(Finished May 17th, 2020) Great Songs For Your Sundays/ Inspirational Videos Part 1

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1) The Commodores "Easy (Like A Sunday Morning)":

2) Johnny Cash "Sunday Morning Coming Down":

3) The Monkees "Pleasant Valley Sunday":

4) Young Rascals "Groovin'":

5) "Sunday Kind Of Love":

6) Morrissey "Every Day Is Like Sunday":

7) The Cranberries "Sunday":

8) The Scorpions "Loving You Sunday Morning":

9) Craig Morgan "That's What I Love About Sundays":

Such an amazingly pretty song. 10) Sarah Brightman "Tell Me On A Sunday":

One of the saddest videos you'll ever see. 11) Rascal Flatts "What Hurts The Most":

12) Daniel Boone "Beautiful Sunday":

13) Shenandoah "Sunday In The South":

14) The Sundays "Here's Where The Story Ends":

Other great mellow songs:

15) The Commodores "Sail On":

Not as good as the original, but that's one of the best songs ever. 16) Zella Day "Wonderwall":

17) Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer":

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(Started May 16th, 2020) The Ten Best Musicians of the 80s, Part 3: Stevie Wonder

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I was chilling on YouTube today when I stumbled across a Prince concert, which always makes me think of how great of a musician, singer, performer, songwriter etc he was. (Let's be honest, he wasn't a very good actor.) I wanted to write a blog about the Top Ten musicians of the 80s. But I wanted to rely on someone else's Top Ten, so I Googled my way around the internet. One list had The Beastie Boys as #1, another list had Kenny Rogers as #1- um, no and no. Don't get me wrong I love both of those artists, but neither are even close to #1. I came across a udiscovermusic.com blog about The Top Ten Superstars of the 80s. I may have a few quibbles with their Top Ten, but overall it's a pretty good list.

Other musicians that should be considered for any Top Ten 80s musicians include RUN-D.M.C., Def Leppard, U2, George Michael, R.E.M., Duran Duran (or as the kids called them back in the day Duran squared), Journey, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Ozzy, The Boss and so many others.

Here in no particular order is udiscovermusic.com's Top 10 80s artists. You could probably guess who are the ones I like the most.

For Stevie Wonder I've dug deep so that there would be more than only 12 songs on his blog. I've included songs where he played harmonica or the synthesizer and also have some included some of his amazing 60s and 70s hits.

His 80s classics:

1) "Master Blaster (Jammin')":

2) "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It":

I love how funky Stevie's songs are. 3) "That Girl":

4) "Do I Do":

5) "I Just Called To Say I Love You":

6) "Love Light In Flight":

7) "Part Time Lover":

With Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Gladys Knight. 8) "That's What Friends Are For":

9) "Overjoyed":

With Paul McCartney 10) "Ebony and Ivory":

11) USA for Africa "We Are The World":

12) "Go Home":

13) "Whereabouts":

Stevie playing on harmonica:

14) The Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)":

15) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

Stevie playing on the synthesizer:

"Just Good Friends":

Some of Stevie's best 60 ands 70s hits:
16) "For Once In My Life":

17) "My Cherie Amour":

18) "Yesterday, Yester

19)  "Superstition":

20) "Boogie on Reggae Woman":

21) "Sir Duke":

22) "Uptight":

23) "Sunshine":

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(Finished May 16th, 2020) The Ten Best Musicians of the 80s, Part 2: Lionel Richie

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I was chilling on YouTube today when I stumbled across a Prince concert, which always makes me think of how great of a musician, singer, performer, songwriter etc he was. (Let's be honest, he wasn't a very good actor.) I wanted to write a blog about the Top Ten musicians of the 80s. But I wanted to rely on someone else's Top Ten, so I Googled my way around the internet. One list had The Beastie Boys as #1, another list had Kenny Rogers as #1- um, no and no. Don't get me wrong I love both of those artists, but neither are even close to #1. I came across a udiscovermusic.com blog about The Top Ten Superstars of the 80s. I may have a few quibbles with their Top Ten, but overall it's a pretty good list.

Other musicians that should be considered for any Top Ten 80s musicians include RUN-D.M.C., Def Leppard, U2, George Michael, R.E.M., Duran Duran (or as the kids called them back in the day Duran squared), Journey, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Ozzy, The Boss and so many others.

Here in no particular order is udiscovermusic.com's Top 10 80s artists. You could probably guess who are the ones I like the most.

1) "My Love":

2) "Truly":

3) "You Are":

4) "All Night Long (All Night)":

5) "Penny Lover":

6) "Stuck On You":

7) "Running With The Night":

8) "Hello":

9) "Dancing On The Ceiling":

10) "Ballerina Girl":

featuring Alabama 11) "Deep River Woman":

12) "Say You, Say Me":

I just couldn't post that cringey live version he sings with Diana Ross, they have almost no chemistry.  I watched the movie for the trailer and the movie looks incredibly stupid. However Brooke Shields was so incredibly beautiful and this song is amazing. 13) "Endless Love":

14) "We Are The World":

While with the Commodores 15) "Oh No":

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(Finished May 16th, 2020) The Ten Best Musicians of the 80s, Part 1: Phil Collins

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I was chilling on YouTube today when I stumbled across a Prince concert, which always makes me think of how great of a musician, singer, performer, songwriter etc he was. (Let's be honest, he wasn't a very good actor.) I wanted to write a blog about the Top Ten musicians of the 80s. But I wanted to rely on someone else's Top Ten, so I Googled my way around the internet. One list had The Beastie Boys as #1, another list had Kenny Rogers as #1- um, no and no. Don't get me wrong I love both of those artists, but neither are even close to #1. I came across a udiscovermusic.com blog about The Top Ten Superstars of the 80s. I may have a few quibbles with their Top Ten, but overall it's a pretty good list.

Other musicians that should be considered for any Top Ten 80s musicians include RUN-D.M.C., Def Leppard, U2, George Michael, R.E.M., Duran Duran (or as the kids called them back in the day Duran squared), Journey, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Ozzy, The Boss and so many others.

Here in no particular order is udiscovermusic.com's Top 10 80s artists. You can guess which musicians are the ones I like the most.

Phil Collins:

1) "In The Air Tonight":

2) "I Missed Again":

3) "You Can't Hurry Love":

4) "I Don't Care Anymore":

5) "Sussudio":

6) "Two Hearts":

7) "Don't Lose My Number":

With Philip Bailey 8) "Easy Lover":

With Marilyn Martin 9) "Separate Lives":

10) "I Wish It Would Rain Down":

11) "Do You Remember":

"How many times can I say I'm sorry". 12) "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven":

13) "Against All Odds":

14) "Another Day In Paradise":

15) "Take Me Home":

With Genesis:

16) "Misunderstanding":

17) "Abacab":

18) "No Reply At All":

19) "Paperlate":

20) "That's All":

21) "Land of Confusion":

22) "Throwing It All Away":

23) "Tonight Tonight Tonight":

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(Started May 13th, 2020) Let's Sleep On It, The Best Songs About The Dark and Sleep

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1) ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag":

2) Barenaked Ladies "Who Needs Sleep":

3) Billy Idol "Endless Sleep":

4) Brian Fallon "Sleepwalkers":

5) Gary Clark Jr. "Can't Sleep":

6) New Year's Day cover of My Chemical Romance's "Sleep":

7) Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Sleeps With Angels":

8) Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":

9) R.E.M. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight":

10) R.E.M. "I Don't Sleep I Dream":

11) The Romantics "Talking In Your Sleep":

12) Roxette "Sleeping In My Car":

13) Royal Blood "Sleep":

14) Semisonic "Singing In My Sleep":

15) The Tokens "The Lion Sleeps Tonight":

16) Barbara Mandrell "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed":

17) Cher "We All Sleep Alone":

18) Metallica "Enter Sandman":

19) Arcade Fire "Wake Up":

20) The Fifth Dimension "Last Night I Didn't Get To Sleep At All":

Dark:

21) Bruce Springsteen "Dancing In The Dark":

22) Bruce Springsteen "Darkness On The Edge of Town":

23) John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band "On The Dark Side":

24) Billy Dean "Tryin' To Hide A Fire In The Dark":

25) Billy Squier "In The Dark":

26) Dio "Rainbow In The Dark":

27) Dorothy "Dark Nights":

28) Fall Out Boy "I Know What Your Songs Did In The Dark":

29) Hoobastank "Crawling In The Dark":

30) Lady Gaga "Dance In The Dark":

31) Muse "The Dark Side":

32) Ozzy Osborne "Shot In The Dark":

33) Pat Benatar "Promises In The Dark":

34) Robert Plant "Darkness Darkness":

35) Gabrielle Aplin "Light Up The Dark":

36) They Might Be Giants "Whistling In The Dark":

37) Skid Row "In A Darkened Room":

38) Skillet "Dark":

39) Mumford and Sons "Whispers In The Dark":

(Started May 12th, 2020) The Top 5 Songs + #100 Ranked Song Every Year I've Been Alive Part Five: 1979: The Year Disco Peaked, Part 2

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These are the Disco songs that finished on 1979's year end charts. Sometimes a band can be known for being a Disco band, but that doesn't mean every song they sing is a Disco song. The Pointer Sisters "Fire" is another case in point of this. Case in point I love EWF's "After The Love Is Gone", but in my opinion it's not a Disco song. The song was written by Bruce Springsteen for hell's sake.

In 1978 there were about 25 songs that made the year end chart I would label as Disco. In 1979 about 52 Disco songs made the Billboard Year End Top 100. 15 Disco songs made that list in 1980 and just a couple disco songs made it in 1981. When Disco died it died quickly. (I determined if a song was Disco based on a life long love of music which songs were Disco and which weren't. I realize that some songs could have been considered different genres.)

For this blog I have continued the Top 5 songs plus the #100 song, whether they're Disco or not. 1979 was a great year for music. Not only did 1979 have all those great Disco songs, there are also great Rock songs ("Double Vision" and "Dance The Night Away") and great Country songs ("She Believes In Me" and "The Devil Went Down To Georgia").

43) Bonnie Pointer "Heaven Must Have Sent You":
45) Sister Sledge "He's The Greatest Dancer":



48) The Village People "In The Navy":
51) John Stewart "Gold":
53) Sister Sledge "We Are Family":



55) Hot Chocolate "Every 1's A Winner":
56) Cher "Take Me Home":
57) Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions "Boogie Wonderland":
58) "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away":
59) Bobby Caldwell "What You Won't Do For Love":
It seems the New York groove was Disco with some rock flourishes.
60) Ace Frehley "New York Groove":



62) Chic "I Want Your Love":
64) Alicia Bridges "I Love The Nightlife":



65) "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now":
69) "Got To Be Real":
70) Patrick Hernandez "Born To Be Alive":
74) Kiss "I Was Made For Lovin' You":
76) GQ "Disco Nights":
One of the best and greatest Disco songs ever. This song peaked at #8, how did it not hit #1? And it only finished at #78 for the year end chart, that's hard to believe.
78) Earth, Wind and Fire "September":



80) Herb Alpert "Rise":



90) Instant Funk "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)":



91) Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough":



96) Nigel Olsson "Dancin' Shoes":



97) Diana Ross "The Boss":



There's so much I don't know about music, but I had never heard of this song before working on this blog. I was surprised the YouTube video had 33 million views. It's a cool song.
99) GQ "I Do Love You":



Obviously not a Disco song, just keeping it here as it is the #100 song.
100) Firefall "Strange Way":

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(Finished May 11th, 2020) The Best Forgotten 80's Hits, Part 3: Songs 35-51

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I was planning on completing a few blogs this weekend. But I was just randomly watching videos on YouTube when this topic came up. I picked this the most obscure 80s songs that are still great songs. I used a lot of YouTube videos and various blogs to come up with these blogs as well as my brain that retains way too many 80s songs.

Some of the various songs the above mentioned videos and blogs suggest include The Kinks' "Come Dancing", Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby",  Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out", Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait", Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down" and 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry". I've had those 6 songs on my blog so many times that none of them will be included here. They'll not be on these blogs.

I've published blogs like this previously, I'm hoping that many of these songs are different forgotten songs. Since I grew up in the 80s and am so familiar with so many songs from them, it's hard for me to know what's obscure and what isn't.

35) Bruce Hornsby and the Range "The Way It Is":

36) Swing Out Sister "Breakout":

37) Jack Wagner "All I Need":

38) XTC "Dear God":

39) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I Am":

40) Blancmange "Don't Tell Me":

41) The B-52's "Summer of Love":

42) Go West "We Close Our Eyes":

43) Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer":

44) Jane Wiedlin "Rush Hour":

Even well known bands can have great songs that are somehow forgotten. 45) Hall & Oates "Adult Education":

"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" is their most well known song- with backing vocals by Bryan Adams. But this is also a very good song. 46) Glass Tiger "Someday":

47) Jackson Browne "Boulevard":

48) Stevie Nicks "If Anyone Falls In Love":

49) Icehouse "Electric Blue":

50) Loverboy "Queen of The Broken Hearts":

51) ELO "So Serious":

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