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Top 5 artists/bands you would like to thank for their music.

1. The Moody Blues

2. Elvis Costello

3. Mika

4. The Monkees

5. Gordon Lightfoot

I chose these 5 because there music has meant the most to me in the course of my life.  The Beatles should be in there too, but I imagine everyone wants to thank The Beatles for their contribution to music.

Without these 5 artists and countless others, my life would be so boring.

What artists are you giving thanks for this year?

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Top 5 recent new releases

Paul McCartney - New

Elvis Costello - Wise Up Ghost (This album also gets the award for the MOST BORING ALBUM COVER EVER!)

Nick Lowe - Quality Street

Elton John - The Diving Board

Alison Moyet - The Minutes

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Top 5 Dark Songs

George Harrison - Dark Horse



Elvis Costello - Deep Dark Truthful Mirror



Diana Krall - Dancing In The Dark



Arcadia - Keep Me In The Dark



The Monkees - All Alone In The Dark

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Top 5 albums you can't wait to buy this autumn

The new Costello album is out, but I haven't bought it yet. I know! I should be flogged for not pre-ordering it, but when you have the vet bills that I had in the last 4 months, you can't pre-order much of anything

God I miss Sting! Another album already out..but still on my "must buy pile"

I admit, I love Cher..I can't help it!

Nick Lowe did a holiday album! This will be pre-ordered. There are some things that you just must have ASAP. This is one of them!

Erasure + Christmas = Squee! I wish I could afford the ltd edition 3 disc box..but sadly that's not to be

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Top 5 "falling" songs

1. R.E.M. - Fall On Me



2. Cheap Trick - Can't Stop Falling Into Love



3. The Beatles - If I Fell



4. The Moody Blues - Had To Fall In Love


5. Elvis Costello - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

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Top 5 songs about loss

Empty Chairs & Empty Tables (from Les Miz)



Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from Phantom Of The Opera)



The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald



Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Princess Diana version)



Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You

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Top 5 Musical Summer Memories

1. My very first concert was The Monkees in July of 1986 I believe...Great show!

2. Seeing Deni Bonet @ Oglebay Park a few years back during their summer concert series. Great performance from a very nice lady who makes fun, funny and quirky songs and plays a kick ass blue violin!

3. Gordon Lightfoot @ The Harv in June of 2009.

4. The Moody Blues @ the super gorgeous and freezing Borgata July 15, 2015. I got gorgeous pics at that show!

5. Davy Jones July 29, 2006...the last time I saw him...beautiful memories...oh how I miss Davy!

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Top 5 "Beach" Songs

1. The Beach Boys - California Girls (This my friends is a given)
2. The Monkees - All The Kings Horses (Every time I hear this song, I can see Davy racing the horse the little boy in the episode gave him down the beach....ah Davy....I miss you so much)
3. The Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun (I don't know why..but this song is a day at the beach for me)
4. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Not the best singer...or anything but her music is perfect for a summer day)
5. Donovan - Sunshine Superman (Best song ever!)

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Top 5 artists that were taken from us too soon

Davy Jones (67) I don't care...he was my favorite Monkee...and dammit..he wasn't supposed to die

George Harrison (58)

John Lennon (40)

Michael Jackson (50)

Dusty Springfield (60)

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Top 5 songs that make you want to hit the beach

Elvis Costello - The Other Side Of Summer




 The Monkees - Papa Gene's Blues

 

 Erasure - Sunday Girl



 Zac Brown Band - Toes

 

Jimmy Buffett - Fruitcakes

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Top 5 "Summer" albums

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Top 5 songs that get you ready for the summer

The Moody Blues - Long Summer Days


Duran Duran - A View To A Kill



Erasure - I Love Saturday



Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream


Elvis Costello - The Other Side Of Summer

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Top 5 reasons CDs are better than mp3s

1. Mp3s don't come with cool artwork or lyrics.

2. Old cars have CD players, so CDs come in handy.

3. Mix CDS are more fun than playlists. (And they make great gifts)

4. CDs aren't invisible!

5. You can't display an mp3

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Top 5 songs that are so bad that they're good

1. Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy



2.  Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)



3 Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean



4. Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup



5.  Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (Let's face it the song is awful..yet cute..and a freaking earworm to boot)

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Top 5 songs best listened to with a cup of coffee

1. Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance



2. Josh Kelley - Two Cups Of Coffee



3. Landon Pigg - Falling In Love At The Coffee Shop



4. Squeeze - Black Coffee In Bed



5. Sexsmith & Kerr - Raindrops In My Coffee

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Top 5 songs that are emotionally moving

1. Anthem from Chess (love Josh Groban's version)



2. Bring Him Home from Les Miserables (it was hard to choose a version of this song. Alfie Boe, however has a voice that is swoonworthy)



3. Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar (Steve Balsamo is my kinda Jesus)



4. Music Of The Night from Phantom Of The Opera (The only version I will consider is sung by Michael Crawford..HE IS THE PHANTOM)



5. Hallelujah (I'm loving Chris Mann's version right now)

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Top 5 artists that sound better now then when they first started out

1. David Bowie: I'm not saying his early stuff wasn't stellar, but I am saying that at his age he's still a force to be reckoned with. Listen to his new album The Next Day, and you'll hear Bowie rocking just as hard as he did in the 70s.

2. Nick Lowe: This man is like a fine wine, he gets better with age. He may not be doing power pop anymore, but his music is still better than just about anything else out there and it has a maturity it lacked in his Cruel To Be Kind days.

3. Elvis Costello: He's not angry anymore. Pun intended. EC is an artist that proves that he can do just about anything at any age. Sadly no one pays much attention and he's one of the most brilliant songwriters of the last 30 years.

4. Erasure: As a whole, Erasure's sound hasn't changed much since they started out in the mid-80s. What has changed is the caliber of the songwriting

5. Blake Shelton: In this case, couldn't stand his earlier stuff...love everything he's done recently

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Top 5 albums that didn't live up to the hype

Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation In The Back Yard: One work...BLECH

Elvis Costello - North: A beautiful album but oh so very boring.

Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre: It is a massacre all right.

U2 - How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb: This is an example of when bad albums happen to good bands

Madonna - MDNA: 1 good song on this album

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Top 5 songs you wished everyone loved as much as you

1. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Turn To Stone



2. Elvis Costello - Man Out Of Time



3. Nick Lowe - Let's Stay In And Make Love



4. Gordon Lightfoot - Inspiration Lady



5. Duran Duran - Box Full O Honey (the only good song on Red Carpet Massacre)

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Top 5 Country Songs

Miranda Lambert - White Liar



Blake Shelton - Honey Bee



Little Big Town - Little White Church



Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter



Dolly Parton - Jolene