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(Finished July 21st, 2024) The 70s: Some of the Best of the Decade
Hello, Last night I became a Gearhead- meaning a fan of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I saw them in concert in Layton, Utah last night. Randy Bachman played in both BTO and also The Guess Who. The band played several songs by both bands. It was a great night. It reminded me of all the great songs…
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(Finished July 15th, 2024) Sing, Sing A Song: Songs That Are A Joy To Sing Along With
Hello, Ah the joy of getting my Mac back, once you go Mac you never go back. 1) Styx “The Best of Times”: The first 1:07 of this video is so painful, feel free to skip it. 2) Loverboy “Loving Every Minute of It”: 3) Ray Charles “Hit The Road Jack”: 4) “She Got The…
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(Finished June 16th, 2024) Part 5 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 June 9th, 2024) Part 4 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 June 9th, 2024) Part 3 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 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 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 12th, 2024) Part 8 of Gen X Weekend
Hello, Happy Mother’s Day!! 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.…
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(Finished May 10th, 2024) Part 7 of Was 1989 and 1990 Really The Diet Slice Era of Music? Part 4 of 1989
Hello, 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…
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(Finished April 16th, 2024) Part 3 of Songs That Deserve More Love
Hello, I take notes for most of my blogs so that I can keep things organized. I had originally started on this blog series in September of 2023, but it didn’t really go anywhere. However I can’t find those notes, so I’m just going to start over. There are some songs that shouldn’t be forgotten…