Monday's Music Moves Me: Roctober 80s Edition

Roctober edition. Today is Monday October 12, 2020.  It is time for Monday's Music Moves Me! Today's theme is pick a decade and celebrate Rocktober. I am picking the 80's so crank up your Walkmans and Boomboxes it is time to rock!

I am Mike and I will be counting down the top Rock songs from 1980-1989, my source playback.fm.

                                            1980 "Keep on Loving You" REO Speedwagon

1981 "Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones

1982 and 1983 The Police "Every Breathe You Take"

1984 Foreigner "I  Want to Know What Love Is"

1985 Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"

1986 Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer"

1987 U2 "With or Without You"

1988 R.E.M "Orange Crush"

1989 Alannah Myles "Black Velvet"

 

Did any of these surprise you? Well I will see you soon with a new post!

Happy Birthday Jon Bon Jovi

Today is Jon Bon Jovi's 52nd birthday. If you are around my age you were listening to his band Bon Jovi when you were a teen. He is a likeable guy. Successful rock star. (okay he was pop, but back then some pop rocked) He owns an arena ball football team. He likes music and sports. Sounds like enough to celebrate his birthday on my blog.

He gets bonus points for working with Jeff Beck..

Here is one of the songs from my teenage years..

In recent times with the Boss, Bruce Springsteen

Happy Birthday you have many years to go...

R.I.P. Andy Johns

His name might not ring a bell. However, the musicians and albums Andy Johns worked on certainly due. Unfortunately this studio genius has passed away.

Some of the Albums he engineered:

Led Zeppelin: 
II, III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffeti, Coda



The Rolling Stones:

Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock and Roll



Blind Faith, Free, Mott and the Hopple, Joni Mitchell, Godsmack

Eric Clapton:
Eric Clapton, Crossroads



His work as a producer is incredible as well.

Some of the albums he produced:

Humle Pie: As Safe As Yesterday Is, Town and Country
Free: Highway, Live! Heartbreaker



Cinderella: Night Songs, Long Cold Winter
Van Halen: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge


Bon Jovi, L.A.Guns, The Steve Miller Band, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Chickenfoot and the lsit could go on and on...

R.I. P. Andy Johns the music world will miss your talents

November Album Releases!

One of the article I wrote was about upcoming album (CD) releases. You can read the article here. I guess I could have mentioned the upcoming Carrie Underwood album but I didn't.

I focused on Them Crooked Vultures, the CD I am most looking forward too! I will probably buy it on the 17th. It features Dave Grohl, from the Foo Fighters, on drums (what he used to play in Nirvana). It also features legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age on vocals and guitars.

Dave Grohl is busy as his band, The Foo Fighters release their Greatest Hits collection this month.

The popular bands such as Bon Jovi and John Mayer also get mentioned in my article. I also mention the seasonal release by Tori Amos.

Some great new music is headed out this month!