Tag: rock
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(Finished November 25th, 2024) We Won’t Forget You Freddie Mercury
Hello, Thirty-three years ago yesterday Freddie Mercury died. Mercury was born as Farrokh Bulsara on September 5th, 1946. He died thirty-three years ago yesterday. Mercury left a never ending impact on the music industry. He helped propel Queen to superstar status. Obviously Mercury was only one of the the key cogs of Queen. The other…
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(Finished November 16th, 2024) Getting To Know Yacht Rock Revue
Hello, The band known as Yacht Rock Revue mostly does songs that are now referred to as yacht rock. But they also do their own material. This is one of those new songs, yes this song would have fit comfortably into the 70s. 1) “Step”: 2) “Bad Tequila”: 3) “Lido Shuffle”: 4) “Summer Breeze”/ “Sister…
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(Finished November 14th, 2024) Part 8 of Songs That Likely Have Permanent Status on My iPod
Hello, These are songs that likely, almost assuredly, will maintain a permanent place on my iPod. Everytime these songs comes on I sing along with them and am so glad I’m aware of them. I’m breaking this down in two categories. First are the songs that are on my iPod now that I likely will…
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(Finished November 11th, 2024) Part 8 of Was 1989 and 1990 Really The Diet Slice Era of Music? Part 4 of the Best Songs of 1990
Hello, Happy Veteran’s Day, thanks to all those who have fought and died for this amazing country. Also thanks to all their family members for dealing with their sacrifices. 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.…
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(Finished November 6th, 2024) Part 1 of Songs From My iPod: Songs Matching My Mood
Hello, I’m devastated by Trump winning the election last night. When I went out walking this morning my iPod picked songs that seemed to match my mood. 1) Aerosmith “Cryin”: 2) Aerosmith “Janie’s Got A Gun”: 3) Creed “My Own Prison”: 4) Bruce Springsteen “Death To My Hometown”: 5) Midnight Oil “Blue Sky Mine”: 6)…
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(Started October 21st, 2024) Part 1 of AC/DC’s Live Return After Seven Years
Hello, On October 7th, 2023 Brian Johnson and AC/DC returned to the stage after 7.5 years of being away from the stage. Remember Axl Rose filled in for a few shows. In what seems to be a fitting concert title they were all aboard Power Trip 2023. Thanks to Classic Rock magazine and setlist.fm for…
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(Finished October 10th, 2024) Part 1 of Celebrating Green Day’s “American Idiot”
Hello, From an american idiot I suggest you go out and buy Green Day’s “American Idiot”. It’s the 20th anniversary of one of the best CDs of this century, that CD being Green Day’s “American Idol”. At a point when I thought Green Day’s career was over or at least near the end they roared…
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(Finished October 6th, 2024) ELO’s Best Songs
Hello, I know when Jeff Lynne and his band went out a few years ago the name of the band was Jeff Lynne’s ELO. I’m sure it was pretty much always Jeff Lynne’s ELO, thus I’m going to include songs from both the original and new band. I’m still not that familiar with the songs…
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(Finished September 30th, 2024) Part 1 Of All The Best of Billy Joel
Hello, It was announced the other day that Billy Joel and Sting will be in concert in Salt Lake City in May 2025. That’s a dream pairing if there ever was one. Before Sting was a big solo star he was a member of The Police. As for Billy Joel he’s been a pretty big…
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(Finished September 26th, 2024) Part 1 of The Most Powerful Songs Of All-Time
Hello, What makes a song powerful. A few reasons why, but not all, obviously the music is powerful- see the “Phantom of the Opera” “Overture”. The message is powerful- see Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”, Lauren Daigle’s “Still Rolling Stones”, or Terry Jacks “Seasons In The Sun”. Or a song can be powerful in it’s message…
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