(Finished July 30th, 2024) Part 7 of the Best Pop, Rock and Soul Songs of 1986

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This is the first one of these blogs in over a year.

After watching another great episode of "Cold Case" I continue to say that show uses music to highlight and emphasize the emotions that enhance the storyline. Tonight I watched the Season 1 finale of "Cold Case", it's the episode entitled "Lover's Lane". The story is based in 1986, in other words a lot of great music from 1986 played. The first 8 songs below are songs played in that episode of "Cold Case". Some of those songs aren't actually from 1986. Starting with the ninth song though starts many of the greatest songs of that year.

It reminds me again how great the music was in 1986, but then again every year of the 80s had amazing music.

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

110) Dire Straits "Walk of Life":

111) Gloria Estefan "Words Get In The Way":

112) Robert Palmer "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On":

113) O.M.D. "If You Leave":

114) James Brown "Living In America":

115) El Debarge "Who's Johnny":

116) John Mellencamp "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.":

117) Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running":

118) ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag":

119) Berlin "When Love Goes To War":

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(Finished July 29th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Cover Songs Since 2000

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This list isn't as strong as I thought it would be.

It shows you what I know, I thought this was a Norah Jones original. Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos were the original performers, never heard of them. 1) Norah Jones "Don't Know Why":

2) Adele "If It Hadn't Been For Love":

3) Pearl Jam "Love Reign O'er Me":

4) Beth Hart "Good Times Bad Times":

5) Bad Wolves "Zombie":

6) Kari Kimmel "Cruel Summer":

7) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

8) Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal":

9) Ataris "The Boys of Summer":

10) Johnny Cash "God's Gonna Cut You Down":

11) Billie Joe Armstrong "That Thing You Do":

12) Sheryl Crow "The First Cut Is The Deepest":

13) Atomic Kitten "Eternal Flame":

14) Shinedown "Simple Man":

One of my all-time favorite covers. 15) SAYGRACE  featuring G-Eazy "You Don't Own Me":

16) Lorde "Everybody Wants To Rule The World":

17) Jack White "Love Is Blindness":

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(Finished July 28th, 2024) Part 2 of Preview of Summer Nights With The Stars at Ed Kenley Amphitheater

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What do Colbie Caillat, Ben Folds, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Lorrie Morgan all have in common? Not much, but they all will be appearing in Layton, Utah at the Ed Kenley Amphitheater this summer. The four musicians I mentioned are the four that interest me most. I'm going to include results from YouTube and my personal favorites in calculating the songs played for each artist. 

Since this summer concert season is almost half over, maybe I should finish this blog? Ben Folds is playing this Wednesday, July 31st.

These next 7 songs are all by Lorrie Morgan 20) "Good As I Was To You":

21) "A Picture of Me (Without You)":

22) "Watch Me":

23) "Except For Monday":

24) "What Part of No":

A personal favorite 25) "Something In Red":

26) "We Both Walk":

These next five songs are all by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 27) "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet":

28) "Takin' Care of Business":

29) "Let It Ride":

30) "Roll On Down The Highway":

31) "Hey You":

Before Randy Bachman helped create BTO he sang with The Guess Who, which is why all these amazing songs were performed the same concert. 32) "Undun":

33) "No Sugar Tonight":

34) "American Woman":

35) "These Eyes":

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(Finished July 26th, 2024) Part 3 of Are These Some of the Greatest Songs of All-Time?

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I've been working on my list of greatest songs of all-time. Usually if I consider a song as a greatest song of all-time I can make that instantly. But there's some songs that are right on the border. I decided to do this blog to figure out if these songs are themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time.

Stay tuned.

35) Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl":

This one is easy, this definitely is one of the greatest songs of all-time. 36) Whitney Houston "Where Do Broken Hearts Go":

See above. 37) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

38) Alicia Keys "Samsonite Man":

39) Mike Reno and Ann Wilson "Almost Paradise":

40) The Highwomen "Highwomen":

41) Oh Wonder "Without You":

42) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

43) Oh Wonder "All We Do":

44) Warrant "Down Boys":

45) ELO "Last Train To London":

46) Michael Jackson "Speed Demon":

47) Broken Witt Rebels "Rich Get Richer":

48) H.E.A.T. "One By One":

I saw Trombone Shorty and his amazing band live in Salt Lake City. They're all very talented and I had a fun time. My only issue is I wished that not every song turned into a jam. But a fun time was had by all and there might have even been some old white man dancing. 49) Trombone Shorty "Lie To Me":

50) Demi Lovato featuring YUNGBLUD "Freak":

51) Fall Out Boy (featuring Big Sean) "The Mighty Fall":

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(Finished July 24th, 2024) Part 2 of Are These Some of the Greatest Songs of All-Time?

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I've been working on my list of greatest songs of all-time. Usually if I consider a song as a greatest song of all-time I can make that instantly. But there's some songs that are right on the border. I decided to do this blog to figure out if these songs are themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time.

Stay tuned.

18) Demi Lovato "Give Your Heart A Break":

19) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer":

Already Greatest Song of All-Time #249. 20) Cher Lloyd "Want U Back":

21) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

22) Maggie Rogers "Fallingwater":

23) Sia "Chandelier":

24) Halsey "Gasoline":

25) St. Vincent "Cheerleader":

26) Ariana Grande "Into You":

27) Marina and the Diamonds "Primadonna":

28) SZA "The Weekend":

29) Nicki Minaj "Super Bass":

30) Lana Del Rey "Video Games":

31) Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time":

32) Aqua "Barbie Girl":

33) The Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way":

34) Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Shallow":

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(Finished July 22, 2024) Part 3 of The Greatest Hits of Broadway

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On March 1st, 2024 my rock concert girlfriend and I will be going to see "Les Miserables" here in the Eccles Theatre in Salt Lake City. This will be the seventh or eighth time I've seen this amazing musical. It quite likely is my favorite Broadway play ever.

Most of the "Phantom" songs are on part 1. From "Phantom of the Opera" 34) Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler. "All I Ask of You":

From "Chess" 35) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

36) Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson  "I Know Him So Well":

These next four songs are from "Dreamgirls" 37) Jennifer Hudson "And I Tell You I'm Not Going":

I never paid much attention to Beyonce until I heard her sing this song so powerfully. 38) Beyonce "Listen":

39) Jennifer Hudson "Love You I Do":

40) Jennifer Hudson "One Night Only":

41) Several singers from the "Dreamgirls" cast. "Steppin' To The Bad Side":

These next five songs are from "Jersey Boys": 42) "Rag Doll":

43) "Walk Like A Man":

44) "Big Girls Don't Cry":

45) "Sherry":

46a) December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

46b) Frankie Valli "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

From "Moulin Rouge": 47) "Chandelier":

48) "Welcome To The Moulin Rouge":

47) "Truth Beauty Freedom Love":

48) Natalie Mendoza and cast "The Sparkling Diamond":

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(Finished July 21st, 2024) The 70s: Some of the Best of the Decade

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Last night I became a Gearhead- meaning a fan of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I saw them in concert in Layton, Utah last night. Randy Bachman played in both BTO and also The Guess Who. The band played several songs by both bands. It was a great night. It reminded me of all the great songs from the late 60s and the 70s.

1) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet":

This song takes on new life when played live, unfortunately no video can capture that. 2) The Guess Who "American Woman":

3) Joe Jackson "Is She Really Going Out With Him":

4) April Wine "I Like To Rock":

5) Rick Derringer "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Coo":

6) The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again":

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

8) Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb":

9) The Doors "Riders On The Storm":

10) Rush "The Spirit of Radio":

11) David Bowie "Suffragette City":

12) Elton John "Saturday's Night Alright For Fighting":

13) The Clash "Train In Vain":

14) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Woodstock":

15) Blondie "One Way or Another":

16) Pink Floyd "Time":

17) ELO "Don't Bring Me Down":

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