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 Sting!

Today is Sting's birthday. Sting was the vocalist and bass player for the Police and also an accomplished solo artist as well. Besides singing and playing bass Sting plays other instruments as well. Sting has won 16 Grammy Awards and 25 American Music Awards, an Emmy and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.

So lets jump in and celebrate the 64 year old's music!

Starting off with The Police with "Every Breathe You Take"..

Here is Sting celebrating his 60th Birthday with Stevie Wonder performing "Brand New Day"..

Here is Sting with Eric Clapton with the song "It's Probably Me"..

Here he performs "Fields of Gold"...

The Police with "Can't Stand Losing You"..

Happy Birthday Sting! Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon with a new post!

October 2, Happy Birthday Sting

Running late but today, October 2 is Sting's birthday. I found a clip from the Charlie Rose show which I must admit I like when I can catch it.

He found fame with The Police..

The above song and below are probably still stuck in the head if you listened to the radio airways in the 80s..

Balancing the blog off with a solo song..

I will be back soon with a new post soon! Happy Birthday Sting