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Top Ten Songs to Dance To: Walk of Life (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 31 Oct

Hollow happyween! Or something like that. I’m done with the mammogram (ouch) and semi-annual check-up. It’s on to the end of this countdown. I big shout-out to @rebelann who inspired this one after inspiring last month’s…oh,...

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1985 Top Ten Songs: Walk of Life (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 28 Mar 25

Today is the anniversary of the birth of my dear mother of blessed memory. Appropriately enough, one of her favorite rock songs pops up on the list of favorites of mine from 1985. I’m so thankful I inherited rhythm from my dad,...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Walk of Life

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 4 Dec 24

Sometimes I can be obvious. This is one of those times. I’ve mentioned this one a hundred times before, and how my dear mother of blessed memory even loved it. It’s no surprise that it shows up on the list of my 100 favorites....

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1983 Songs: Twisting By the Pool

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 19 Jun 23

Hey, there, all you hep cats! It’s 109.3 WEED, with Wacky Hillbilly subbing for your regular DJ JJ. We continue our look at 40-year-old songs today, and this 1983 hit goes out to our favorite Chic from NJ, who’s probably doing...

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Money Top Ten: Money for Nothing (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 6 Mar 22

Remember what I said yesterday about the slang term for cigarette in yesterday’s song with “money” in the title? That does NOT apply today. I will tell you the story of this song later in the discussion. Just beware...

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Songs Mentioning Songs Top Ten: Walk of Life (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 16 Jul 21

Thanks for humoring me yesterday with the song that nobody knows. Today’s song on the list of songs that reference other songs’ titles in them is a big hit, and a big favorite of mine. My mom loved this song, too. And here it...

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Hot Sax Top Ten: Your Latest Trick (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 30 Jun 21

It’s time for another great saxophone song. NOT a “sax song” like “Tequila” by the Champs, but songs that have great augmentation to them by the sax work. Like yesterday’s song, today’s tune is an album cut, but given how many...

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Scottish Musicians Top Ten: Mark Knopfler (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 11 Nov 20

This countdown celebrates Scotland and our Scottish myLotter @Jimbo452020 ! If you know me, and know these guys are Scottish, you probably know the top four. But if you don’t, I’ll continue the countdown. Here’s...

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The Quarantine Countdown: So Far Away (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 22 Mar 20

We start a new week here in the land of keep your distance. To help keep up the sanity (or insanity, whichever way you look at it), I’m doing a countdown of songs with titles appropriate to the situation. Just practice the title...

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Rock Love, Day 10: Tunnel of Love

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 10 Jan 20

In anticipation of Valentines Day I’m presenting 45 songs with “love” in the title. I’m counting down 45 “love” songs in country music as well. For those who were a little put off by the 80s new wave yesterday (and are...

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Be One of Us #31 "Sultans of Swing"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 2 Sep 19

When I started compiling the tunes that make up this particular countdown, 50 songs with "of" in the title, I was hoping that some of you would be hoping for this one, and I aim to please! These are in no logical order, but they...

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19 Songs From 1979 Sultans of Swing (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 23 May 19

What a wild night. I’ll talk about that later. Meanwhile, I’m celebrating 1979, the year I went into the Navy, with 19 songs I fondly remember from that year (because that was the year I turned 19). Here’s the next song on the...

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Ten Songs My Mom Loved: Walk of Life (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 1 Apr 19

Halfway through this tribute to my late mother already? Wow. Her birthday was last week, and I thought one of the many ways I could honor her was to share some songs that might seem a little "out of the ordinary" for someone her...

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Ten Albums "Everybody" Owned -- Including Me: Brothers In Arms (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 30 Jul 18

After a great weekend playing golf I'm back, ready to resume the countdown of big-selling albums through the years that I participated in making a big-selling album. This is a follow-up to a recent countdown, where I looked at...

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Overplayed Classic Rock Songs I'm Not Sick of (Yet): Walk of Life (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 24 Mar 18

I think I'm recovered from the trip to Nashville. This middle age thing isn't working on these overnight jaunts anymore. But I'm rested up now, thanks to a cold and dreary day made for napping, and ready to give you my favorite...

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Once Upon a Time in Your Wildest Dreams....

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 13 Dec 17

....The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame called and said, "Hey, you're a Hall of Famer." That finally happened today for the Moody Blues. Probably THE most overlooked superstar group since the mistake by the lake began...

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My Ten Favorite Walk Songs: Walk of Life (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 16 Aug 16

And another top ten discussion list comes to an end. This one has dealt with songs that have "walk" in the title. As I mentioned earlier, most of the bottom half of the list were rock songs while most of the top half of the list...

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Into the Groovy #68 - "Skateaway"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 7 Jun 16

Tonight's Into the Groovy (#68) remains in England, where four-time Grammy Award-winning Dire Straits formed. Vocalist/guitarist Mark Knopfler formed Dire Straits in 1977. The band would go on to sell over 100 Million records...

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Idiomatic Saying - A Walk Of Life

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Nov 15

This is more puzzling to me than most idiomatic sayings. It refers to the way someone lives their life. A street-sweeper may dream of professional football as a different walk of life, with greater affluence and a richer circle of...

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dire straits .Don't know what to do.

suman2008 @suman2008 (683) • India 9 Jan 12

One of my closest friend is in dire straits.He is already in love with a girl who is 8 years younger than him.He loves that girl ,but he is like everything to that girl.She does not have any other friend apart from my...

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