The boss was listening to Carpenters radio at work today, that lead to a lot of 70s love songs. I thought that would be a good topic for tonight. Enjoy
1) Captain and Tennille "Love Will Keep Us Together":
2) Dan Hill "Sometimes When We Touch":
3) Ambrosia "How Much I Feel":
4) England Dan and John Ford Coley "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight":
5) America "Sister Golden Hair":
6) The Manhattans "Shining Star":
7) Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)":
8) Rita Coolidge "We're All Alone":
9) Anne Murray "You Needed Me":
10) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":
11) The Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love":
12) The Bee Gees "Too Much Heaven":
13) The Bee Gees "Love So Right":
14) Bread "Everything I Own":
15) The Carpenters (The Long To Be) Close To You":
16) Paul Davis "I Go Crazy":
17) The Stylistics "You Are Everything":
18) Randy Van Warmer "Just When I Needed You Most":
I did this as mostly an exercise for myself. I wanted to see how and which 80s songs I listened to most and I didn't know what to expect. I was surprised by the #1 song. It's a great song, but how did it get to #1? This is influenced by how long the song has been on my iTunes, what concerts I've gone to see and some of the songs downloaded from my iPod twice. That's the main factor why the #1 song is the most played. It's also clear that how much I like a song has relatively little bearing on how many songs it's played.
I'm also going to post the video for the song that I would have predicted would have been my most played song if I had been asked.
I would have predicted "Greatest Love of All" or "Saving All My Love For You" would have been my most played 80s Whitney Houston song. In case you're wondering "I Will Always Love You" is only my 35th most played Whitney Houston song. My fifth through second most played 80s Whitney songs are 5) "Greatest Love of All": with 25 listens:
4) "Do You Hear What I Hear?" has 26 listens:
3) "How Will I Know" (and "Didn't We Almost Have It All" a second time. Both have 28 listens:
2) "Didn't We Almost Have It All" with 36 listens:
55) Whitney Houston "So Emotional" Year 1987, 44 plays:
I don't have this song on my iTunes, but I wanted to give "AFOS" at least a fourth song. This isn't a terrible song and it's also the first time I have heard it. "The More You Live, The More You Love":
I would have guessed "I Ran (So Far Away) would have been my most played AFOS song of any decade. My fourth through second most played 80s AFOS songs.
The incredibly beautiful Jennifer Connelly fits perfectly with this song. 4) "Space Age Love Song" has 5 listens:
3) "I Ran (So Far Away)" has 9 listens. See below.
2) "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph)" with 10 listens:
54) A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)" Year 1982, 44 plays:
I would have guessed that "The Last In Line" would have been my most played 80s Dio song. My fifth through second most played Dio songs are:
5) "Last In Line" has 27 listens:
4) "Hungry For Heaven" has 30 listens:
3) "Holy Diver" has 31 listens:
2) "Rainbow In The Dark" has 32 listens:
53) Dio "One Night In The City": Year 1984, 44 plays:
I did this as mostly an exercise for myself. I wanted to see how and which 80s songs I listened to most and I didn't know what to expect. I was surprised by the #1 song. It's a great song, but how did it get to #1? This is influenced by how long the song has been on my iTunes, what concerts I've gone to see and some of the songs downloaded from my iPod twice. That's the main factor why the #1 song is the most played. It's also clear that how much I like a song has relatively little bearing on how many songs it's played.
I'm also going to post the video for the song that I would have predicted would have been my most played song if I had been asked.
"Rhythm Nation" is both my #1 and #2 most played Janet Jackson 80s song, it has 49 and 44 listens. It's gained a few listens since I started this blog. It only had 43 blogs when I started working on this blog. 59) Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" Year: 1989, 43 plays:
"Nasty" is my 3rd and 4th most played 80s Janet Jackson song with 39 and 31 listens:
"What Have You Done For Me Lately" is my fifth most played 80s Janet Jackson song, it has 22 listens:
I definitely thought "Black Cat" would have been much higher, it is my sixth most played 80s Janet Jackson song with 13 listens:
58) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City" Year: 1987, 43 plays:
I would've guessed either the above song, "Mr. Brownstone":
or "Welcome To The Jungle" would have been my most played G N' R 80s song:
Indeed "Paradise City" is #1 and "Mr. Brownstone" is my second most played 80s Guns N' Roses song. It has 41 listens.
Surprisingly "Think About You" is #3 in that category, it has 38 listens:
While "Welcome To The Jungle" is my sixth most played 80s Guns N' Roses song, my fourth most played 80s Guns N' Roses song is the excellent "Nightrain", it has 37 listens:
My second through fifth played 80s Clash songs are 2) "I Fought The Law" with 41 listens:
3 and 4) "Train In Vain" with 38 and 27 listens:
and 5) "Rock The Casbah" with 23 listens:
57) The Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" Year: 1982, 43 plays:
Right off the top of my head I would have had no clue what my second most played 80s Clash song would be. However when I saw what song it was there was no surprise. "Rock the Casbah" is my second and third most played 80s Clash song, it has 23 and 14 listens.
56) ZZ Top "Tubesnake Boogie", Year: 1981, 44 plays:
I would have predicted "Stages" would be my most played 80s ZZ Top song, but it's only second. "Stages" has 32 listens.
"Got Me Under Pressure" is my third most played 80s ZZ Top song, it has 30 listens:
These songs are tied for fourth place in this category, both songs have 9 listens, "I Got The Message":
Inspired by the first episode of "Peacemaker" and it's mid-level hair metal soundtrack I wanted to post a blog about crunchy and sleazy rock songs. I found quite a few songs from Leighton and Tracey Stead's 80's and 90's Glam Sleaze and Rock 'N Roll YouTube collection of videos.
As for the "Peacemaker" show there's a lot of language and sexual storylines. I was less than impressed by the first episode. I wasn't much impressed with "Peacemaker", but new to Prime is "Reacher". I watched the first three episodes of it the other night. It was plenty of action and Reacher is much easier to root for than shallow Peacemaker.
Inspired by the first episode of "Peacemaker" and it's mid-level hair metal soundtrack I wanted to post a blog about crunchy and sleazy rock songs. I found quite a few songs from Leighton and Tracey Stead's 80's and 90's Glam Sleaze and Rock 'N Roll YouTube collection of videos.
As for the "Peacemaker" show there's a lot of language and sexual storylines. I was less than impressed by the first episode. I wasn't much impressed with "Peacemaker", but new to Prime is "Reacher". I watched the first three episodes of it the other night. It was plenty of action and Reacher is much easier to root for than shallow Peacemaker.
Rock On!!!!
120) King Kobra "Hunger":
121) Kik Tracee "Don't Need Rules":
122) Kik Tracee "Big Western Sky":
123) Wrathchild or Wrathchild America "Climbing The Walls":
