• (Finished March 17th, 2024) Part 1 of Gen X Weekend

    Hello, If you wanted to create a Gen X weekend which decade would you start with? Obviously most people would start with the 80s, because that’s when many of us became sorta adults. But we were also listening to our older brothers and sisters and other family members music in the 70s. For those of…

  • (Finished March 15th, 2024) Part 2 of Great Goosebump Songs

    Hello, Are you looking to give yourself goosebumps? Then this is the blog series for you!!. Be careful goosebumps ahead. 16) Dan Seals “My Old Yellow Car”: 17) Rag’n’Bone Man “Human”: 18) Sia “Chandelier”: 19) Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved”: 20) Peter, Paul and Mary “Puff The Magic Dragon”: 21) James Taylor “Fire and Rain”:…

  • (Finished March 13th, 2024) Part 9 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…

  • (Finished March 10th, 2024) Part 9 of Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Songs of the 80s: Songs 87-71

    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…

  • (Finished March 8th, 2024) Part 2 of Yes, the 80s Was A Very Diverse Musical Decade: The Country Edition (Mostly)

    Hello, Was the 80s a diverse decade for music or not? When I Googled that question I received several comments. According to sciencealert.com 80s was the least diverse decade for music. https://www.sciencealert.com/science-finds-that-the-80s-was-the-least-diverse-decade-for-music MentalFloss says 80s music is boring: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63897/80s-music-boring-according-science brillianto states that 80s music is diverse: https://brilliantio.com/what-type-of-music-was-popular-in-the-1980s/ PBS.org: computer scientists prove 80s music is boring:…

  • (Finished March 7th, 2024) Part 7 of The Top 200 Rock Songs of the 70s: 97-81

    Hello, I’m using the website ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-songs/ as the foundation for this series of blogs. This is a very rough ranking of the Top 200 70s rock songs from this Ultimate Classic Rock countdown. I won’t be able to get all the rankings done tonight. I will do the best I can. From Ultimate Classic Rock’s…

  • (Finished March 4th, 2024) Part 1 of Yes, the 80s Was A Very Diverse Musical Decade

    Hello, Was the 80s a diverse decade for music or not? When I Googled that question I received several comments. According to sciencealert.com 80s was the least diverse decade for music. https://www.sciencealert.com/science-finds-that-the-80s-was-the-least-diverse-decade-for-music MentalFloss says 80s music is boring: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63897/80s-music-boring-according-science brillianto states that 80s music is diverse: https://brilliantio.com/what-type-of-music-was-popular-in-the-1980s/ PBS.org: computer scientists prove 80s music is boring.:…

  • (Finished February 29th, 2024) Part 6 of The Top 200 Rock Songs of the 70s: 114-98

    Hello, I’m using the website ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-songs/ as the foundation for this series of blogs. This is a very rough ranking of the Top 200 70s rock songs from this Ultimate Classic Rock countdown. I won’t be able to get all the rankings done tonight. I will do the best I can. From Ultimate Classic Rock’s…

  • (Finished February 27th, 2024) Part 3 of The Greatest Instrumentals Ever

    Hello, The greatest instrumentals of all-time. Either complete instrumentals or with minimal vocalizations. The last of these instrumental blogs, I hope you have enjoyed them. 35) Yello “Oh Yeah”: 36) Herbie Hancock “Rockit”: 37) John Barry “Born Free”: 38) Vangelis “Chariots of Fire”: 39) Henry Mancini Theme From “Love Story”: 40) Love Unlimited Orchestra “Love’s…

  • (Finished February 26th, 2024) Part 2 of The Greatest Instrumentals Ever

    Hello, The greatest instrumentals of all-time. Either complete instrumentals or with minimal vocalizations. 18) Chuck Mangione “Feels So Good”: 19) Herb Alpert “Rise”: 20) Enigma “Sadeness”: 21) Harold Faltermeyer “Axel F”: 22) Rhythm Heritage “Theme From SWAT”: 23) Bill Conti “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From “Rocky”)”: 24) Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. “Mission Impossible”:…