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1986 Songs: The Big Light

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 4 Mar

Welcome to Wednesday, or another day of “never heard it.” I warned you! So when you ask why there’s no Bon Jovi on the list, it’s because I didn’t hear what he was doing…I was listening to this! Here’s today’s song...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Girls Talk

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 27 Sep 24

Good afternoon! With the remnants of the hurricane heading in our direction I decided the safest place today is home. However, when you eat at home, you have to cook it, you don’t order it! So now that lunch is...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Everyday I Write the Book

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 24 Sep 24

Just 22 days into this massive countdown the mismatches have already been so frequent and downright odd I just shrug. I’m sure that you do, too. This probably sounds odd next to any country song, but hey, what can...

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Live/Living Songs: Living in Paradise

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 15 Mar 24

I’m having lunch and going to the bank to get a new debit card (the imbeciles at the post office lost/misdelievered/swiped my updated one that was mailed this week…and of course they don’t care) before heading to Lexington. I’m...

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Talk Songs Top Ten: Girls Talk (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 1 Sep 22

Have you been talking about what could be #1 on this list of favorites with “talk” in the title? You can stop speculating! There’s probably no surprise, if you think about it (and my goofy tastes). Here it is, the top talker of...

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Rock Love, Day 8: (Whats So Funny Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 8 Jan 20

Happy Elvis day! If ol’ E.P. were alive he’d be 85 today. I should have an Elvis song to celebrate his birthday for today’s rock song that has “love” in the title, but I’m doing these alphabetically by artist; plus, the Elvis...

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Summertime Top Ten: The Other Side of Summer (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 24 Jun 19

Taking a cue from other myLotters I spent some time at the gym today. I'll be spending time in physical therapy tomorrow. On the positive side, I discovered what it was that hurt my back so badly I had to drop out of respiratory...

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Ten Favorite Radio Songs: Radio Radio (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 10 Jun 19

My knees, feet, and back are telling me I’m getting too old for this. And you know what I tell them? “Shaddup.” I had a blast at the golf tournaments over the weekend. Played very poorly in the rain on Sunday, but managed to...

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Favorite New Wave Albums #3 - My Aim is True

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43640) • Denver, Colorado 5 Dec 18

Another day, another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as I count down my favorite new wave albums. We are at #3: My Aim is True by Elvis Costello. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick McManus) is a British new wave pioneer, a Grammy...

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Top Ten Favorite 1986 Albums: Blood & Chocolate (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 15 Nov 18

Thanks to a myLotter (Miketagz) celebrating a birthday the other day I'm having a good time looking at my favorite albums from the year he was born: 1986. Man, what a great year for music! In fact, 1985-87 produced some of my...

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Footwear Song Top Ten: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 13 May 18

Just like a tomato I'll ketchup here in the next day or so. Meanwhile, here's the next song on my list of favorites with footwear in the title. As I just posted, John Roberts knew this one was coming. Heck, anyone who...

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Long Song Title Top Ten: Peace, Love, and Understanding (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 19 Apr 18

There's one thing that you can say about me: I'm predictable. Here's the next song on my list of favorites that have long titles -- at least seven words -- coinciding with my list of favorites with one-word titles with four...

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Favorite Little Songs: Two Little Hitlers (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 3 Apr 18

Well, what do you know, look who's showing up yet again in another one of my countdowns. Gee, didn't I just use this guy yesterday? Yes, I did, in the "big" countdown. Now he's back with a "little" song that shows up on my list...

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Favorite Big Songs: The Big Light (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 2 Apr 18

I'm back in the saddle again. No, wait, that was Gene Autry. I took yesterday off, not spending too much time online at all (how weird is that??? I know), save for watching baseball games (which I technically do online...

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Ten Favorite Debut Albums: My Aim Is True (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 28 Apr 17

Hip hip hooray! It's Friday!! I feel weird because all of my work is done for a change (after four days of pedal-to-the-metal to make sure our project was completed on time). That's a good feeling at the end of the month or the...

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Favorite "( )" Songs #8 - "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43640) • Denver, Colorado 24 Apr 17

We are at #8 in my Favorite "( )" Songs series, which is songs with parentheses in the title. My only self-imposed rule is that the parentheses must contain actual lyrics, not something like "(Part 1.)" @FourWalls is doing both a...

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Ten Favorite Work Songs: Welcome to the Working Week (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 22 Apr 17

Here it is, Saturday, the seventh day, the Biblically-mandated day of rest...and I'm looking at songs about work! Well, at least songs that have the word "work" in the title (won't catch me doing any work today!). I think...

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Ten Favorite Rock Songwriters: Elvis Costello (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 4 Apr 17

It's time for another one of those great, great songwriters that keep my head spinning with their brilliance in the world of rock and roll. (Yes, I'm still at lunch...service is fine, but I eat slowly. ) Here's the...

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Ten Favorite Rock Who-What-Why Questions: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 16 Mar 17

It's time for another one of those countless questions that show up in the title of songs. Today's song is a classic, and it's also a pretty pertinent question in today's troubling times. [b]#7: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace,...

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Top Ten Angelic Songs: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 11 Feb 17

Greetings from my bunker in an undisclosed location somewhere in an undisclosed state in an undisclosed country. I'm genuinely surprised by the positive feedback thus far for assassinating a sacred cow, but it is early in...

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