IdRatherBeSkiing's Top 20 (Sunday, June 21st, 2020 version)

Before I get back into my ****, here is a video that came up on my facebook feed. It's from 2008. But kind of cool.

 
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Hold The Line - Toto



Holiday - Nazareth



Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham



Home - Sheryl Crow



Home and Dry - Gerry Rafferty
 
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham
Still amazed this song is only four sentences long (plus the chorus of "Holiday Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oad"). But I dig it too!
Home - Sheryl Crow
Home and Dry - Gerry Rafferty
Holiday - Nazareth
First time hearing.

Only Gerry songs I know are "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line" and only Nazareth I know are "Hair Of The Dog" and "Love Hurts". But I'm sure there's no big surprises there.
 
Continuing with the ****

Hot Legs - Rod Stewart



Huckleberry - Toby Keith



Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen



I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
My new daughter sang this at our wedding.



I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
 
What, you got a problem with Milli Vanilli, New Kids, Debbie Gibson & new jack swing or somethin'?
This comment made me think of seeing KISS live in 1990 on the "Hot In The Shade" tour.

They were fresh off their biggest hit in a decade - the power ballad "Forever" - & Paul Stanley had a little stage rap he'd do about its success every night. I'm paraphrasing, but it basically went like this :

"THIS NEXT SONG WAS A BIG HIT - BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RADIO DOESN'T WANNA PLAY KISS, BUT YOU'D CALL 'EM UP & MAKE 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'D TELL 'EM I'M FUCKIN' SICK OF HEARING MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D CALL IN & SAY MR. DJ...I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANY MORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D TELL THOSE RADIO PEOPLE PLAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN JANET JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( crickets...cue several thousand people looking around, saying some variation on "I dunno...she's all right. I got no beef with her." )

I believe in the business this is known as "going to the well one too many times".
 
This comment made me think of seeing KISS live in 1990 on the "Hot In The Shade" tour.

They were fresh off their biggest hit in a decade - the power ballad "Forever" - & Paul Stanley had a little stage rap he'd do about its success every night. I'm paraphrasing, but it basically went like this :

"THIS NEXT SONG WAS A BIG HIT - BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RADIO DOESN'T WANNA PLAY KISS, BUT YOU'D CALL 'EM UP & MAKE 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'D TELL 'EM I'M FUCKIN' SICK OF HEARING MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D CALL IN & SAY MR. DJ...I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANY MORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D TELL THOSE RADIO PEOPLE PLAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN JANET JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( crickets...cue several thousand people looking around, saying some variation on "I dunno...she's all right. I got no beef with her." )

I believe in the business this is known as "going to the well one too many times".
I would have screamed "YEAH - FUCK JANET JACKSON".
 
This comment made me think of seeing KISS live in 1990 on the "Hot In The Shade" tour.

They were fresh off their biggest hit in a decade - the power ballad "Forever" - & Paul Stanley had a little stage rap he'd do about its success every night. I'm paraphrasing, but it basically went like this :

"THIS NEXT SONG WAS A BIG HIT - BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RADIO DOESN'T WANNA PLAY KISS, BUT YOU'D CALL 'EM UP & MAKE 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'D TELL 'EM I'M FUCKIN' SICK OF HEARING MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK MILLI VANILLI!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D CALL IN & SAY MR. DJ...I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANY MORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( cue several thousand people screaming some variation on "YEAH - FUCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" )

"YOU'D TELL THOSE RADIO PEOPLE PLAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN JANET JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

( crickets...cue several thousand people looking around, saying some variation on "I dunno...she's all right. I got no beef with her." )

I believe in the business this is known as "going to the well one too many times".
And now KISS has a reputation for using prerecorded vocals and backing tracks.

Funny how that worked out.
 
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An interesting mix of styles.

I Saw the Light - Hank Williams



I Think I'm a Clone Now - "Weird Al" Yankovic



I Thought of You Again - The Poppy Family



I Was Wrong - Social Distortion



If a Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn
 
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