Regardless of his personal life and whatever, Michael Jackson did make an impact on pop music. The guy really understood what pop music was all about, and he should be celebrated for his music. This my tribute to him and to his music. These are the top 20 Michael Jackson songs.
01. Thriller
02. Will You Be there?
03. Billie Jean
04. Ben
05. Smooth Criminal
06. You're Not Alone
07. Black or White
08. The Girl is Mine
09. Man in the Mirror
10. I'll Be There
11. We are the World
11. Can You Feel it?
13. Earth Song
14. Heal the World
15. Childhood
16. Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPTDU40hO4
17. Torture
18. Say, Say, Say
19. Human Nature
20. You Can't Win
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Top 20 Songs for Father's Day
Tomorrow is Father's Day. This is my tribute to all Dads, young and old. Most of these songs are from the point of view of the sons and daughters (He Didn't Have To Be, Mi Viejo, Desperados Waitin' for a Train, etc.), but some are from the point of view of the Dad (With Arms Wide Open, Forever Young, Heaven) to keep things balance and in perspective. Happy Father's Day to all Dads everywhere.
01. Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have to Be
Lookin' back all I can say / About all the things he did for me / Is I hope I'm at least half the dad / That he didn't have to be
02. Piero - Mi Viejo
Viejo mi querido viejo / Ahora ya caminas lerdo / Como perdonando el viento / Yo soy tu sangre mi viejo / Soy tu silencio y tu tiempo
03. Highwaymen - Desperados Waiting for a Train
I played the Red River Valley / He'd sit in the kitchen and cry / Run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
And wonder, "Lord, why has every well I've drilled gone dry?" / We were friends, me and this old man
04. Creed - With Arms Wide Open
Well I don't know if I'm ready / To be the man I have to be / I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side / We stand in awe / we've created life
05. Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle
Well, he came from college just the other day / So much like a man I just had to say, / "Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?" / He shook his head, and he said with a smile, / "What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys / See you later. Can I have them please?" / My boy was just like me /
06. Cat Stevens - Father and Son
07. Mike + the Mechanics - In the Living Years
I wasn't there that morning / When my father passed away / I didn't get to tell him / All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit / Later that same year / I'm sure I heard his echo / In my baby's new born tears
/ I just wish I could have told him in the living years
08. Luther Vandross - Dance with my Father
"If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him / I'd play a song that would never, ever
end."
09. Will Smith - Just the Two of Us
Then to my knees and I begged the lord please / Let me be a good daddy all he needs / Love knowledge discipline too / I pledge my life to you
10. Bob Carlile - Butterfly Kisses
But I remember / Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer; sticking little white flowers all up in her hair.
"You know how much I love you, Daddy, But if you don't mind I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time."
With all that I've done wrong I must have done something right to deserve her love every morning and butterfly kisses at night.
11. Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes
Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I've realized
That's when I need them, That's when I need my father's eyes.
12. Cliff Richards - Daddy's Home
Your best friend's around told me / You had teardrops in your eyes / Daddy's home / Daddy's home to stay.
13. Holly Dunn - My Father's Hands
I remember Daddy´s hands, folded silently in prayer / And reaching out to hold me, when I had a nightmare./ You could read quite a story, in the callouses and lines / Years of work and worry had left their mark behind / I remember Daddy´s hands, how they held my Mama tight / And patted my back, for something done right. / There are things that I´ve forgotten, that I loved about the man, / But I´ll always remember the love in Daddy´s hands.
14. Paul Simon - Father and Daughter
I'm gonna watch you shine / Gonna watch you grow / Gonna paint a sign / So you'll always know / As long as one and one is two / There could never be a father / Who loved his daughter more than I love you
15. Rod Stewart - Forever Young
And when you finally fly away / I'll be hoping that I served you well / For all the wisdom of a lifetime / No one can ever tell
16. Madonna - Papa, Don't Preach
You always taught me right from wrong / I need your help, daddy please be strong / I may be young at heart / But I know what I'm saying
17. Barry Manilow - Ships
We walked to the sea. / Just my father and me. / And the dogs played around on the sand. / Winter cold cut the air.
Hangin' still everywhere. / Dressed in gray, did he say. Hold my hand.
18. Warrant - Heaven
I don't need to be the king of the world / As long as I'm the hero of this little girl / Heaven isn't too far away
Closer to it every day / No matter what your friends might say
19. Dan Fogelberg - The Leader of the Band
"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man / I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band."
20. Karla Bonoff - Daddy's Little Girl
"When I look in the face of the child, I see you in her eyes / And we're all so much the same / We'll carry on your name."
01. Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have to Be
Lookin' back all I can say / About all the things he did for me / Is I hope I'm at least half the dad / That he didn't have to be
02. Piero - Mi Viejo
Viejo mi querido viejo / Ahora ya caminas lerdo / Como perdonando el viento / Yo soy tu sangre mi viejo / Soy tu silencio y tu tiempo
03. Highwaymen - Desperados Waiting for a Train
I played the Red River Valley / He'd sit in the kitchen and cry / Run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
And wonder, "Lord, why has every well I've drilled gone dry?" / We were friends, me and this old man
04. Creed - With Arms Wide Open
Well I don't know if I'm ready / To be the man I have to be / I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side / We stand in awe / we've created life
05. Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle
Well, he came from college just the other day / So much like a man I just had to say, / "Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?" / He shook his head, and he said with a smile, / "What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys / See you later. Can I have them please?" / My boy was just like me /
06. Cat Stevens - Father and Son
07. Mike + the Mechanics - In the Living Years
I wasn't there that morning / When my father passed away / I didn't get to tell him / All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit / Later that same year / I'm sure I heard his echo / In my baby's new born tears
/ I just wish I could have told him in the living years
08. Luther Vandross - Dance with my Father
"If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him / I'd play a song that would never, ever
end."
09. Will Smith - Just the Two of Us
Then to my knees and I begged the lord please / Let me be a good daddy all he needs / Love knowledge discipline too / I pledge my life to you
10. Bob Carlile - Butterfly Kisses
But I remember / Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer; sticking little white flowers all up in her hair.
"You know how much I love you, Daddy, But if you don't mind I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time."
With all that I've done wrong I must have done something right to deserve her love every morning and butterfly kisses at night.
11. Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes
Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I've realized
That's when I need them, That's when I need my father's eyes.
12. Cliff Richards - Daddy's Home
Your best friend's around told me / You had teardrops in your eyes / Daddy's home / Daddy's home to stay.
13. Holly Dunn - My Father's Hands
I remember Daddy´s hands, folded silently in prayer / And reaching out to hold me, when I had a nightmare./ You could read quite a story, in the callouses and lines / Years of work and worry had left their mark behind / I remember Daddy´s hands, how they held my Mama tight / And patted my back, for something done right. / There are things that I´ve forgotten, that I loved about the man, / But I´ll always remember the love in Daddy´s hands.
14. Paul Simon - Father and Daughter
I'm gonna watch you shine / Gonna watch you grow / Gonna paint a sign / So you'll always know / As long as one and one is two / There could never be a father / Who loved his daughter more than I love you
15. Rod Stewart - Forever Young
And when you finally fly away / I'll be hoping that I served you well / For all the wisdom of a lifetime / No one can ever tell
16. Madonna - Papa, Don't Preach
You always taught me right from wrong / I need your help, daddy please be strong / I may be young at heart / But I know what I'm saying
17. Barry Manilow - Ships
We walked to the sea. / Just my father and me. / And the dogs played around on the sand. / Winter cold cut the air.
Hangin' still everywhere. / Dressed in gray, did he say. Hold my hand.
18. Warrant - Heaven
I don't need to be the king of the world / As long as I'm the hero of this little girl / Heaven isn't too far away
Closer to it every day / No matter what your friends might say
19. Dan Fogelberg - The Leader of the Band
"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man / I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band."
20. Karla Bonoff - Daddy's Little Girl
"When I look in the face of the child, I see you in her eyes / And we're all so much the same / We'll carry on your name."
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Top 20 Guilty Pleasure Songs
I guess I should be embarrassed to admit I like these songs, but - hey - I’m not. I love these songs. They are my guilty pleasures, and I don’t care what anybody thinks.
01. Sir Mix-a-lot – Baby’s Got Back
Sir Mix Alot- Baby Got Back
02. 2 Live Crew – Me So Horny
03. Bucks Fizz – Land of Make Believe
04. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
05. Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life
06. Guayo Gonzalez – Quincho Barrilete
07. Gerardo – Rico Suave
08. Eddie Murphy – Party All the Time
09. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
10. Maldita Vecindad – El Cocodrilo
11. Pablo Ruiz & Ivana Morando – Te Juro K no Salgo esta Noche
12. Gloria Trevi – La Papa Sin Catsup
13. Locomia – Locomia
14. Mojinos Escozios – La Invasión de las Ladillas Enfuresias
15. Jose Manuel Figueroa - Angel Expulsado del Paraíso
16. Las Ketchup – Asereje
17. Selena – Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
18. Kalua – Chambaku
19. El Gran Silencio – Chuntaro Style
20. Leonardo Favio – La Vida, Pasión y Vuelo de la Abuelita Zenaida
01. Sir Mix-a-lot – Baby’s Got Back
Sir Mix Alot- Baby Got Back
02. 2 Live Crew – Me So Horny
03. Bucks Fizz – Land of Make Believe
04. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
05. Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life
06. Guayo Gonzalez – Quincho Barrilete
07. Gerardo – Rico Suave
08. Eddie Murphy – Party All the Time
09. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
10. Maldita Vecindad – El Cocodrilo
11. Pablo Ruiz & Ivana Morando – Te Juro K no Salgo esta Noche
12. Gloria Trevi – La Papa Sin Catsup
13. Locomia – Locomia
14. Mojinos Escozios – La Invasión de las Ladillas Enfuresias
15. Jose Manuel Figueroa - Angel Expulsado del Paraíso
16. Las Ketchup – Asereje
17. Selena – Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
18. Kalua – Chambaku
19. El Gran Silencio – Chuntaro Style
20. Leonardo Favio – La Vida, Pasión y Vuelo de la Abuelita Zenaida
Monday, June 1, 2009
Top 20 Songs for a Fresh Start
Liana asked me for this list, and there's nothing I love more than requests from readers. These are songs about leaving the past behind, reinventing yourself, spreading your wings and embracing a new beginning, a new life, a new you. You might say these are songs for the "first day of the rest of your life":
01. Cake - I Will Survive
At first I was afraid / I was petrified / I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side / But I spent so many nights just thinking how you done me wrong / I grew strong / I learned how to get along
02. The Beatles – Black Bird
Black bird singing in the dead of night / Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life / you were only waiting for this moment to be free
03. Barbra Streisand - Memory
Daylight / I must wait for the sunrise / I must think of a new life / And I mustn’t give in
/ When the dawn comes / Tonight will be a memory too / And a new day will begin
04. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Oh yes I can make it now, the pain is gone / All of the bad feelings have disappeared / Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for / It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) / Sun-Shiny day
05. Olivia Newton John - Twist of Fate
Don't understand what's going on / Woke up this morning, all the hurt was gone / This is a new beginning / I'm back in the land of the living
06. Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
Starting again is part of the plan / And I'll be so much stronger holding your hand / Step by step, I'll make it through; I know I can / It may not make it easier / But I have felt you near all the way
07. Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears / Let it fill my soul and drown my fears / Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun / A new day has...come
08. Abba - I Wonder (Departure)
I wonder, it's frightening / Leaving now, is that the right thing? / I wonder, it scares me / But who the hell am I if I don't leave it? / I'm not a coward / Oh no, I'll be strong / One chance in a lifetime / Yes I will take it, it can't go wrong
09. Carrie Underwood - Lessons Learned
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes / Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night, / Every change, life has thrown me, / I'm thankful, for every break in my heart, / I'm grateful, for every scar, / Some pages turned, / Some bridges burned, / But there were lessons learned.
10. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
Everyday we used to make it love / Why can't we be making love nice and easy? / It's time to spread our wings and fly / Don't let another day go by my love / It'll be just like starting over, starting over
11. Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
A soul in tension that’s learning to fly / Condition grounded but determined to try /
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies / Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
12. Aladdin - A Whole New World
A whole new world / Every turn a surprise / With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter / I'll chase them anywhere / There's time to spare / Let me share this whole new world with you
13. John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
He was born in the summer of his 27th year / Coming home to a place he’d never been before / He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again / You might say he found a key for every door
14. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
I believe I can fly / I believe I can touch the sky / I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away / I believe I can soar / I see me running through that open door / I believe I can fly
15. Barry Manilow - Ready to Take a Chance Again
And I'm ready to take a chance again, / ready to put my love on the line with you. /
Been living with nothing to show for it; / You get what you get when you go for it, / And I'm ready to take a chance again with you.
16. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
The path that I'm walking I must go alone / I must take the baby steps until I'm full grown / Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they? / And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
17. Shawn Colvin - Whole New You
To shake the loneliness and shine the light / take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night / go and wish on every star that's fallen / shake your head and wonder when it's all to good to be true / like a whole new you
18. Paula Abdul - Promise of a New Day
And so time over time / what will change the world? / no one knows /
so the only promise is a day to live / to give and share with one another
19. Tom Petty - Learning to Fly
Well some say life will beat you down / Break your heart, steal your crown
So I started out for God knows where / But I guess I’ll know when I get there
20. Eminem - Lose Yourself
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity / To seize everything you ever wanted /One moment / Would you capture it or just let it slip?
01. Cake - I Will Survive
At first I was afraid / I was petrified / I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side / But I spent so many nights just thinking how you done me wrong / I grew strong / I learned how to get along
02. The Beatles – Black Bird
Black bird singing in the dead of night / Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life / you were only waiting for this moment to be free
03. Barbra Streisand - Memory
Daylight / I must wait for the sunrise / I must think of a new life / And I mustn’t give in
/ When the dawn comes / Tonight will be a memory too / And a new day will begin
04. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Oh yes I can make it now, the pain is gone / All of the bad feelings have disappeared / Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for / It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) / Sun-Shiny day
05. Olivia Newton John - Twist of Fate
Don't understand what's going on / Woke up this morning, all the hurt was gone / This is a new beginning / I'm back in the land of the living
06. Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
Starting again is part of the plan / And I'll be so much stronger holding your hand / Step by step, I'll make it through; I know I can / It may not make it easier / But I have felt you near all the way
07. Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears / Let it fill my soul and drown my fears / Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun / A new day has...come
08. Abba - I Wonder (Departure)
I wonder, it's frightening / Leaving now, is that the right thing? / I wonder, it scares me / But who the hell am I if I don't leave it? / I'm not a coward / Oh no, I'll be strong / One chance in a lifetime / Yes I will take it, it can't go wrong
09. Carrie Underwood - Lessons Learned
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes / Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night, / Every change, life has thrown me, / I'm thankful, for every break in my heart, / I'm grateful, for every scar, / Some pages turned, / Some bridges burned, / But there were lessons learned.
10. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
Everyday we used to make it love / Why can't we be making love nice and easy? / It's time to spread our wings and fly / Don't let another day go by my love / It'll be just like starting over, starting over
11. Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
A soul in tension that’s learning to fly / Condition grounded but determined to try /
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies / Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
12. Aladdin - A Whole New World
A whole new world / Every turn a surprise / With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter / I'll chase them anywhere / There's time to spare / Let me share this whole new world with you
13. John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
He was born in the summer of his 27th year / Coming home to a place he’d never been before / He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again / You might say he found a key for every door
14. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
I believe I can fly / I believe I can touch the sky / I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away / I believe I can soar / I see me running through that open door / I believe I can fly
15. Barry Manilow - Ready to Take a Chance Again
And I'm ready to take a chance again, / ready to put my love on the line with you. /
Been living with nothing to show for it; / You get what you get when you go for it, / And I'm ready to take a chance again with you.
16. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
The path that I'm walking I must go alone / I must take the baby steps until I'm full grown / Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they? / And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
17. Shawn Colvin - Whole New You
To shake the loneliness and shine the light / take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night / go and wish on every star that's fallen / shake your head and wonder when it's all to good to be true / like a whole new you
18. Paula Abdul - Promise of a New Day
And so time over time / what will change the world? / no one knows /
so the only promise is a day to live / to give and share with one another
19. Tom Petty - Learning to Fly
Well some say life will beat you down / Break your heart, steal your crown
So I started out for God knows where / But I guess I’ll know when I get there
20. Eminem - Lose Yourself
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity / To seize everything you ever wanted /One moment / Would you capture it or just let it slip?
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