Inspired By The New David Duchovny Television Show "Aquarius", Some Of The Best Songs of 1967 Enjoy!! (Finished May 31st, 2015)

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This blog is inspired by the new NBC TV show "Aquarius", which stars David Duchovny. Duchovny plays police sergeant Sam Hodiak. He's on the chase of Charley Manson, who has manipulated the mind of the daughter, Emma Karn, of his old girlfriend Grace. Emma's father, Ken, is a lawyer and had represented Manson previously. Is Manson's literal seduction of Emma more about Emma or her father? After one episode I'm still pretty neutral on how much of the show I'll watch. I'll watch at least one more episode. The show has already fallen into cliches with the uptight Dad that cares more about his career than his daughter.

I like that NBC is allowing all 13 episodes to be shown at once, i.e. the Netflix model. Props to NBC for thinking outside of the box, but also props to Netflix for forcing traditional TV to expand it's horizons. Now will this work for NBC? I have no idea, but I'm glad they are brave enough to try.

1967 was such an amazing year for music, all songs below are from 1967. "Aquarius" wasn't released as a single until 1969. However it was in "Hair", which made it's off-Broadway debut in 1967. It did eventually come to Broadway in April, 1968.

The Fifth Dimension "Aquarius (Let The Sunshine In)":

"Up Up and Away":

1967 is a big year for me, it was the year I was hatched, the # 1 song when I was born was a song of empowerment. The Queen herself, Aretha Franklin's "Respect":

This song captures Emma Karn's journey through the first episode of "Aquarius". Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon":

If you are looking for a close to perfect song to represent 1967, "White Rabbit" is very close to that perfection. It also happens to be one of the greatest songs of all-time It's one of the first songs played on the first episode of "Aquarius" and it was the main song that inspired this blog.

"White Rabbit" at Woodstock:



Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody To Love":



The above two songs capture so well the generation of love in San Francisco and the rest of the country. These two songs below also do well in capturing the vibe of 1967 San Francisco.

The Animals' "San Franciscan Nights":



Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)":



The danger, the counterculture and the vibe.

Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth":



The Grass Roots "Let's Live For Today":



1967 was a big year for The Doors, they released probably their most famous song that year, "Light My Fire". However out of their songs from that year, that's their least most interesting song to me. Four of their songs captures the vibe of 1967. The Vietnam War, youth culture, revolution on the streets of America, the drugs, the sex, the establishment putting it's foot down/ fighting back.

"Let's Live For Today" and "The End" are both sides of the coin summing up life for some in this uncertain year.



"Love Me Two Times":



"Break On Through (To The Other Side)":



"People Are Strange":



The Turtles "Happy Together":



The Monkees "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone":



Judy Collins' "Both Sides Now":



Lulu's "To Sir With Love":



A double shot from The Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin":



"Tuesday Afternoon":



The Beatles "I Am The Walrus":



Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary":



Smokey Robinson's "Tears of a Clown":



I love the absurdity of this video. For some reason they show the members of Procol Harum jogging. I'm sure the members of the band asked what did jogging have to do with their song? I'm not sure any answer given to that question made any sense. The sixth episode of "Aquarius" is titled "A Whiter Shade of Pale":



The Association's "Windy":



Keith's "98.6":



The Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper": ("What a drag it is getting old", ain't that the truth)



The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hanging On":



Johnny and June Carter Cash "Jackson":

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themusicaddict's Top 100 + iTunes Countdown Part 5: Songs Tied For 46th Place (Updated June 1st, 2015)

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This is the continuing top 100 + most played songs in my iTunes library. This is a living list, meaning if a song plays on my iTunes it will be updated in these blogs. Nine songs are tied for 46th place with 31 listens, those songs are presented below (with videos). Occasionally I'll post a bonus video, if I do so I'll list it as a bonus song.

In () is what the song was ranked on my iTunes countdown roughly one year ago. Debut obviously means it's that songs first time in my iTunes countdown.

44) "American Idiot's" Original Broadway Soundtrack "Favorite Son" (Tied for 74th Place):

44) Foreigner's "Urgent" (Debut):



44) Janice Kapp Perry's "I'm Trying To Be Like Jesus" (Tied for 26th Place):



Bonus video: for those of you struggling with life and wondering what the purpose of life is, this song does a good job of explaining that. This is another Janice Kapp Perry written song "The Test":



Another bonus Janice Kapp-Perry song, a song about our Savior "No Ordinary Man":



Back to your regularly scheduled blog:

44) Quarterfly's "All Lies" (Tied For 54th Place) Check out this song on Spotify or Rdio.com. There's only one video for "All Lies" and it's a terrible live video. I'll spare you that video and post the video for another of their good songs "Do You Believe":



44) Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (Tied for 40th Place):



44) Taylor Swift's "The Story Of Us"(Tied for 40th Place):



44) Taylor Swift's "Haunted" (Tied for 40th Place):



44) U2's "Elevation": (Tied For 60th Place):



44) Waylon Jennings "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way": (Debut):

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Yeah, You Can Skip It/ That Or Leave It Behind

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I'll resume my iTunes countdown in the next day or two, my next countdown blog will feature the 11 songs tied for 44th place. Can you feel the excitement building, okay neither can I. Yeah, you can skip it or leave it behind is a new, semi-regular feature. I'll be highlighting things that I watched, listened to or heard about that you can skip.

First up is the new George Clooney movie, "Tomorrowland". I love George Clooney and think he's a great actor. However his new movie is only average, plus it's way too long. You feel every one of the 140 minute running time. Also for a movie that's suppose to be about the future, I was surprised by how many tired out cliches it used. Speaking of which the tired out cliche everything old is new again fit this movie like a glove. Yeah, you can skip it.

"Broadchurch" Season 2: the first season of "Broadchurch" was one of the best seasons of TV ever. However the two episodes I watched of Season 2 were boring and not entertaining. It's almost like the producers forgot all the things they did that made season 1 so good. Yeah, you can skip it.

"The Identical" movie, new to Netflix is this movie about twin brothers who were born to sing. I couldn't tell if it a rip off or a homage to Elvis Presley and his twin brother that died very young. But it's a very generic movie. It's so generic that the actor that plays both twins, his name isn't even a hyperlink on "The Identical's" Wikipedia page. Yeah, you can skip that.

"Bloodline" the final 3 episodes of Season 1. The first 10 episodes of this show's first season were absolutely amazing. I had to limit myself to only one episode per night or I would have consumed the whole show in 3 or 4 days. However the 11th, 12th and 13th episodes weren't terrible, but they also weren't amazing. Those last 3 episodes should have been condensed into 2 episodes and eliminated most, if not all, of the flashbacks and flash forwards. My suggestion to you the discerning TV watcher, watch the first 10 episodes. At that point leave the last 3 episodes behind, make up your own satisfying end.

"The Angriest Man In Brooklyn" movie: how can a movie with Mila Kunis and Robin Williams be so bad? This must be what they call a paycheck movie. All the things that made Williams so great in most of his movies was not on display in this movie. This movie about a man who was only given 90 minutes to live/ suicidal is haunted by that fact that Williams would take his own life only a short time later. Yeah you can skip that!

Dwight Howard's limited game: he gets by on his freakish athleticism but sadly he's 51 cards short of a full deck of cards. His shooting range is 3 feet and in. His free throws are so ugly that he shouldn't be allowed to shoot them until he can hit at least 70%. He's shooting about 32% from the free throw line in the series against the Warriors. How is that even possible? I'll tell you laziness and not having a killer instinct. Laughing on the bench while his team is down by 30 points tells you all you need to know about Howard. Howard could care less about winning. If he really cared about winning he would have more of an offensive game and could hit over twice his current free throw percentage. The rest of the Rockets season, yeah you can skip that. Golden State will close out the Rockets in Game 5 on Wednesday and I predict by a whole lot of points.

But you don't need to worry about Howard, he made $30 million this year for playing half the season and underachieving. What does he care, he gets paid no matter what.

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themusicaddict's Top 100 + iTunes countdown Part 4: Songs Tied For 55th Place (Updated June 3rd, 2015)

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These are the top 100 + most played songs in my iTunes library. This will be a living list, meaning if a song is played it will be updated in these blogs. Twelve songs are tied for 55th place with 30 listens, those songs are presented below (with videos). Occasionally I'll post a bonus video, if I do so I'll list it as a bonus song.

In () is what the song was ranked on my iTunes countdown roughly one year ago. Debut obviously means it's that songs first time in my iTunes countdown.

55) Tenacious D's "Tribute" (Tied for 60th Place):

55) Taylor Swift's "Better Than Revenge" (Tied for 87th Place):

55) Taylor Swift's "Enchanted" (Tied for 54th Place):

55) Taylor Swift's "Change" (Tied for 40th Place):

55) Sniff 'n' The Tears "Driver's Seat"(Debut):

Run-D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell"(Debut):



55) Redlight King's "Underground" (Debut):

55) Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Tied for 40th Place):

55) Everlast's "White Trash Beautiful" (Debut):

55) Crystal Bowersox's "For What It's Worth" (Tied for 60th Place):

55) Cascada's "Evacuate The Dancefloor" (Tied for 74th Place):

55) Bob Marley and The Wailers' "Iron Lion Zion" (Tied for 74th Place):

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themusicaddict's Top 100 + iTunes countdown Part 3: More Songs Tied For 67th Place (Updated June 6th, 2015)

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These are the top 100 + songs in my iTunes library. This will be a living list, meaning if a song is played it will be updated in these blogs. Twenty-nine songs are tied for 67th place with 29 listens, the last 11 songs of that group is presented below (with videos). Occasionally I'll post a bonus video, if I do I'll list it as bonus song.

In () is what the song was ranked on my iTunes countdown roughly one year ago. Debut obviously means it's that songs first time in my iTunes countdown.

67) (15) LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" (Tied for 35th Place):

67) (16) Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong" (Tied for 87th Place):

67) (17) Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" (Tied for 35th Place):

67) (18) Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" (Tied for 40th Place):

67) (19) Hall and Oates "You Make My Dreams" (Debut)



67) (20) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City" (Debut):



67) (21) Green Day's "Welcome To Paradise" (Debut):

67) (22) Faith Hill's "This Kiss" (Debut):

67) (23) Don McLean's "American Pie":



67) (24) Cobra Starship's "Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We're Famous" (Debut):

67) (25) Boys Like Girls (featuring Taylor Swift) "Two Is Better Than One": (Tied for 54th Place):

67) (26) Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Phunk With My Heart" (Debut):

67) (27) Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Tied for 60th Place):

67) (28) B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Falling On My Head" (Tied for 60th Place):

67) (29) Alan Jackson's "Don't Rock The Jukebox" (Debut):

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themusicaddict's Top 100 + iTunes Countdown Part 2: Songs Tied For 67th Place (Updated June 6th, 2015)

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These blogs are about the top 100 + songs in my iTunes library. This will be a living list, meaning if a song is played it will reflect in these blogs. Twenty-nine songs are tied for 67th place with 29 listens, the first 13 songs of that group is presented below (with videos). Occasionally I'll post a bonus video, if I do I'll list it as a bonus song.

In () is what the song was ranked on my iTunes countdown roughly one year ago. Debut obviously means it's that songs first time in my iTunes countdown.

67) (1) "Changes"- Yes (Debut):

66) (2) "Kiss Me Again"- We Are The In Crowd (featuring Alex Gaskarth) (Debut):

67) (3) "Drugs or Jesus"- Tim McGraw (Tied for 40th place):

66) (4) "Don't Take The Girl"- Tim McGraw (Tied for 60th place):

66) (5) "Waht You Need" (Chromeo Remix)- Tiga (Debut):

66) (6) "Speak Now"- Taylor Swift (Tied for 40th place):

66) (7) "Mine"- Taylor Swift (Tied for 60th place):

66) (8) "The Way That I Loved You"- Taylor Swift (tied for 74th place):

66) (9) "Breathe"- Taylor Swift (Tied for 60th place)



And now a bonus video, this is Taylor Swift's new song "Bad Blood". A perfectly good song and video, although I'm not sure why she allows yet another lame rapper to take away from the song. Adding a lame rapper to a perfectly good song is a trend that needs to end asap.

(67) (10) "Fur Cue"- Seether (Debut):



Oasis is one of the most egotistical, overrated bands ever. If I never hear about either of the Gallagher brothers ever again, that would just be fine with me. However I'm grateful for their moment of brilliance that lead to the creation of this amazing song.

67) (11) "Wonderwall"- Oasis (Debut):



67) (12) New Found Glory "Summer Fling Don't Mean A Thing" (Debut):



67) (13) "Bulletproof Heart"- My Chemical Romance (Debut):

67) (14) "U Can't Touch This"- MC Hammer (Debut):

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themusicaddict's Second Annual Top 100+ iTunes Countdown Part 1: Songs Tied for 96th Place (Updated June 6th, 2015)

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These are the top 100 + songs in my iTunes library. This will be a living list, meaning if a song is played it will reflect in these blogs. Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" has already moved up this list. That was the first of many songs that moved up my iTunes countdown. Another song added to this list is Walk The Moon's "I Can Lift A Car".

Added June 3rd: Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down At The Twist And Shout". Added June 6th: Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", Q-Feel's "Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Bebop) and Frankie Valli's "Grease".

Since there are so many songs in this part of the countdown I'll not be posting videos for each song. However I'll post videos for all the other countdown blogs. These 35 songs are tied for 96th place with 28 listens, which is 4 more listens than the tied for 87th place songs had last year. In () is what the song was ranked on my iTunes countdown one year ago. Any song that features a video was added to this countdown after original publication.

96) (1) "Just The Way You Are"- Billy Joel (Tied for 54th)

96) (2) "She's Always A Woman To Me"- Billy Joel (Tied for 40th)

96) (3) "Allentown"- Billy Joel (Debut)
96) (4) "Uptown Girl"- Billy Joel (Debut):

96) (5) "Animal"- Cab (Debut)

96) (6) "You Make Me Feel..." Cobra Starship (featuring Sabi) (Tied for 40th)

96) (7) "Epiphania Domini"- Congregation of St. Lazarus Autun and Fulvio Rampi (Tied for 54th)

96) (8) "Rain King"- The Counting Crows (Debut)

96) (9) "Come On Eileen"- Dexy's Midnight Runners (Debut)

96) (10) "Norma Jean Riley"- Diamond Rio (Debut)

96) (11) "Romeo and Juliet"- Dire Straits (Debut)

96) (12) "Down With The Sickness"- Disturbed (Debut)

96) (13) "Pain"- Everlast (Debut)

96) (14) "Grease"- Frankie Valli (Debut):

96) (15) "Rockit"- Herbie Hancock (Debut)

96) (16) "Where Do The Children Go"- The Hooters (Debut)

96) (17) "Crimson and Clover"- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Debut)

96) (18) "Chain Reaction"- Journey (Debut)

96) (19) "She Believes In Me- Kenny Rogers (Debut)

96) (20) "My Sharona"- The Knack (Debut) (One of the least appreciated bands of all-time.) :

96) (21) "American Honey"- Lady Antebellum (Tied for 60th)

96) (22) "Immigrant Song"- Led Zeppelin (Debut)

96) (23) "So Right, So Wrong"- Linda Ronstadt (Tied for 70th)

96) (24) "Rainbow Tour"- Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Others (from the "Evita' Soundtrack) (Debut):

96) (25) Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down At The Twist and Shout" (Debut):

96) (26) "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"- My Chemical Romance (Debut)

96) (27) "Hurricane"- Needtobreathe (Debut)

96) (28) "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"- The Platters (Debut)

96) (29)"Dancing In Heaven (Orbital BeBop)"- Q-Feel (Debut):
96) (30) "Together"- Styx (Debut) This song just joined this illustrious group. This is one of Styx's best songs, up there with their best songs:

96) (31) "I'll Be Your Shelter"- Taylor Dayne (Debut)

96) (32) "Don't Rush Me"- Taylor Dayne (Tied for 87th)

96) (33) "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"- The Tokens (Tied for 60th)

96) (34) Walk The Moon's "I Can Lift A Car" (Debut):

96) (35) "Tube Snake Boogie"- ZZ Top (Debut)

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