(Finished September 23rd, 2024) Part 6 of The Greatest Hits of Broadway

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On March 1st, 2024 my rock concert girlfriend and I will be going to see "Les Miserables" here in the Eccles Theatre in Salt Lake City. This will be the seventh or eighth time I've seen this amazing musical. It quite likely is my favorite Broadway play ever. 

This song list is from the 2022 West End Revival "Grease", but for this blog I'll get the songs from anywhere. 

These next seven songs are from "Grease". This is the very sanitized version of this song. 86) "Greased Lighting":

87) "Summer Nights": 

88) "We Go Together":

89) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

90) Stockard Channing "There Are Worse Things I Could Do":

91) Frankie Avalon "Beauty School Dropout"

92) Aaron Tveit and the gorgeous Julianne Hough "You're The One That I Want":

 These next nine videos are all from "Jesus Christ Superstar". The first song is titled 93) "Overture":

94) "What's The Buzz";

95) "Hosanna":

96) Mel C "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

97) Carl Anderson "Heaven On Their Minds":

98) "The Arrest":

99) Brandon Victor Dixon "Superstar":

100) "King Herod's Song (Try It And See)":

These next 11 songs are from one of the best musicals ever. I especially love the movie version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas "Evita"

101) Langley High School 2018 "Peron's Latest Flame":

102) Madonna and others Rainbow Tour

103) Antonio Banderas and others "High Flying Adored":

104) Antonio Banderas and others "Oh What A Circus":

105) Jonathan Price and Madonna "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

106) Madonna and others "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

107) Madonna and Andrea Corr Hello and Goodbye

108) "Goodnight and Thank You":

109) Caroline Bowman "Rainbow High":

110) "A New Argentina":

111) Antonio Banderas and others "And The Money Kept On Rolling In and Out":

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(Finished September 21st, 2024) Part 2 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

18) The Band "The Weight":

19) Neil Young "Trans Am":

20) Anne Murray "A Little Good News":

21) Alvays "Many Mirrors":

22) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Takin' Care of Business":

23) Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)":

24) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

25) Alias "More Than Words Can Say":

Featuring Bryan Adams on the background vocals. 26) Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)":

27) Payolas "Eyes Of A Stranger":

28) Daniel Powter "Bad Day":

29) Corey Hart "Never Surrender":

30) Lucy Thomas singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":

31) David Foster "Love Theme From 'St. Elmo's Fire'":

32) Alannah Myles "Black Velvet":

33) Aldo Nova "Monkey On Your Back":

34) Prism "Don't Let Him Know":

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(Finished September 18th, 2024) Part 1 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

1) Snow "Informer":

2) April Wine "Just Between You and Me":

3) Barenaked Ladies If I Had A $1,000,000":

4) Alessia Carr "Dead Man":

5) Nelly Furtado "... On The Radio (Remember The Days)":

6) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

7) Bryan Adams "This Time":

8) The Guess Who "Undun":

9) Avril Lavigne "Nobody's Home":

10) The New Pornographers "All For Swinging You Around":

11) Carly Rae Jepsen "Want You In My Room":

12) Arcade Fire "Suburbs":

13) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

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

15) Alanis Morissette "Uninvited":

16) Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like A Woman":

17) Rush "Limelight":

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(Started September 16th, 2024) Songs Rocking My iPod (All Live Versions Issue-Where Possible)

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I couldn't find a good live version of XTC performing this song, it seems the band had some stage fright issues. Here's the original video and see below for an alternative live version. 1a) XTC "The Mayor of Simpleton":

1b) Joe Jackson "The Mayor Of Simpleton":

I also couldn't find a live version of this song either. That's a shame as this song is a jam. 2) Thompson Twins "My Funky Valentine":

One of our current greatest live bands, sadly I've only been able to see them live once. 3) Pearl Jam "Go":

Another video I couldn't find a whole length live version of. 4) Green Day "Say Goodbye":

5) 2 Unlimited "No One":

It has to be the Steve Perry Journey for this live version. 6) Journey "Stone In Love":

"Holy Fvck" is my favorite CD of 2022. 7) Demi Lovato "City of Angels":

Again no live version available for this song. 8) Fall Out Boy featuring Big Sean "The Mighty Fall":

I couldn't find a great live version of this song. 9) Kenny Rogers "Love Or Something Like It":

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

My favorite line is "Immigrants, we get the job done." 11) Lin Manuel Miranda et al. "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

12a) Connor Smith "Steal My Thunder":

Studio version from the "Twisters" soundtrack, the best country CD of 2024. It might be the best CD of 2024. Twenty-nine songs, nearly all of them are great. 12b) Connor Smith featuring Tucker Wetmore "Steal My Thunder":

13a) Lindsey Stirling "The Upside":

13b) Lindsey Stirling featuring Elle King "The Upside":

I'm not a big fan of the sound on this video. 14a) Pink "Beautiful Trauma":

This is such a great song. 14b) Pink "Beautiful Trauma":

15a) My Chemical Romance "The Sharpest Lives";

15b) The studio version of "The Sharpest Lives":

Again I couldn't find a live version of this song. 16) The Dark Element "Not Your Monster":

17) Sam Barber "Tear Us Apart":

18) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Free Girl Now":

19) Papa Roach "Getting Away With Murder":

20) The Damn Truth "Shot Em":

21) Chic "Good Times":

22) Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka":

23) Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting":

(Finished September 14th, 2024) Part 2 of The Best Songs About Animals/ Animal Related Song Titles

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21) Lana Del Rey "White Mustang":

22) Belinda Carlisle "Runaway Horses":

23) ) Nazareth "Hair of the Dog":

24) Andy Taylor "Man's A Wolf To Man":

25) Was (Not Was) "Walk The Dinosaur":

26) Pirates of the Mississippi "Feed Jake":

27) Steely Dan "Black Cow":

28) Duran Duran "Union of the Snake":

29) Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey":

30) Shakira "She Wolf":

31) Crazy Town "Butterfly":

32) The Trashmen "Surfin Bird":

33) Harry Chapin "Cats In The Cradle":

34) Bob Marley "Three Little Birds":

35) Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London":

36) The Time "The Bird":

37) Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over":

38) Nelly Furtado "I'm Like A Bird":

It seems there was a random black dog in the studio around the time Led Zeppelin was recording this song. 39) Led Zeppelin "Black Dog":

40) Of Monsters and Men "Alligator":

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(Finished September 14th, 2024) Part 5 of The Greatest Hits of Broadway

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On March 1st, 2024 my rock concert girlfriend and I will be going to see "Les Miserables" here in the Eccles Theatre in Salt Lake City. This will be the seventh or eighth time I've seen this amazing musical. It quite likely is my favorite Broadway play ever. 

69a) From Sweet Charity "Big Spender":

69b) Shirley Bassey "Big Spender":

70a) "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

70b) Linda Clifford "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

Lea Michele is one of the best singers of this century. 71) From "Funny Girl" "Don't Rain On My Parade":

These next five songs are from "Hair": 72a) "Aquarius":

72b) The 5th Dimensions "Age Of Aquarius":

73) "Hair":

74) "Good Morning Starshine":

75) "Three-Five-Zero-Zero":

76) "The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)":

These next 8 songs are from "Miss Saigon".  77) "Sun and Moon":

78) "Room 317":

79) "Now That I've Seen Her":

80) "Paper Dragons":

81) "The American Dream":

From "The Man of La Mancha" 82a) Brian Stokes Mitchell "The Impossible Dream":

82b) Elvis Presley "The Impossible Dream":

The next two songs are from Fiddler On The Roof" 83) Chaim Topol "Tradition":

84) Chaim Topol "If I Were A Rich Man":

From "A Little Night Music" 85) Stephen Sondheim and Bernadette Peters "Send In The Clowns":

85b) Judy Collins "Send In The Clowns":

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(Finished September 13th, 2024) The 22 Best Sinead O'Connor Songs

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It's time to do another Sinead O'Connor blog. She's always been one of my favorite singers, which started with "The Lion and the Cobra".

1) "Just Like You Said It Should B":

2) featuring MC Lyte "I Want Your Hands On Me":

3) Mandinka":

4) "Paddy's Lament":

5) "I Am Stretched Out On Your Grave":

6) "Troy":

7a) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

7b) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

8) "Nothing Compares 2 U":

9) "Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home":

10) "No Man's Woman":

11) "Black Boys on Moped":

12) "Daddy I'm Fine":

13) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

14) "Jackie":

15) Bomb The Bass featuring Sinead O'Connor "Empire":

16) Sinead O'Connor and The Edge "Heroine":

17) "Take Me To Church":

18) "Why Don't You Do Right":

19) "Till I Whisper You Something":

20) "Fire On Babylon":

21) "Red Football":

22) "The Emperor's New Clothes":

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