30 Day Song Challenge Podcast - Days 3, 4 & 5

Day 3 - song that reminds you of summertime - if you pick that “Summer Lovin’ song” from Grease — that ain’t it chief 

Pretty much every song from Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers (Scar Tissue for starters)

By the way also by RHCP

Soul to Squeeze by RHCP

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Anything by Rusted Root

Get Lucky - Daft Punk 

One More Time - Daft Punk

Pour Some Sugar on me - Def Leppard 

You Could be Mine - GNR (Terminator Two)

Enter Sandman  

The Entire “Beats, Rhymes & Life” album from A Tribe Called Quest 

Anything off of Vampire Weekend’s self titled 2008 album 

Turn down for What - Lil Jon

Day 4 - A song that reminds you of someone you’d rather forget  (Release - Pearl Jam, Ridin Solo, Break Your Heart)  Don’t Cry, Estranged, or Cee Low Green’s Forget You, Everything about you - Ugly Kid Joe, Motley Crue - Don’t Go Way Mad (Just go away).

Day 5- A song the needs to be played out loud (Beautiful Day by U2 - Bernard Story)

Safe & Sound - Capital Cities

I Wanna Dance with somebody - Whitney Houston 

Lit - My own worst enemy 

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Hot in Heeeere - Nelly 

Livin’ on a Prayer 

Josie aka Your Love - The Outfield 

Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard 

Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.

Mr Brightside - The Killers (Honorable mention to "When you were Young” and “Read My Mind”

Despacito - Beiber, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee 

Just a Friend - Biz Markie 

Rock Hall of Fame 2020 Inductee Podcast

2020 Rock Hall of Fame 

Place listening Paris France - continues to lead the list, Mountain View, CA and San Jose CA, Amsterdam and long lost friends in Ashburn VA all checking in the top 5 or 10 places listening this week 

France, USA and Netherlands are the top 3 countries - also UK, Spain, Australia, Iran, Turkey and Iraq - based on episode 299 - not shocked on those countries listening 

Bad Boys for Life aka part 3, I’m all over it. Feel like it’s rare in hollywood to take like 7 years before part 2 and then like 17 more years before part 3. Both Spiderman and Batman have been rebooted twice each between Bad Boys 2 and Bad Boys 3

For the first time in 7 years the winner of the fan vote didn’t get inducted. And this year it was first time nominee, Dave Matthews Band.

Fans are up in arms, 1,000,000 people voted for them, USA Today is covering it — and frankly — I’m not a big fan of snubs — but this Manufactured Controversy is probably good for the Rock Hall’s awareness in the public consciousness.

Getting In: 

Whitney Houston — the second biggest oversight of the past 3-5 years after Janet Jackson and now they are both in

The Notorious BIG - this is a no-brainer for me - but the Hall Has snubbed LL Cool J - so it’s great to see them get one right. 

Depeche Mode

Nine Inch Nails

Doobie Brothers 

T. Rex - they are about to spur on a spinoff podcast titled “Who is the worst act inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame”.

I voted on November 7th - My Votes were Biggie, Whitney, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden (soft spot for Cornell), Dave Matthews Band. I felt the biggest LOCK was DMB. 

At the Time of My vote in November: 

DMB was leading with 385,656 votes  (Only the beatles and rolling stones have had more #1 albums)

Pat Benatar was 2nd with 363,191 votes (this is a huge snub as well) - 8 gold albums from 1979-1988 including 6 straight going platinum. Her “You better run video” was the 2nd ever to be on MTV. 4 straight GRAMMYS for female performer of the year. 

The Doobie Bros were 3rd with 328,435 votes  HOF 

Soundgarden was 4th with 325,264 votes (first Seattle grunge band to sign to a major label)

Judas Priest was 5th with 286,131 votes 

Depeche Mode was 6th with 265515 votes  HOF (arguably the best version of synth-pop out there) 

Whitney Houston was 7th with 247,791 votes  HOF  (Basically invented the national anthem as a spectacle at Super Bowl 25)

8th Thin Lizzy 

9th Motorhead

10th Nine Inch Nails  200,116 votes  HOF  (Godfather of pop/ industrial rock)

11th Todd Rundgren

12th T Rex 150,692 votes  HOF  (There are people saying they essentially invented Glam Rock when they left “Psychedelic Folk Music”- welp 

13th Biggie Smalls 148,173 votes HOF  (Biggie is what this is all about. Larger than life persona who did his version of music at the highest level possible). He’s always listed on the mount rushmore of MC’s - he’s gotta be in. I’m stoked and shocked that they got this right. 

14th Kraftwerk 

15th Rufus ft. Chaka Khan 68,852 votes 

Which Summer in the mid-90's had the best "Summer Jams" 1993-98 Edition

Top Summer Songs - Which summer had the best Top Ten - 1993 - 1998 Edition

1993  6 big hits

1. "Can't Help Falling In Love" - UB40  Love it huge Elvis remake
2. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team  Love it - still popular at weddings
3. "Weak" - SWV  Love it
4. "That's The Way Love Goes" - Janet Jackson  Respect it - big
5. "Lately" - Jodeci  Weakest so far
6. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers  Slice of Americana
7. "Slam" - Onyx   Slice of Americana
8. "Knockin' Da Boots" - H-Town  Weaker
9. "Show Me Love" - Robin S.  Solid
10. "If I Had No Loot" - Tony Toni Tone  Solid

500 miles, Whoop! Slam

1994 5 huge hits 3 good hits 2 throw aways

1. "I Swear" -  All-4-One  (Big time Boy band hit)
2. "Stay (I Missed You)" - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories  (Slice of americana)
3. "Don't Turn Around" - Ace Of Base  (Big hit)
4. "Fantastic Voyage" - Coolio  (Huge hit)
5. "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" - Elton John  (Disney Sound track)
6. "Regulate" - Warren G & Nate Dogg  (Might be in convo for best rap song of the 90s)
7. "Any Time, Any Place / And On And On" - Janet Jackson  (Solid as usual)
8. "Wild Night" - John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello  (Solid remake of a classic)
9. "I'll Make Love To You" - Boyz II Men  (Seminal hit from the ultimate boy band)

10. "Back & Forth" - Aaliyah  (Didn’t realize Aaliyah was making songs as early as 94)

Fantastic Voyage, Regulate, I Swear

1995 Zero Throw Aways! 5 Huge hits - very diverse hits 

1. "Waterfalls" - TLC   (One of the biggest R&B songs ever)
2. "Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)" - Monica  (Solid hit)
3. "One More Chance / Stay With Me" - The Notorious B.I.G.  (All-time hit)
4. "Kiss From A Rose" - Seal  (Slice of Americana)
5.  "I Can Love You Like That" - All-4-One  (Another Boy band hit)
6. "Boombastic / In The Summertime" - Shaggy  (Huge Hit)
7. "Water Runs Dry" - Boyz II Men  (Another Big hit)
8. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" - Nicki French  (Huge Remake hit - might’ve helped the movie Old School be a hit)
9. "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" - Bryan Adams  (ok hit from a big 90’s artist) 
10. "Run-Around" - "Blues Traveler  (Big hit from 90’s icons)

This Is How We Do it - Kiss from A Rose - Waterfalls

1996  3 Throw aways - but Macarena, Cross Roads, are immense 5 mega hits and two other hits

1. "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" - Los Del Rio   (one of the bigger hits of all one hit wonder hits)
2. "You're Making Me High / Let It Flow" - Toni Braxton  (didn’t remember it)
3. "Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman  (Huge hit still holds up)
4. "Tha Crossroads" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (I mean this song is a slice of americana)
5. "How Do U Want It / California Love" - 2Pac feat. K-Ci And JoJo  (Huge It)
6. "Twisted" - Keith Sweat  (Didn’t remember this one either)
7. "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" - Quad City DJs  (Huge hit)
8. "I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis (Forgot about this one) 
9. "Always Be My Baby" - Mariah Carey  (Huge Huge Hit)
10. "Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion (Celine Dion is the 90’s) 

Crossroads, You Outta Know , Always Be My Baby, 

1997 2 throw aways but Mo Money and Semi Charmed kind of life define the 90’s 7 hits plus spice girls which makes it 8 hits 

1. "I'll Be Missing You" - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112   ( Huge Hit - The police plus Biggie’s death = platinum)
2. "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks  (Big Hit)
3. "MMMBop" - Hanson (Huge Hit)
4. "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" - Backstreet Boys (Huge Hit) 
5. "Return Of The Mack" - Mark Morrison (Huge Hit)
6.  "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind (Huge Hit) 
7. "Say You'll Be There" - Spice Girls (Spice Girls owned 97) 
8. "Mo Money Mo Problems" - The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy & Mase  (Huge Hit still holds up)
9. "Do You Know (What It Takes)" - Robyn  (Forget this one) 
10. "Look Into My Eyes" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony  (Forget this one) 

Semi-Charmed Life, Wannabe, MMMBop

1998   Weakest of the years

1. "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy & Monica  (Not great) 
2. "You're Still The One" - Shania Twain  (Big Hit, still holds up) 
3. "Too Close" - Next  (Huge hit at the time) 
4. "My Way" - Usher  (solid hit) 
5. "Adia" - Sarah McLachlan (solid hit) 
6. "My All" - Mariah Carey (Forgot this one) 
7. "Come With Me" - Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page (very overrated) 
8. "Make It Hot" - Nicole feat. Missy  "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Mocha  (Good song, not great) 
. "Crush" - Jennifer Paige (Don’t remember it) 
10. "All My Life" - K-Ci & JoJo (Solid song) 

Gettin’ Jiggy With It, Ghetto Star, Too Close