Tag: music
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(Finished January 25th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best of The Best of New Wave Songs
Hello, “How soon is now?” or “Bring On The Dancing Horses” or “West End Girls”. I don’t know, let’s find out. 1) Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”: Yes two songs by the Smiths, got a problem with that? 2) The Smiths “How Soon Is Now”: 3) The Smiths “There Is A Light That Never…
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(Finished January 21st, 2024) Part 1 of The Greatest Instrumentals Ever
Hello, The greatest instrumentals of all-time. Either complete instrumentals or with minimum vocalizations. 1) David Foster “Love Theme From “St. Elmo’s Fire”: 2) Percy Faith “Theme From A Summer Place”: 3) John Williams “Star Wars” Main Theme: 4) John Williams “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)”: 5) Glenn Miller “In The Mood”: 6) Jan Hammer…
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(Finished January 17th, 2024) Part 2 of The Top 200 Rock Songs of the 70s: 183-166
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…
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(Finished January 17th, 2024) Part 1 of The Top 200 Rock Songs of the 70s: 200-184
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. 184) Elvis Costello “Radio…
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(Finished January 13th, 2024) Part 2 of The Best Dance Songs of All-Time
Hello, I’m learning a new job now and it’s wearing me out. I need some great dance songs as I let my brain rest. 18) Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It”: 19) Chubby Checker “The Twist”: 20) Lady Gaga “Bad Romance”: 21) Madonna “Into The Groove”: These guys didn’t stick around for long.…
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(Finished January 10th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best Dance Songs of All-Time
Hello, I’m learning a new job now and it’s wearing me out. I need some great dance songs to let my brain rest. 1) C + C Music Factory “Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)”: 2) Snap! “The Power”: 3) Chaka Khan “I Feel For You”: 4) The Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”: 5) Shannon…
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(Finished January 7th, 2024) Part 6 of Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Songs of the 80s: Songs 137-122
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…
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(Finished January 6th, 2024) Part 2 of Great Lesser Known Songwriters
Hello, Let’s give attention to some of the lesser known songwriters that have written some great songs. Most of these are songwriters that you’re much more familair with their songs than them Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and sometimes with others: 18) The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”: 19) Linda…
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(Started January 2nd, 2024) Part 1 of Musicians Nominated For the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame That Weren’t Inducted
Hello, New Order is Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, Tom Chapman and former member Peter Hook. Iron Maiden were formed on Christmas Day 1975 and are still currently recording and touring. New Order was formed out of the ashes of Joy Division following the suicide of Ian Curtis. 1) “Regret”: 2) “Shellshock”:…
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