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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

(Finished December 7th, 2022) The Best Songs of 1983-1986, Part 6: Songs 97-113

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This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", which takes me back to that extremely fertile time in music of 1983-1986. These are the best of the best songs for those four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies. The first two blogs in this series have a lot of songs from movies. The other blogs also have movie related songs. I can't remember how many music videos were just basically clips of the movie that song was from. With great 80s music and movies it was such a great time to grow up.

What CDs, songs, soundtrack etc. were being released these 4 years? These were the years of "Thriller", "Purple Rain" (best soundtrack ever), "Footloose", "Pretty In Pink" (not only a great movie, but a great soundtrack that really captures the music of it's time). Also this was the era of New Wave, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard from getting their foot into the door to when they became the biggest band in the world, "We Are The World", Live Aid, "Karate Kid" and it's great music, Also only of the funkiest CDs ever produced, David Bowie's "Let's Dance", CDs started replacing albums and cassettes as the most popular way to listen to music

Number one overall songs of 1983) The Police "Every Breath You Take", 1984) Prince "When Doves Cry", 1985) Wham! "Careless Whisper" and 1986) "That's What Friends Are For":

Number one overall albums of 1983 and 1984) Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Yes it was a monster. 1985) Bruce Springsteen "Born In The U.S.A.", 1986) Whitney Houston self-titled.

Top overall country songs of each year according to playback.fm. 1983) Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers "Island In the Stream" 1984) Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" 1985) Kenny Rogers "Morning Desire"- since I barely heard this song back in the day, I doubt this really was the 1985 #1 country song and from playlistresearch.com 1986) The Judds "Grandpa (Tell Me About The Good Old Days".

Many times I just want to go back and listen to the amazing music of the 80s, thanks for coming along.

97) New Order "Blue Monday":

98) Earl Thomas Conley "Angel In Disguise":

99) Dan Seals "My Old Yellow Car":

100) The Bangles "Manic Monday":

101) Janie Fricke "Let's Stop Talking About It":

102) Paul Hardcastle "19 (Destruction Mix)":

103) Ozzy Osbourne "Shot In The Dark":

104) The Time "Jungle Love":

105) Starship "Sara":

This is one of those songs that I never tire of, Dan Seals has many songs like that. 106) Dan Seals "Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold":

107) The Eurythmics "Sex Crime (1984)":

108) Survivor "High On You":

109) Anita Baker "You Bring Me Joy":

110) Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself":

111) Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is":

112) Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight "That's What Friends Are For":

113) Boston "Cool The Engines":

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

(Finished December 6th, 2022) Part 1 of Best Songs About Catharsis

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The best songs about catharsis.

1) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

2) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

3) A Perfect Circle "Judith":

4) Disturbed "Down With The Sickness":

5) Creed "My Own Prison":

6) AC/DC "Thunderstruck":

7) Linkin Park "One Step Closer":

8) John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)":

9) Blur "Song 2":

10) Redlight King "Bullet In My Hand":

11) Sugarcult "Riot":

12) "Don't Shed A Tear":

13) "Over You":

14) P!nk "Beautiful Trauma":

15) Incubus "Nice To Know You":

16) Stone Temple Pilots "Wicked Garden":

17) Rage Against The Machine "Killing In The Name":

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Monday, December 5, 2022

(Finished December 5th, 2022) Part 1 of The Most Dramatic Songs of All-Time

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The most dramatic songs of all-time.

1) Celine Dion "It's All Coming Back To Me Now":

2) Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture Finale Excerpt":

3) Evanescence "My Immortal":

4) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters":

5) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

6) Lita Ford and Ozzy "Close My Eyes Forever":

7) Live "Selling The Drama":

8) Tina Turner "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)":

9) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody":

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

11) Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out For A Hero":

12) Meat Loaf "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)":

13) Whitesnake "Here I Go Again":

14) Don McLean "American Pie":

15) Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive":

16) The Scorpions "Wind of Change":

17) Carl Orff "Carmina Burana/ O Fortuna":

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

(Finished December 4th, 2022) Great Sad Songs, Part 10, Songs 167-183

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I love, love, love Christmas movies. I also love, love, love Christmas music. Tonight I watched the movie "The Christmas Shoes" and it was as sappy as I expected. I also cried like I thought I might. The movie is what you think it will be. However I haven't decided if the song is a Christmas classic or a manipulative piece of crap. For me I have grown to love it over the years. I felt like maybe it's time for a sad song blog. This continues a series of blogs that I started in 2020 and I know that there will be some duplicates.

167) No Doubt "Don't Speak":

Oh what could have been for this couple. 168) Lord Huron "The Night We Met":

iTunes reminded me of this lesser known R.E.M. song today. 169) R.E.M. "World Leader Pretend":

170) Live "Lightning Crashes":

171) James Blunt "Goodbye My Lover":

172) Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody I Used To Know":

173) Fleetwood Mac "Landslide":

174) Jewel "Foolish Games":

175) Steve Perry "Foolish Heart":

176) Smokey Robinson "Tracks of My Tears":

177) Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer":

178) Sia "I'm In Here":

179) Kelly Clarkson "Because of You":

180) Sia "Chandelier":

181) A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera "Say Something":

182) Meat Loaf "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear":

183) Rascal Flatts "These Days"

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

(Started December 3rd, 2022) Great Sad Songs, Part 9, Songs 150-?

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150) NewSong "The Christmas Shoes":

Just one of the all-time great songs!! 151) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

152) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

153) Lana Del Rey "Young and Beautiful":

154) Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved":

155) Coldplay "Fix You":

156) Olivia Rodrigo "driver's license":

157) Dan Seals "My Old Yellow Car":

158) Halfway To Hazard "Daisy":

159) Lady A "Need You Now":

160) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Back To A Reason, Part 2":

161) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "The River":

(Finished December 3rd, 2022) Part 6 of Best Songs From Soundtracks

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There have been so many amazing songs that have been associated with movies, these are some of the all-time best. Sometimes the movies are good, but not always. All of the songs in these blogs are amazing.

103) Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser "She's Like The Wind":

104) New Order "Shellshock":

105) Smoking Popes "Need You Around":

106) Alice In Chains "Would?":

107) Sammy Hagar "Hungry For Heaven":

108) Michael Sembello "Maniac":

109) Pink Floyd "Young Lust":

110) The Bee Gees "Jive Talkin'":

111) Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard "Suddenly":

112) Coolio "Rollin' With My Homies":

From "Empire Records" in case you didn't know. 113) The Gin Blossoms "Till I Hear It From You":

"Grease" is the word and also the movie. 114) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

115) L7" This Ain't The Summer of Love":

116) "Time Warp":

117) Emeli Sande and the Bryan Ferry orchestra "Crazy In Love":

118) Bono and Gavin Friday "Children of the Revolution":

119) Belouis Some "Round, Round":

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

(FInished December 27th, 2025) Part 2 of The Best of Diane Warren

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Do you know how many songs Diane Warren has written, well it's a lot. She was written 9 #1 songs and 32 Top Ten Songs. These are her best songs that she wrote or co-wrote.

18) Cher "Just Like Jesse James":