(Started September 30th, 2024) The Most Successful Years of Billy Joel and Sting

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Today I bought tickets to see Billy Joel and Sting in concert in May 2025 here in Salt Lake. As always I'll be attending with my rock concert girlfriend. I'm not sure when Billy Joel's most successful year was so I Googled it. Google said the year was 1985 as that when he released his double greatest hits CD. It has sold over 11.5 million copies of the double CD so far. I'm going to focus on the songs from that CD from 1980-1983. This will be my fifth time seeing Billy Joel. He puts on a tremendous show.

Now for Sting I don't have to think about it too long. Those years are 1983-1985 following the release of "Synchronicity" and his first solo CD. After the release of that CD they were briefly the biggest band in the world and then they broke up. Sting's first CD is "The Dream of The Blue Turtle" This will be my second time seeing Sting, I was never able to see The Police. A tip of the hat to the other members of The Police, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

1) Billy Joel "You May Be Right":

2) The Police with Sting as a member.  "Synchronicity 1":

3) Billy Joel "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me":

4)  The Police with Sting as a member. "Walking In Your Footsteps":

5) Billy Joel "Don't Ask Me Why":

6)  The Police with Sting as a member. "Synchronicity 2":

7) Billy Joel "Pressure":

This song was originally a Police song. 8) Sting featuring Bruce Springsteen.  "Every Breath You Take":

9) Billy Joel "Allentown":

10)  The Police with Sting as a member. King of Pain":

11) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

12) The Police with Sting as a member. "Wrapped Around Your Finger":

13) Billy Joel "Tell Her About It":

14) The Police with Sting as a member. "Murder By Numbers":

Warning: white boy dancing about to appear on your screen. 15) Billy Joel "Uptown Girl":

16) Sting "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free":

17) Billy Joel "The Longest Time":

18) Sting "Love Is The Seventh Wave":

19) Billy Joel "You're Only Human (Second Wind)":

20) Sting "Russians":

21) Billy Joel "The Night Is Young":

22) Sting "We Work The Black Seam":

23) Billy Joel "All For Leyna":

24) Sting "Fortress Around Your Heart":

25) Billy Joel "Sleeping With The Television On":

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(Finished September 28th, 2024) Part 2 of The Best of Nostalgic Songs

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When I started this blog series I was looking for songs that that talked about old songs. Songs like "1985" and "Timeless". That eventually grew into the best songs about nostalgia, time passing and the past. I still packed this blog with the best songs that talk about old songs.

18) Kenny Rogers "Through The Years":

19) James Taylor "Copperline":

20) The J. Geils Band "Centerfold":

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

22) Kane Brown "Cowboy Classic":

23) Tim McGraw "Something Like That":

24) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About That":

25) Sinead O'Connor "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

26) ABC "When Smokey Sings":

27) Ronnie Milsap "Lost In The Fifties Tonight":

28) The Verve Pipe "The Freshman":

29) Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me":

30) The Four Seasons "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"

31) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

32) The Kinks "Come Dancing":

33) Chicago "Old Days":

34) Sting "All This Time":

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(Finished September 26th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best of Nostalgic Songs

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When I started this blog series I was looking for songs that that talked about old songs. Songs like "1985" and "Timeless". That eventually grew into the best songs about nostalgia, time passing and the past. I still packed this blog with the best songs that talked about old songs.

1) Rob Thomas "Timeless":

2) Bowling For Soup "1985":

Why yes I do include this song on every possible blog I can. 3) Green Day "Whatsername":

4) Barbra Streisand "Memory":

5) The Carpenters "Yesterday Once More":

6) Eric Church "Springsteen":

7) Alan Parsons "Time":

8) twenty one pilots "Stressed Out":

This great song isn't on my blog enough. 9) The Manhattans "Kiss and Say Goodbye":

10) Prince "Musicology":

11) Kenny Chesney "Young":

12) Billy Joel "Keeping The Faith":

13) Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

14) Elton John "Crocodile Rock":

15) Lana Del Rey "Young and Beautiful":

16) Corrine Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On";

17) Van Halen "You and Your Blues":

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(Finished September 24th, 2024) Part 6 of The Best of the Best- The Most Deserving Diamond Certified CDs

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These are the best of the best diamond certified CDs. To be a diamond CD at least 10 million units have to be sold. I'll only be focusing on original CDs and not any greatest hits collections. Although some of these CDs feel like they are greatest hits collections. I'm only making an exception for Bob Marley's "Legend". I know that's a greatest hits collection, but it seems it was meant to raise awareness of the great music of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Not all Diamond CDs are equal. I'll post the six or more best songs from each CD.

16) Prince and the Revolution "Purple Rain" "Let's Go Crazy":

"Take Me With U":

"The Beautiful Ones":

"When Doves Cry":

"I Would Die 4 U":

"Baby I'm A Star":

17) Whitney Houston "Whitney Houston" "You Give Good Love":

"Someone For Me":

"Saving All My Love For You":

"How Will I Know":

"All At Once":

"Greatest Love of All":

One of Led Zeppelin's 5 diamond CDs. 18) Led Zeppelin "2" "Whole Lotta Love":

"What Is and What Should Never Be":

"The Lemon Song":

"Thank You":

"Heartbreaker":

"Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)":

"Ramble On":

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(Finished September 23rd, 2024) Part 6 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. 

This song list is from the 2022 West End Revival "Grease", but for this blog I'll get the songs from anywhere. 

These next seven songs are from "Grease". This is the very sanitized version of this song. 86) "Greased Lighting":

87) "Summer Nights": 

88) "We Go Together":

89) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

90) Stockard Channing "There Are Worse Things I Could Do":

91) Frankie Avalon "Beauty School Dropout"

92) Aaron Tveit and the gorgeous Julianne Hough "You're The One That I Want":

 These next nine videos are all from "Jesus Christ Superstar". The first song is titled 93) "Overture":

94) "What's The Buzz";

95) "Hosanna":

96) Mel C "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

97) Carl Anderson "Heaven On Their Minds":

98) "The Arrest":

99) Brandon Victor Dixon "Superstar":

100) "King Herod's Song (Try It And See)":

These next 11 songs are from one of the best musicals ever. I especially love the movie version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas "Evita"

101) Langley High School 2018 "Peron's Latest Flame":

102) Madonna and others Rainbow Tour

103) Antonio Banderas and others "High Flying Adored":

104) Antonio Banderas and others "Oh What A Circus":

105) Jonathan Price and Madonna "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

106) Madonna and others "Another Suitcase In Another Hall":

107) Madonna and Andrea Corr Hello and Goodbye

108) "Goodnight and Thank You":

109) Caroline Bowman "Rainbow High":

110) "A New Argentina":

111) Antonio Banderas and others "And The Money Kept On Rolling In and Out":

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(Finished September 21st, 2024) Part 2 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

18) The Band "The Weight":

19) Neil Young "Trans Am":

20) Anne Murray "A Little Good News":

21) Alvays "Many Mirrors":

22) Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Takin' Care of Business":

23) Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)":

24) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":

25) Alias "More Than Words Can Say":

Featuring Bryan Adams on the background vocals. 26) Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)":

27) Payolas "Eyes Of A Stranger":

28) Daniel Powter "Bad Day":

29) Corey Hart "Never Surrender":

30) Lucy Thomas singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":

31) David Foster "Love Theme From 'St. Elmo's Fire'":

32) Alannah Myles "Black Velvet":

33) Aldo Nova "Monkey On Your Back":

34) Prism "Don't Let Him Know":

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(Finished September 18th, 2024) Part 1 of the Best of Canadian Singers and Musicians

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The best bands and songs by Canadian musicians. 

1) Snow "Informer":

2) April Wine "Just Between You and Me":

3) Barenaked Ladies If I Had A $1,000,000":

4) Alessia Carr "Dead Man":

5) Nelly Furtado "... On The Radio (Remember The Days)":

6) Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

7) Bryan Adams "This Time":

8) The Guess Who "Undun":

9) Avril Lavigne "Nobody's Home":

10) The New Pornographers "All For Swinging You Around":

11) Carly Rae Jepsen "Want You In My Room":

12) Arcade Fire "Suburbs":

13) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

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

15) Alanis Morissette "Uninvited":

16) Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like A Woman":

17) Rush "Limelight":

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