Rolling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together

The Police - Bombs Away

Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

King's X - Julia

Sound of Contact - Cosmic Distance Ladder

Best song quality video despite the stupid video game play.

Kenny Loggins - Loraine

Couldn't find a video for this one.

Patty Smyth - Never Enough

Spock's Beard - I'm Dying

Bing Crosby- Mele Kalikimaka

Lorde - Royals

Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'

Ace Frehley - Space Bear

Heart - Never

Toto - Could This Be Love

Toto - Lion

The Fixx - Reach The Beach

Heart - These Dreams

Robert Palmer - Looking for Clues

Last song I listened to in the studio yesterday.

The Monkees - Daydream Believer

Saga - On the Loose

The Brady Bunch - Time to Change

I heard this song sung on the "Ask Me Another" podcast the other day. It was part of a game.

Porcupine Tree - Remember Me Lover

Faith Hill - This Kiss

Not sure where this came from. I don't like country music. I don't listen to it. I must have heard it in a commercial or movie or something. Agh. I hate that this song is in my head.

Blue Oyster Cult - Monsters

Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl

My posting to this site has been spotty of late. Life (and death) will do that sometimes.
When I lived in SC I was in a band called Montage. We did a cover of this song. It is fresh on my brain because I heard it on a podcast called "Sound Opinions" last week.

Ylvis - The Fox

Mamma Mia - Thank You For The Music

Sarah's mom passed away several days ago. We used this song in a slideshow celebrating her life. It's been in my head a lot.

AC/DC - Back in Black

Galactic Cowboys - Where Are You Now - Space In Your Face

Cream - Badge

The O'Jays - Used To Be My Girl

Spock's Beard - Hiding Out

Karmakanic - 1969

Frost - No Me No You

David Bowie - Neighborhood Threat

Couldn't find a video.

David Bowie - Tumble And Twirl

David Bowie - Tonight

David Bowie - Ricochet

Ringo Starr - Oh My My

Jay and the Americans - Come a Little Bit Closer

David Bowie - Tumble And Twirl

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

Allman Brothers - Jessica

Blue Oyster Cult - I Love the Night

Foghat - I Just Wanna Make Love To You

Robert Palmer - Every Kind of People

Little Feat - Fatman in the Bathtub

Ylvis - The Fox

Blue Oyster Cult - I Love The Night

Bee Gees - Red Chair, Fade Away

Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters - Tonight You Belong To Me (from The Jerk)

Blood Sweat & Tears - Hi-De-Ho

Blue Oyster Cult - Vengeance (The Pact)

Ylvis - The Fox

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

No Doubt - It's My Life

Karate - Sever

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where is the Love

George Hrab/Triologic - Everything Alive Will Die Someday

Karmakanic - There's Nothing Wrong With the World Today & Aerosmith - No More No More

Level 42 - Take a Look

Juliana Hatfield - Cool Rock Boy

For the first time ever, I couldn't find a video for a song. If you're curious, go to Spotify or some other music player and give it a listen.

Nik Kershaw - Shame On You

With a little Gone to Pieces thrown in for confusion.

Tower of Power - So Very Hard to Go

Xavier Cugat - Brazil

This song was in my head but maybe not this exact arrangement...but this one is close enough.

Grandmaster Flash - The Message

To be perfectly honest, this song was rolling around as a mash-up w/ Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" but I refuse to put that video on my blog. Can't imagine where I heard that. Ugh.

Dazz Band - Let It Whip

Baby It's Cold Outside

Woke up w/ the music from the "Hoodlum Rock" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati in my head but I couldn't find a video to share. Dozed again then woke up with this song. It's not quite fall but it's getting there. Maybe this is my brain getting ready.

AC/DC - Back in Black & Foreigner - Say You Will

Paul Davis - '65 Love Affair

Mister Mister - Broken Wings

Kansas - Relentless

Frost - No Me No You

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Blue Oyster Cult - Joan Crawford

Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors

Blue Oyster Cult - Moon Crazy

Kansas - Belexes

White Heart - You're the One

I've been surprised that the religious music from my past hasn't popped up more on this blog. But, lo and behold, here's an 80s Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) classic for you. White Heart was one of my fave bands for a time. They popped up when I was starving for something with slick production and fantastic musicianship. These guys were all great musicians and went on to prove it in their various iterations throughout the years. I love Dann Huff as a guitarist and vocalist. His stadium-rock band Giant is another one of my faves from the past.

Steely Dan - Charlie Freak

Missing Persons - Words

I have this song as my text ringtone. Probably a mistake but it's better than those annoying jingle jangles that come with the phone. Besides, I think the song has something to say about texting vs. talking. "What are words for when no one's talking anymore."

The Seventy Sevens - Closer/Where It's At

Steven Wilson - Drive Home

Gary Numan - Cars

Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon

A local radio station created a game jingle using the tune of this song...and that is why it was in my head.

Bette Midler - From a Distance

I blame the girls that work in the costume shop at work for this one. I walked in the other day and this was playing. Bleah.

The King & I - Shall We Dance

I didn't wake up with this song in my head but it did figure in a dream. I can't put together a timeline for the dreams I had last night so here are some bullet points. In my dream last night... - I had a super close friendship with Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson. At one point in the dream, I am dancing the "Shall We Dance" number w/ Foster and she gets ill. I pick her up and take her to the hospital. That's where Mel comes in. He's there in the waiting room as we wait for news about her condition. - Same dream, different dream...I don't know. In this vignette, I am at a religious event (perhaps a convention) and I see an old friend. We hug and cry...a lot. I'm not one to try and interpret dreams but I'm fairly certain I know what some of this is about. In the first dream, I have an impression that the friendship I had w/ these 2 celebrities was super tight. I haven't had a friendship like that in a long, long time. I think the dream is a manifestation of my desire for that type of friendship. Why it was Foster and Gibson, I have no idea. The other is probably just me missing friendships from the past. The friend in the dream isn't someone I had a falling out with. We just went in different directions. But I miss my old friends and the close relationships we had. So, there you go. Whether my interpretations are correct or not, that's my two cents.

David Bowie - Heroes

David Bowie - Heroes

Ella Fitzgerald - Goody Goody

The song was on my brain but no particular artist so I picked Ella. What a voice!

The Smiths - How Soon is Now

The Tubes - Tip of my Tongue

Steely Dan - Josie

The Hollies - The Air That I Breath

Melissa Manchester - Don't Cry Out Loud

Good or bad, I always tell the truth. Not sure where this one came from...and...I think it's the 2nd appearance. Brains are weird, wonderful things.

Tears for Fears - I Believe

Steely Dan - Charlie Freak

Kenny Loggins - Forever

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Praying To The Aliens

Gary Numan - Airlane

Level42 - Lessons In Love

Robert Palmer - Man Smart, Woman Smarter

A-Team Theme

Joe Satriani - Echo

I probably saw Joe play this live w/ this lineup during this era. I saw him for free at a local fair in Pensacola. It was a great show.
This song was part of some weird dreams last night. The dream where the song came in had me and a bunch of other men dressed exactly alike (in tan suits) being lead thru this strange conga line by a bald guy with glasses. Other dreams (what I can remember) involved me at a Christian youth camp where everyone kept moving between worlds where they were either really conservative or really wild and sinful. That dream was disturbing.
The last one I can remember was simple. In it, someone from where I work was asking me about my past and genuinely wanted to hear my story...so I was telling it. No one has ever expressed an interest in me in any way at work. To them, I am nothing but a custodian. It used to bother me a lot. Not so much anymore but I guess it does still bother me if I'm having dreams like this.
Dreams are weird.

The Cars - Let's Go

Level 42 - It's Not The Same For Us (Demo Version 2)

Faces - Stay With Me

The Cars - Dangerous Type

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where Is The Love

The Cure - Love Song

The Cars - Since I Held You

Level 42 - Love Games

Level 42 - The Chinese Way

U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

Steely Dan - Peg + Simon and Garfunkel - Feelin' Groovy

Simply Red - Something Got Me Started & Alfalfa - Learn to Croon

ZZ Top - It's Only Love

Level 42 - It's Over

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Learned My Lesson Well + KISS - Watchin' You

Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters

Steely Dan - Peg

Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover

Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lovers

Robert Palmer - Give Me An Inch

Pat Travers - Gettin' Betta

Pat Travers - Gettin' Betta

Captain Beyond - Mesmerization Eclipse

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Strange Dreams

Spock's Beard - I'm Dying

I listened thru this whole 2-disc set the other day and it seems to have had a lingering effect. I do love it, though. I listened to it constantly when I first bought it but finally put it aside for a few years. When I listened to it the other day, it was like hearing it with fresh ears.

Spock's Beard - Carie

I listened to this yesterday so it was fresh on my brain. "Welcome to NYC" from the same album also popped in for a visit this morning.

Atlanta Rhythm Section - Not Gonna Let It Bother Me

Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues & Donnie Hathaway/Roberta Flack - Where is the Love

This may be the longest title ever! Whew!

Steely Dan - Aja

Alice Cooper - Pick Up the Bones

Donnie Iris & The Cruisers - This Time It Must Be Love

Steely Dan - Home at Last & David Lee Roth - Bump 'n' Grind

Steely Dan - Home at Last

Level 42 - Micro-Kid

Level 42 - Love Games

Rush - La Villa Strangiato

Simple Minds - All The Things She Said

The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville

Bob Seger - We've Got Tonight

Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

Rohan Theme - Lord of the Rings

Bob Seger- Night Moves

U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Chicago - "Questions 67 & 68

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (1st And 2nd Movements) + Smiling Phases

The Cars - Let's Go

Eddie Kendricks - Keep on Truckin'

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Journey - Faithfully

AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

Little Feat - Time Loves A Hero

The 'Nauts were listening to Waiting for Columbus during last night's collage session. That's more than likely why this song was stuck on my brain this morning.

Frank Zappa/Terry Bozzio - Punky's Whips

Robert Palmer - Man Smart, Woman Smarter

Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On & Huey Lewis and the News - The Only One

Laverne & Shirley Show Opening

See what I mean about random? I don't even like this show. Never did.

Kansas - Windows

Today marks a year that I have been recording my morning songs. I thought that I might learn something about myself but I really haven't. I feel like my brain is a combination sponge/jukebox. I've soaked in all this music over the years and now my brain spits them out at random. Some songs repeat...quite often actually. Today's song has been on the blog at least 3 times. Part of that has to do with where I hear my music. Spotify has been a great way for me to reconnect w/ music I haven't listened to in a while and new music I've never heard. I have played and overplayed some old favorites from the past and they have dominated the blog. (Nik Kershaw, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult)
Will I keep doing this? I think I will. It doesn't do a thing for me or anyone who's following but it does serve one purpose: getting the song out of my head so I can start my day.

Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me

Bon Jovi - Livin On A Prayer

Boz Skaggs - Lido Shuffle

Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels

Kerry Livgren - I'll Follow You

Pinnick Gales Pridgen - Greatest Love

Frost - Hyperventilate

Automatic Man - Automatic Man

Ringo Starr - Oh My My

Seal - Kiss From a Rose

Rage Against the Machine - People of the Sun

Here Lies Love - David Byrne, Fatboy Slim & Florence Welch

Molly Hatchet - Cheatin' Woman

Queen - Keep Yourself Alive

Tears for Fears - Shout

Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven & Wilson Philips - Hold On

Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love

Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - Time of my Life

This song ties in with a dream but I can't remember what the dream was about. Sorry about the Spanish subtitles. It's the only video I could find w/ no advertising attached to it.

The Doobie Brothers - Keep This Train A-Rollin'

The Jimmy Castor Bunch - King Kong

Yes - Does It Really Happen?

Genesis - Invisible Touch

Kansas - The Devil Game

???

Forgot to post again. Crap!

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - I Keep Crawling Back to You

Freedom

I woke up with an original ditty in my head this morning. I was dreaming about a religious, idealistic guy who loses his faith and becomes a hero of sorts (and later, a villain). This dream was steeped in fantasy elements as well as time-travel. The song was running pretty much as a loop when I woke up. The words were: Freedom. Freedom today. Oh, freedom. Carry us away. Brilliant, eh? And, who knows? It might not be an original song. I might have heard it somewhere and it just stuck in my subconscious. Okay, I just Googled it and didn't find anything so I guess I'm safe to say it's mine. Good thing, too. It's gonna win a Grammy some day. Wait and see.

Nik Kershaw - Faces

Simple Minds - Come A Long Way

The Cars - Touch And Go

John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

???

I forgot to post this morning and now I can't remember the song. If it comes to me, I'll post it later.

Automatic Man - Geni Geni

Frost - Hyperventilate

Journey - Too Late

Nik Kershaw - Gone To Pieces

Ted Nugent - Free for All

Bee Gees - I Started A Joke

Kansas - Fair Exchange

Wham - Everything She Wants

Geni Geni-Automatic Man

Level 42 - Starchild

The Commodores - Brick House

John Mellencamp - Pink Houses

Billy Idol - Blue Highway

Van Halen - Jump

Genesis - Behind the Lines / Duchess

Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Ted Nugent - Free For All

The Fixx - Stand or Fall

David Bowie - Fame

Chevrolet - Foghat

David Bowie - Fame

Nik Kershaw - Cloak and Dagger

Moody Blues - Question

Nik Kershaw - Cloak and Dagger

Ace of Base - I Saw the Sign

We watched "Pitch Perfect" last night and this song figured prominently in the film so, obviously, I woke up w/ it in my head this morning. Ugh.

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Yes - Almost Like Love

Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine

Genesis - Mama

Automatic Man - My Pearl & ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses

Bruford - Hell's Bells

Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On

Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere

Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out

Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy

Little Feat - Down On The Farm

Frank Zappa & Britney Spears - Pre-Trash Bathroom

Thank goodness this doesn't really exist. It's just the product of my strange dreamscapes. Even while I was dreaming it, I recall thinking, "Why would Frank lower himself this way?" Ugh. It hurts me to think I put Frank in this position...even if it was just a dream. As for the title, I pictured Spears on stage singing, "Don't treat me like a pre-trash bathroom" as Frank accompanied on guitar and a weird-looking guy in makeup kept screaming in Britney's face. Whatever I ate last night to give me this dream needs to go on the No Eat List.

Yes - Tempus Fugit

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Angel - Dr. Ice

Kansas - Windows

Kansas - Right Away

Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere

Styx - Boat On The River

I woke up w/ a stupid song about a fat guy from a radio podcast I listen to. Since it's not available for posting, I'll go w/ the other song that popped into my head this morning. The funny things is, I haven't been listening to Styx at all lately.

Styx - Babe

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were A Goat When You Walked In

Let me just say that I don't listen to Taylor Swift but the goat thing is hilarious. Too bad it got stuck in my head this morning. Bah.

U2 - Gloria

Giant - Get Used To It

The Jelly Jam - Coming Round

Robert Palmer - Which Of Us Is The Fool

Donovan - Jennifer Juniper

Steely Dan - Josie

The Who - You Better You Bet

Billy Ocean - Loverboy

Billy Ocean - Loverboy by crossfader75

The Tubes - Tip Of My Tongue

Paul McCartney & Nirvana - Cut Me Some Slack

Three Dog Night - Shambala

The Guess Who - Sour Suite

ZZ Top - I Thank You

Eddie Money - Shakin'

Genesis - Behind the Lines

Beethoven - Pastoral Symphony (1st Movement)

This was all part of a dream, the background music I suppose. In the dream, I was travelling on a giant bus that had a labyrinth of rooms and levels. It seemed almost "Alice in Wonderland"-ish while I was moving from room to room. In the end, I was just trying to find my way out. I finally did and I think the music played there. At the end, I (or the character I was in the dream) was embraced by friends & family (and licked by a dog at one point).

David Bowie - Ricochet

Human League - Don't You Want Me

Genesis - Illegal Alien

Laura Branigan - Self Control

Bruce Hornsby - Every Little Kiss

Adam Again-I Mean Every Word I Say

Toto - Change of Heart

See video from previous day. I hate repeats but they happen sometimes. I guess my brain is on a loop.

Toto - Change Of Heart

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Magic Pie - Freakshow

I couldn't find the first song I woke up with. All I had in my head was an organ riff and I couldn't figure out which song it was. So, here is the second song.

REO Speedwagon - Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot & Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right (to Party)

REO was on my brain the first time I woke up this morning.
The second time, it was "Fight for your Right to Party" but it wasn't the Beastie Boys performing it. It was AC/DC. I saw it in my dream. I'd like to see it for real.

a-ha - Take On Me & Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

Adam Again - I've Seen Dominoes

Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

Adam Again - Occam's Razor

Level 42 - Lessons In Love

The Delfonics - Didnt I Blow Your Mind

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

David Bowie - I Keep Forgettin'

See all music videos David Bowie

Yes - Does It Really Happen?

Nik Kershaw - Dancing Girls

Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

Bonnie Raitt - Have a Heart

Nik Kershaw - You Might

Carole King - It's Too Late

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

Kansas - Death of Mother Nature Suite

Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Kansas - Face It

Genesis - No Reply At All

King's X - Freedom

Christopher Cross - Never Be The Same

Nik Kershaw - Bogart

Nik Kershaw - Cloak and Dagger

Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

The Searchers - Love Potion No. 9

Primus - The Heckler

Steely Dan - Kings

Michael Martin Murphey - Wildfire

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy

Porcupine Tree - Sever

The Choir - Someone To Hold On To

Alice Cooper - Gimme

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Kansas - No One Together

Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run

Chicago - Lowdown

The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty

O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl

DJ Tripp - Love Is Young (Fun. vs. Pat Benatar)

The Charlie Daniels Band - The South's Gonna Do It Again