Tag: music
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(Finished June 5th, 2024) A Tribute to The Soldiers of World War 2- Especially All Those Who Fought on D-Day, June 6th, 1944
Hello, In honor of all the amazing men and women who fought, died, supported from afar, family members and eradicated Europe of the scourge of Hitler and Nazism this blog is dedicated to. One of those main groups who this is dedicated to is the brave soldiers who landed in Normandy and other places on…
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(Finished June 1st, 2024) Part 2 of The Best Voices of Music: The Women
Hello, What makes a great song? Some of those things include great music, great lyrics and the feeling and emotions of a song. However one of the things that helps make a great song truly great is the voice and singing ability of the singer. 4) Christina Aguilera “Fighter”: “Genie In A Bottle”: “Dynamite”: “Makes…
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(Finished May 29th, 2024) Part 1 of 1990 vs. 1999 Compared and Contrasted
Hello, I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast the biggest songs of the start of one decade to the end of the same decade. For this blog the first song is from 1990 and then the second song is from 1999. Songs from those two years will alternate till the end of…
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(Finished May 27th, 2024) Part 2 of The Goofiest, But Mostly Great Songs of the 80s
Hello, These are the best silliest songs from the 80s, silly songs that are still great. This will be the last of this blog series. 18) Buster Poindexter “Hot Hot Hot”: 19) Was (Not Was) “Walk The Dinosaur”: 20 Julie Brown “The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun”: 21) Boys Don’t Cry “I Wanna Be A…
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(Finished May 25th, 2024) Part 1 of The Goofiest, But Mostly Great Songs of the 80s
Hello, These are the best silliest songs from the 80s, silly songs that are still great. These first two songs are from Styx’s “Kilroy Was Here”. I still loved the CD and loved seeing the same tour at the old Salt Palace. I thought the movie that started the concert, see below, was the coolest…
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(Finished May 22nd, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Voices of Music: The Women
Hello, What makes a great song? Some of those things include great music, great lyrics and the feeling and emotions of a song. However one of the things that helps make a great song truly great is the voice and singing ability of the singer. I’m not exactly sure what the word is about the…
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(Finished May 20th, 2024) Part 2 of My Favorite Songs As A Punk Kid
Hello, Back in the olden days, over 40 years ago, I was a music loving punk kid. My three favorite bands growing up were Blondie, ELO and Cheap Trick. Remarkably all three bands are still alive, or were still going just a couple of years ago. I caught many of those great 70s songs, but…
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(Finished May 19th, 2024) Part 1 of My Favorite Songs As A Punk Kid
Hello, Back in the olden days, over 40 years ago, I was a music loving punk kid. My three favorite bands growing up were Blondie, ELO and Cheap Trick. Remarkably all three bands are still alive, or were still going just a couple of years ago. I caught many of those great 70s songs, but…
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(Started May 16th, 2024) My Top 200 Most Played Songs On My iTunes
Hello, These are the top 207 most played songs on my iTunes. As always I’m surprised at some of the songs that made and of some of the songs that didn’t make it. I’ve worked a lot of hours lately, which has really cut down my time to blog. Again I don’t have a lot…
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(Finished May 14th, 2024) Part 4 of CDs That Gen X Is Inspired By and Grateful For
Hello, These are CDs that inspire and Gen X is grateful for. I will pick four to six songs from that soundtrack to represent the entire CD. 11) Aerosmith “Get A Grip” “Get A Grip”: “Fever”: “Flesh”: “Eat The Rich”: “Line Up”: “Amazing”: 12) Lauryn Hill “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” “To Zion”: “Lost Ones”:…