Tag: music
-
(Finished June 20th, 2026) Part 6 of Those Good Old Mournful Songs That Touch Your Soul
Hello, I always say the “Twisters” soundtrack is the best CD of 2024. At least 20 of the 29 songs are near classics. Country music isn’t even close to being my favorite genre, but I’m not a hater. But I can’t believe how many great country songs are on “Twisters”. Listening to my iPod on…
-
(Finished June 19th, 2026) Part 5 of Those Good Old, Sad Mournful Songs That Touch Your Soul
Hello, Happy Juneteenth! I keep on saying the “Twisters” soundtrack is the best CD of 2024. At least 20 of the 29 songs are near classics. Country music isn’t even close to being my favorite genre, but I’m not a hater. But I can’t believe how many great country songs are on “Twisters”. On my…
-
(Finished May 24th, 2026) Part 7 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…
-
(Finished May 10th, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Songs About Breaking Up/ Catharsis Songs
Hello, I have a friend who’s going through trauma over a relationship and she asked me help her to make a playlist. Some of these are angry or sad break up songs and some are just cathartic. 35) Rihanna “Breakin’ Dishes”: 36) Kelis “Caught Out There”: 37) Cinderella “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s…
-
(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)…
-
(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…
-
(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…
-
(Finished April 18th, 2026) Part 2 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 15-4, hopefully on their way to a third straight World Series title. 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 the “It” prequel “Welcome…
-
(Finished April 17th, 2026) Part 11 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…
-
(Finished April 11th, 2026) Part 7 (Part 2) 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…