(Finished August 8th, 2017) Green Day Concert Review August 7th, 2017 in Salt Lake City

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After a too short set, only 5 songs by Catfish and the Bottlemen, and a 15 minute break Green Day took the stage for an electrifying 2.5 hour concert. I won't be posting videos for every song, just for the songs that were personal highlights. I've wanted to see Green Day for the last several years and am so glad that I finally got to go see them.

Upsides: Green Day rawks. Their setlist was amazing, leaning heavily on their classic "American Idiot" CD. I always say the best time to see a band is when they've released a few CDs and their newest CD is great. Both of which Green Day qualifies for easily. Unlike a certain administration, Green Day is a "fine tuned machine". Green Day are both excellent musicians and energetic performers.

Downsides: there was a bit of filler. The mentions of "Salt Lake City" and "Utah" were too frequent. We know where we are and we know where we live. You don't need to appeal to us, we already love you. We also don't need to hear "raise your hands in the air", or the call and response "hey ho" several times. The setlist is amazing and I only have one qualm. I wish they would have played this song, "Whatshername":

If the filler is cut dramatically, causing the band to play a tighter set, Green Day would put on a nearly perfect show.

Pre setlist sing alongs:

1) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (A person dressed as a bunny runs around on stage.) :

2) "Blitzkreig Pop":

3) "The Good The Bad and The Ugly":

1) "Know Your Enemy" (Billie Joe brings someone on stage to sing.) :

2) "Bang Bang" ("Revolution Radio" banner drops behind the band.) :

3) "Revolution Radio":

4) Holiday": / 5) "Letterbomb":

6) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Billie Joe starts this song off acoustically on his guitar.):

7) "Longview" (A girl named Megan came on stage to sing the third verse):

8) "Youngblood":

9) "2000 Light Years Away":

10) "Hitchin' A Ride":

11) When I Come Around":

12) "Welcome To Paradise":

13) "Minority":

14) "Are We The Waiting" / 15) "St. Jimmy" (Tonight this featured both a drum and a sax solo.):

16) "Knowledge" (Two 18 year old women from the crowd came up and played guitars, one left with a guitar and one left with drum sticks.) :

17) "Basket Case":



18) "She":

19) "King For A Day" (Jason Freese plays a sax solo, with a "Careless Whisper" snippet.) :

20" "Shout"/"Always Look On The Bright Side"/ "I Can't Get No (Satisfaction)"/ "Hey Jude" /"Shout".

21) "Hey Jude"/"Still Breathing":

22) "Forever Now" (The rain starts falling, gently at first and then it rains harder. It gives a magical feeling to a magical night.) :

Encore

23) "American Idiot":



24) "Jesus of Suburbia":

This is the only quality video I can find from the concert in Salt Lake City. The rest of the band leaves the stage and Billie Jo plays his acoustic guitar and sings the final two songs.

25) "21 Guns":

26) "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)":

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(Finished August 8th, 2017) Jimmy Eat World Concert Preview August 9th, 2017

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After a thrilling 2.5 hour concert from Green Day Monday night, review forthcoming, I'll be return to the scene of the crime on Wednesday. That night my rock concert girlfriend and I will be seeing Judah and the Lion, Jimmy Eat World and Incubus. Previously I posted a recent actual Incubus setlist and a dream setlist for them. Here's a Jimmy Eat World setlist. Sadly this isn't the most electric setlist ever. Ten to twelve songs for Jimmy Eat World is more than enough.

1) "Sure and Certain":

2) "Bleed American":

3) "Big Casino":

4) "I Will Steal You Back":

5) "Lucky Denver Mint":

6) "Futures":

7) "Pass The Baby":

8) "Pain":

9) "Work":

10) "Hear You Me":

11) "Always Be":

12) "Get Right":

13) "A Praise Chorus":

14) "Sweetness":

15) "The Middle":

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(Finished August 10th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands Addendum, A Deep Dive Into The Music of Berlin, Part 1

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This is a deep dive into the music of Berlin, the 80's band who's still touring. This blog is inspired by 3 things. 1) In working on the top songs of 1988, one of those songs was by Berlin. I posted a video of them from a recent performance. They still sound great and lead singer Terri Nunn has become ever more beautiful through the years. 2) I stumbled across what I'm sure will be a short lived 80's radio station, Rewind 100.7. Why do I think it will be short lived, it's because those kind of radio stations are short lived. I liked their mix today in the short time I listened to them.They played Prince, Def Leppard and When In Rome's "The Promise". 3) Berlin will be playing in concert here in Salt Lake on September 7th. It looks like Berlin is the headliner. I thought this would be as good as time as any to do a deep dive into the music of Berlin.

Five of the best songs from their 2013 CD "Animal".

"Animal":

"With The Lights On":

"Blame It On The World":

 "Stand Up":

"Somebody To Love":

A quick review of their best 80's era songs:

19) "Steps":



18) "Angel's Wings" (no video at this time):
17) "X Girl" (no video at this time)

16) "Trash":



15) "Dancing In Berlin":

14) "Masquerade":



13) "Like Flames":

12) "Turn You On":



11) "Shayla":



"Shayla" Blondie vs. Berlin This is decent, I just thought it would be cooler than it is. (The person who posted this video writes "This is a mash up of the Blondie song Shayla, taken from their album Eat To The Beat. Put against the Berlin cover taken from the albums: Platinum Girl - A Tribute To Blondie and Berlin - Live: Sacred & Profane")

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(Finished August 4th, 2017) What's Hot Right Now? (For The Week of August 12th, 2017) Part 2

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This second part of this blog is a reason why I don't listen to radio much. So many of these songs are pure dross. So far the best two songs are an old song, Linkin Park's "Numb", and a song from one of our most consistent hit makers, Ed Sheeran. I hope the last six songs of this video are a lot better, but I have my doubts.

92 million views for this dreary song? Must be the same people that think Trump is a good President. 44) Brett Young "In Case You Didn't Know":

When did Miley go country? It's not a good sound for her and this song sucks. 

42) Miley Cyrus "Malibu":

Ick. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, there comes one of those pointless raps. 41) Selena Gomez featuring Gucci Mane "Fetish":

39) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

The impact of Chester Bennington. 34) Linkin Park "Numb":

29) David Guetta "2U":

208 million views, but this song is much better than Brett Young's song. 25) Ed Sheeran "Castle On The Hill":

24) James Author "Say You Won't Let Go":

Surely the always interesting Halsey will break this week's rankings out of it's funk, right. Sadly no. 19) Halsey "Now or Never":



14) Zedd and Alessia Carr "Stay":



This is the best America can do? 11) Post Malone featuring Quavo "Congratulations":



9) Charlie Puth "Attention":



I like this song quite a bit. 8) Shawn Mendes "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back":



5) Imagine Dragons "Believer":



I'm not sure what a Quavo is, but whatever that is it sounds like he is using Autotune. Autotune to rap? Yet another pointless rap in a sloppy mix of a song. 4) DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne "I'm The One":

How is this song a hit, there's only one singer/ rapper performing? 3) Bruno Mars "That's What I Like":



This isn't the greatest song, but at least it has Rihanna. 2) DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller "Wild Thoughts":



1) Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despatico":

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(Finished August 3rd, 2017) What's Hot Right Now? (For The Week of August 12th, 2017) Part 1

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I know I post a lot about older music, every once-in-a-while I want to mix it up. This is the August 12th, 2017, obviously the chart is several days ahead of today's date. All thanks to Billboard for these numbers. I'm not a big fan of rap music, so that's why it's rap music isn't represented very heavily. A lot of these songs I've never heard before tonight, I picked the most interesting sounding songs.

This is a really cool song, I think I need to check this band out more. I listened to three or four other Brothers Osbourne songs and I didn't like any of them. However this song is still fantastic.
93) Brothers Osborne "It Ain't My Fault":

87) Rascal Flatts "Yours If You Want It":

76) Justin Moore "Somebody Else Will":

72) Hailee Steinfeld "Most Girls":

70) Lady Antebellum "You Look Good":

69) Imagine Dragons "Thunder":

66) Old Dominion "No Such Thing As A Broken Heart":

61) China Anne McClain "What's My Name":

55) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

54) Selena Gomez "Bad Liar":

47) Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood "The Fighter":

45) Linkin Park featuring Kilara "Heavy":

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(Finished August 7th, 2017) themusicaddict's Dream Setlist for Incubus in Salt Lake City, August 9th, 2017

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I'm going to see Incubus, and Jimmy Eat World, in concert on August 9th. I have to admit I lost a bit of enthusiasm when reviewing one of their recent setlists. I recently posted a blog highlighting that setlist and I started thinking about how it could be made better. Incubus is touring to support their latest CD "8", which is a very good CD. While each concert should have some songs from their latest CD, most people go mainly to hear the "old" songs. Old being defined as songs from before this recent CD.

After listening to most of Incubus's songs from over the years I've come up with what would be the best Incubus setlist according to me, themusicaddict.

To start off a concert you need to have one of your bigger hits so that you can put a hook in their the audience's mouth. But you don't want it to be one of your most well known songs. They've been playing 5 or 6 songs from "8" so I included 5 new songs in this blog.

1) "The Warmth":

Then you want to play a few of your new songs, before you get into the main part of your set.

2) "Undefeated":



3) "Familiar Faces":



Incubus usually plays the pointless "When I Become A Man" before going into this song. I suggest Incubus not play "Man" at all. It slows down the momentum of a concert. 4) "Throw Out The Map":

Then you want to start building momentum, so you play a bunch of great songs.

I wish they would just play this song as a straight ahead rocker without the two minute slowdown. This is the kind of song that Incubus can really build up some momentum and propel them into the next song. The more momentum usually the better the concert. 5) "Sick Sad Little World":



6) "Leech":



7) "Nebula":



One of my favorite songs from "8". 8) "Love In A Time of Surveillance":

Then for the get out in the crowd or acoustic songs:

8) "Talk Shows On Mute":



9) "Southern Girl":

Okay you got those tender moments out of the way, now Incubus we want to be rocked. Close out your main set with some of your best songs and build up some momentum:

10) "Make Yourself":



11) "Pardon Me":



12) "Privilege":



As long as the new song rocks hard enough, you can throw it in this late in the set. 

13) "Nimble Bastard":



14) "Beware! Criminal":



15) "A Crow Left of the Murder":



16) "Pistola":



17) "Nowhere Fast":



18) "Megalomaniac":



19) "Warning":

Encore

20) "Wish You Were Here":



21) "Nice To Know You":

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(Finished August 27th, 2017) Uncut: The History of Rock: 1988 & The Best Songs of 1988 Part 3

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1) U2 "Desire":

2) Terence Trent D'arby "Wishing Well":

3) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield "What Have I Done To Deserve This":

4) Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear":

5) Information Society "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)":

6) Pretty Poison "Catch Me I'm Falling":

7) David Lee Roth "Just Like Paradise":

8) Ministry "Stigmata":

9) Erasure "Phantom Bride":

10) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

11) Billy Ocean "Get Outta My Way' Get Into My Car":

12) Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock "It Takes Two":

13) Metallica "Harvester of Sorrow":



14) Van Halen "When It's Love":



15) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Hate Myself For Loving You":



"I'm the same boy I used to be". 16) Steve Winwood "Valerie":



17) Brian Wilson "Love and Mercy":



18) Crowded House "Better Be Home Soon":



19) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":



20) Richard Marx "Hold On To The Nights":



21) Kylie Minogue "The LocoMotion":



22) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":



23) George Harrison "I Got My Mind Set On You":

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