On The List: 1980s

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We are back and proud to announce our newest book.  On The List:1980s.  Out now!!! In this book, we explore that totally awesome decade:  the 1980s.  Neon clothes, big hair, cassettes, fast cars, MTV, and all the great music from pop to rock to metal to rap to every paisley jangle pub punk out there.  It’s available now and perfect for under the tree for that audiophile in your life.  Available now on Amazon. 

Here are the 11 best quotes from people who have read the book:

  1. “Most Excellent!” – Two wild musicians at the Circle K
  2. “The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads – they all adore it.” – High School Receptionist
  3. “I feel the need…the need for this book!” – Naval Pilot
  4. “Inconceivable!” – Some Guy who doesn’t know what the word means
  5. “It belongs in a museum.” – An Archeologist
  6. “Bitchin‘” – kid hanging out back at the Gas N’ Sip
  7. “I came. I read. It kicks ass!” – Paranormal Expert
  8. “If you read it, you will be happy.” – Baseball player
  9. “It’s great.  Now you know…and knowing is half the battle.” – Military Soldier
  10. “I’ll be back…to read this again and again.” Robot from the future
  11. “This goes to 11.” – Metal guitarist

The Best 111 Songs By Tom Petty

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(* This is a slightly altered post from a few years ago.  The sentiment remains the same)

An American icon cannot be narrowed down to eleven songs. Petty belongs with the greats. Time and time again he has stood up to the record companies and won. Not just once…but many times. He is everything that rock n roll was and everything it should be. He has stood for artists’ rights…he has stood against over-production. He blasted the radio industry, American Idol, and everything that is wrong with music today. He made a 4-hour music documentary against all common sense…and in turn made one of the greatest music documentaries of all time. And at the end of the day…no matter how much stands up for or stands against…he backs it up making good honest music…that has only gotten better with time.

Rock on, Tom Petty.  RIP

The 111 Best Tom Petty Songs:

  1. American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  2. A Woman In Love (Hard Promises)
  3. Runnin’ Down A Dream (Full Moon Fever)
  4. Shadow of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) (Damn The Torpedoes)
  5. Zombie Zoo (Full Moon Fever)
  6. Refugee (Damn The Torpedoes)
  7. Learning To Fly (Into The Great Wide Open)
  8. Crawling Back To You (Wildflowers)
  9. Rebels (Southern Accents)
  10. Free Fallin’ (Full Moon Fever)
  11. King’s Highway (Into The Great Wide Open)
  12. Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Greatest Hits)
  13. Walls (Circus) – (She’s The One)
  14. Waiting For Tonight (Playback)
  15. The Last DJ (The Last DJ)
  16. I Won’t Back Down (Full Moon Fever)
  17. Wildflowers (Wildflowers)
  18. Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  19. I Need To Know (You’re Gonna Get It)
  20. Out In The Cold (Into The Great Wide Open)
  21. You Got Lucky (Long After Dark)
  22. The Waiting (Hard Promises)
  23. Don’t Do Me Like That – Mudcrutch Version (Playback)
  24. Finding Out (Long After Dark)
  25. Handle With Care (Traveling Wilburys Volume 1)
  26. Love Is Long Road (Full Moon Fever)
  27. A Thing About You (Hard Promises)
  28. Time To Move On (Wildflowers)
  29. Two Gunslingers (Into The Great Wide Open)
  30. Ways To Be Wicked (Playback)
  31. Counting On You (Echo)
  32. Dark of the Sun (Into The Great Wide Open)
  33. I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better (Full Moon Fever)
  34. Magnolia (You’re Gonna Get It)
  35. Lover of the Bayou (Mudcrutch)
  36. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Bella Donna)
  37. Dreams of Flying (2)
  38. Square One (Highway Companion)
  39. Yer So Bad (Full Moon Fever)
  40. Even The Losers (Damn The Torpedoes)
  41. Trailer (2)
  42. Runaway Trains (Let Me Up)
  43. Into The Great Wide Open (Into The Great Wide Open)
  44. End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys – Volume 1)
  45. Hope You Never (She’s The One)
  46. Flirting With Time (Highway Companion)
  47. You and Me (The Last DJ)
  48. You Wreck Me (Wildflowers)
  49. Ankle Deep (Highway Companion)
  50. Depending On You (Full Moon Fever)
  51. A One Story Town (Long After Dark)
  52. Here Comes My Girl (Damn The Torpedoes)
  53. King’s Road (Hard Promises)
  54. So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star (Pack Up The Plantation)
  55. Dreamville (The Last DJ)
  56. Saving Grace (Highway Companion)
  57. We Stand A Chance (Long After Dark)
  58. The Apartment Song (Full Moon Fever)
  59. Deliver Me (Long After Dark)
  60. Restless (You’re Gonna Get It)
  61. Won’t Last Long (Echo)
  62. To Find A Friend (Wildflowers)
  63. Don’t Come Around Here No More (Southern Accents)
  64. The Trip To Pirate’s Cove (Mojo)
  65. Forgotten Man (Hypnotic Eye)
  66. Century City (Damn The Torpedoes)
  67. Dogs On The Run (Southern Accents)
  68. Needles and Pins (Pack Up The Plantation)
  69. Angel Dream (No. 4) – (She’s The One)
  70. Insider (Hard Promises)
  71. A Mind With A Heart of Its Own (Full Moon Fever)
  72. Listen To Her Heart (You’re Gonna Get It)
  73. All You Can Carry (Hypnotic Eye)
  74. Save Your Water (2)
  75. A Higher Place (Wildflowers)
  76. Hope (2)
  77. It’s Good To Be King (Wildflowers)
  78. Louisiana Rain (Damn The Torpedoes)
  79. Sea of Heartbreak (Unchained)
  80. I Will Run To You (Wild At Heart)
  81. Grew Up Fast (She’s The One)
  82. Southern Accents (Southern Accents)
  83. Big Weekend (Highway Companion)
  84. You’re Gonna Get It (You’re Gonna Get It)
  85. Something Good Coming (Mojo)
  86. Down South (Highway Companion)
  87. One More Day, One More Night (Echo)
  88. Night Driver (Highway Companion)
  89. Running Man’s Bible (Mojo)
  90. Poor House (Traveling Wilburys – Volume 3)
  91. Since You Said You Loved Me (Playback)
  92. Letting You Go (Hard Promises)
  93. Jammin’ Me (Let Me Up)
  94. Lover’s Touch (Mojo)
  95. Hurt (You’re Gonna Get It)
  96. Fooled Again (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  97. Let Me Up (Let Me Up)
  98. A Self-Made Man (Let Me Up)
  99. Makin’ Some Noise (Into The Great Wide Open)
  100. All Or Nothin’ (Into The Great Wide Open)
  101. How Many More Days (Let Me Up)
  102. Fault Lines (Hypnotic Eye)
  103. The Wrong Thing To Do (Mudcrutch)
  104. Asshole (She’s The One)
  105. Anything’s That Rock N Roll (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  106. Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea (Unchained)
  107. Red River (Hypnotic Eye)
  108. Damaged By Love (Highway Companion)
  109. Scare Easy (Mudcrutch)
  110. High In The Morning (Mojo)
  111. Money Becomes King (The Last DJ)

The 111 Best Songs Featuring Chester Bennington

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I had a conversation with some friends this week about what artists of the past 25 years will be elected in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year if eligibility.  Recently, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day all accomplished this.  We came up with five bands:  Beck, Radiohead, Eminem, The White Stripes, and Linkin Park.  Though half of our group didn’t believe that Linkin Park would make it in (on the first year)…I convinced them of the opposite.

In the past 17 years, Linkin Park has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, 28 million in the US.  Their debut album, Hybrid Theory, was awarded Diamond status for selling 10 million copies in the US (27 million worldwide).  It was the best-selling album of 2001, the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s, and the best-selling debut album of the 21st century. Their follow-up album, Meteora, has also sold 27 million albums worldwide (7 million in the US). While their third album, Minutes To Midnight, sold 20 million worldwide (3 million in the US). They have 6 number one albums, all of which have debuted at number one on the Billboard charts.  They won 2 Grammy awards (5 nominations), 4 MTV VMAs (18 nominations), 5 AMAs (9 nominations), and an additional 25+ international awards.  They headlined two of the five highest grossing festivals of the 2000s (Download & Rock Am Ring).  They have 3 top ten singles on the Billboard charts (In The End, What I’ve Done, New Divide), ten #1 singles on the US alternative charts, eight #1 singles on the US mainstream rock charts, and 21 top ten international singles.

But despite all the album sales, the awards, the sold out shows, the legions of fans…there was one thing about Linkin Park that you can’t take away.  They were original.  They may have been lumped in with the nu metal genre but there was no other band who sounded like them.  They were a cross between Alice In Chains, Beastie Boys, Minor Threat, Anime, and Video Games.  There was no one else like them before them and no one else since.  Even though I was a bigger Soundgarden fan, I think this death hit me harder because Chester was the first major star to pass away who was younger than me.

I was a fan.  A Thousands Suns was my favorite album. Their live show was inspiring.  And unlike a lot of bands, they were creative and they took chances.  Sometimes the chances paid off…sometimes they did not.  But I would rather root for a band who took a chance and failed than root for a band that always played it safe.

In order to reach the 111 mark, I’ve included songs from Chester’s entire career.

Here are the 111 Best Songs Featuring Chester Bennington:

  1. In The End (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  2. Numb (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  3. Crawling (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  4. Faint (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  5. Breaking The Habit (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  6. Burn It Down (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  7. One Step Closer (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  8. Somewhere I Belong (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  9. Pushing Me Away (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  10. The Catalyst (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  11. In Pieces (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  12. Runaway (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  13. Bleed It Out (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  14. Lost In The Echo (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  15. Lying From You (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  16. From The Inside (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  17. Roads Untraveled (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  18. No More Sorrow (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  19. Easier To Run (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  20. New Divide (Linkin Park – New Divide)
  21. Don’t Stay (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  22. Burning The Skies (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  23. Blackout (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  24. What I’ve Done (Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight)
  25. A Line In The Sand (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  26. Rebellion (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  27. Figure.09 (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  28. Papercut (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  29. My Suffering (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  30. Guilty All The Same (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  31. Given Up (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  32. A Light That Never Comes (Linkin Park – Recharged)
  33. In My Remains (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  34. Iridescent (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  35. Leave Out All The Rest (Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight)
  36. I’ll Be Gone (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  37. Until It’s Gone (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  38. Castle of Glass (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  39. Inside of Me (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of The Ashes)
  40. When They Come For Me (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  41. Darker Than Blood (Steve Aoki – Neon Future II)
  42. Hands Held High (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  43. With You (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  44. Across The Line (Linkin Park – A Decade Underground)
  45. Walking Dead (Z-Trip – Shifting Gears)
  46. Robot Boy (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  47. Wastelands (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  48. Wretches and Kings (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  49. My December (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory B-Side)
  50. Points of Authority (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  51. Good Goodbye (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  52. Riders on the Storm (Santana – Guitar Heaven)
  53. Waiting For The End (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  54. End of the World (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  55. All For Nothing (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  56. Crawl Back In (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  57. Keys To The Kingdom (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  58. Same On The Inside (Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise)
  59. It Goes Through (Linkin Park – Mall Soundtrack)
  60. Shadow of the Day (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  61. Hit The Floor (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  62. Not Alone (Linkin Park – Not Alone)
  63. Victimized (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  64. White Noise (Linkin Park – Mall Soundtrack)
  65. Condemned (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of The Ashes)
  66. Lies Greed Misery (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  67. Qwerty (Linkin Park – Songs From The Underground)
  68. Nobody’s Listening (Linkin Park – Meteora)
  69. And One (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory EP)
  70. One More Light (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  71. In The Darkness (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of The Ashes)
  72. Valentine’s Day (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  73. Powerless (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  74. We Made It (Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S.)
  75. Walking In Circles (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  76. Let Down (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  77. A Place For My Head (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  78. Slow Ya Roll (Young Buck – Buck The World)
  79. Mark The Graves (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  80. Forgotten (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  81. Skin To Bone (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  82. Blackbirds (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns Bonus Track)
  83. Out Of Time (Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise)
  84. Sold My Soul To Yo Mama (Linkin Park – Songs From The Underground)
  85. Talking To Myself (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  86. Final Masquerade (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  87. Until It Breaks (Linkin Park – Living Things)
  88. By Myself (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  89. Too Late (Dead By Sunrise – Out of The Ashes)
  90. Battle Symphony (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  91. The Little Things Give You Away (Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight)
  92. Halfway Right (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  93. Cry Cry (Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise)
  94. Into You (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  95. War (Linkin Park – The Hunting Party)
  96. Fire (Dead By Sunrise – Fire)
  97. Sharp Edges (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  98. Announcement Service Public (Linkin Park – Songs From The Underground)
  99. Black Heart (Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise)
  100. Nobody Can Save Me (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  101. High Voltage (Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory)
  102. System (Chester Bennington – Queen of the Damned)
  103. Heavy (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  104. Invisible (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  105. Tomorrow (Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise)
  106. Jornada Del Muerto (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)
  107. Step Up (Linkin Park – In The End)
  108. Sorry For Now (Linkin Park – One More Light)
  109. Give Me Your Name (Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes)
  110. Pretend To Be (Linkin Park – A Decade Underground)
  111. The Messenger (Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns)

 

R.I.P. Chester Bennington

Re-Imagining Fleetwood Mac – Lindsey Buckingham Edition

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Day of three finds us looking in at the driving guitar force of Fleetwood Mac, with Lindsey Buckingham.  There’s no denying that adding Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to the Fleetwood Mac mix completely elevated the band to another level.  Each one had such a distinct sound, when coupled together they form a complex companionship.  Separated, you can hear their unique voices in a more complete setting.

In this experiment, not every song works.  Again, this isn’t a “best of.”  It’s about what group of songs can cohesively go together to form an album.  Now while Tusk is pretty much a full Fleetwood Mac contribution, it’s really Lindsey’s baby (not to mention that it there was some good extra credit in there for a few USC students) hence its inclusion.

Enjoy and let me know which edition is your favorite.

Here is Buckingham Mac:

  1. Tusk (Tusk)
  2. Tango In The Night (Tango In The Night)
  3. Big Love (Tango In The Night)
  4. Empire State (Mirage)
  5. Go Your Own Way (Rumors)
  6. Family Man (Tango in the Night)
  7. Can’t Go Back (Mirage)
  8. Monday Morning (Fleetwood Mac)
  9. What Makes You Think You’re The One (Tusk)
  10. Caroline (Tango In The Night)
  11. I’m So Afraid (Fleetwood Mac)

Re-Imagining Fleetwood Mac – Christine McVie Edition

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Day two of re-imagining the Fleetwood Mac brings us to Christine McVie, who sang with the band for a few albums prior to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks’ recruitment.  That said, I’m only including songs after the self-titled Fleetwood Mac album (1975).

As much as l love Stevie, Christine may have written and sang my favorite Fleetwood Mac tunes, including Little Lies and Isn’t It Midnight.  Neither song is included here for various reasons.  I wanted this experiment to feel more like a solo work.  It’s one thing to have another member chiming in for some background vocals but for songs like Little Lies and Hold Me, the rest of the band have too prominent of contributions.  As great as those songs are, they sound too much like a collaborative effort…and don’t necessarily fit for purposes of this post.

Here is Fleetwood MacVie:

  1. You Make Loving Fun (Rumors)
  2. Think About Me (Tusk)
  3. Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac)
  4. Sugar Daddy (Fleetwood Mac)
  5. Never Forget (Tusk)
  6. Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac)
  7. Everywhere (Tango In The Night)
  8. Brown Eyes (Tusk)
  9. Oh Daddy (Rumors)
  10. Over & Over (Tusk)
  11. Honey Hi (Tusk)

 

 

Re-imagining Fleetwood Mac – Stevie Nicks Edition

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One of my favorite bands of all time is Fleetwood Mac.  What makes The Mac so amazing isn’t one particular member.  The band is a true sum of its parts.  They are the gold standard when it comes to the team effort approach to their songs, albums and live shows.  Though they are a chameleon of a band who has evolved and changed over time, they have had their share of chaotic times.  But difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations.  When the group is in sync with each other, there is no one better.

But what if that wasn’t true?  What if Fleetwood Mac only had one singer?  The Mac has been known since their early beginnings as a band who has shared vocal duties.  But just for fun…what if that wasn’t true?  What if they only had one singer?  What would an album by Fleetwood Mac sound like?  Over the next three days, I want to look at three different versions of The Mac…each one featuring a different singer.  What would an album sound like if only Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie or Lindsey Buckingham were the singer?  I am not advocating this should be the case…but what if?

Up first, here is the Stevie Nicks version of Fleetwood Mac.  I have kept the album to a tight 11 songs, trying to find the best songs that cohesively fit together.  It’s an interesting experiment and I’d love to know your thoughts. Listen below.

Fleetwood Nicks

  1. Sisters of the Moon (Tusk)
  2. Straight Back (Mirage)
  3. Seven Wonders (Tango in the Night)
  4. Gypsy (Mirage)
  5. Rhiannon (FM)
  6. Sara (Tusk)
  7. Dreams (Rumors)
  8. That’s Alright (Mirage)
  9. Angel (Tusk)
  10. Landslide (Rumors)
  11. Storms (Tusk)

 

 

 

The 111 Best Songs By The Red Hot Chili Peppers

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There is a divide between RHCP fans when it comes to their music.  Fans from the 80s are RHCP purists who believe the Chili Peppers were at their best from their debut up through Blood Sugar Sex Magic.  Fans who discovered the Chili Peppers because of Blood Sugar Sex Magic think the Chili Peppers were at their best after Blood Sugar Sex Magic.  There is no dispute that there is a noticable difference in the style of music before and after BSSM.  While both sets of fans claim to be Chili Pepper purists, what neither of realize is that the Chili Peppers have survived the chaotic waters of the music industry because they changed…they evovled.  Can’t we all just get along and enjoy both?

It’s Independence Day Weekend…enjoy the playlist with some true American Rock ‘n’ roll.

The 111 Best Songs By The Red Hot Chili Peppers:

  1. Suck My Kiss (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  2. Under The Bridge (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  3. Parellel Universe (Californication)
  4. Give It Away (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  5. Knock Me Down (Mother’s Milk)
  6. Higher Ground (Mother’s Milk)
  7. Taste The Pain (Mother’s Milk)
  8. Fight Like A Brave (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  9. Soul To Squeeze (Give It Away)
  10. Californication (Californication)
  11. If You Want Me To Stay (Freaky Styley)
  12. Love Rollercoaster (Beavis and Butthead Do America)
  13. I Could Have Lied (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  14. Stone Cold Bush (Mother’s Milk)
  15. Behind The Sun (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  16. Power Of Equality (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  17. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  18. Dosed (By The Way)
  19. Breaking The Girl (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  20. Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky (Mother’s Milk)
  21. Throw Away Your Television (By The Way)
  22. Naked In The Rain (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  23. Around The World (Californication)
  24. Shallow Be Thy Game (One Hot Minute)
  25. Funky Monks (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  26. Coffee Shop (One Hot Minute)
  27. By The Way (By The Way)
  28. Otherside (Californication)
  29. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie (I’m With You)
  30. Catholic School Girls Rule (Freaky Styley)
  31. Monarchy of Roses (I’m With You)
  32. On Mercury (By The Way)
  33. Tell Me Baby (Stadium Arcadium)
  34. Scar Tissue (Californication)
  35. Look Around (I’m With You)
  36. Show Me Your Soul (Taste The Pain)
  37. This Velvet Glove (Californication)
  38. Special Secret Song Inside (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  39. Hard To Concentrate (Stadium Arcadium)
  40. Dani California (Stadium Arcadium)
  41. If You Have To Ask (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  42. 21st Century (Stadium Arcadium)
  43. Factory of Faith (I’m With You)
  44. True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  45. Road Trippin’ (Californication)
  46. Aeroplane (One Hot Minute)
  47. Can’t Stop (By The Way)
  48. This Is The Place (By The Way)
  49. Magic Johnson (Mother’s Milk)
  50. Subway To Venus (Mother’s Milk)
  51. Long Progression (I’m Besides You)
  52. Snow (Stadium Arcadium)
  53. Catch My Death (I’m Besides You)
  54. Warlocks (Stadium Arcadium)
  55. Out In LA (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  56. Hometown Gypsy (I’m Besides You)
  57. Mellowship Slink in B Major (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  58. Search And Destroy (Give It Away)
  59. Fortune Faded (Greatest Hits)
  60. Good Time Boys (Mother’s Milk)
  61. Storm in A Teacup (Stadium Arcadium)
  62. We Believe (Stadium Arcadium)
  63. The Zephyr Song (By The Way)
  64. Backwoods (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  65. One Big Mob (One Hot Minute)
  66. Brendan’s Death Song (I’m With You)
  67. Subterranean Homesick Blues (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  68. Me & My Friends (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  69. Hump De Bump (Stadium Arcadium)
  70. Stadium Arcadium (Stadium Arcadium)
  71. Millionaires Against Hunger (Freaky Styley Remastered)
  72. Nobody Weird Like Me (Mother’s Milk)
  73. How It Ends (I’m Besides You)
  74. Make You Feel Better (Stadium Arcadium)
  75. Quixoticelixer (Californication Itunes Bonus Track)
  76. Sir Psycho Sexy (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  77. Joe (Desecration Smile)
  78. Walkabout (One Hot Minute)
  79. Yertle The Turtle (Freaky Styley)
  80. Apache Rose Peacock (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  81. Cabron (By The Way)
  82. C’Mon Girl (Stadium Arcadium)
  83. Torture Me (Stadium Arcadium)
  84. Ethiopia (I’m With You)
  85. This Is The Kitt (I’m Besides You)
  86. Minor Thing (By The Way)
  87. Hanalei (I’m Besides You)
  88. The Righteous & The Wicked (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  89. Venice Queen (By The Way)
  90. Pink As Floyd (I’m Besides You)
  91. Purple Stain (Californication)
  92. No Chump Love Sucker (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  93. Love Trilogy (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  94. Annie Wants A Baby (I’m With You)
  95. So Much I (Stadium Arcadium)
  96. Nevermind (Freaky Styley)
  97. Desecration Smile (Stadium Arcadium)
  98. Castles Made Of Sand (Blood Sugar Sex Magik Reissue)
  99. Turn It Again (Stadium Arcadium)
  100. Tear (By The Way)
  101. The Greeting Song (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
  102. Especially In Michigan (Stadium Arcadium)
  103. Get On Top (Californication)
  104. Get Up And Jump (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  105. Charlie (Stadium Arcadium)
  106. Slow Cheetah (Stadium Arcadium)
  107. I’ll Be Your Domino (Snow)
  108. Funky Crime (The Uplift Mofo Party Plan)
  109. Funny Face (Snow)
  110. Warped (One Hot Minute)
  111. Open/Close (I’m Besides You)

The 111 Best Songs By Garbage

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It was a challenge to get to 111…there are a couple of stretches to get there but we made it.

Here are the 111 Best Songs By Garbage:

  1. Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage)
  2. Vow (Garbage)
  3. The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (Version 2.0)
  4. I Think I’m Paranoid (Version 2.0)
  5. Push It (Version 2.0)
  6. Medication (Version 2.0)
  7. When I Grow Up (Version 2.0)
  8. Queer (Garbage)
  9. Temptation Waits (Version 2.0)
  10. Androgyny (Beautiful Garbage)
  11. Supervixen (Garbage)
  12. Special (Version 2.0)
  13. Control (Not Your Kind Of People)
  14. Cup of Coffee (Beautiful Garbage)
  15. Stupid Girl (Garbage)
  16. Shut Your Mouth (Beautiful Garbage)
  17. Milk (Garbage)
  18. The World Is Not Enough (WINE Soundtrack)
  19. Parade (Beautiful Garbage)
  20. Sleep Together (Version 2.0)
  21. My Lover’s Box (Garbage)
  22. Soldier Through This (You Look So Fine)
  23. A Stroke of Luck (Garbage)
  24. You Look So Fine  (Version 2.0)
  25. Breaking Up The Girl (Beautiful Garbage)
  26. Thirteen (Push It)
  27. Dumb (Version 2.0)
  28. Battle In Me (Not Your Kind Of People)
  29. Sleep (Only Happy When It Rains)
  30. Kick My Ass (Sweet Relief II)
  31. Girl Don’t Come (Only Happy When It Rains)
  32. Bleed Like Me (Bleed Like Me)
  33. #1 Crush (Vow)
  34. Silence Is Golden (Beautiful Garbage)
  35. Run Baby Run (Bleed Like Me)
  36. I Hate Love (Not Your Kind Of People)
  37. Can’t Seem To Make You Mine (When I Grow Up)
  38. Dog New Tricks (Garbage)
  39. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (Why Do You Love Me)
  40. Man on a Wire (Not Your Kind Of People)
  41. Sugar (Not Your Kind Of People)
  42. Tell Me Where It Hurts (Absolute Garbage)
  43. Because The Night (Because The Night)
  44. Blood For Poppies (Not Your Kind Of People)
  45. It’s All Over But The Crying (Bleed Like Me)
  46. Felt (Not Your Kind Of People)
  47. Drive You Home (Beautiful Garbage)
  48. The Chemicals (The Chemicals)
  49. Big Bright World (Not Your Kind Of People)
  50. Cherry Lips (Beautiful Garbage)
  51. Hammering In My Head (Version 2.0)
  52. Nobody Loves You (Beautiful Garbage)
  53. Boys Wanna Fight (Bleed Like Me)
  54. Girls Talk (Girls Talk)
  55. Wicked Ways (Version 2.0)
  56. What Girls Are Made Of (Not Your Kind Of People Deluxe Edition)
  57. Untouchable (Beautiful Garbage)
  58. Trip My Wire (Queer)
  59. Fix Me Now (Garbage)
  60. Use Me (Cherry Lips)
  61. Automatic Systematic Habit (Not Your Kind Of People)
  62. Afterglow (I Think I’m Paranoid)
  63. Right Between The Eyes (Bleed Like Me)
  64. Not Your Kind Of People (Not Your Kind Of People)
  65. The One (Not Your Kind Of People Deluxe Edition)
  66. Why Do Love Me (Bleed Like Me)
  67. Beloved Freak (Not Your Kind Of People)
  68. So Like A Rose (Beautiful Garbage)
  69. Never Be Free (Sex Is Not The Enemy)
  70. Bad Boyfriend (Bleed Like Me)
  71. Candy Says (Breaking Up The Girl)
  72. Metal Heart (Bleed Like Me)
  73. Begging Bone (Androgyny)
  74. Happy Home (Bleed Like Me)
  75. Why Don’t You Come Over (Bleed Like Me)
  76. Til The Day I Die (Beautiful Garbage)
  77. The Hunger (Prometheus Bound Soundtrack)
  78. Deadwood (I Think I’m Paranoid)
  79. Can’t Cry These Tears (Beautiful Garbage)
  80. Lick The Pavement (Push It)
  81. Show Me (Not Your Kind Of People Deluxe Edition)
  82. April Tenth (Shut Your Mouth)
  83. Sex Is Not The Enemy (Bleed Like Me)
  84. Subhuman (Vow)
  85. Dark Hearts and Heart Beats (Dark Hearts Soundtrack)
  86. As Heaven Is Wide (Garbage)
  87. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Ahk-toong Bay-bi Covered)
  88. Confidence (Breaking Up The Girl)
  89. Driving Lesson (Stupid Girl)
  90. Love Like Suicide (Not Your Kind Of People Japanese Edition)
  91. Enough Is Never Enough (Cherry Lips)
  92. Not My Idea (Garbage)
  93. Nobody Can Win (Why Do You Love Me)
  94. Betcha (Tell Me Where It Hurts B-side)
  95. Badass (Run Baby Run)
  96. 13 x Forever (Special)
  97. Wild Horses (Shut Your Mouth)
  98. Honeybee (Sex Is Not The Enemy)
  99. Time Will Destroy Everything (Girls Talk)
  100. Bright Tonight (Not Your Kind Of People Deluxe Edition)
  101. All The Good In Life (Tell Me Where It Hurts B-side)
  102. On Fire (The Chemicals)
  103. Space Can Come Through Anyone (Why Do You Love Me)
  104. Sex Never Goes Out Of Fashion (Shut Your Mouth)
  105. Witness To Your Love (Give.Listen.Help)
  106. Get Busy With The Fizzy (You Look So Fine)
  107. Alien Sex Fiend (Stupid Girl)
  108. Butterfly Collector (Queer)
  109. Happiness Pt. 2 (Breaking Up The Girl)
  110. Tornado (When I Grow Up)
  111. I’m Really Into Techno (Shut Your Mouth)

 

The 111 Best Bob Dylan Songs

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Happy 75th birthday, Bob! He’s probably one of the few artists I could post 1111 songs for….but who has the time?

Here are the 111 Best Songs by Bob Dylan:

1. Hurricane (Desire)

2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

3. My Back Pages (Another Side of Bob Dylan)

4. It Ain’t Me Babe (Another Side of Bob Dylan)

5. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bringing It All Back Home)

6. Lay, Lady, Lay (Nashville Skyline)

7. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid)

8. Masters of War (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

9. A Hard Rain’s A-Going Fall (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

10. With God On Our Side (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

11. Like a Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited)

12. Things Have Changed (Wonder Boys Soundtrack)

13. Tangled Up In Blue (Blood on the Tracks)

14. Wedding Song (Planet Waves)

15. Ballad of a Thin Man (Highway 61 Revisited)

16. Stuck Inside of Memphis with the Mobile Blues (Blonde on Blonde)

17. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan)

18. I Want You (Blonde on Blonde)

19. Desolation Row (Highway 61 Revisited)

20. Precious Angel (Slow Train Coming)

21. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

22. Tombstone Blues (Highway 61 Revisited)

23. You Ain’t Going Nowhere (Basement Tapes)

24. Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (John Wesley Harding)

25. Bob Dylan’s Dream (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

26. Simple Twist of Fate (Blood on the Tracks)

27. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

28. Only A Pawn in Their Game (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

29. Absolutely Sweet Marie (Blonde on Blonde)

30.  Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bringing It All Back Home)

31. All Along the Watchtower (John Wesley Harding)

32. Love Sick (Time Out of Mind)

33. North Country Blues (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

34. You’re No Good (Bob Dylan)

35. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Blonde on Blonde)

36. Tonight, I’ll Be Staying Here With You (Nashville Skyline)

37. Blowin’ In The Wind (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

38. Girl From North Country (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan/Nashville Skyline)

39. Maggie’s Farm (Bringing It All Back Home)

40. Visions of Johanna (Blonde on Blonde)

41. Dignity (Greatest Hits 3)

42. Just Like A Woman (Blonde on Blonde)

43. One More Night (Nashville Skyline)

44. Most of the Time (Oh, Mercy)

45. He Was a Friend Of Mine (Bootleg Series Volume 1)

46. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Blood on the Tracks)

47. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Bringing It All Back Home)

48. Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

49.  You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Blood on the Tracks)

50. Most Likely You’ll go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine (Biograph)

51. Going To Alcapulco (Basement Tapes)

52. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bringing It All Back Home)

53. Jokerman (Infidels)

54. Not Dark Yet (Time Out of Mind)

55. Political World (Oh, Mercy)

56. Highway 61 Revisited (Highway 61 Revisited)

57. Mississippi (Love and Theft)

58. Idiot Wind (Blood on the Tracks)

59. Quinn The Eskimo (Self Portrait)

60. One More Cup of Coffee (Desire)

61. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry (Highway 61 Revisited)

62. Going Going Gone (Planet Waves)

63. The Ballad of Hollis Brown (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

64. Shelter From The Storm (Blood on the Tracks)

65. Honest With Me (Love and Theft)

66. All I Really Want To Do (Another Side of Bob Dylan)

67. Changing of the Guards (Street Legal)

68. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (Empire Burlesque)

69. Fixin’ To Die (Bob Dylan)

70. Forever Young (Planet Waves)

71. You’re a Big Girl Now (Blood on the Tracks)

72. If You Ever Go To Houston (Together Through Life)

73. Million Dollar Bash (Basement Tapes)

74. Highlands (Time Out of Mind)

75. On A Night Like This (Planet Waves)

76. Lily of the West (Dylan)

77. Tell Me That It Isn’t True (Nashville Skyline)

78. Just Like Tom Thumb Blues (Highway 61 Revisited)

79. She Belongs to Me (Bringing It All Back Home)

80. Highway 51 Blues (Bob Dylan)

81. I’ll Remember You (Empire Burlesque)

82. As I Went Out One Morning (John Wesley Harding)

83. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (John Wesley Harding)

84. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Bob Dylan)

85. Sweetheart Like You (Infidels)

86. Nobody ‘Cept You (Bootleg Series Volume 2)

87. Standing In The Doorway (Time Out of Mind)

88. Covenant Woman (Saved)

89. Mozambique (Desire)

90. To Ramona (Another Side of Bob Dylan)

91. If You See Her, Say Hello (Blood on the Tracks)

92. In Search of Little Sadie (Self Portrait)

93. Sara (Desire)

94. Blackjack Davey (Good As I Been To You)

95. Thunder On the Mountain (Modern Times)

96. Chimes of Freedom (Another Side of Bob Dylan)

97. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee (Love and Theft)

98. Emotionally Yours (Empire Burlesque)

99. Series of Dreams (Bootleg Series Volume 3)

100. Tears of Rage (Basement Tapes)

101. If Not for You (New Morning)

102. Talkin’ World War III Blues (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

103. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Biograph)

104. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – (Bringing It All Back Home)

105. World Gone Wrong (World Gone Wrong)

106. From A Buick 6 (Highway 61 Revisited)

107. I Shall Be Free (Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)

108. I Threw It All Away (Nashville Skyline)

109. Caribbean Wind (Biograph)

110. Buckets of Rain (Blood on the Tracks)

111. Ain’t Talkin’ (Modern Times)

The Unknown: Marie Danielle – Hustler

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Marie-Danielle-Hustler-CoverNo one thinks of Los Angeles as a country music city.  Los Angeles is a city drenched in steamy asphalt roads, overpacked with tin cars on an eternal idle.  The urban sprawl is a desolate kingdom of industrialization.  This is the city that gave birth to the heavy metal music that crawled its way out of the sleaze and grime of its underbelly.  It gave birth to a massive hip-hop culture that rebelled against the forced environment of the low-income slums.  It is not a city that brings to mind the heartfelt twang of an acoustic guitar.  But ultimately, Los Angeles is a desert.  Long before the skyscrapers, celebrities, and traffic nightmares, it was a western town snuggled up against a sandy beach.  If you rip off the superficial covering, underneath you’ll discover that country is LA’s heart and soul.

20160418_212717Marie Danielle is not a country artist.  She is an LA artist.  Even though she’s originally from the East Coast, her sound is born from the rich musical tapestry that makes LA such a layered bastion of musical expression.  On her new album, Hustler, Marie embodies all the great emotional baggage coursing through LA’s veins.  The album opens with the heartbreaking “Tinseltown” subtly crafted with a hint of Don Henley’s lonely howl.  On “Dreary Head” there is an inescapable Brian Wilson loveliness.   “One Night Stands” is sprinkled with Beck’s heart wrenching desperation of feeling alone in a crowded room.  There’s Exene’s boldness, Rivers’ introspection, and even a touch of swagger from GNR Lies on the album’s essential song, “Soldier.”  Each of Danielle’s song has its own identity, but Hustler as an album is even better than the sum of its parts.

Hustler‘s crowning achievement is its ability to evolve over multiple listens.  Upon first pass, it hooks you with its sensitivity.  But with repeat visits, the listener is able to peel back the layers discovering emotional peaks and valleys tucked inside the melodies. For every moment of hope there’s an air of darkness.  For every downfall there’s a smile.  For every fluffy cloud there’s a silver nitrate lining.  It’s a conflict-laden journey with Danielle’s sultry vixen-esque voice, guiding you along with its alluring seduction.  Her intimate tone wraps you in a comfortable blanket, holding you close as if you’re the only one this album is made for.  The album’s major appeal is how personal it feels.  Marie Danielle is everyone.  She’s your neighbor, she’s your sister, she’s your ex-girlfriend.  She is your confident, yet, in this moment, she’s confiding in you.

20160418_210710Being a musical artist in LA means you have to be a fighter.  Playing shows in LA means competing against narcissistic Angelenos who would rather hear the sound of their own voice than bother listening.  The artist must power over them…over the selfies and status updates.  To successfully come up in this atmosphere, an artist must have internal strength and tenacity. It is a war of attrition and those who survive are stronger from it.

Marie Danielle’s album, Hustler, is a must.  It is the summer mixtape for that long drive up the coast or the late night drive to Vegas.  It will accompany you after a break-up and be your fan on a first date.  If you’re still reading this review and haven’t purchased it yet…well, you’re wasting your time.

Marie Danielle – Hustler is now available from Marie Danielle Music and Itunes.