Love Week - Vanilla Ice

In honor of Valentines Day, this weeks posts will feature songs about love. I'll try to appeal to you whether you're in love, heartbroken, or a heart breaker. Let's start off the week with one of our generations most romantic poets....Vanilla Ice. The "phone call" at the end of the song gets me every time.

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I Love You - from To The Extreme

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Soul Music Sunday - The Spinners

When I was a freshmen at the College of Charleston I remember walking down the street near the main part of campus and I heard the song "I'll Be Around". It sounded like someone was playing a radio but when I came around the corner I saw that it was actually The Spinners! They sounded great and I got to enjoy an unexpected free concert.

Billy Henderson (One of the main singers from The Spinners) passed away 2/2/07. In honor of him, here's a few of their greatest hits.

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I'll Be Around

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

The Rubberband Man

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It's Alive! - Whiskeytown

It's probably obvious by now that I'm a fan of all things Ryan Adams. Here's a few tracks from his first band...Whiskeytown. I'm not sure about the dates or locations of these performances...I just know they happened between 1996 & 1998.

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16 Days

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac Cover

Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight

Turn Around

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Totally 80's Friday! - Biz Markie

I remember this one blasting through the speakers during a middle school dance...........and it still sounds great. Have a nice weekend. Don't forget to check out the classic video.

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Just A Friend - from The Biz Never Sleeps

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Happy Birthday Bob Marley! 2/6/45

I discovered the music of Bob Marley back in high school (I bought the Legend Album like millions of others) and I've been moved and amazed by his songs ever since. It's hard to pick my favorite Bob songs ..... these tracks jumped out at me while I was looking through my collection. I feel each one represents a different time in his career. Enjoy!!

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Do It Twice - from the Songs Of Freedom Box Set

Talkin' Blues - from the Talkin' Blues Album

Turn You Lights Down Low - from the Exodus Album

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Metal Monday! - Metallica

It's been awhile since we've had Metallica on "Metal Monday" so hear you go. Here's a great live version of a classic cut from Ride The Lightning. I believe you can find this on the Live Shit: Binge & Purge Box Set.

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Fade To Black (Live)

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Totally 80's Friday - Prince & The Revolution

Well unless you've been living underground for the last few weeks, you've heard that Prince will be performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show (finally a halftime show worth watching) Here's a few of my favorite tracks from the classic Purple Rain Soundtrack. Have a great weekend.

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Let's Go Crazy

Purple Rain

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I learned something new today. Apparently my file sharing service only allows a certain amount of downloads per month (I opted for the free package) The good news is more of you are enjoying the music, the bad news is we've used up my download quota till 2/22/07. I ended up opening another account so I'm going to transfer the songs from 1/22/07 on (to do them all would be a pain in the ass) I'll leave the previous posts up for awhile but they won't be listenable till 2/22/07. I'll convert the songs sometime this evening. Does any of this make sense? Thanks for stopping by.

-Gomez

Later......The songs from Dio to Neil should be good to go again. See you back on Totally 80's Friday.

Wild Card Wednesday - Neil Diamond

Let's here a few tracks from the "Jewish Elvis." It's amazing how many bands have covered this man's songs....everyone from Johnny Cash to UB40 to Davy Jones. Enjoy.

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Solitary Man - from The Feel of Neil Diamond

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - from Just For You

Red, Red Wine from Just For You

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The Return of Little Mac

A must watch for "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" fans...hilarious.

Metal Monday! - Cinderella

Oh yeah, time for a little piece of "Hair Metal Heaven." I'll admit that I'm a sucker for the power ballads....get ready to pull out your lighters!!

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Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)- from the Long Cold Winter Album

Nobody's Fool - from the Night Songs Album

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Soul Music Sunday - Isaac Hayes

Here's two Burt Bacharach/Hal David classics sung by the man best known for his work on the Shaft Soundtrack and as the former voice of "Chef" on South Park......Mr. Isaac Hayes - AKA Black Moses.

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Walk On By - from the Hot Buttered Soul Album

The Look Of Love - from the ...To Be Continued Album

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Totally 80's Friday - Eddy Grant

Oh No!!Oh No!!!- Hey , here's a little "reggae-flavored" party music to kick off your weekend.

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Electric Avenue- from the Killer On The Rampage Album.

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Wild Card Wednesday - Bobby Bare Jr.

Hey BBJ is back on the road and yours truly will be going to the show later on tonight. Click on the link below to check out his tour schedule. I highly recommend checking him out.

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The Terrible Sunrise

Borrow Your Girl - Both tracks from From The End Of Your Leash Album

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Metal Monday! - Dio

I've had a lot of requests for some Dio on Metal Monday so hear you go..... Okay so I'm the only one who wanted to hear Dio today. Hey the beauty of having your own site is that you can play what you want. Here's a couple of tracks from the self proclaimed inventor of the "devil horns"-( see picture)

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Holy Diver-mp3 - Click here to watch the video

Rainbow In The Dark-mp3 - Click here to watch the video

Both songs from the Holy Diver Album.

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