Monday's Music Moves Me: Number One Hits for the first week of Rocktober

 It's Rocktober, it's time for Monday's Music Moves Me, and the theme is a freebie. I thought I would time travel and see if I can find some Rock songs topping the Billboard charts for the first week in October. Get your retro dance outfit and let's start this Rock and Roll sock hop.

The week ending October 2, 1965..."Hang on Sloopy" by The McCoys

On Today's Date 1968 The Beatles "Hey Jude" topped the charts..

On October 2, 1971 Rod Stewart topped the Chart with "Maggie May"

October 4, 1975 David Bowie "Fame" was on top..

October 2, 1976 time to "Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry

Queen ruled on October 4, 1980 with "Another One Bites the Dust"

On October 2, 1982 John Cougar (Melloncamp) with "Jack and Diane"

On October 6, 1984 Prince and the Revolution ruled with "Let's Go Crazy"

On this date in 1985 it was Dire Straits "Money for Nothing"

Hope you enjoyed and I will see you soon!

Battle of the Bands: David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes

Today's Battle of the Bands  features the song "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie. You can watch/listen to his version below.

You don't vote for his version. You vote for one of the contenders below in the comments. I total them up a few days later and post who the winner is in a new post. 

First Contender: Scott Weiland

Second Contender: Eric McFadden

Hope you enjoyed the Battle and I look forward to seeing who you choose as the winner.

Monday's Music Moves Me: Valentine Edition

Monday is here! Valentine's Day is coming up.



I'm participating in this week's Monday's Music Moves Me blog hop. You can get details here.



Are you ready? Are you in the mood? I'll try to make my picks with something for everybody.

Let me start with Frank Sinatra..."My Funny Valentine"

David Bowie singing "Valentine's Day"...

Paul McCartney "My Valentine"...

To those who aren't a fan of Valentine's Day, well "Love Stinks"

Thank you J. Geils Band for providing the last song. Well I hope you have a great Monday and a wonderful Valentine's Day. 

Movie Review: Atomic Blonde

I will admit I do enjoy a majority of movies and shows created from comics and graphic novels. Some how I missed out on reading them, so the stories are fresh to me. I may need to add some to my reading list. Please feel free to leave me recommendations in the comments. This movie was based off Sam Hart and Antony Johnston's graphic novel The Coldest City.

I didn't know much about this movie before I went to see it. I caught a preview while watching another movie. It appealed to the I'm a guy part of me. Meaning it had me with an action thriller movie featuring an ass kicking blonde lead.

This movie had a lot of things that made James Bond and other spy films the hits they were. Car chases, difficult situations, a bit of humor, and even a signature drink. James Bond was always cool and in "Atomic Blonde" Lorraine Broughton matches the coolness.

While Bond flicks included violence. It was never this bloody nor graphic. James Bond had a way with woman and so does Lorraine. I can't imagine James Bond having a gay affair. It works in "Atomic Blonde" with the lesbian. I wonder why the male on male affair hasn't made it on a spy movie scene? That could be another blog post.

Another thing I enjoyed about this film was the soundtrack. The movie was set in the days right before the Berlin wall fell in Germany. They pull some great songs from that era that really fit with the film. David Bowie, Nena, Til Tuesday, George Michael, The Clash, Flock of Seaguls, and Siouxsie and the Banshees definitely highlight the album. There are some new songs and new takes as well.

The movie stars Charlize Theron and David Percival. The film is an action packed ride of car chases, violence, and double crosses. It is rated R for good reason, so if you are okay with that see the film if not stay home. The end result is a fun, summer spy movie.

Disclosure: I paid my own way for this movie, unbiased opinion.

R.I.P David Bowie

David Bowie who released his last album, Blackstar,  just last week past away last night due to liver cancer. Bowie released 28 albums in a career spanning 49 years. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He won one Grammy Award and one Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

"Absolute Beginners"

"Space Oddity"

"The Man Who Sold the World"

"Rebel, Rebel"

Probably my all time favorite  "Under Pressure"

What is your favorite David Bowie song? Do you have a David Bowie memory? Feel free to share in the comments. I will be back soon with a new post.

Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury!

There was only one Freddie Mercury and today I celebrate the late singer's birthday.

Here he is with "Living on my Own"..

as an adult one of my favorite songs has become "Pressure" with David Bowie...

Another solo track "Mr. Bad Guy"...

But then again "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Freddie Mercury was easily one of the best front men of all time. The music world lost a legend. Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon with a new post!

Happy Birthday Mick Jagger!

Mick Jagger turned 72 today July 26. This is the fourth year in a row I have celebrated his birthday with a post. Jagger just keeps rocking as The Rolling Stones just wrapped up their North American Zip Code tour.

Here they do "Far Away Eyes" in Nashville from their latest tour...

He keeps going and "Dancing in the Streets" with David Bowie...

It's "Just Another Night" as Mick turns another year older..

"Not Fade Away" with the boys way back when...

Happy Birthday Mick and keep rocking!

Remembering Freddie Mercury

22 years ago Freddie Mercury passed away. One of the top front men of all time, a great singer, and a member of a band all of my kids have enjoyed, I enjoyed as a kid and now, the band of course is Queen.

Here is how many of us heard the news on MTV..

I think I will share a few of my favorites here. I am sure I will miss some but I have blogged about Queen before so there may be a few more.

Here he performs "Living on My Own"...

As an adult I can relate to this song, which also features David Bowie..

This song hooked me as a kid on this band, my son and daughter have both enjoyed this song as well..

We will end with this one..

Thanks for stopping bye I will be back soon with a new post!

A to Z: Queen

There is a kind of magic about Queen. Over the years I have come to respect Brian May as a guitarist and Freddie Mercury was incredible fronting the band. There music appealed to me in different times of my life. Really, how many bands can appeal to you as a child, a young adult and a grizzling aging one?

I liked this song when I first heard it going to summer camp in Florida, my daughter who just turned six likes this song, and her brother who is 16 liked this song when he was young. Take a listen to "Another One Bites the Dust"...

And  the biggest sports anthem...

Obviously I picked Queen to blog about today since the letter in the A to Z: Challenge is Q. Sometimes this blog is just a great exciuse to write about bands or musicians. In my college years, Queen resurfaced to me. The Highlander films were big with the crowd I was hanging out with. The epic sword swinging tale about immortals who could only die if their heads were cut off.The original movie came out while I was in high school but I guess it was kind of a cult classic. Here is the movie trailer...

Okay, I am rambling a bit. Queen provided the music for the films and put out a great album called "A Kind of Magic."  Hence Queen's comeback in my life...

Then there was this song with David Bowie, which still resonates with me in today's world. It was older but thanks to classic rock radio stations it kind of made a comeback 10 years later or so...

Then Freddie passed away. Their was an epic concert. Whioch featured an all-star cast. Elton John, Robert Plant, Axl Rose, and more,,,

Then Queen tried to carry on with Paul Rodgers....

But the original Queen ruled even in Wayne's World...

Well thank you for taking a little journey through my life and Queen. I hope you enjoy and I will be back soon with a new post.

Z to A: Ice, Ice Baby is it better than

Is Ice, Ice Baby better than..

This song?


Funny SNL comment back in the day when Vanilla Ice was on the show, on the weekend update they played under pressure and said who knew 10 years later it would be a hit.