Battle of the bands

Sitting home and doing nothing puts these ideas in my head.  I thought it would be fun a good idea to create a playlist for you guys - something I have not done in a long time.

So I was brainstorming different ideas for playlists and I thought of "Battle of the Bands."  Now, "Battle of the Bands" is a real competition in which different bands perform and compete for the winning title, kind of like X Factor but only one day.

So I put together a list of 39 bands/groups and came up with at least one song for each band.  Here's the end result (all of the links are from YouTube):

1. Kiss You - One Direction
2. Twist and Shout - The Beatles
3. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
4. Standing In The Dark - Lawson
5. Bye Bye Bye - N Sync
6. Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
7. Larger Than Life - Backstreet Boys
8. That's What You Get - Paramore
9. Don't Turn Out The Lights - NKOTBSB
10. Take Me Home - Midnight Red
11. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas
12. Baba O'Riley - The Who
13. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
14. Wheel In the Sky - Journey
15. Roxanne - The Police
16. Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
17. When I See You Smile - Bad English
18. Hotel California - Eagles
19. Wings - Little Mix
20. Angeleyes - ABBA
21. Miami 2 Ibiza - Swedish House Mafia ft. Tinie Tempah (Viewer discretion is advised for this video)
22. Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers
23. Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
24. Carry You - Union J
25. Chloe (You're The One I Want) - Emblem3
26. Oh Boy - BOY
27. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
28. Bring It (Snakes On A Plane) - Cobra Starship
29. Ho Hey - The Lumineers
30. Higher - The Saturdays
31. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
32. The Weight - The Band
33. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO
34. Seventeen Forever - Metro Station
35. Carry On - Fun.
36. It's My Life - Bon Jovi
37. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
38. Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles
39. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

Which one is your favorite?  If these bands were all in a "Battle of the Bands" contest, who would be the victor?  Comment below with your answers!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers out there!  In honor of this day, I thought I would make today's post dedicated to my dear father.
My dad loves music as much as - if not more than - I do.  Every Saturday night (and any other night he cooks dinner instead of my mom) he has music playing over the stereo.  He puts together a playlist, usually themed, using his 10,000+ library.  He actually ran out of room on iTunes and now has other songs on a drive.  People sometimes even ask my dad to make the playlist for a party they are having because he does such a good job.  So, to honor my dad's amazing work, I put together a list of my dad's favorite artists.

1. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra
3. Tommy (the whole album) - The Who
4. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
5. Already Gone - The Eagles
6. Open Arms - Journey
7. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
8. Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
9. La Grange - ZZ Top
10. Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash

My favorite albums (old ones)

I know for some of you it may be depressing to think that these albums are now considered "old", but may I remind you that I was born in the '90s so they're old to me! Here's the list of my favorite "old" albums:

1. Nightout - Ellen Foley
2. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
4. Abbey Road - The Beatles
5. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
6. Who's Next - The Who
7. Hotel California - The Eagles
8. The Band - The Band
9. Let It Be - The Beatles
10. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
11. Tommy - The Who
12. Parallel Lines - Blondie
13. Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
14. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
15. Heart Like A Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
16. A New World Record - ELO
17. The Definitive Collection - ABBA
18. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
19. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
20. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
21. Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne
22. The Eagles - The Eagles
23. Synchronicity - The Police
24. Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
25. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas and the Papas

December 17th

1962: Bob Dylan arrived in England for the first time.

1968: The Who played their Xmas party at the Marquee Club in London.

1977: Elvis Costello, performing on "Saturday Night Live", stopped his performance of "Less Than Zero" saying "there's no reason to do this" and began performing "Radio Radio" which he was told not to perform.

1982: 30 years ago, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters in Sherman, CA.

2000: Bob the Builder went to Number-one on the UK charts with the theme song, "Can We Fix It".