(Finished February 9th, 2023) Part 2 of The Best Songs of 1983

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What were the best songs of 1983? These are songs that are the best non-country songs, I have a separate blog for best country songs also happening. However some songs like Deborah Allen's "Baby I Lied" will be on both lists. 

I love the bass guitar on this song. 18) Nena "99 Luftballons":

19) The Violent Femmes "Add It Up":

20) The Police "Every Breath You Take":

21) Madonna "Everybody":

22) Def Leppard "Foolin'":

23) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "You Got Lucky":

24) Motley Crue "Shout At The Devil":

25) Toni Basil "Mickey":

26) The Clash "Rock The Casbah":

27) Motley Crue "10 Seconds To Love":

28) Van Halen "Jump":

29) The Culture Club "Karma Chameleon":

30) Styx "Don't Let It End":

31) The Violent Femmes "Kiss Off":

32) Men Without Hats "Safety Dance":

33) Culture Club "Time (Clock of the Heart)":

34) Billy Idol "Flesh For Fantasy":

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(Finished February 8th, 2023) Selected Best Long Songs 4: Songs 54-70

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I started these blogs a little over two years ago, with some extra time on my hands I thought I would finish a few of them.

By long song I mean it has to be at least seven minutes long. To be a great song that lasts at least seven minutes is a skill. Here are some of my favorite long songs. I first did 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.

A bunch of songs from another fan of the long song, Metallica:

54) "And Justice For All" 10:11:

55) "Fade To Black" (7:41):

56) "One" (7:44):

57) "The Unforgiven" (6:43, close enough):

58) "Enter Sandman" (6:47):

59) Michael Jackson "Thriller" (About 9 minutes):

60) The Time "The Bird" (7:44):

61) Guns N' Roses "Civil War" (7:42):

62) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Exodus":

63) The Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin":

64) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines":

65) Iron Maiden "Rime of Ancient Mariner":

66) Steely Dan "Deacon Blues":

67) The Doors "L.A. Woman":

68) Tin Tin "Kiss Me" (7:58):

69) New Order "Blue Monday":

70) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

(Finished February 8th, 2023) Selected Best Long Songs 3: Songs 36-53

Hello,

I started these blogs a little over two years ago, with some extra time on my hands I thought I would finish a few of them.

By long song I mean it has to be at least seven minutes long. To be a great song that lasts at least seven minutes is a skill. Here are some of my favorite long songs. I first did 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.

36) Led Zeppelin "Kashmir" (8:55):

From "Livecrime" 37) Queensryche "My Empty Room/ Eyes of A Stranger" (9:28):

38) Creed "Who's Got My Back" (7:59):

From "Song Remains The Same". 39) Led Zeppelin "Since I've Been Loving You" (8:02):

40) Smashing Pumpkins "Drown" (8:26):

41) Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love" (8:10):

42) Madonna, Johnathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas et al. From Evita "A New Argentina" (8:09):

43) Donna Summer "Last Dance" (12" Version) (8:10):

44) Siouxsie and the Banshees "New Skin" (8:06):

45) Billy Joel "Songs From An Italian Restaurant" (7:17):

46) Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (7:23):

47) Steely Dan "Aja" (7:51):

48) Metallica "All Nightmare Long" (8:35):

49) Yes "Roundabout" (8:31):

50) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette "All Bound For Mu Mu Land":

51) Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" (Long Version)" (7:46):

52) Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"(7:49):

53) The Temptations "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (One second shy of seven minutes.):

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(Finished February 8th, 2023) Selected Best Long Songs Part 2: Songs 18-35

Hello,

I started these blogs a little over two years ago, with some extra time on my hands I thought I would finish a few of them.

By long song I mean it has to be at least seven minutes long. To be a great song that lasts at least seven minutes is a skill. Here are some of my favorite long songs. I first did 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.

18) Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" (11:10):

19) Neil Young "Ordinary People" (18:12):

20) Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Change Your Mind" (14:57):

From "The Song Remain The Same" 21) Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love" (13:30):

From "Pulse". 22) Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (11:51):

From the MTV Music Awards in 1992, do they have a MTV Music Awards show any more? If they do does anyone care? And if so, why? I'm pretty sure they still have a Music Awards show but I'm too lazy to find out for sure.

Featuring Elton John for some reason. 23) Guns N' Roses "November Rain" (8:58):

24) Xandria "A Theater of Dimensions" (14:15):

25) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "The River" (11:02):

From "Secret World Live" 26) Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes" (10:03):

27) Avantasia "The Raven Child" (11:14):

From "The Song Remains The Same" 28) "Stairway To Heaven" (10:39):

29) Queensryche "Suite Sister Mary" (10:22):

30) Guns N' Roses "Estranged" (9:48):

31) Green Day "Homecoming" (9:36):

This is from the Metallica movie "Through The Never". It's an interesting movie. 

32) Metallica "Master of Puppets" (8:29):

33) Don McLean "American Pie" (8:31):

34) The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again" (9:09):

A very young AC/DC when Bon Scott was still the singer. 35) AC/DC "Let There Be Rock" (8:27):

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(Finished March 11th, 2023) Part 2 of Colors of America: Red, White and Blue(s): Red

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Let's celebrate America! Why? Why not! Red, white and blue represent the best country in the world.

17) David Nail "Red Light":

18) U2 "Red Hill Mining Town":

19) The Cyrkle  "Red Rubber Ball":

20) Rush "Red Sector A":

21) The Bellamy Brothers "Redneck Girl":

22) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

From "Les Miserables" 23) "The ABC Cafe/ Red and Black":

24) Tanya Tucker "Blood Red and Going Down":

25) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

26) Chris De burgh "Lady In Red":

27) Prince "Little Red Corvette":

28) Brooks and Dunn "Red Dirt Road":

29) Rush "Red Barchetta":

30) Taylor Swift "Red":

31) Chevelle "The Red":

32) Basement Jaxx "Red Alert":

33) Warrant "I Saw Red":

34) Peter Gabriel "Red Rain":

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(Started February 6th, 2023) Part 1 of Colors of America: Red, White and Blue(s)

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Let's celebrate America! Why? Why not! Red, right and blue represent the best country in the world.

1) Vera Lynn "The White Cliffs of Dover":

2) Billy Idol "White Wedding":

I really like First To Eleven and nearly all of their covers, this is their cover of "White Wedding":

3) Mr. Mister "Black/White":

4) Michael Jackson "Black or White":

5) "Nights In White Satin":

6) Sammy Hagar "Little White Lies":

7) Everlast "White Trash Beautiful":

8) "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)": 

9) Dido "White Flag":

10) Cream "White Room":

11) Chely Wright "Single White Female":

12) Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit":

13) Taylor Swift "White Horse":

14) Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five "White Lines":

15) Black Stone Cherry "White Trash Millionaire";

16) The KLF "The White Room":

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(Finished February 6th, 2023) Part 1 of The Best Songs of 1983

Hello,

What were the best songs of 1983? These are songs that are the best non-country songs, I have a separate blog for best country songs also happening. However some songs like Deborah Allen's "Baby I Lied" will be on both lists. 

1) Prince "1999":

2) Patti Austin and James Ingram "Baby Come To Me":

One of the many great songs on Def Leppard's second best CD "Pyromania". 3) Def Leppard's "Billy's Got A Gun":

Have you ever noticed how some songs keep up showing up on my blog. This is one of those songs, just an amazing and poignant song. 4) The Kinks "Come Dancing":

5) Iron Maiden "Flight Of Icarus":

6) Madonna "Lucky Star":

7) Kenny Loggins "Heart To Heart":

8) Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong":

9) Sammy Hagar "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy":

10) Laura Branigan "Solitaire":

11) The Stray Cats "Stray Cat Strut":

Quiet Riot was the first "heavy metal" band that received significant exposure and airplay. 12) Quiet Riot "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)":

13) The Pointer Sisters "Neutron Dance":

14) Men At Work "It's A Mistake":

15) Toto "I Won't Hold You Back":

One of the funkiest songs of the 80s. 16) Eddy Grant "Electric Avenue":

17) Hall and Oates "One On One":

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