(Finished March 15th, 2021) Part 1 of Songs About Work, Songs 1-17

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I have switched locations where I work and my new location is probably twice as busy as the previous location. The first song on this list describes my day today so well. 

1) The Bangles "Manic Monday":

2) Alabama "40 Hour Week (For A Livin')":

3) Rush "Working Man": 

4) Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job And Shove It":

5) Jackson Browne "Stay/ The Load Out":

6) Bruce Springsteen "Working On The Highway":

Not about a job per se, but it's still about working. And this may be even harder work. 7) The Spinners "Working My Way Back To You":

8) Boston "Peace of Mind":

9) Steely Dan "Dirty Work":

10) The Silhouettes "Get A Job":

11) Tommy James "Draggin' The Line":

12) Sheena Easton "Morning Train (9 to 5)":

13) The Vogues "Five O' Clock World":

14) Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":

15) Styx "Blue Collar Man":

16) Rihanna featuring Drake  "Work":

17) BTO "Taking Care of Business":

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(Finished March 14th, 2021) Part 6 of Best Songs About The Wistful Passage of Time, Part Songs 91-107

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91) Sarah Brightman "Memory":

92) "Hands Clean":

93) John Mayer "No Such Thing":

94) Chicago "Old Days":

95) Kenny Chesney "I Go Back":

96) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

97) Skid Row "I Remember You":

98) Metallica "That Was Your Life":

99) Little River Band "Reminiscing":

100) The Supremes "Reflections":

101) Elton John "Crocodile Rock":

102) Paul Davis "65 Love Affair":

103 Bon Jovi "Blood On Blood":

104) Nick Lowe "I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll":

105) The Carpenters "Yesterday Once More":

106) Sierra Boggess "Wishing You Were Here Somehow Again":

107) Madonna "This Used To Be My Playground":

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(Finished March 14th, 2021) Part 5 of Best Songs About The Wistful Passage of Time, Part Songs 72-90

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Why are so many songs about the passing of time so powerful and poignant? And isn't any song about the passage of time wistful?

72) Billy Joel "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant":

73) Vera Lynn "We'll Meet Again":

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

75) Five For Fighting "100 Years":

76) Sting "All This Time":

77) The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes":

78)  Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

79) Meat Loaf "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

80) Dorothy Moore "Misty Blue":

81) Tyrone Davis "I I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time":

82) Dennis DeYoung "Desert Moon":

83) Kenny Loggins "Return To Pooh Corner":

84) Jake Owne "The One That Got Away":

85) Tim McGraw "Something Like That":

86) Randy Travis "1982":

87) "1959":

88) Eric Burdon and The Animals "When I Was Young":

89) Judy Collins "Both Sides Now":

90) John Mellencamp "R.O.C.K. In The USA":

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(Finished March 14th, 2021) Part 1 of The Best Sports Anthems, Songs 1-17

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Inspired by watching the original "Mighty Ducks" tonight here's a blog full of the best sports anthems.

1) Gary Glitter "Rock and Roll Part 2":

2) The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

3) The Offspring "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)":

4) M.C. Hammer "U Can't Touch This":

5) The Rolling Stones "Start Me Up":

Is this song a bassist's best friend. 6) Queen "Another One Bites The Dust":

7) Snap "The Power":

8) Kongos "Come With Me Now":

9) Fort Minor "Remember The Name":

10) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

11) Tina Turner "The Best":

12) Metallica "Enter Sandman":

13) The Baha Boys "Who Let The Dogs Out":

14) AC/DC "Thunderstruck":

15) The Script featuring Will.i.am "Hall of Fame":

16) Blur "Song 2":

17) Steam "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye":

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(Finished March 12th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best 70's One Hit Wonders, Songs 52-68

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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.

Hall had many country hits, but "I Love" was his only pop hit. It went to #12. Hall had many other amazing songs. Those include "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine", "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" and "Fox On The Run". 52) Tom T. Hall "I Love":

Bonus song Tom T. Hall "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died":

53) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')":

54) Sanford & Townsend "Smoke From A Distant Fire":

55) Samantha Song with the Bee Gees  "Emotion":

56) Ronnie McDowell "The King Is Gone":

This only made the Top 12, but it's close enough. 57) Dave Mason "We Just Disagree":

58) Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City":

This song only reached # 48, so obviously not a hit. However it's a great song so I'm including it here.

59) Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Lucky Man":

60) The Edgar Winter Group "Frankenstein":

61) Rick Derringer "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo":

62) Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died":

63) Nicolette Larson "Lotta Love":

64) John Stewart featuring Stevie Nicks "Gold":

65) Maria Muldaur "Midnight At The Oasis":

Frehley is an one hit wonder as a solo act, but obviously he had many hits/ popular songs with Kiss.

66) Ace Frehley "New York Groove":

The album this song is on was released in 1979, although the song wasn't released until March, 1980 

I loved this song so much as I kid, now over 40 years later I love it just as much. 

67) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town":

68) The Hues Corporation "Rock The Boat":

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(Finished March 11th, 2021) Part 4 of 80s Songs That Meant Something To Me, Songs 52-68

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These are songs that meant something to me in the 80s and why those songs meant something.

52) Surivivor "Eye of The Tiger":

53) Dire Straits "Money For Nothing":

Look for the lovely Courtney Cox as the girl Bruce invites on stage. 54) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Dancing In The Dark":

54) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More":

55) Genesis "Land of Confusion":

56) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":

57) Talking Heads "Burning Down The House":

58) Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science":

59) The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me":

The most gnarly one hit wonders:

60) Real Life "Send Me An Angel":

61) Sly Fox "Let's Go All The Way":

62) Boy Meets Girl "Waiting For A Star To Fall":

Sad this song doesn't even have seven million YouTube views. 63) Double "The Captain of Her Heart":

64) Chris Isaak "Wicked Game":

65) Maria Vidal "Body Rock":

66) John Farnham "You're The Voice":

67) Stacey Q "Two of Hearts":

General Public isn't even a one hit wonder, they had no hits. This song only went to #95, but this is still ga great song. 68) General Public "Tenderness":

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(Finished March 10th, 2021) Part 3 of Songs That Meant Something To Me In The 80s, Songs 35-51

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35) Journey "Who's Crying Now":

No memories attached but what the hell is going on with this song and video? It doesn't matter as this was such a great and fun song. 36) Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance":

I still hear this song occasionally at work and it always brings a smile to my face. 37) Men At Work "Down Under":

The following collection of videos are some of the most memorable videos of the 80s. 38) Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning":

39) Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face":

40) Martika "Toy Soldiers":

41) Kylie Minogue "The Locomotion":

42) Paul Young "Everytime You Go Away":

43) Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry":

44) Peter Cetera "The Glory of Love":

Another 80s movie with a great soundtrack, "Pretty In Pink" was also a great movie. I also had a huge crush on Molly Ringwald.  45) OMD "If You Leave":

I know it will sound corny but I've always been inspired this song. 46) Mr. Mister "Broken Wings":

47) A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)":

48) Whitesnake "Here I Go Again":

49) The Bangles "Manic Monday":

50) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":

I saw these guys a couple of years ago in concert and they were still great. No Grace Slick, but the female singer they had was pretty good. 51) Starship "We Built This City":

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