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(Finished May 9th, 2026) Part 10 of The Continued Greatest Rock, Pop and Soul Songs of 1982
Hello, In 1982 Disco music had almost all but died out. It was being replaced by New Wave music, you can feel that influence on this list. You can also feel the influence of MTV, yes MTV used to have music and influence. New Wave music took full advantage of the visual medium and that’s…
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(Finished May 5th, 2026) Part 13 of Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Songs of the 80s: Songs 30-27
Hello, Rolling Stone has released another Top 200 Best 80s songs list. I’m going to post the songs from 200 to 1 and review each song. Is it worthy of it’s ranking, is it too high and is it too low. I’m not a big fan of Rolling Stone’s rankings as they include songs that…
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(Finished May 3rd, 2026) Part 6 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 15th, 2024) Part 3 of Great Goosebump Songs
Hello, I like to go back and look at blogs I published years ago and see if I can publish more parts of that blog series. This is the first one in these blogs in over two months. Are you looking to give yourself goosebumps? Not all of these songs will give you goosebumps, but…
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(Finished May 1, 2026) Part 2 of The Best of Quincy Jones’ Career
Hello, Hey it only took me 1.5 years to continue working on Part 2 of this blog series. The legendary Quincy Jones died on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 at the age of 91. I don’t need to write a long introduction- you can read that in other places very easily. Just a very brief summary…
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(Finished April 27th, 2026) Part 1 of Songs Rocking My iPod and Why Are They There?
Hello, I haven’t done one of these for awhile. These are the songs that are rocking my iPod as of today. Why the song is on my iPod is the main point of this blog. Obviously I like/ love each one of these songs. Obviously that’s one of the main reasons each song is on…
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(Finished April 26th, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Anti-Love Songs
Hello, Sometimes love is great, sometimes love sucks. These are songs for when love sucks. 35) The Offspring “Self-Esteem”: 36) The J. Geils Band “Love Stinks”: 37) Lit “Miserable”: 38) Foreigner “Head Games”: 39) Linkin Park “Breaking The Habit”: 40) TLC “No Scrubs”: 41) Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj “Bang Bang”: 42)…
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(Finished April 25th, 2026) Happy Birthday Jack Blades
Hello, Today is Jack Blade’s 72nd birthday. Blades is most known for his work with Night Ranger, Damn Yankees and many other bands. Here are the selected best songs of Blades’ career. Happy Birthday Jack! 1) Rubicon “I’m Gonna Take Care Of Everything”: 2) Night Ranger “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”: 3) Night Ranger…
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(Finished April 20th, 2026) Part 2 of Great Random Country Music Songs
Hello, I headed out on my morning walk listening to my iPod. I heard several country songs in those about 30 songs. I was surprised by the number of country songs. I haven’t always loved country music but I’ve rarely been a hater. Still I was surprised by how many country songs are on my…
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(Finished April 19th, 2026) Part 3 of The Two Time Defending World Series Champs: Los Angeles Dodgers and “Welcome To Derry”: The Best Songs of 1962
Hello, The Dodgers have started out the 2026 season by going 15-5, hopefully on their way to a third straight World Series title. Or maybe even more? Your Los Angeles Dodgers completed their amazing second consecutive World Series title by beating a tough Toronto Blue Jays team. Also I watched Season 1, episode 2 of…