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(Finished November 28th, 2025) Part 6 of The Best Songs of 1985-1986
Hello, 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 high school-our 40th graduation anniversary is this year. After that I…
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(Finished November 25th, 2024) Part 8 of Was 1989 and 1990 Really The Diet Slice Era of Music?
Hello, 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…
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(Finished November 23rd, 2025) Part 2 of The Best of the 40s and 50s
Hello, Inspired by the TV show “Bomb Girls” and the great movie “The Royal Night Out” I decided to post a blog about the best songs of the 40s and 50s. Both deal with World War 2, for the record I know that World War 2 was in the 40s. D Day is one of…
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(Finished November 21st, 2025) Part 7 of Best Songs From 80s Movies, Soundtracks & Broadway Plays
Hello, This is the next of many of the greatest songs from 80s movies or Broadway plays. Coincidentally these are also many of the greatest songs of the 80s. I’m going to mostly focus on the songs that were current with the movies, but I will include a few of the classics that came many…
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(Finished November 16th, 2025) Part 2 of Relaxing Songs For A Sunday
Hello, This blog series is relaxing songs for your Sundays. 18) Benson Boone “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else”: 19) Frank Sinatra “Luck Be A Lady Tonight”: 20) Styx “Lorelei”: 21) Styx “Best Of Times”: 22) Nelly Furtado “I’m Like A Bird”: 23) Avril Lavigne “Head Above Water”: 24) Bob Marley and the Wailers “Three…
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(Finished November 15th, 2025) What the Heck Is Justin Hawkins Singing?
Hello, The rock girlfriend and I will be seeing The Darkness in concert on Friday night. When he hits those high notes I can’t understand what he’s singing. I enjoy a concert more when I can sing along with the songs. For this blog I will be trying to figure out the lyrics to some…
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(Finished November 14th, 2025) Part 2 of the Top 100 Songs of September 15, 1990
Hello, Thanks to Billboard for this countdown. Wow, this Hot 100 countdown is crazy. As this is late 1990, it’s not surprising that a lot of the 80s spills over into the 90s. But seriously how many boy bands did the early 90s really need. A lot of dance music from the 80s also showed…
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(Finished November 9th, 2025) Part 7 of The Last Great Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart: 1991: 11-1 + Other Songs By These Bands
Hello, I’m an old man and I still think the decade of the 80s was the best decade of music in this modern era of music. I looked at the year end chart for 2000. Sure there were some great songs. But oh my goodness there were some crappy songs. I also looked at 2008’s…
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(Finished November 7th, 2025) Part 6 of The Last Great Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart: 1991: 23-12
Hello, I’m an old man and I still think the decade of the 80s was the best decade of music in this modern era of music. I looked at the year end chart for 2000. Sure there were some great songs. But oh my goodness there were some crappy songs. I also looked at 2008’s…
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(Finished November 7th, 2025) Part 5 of The Last Great Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart: 1991: 38-24
Hello, I’m an old man and I still think the decade of the 80s was the best decade of music in this modern era of music. I looked at the year end chart for 2000. Sure there were some great songs. But oh my goodness there were some crappy songs. I also looked at 2008’s…