50 Songs From Each Of My 50 Years On Earth
Well, the date on this post says September 1 which is when I started it, but since then I indeed turned 50 on the 5th, and today is the 10th. So at least you have the whole timeline, which isn’t important at all but you’re welcome anyway... Hehe… But the point is I’ve now been on Earth for 50 years, and I thought it would be kind of cool to go through and pick my favorite song from every year I’ve been here. It’s a bit of a strange list and was a fun exercise. See, these are NOT my “50 favorite songs” because I picked one and only one for each year. Some years there were easily a dozen candidates and others there was only one obvious pick if that. Some bands are represented twice and some of my favorites not at all. These aren’t even the definitive “BEST” songs from each year, but rather just pretty much my favorite that was released in that calendar year from my iTunes - another criteria I set. I didn’t search beyond my own collection (which is plenty extensive). I just went through each year, tried to narrow down to one and let the chips fall where they may….
So with that said, here they are - 50 songs from each of my 50 years on Earth! Keep track of how many you know and comment below!
50 Songs From Each Of My 50 Years On Earth
1970 - War Pigs - Black Sabbath
1971 - LA Woman - The Doors
1972 - Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More - The Allman Brothers Band
1973 - A National Acrobat - Black Sabbath
1974 - Got To Choose - Kiss
1975 - Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
1976 - Travelin’ Man / Beautiful Loser (live) - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
1977 - Larger Than Life - Kiss
1978 - Feeling That Way / Anytime - Journey
1979 - Daydream - Journey
1980 - The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
1981 - Ceremony - New Order
1982 - The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
1983 - Holy Diver - Dio
1984 - When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution
1985 - Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) - INXS
1986 - Raining Blood - Slayer
1987 - Happy When It Rains - The Jesus And Mary Chain
1988 - My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
1989 - Untitled - The Cure
1990 - Three Days - Jane’s Addiction
1991 - Rhinoceros - Smashing Pumpkins
1992 - Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
1993 - Duel - Swervedriver
1994 - Don’t Follow - Alice In Chains
1995 - Sludge Factory - Alice In Chains
1996 - Pawn Shop - Sublime
1997 - Paranoid Android - Radiohead
1998 - In Hiding - Pearl Jam
1999 - Tranquility - The Church
2000 - Somebody Already Broke My Heart - Sade
2001 - Reflection - Tool
2002 - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - Wilco
2003 - High Cost Of Low Living - The Allman Brothers Band
2004 - First Wave Intact - The Secret Machines
2005 - Someone’s In The Wolf - Queens Of The Stone Age
2006 - Dark Star - Beck
2007 - Icky Thump - The White Stripes
2008 - I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie
2009 - Remember Me Lover - Porcupine Tree
2010 - Neighbor - Band Of Horses
2011 - Man In Motion - Warren Haynes
2012 - Pinwheels - Smashing Pumpkins
2013 - Captured - Gov’t Mule
2014 - Grand Canyon - Drive-By Truckers
2015 - Blackstar - David Bowie
2016 - The Numbers - Radiohead
2017 - Submarine - The Church
2018 - 1950 - King Princess
2019 - Future Ruins - Swervedriver
2020 - Dance Of The Clairvoyants - Pearl Jam
There they are? How many of them do you know? Comment below with your number! Oh - and here’s a link to a playlist of all these songs!
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