(Finished February 14th, 2021) Part 2 of Best Songs About Love the Second Time Around, Songs 18-34

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Happy Valentine's Day no matter how many chances at love you've had. 

 18) Peabo Bryson "If Ever You're In My Arms Again":

19) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

20) The Spinners "Working My Way Back To You":

21) Hoobastank "The Reason":

22) Toby Keith "We Were In Love":

23) Kenny Rogers "Lucille":

24) Toby Keith "Blue Bedroom":

25) Neil Diamond "Hello Again":

26) The Jets "Make It Real":

27) Cher Lloyd "Want U Back":

28) Janet Jackson "Come Back To Me":

29) Barry Manilow "Looks Like We Made It":

30) Maxine Nightingale "Right Back Where We Started From":

31) Dead Or Alive "Lover Come Back To Me":

32) Player "Baby Come Back":

33) Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong":

No really, like never ever. 34) Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together":

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(Finished February 13th, 2021) The Best Songs About Hope And Inspiration

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1) Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World":

2) Wilson Phillips "Hold On":

3) Bob Marley "Three Little Birds":

4) Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror":

5) Whitney Houston "I Didn't Know My Own Strength":

6) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

7) Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All":

8) Carrie Underwood "So Small":

9) U2 "Walk On":

10) Aerosmith "Dream On":

11) Journey "Don't Stop Believin":

12) Jackie DeShannon "What The World Needs Now":

13) Dixie Chicks "I Hope":

14) U.S.A. For Africa "We Are The World":

15) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

16) Andra Day "Rise Up":

17) Sara Bareilles "Brave":

18) Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey "When You Believe":

From the amazing "Hamilton" musical. 19) "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)":

20) Rachel Platten "Stand By You":

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(Started February 13th 2021, Finished March 8th, 2023) Part 2 of The Best 70's One Hit Wonders, Songs 18-34

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As much as possible I tried to locate true one hit wonders, meaning having only one song in the Top Ten. And some of these musicians had multiple country hits, I'm focusing on songs that made the Top Ten in the Billboard Hot 100. Thanks to Ranker.com for the idea for this blog.

18) Chi Coltrane "Thunder and Lightning":

19) Richard Strauss "Also Sprach Zarathustra":

 A classic. 20) Sammy Johns "Chevy Van":

Vicki Sue Robinson 21) "Turn The Beat Around":

22) Sniff 'n' The Tears "Driver's Seat":

23) The Ides of March "Vehicle":

24) Steve Martin "King Tut":

25) Kraftwerk "Autobahn":

You know the Disco craze went too crazy with this 1976 Disco parody. 26) Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots "Disco Duck":

27) Amii Stewart "Knock On Wood":

28) Sugarloaf "Green Eyed Lady":

What a great song. 29) Alicia Bridges "I Love The Nightlight";

30) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

31) Frijid Pink "The House of the Rising Sun":

32) Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky":

33) Edison Lighthouse "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)":

34) Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"

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(Finished February 22nd, 2021) Part 1 of Random, Under Appreciated Songs of the 80s and Early 90s, Songs 1-17

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I'm going to go where YouTube, old memories and the greatest decade for music ever take me. Sorry it was a bs kind of day at work and it's done wore me out.

1) Kix "Don't Close Your Eyes":

2) Slaughter "Fly To The Angels":

What an amazing voice. 3) Sinead O' Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U"

4) Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka":

5) The Belle Stars "Iko Iko":

6) The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink":

7) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

8) Abba "The Winner Takes It All":

9) The Bee Gees "You Win Again":

10) Alphaville "Forever Young":

11) Will To Power "Baby I Love Your Way":

12) XTC "Dear God":

13) Modern English "Melt With You":

14) The Time "Jungle Love":

15) Wax "Right Between The Eyes":

16) Carly Simon "Coming Around Again":

17) "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)":

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(Started February 10th, 2021) The Best Songs About Beautiful Women

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You're a man, you love women. It's a real thing. What do you love about them, their smile, their legs, their eyes their laugh? With masks becoming a near necessity it really brings out the eyes. I find I'm a big fan of eyes. But from a primal point of view one of the most outstanding things about a woman is her beauty. Here's a blog of songs about beautiful women.

1) Dr. Hook "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman":

If I ever have a blog about worst acting2) Van Halen "Oh, Pretty Woman":

3) Van Halen "Beautiful Girls":

4) The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink":

5) James Blunt "You're Beautiful":

6) Slash featuring Fergie "Beautiful/Dangerous":

7) Joe Cocker "You Are So Beautiful":

8) Charlie Rich "The Most Beautiful Girl";

9) Everlast "White Trash Beautiful":

10) Heart "Beautiful Broken":

11) The Hollies "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)":

12) INXS "Beautiful Girl":

13) Y & T "Summertime Girls":

14) John Legend and Adriana Grande "Beauty and The Beast":

15) One Direction "What Makes Her Beautiful":

16) Steve Holy "Good Morning Beautiful":

17) The Tubes "She's A Beauty":

18) Beautiful Loser":

19) "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful":

20) "Unconventionally Beautiful":

I love her voice here! 21) Maggie Lindeman "Pretty Girl":

22) Michael Jackson "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"

23) Do Damn Pretty Should Be

24) Ed Sheeran "Galway Girl":

25) No Doubt "Looking Hot":

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(Finished Tuesday, February 9th, 2021) Part 3 of 80s Classics I Don't Post Enough: Songs 35 to 51

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Okay maybe all of these songs aren't classics, but more importantly all of these songs are great.

35) Whitney Houston "So Emotional":

36) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine "Anything For You":

37) George Michael "One More Try":

38) Chicago "Look Away":

39) Sheriff "When I'm With You":

40) Richard Marx "Satisfied":

41) Roxette "Listen To Your Heart":

42) Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain":

43) The Alan Parsons Project "Games People Play":

44) The Chords "Maybe Tomorrow":

45) Foreigner "Juke Box Hero":

46) Hall and Oates "You Make My Dreams":

47) Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Withers "Just The Two of Us":

48) Blondie "Dreaming":

49) Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing":

50) The Jam "Town Called Malice":

51) Jefferson Starship "Find Your Way Back":

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(Finished February 27th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best 70s Movie Music, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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I'm focusing on music that was an original song on the soundtrack, but I couldn't tell all the time.

1) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Rocky's Theme)":

2) Frankie Valli "Grease":

Liza Minnelli sang this song in the movie, but I'm going to go with the best version here. 

3) Ol' Blue Eyes "New York New York":

4) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

5) John Williams "Star Wars Theme":

6) Barbra Striesand "The Way We Were":

7) The Bee Gees "Night Fever":

8) The Trammps "Disco Inferno":

9) The Fifth Dimension "Let The Sunshine In":

10) Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever":

11) Joe Walsh "In The City":

12) Goblin "Theme To Suspiria":

13) Scott Joplin "The Entertainer":

14) Carl Anderson "Heaven On Their Minds":

15) Kermit The Frog (Jim Henson) "The Rainbow Connection":

16) Cat Stevens "If You Want To Sing":

117) Bill Haley and His Comets "Rock Around The Clock":

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