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(Finished November 9th, 2026) Part 1 of The Best Songs From (Nearly) Ten Years Ago

2026-11-09T17:11:48.229-07:00

Hello,

What were the best songs from (nearly) 10 years ago? Going into 2027 I wanted to look at the best songs from ten years ago, twenty years ago, thirty years ago, forty years ago, fifty years ago and sixty years ago.

1) Harry Styles "Sign of the Times":

2) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

3) Zedd and Alessia Cara "Stay":

4) Camila Cabello "Havana":

5) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

6) Ed Sheeran "The Shape of You":

7) P!nk "Beautiful Trauma":

8) Taylor Swift "Getaway Car":

9) Alice Merton "No Roots":

10) Imagine Dragons "Thunder":

11) The Accidentals "Earthbound":

12) Biters "No Stranger To Heartache":

13) Brothers Osborne "It Ain't My Fault":

From "Come From Away". 14) Darkness and Trees":

15) Haley Reinhart "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'":

16) Ed Sheeran "Galway Girl":

17) Electric Century "You Got It All Wrong":

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(Finished November 6th, 2026) Part 3 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Mainly Successful 80s Bands

2026-11-06T17:19:43.232-07:00

Hello,

As so often I do this blog idea came to me while I was on my walk. I love 80s music and musicians. Also I don't think I have ever done of one of these blogs. I want to focus on solo songs by members of popular 80s bands. Several bands and solo stars popped into my mind. The main question is which bands should I include and not include. I know that David Bowie was in Tin Machine in the 80s, but I can't include him in this blog series. However I've decided to include John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Black Sabbath did record two CDs with Black Sabbath in the early 80s, thus I will include him.

I will include most, in not all, songs by the solo artist. And by solo I mostly mean songs performed not with the band that they originally played with.

The main singer and songwriter of Pink Floyd. 35) Roger Waters "5:01am (The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, Part 10)":

The lead singer of Genesis and one of the two singers of Earth, Wind and Fire. 36) Phil Collins and Philip Bailey "Easy Lover":

The singer for Tin Machine. 37) David Bowie "Blue Jean":

The lead singer for Blondie. 38) Debbie Harry "French Kissin In The USA":

A singer for Montrose and Van Halen. 39) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

Jackson and one of the singers for the Beatles. 40) Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. "The Girl Is Mine":

John Lennon is also one of the singers of the Beatles. 41) Plastic Ono Band "Give Peace A Chance":

Knopfler was is the lead singer of Dire Stratis. 42) Mark Knopfler "Sailing To Philadelphia":

One of the main singers of The Go-Gos. 43) Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A Place On Earth":

44) David Bowie "Let's Dance":

A former member of The Jackson Five. 45) Jermaine Jackson "Let's Get Serious":

She and Lita Ford were members of the Runaways. 46) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Love Rock and Roll":

The Eagles. 47) Don Henley "Dirty Laundry":

Singers for Journey and Loggins and Messina. 48) Steve Perry and Kenny Loggins "Don't Fight It":

The greatest singer of all-time who sang for the greatest band of all-time. 49) Robert Plant "Tall Cool One":

Styx. 50) Tommy Shaw "Girls With Guns":

The Police 51) Sting "Brand New Day":

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(Finished November 2nd, 2026) Part 2 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Successful Mainly 80s Bands

2026-11-02T17:28:49.436-07:00

Hello,

I will include most, in not all, songs by the solo artist.

He was both in Montrose and Van Halen, aka Van Hagar, along with several other bands. 18) Sammy Hagar "I'll Fall In Love Again":

One of the two main singers with The Cars. 19) Ric Ocasek "Don't Lose Me":

A member of the Beatles and in bands with Yoko Ono. 20) John Lennon "Woman":

Both a main member of The Beatles and The Traveling Wilburys. 21) George Harrison "When We Was Fab":

22) One of the many singers from Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey Buckingham "Go Insane":

Bowie and the lead singer of the Rolling Stones. 23) Mick Jagger and David Bowie "Dancing In The Street":

24) Sting "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free":

The formerly on again, off again lead singer for Black Sabbath. 25) Ozzy Osbourne "No More Tears":

The lead singer of the still touring Iron Maiden. 26) Bruce Dickinson "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter":

27) Dennis DeYoung "Desert Moon":

28) Don Henley "The End of The Innocence":

I just barely discovered this song last night. 29) Lou Gramm "Ready Or Not":

Clemons is the former saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. Springsteen affectionately called him Big Man. 30) Jackson Browne and Clarence Clemons "You're A Friend of Mine":

31) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant "Next Time I Fall":

32) Keith Richards "Take It So Hard":

33) Jon Bon Jovi "Blaze of Glory":

34) Donald Fagen "IGY (What A Beautiful World)":

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(Finished October 31st, 2026) Part 2 of Pump Up The Jam Songs, Let's Go Cougars!!

2026-10-31T13:34:47.901-07:00

Hello,

My Cougars were able to beat the #2 Fighting Irish and then BYU moved up to #2. I hadn't been stressed for a game in a long time and it was four hours of intensity and agony. But ultimately the Cougars were able to beat Notre Dame. Sadly the next week the Cougars traveled to Florida and lost to UCF 39-31.

Now the Cougars return to the friendly confines of Lavell Edward Stadium Saturday. The now #8 Cougars will host Arizona State (4-3) Saturday at 1:30.

These are songs to pump up the Cougs to get that program defining win. A lot of these songs are songs I've loved for a long time. However I went to several other lists and was able to get additional songs. That's too many other websites to thank. This is one of the sites: https://recording-history.org/hype-songs/

18) Europe "The Final Countdown":

19) Sia featuring David Guetta "Titanium"/ "Beautiful People":

20) Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now (Rocky's Theme)":

21) MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This":

22) Dua Lipa "IDGAF":

23) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City":

24) Rihanna "Diamonds":

25) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

26) Adele "Can I Get It":

27) Fergie featuring Q-Tip and GoonRock "A Little Party Never Killed No One (All We Got)":

28) The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started":

29) Rita Ora featuring DJ Fresh "Hot Right Now":

30) Kenny Loggins "This Is It":

31) Dua Lipa "Levitating":

32) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

33) Christina Aguilera "Fighter":

34) The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip "Galvanize":

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(Finished October 29th, 2026) Part 6 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" Disc Two

2026-10-29T16:47:28.216-07:00

Hello,

Tonight is the night I'll be going to see The Smashing Pumpkins in concert here in Salt Lake with a friend. Rock on!!

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be posting a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs. I was trying to post these videos in chronological order. However "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" has 28 tracks, thus I'm going to post that CD all by itself. On future blogs I'll post songs from "Adore" the two "Machina" CDs and maybe more CDs beyond that. I'll also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" in three different blogs.

I'm going to skip "Vieuphoria", which is essentially a live, greatest hits CD.

Disc two:

15) Where Boys Fear To Tread":

16) "Bodies":

17) "Thirty-Three":

18) "In The Arms of Sleep":

19) "1979":

20) "Tales of a Scorched Earth":

21) "Thru The Eyes of Ruby":

22) "Stumbleine":

23) "X.Y.U.":

24) "We Only Come Out At Night":

25) "Beautiful":

26) "Lily (My One and Only)":

27) "By Starlight":

28) Farewell and Goodnight":

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(Finished October 26th, 2026) Part 5 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" Disc One

2026-10-26T15:22:25.450-07:00

Hello,

I'm going to skip "Vieuphoria", which is essentially a live, greatest hits CD.

Disc one:

1) "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (Instrumental)":

2) "Tonight, Tonight":

3) "Jellybelly":

4) "Zero":

5) "Here Is No Why":

"The world is a vampire." Indeed it is. 6) "Bullet With Butterfly Wings":

7) "To Forgive":

8) "F You (An Ode To No One)":

9) "Love":

10) "Cupid De Locke":

11) "Galapagos":

12) "Muzzle":

13) "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans":

14) "Take Me Down":

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(Finished October 25th, 2026) Part 4 of The 5,000 All Time Best Songs

2026-10-25T21:38:43.173-07:00

Hello,

This blog series is exactly what it sounds like. I'll post blogs until I get to 5,000 songs, then once I get to 5000 songs I will start deleting songs to maintain 5,000 songs. I'm then going to outdo that by trying to rank all 5000 songs in order of how much I like them. (Okay I'm no longer even going to attempt that idea.) I decided that last sentence is completely impossible, but I am going to try and rank the songs in someway. I thought about putting them in alphabetical order, but that would be too hard with 294 blogs.

52) The Human League "Love Action (I Believe In Love)":

53) After The Fire "Der Kommissar":

54) James Ingram "One Hundred Ways":

55) Three Dog Night "Joy To The World":

56) Against Me "White Crosses":

57) Alphaville "Forever Young":

58) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

59) REO Speedwagon "One Lonely Night":

60) Young MC "Bust A Move":

61) Y & T "Summertime Girls":

62) Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525":

63) Yello "Oh Yeah":

64) Alison Moyet "Invisible":

R.I.P John. 65) John Anderson "Your Lying Blue Eyes":

This will likely be the newest song out of these 5,000 songs. 66) U2 "Silencio":

67) James "Laid":

68) Firehouse "Don't Treat Me Bad":

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(Finished October 23rd, 2026) Part 3 of The 5,000 All Time Best Songs

2026-10-23T17:24:28.038-07:00

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As of now this is the one and only Bay City Roller song on this list. 35) The Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night":

As of now this is the only Scorpions song on this list, but there will be several more. 36) The Scorpions "Wind of Change":

This is the first of two songs so far by Cat Stevens. 37) Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken":

38) Carl Orff "Carmina Burana":

As of now this is the only Doors song on this list, although there will be several more eventually. 39) The Doors "The End":

40) Van Halen "Runnin' With The Devil":

This is the first three U2 songs that will be on this list. 41) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

42) Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About It":

43) Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down":

44) Boys 2 Men "Motownphilly":

45) INXS "Guns In The Sky":

46) Jackyl "I Stand Alone":

47) Morton Stevens "Hawaii Five-O":

48) Vertical Horizon "Everything You Want":

49) Andrea True Connection "More More More":

50) twenty one pilots "Heathens":

51) Bryan Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini":

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(Finished October 19th, 2026) Part 1 of Best Solo Songs from Members of Successful 80s Bands

2026-10-19T19:48:43.449-07:00

Hello,

I will include most, in not all, songs by the solo artist. And by solo I mostly means song performed not with the band that they played with.

Two members of U2. 1) The Edge and Sinead O'Connor "Heroine":

These next two members were both in Genesis. 2) Phil Collins "I Missed Again":

3) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

The lead singer in Wham! 4) George Michael "Freedom '90":

The lead singers of respectively Heart and Loverboy. 5) Ann Wilson and Mike Reno "Almost Paradise":

As stated above a singer for Black Sabbath and a few other bands. 6) Ronnie James Dio "Rainbow In The Dark":

Singer and guitarist from The Beatles and Wings. 7) Paul McCartney "Coming Up":

The lead singer from The Power Station. 8) Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)":

The singer from the 80s greatest new wave band, The Smiths. 9) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart":

A singer for The Go-Go's. 10) Jane Wiedlin "Rush Hour":

One of the many singers from Fleetwood Mac. This is one of her more recent songs. 11) Stevie Nicks "The Lighthouse":

One of the four singers from Abba. 12) Frida "I Know There's Something Going On":

13) Donald Fagen "New Frontier":

A former singer and a back again singer of The Doobie Brothers. 14) Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin'":

Formerly of Adam and the Ants. 15) Adam Ant "Strip":

The bassist and drummer of U2. 16) Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. "Theme From Mission: Impossible":

The former lead singer of The Commodores. 17) Lionel Richie "Say You, Say Me":

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(Finished October 17th, 2026) Part 1 of Pump Up The Jam Songs, Let's Go Cougars!!

2026-10-17T15:18:46.542-07:00

Hello,

Today at 5:30pm my #8 BYU Cougars welcome #2 ranked Notre Dame. I haven't been this excited for a game for a long time. I'm not going to lie I think Notre Dame is going to win this game, but you never know. That's why they play the games.

More pressure to win is on Notre Dame than BYU. BYU is the home team, that and the altitude will give the Cougs an advantage in regard to those things.

1) Technotronic "Pump Up The Jam":

2) Survivor "Eye of The Tiger":

3) Imagine Dragons "Thunder":

4) Taylor Swift "Ready For It":

5) White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

6) Van Halen "Right Now":

7) The Script and will.i.am "Hall of Fame":

8) Avicii "Wake Me Up":

9) Snap "The Power":

10) Seinabo Sey "Hard Time":

11) Queen "We Will Rock You":

12) Fort Minor "Remember The Name":

13) LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goonrock "Party Rock Anthem":

14) Sia "Never Give Up":

15) Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)":

16) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

17) 2 Unlimited "No Limit":

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(Finished October 16th, 2026) Part 4 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Pisces Iscariot":

2026-10-15T22:34:36.695-07:00

Hello,

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be writing a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs. I was trying to post these videos in chronological order. However "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" has 28 tracks, thus I'm going to post that CD all by myself. On this blog I will post songs from "Siamese Dream" and "Adore". I will also post "Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts" all by itself.

The compilation CD "Pisces Iscariot" was released on October 4th, 1994.

14) "Soothe":

15) "Frail and Bedazzled":

16) "Plume":

17) "Whir":

18) "Blew Away":

19) "Pissant":

20) "Hello Kitty Kat":

21) "Obscured":

I think they do a great job with this Fleetwood Mac classic. 22) "Landslide":

23) "Starla":

24) "Blue":

25) "Girl Named Sandoz":

26) "La Dolly Vita":

27) "Spaced":

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(Finished October 12th, 2026) Songs On My Mind Today

2026-10-12T14:07:39.505-07:00

Hello,

Exactly one year ago I wrote this kind of blog and I thought it was time to do it again. Here are many great songs on my mind today for many various reasons.

1) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

The next band I'm going to go see in concert is The Smashing Pumpkins, thus a lot of their songs are on my mind today. 2) "Tonight, Tonight":

3) Ella Langley "Choosin' Texas":

4) David Bowie "Suffragette City":

5) Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka":

6) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

I've always wondered where she has gone to and will she come back? These are three of her better songs. 7a) Duffy "Rockferry":

Bonus songs 7b) Duffy "Warwick Avenue":

7c) Duffy "Mercy":

8) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters":

9) Gavin DeGraw "The Best I Ever Had":

10) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

Here in Utah we are having October rain. Speaking of rain "November Rain" is a Top 5 Guns N' Roses song. 11) "November Rain":

12) Metallica "One":

13) Ella Langley "Girl Who Drank Wine":

14) Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart":

15) Rammstein "Du Hast":

16) U2 "Until The End of the World":

17) U2 "Silencio":

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(Finished October 15th, 2026) Part 3 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Siamese Dream"

2026-10-10T13:12:08.685-07:00

Hello,

"Siamese Dream" was released on July 19th, 1993.

1) "Cherub Rock":

2) "Quiet":

3) "Today":

4) "Hummer":

5) "Rocket":

6) "Disarm":

7) "Soma":

8) "Geek U.S.A.":

9) "Mayonnaise":

10) "Spaceboy":

11) "Silver-":

12) "Sweet Sweet":

13) "Luna":

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(Finished October 4th, 2026) Part 5 of The Best Songs About or Mention Time

2026-10-04T22:28:34.000-07:00

Hello,

The best songs about time or mention time. The first two blogs of this series were the top 34 time songs.

69) The Housemartins "Happy Hour":

70) Aqua "Freaky Friday":

71) Delta Rae "Cold Day In Heaven":

72) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Quittin Time":

This is such an amazing song. 73) Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop":

I have no idea why this band isn't bigger. Eisley is a great band and their CD "Room Noises" is a modern classic. 74) Eisley "One Day I Floated Away":

A song that's as close to perfect as can see. The lyrics, the melody and the vocal performance all elevate this song to near perfection. 75) Vanessa Williams "Save The Best For Last":

76) The Doors "Strange Days":

77) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

78) Dream Theater "The Best of Times":

79) Edie Brickell "Good Times":

80) Collective Soul "December":

81) The Carpenters "Rainy Days and Mondays":

82) Asia "Only Time Will Tell":

83) 10,000 Maniacs "These Are Days":

84) Paul Young "Everytime I Go Away":

85) Five For Fighting "100 Years":

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(Finished October 2nd, 2026) Part 1 of 4 Greatest Country Songs of 1990-1993

2026-10-02T22:09:10.900-07:00

Hello,

I watched the Kurt Warner movie "American Underdog" tonight. It's a great movie and it's such a heart warming, unbelievable, in overcoming all odds just to reach your dream. He literally won a Super Bowl in his first season as a starting NFL quarterback. Trent Green had to be injured for him to get his chance, but when he got that chance he took full advantage of it. He had learned earlier to always be ready. Honestly I thought I would be crying in this, but I did not. If they would have played the emotional aspect more I would have cried like a baby.

The first part of this movie is set in the early 90s and a few of those songs are in this movie. 1990-1993 had so many great country songs that I wanted to publish a few blogs about that amazing music.

1) Clint Black "Nobody's Home":

2) Travis Tritt "Anymore":

3) Reba McEntire "Rumor Has It":

4) Alan Jackson "Chattahoochee":

5) Mark Chesnutt "Your Love Is A Miracle":

6) Alan Jackson "Midnight In Montgomery":

7) Patty Loveless "Chains":

8) Alan Jackson "Dallas":

9) Tracy Lawrence "Alibis":

10) Dwight Yoakam "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose":

11) Brooks and Dunn "Boot Scootin' Boogie":

12) Wynonna "No One Else On Earth":

13) Billy Dean "Somewhere In My Broken Heart":

14) Randy Travis "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart":

15) Brooks and Dunn "My Next Broken Heart":

16) Aaron Tippin "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio":

17) Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon":

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(Finished September 29th, 2026) Part 12 of the Definitive Songs, Albums, Soundtracks and Musicians of the 80s: The Albums That Built The 80s

2026-09-29T03:41:21.015-07:00

Hello,

These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.

I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.

What does it take to have the most and best representative music of the 80s? There are several groups that need to be represented. We need at least one song by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, INXS, U2, Elton John, Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Billy Idol, REO Speedwagon, The Smiths, The Police, Sheena Easton, The Thompson Twins, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Foreigner, Heart, Bon Jovi, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Bryan Adams, The Pointer Sisters

We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders

We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s CDs: the much underappreciated INXS with "Kick", AC/DC's "Back In Black", ZZ Top's "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Def Leppard's "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", Foreigner "4", Peter Gabriel's "So",

We also have to have a representative sample of the best 80s soundtracks "Pretty In Pink", "Purple Rain", "Footloose", "Top Gun", "Flashdance", "Breakin'", "Less Than Zero", "Dirty Dancing", "Fame", "Urban Cowboy", "The Last Boys", Batman the Prince soundtrack, Batman the Danny Elfman score, "Urban Cowboy",

The musicians will be covered while discussing everything else. These are the best songs from "The Albums That Built That 80s". I didn't include all of those albums, just the ones I consider the best.

Ozzy Osbourne "Diary of a Madman":

52) "Over The Mountain":

I saw a few concerts back in the day at The Salt Palace, but I didn't see Ozzy. 53) "Flying High Again":

54) "Believer":

1982:

Toto "4":

55) "Rosanna":

56) "I Won't Hold You Back":

57) "Make Believe":

58) "Africa":

59) "Waiting For Your Love":

Asia "Asia":

60) "Heat of the Moment":

61) "Only Time Will Tell":

62) "Sole Survivor":

63) "One Step Closer":

64) "Time Again":

65) "Wildest Dreams":

66) "Without You":

67) "Cutting It Fine":

68) "Here Comes The Feeling":

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(Finished September 27th, 2026) Part 4 of The 17 Most Intriguing/ Interesting CDs of the November 2025 Classic Rock Magazine: The Cardiacs "LSD"

2026-09-27T16:20:57.705-07:00

Hello,

My favorite magazine currently is Classic Rock. I love how many great articles it has and it has the best review section of any magazine. Also it's supposed to be a monthly magazine, but it feels like I get an issue every three weeks. These are the 15 most intriguing/interesting CDs/DVDs.

I'll be using the current tracklists, rather than what the tracklists may have been November of last year.

I know if you click on the play button the videos don't play. I hate when a song/video only has one picture for most of the songs. Since the videos don't play I try to vary the picture from the video. There aren't a lot of choices for this particular CD. For this blog specifically I varied those pictures as much as I could.

I'm not sure what Classic Rock magazine but I think this CD is terrible. I mean there are a couple of decent songs but for the most part it's a pretty forgettable CD.

7) Cardiacs "LSD":

60) "Men In Bed":

61) "The May":

62) "Gen":

63) "Woodeneye":

64) "Spelled All Wrong":

65) "By Numbers":

66) "The Blue and Buff":

67) "Skating":

68) "Breed":

69) "Volob":

70) "Busty Beez":

72) "Lovely Eyes":

This song has several videos to choose from. I like the lyrics videos. 73) "Ditzy Scene":

74) "Downup":

75) "A Roll from a Dirty Place":

76) "Made All Up":

77) "Pet Fezant":

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(Finished September 24th, 2026) Part 4 of themusicaddict's Mandatory Monday Metallica Blog

2026-09-24T22:42:54.996-07:00

Hello,

It's time for a Mandatory Monday Metallica blog, although it's only mandatory on some Mondays. These are the most played Metallica songs on my iTunes. It's not a coincidence that the five most highest played songs are from The Black Album. There are from 313 related to Metallica on my iTunes. These are cover songs, original songs, live tracks and songs from The Metallica Blacklist.

Just a couple of days ago I found out that Metallica will be coming to my hometown, Salt Lake City. I bought a couple of tickets tonight. This is their setlist from their last show they played at, which was in London, England.

From tape AC/DC "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)":

Ennio Morricone "The Ecstasy of Gold":

1) "Whiplash":

2) "For Whom The Bell Tolls":

3) "Ride The Lightning":

4a) "The Memory Remains":

4b) "The Memory Remains" (Live):

5) "72 Seasons":

6) "Screaming Suicide":

It seems like that's a real momentum killer, the "singing" somehow makes it worst. 7) "Kirk and Rob Doodle (featuring Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" and Sex Pistols "Holidays In The Sun")

8) "The Day That Never Comes":

9) "Wherever I May Roam":

10) "The Call of Ktulu":

11) "The Unforgiven":

12) "Whiskey In The Jar (preceded by "And Justice For All)":

13) "Blackened":

featuring Lady Gaga 14) "Moth Into Flame":

15) "One":

16) "Enter Sandman":

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(Finished September 20th, 2026) Part 5 of Songs About The One Who Got Away/ Previous Loves

2026-09-20T22:16:25.051-07:00

Hello,

This blog is inspired by one of the greatest songs of all-time, Eric Church's "Springsteen", a song about a very memorable relationship that ended. There's no one like that for me, but still each time I hear one of those songs it hits me right in the feels. These songs are those we look back on with nostalgia/ feeling wistful. In other words songs like Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" won't be here. These songs are some of the greatest songs ever. Some may wonder is there a chance to reconcile? Who knows, but I'll include a few of those songs here as well. Also I'll include a few songs about relationships that should be over already.

69) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

70) Billy Joel "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant":

71) Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon":

I love his voice when he sings "moon" in a deep voice.

72) Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way":

73) REO Speedwagon "Time For Me To Fly":

74) The Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy":

75) Rascal Flatts "What Hurts The Most":

76) Jim Croce "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)":

77) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

78) Alan Jackson "She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)":

79) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb on Me":

A positive song about looking back on a former love, maybe I should say semi-positive. 80) Chicago "If She Would Have Been Faithful":

81) Blink-182 "Dammit":

82) Gavin DeGraw "Not Over You":

83) Jake Owen "The One Who Got Away":

84) Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue":

85) Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time":

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(Finished September 19th, 2026) Part 2 of The Loudest, Meanest and Most Aggressive Songs

2026-09-19T16:29:43.509-07:00

Hello,

Not all of these songs will be loud, but they will have a loud attitude.

18) Tori Amos "Crucify":

19) Rush "Spirit of Radio":

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

21) The Smashing Pumpkins "Siva":

22) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down":

Let's be honest Nickelback sucks, but they do have a couple of moments of brilliance. This is one of them. 23) Nickelback "How You Remind Me":

24) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":

25) Megadeth "Symphony Of Destruction":

26) The Offspring "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)":

27) Linkin Park "In The End":

28) The Rolling Stones "Shattered":

29) Seether "Remedy":

30) Pearl Jam "Spin The Black Circle":

I love this movie opening so much. 31) "Overture" from "Phantom of The Opera":

Only 37 million views for this amazing video, that's shameful. This doesn't fit in with this blog, but I have to include Emmy Rossum's brilliant "Think of Me":

32) Dio "One Night In The City":

As I half joke this is my theme song. 33) The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again":

34) Loverboy "Queen of The Broken Hearts':

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(Finished September 17th, 2026) Part 2 of The Smashing Pumpkins: "Gish", "Lull" and "Peel Sessions":

2026-09-17T21:38:54.304-07:00

Hello,

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be writing a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs.

This is The Smashing Pumpkins first CD "Gish" which was released on May 28th, 1991:

1) "I Am One":

2) "Siva":

3) "Rhinoceros":

4) "Bury Me":

5) "Crush":

6) "Suffer":

7) "Snail":

8) "Tristessa":

9) "Window Paine":

10) "Daydream":

This is their EP "Lull" which was released November 1st, 1991:

"11) "Rhinoceros":

12) "Blue":

13) "Slunk":

14) "Bye June":

This is their EP "Peel Sessions" which was released late 1992:

15) "Siva":

16) "Girl Named Sandoz":

17) "Smiley":

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(Finished September 13th, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Love Songs Ever

2026-09-13T16:46:54.784-07:00

Hello,

This blog series is inspired by the near perfect love song "The Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera. I thought it's time to do another extensive blog series about the all-time best love songs. This is the best love songs, all kinds of songs relating to love and relationships. The sappy ballad, the falling in love/ new love song, the angry/ anti-love song and any related song that fits in between those two moods. The lust, love, hate, reconciliation, tearing apart, the sublime, the waiting, the heartbreak and anything else that goes along with our most complicated emotion.

35) REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This Feeling":

36) Skid Row "I Remember You":

One of my all-time favorite songs and the song that has my favorite relationship advice. Also a song that will have a permanent spot on my iPod. From "Rent": 37) Cast of "Rent" "La Vie Boheme":

Mimi

Excuse me -- did I do something wrong?
I get invited -- then ignored -- all night long

ROGER
I've been trying -- I'm not lying
No one's perfect. I've got baggage

MIMI
Life's too short, babe, time is flying
I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine

38) Alan Jackson "She's Got The Rhythm and I Got The Blues":

39) Firehouse "Love Of A Lifetime":

40) David Gates "The Goodbye Girl":

41) David Foster: "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire For Just A Moment":

42) Melissa Manchester "Looking Through The Eyes of Love":

43) Dan Hartman "I Can Dream About You":

44) Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible":

45) Alan Campbell and Judy Kuhn "Boy Meets Girl":

Sing it Beyonce!! 46) Beyonce "Listen":

Only 330, 017, 138 views until this classic Blondie song hits one billion YouTube views. This was my favorite song growing up and I still love it. 47) Blondie "Heart of Glass":

48) Alan Jackson "Someday":

I love the sneering attitude of this song, like "is she really going out with him? Really? Him?" 49) "Is She Really Going Out With Him":

50) Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E's In Love":

51) George Strait "Amarillo By Morning":

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(Finished September 12th, 2026) Part 1 of themusicaddict's Most Played Smashing Pumpkins Songs

2026-09-12T19:54:46.068-07:00

Hello,

After seeing Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance in the last few weeks, my next concert is The Smashing Pumpkins. I'll be writing a few different Smashing Pumpkins blogs, this first one is the most played Smashing Pumpkin songs on my iTunes. These are the top most 18 played songs out of 160 Smash

ing Pumpkin songs.

These nine songs all have seven listens:

18) "Geek USA":

17) "1979":

16) "Landslide":

15) "Disarm":

14) "Siva":

13) "Blessed and Gone":

12) "Rock On":

11) "Aeroplane Flies High":

10) "Lucky 13":

These two songs both have 8 listens.

9) "For God and Country":

8) "Perfect":

These next two songs both have 11 listens.

7) "Galapagos":

6) "I Am One":

This song has 15 listens. 5) "Zero":

This song has 17 listens. 4) "Solara":

This song has 31 listens. 3) "Cherub Rock":

This song has 35 listens. 2) "Bullet With Butterfly Wings":

This song has 47 listens. 1) "Today":

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(Finished September 11th, 2026) Part 11 of the Definitive Songs, Albums, Soundtracks and Musicians of the 80s: The Albums That Built The 80s

2026-09-11T16:08:15.820-07:00

Hello,

Twenty-five years, never forget.

These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.

I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.

We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders

1981 (cont) from Journey's "Escape":

35) "Who's Crying Now":

36) "Keep On Runnin'":

37) "Still They Ride":

38) "Escape":

39) "Dead or Alive":

40) "Mother, Father":

41) "Open Arms":

These three songs are from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Love Rock "N' Roll":

42) "I Love Rock and Roll":

43) "Crimson and Clover":

44) "Summertime Blues":

Stevie Nicks "Bella Donna":

This is one of my most shared videos, it just fits in with so many blog topics. 45) with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Stop Draggin My Heart Around":

46) "After The Glitter Fades":

47) "Edge of Seventeen":

48) featuring Don Henley "Leather and Lace":

I was in Phoenix for a couple of days with family. One of those is a 19 year old kid. We went doing some music shopping and Phoenix still has good music stores. We went to a store called Stinkweeds and this young kid left the store with"Tattoo You" - not the CD or cassette- but the actual album. Thank goodness for old souls and that rock and roll will never die. These three songs come from The Rolling Stones "Tattoo You":

49) "Start Me Up":

50) "Hang Fire":

51) Little T & A":

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(Finished September 10th, 2026) Part 10 of the Definitive Songs, Albums, Soundtracks and Musicians of the 80s: The Albums That Built The 80s

2026-09-10T16:29:42.538-07:00

Hello,

These blogs are out of order because I have two different blog series. The first is the definitive songs of the 80s and the second is the best songs of each year 1980-1989.

I have nothing to do with this Kickstarter project, I'm not even a backer. Of course I would love to see this movie but it's not important enough to me that I'll contribute to it.

We need at least one song from from the genres of rock, pop. hair metal, rap, soul, new wave, also needed a quirky or goofy song or two, at least a smattering of one hit wonders

These two songs are from "Duke"18) Genesis "Misunderstanding":

19) Genesis "Turn It On Again":

These four songs are from "Heaven and Hell": 20) Black Sabbath "Neon Knights":

21) Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell":

22) Black Sabbath "Die Young":

23) Black Sabbath "Children of The Sea":

These three songs are from "Making Movies". 24) Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love":

25) Dire Straits "Skateaway":

26) Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet":

This song is from their self-titled CD. 27) The Pretenders "Brass In Pocket":

This song is from "Boy" 28) U2 "I Will Follow":

1981:

These four songs are from Foreigner's "4" 29) "Juke Box Hero":

30) "Break It Up":

31) "Waiting For A Girl Like You":

32) "Urgent":

Again this is one of my most favorite albums of all-time. These nine songs are from Journey's "Escape": 33) "Don't Stop Believin'":

34) "Stone In Love":

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