not very familiar with songs of the years up to 1952. In 1952 I was still 15 years from being born, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge. 1953 is the first year I actually know six songs by title alone. I'll be posting anywhere between five to ten to who knows songs for each year. As these blogs continue I find more songs that I can't find a reason to leave off the list. So much for the five to ten songs for each year.

1959, Part 1:

From that perfectly sung "they", this song is a classic in every way possible. 1) The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

2) Johnny Horton "Ballad of New Orleans":

3) Elvis Presley "Now and Then There's A Fool Such As I":

4) Frankie Avalon "Venus":

5) Bobby Darin "Dream Lover":

6) Lloyd Price "(You've Got) Personality":

7) Ray Charles "What I'd Say":

8) Wilbert Harrison "Kansas City":

9) Paul Anka "Put Your Head On My Shoulder":

10) The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes For You":

1959, Part 2:

11) The Coasters "Charlie Brown":

12) Marty Robbins "El Paso":

13) The Everly Brothers "Till I Kissed You":

14) Dion & The Belmonts "A Teenager In Love":

15) Sam Cooke "Only Sixteen":

16) Skyliners "Since I Don't Have You":

17) The Crests "16 Candles":

18) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

19) The Coasters "Poison Ivy":

20) Fats Domino "I Want To Walk You Home":

21) The Coasters "Along Came Jones":

22) Craig Douglas "Only Sixteen":

23) Lloyd Price "Stagger Lee":

24) The Browns "The Three Bells":

themusicaddict

(Finished March 28th, 2022) The Best Twenty Songs of 1958

Hello,

I've been wanting to do a blog series like this for awhile. I will pick five or more songs from 1953 to 2022. I would've started an earlier year but I'm not very familiar with songs of the years up to 1952. In 1952 I was still 15 years from being born, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge. 1953 is the first year I actually know six songs by title alone. I'll be posting anywhere between five to ten to who knows songs for each year. As these blogs continue I find more songs that I can't find a reason to leave off the list. So much for the five to ten songs for each year.

1958, Part 1)

1) Domenico Modugno "Volare":

2) Champs "Tequila":

3) The Everly Brothers "Bird Dog":

4) The Everly Brothers "All I Have To Do Is Dream":

5) Connie Francis "Who's Sorry Now":

6) Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues":

7) The Platters "Twilight Time":

8) The Coasters "Yakety Yak":

9) Peggy Lee "Fever":

10) Bip Bopper "Chantilly Lace":

1958, Part 2):

1) David Seville "Witch Doctor":

2) "Poor Little Fool":

3) The Chordettes "Lollipop":

4) Bobby Day  "Rockin' Robin":

5) "Good Golly Miss Molly":

6) Dion & The Belmonts "I Wonder Why":

7) Sheb Wooley "Purple People Eater":

8) "Bobby Darin Splish Splash":

9) The Monotones "Book of Love":

10) Danny and the Jrs. "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay":

themusicaddict

(Finished March 27th, 2022) Part 3 of Great Songs From "Cold Case"

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Guess which show I watched a couple of episodes tonight? Nope not that show, it was "Cold Case".  :)

"Cold Case" was a law procedural TV series from 2003-2010. The show is on HBO Max and Roku TV. I'm so glad that it's back. It was one of my favorite shows when it was first broadcast and it's still one of my favorite shows. What a great cast, starting with the lovely Kathryn Morris. Other great actors include Justin Chambers, Danny Pino, John Finn,  Jeremy Ratchford and Thom Barry. Great stories, great actors and great characters. One of the best things is how well the show mixes music in with the stories. That excellent mixing of story and music are able to make both better. Here are some of the best songs featured in season one. 

Thanks to tunefind.com for these songs. If you want to find out the title to any song from a movie or TV show just head over to tunefind.com. I've used that website many times for this blog and to answer my own questions.

These songs are from Season 1, episodes 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14.

The way this song closed out Season 1, episode 8 "Fly Away" is masterful. Again the mix of music and the stories is amazing. 40) DJ Sammy featuring Yanou & Do "Heaven":

41) Smash Mouth "Walkin' On The Sun":

42) Blessid Union of Souls "I Believe":

43) Adam Ant "Wonderful":

44) Lisa Loeb "Stay (I Missed You)":

The second best song of Oasis. 45) Oasis "Don't Look Back In Anger":

46) Garbage "The World Is Not Enough":

47) Michael Levine "The Professor":

48) Jackson Browne "Running On Empty":

49) Supertramp "The Logical Song":

50) Paul Simon "Slip Sliding Away":

51) Genesis "Follow Me, Follow You":

52) Ella Fitzgerald "Blue Moon":

53) The Everly Brothers "All I Have To Do Is To Dream":

54) Patsy Cline "Walkin' After Midnight":

55) Ricky Nelson "Poor Little Fool":

56) Ricky Nelson "Lonesome Town":

57) "Sister Vivian's Flashback":

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(Finished Sunday, March 27th, 2022) Part 1 of The Best of "I" Songs

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There's no I in team, but there these songs all feature I in the title. So far 95% of the songs that I have found the I in the title is the first letter. I really have looked for songs with I in the title other than the first letter. I noticed that P!nk who doesn't used i in her name seems to have the most song titles with i in them.

Speaking of I, I love this song. 1) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

2) James Ingram "I Don't Have The Heart":

3) Ozzy Osbourne "I Don't Know":

4) Black Box "I Don't Know About Anybody Else":

One of the very few songs that has an I in the middle of the title. However this song also has a title at the start of the song. 5) R.E.M. "I Don't Sleep, I Dream":

6) Total Coelo "I Eat Cannibals":

7) Prince "I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man":

One of my favorite I songs of all-time. 8) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":

9) The Cutting Crew "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight":

10) George Michael and Aretha Franklin "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me":

11) Sara Evans "I Keep Looking":

12) Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble":

13) Andy Gibb "I Just Want To Be Your Everything":

14) Rare Earth "I Just Want To Celebrate":

15) Sldghmr "I Just Want You To Know":

16) Marc Chesnutt "I Just Wanted You To Know":

17) Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)":

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