Songs I enjoy listening and some have the reasons why…Notice, there’s no metal in the list…

1. Blinded by the light… Manfred Mann..I can listen to this over and over..never gets old..the keys hypnotize me…
2. Aint Gonna eat out my Heart Anymore…Angel..song says it all ..one of my personal favorites from my young teenage years.
3. Dreams..Fleetwood Mac Rumors album…I remember playing on a pinball machine on our back porch on second street listening to this one..
4. King of the Night time world….KISS personal favorite…I wanted to be one ( a king of the night time world)
5. Surrender…Cheap Trick…Live Version..”Entire Album” has to be in the top five even though these are not listed like that……
6. Edmund FitzGerald…Gordon Lightfoot, every time I hear this I remember Paul Moore playing the cassette at work, so I think of him when I hear it..
7. Afternoon Delight..Star Land Vocal Band..I remember sitting on the back of my cousin’s car in Florida listening to this as a storm was out over the ocean 1976?..
8. Run and Hide…BlackFoot..great song..Thanks Paul for turning me on to them..
9. Levon…Elton John…I feel like Levon sometimes “As Levon Slowly dies”..story of my life..
10. You light up my Life..Debbie Boone..Great song, great lyrics..”So many Nights, I sit by the window”.
11. The Rose..Better Milder….great story in a song..deep, deep lyrics.
12. The Killing of Georgie…Rod Stewart great sad song based on a true story..
13. Fathom 309…Red Sovine..never ever will get old..love that sad story..”Have a cup on ole Joe”..I would add…Giddy up go and Teddy Bear..Flowers for mamma…
14. Ode to Billie Joe….Bobby Gentry….good coming of age song…great movie..starring Robbie Benson, too bad he jumped of the bridge in the movie cause he was molested..
15. East Bound and Down…Jerry Reed..”Entire Album” The whole sound track is great and a great movie..”I only take my hat off for one thing”..
16. How you Gonna See Me Know..Alice Cooper…”Entire Album” I can relate to the complete album but this song is special, I remember playing it in White Rose and slow dancing with my wife ..
17. Rock N Roll Children…Dio..I was one.still am..just older..
18. Me and Johnny…. Rick Springfield ..reminds me of my childhood buddy David Lutz..”Someday we’re gonna shine”….
19. In the Year 2525 Zager & evans…kooky cool song..
20. Rocky ..Austin Roberts…great sad song….soo believable..
21. Run Joey Run…..David Geddes…another great cheesy song I cant get enough of..
22. Billie Don’t be a Hero…Bo Donaldson ..love this song….
23. Total Eclipse of the Heart..Bonnie Tyler….Sort of my wife Denise and my theme song..
24. Time for me fly…Reo Speedwagon…
25. Aint Even Done with the Night…John Melloncamp..what a great dance song even though I cant dance..
26. Young Turks…Rod Stewart..I felt like this when I was younger and we were just starting out…
27. Do You think I am Sexy? Rod Stewart…
28. Momma Tried..Merle Haggard….great song. Reminds me of Sundays when mom would clean the house…she would put on this album among many and listen and clean..
29. Alone Again Naturally …Gilbert O’Sullivan
30. Joey…..Concrete Blondes….Inspiration for Joey Star…
31. The Temples of Syrinx….RUSH…Side “A” of the album 2112 only…Side “B” is ok only
32. Taxi…..Harry Chapin..Great song about a missed love…….He was a genius…the song “sequel” to it is great too.
33. Suicide is Painless…..Theme Song for M.A.S.H. I only like the song with the lyrics…very deep and dear to me….
34. Born to Run….Bruce Springsteen…I love this song..I can feel the power of the motorcycles..
35. Goodbye Girl…David Gates..
36. Pressure…Billy Joel…story of mine and everyone else’s life..
37. Fast Car….Tracy Chapman…..a sad song about hope but in the end it remains the same..lost..
38. I walk the Line….Johnny cash..one of the first albums I remember listening to..
39. The Best of Times….Styx…
40. MR. Roboto…….Styx…
41. Leader of The Band…..Dan Fogelberg…good song…deep meaning…
42. Same Old Lang Syne…..Dan Fogelberg….true story..great song. Never grow tired of listening to it..I can imagine every line in the song…
43. Big Bad John…Jimmy Dean….love this song since I was kid..notice I love story tellers??
44. A Seventeen….Janis Ian….for some reason I really like this song, maybe cause I feel like the ugly duckling too…
45. I’m Sorry…..John Denver…..Another great story teller…Love this song….”Its cold here in the city”…
46. Kings and Queens…..Aerosmith…..”Long ago in days I’m told”….Would make a good after school movie..
47. Goodbye to Romance…..Ozzy/Randy Rhoades….The guitar work…and lyrics…what a beautiful combination and sad song..
48. Thunderbird..Quiet Riot….Well written song….
49. Easy…..The Commodores…..awesome song..
50. Hold the Line..Toto…I remember skating to this song…
51. Smoke of a Distant Fire…Sanford Townsend Band….I remember listening to this on my little transmitter radio at night lying in bed…
52. What You Gonna Do? Pablo Cruise..remember listening to it in bed at night too..
53. Ebony Eyes….Bob Welch….
54. Thunder Island Jay Ferguson…great song..
55. Show Must go On…QUEEN..my motto….
56. Spread your Wings….QUEEN..When I was in the scouts and was painting the solar system on a 4×8 sheet of plywood,,I listened to this song over and over..I feel like Sammy most of them time..I should be just sweeping up the Emerald bar…L
57. I stole Your Love…..KISS..love the live “Studio” version off of ALIVE II where the chorus echoes “How does it feel to find out your failing your test????”
58. Convoy….C.W. McCall….Reminds me of “Little Trucker”…
59. Three times a Lady…The Commodores…I would love to slow dance to this one again..
60. Puff The Magic Dragon….Peter Paul and Mary…..Reminds me of being a kid,,never wanting to grow up.
61. Cold as Ice…Foreigner…I really love the intro piano notes..like they are being pounded out..great well written song..when it was released I recorded it on a shoebox tape recorder and would play it over and over…
62. Hazard…Richard Marx…. Another great song with a story…it’s a reoccurring theme of mine..
63. Winter time…Steve Miller….remember hearing this on 8 track…love the sound effects of wind blowing, haunting acoustic guitar..
64. I’m Not In Love….10CC…love the voices in the song..never gets old..”Big boys don’t cry”…
65. Don’t Cry Out loud…Melissa Manchester….…”baby cried the day the circus came to town, cause she didn’t want parades just passing by her, so she painted on a smile and took up with some clown..”..powerful words…
66. Third Time Lucky…..Foghat…….I can relate to this song..
67. Shapes of things to Come…Nazareth….The end of the world..great song..(I know the Yardbirds wrote it).
68. Grave Robber….Petra….love this song…inspirational…
69. Against the Wind..Bob Seger….what an awesome song..also can add..Roll Me away”…
70. Hungry Hearts…Bruce Springsteen…..cool song about mid life crisis….so many people do this..”I got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back, how many ppl actual do this?..
71. Age of Aquarius….The Fifth Dimension….Love this hippie song..wish it was true…
72. Mr. BoJangles….Nitty Gritty Dirt band…….Always reminds me of Jumbo..I remember one year when the carnival was in the lot across from Second and green street where the little coffee place is now, and Jumbo was dancing for tips..
73. If…Bread……great song..soo sad..
74. Can’t Live, if Living is without you”..Harry Nilsson….
75. Brandy….Looking Glass…..good sad love song
76. 50 ways to leave your lover..Paul Simon…
77. It never rains in California….Albert Hammond…
78. Please Come to Boston…Dave Loggins..
79. Under Pressure….QUEEN/David Bowie…perfect song…”Its the terror of knowing what this world is about..watching some good friends, scream let me out”…
80. Band on the Run..Paul McCarthney & Wings. Better than the Beatles..
81. Time in a Bottle..Jim Croce….well written song .love that descending acoustic line..great singer/songwriter,,tragic short life..
82. I’ll Have to say I love you in a song..Jim Croce….better than the one above by a few songs..
83. Wasted days and wasted nights…..Freddie Fender..I remember going to the Pine Room restaurant with my mom and they had those table juke boxes..I played this song over and over..
84. Mandy….Barry Manilow……great song..”you gave and you gave without taking..I have never experienced that…
85. Wildfire…Michael Martin Murphy ….great song..good story teller.
86. I’m not Lisa…..Jesse Colter….love the single piano notes…sad coming of age song..
87. Telephone Line…E.L.O….love the vocals…like he is speaking through a fone…very smart..
88. Le Freak…..Chic…love the disco era..great song to skate too even though I cant really skate well…
89. Sad eyes…Robert John…good song to slow dance too a long time ago..
90. Logical Song….Supertramp…
91. My Life….Billy Joel…song says it all..
92. Lady…The Little River Band…I remember slow dancing to this one in junior high but don’t remember her name..she must of not been important..….
93. I’d really love to see you tonight….England Dan & John Ford Coley…great song..can almost see the stars and feel the warm wind..
94. Sultans of swing…Dire straits….perfect story and guitar playing…
95. Every time I think of you..The Babys…great song..Saw them open for Alice Cooper..great music…
96. Cool Change…Little River Band….wonderful song..
97. Sounds of Silence …Simon and Garfunkel….”Hello darkness, my old friend”..we know each other very well…
98. two out of three aint bad….Meatloaf….good song…great lyrics..sad though
99. Vincent…Don Mclean….
100. On With The Show…Motley Crue…great well written song..very sad..

there you have it…your turn …..send us yours to chuck@kickacts.com and we’ll put them up…

chuck

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