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(Finished March 25th, 2026) Part 8 of The Best Songs of 1985-1986
Hello, I updated this blog after realizing I had a few duplicates. The years 1985 and 1986 were some of the most monumental days in my life. I was working my first job at Safeways grocery stores and boy I learned at that job. Some of the stuff was actually good for me. I graduated…
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(Finished March 21st, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Duets of the 1980s
Hello, From my very brief research it seems like the 80s was the best decade for duets. That ten year period had so many of the greatest duets of all-time. Billboard ranked the Top 40 Duets of All-Time and 18 of them were from the 80s. Here’s those 18 songs and many other great songs…
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(Finished March 20, 2026) Getting To Know Dogstar
Hello, I know so very little about the rock band Dogstar, other than Keanu Reeves is in the band. I don’t know any of their songs, have no idea who the other two members of the band are and I don’t even know what genre their music is even. I would assume it’s rock, but…
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(Finished March 16th, 2026) Part 10 of Was 1989 and 1990 Really The Diet Slice Era of Music?
Esquire Digital has a feature about 1989 and 1990 being the two weirdest years of music. Esquire author, Dave Holmes, calls it the Diet Slice era. Holmes says about the drink and the music of those two years: “The Diet Slice gets its name from the low-calorie version of Slice, a popular soft drink of…
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(Finished March 14th, 2026) Part 2 of The Most Powerful Songs Of All-Time
Hello, What makes a song powerful. A few reasons why, but not all, obviously the music is powerful- see the “Phantom of the Opera” “Overture”. The message is powerful- see Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”, Lauren Daigle’s “Still Rolling Stones”, or Terry Jacks “Seasons In The Sun”. Or a song can be powerful in it’s message…
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(Finished March 9th, 2026) Part 4 of VH1’s Top 50 One Hit Wonders of the 80s
Hello, Whether these artists only had one hit, no hits or multiple hits these are about 45 of the best 80s songs. Many are actually some of the greatest songs of all-time. Enjoy these amazing songs. I’ll add a second, or third, song for each musician to show that most of them were more than…
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(Finished March 8th, 2026) Part 5 of The Best Ever Songs of Soft Rock
Hello, Two years later I’m continuing this blog series. I”ve decided to include any and all mellow, soft rock and lovely ballads for this blog series. Any song that has a mellow, relaxing feel to them is eligible to be included here. What exactly is soft rock, is it the Eagles, Dan Fogelberg or Steely…
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(Finished March 6th, 2026) Part 6 of themusicaddict’s Ever Changing Top 1,000 Songs of All-Time By Musician: The A’s
Hello, I’m putting these songs in alphabetical order. For the early days of the blog I’m not going to number the songs. I’ll do that when things becomes a bit more concrete, solidified and actually closer to 1,000 songs. And yes I realize this series of blogs is probably going to have a lot more…
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(Finished March 2nd, 2026) Part 5 of themusicaddict’s Ever Changing Top 1,000 Songs of All-Time By Musician: The A’s
Hello, I’m putting these songs in alphabetical order. For the early days of the blog I’m not going to number the songs. I’ll do that when things becomes a bit more concrete, solidified and actually closer to 1,000 songs. And yes I realize this series of blogs is probably going to have a lot more…
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(Finished March 1st, 2026) Part 2 Of All The Best of Billy Joel
Hello, It was announced recently that Billy Joel and Sting will be in concert in Salt Lake City in May 2025. That’s a dream pairing if there ever was one. Before Sting was a big solo star he was a member of The Police. As for Billy Joel he’s been a pretty big star for…