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(Finished August 8th, 2026) Part 1 of The Thunderous Impact of Led Zeppelin
Hello, Led Zeppelin was born out of the ashes of the Yardbirds. With the wailing vocals of Robert Plant, the thundering back beat of John Bonham’s drumming, the guitar virtuosity of Jimmy Page and the multi instrumentalist abilities of John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin was set to take off. The spark was lit by the…
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(Finished August 3rd, 2026) Part 4 of Songs About Concerts, Radio and the Music Industry
Hello, These are the best songs about touring, concerts and any other aspect of the music business. I’m not saying all of these songs are great but several of them are sublime. 52) Led Zeppelin “Rock and Roll”: 53) ZZ Top “Heard It On The X”: 54) Madonna “Music”: 55) Barry Manilow “I Write The…
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(Finished August 1st, 2026) Part 1 of The Best Music Videos In The History of History and MTV
Hello, This year is the 45th year anniversary of MTV, perhaps the most significant music movement in my life. Before MTV we didn’t know what most musicians looked like, unless we saw them on magazines/tvs and movies. MTV started on August 1st, 1981 But when MTV started we could see everyone and know what they…
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(Finished July 31st, 2026) Part 1 of The Best of Album Oriented Rock: 1976 to 1986
Hello, Paul Rees’ music history book “Power Ballads, Cocaine, and Payola Raised On Radio 1976-1986 The AOR Glory Years” was released a few months ago. AOR stands for album oriented rock. What bands would be included in this genre? Musicians included in AOR include- in almost alphabetical order- Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Asia, Pat Benatar, Berlin,…
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(Finished July 27th, 2026) Part 2 of Let’s Go Back To The 70s
Hello, Here are more of the best songs from the 70s. 18) Supertramp “Breakfast In America”: 19) Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son”: 20) Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight”: 21) Led Zeppelin “Gallows Pole”: 22) The Eagles “The Long Run”: 23) AC/DC “TNT”: 24) Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were”: 25) The Carpenters “Superstar”: 26) Harry…
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(Finished July 24th, 2026) Part 2 of The Best of Black
Hello, This is the best of black, song titles, album titles or bands that features the word “black”. 18) KT Tunstall “Black Horse and The Cherry Tree”: 19) Santana “Black Magic Woman”: 20) Halestorm “Fell On Black Days”: 21) Heart “Back On Black 2”: 22) In This Moment featuring Rob Halford “Black Wedding”: 23) AC/DC…
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(Finished July 20th, 2026) Part 3 of Songs About Concerts, Radio and the Music Industry
Hello, These are the best songs about touring, concerts and any other aspect of the music business. I’m not saying all of these songs are great but several of them are sublime. 35) Heart “Barracuda”: 36) John Mellencamp “Pop Singer”: 37) Joe Walsh “Life’s Been Good”: 38) Pink Floyd “Welcome To The Machine”: 39) P!nk…
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(Finished July 18th, 2026) Part 1 of Let’s Go Back To The 70s
Hello, Here are some of the best songs from the 70s. 1) Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear The Reaper”: 2) The Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”: 3) Pink Floyd “Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2”: 4) Bruce Springsteen “Born To Run”: 5) The Knack “My Sharona”: 6) Michael Jackson “Rock With You”: 7) Fleetwood Mac…
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(Finished July 17th, 2026) Part 5 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 July 12th, 2026) Part 10 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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