She Was a Maniac…

For those of you following the Jam via feed, I just added Natalie Merchant (with and without 10,000 Maniacs) as my artist of the month for February 2010.  Here are my favorite songs of hers: Candy Everybody Wants Hey Jack Kerouac Jealousy Kind and Generous Like the Weather These Are Days Trouble Me Way Over [...]

Epic Rock Songs

 You have to love the classic rock songs that go on and on.  Here’s my list of the Top 10 Epic Rock Songs: American Pie (8:33) Blinded by the Light (7:07) Bohemian Rhapsody (5:55) Champagne Supernova (7:28) Hotel California (6:30) Living for the City (7:25) The Pretender (6:39) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (7:35) Stairway [...]

The Century Mark

I was just counting my music lists and realized that my last list was my 100th!  I now have 45 Top 10 Lists from my favorite artists, 43 Top 10 Lists of various subjects/words, and 12 Top 20 Lists of  my favorite songs by year or groups of years.  It’s been a fun ride and [...]

A Moment-ous Occasion

Here’s another Top 10 list based on a word: “moment.”   At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters Hanging By a Moment by Lifehouse Hank Senior Moment by John Gorka Heat of the Moment by Asia Leave a Tender Moment Alone by Billy Joel Living in the Moment by Mason Jennings A Moment Like [...]

Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits

For those of you following the Jam on RSS, I just added Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits as my artists of the month for January 2010.  Here, in my opinion, are their best 10 songs: Money for Nothing My Parties On Every Street Romeo and Juliet Sailing to Philadelphia So Far Away Sultans of Swing [...]