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Monday, August 22, 2022

(Finished August 22nd, 2022) Part 1 of The Best Songs About Places and Locations

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These are songs about places and locations, they are both real, imaginary and fictional. Most of these are places you would really want to go, at least I would. The song has to be more about the place than just a metaphor or other reference.

1) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town" (Extended Version):

2) Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville":

3) The Steve Miller Band "Swingtown":

4) Frank Sinatra "New York New York":

5) Massive Wagons "Tokyo":

6) Glen Campbell "Galveston":

7) Camila Cabello "Havana":

8) Led Zeppelin "Kashmir":

9) Kiss "Detroit Rock City":

Both a place and in this song the name of a woman. 10) Duran Duran "Rio":

11) Ryan Adams "New York, New York":

About both the ferry and The Mersey. 12) Gerry and the Pacemakers "Ferry Across The Mersey":

13) Rush "A Passage To Bangkok":

14) Everclear "Santa Monica":

15) Billy Joel "Allentown":

Speaking of LA, how about those Dodgers? They have by far the best record in the MLB. 16) Randy Newman "I Love LA":

17) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

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Sunday, August 21, 2022

(Finished August 21, 2022) Part 1 of The Best Seven Individual Years In Pop Music, Madonna 1985-1991

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Was there ever a more significant seven years in pop music history for a performer than Madonna's 1984 to 1990? In that timeframe she released the CDs "Like A Virgin", "True Blue", the "Who's That Girl" soundtrack, "Like A Prayer", the "You Can Dance" dance CD, greatest hits collection "The Immaculate Collection" and the "I'm Breathless" soundtrack. In that timeframe she released the below songs, many of these are classic Madonna tunes. She also acted in five movies, with an additional movie being released during that time that she had made earlier. The best movie she was associated with during that time was "Vision Quest". She contributed "Gambler" and one of her best ballads "Crazy For You" to that movie. She also went on three different tours.

1) "Angel":

2) "Back In Business":

3) "Causing A Commotion":

4) "Cherish":

5) "Dear Jessie":

6) "Dress You Up":

7) "Express Yourself":

8) "Hanky Panky":

9) "He's A Man":

10) "I'm Going Bananas":

11) "Into The Groove":

12) "Jimmy Jimmy":

13) "Justify My Love":

14) "Keep It Together":

15) "La Isla Bonita":

16) "Like A Prayer":

17) "Like A Virgin":

18) "Live To Tell":

19) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore":

20) "Love Makes The World Go Around":

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(Finished August 21st, 2022) Part 4 of The Best Of Yacht Rock: Greatest Hits

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On these later Yacht Rock blogs I'll be posting the greatest hits of Yacht Rock. In other words songs that pretty much of a certain age will know. Pretty much all of these songs are classic.

Thanks to Wikipedia.org for this yacht rock definition:

Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic commonly associated with soft rock, one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, and disco. Common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, and a focus on light, catchy melodies. Its name, coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, was derived from its association with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of sailing.

I did the first one of these early January of this year. That was 20 Obscure Yacht Rock songs. I now have 6 blogs ready to go of the greatest Yacht Rock songs, this is Part 4 of Yacht Rock greatest hits.

35) Kenny Loggins "This Is It":

36) "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near):

37) Toto "Rosanna":

38) Hall and Oates "Kiss On My List":

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

40) Christopher Cross "Sailing":

41) The Eagles "The Long Run":

42) Looking Glass "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)":

43) Bread "Everything I Own":

44) Steely Dan "Reelin' In The Years":

45) Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out":

46) Jackson Browne "Doctor My Eyes":

47) Sanford and Townsend "Smoke From A Distant Fire":

48) Fleetwood Mac "Rhiannon":

49) Ace "How Long":

50) Hall and Oates "Rich Girl":

790 million YouTube views for this slice of 80s pop/rock. 51) Toto "Africa":

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

(Finished August 20th, 2022) Part 2 of The Best of "I" Songs

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There's no I in team, but there these songs all feature I in the title. So far 95% of the songs that I have found the I in the title is the first letter. I really have looked for songs with I in the title other than the first letter. I noticed that P!nk who doesn't used i in her name seems to have the most song titles with I in them.

18) Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait":

19) Yvonne Elliman "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

20) Band of Skulls "I Know What I Know":

21) Foxy Shazam "I Like It":

22) Tim McGraw "I Like It, I Love It":

23) April Wine "I Like To Rock":

24) R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly":

25) Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl":

26) Nick Lowe I Knew The Bride

27) Save Ferris "I Know":

28) Whitney Houston "I Learned From The Best":

29) The White Stripes "I Can Tell We're Going To Be Friends":

30) Hall and Oates "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)":

31) Bonnie Raitt "I Can't Make You Love Me":

32) Stevie Wonder "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It":

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

34) The Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)":

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(Finished August 20th, 2022) Chicks That Rock and Sometimes Other Genres: The B's, Part 3

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These are mostly the best rock songs led by/ featuring women prominently. I'm going with nearly all rock songs, but I'm also going to be posting other songs that may strike my fancy. I'm not saying chick in anyway derogatory, I'm using it in the same way as chick lit or chick flicks. All of these bands are great and many of them kick butt and rock out.

These next five songs are by the modern rockers Belly: "Feed The Tree";

-"Super-Connected":

-"Now They'll Sleep":

-"Gepetto":

-"Slow Dog":

These next three songs are by The Bird and the Bee "Again and Again":

-"Diamond Dave":

"Love Letter To Japan":

The following six songs are by Berlin "No More Words":

"The Metro":

"Like Flames":

"You Don't Know":

"Masquerade":

"Sex (I'm A)":

These next eight songs are by Bishop Briggs "The Fire":

"River":

"High Water":

"Higher":

"White Flag":

"Tempt My Trouble":

-"Lyin'":

"Dream":

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(Finished August 20th, 2022) Chicks That Rock and Sometimes Other Genres: The B's, Part 2

These next eight songs are by powerhouse vocalist Pat Benatar "Promises In The Dark":

-"Hell Is For Children":

-"Shadows In The Night":

"Fire and Ice":

"Heartbreaker":

"Hit Me With Your Best Show":

"Looking For A Stranger":

"Sex As A Weapon":

"We Live For Live":

These two songs are by Bikini Kill: "New Radio":

-"Rebel Girl":

These next six songs are by Blondie: "Call Me":

This used to be my favorite song growing up, but now I think it's only my second favorite Blondie song. "Heart of Glass":

"One Way or Another":

"Hanging On The Telephone":

"Atomic":

This is quite likely my favorite Blondie song now. "Dreaming":

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

(Finished August 18th, 2022) Part 10 of Sleazy and/or Crunchy Rock

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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!!!!

154) Autograph "More Than A Million Times":