(Finished April 13th, 2022) Part 4 of themusicaddict's Top 70 Eighties Songs on My iTunes

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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.

I would have predicted "Greatest Love of All" or "Saving All My Love For You" would have been my most played 80s Whitney Houston song. In case you're wondering "I Will Always Love You" is only my 35th most played Whitney Houston song. My fifth through second most played 80s Whitney songs are 5) "Greatest Love of All": with 25 listens:

4) "Do You Hear What I Hear?" has 26 listens:

3) "How Will I Know" (and "Didn't We Almost Have It All" a second time. Both have 28 listens:

2) "Didn't We Almost Have It All" with 36 listens:

55) Whitney Houston "So Emotional" Year 1987, 44 plays:

I don't have this song on my iTunes, but I wanted to give "AFOS" at least a fourth song. This isn't a terrible song and it's also the first time I have heard it. "The More You Live, The More You Love":

I would have guessed "I Ran (So Far Away) would have been my most played AFOS song of any decade. My fourth through second most played 80s AFOS songs. 

 The incredibly beautiful Jennifer Connelly fits perfectly with this song. 4) "Space Age Love Song" has 5 listens:

3) "I Ran (So Far Away)" has 9 listens. See below.

2) "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph)" with 10 listens:

 54) A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)" Year 1982, 44 plays:

I would have guessed that "The Last In Line" would have been my most played 80s Dio song. My fifth through second most played Dio songs are:

5) "Last In Line" has 27 listens:

4) "Hungry For Heaven" has 30 listens:

3) "Holy Diver" has 31 listens:

2) "Rainbow In The Dark" has 32 listens:

53) Dio "One Night In The City": Year 1984, 44 plays:

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(Started April 12th, 2022) Part 3 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.

"Rhythm Nation" is both my #1 and #2 most played Janet Jackson 80s song, it has 49 and 44 listens. It's gained a few listens since I started this blog. It only had 43 blogs when I started working on this blog. 59) Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" Year: 1989, 43 plays:

"Nasty" is my 3rd and 4th most played 80s Janet Jackson song with 39 and 31 listens:

"What Have You Done For Me Lately" is my fifth most played 80s Janet Jackson song, it has 22 listens:

I definitely thought "Black Cat" would have been much higher, it is my sixth most played 80s Janet Jackson song with 13 listens:

58) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City" Year: 1987, 43 plays:

I would've guessed either the above song, "Mr. Brownstone":

or "Welcome To The Jungle" would have been my most played G N' R 80s song: 

Indeed "Paradise City" is #1 and "Mr. Brownstone" is my second most played 80s Guns N' Roses song. It has 41 listens.

Surprisingly "Think About You" is #3 in that category, it has 38 listens:

While "Welcome To The Jungle" is my sixth most played 80s Guns N' Roses song, my fourth most played 80s Guns N' Roses song is the excellent "Nightrain", it has 37 listens:

My second through fifth played 80s Clash songs are 2) "I Fought The Law" with 41 listens:

 3 and 4) "Train In Vain" with 38 and 27 listens:

 and 5) "Rock The Casbah" with 23 listens: 

57) The Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" Year: 1982, 43 plays:

Right off the top of my head I would have had no clue what my second most played 80s Clash song would be. However when I saw what song it was there was no surprise. "Rock the Casbah" is my second and third most played 80s Clash song, it has 23 and 14 listens.

56) ZZ Top "Tubesnake Boogie", Year: 1981, 44 plays:

I would have predicted "Stages" would be my most played 80s ZZ Top song, but it's only second. "Stages" has 32 listens.

"Got Me Under Pressure" is my third most played 80s ZZ Top song, it has 30 listens:

These songs are tied for fourth place in this category, both songs have 9 listens, "I Got The Message":

"Dirty Dog":

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(Finished April 11, 2022) Part 9 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!!!!

137) Don Felder "Heavy Metal (Take A Ride)":

138) Santa Cruz "Drag Me Down":

139) Dust Bowl Jokies "Boots On Rocks Off"

140) Skid Row "18 & Life":

141) Ozzy Osbourne "Flying High Again":

142) Motley Crue "Smokin In The Boys Room":

143) Pat Benatar "Promises In The Dark":

144) Red Rider "Lunatic Fringe":

145) Kissin' Dynamite "Six Feet Under":

146) Band-Maid "Choose Me":

147) Rammstein "Du Hast":

148) Bang Camaro "Push, Push (Lady Lightning)":

149) Kiss "Let's Put The X in Sex":

149

150) Twisted Sister "I Wanna Rock":

151) Rammstein "Feuer Frei": 

152) H.E.A.T. "Rock Your Body":

153) Cinderella "Gypsy Road":

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(Finished April 11, 2022) Part 8 of Sleazy and/or Crunchy Rock

Hello,

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!!!!

120) King Kobra "Hunger":

121) Kik Tracee "Don't Need Rules":

122) Kik Tracee "Big Western Sky":

123) Wrathchild or Wrathchild America  "Climbing The Walls":

124) Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartache":

125) AC/DC "Girls Got Rhythm":

126) Poison "Fallen Angel":

127) Warrant "32 Pennies":

128) Ratt "You Should Know By Now":

129) Cinderella "Shake Me":

130) Cinderella "The More Things Change":

131) Kiss "Calling Dr. Love":

132) Kiss "Christine Sixteen":

133) Warrant "I Saw Red":

134) Wig Wam "Do You Wanna Taste It":

135) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

136) The Poodles "One Night Of Passion":

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(Finished April 10th, 2022) Part 3 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 use i in her name seems to have the most song titles with i in them.

35) Miley Cyrus "I Can't Be Tamed":

36) Melissa Etheridge "I Could Have Been You":

37) The White Stripes "I Can't Wait":

38) Keith Whitley "I Wonder Do You Think of Me":

39) Hey Monday "I Don't Wanna Dance":

40) Elton John " I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That":

41) Dino "I Like It":

42) Tom T. Hall "I Love":

43) The Skyliners "Since I Don't Have You":

44) Randy Newman "I Love L.A.":

45) Eddie Rabbitt "I Love A Rainy Night":

46) Dead Or Alive "I Cannot Carry On":

47) Trace Adkins "I Left Something Turned On At Home":

48) Hawk Attack "I Don't Care About Your Stupid Girlfriend": There's no YouTube video for this song yet.

49) They Might Be Giants " I Palindrome I":

50) AFI "I Hope You Suffer":

51) Luke Bryan "I Know You're Going To Be There":

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(Finished April 9th, 2022) Part 3 of The Best Songs About/ Or Mention Time- Almost All in Alphabetical Order

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Time, time everywhere there's time and the passage of time.

35) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness":

Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais "Summertime Sadness" (Remix):

36) Paul Davis "'65 Love Affair":

37) Tyrone Davis "Turn Back The Hands of Time":

38) Depeche Mode "A Question of Time":

39) Dead or Alive "It's Been A Long Time":

40) Neil Diamond "Thank The Lord For The Nighttime":

41) The Doors "Love Me Two Times":

42) Jimmy Durante "As Time Goes By":

43) The Eagles "Wasted Time":

I know this song doesn't really have anything to do with time. But "sail away" feels like what happens with time. 44) Enya "Sail Away":

45) Eurythmics "1984 (Sex Crimes)":

46) Firehouse "Love of A Lifetime":

47) The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

48) Peter Gabriel "Big Time":

49) Green Day "When It's Time":

A song about the passage of time for two people who found each, enjoyed being with each other and then fell apart. 50) Green Day "Whatsername":

51) The Guess Who "No Time":

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(Finished April 9th, 2022) Part 1 of Songs With The Best Lyrics

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What makes a great song? Well to typically be a classic song you need a combination of great music and great lyrics. But it's easier to be a great song with great music than great lyrics. But the combination of both is an amazing combination.

1) Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror":

I'm gonna make a change

For once in my life

It's gonna feel real good

Gonna make a difference

Gonna make it right

As I, turn up the collar on

My favorite winter coat

This wind is blowin' my mind

I see the kids in the street

With not enough to eat

Who am I, to be blind pretending not to see their needs?

2) Lacy J. Dalton "16th Avenue":

Ah, but one night in some empty room

Where no curtains ever hung

Like a miracle some golden words

Rolled off of someone's tongue

And after years of being nothing

They're all looking right at you

And for a while they'll go in style

On 16th Avenue

3) Pentatonix "Hallelujah":

Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to the kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

4) Adele "Rolling In The Deep":

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love they leave me breathless, I can't help feeling
We could have had it all (you're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand (you're gonna wish you never had met me)

And you played it to the beat (tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

What a powerful song. 5) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

Out of the shadows
Bound for the gallows
A dead man walking
'Til love came calling
Rise up (rise up)
Rise up (rise up)

Six feet under
I thought it was over
An answer to prayer
The voice of a Savior
Rise up (rise up)
Rise up (rise up)

6) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

I know it breaks your heart

Moved to the city in a broke-down car, and

Four years, no calls

Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar, and

I-I-I can't stop

No, I-I-I can't stop

So, baby, pull me closer

In the back seat of your Rover

That I know you can't afford

Bite that tattoo on your shoulder

7) The Cranberries "Zombie":

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying

8) U2 "One":

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you made me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

9) America "Sister Golden Hair":

Well I tried to make it sunday, but I got so damn depressed
That I set my sights on monday and I got myself undressed
I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine
Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, sister golden hair surprise
And I just can't live without you, can't you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

10) Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)":

Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it cause I'm truly genuine
Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem
Baby girl, respect is just a minimum

I love the "cup of ambition" line and well how the whole start of those lyrics work with the music. 11) Dolly Parton "9 to 5":

Tumble outta bed

And I stumble to the kitchen

Pour myself a cup of ambition

And yawn and stretch and try to come to life

Jump in the shower

And the blood starts pumpin'

Out on the streets

The traffic starts jumpin'

With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5

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