(Finished October 23rd, 2023) Part 9 of The 213 Greatest Songs of 1984 And Counting

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Since I've been sharing countdowns from 1984 and listening to all those great songs again, I thought I would post a series of blogs with the greatest songs of 1984.

Notable events of 1984 include the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Steve Jobs launches the Mac in a world of primitive PCs, this commercial:

"Purple Rain"- all that incredible music and a dopey movie- Geraldine Ferraro, Tetris, "Footloose", "Sixteen Candles" (which also means the lovely Molly Ringwald, "Ghostbusters", Eddie Murphy, the first MTV Video Music Awards, "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Marvin Gaye is killed.

Best movies of 1984 include those mentioned above, "The Terminator", "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom", "Gremlins", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Karate Kid", "1984" (of course), "Top Secret", "The Natural" (still a great movie), "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Splash".

For some reason this is one of the nights that I can't post videos so I'm going to just post song titles for now and hopefully I can add the videos tomorrow.

137) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":

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

Video 1: 139a) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

Video #2: 139b) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

140) Moving Pictures "Never":

141) Billy Ocean "Mystery Lady":

142) Billy Ocean "The Long and Winding Road":

143) Billy Ocean "Suddenly":

144) "Close (To The Edit)":

145) Sade "Smooth Operator":

146) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax":

147) The Time "The Bird":

148) The Time "Jungle Love":

149) The Scorpions "Rock You Like A Hurricane":

150) "Coming Home":

151) Scorpions "Big City Nights":

152) The Scorpions "Still Loving You":

153) Iron Maiden "2 Minutes To Midnight":

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(Finished October 22nd, 2023) Part 5 of The Best Country Songs of the 2000s

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The best decade for country music, in terms of popularity, was probably the 90s. Country music absolutely exploded that decade. However Country music still has maintained a fair level of popularity in the last 23 years. Songs continue to break out. Lady A's "Need You Now" broke out in a big way. As did "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. Then of course that song that has been driving much talk of late is Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town". That's a song I still haven't listened to and have little desire to.

Other country songs that have broken out since 2000 include Little Big Town's "Girl Crush", Tim McGraw's "Red Ragtop", multiple songs by Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road". More songs that have broken out coming out later. 

69) Brad Paisley "The World":

70) Big and Rich "Comin' To Your City":

71) Tim McGraw "Drugs or Jesus":

72) "How Am I Doin'":

73) Toby Keith "I Love This Bar":

74) Julie Roberts "If You Had Called Yesterday":

75) Kenny Chesney "Don't Happen Twice":

76) Jordan Davis "Next Thing You Know":

77) Rascal Flatts "Mayberry":

78) Carrie Underwood "Church Bells":

79) Jake Owen "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)":

80) Phil Vassar "Another Day In Paradise":

81) Lonestar "Out Go The Lights":

82) Steve Holy "Good Morning Beautiful":

83) Tim McGraw "Telluride":

84) Joe Nichols "The Impossible":

85) Buddy Jewell "Sweet Southern Comfort":

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(Finished October 21st, 2023) Part 5 of The Best of 90s Rock: 69-85

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What is the 90s known for? The 90s is known for the rise of the Internet, "Saved By The Bell"- which of course means Tiffani Amber-Thiessen. The 90s is also known for Grunge, which means Seattle and flannel and darker themed music. Speaking of Grunge that would mean "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Evenflow", "Rusty Cage" and "Rooster". 

Other things the 90s are known for one of the best albums of all-time, Metallica's "The Black Album". It's so good they released a 4 disc remake of it performed by other singers. Other great things about the 90s include Blockbusters- so many great memories about getting videos there. I know that seems ridiculous now in the age of on demand.

Also OJ Simpson's White Bronco, slap bracelets (they were a bit addictive), The Macarena, "The Bodyguard" and the power of Whitney Houston's voice, colorful iMacs, Weezer's the so-called blue album, one of the dumbest fads of all-time- beanie babies- 

Alanis Morissette, "You Oughta Know" and "swallow it down jagged little pill". I remember when that CD was breaking, what a breath of fresh air that CD was. I know it wasn't her first CD, but for all intents and purposes it was. Also one of the best albums of the 90s.

Other things continued Aqua's "Barbie Girl"- from another one of the best albums of the 90s, "Fava beans and a nice Chianti", so much nervousness about Y2k- which was so incredibly anti-climactic.

Finally No Doubt, "as if", "psyche", yet another great first CD- "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", "Saving Private Ryan", "Independence Day" (although it has not aged well at all) and "Jurassic Park". If you loved the "Jurassic Park" movie you'll really love Michael Crichton's novel. Other great novels Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes", Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", Tracy Chevalier's "The Girl With The Pearl Earring", Michael Ondaatje's "The English Patient"- one of the few times the movie is better than the book, Richard Preston's "The Hot Zone", Margaret Atwood's brilliant "The Robber Bride", Zadie Smith's "White Teeth", Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air", Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" and so many others.

This video has nothing to do with the song, but it's the only Bryan Adams thing I can find. 69) Bryan Adams "Not Guilty":

70) Alice In Chains "Man In The Box":

71) Beastie Boys "So What'cha Want":

72) Blink-182 "Adam's Song":

73) Candlebox "You":

74) ZZ Top "Doubleback":

75) The Waterboys "Why Look At The Moon":

76) Depeche Mode "Barrel Of A Gun":

77) Whitesnake "The Deeper The Love"

78) Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart":

79) Van Halen "Me Wise Magic":

80) Type O Negative "Summer Breeze":

81) U2 "Even Better Than The Real Thing":

82) Soundgarden "Outshined":

83) Smashing Pumpkins "I Am One":

84) Skid Row "Monkey Business":

85) Scorpions "Tease Me Please Me":

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(Finished October 19th, 2023) Part 8 of The 213 Greatest Songs of 1984 And Counting

Hello,

Since I've been sharing countdowns from 1984 and listening to all those great songs again, I thought I would post a series of blogs with the greatest songs of 1984.

Notable events of 1984 include the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Steve Jobs launches the Mac in a world of primitive PCs, this commercial:

"Purple Rain"- all that incredible music and a dopey movie- Geraldine Ferraro, Tetris, "Footloose", "Sixteen Candles" (which also means the lovely Molly Ringwald, "Ghostbusters", Eddie Murphy, the first MTV Video Music Awards, "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Marvin Gaye is killed.

Best movies of 1984 include those mentioned above, "The Terminator", "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom", "Gremlins", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Karate Kid", "1984" (of course), "Top Secret", "The Natural" (still a great movie), "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Splash".

For some reason this is one of the nights that I can't post videos so I'm going to just post song titles for now and hopefully I can add the videos tomorrow.

121) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

122) The Pretenders "Middle of the Road":

123) The Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang":

124) The Pretenders "My City Was Gone":

125) Bryan Adams "Run To You":

126) Bryan Adams "Heaven":

127) Bryan Adams "Somebody":

128) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

Not to be confused with George Michael's "Freedom '90". 129) Wham! "Freedom":

130) Wham! "Everything She Wants":

131) The Cars "Hello Again":

132) The Cars "Magic":

133) The Cars "Drive":

134) The Cars "Why Can't I Have You":

135) Chicago "Along Comes A Woman":

136).Moving Pictures "Never":

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(Finished October 17th, 2023) Part 11 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

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Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There was a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

171) Brad Paisley "Mud On The Tires":

172) Diamond Rio "One More Day":

173) Dido "White Flag":

174) Audioslave "Dandelion":

175) Nelly Furtado "Explode":

176) James Blunt "You're Beautiful":

177) Green Day "Jesus of Suburbia":

178) Franz Ferdinand "Your Diary":

179) Bloc Party "Helicopter":

Lets enjoy some more Green Day, truly one of the best bands of the aughts. 180) Green Day "Holiday":

181) Rascal Flatts "Prayin' For Daylight":

182) The Donnas "The Gold Medal":

183) Disturbed "Stupify":

184) Vertical Horizon "Grey Sky Morning":

185) Audioslave "Revelations":

Another one of my favorite musicians of the aughts, the lovely Miss Nelly Furtado. 186) Nelly Furtado "One Trick Pony":

187) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

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(Finished October 15th, 2023) Part 8 of The Greatest Country Songs of the 1980s

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I'm just going to turn these blogs into the greatest 80s country songs of all-time. I may or may not post other great 80s songs by each band listed. All of these artists are so much more than some of the greatest songs of the 80s. 

This is in conjunction with my Top 102 Best Songs of each decade from the 50s to the 20s. I limited those blogs to the 102 best non-country songs. The first 102 songs are unofficially the best of 80s country music. 

121) Deborah Allen "I've Been Wrong Before":

122) Clint Black "Walkin'' Away":

123) Rosanne Cash "Hold On":

124) John Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs":

125) The Bellamy Brothers "Lovers Live Longer":

126) Garth Brooks "If Tomorrow Never Comes":

127) Earl Thomas Conley "Heavenly Bodies":

128) Conway Twitty "Tight Fittin' Jeans":

129) The Bellamy Brothers "For All The Wrong Reasons":

130) The Charlie Daniels Band "The Legend of Wooley Swamp":

131) Janie Fricke "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen)":

132) George Jones "The Right Left Hand":

133) The Judds "Young Love, Strong Love":

134) Juice Newton "Shot Full of Love":

135) The Oak Ridge Boys "Fancy Free":

136) Ricky Van Shelton "From A Jack To A King":

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(Finished October 14th, 2023) Part 10 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

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Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There was a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

154) Disturbed "Stupify":

155) Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye":

156) "Don't Think I Don't Think About It":

157) Pearl Jam "Nothing As It Seems":

158) Lady Gaga "Bad Romance":

159) Nine Days "Story Of A Girl":

160) Matchbox Twenty "Bent":

161) Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man":

162) Nelly Furtado "Baby Girl":

163) Audioslave "Out of Exile":

164) The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love":

I love me some Nelly Furtado. 165) Nelly Furtado "Turn Off The Light":

166) Bloc Party "Staying Fat":

167) Lil Kim, Mya, Christina Aguilera and Pink "Lady Marmalade":

168) Jet "Rollover DJ":

169) Jamey Johnson "In Color":

170) Nelly Furtado "Powerless (Say What You Want)":

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