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25 Albums

Think of 25 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed
your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you
over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can
use to identify time, places, people, emotions. They might not be what
you listen to now, but these are the albums that no matter what they
were thought of musically shaped your world. 

Not in any particular order:

1. The Beatles: White Album
2. The Go Go's: Beauty and the Beat
3. X: Under the Big Black Sun/Los Angeles
4. Pat Benatar: Crimes of Passion
5. Deep Purple: Made in Japan
6. Black Sabbath: Masters of Reality (As a kid I loved the black on black album cover)
7. The Eagles: Live
8. America: Greatest Hits
9. Jesus Christ Superstar: Original Broadway Cast
10. CCR: Chronicle
11. Oingo Boingo: Only A Lad
12. The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Cast
13. Queen: Live Killers or A Night at the Opera
14. Andrea Bocelli: Sogno
15. Sarah Brightman: Time to Say Goodbye
16. The Partridge Family: Sound Magazine
17. Elton John: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
18. Devo: Are we not men, we are Devo.
19. Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
20. Garth Brooks: No Fences
21. Randy Travis: Forever and Ever
22. Kerry Muzzey: Home Movies
23. Hans Zimmer: Gladiator Soundtrack
24. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
25. Styx: Cornerstone

First 8 Seconds

First 8 seconds.

Whether or not you like the rest of the song, what are some of your favorite song intros? The intro to the Overture of Phantom of the Opera is one of mine, as is Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach, Martha My Dear by the Beatles, I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, and Tusk by Fleetwood Mac.

Thinking Aloud - Thursday Evening

Good Evening Thinkers - Today's opening salvo sounds a lot like the American left's perspective on Trump supporters, "It is better to kill an innocent by mistake than to spare an enemy by mistake." - Khmer Rouge Propaganda
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Ok, I'll admit it, Russia made me vote for Trump. I never want my country to be like Russia is or was during the Cold War. I want us to remain the beacon of freedom for the world, to provide hope and opportunity for anyone willing to work for it.

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If an Islamofascist terrorist stabbed Mickey Mouse to death on Main Street at Disneyland.... How would the MSM pin responsibility on Trump, The NRA, and Israel?
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Random historical nugget: Today, January 14th, is Benedict Arnold's birthday.
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Today is also World Logic Day. It is not a celebration recognized by leftists
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It is also National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day. I wish I had known that one. Dammit!!!

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Let's close today on an amazing musical note....

 

 

Music Monday

Good Morning Music Lovers - By the Grace of God and the internet, here are a handful of the amazing sounds that I feasted upon over the weekend. Please enjoy:

 

"You Are The Reason" - Daryl Ong and Morissette Amon

"One Day" - Bugoy Drilon

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"Secret Love Song" - Morissette Amon

"Con Te Partiro" - Marcelito Pomoy

"Say Something" - KZ Tandigan

Music Monday - Let's Listen Together

Here are 11 of my favorite L.A. Based Punk Rock Songs from the 70s and early 80s
In the order that they're on my playlist, not from most to least favorite
(and yes, I cheated with number 9, but X is my favorite punk band and it's my list)

1. Los Angeles - X
2. Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
3. Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
4. Moral Majority - Circle Jerks
5. Pirate's Life - The Vandals
6. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
7. Poodle Party - The Dickies
8. Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag
9. Under the Big Black Sun (The entire album) - X
10. Suffer - Bad Religion
11. Lexicon Devil - The Germs

Music Monday

Hi Everyone - 

Last weekend I listened off and on to a SirusXM limited release station that was playing the top 1000 country music hits of all time. I like too many songs to come up with a Best Of list like that, so I’ll break it down into many subcategories. Since Sunday was the International Women’s Day, I’ll start with my list of songs by female artists. These aren’t in any specific order, just songs that I like the best.  -- I know that there are songs that I especially like but didn't think of, so this will be a work in progress -- 

Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

Jolene – Dolly Parton

Crazy – Patsy Cline

From This Moment – Shania Twain

Fancy – Reba McEntire

Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Fly – Maddie & Tae

Vice – Miranda Lambert

I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss

Stay – Sugarland

Wildflowers – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

Frosty The Climate Change Man

Frosty the Climate Change Man
(To the tune of "Frosty the Snowman")

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
until the climate changed and then he raged
and became a real a-hole.

Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say
Because there is no snow, anywhere we go
Al Gore said it would be this way.

There must have been some carbon in those cars and trucks we saw,
Because we drove them all around, the snow began to thaw....

Ooooooo

Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be,
Wheezing here and there, melting everywhere,
Because of CFCs.

Thumpety, thump, thump
Thumpety, thump, thump
Look at Frosty moan

Thumpety, thump, thump
Thumpety, thump, thump
Because of the thin ozone!

An Inoffensive Winter Song

A song for the easily offended....

Ellis' Mostly Inoffensive Winter Song
(To the tune of Winter Wonderland)

In the city there are people
In the country there are people
It's winter time
It's winter time
In December it is usually winter time.

In the desert, there are people
On an island, there are people
It's winter time
It's winter time
Unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere

We don't want to exclude Australians
From our inoffensive winter song
It's just that they're experiencing summer
And their days are
really, really, really long

La, la, laaaaa
La, la, la, laaaa
La, la, la,
La, la, la, laaaa
It's winter time
It's winter time
In December, it is usually winter time.

Friday Morning Playlist - Music That Makes Me Happy

• March from A Clockwork Orange - Clockwork Orange Soundtrack
• Phantom of the Opera Remix - Lindsey Stirling
• Hotel California (2013 Remix) - The Eagles
• Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
• Do You Hear The People Sing - Les Miserables Soundtrack
• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
• Somebody to Love - Queen (By request)
• Shout - Animal House Version

Today's AM Playlist

I'll Stop The World and Melt With You - Modern English

Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar

What I Like About You - The Romantics

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Goody Two-Shoes - Adam Ant

Manic Monday - The Bangles

Forever Young - Alphaville