IdRatherBeSkiing's Top 20 (Sunday, June 21st, 2020 version)

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Confusion - Electric Light Orchestra
Discovery is a great album.



Cool Change - Little River Band



Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue - Toby Keith



Cover Girl - Prism
Story of a playmate slayed by her boyfriend. Forget the name but true story.



Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Great story song.
 
Looking ahead at the 424 and the **** songs, I realized I had an artist that deserved a top 10. I also am reminded of a concert of his in 2015 which I went with my wife and son which we thoroughly enjoyed even from the nosebleed seats and the 3 hour drive to and from. He is also an artist who I liked but was loved by both my wife and my last girlfriend. I had watched a video of one of his concerts in the 90s with my ex which is how I became acquainted with some of his music. My wife came with a whole collection of his CDs. I may not have mentioned to my wife that my previous girlfriend was into him or that I had seen him live (via video) before this concert. But I don't see how her having this information would have made my life better so we will leave it at that.

Today's top 10: Garth Brooks

10. Alabama Clay
9. She's Tired of Boys
8. Callin' Batton Rouge
7. Mom
6. All-American Kid
5. The Thunder Rolls
4. If Tommorow Never Comes
3. Unanswered Prayers
2. The Dance
1. Friends In Low Places

And as a bonus: the concert setlist from 2015/03/08 in Buffalo, NY. He was with Trisha Yearwood.


First Niagra Center, Buffalo, NY

-- Garth Brooks
1. Man Against Machine
2. Rodeo
3. Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
4. The River
5. The Beaches of Cheyenne
6. Two Piña Coladas
7. Papa Loved Mama
8. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
9. Unanswered Prayers
10. That Summer
11. The Thunder Rolls
12. People Loving People
13. In Another's Eyes (with Trisha Yearwood)

-- Trisha Yearwood
14. XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)
15. How Do I Live
16. PrizeFighter
17. She's in Love With the Boy

-- Garth Brooks
18. Shameless
19. Callin' Baton Rouge
20. Friends in Low Places
21. The Dance

Encore:
22. Fever

Encore 2:
23. Cowboy Bill
24. Alabama Clay
25. Mom
26. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
27. Standing Outside the Fire
 
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Great story song.

Yes. Another song I'd forgotten until the VJ Big 40 reminded me of it.

5. The Thunder Rolls

A local New England band did really well with their cover of this song. It was all over Maine radio and they pulled big crowds and won awards and competitions (because of their other songs too, but this was what started it all).

 
sadchild said:
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Great story song.

Yes. Another song I'd forgotten until the VJ Big 40 reminded me of it.

5. The Thunder Rolls

A local New England band did really well with their cover of this song. It was all over Maine radio and they pulled big crowds and won awards and competitions (because of their other songs too, but this was what started it all).

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Interesting version. I prefer Garth's version. I do see they have covered his live version. The single version she doesn't blow his head off. Only live.
 
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Cruel Summer - Bananarama



Crumblin' Down - John Mellencamp



Cut Your Hair - Pavement



Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
I think this was actually the first song I heard on the radio when my sister pointed me to the correct station. Remains a guilty pleasure.



Da Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
 
Today more ****. I have been doing them alphabetically if you haven't noticed and today's 5 are co-incidentally all about Dance.

The Dance - Garth Brooks
A song about love lost and breakups and how you wouldn't be the same without them.



Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung



Dance the Night Away - Van Halen



Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
He looks younger then. Welcome Courtney Cox.



Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
 
I just learned this recently and found it interesting

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Idol says that the inspiration for “Dancing With Myself” came to him during a 1978 trip to a Japanese discotheque. When Idol noticed the Japanese crowd “dancing to their own reflections in the mirror and not really with each other. They were just looking at themselves.” Idol then acknowledged the common perception of the song as an ode to masturbation:

"There’s a masturbatory element in those kids dancing with their own reflections. It’s not too much further to sexual masturbation. The song really is about these people being in a disenfranchised world where they’re left bereft dancing with their own reflections. These kids were almost disaffected from each other and with their own reflections."
 
Today more ****.

The first one on my list for today was a spoken word "Dave Cooks The Turkey" from Vinyl Cafe. If you can find it it is quite funny but as it is not music I will just skip it.

Day-O (Banana Boat Song) - Harry Belafonte
"Daylight come and I wanna go home."



Deeper Than The Night - Olivia Newton-John



Desperado - Eagles
I was disturbed to see that this song was remade by Rhinanna. *shudder*



Destroyer - The Kinks
 
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