19 posts tagged “100”

My hope is that EVERYONE has a good, fun AND safe weekend!!!

-'Tho a bit on the mello side, I hope you enjoy my selections this week!

1) Billy Joel - "I Go To Extremes".

 

2) Bon Jovi - "Silent Night".

I play this song EVERY holiday season... -Do you?

;-)

 

3) Boston - "My Destination".

 

4) Bruce Hornsby And The Range - "Mandolin Rain".

 

5) Coverdale/Page - "Take Me For A Little While".

 

6) Gary Wright - "Dreamweaver".

 

7) Peter Cetera And Amy Grant - "Next Time I Fall".

 

8) Seal - "Crazy".

 

9) U2 - "New Years Day".

 

My classes are almost done, and things might get back to "normal" here (whatever THAT means... ;-)  )

-Thank you for your continued patience!!!

For SOME dumb reason, I've been unable to edit my last post to add these five more songs.

-So, I'll just add them in a new post.

There's more than ONE way to skin a cat... (-I prefer to use my bare hands! ha ha ha) 

1) Nazareth - "Hair Of The Dog".

 

2) Simple Minds - "Don't You Forget About Me".

 

3) The Police - "Synchroniciry II".

 

4) Suicidal Tendancies - "Send Me Your Money".

 

5) Wham! - "Careless Whisper".

 

I hope you've enjoyed my selections!

Thank you again for your patience as I have my classes!

Have a safe and fun Friday night! -I hope you enjoy the selections!

1) Boston - "Smokin'.

 

2) Goo Goo Dolls - "Long Way Down".

 

3) Heart - "Dreamboat Annie".

-The GOOD version, NOT the "what-the-heck-were -they-thinking" version.

 

4) Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation".

 

5) Mudvayne - "Silenced".

 

Five more to come this weekend!

Thanks for being patient while I have my classes!!!

Enjoy these selections, and be safe this Friday night!!!

1) Warrent: "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

 

#2) Winger: "Down Incognito".

 

#3) Marillion: "Incommunicado".

 

#4) White Lion: "Radar Love".

 

#5) Cinderella: "Bad Seamstress Blues (Falling Apart At The Seams)".

 

#6) Tesla: "Modern Day Cowboy".

 

#7) Yngwie J. Malmsteen: "Evil Eye".

 

#8) Van Halen (Van Hagar, ha ha, ha!) - "Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do".

 

#9) Don Dokken - "Crash And Burn".

 

#10) Warrent - "Machine Gun".

 

#11) The Ventures - "Pipeline".

Now, THAT'S kinda what I'd call "Classic Rock".

-Just MY opinion, of course...

 

#12) The Four Horsemen - "Tired Wings".

 

#13) LA Guns - "It's Over Now".

 

I hope you've enjoyed my selections this weekend!!!

Take care, and I'll talk to you soon, k?

;-)

Oooh...!

-I found a few older goodies!!!

Enjoy!

1) Triumph - "Never Say Never".

 

#2) Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet".

 

#3) Goo Goo Dolls - "Name".

 

#4) Shooting Star - "Last Chance".

 

#5) Prism - "Don't Let Him Know".

 

#6) Katrina And The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine".

 

#7) Rik Emmett - "Middle Ground".

 

#8) Boston - "Hollyann".

 

#9) Heart - "These Dreams".

 

#10) The Outfield - "Closer To Me".

 

 

 

Everyone have a good, fun and safe Friday night, and weekend!!!

My list continues....

1) Asia: "Go".

 

2) Saga: "Wind Him Up".

 

3) Don Dokken: "1000 Miles Away".

 

#4) Firehouse: "All She Wrote".

 

#5) Billy Squire: "Whadda You Want From Me".

 

#6) Daryl Hall & John Oates: "Adult Education".

 

#7) Duran Duran: "Save A Prayer".

 

#8) Van Halen/Sammy Hagar: "Feels So Good".

 

#9) Green Day: "Time Of Your Life".

 

#10) Eddie Money: "I Wanna Go Back".

 

Have a NICE, SAFE AND Fun Saturday night, k?

-Please, enjoy my selections for tonight!!!

1) Firehouse: "Reach For The Sky".

This lead singer's brother, married me, and my FIRST mistake, into a FARCE, that allowed her to be married less than a year, and STEAL a child, or two from me...

 

#2) Billy Joel: "Allentown".

 

#3: Boy Meets Girl: "Waiting For A Star To Fall".

 

#4) Asia: "Someday".

-From the Aqua album.

 

#5) Sting: "We'll Be Together".

-The ORIGINAL, and GREAT version. -NOT the other ruined versions.

 

#6) The Alan Parsons Project: "Sirius/Eye In The Sky".

-Unedited, of course!

 

#7) Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris".

From my Buffalo, New York Neighborhood, I might gleefully add here...

;-)

#8) Def Leppard: "Hysteria".

 

#9) John Waite: "I Ain't Missin' You".

 

#10) Bon Jovi: "Lost Highway".

 

#11) Ozzy Osbourne: "The Road To Nowhere".

 

#12) A-Ha: "Scoundrel Days".

 

I hope you've enjoyed my selections tonight!

We're finally down to the last ten songs of my list, and I thought I would end it with a little surprise!!!

Yes, I am posting the first new song we did this year!

It's called "Hero", it's 2 minutes 42 seconds long, it was done by Dan and I this past week, and I'm posting it despite the fact that my strike doesn't officially end until this coming Wednesday. -I will post it at the end of my list!

Ok, here we go!

#10: Van Halen - "Little Guitars".

Most Van Halen fans know that this is a two-part song, an intro and the song it's self. -Both are here.

 

 

#9: Heart - "Crazy On You".

 

#8: Rush - "Available Light".

 

#7: Journey - "Escape"

 

#6: Queensryche - "Eyes Of A Stranger".

 

#5: Marillion - "Sugar Mice"

I told my friend Mainmor about this song's mention of "A Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain..."

 

#4: Neil Diamond - "Yesterday's Songs".

A while back, I told my friend Shellakers that I was going to post a Neil Diamond song, but she'd probably never guess which one it was going to be!

 

#3: Milla Jovovich - "It's Your Life".

 

#2: Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Blue".

-Now THAT's a blues song!!!!

 

#1: Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod".

 

Well, that concludes my list! I certainly didn't include EVERY favorite song I've ever liked (-That would take forever) but I think I pretty much covered the majority of favorite bands of mine.

Now, for the moment we've all been waiting for:

Our first song of 2008: "Hero". -I will write out the lyrics beneath this MP3 for your convienence.

-Enjoy!

 

 

                                                                              Hero

                                                                       (Nelson/Vans)

Oh... I saw you hero... Zero...? Oh...

I saw you "hero"... -I saw you push them to the ground.

Imposter, schoolyard zero... Who's going to catch you when you fall?

Windows of angels... -Doorways to endless shattered dreams

Unarmed, another sleepless night - Right now, I'll make it through the night

I saw you hero...! -That one who caught him when he fell

-They kicked, you picked him up like a saint, and you're my hero tonight

Windows of angels... -Doorways to endless shattered dreams

Unarmed, another sleepless night - I swear we'll make it through the night

(Absent guitar solo) Yeah... -I saw you hero.... Zero...., Oh.

Windows of angels... -Doorways to endless shattered dreams

Alone, another sleepless night - I know we'll make it through tonight

Windows of angels... -Doorways to endless shattered dreams

Alone, until you come with me - We're going to make it through this night

                                                                                                     Lyrics: Jim Nelson 3/6/08

                                                                                           Music: Dan E. Vans, Jim Nelson 3/2/08

Oooh! -Down to the last 20 songs!!!

It's kinda weird how this all worked out to end just in time for me to end my strike!

#20: Sammy Hagar - "I'll Fall In Love Again".

From one of my all-time favorite albums: "Standing Hampton" from 1981. Just before the Writer's agreed to end their strike, I had "snuck out" to jam with a few friends (see February 12th, 2008 archive post) and played an acoustic version of this.

 

#19: April Wine - "Just Between You And Me".

This recording was a little loud for some strange reason. -Check your speakers before playing it!!!

 

#18: Firehouse - "Don't Treat Me Bad".

There's a secondary reason Firehouse made my list. See, as much as I despise the way my first marrage ended up, it was this lead singers' preacher-brother who had married us.

 

#17: The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground".

This is a fine example of how to properly remake a song!!!

 

#16: Kiss - "Forever".

Most Kiss fans might consider this statement to be "blasphemos", but I mostly liked the music of Kiss better AFTER they lost the makeup.

 

#15: Pat Benatar - "Promises In The Dark".

 

#14: Phil Collins - "I Don't Care Anymore".

I was at Band Camp when this first became a favorite...

 

#13: Rush - "Time Stand Still".

 

#12: Led Zepplin - "Kashmir"

 

#11: I Mother Earth - "Rain Will Fall".

 

Well, that's it for this week. -The last 10 will be posted next Sunday, so come check them out!!!

Wow, we're just FLYIN' through this list, aren't we?

#30: Boston - "I Need Your Love".

How many people were saddened to hear that Brad Delp had taken his own life? Boston has long been a favorite of mine, and their music will live on for me.

RIP Brad Delp.

 

#29: Winger - "Miles away".

-Still a long time favorite of mine.

 

#28: Tesla - "Song And Emotion".

 

#27: Skid Row - "Quicksand Jesus".

 

#26: White Lion - "Wait".

-This song has another of my all time favorite guitar solos in it.

 

#25: Bob And Doug McKenzie, featuring Geddy Lee of Rush - "Take Off".

Another humorous song has made it into my list!!! -I still smile every time I hear it!

 

#24: Triumph - "Lay It On The Line".

Rik Emmett still does this song live!!!

 

#23: Metallica - "Master Of Puppets".

 

#22: Rick Springfield - "I've Done Everything For You".

-Originally done by Sammy Hagar, this fine re-make shot Rick Springfield onto further fame outside of his "day job" as an actor in a soap opera.

#21: Megadeth - "High Speed Dirt"

There's some excellent guitar work on this, from the former Metallica member Dave Mustaine.

That's it for this week. -Just 20 more to go!!!

-Check back next Sunday for #'s 20-10!!!