Def Leppard is a recently acquired taste for me. During the time they were popular, I was more into New Wave/Alternative and so it was easy to dismiss the "hair bands" of that era but I am definitely appreciating a lot of their songs now.
My #8 song is "Big Log" by Robert Plant. When this song was popular, I was stationed in the Mojave Desert with the Marine Corps. There was a dive bar in Niland, CA, I believe, or it could have been Brawley or El Centro, where I first heard this song. By the way, that truly is a wonderfully desolate area populated with a lot of hippie girls that I could write threads about!
Anyway, the video for this song, filmed not too far from that area, always takes me back to those days.
Robert Plant - Big Log (1983)
This song is off Plant's "The Principle Of Moments" album and I believe this was the musical direction Led Zeppelin was headed towards if John Bonham had not died, breaking up the band. If so, we missed out on a lot of great Led Zeppelin music.
Here is my list so far...
- #50 - Jack's Mannequin - The Lights And Buzz (2005)
- #49 - The Cars - It's All I Can Do (1979)
- #48 - Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (1971)
- #47 - Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow (2022)
- #46 - Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (1970)
- #45 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989)
- #44 - Night - Hot Summer Nights (1979)
- #43 - Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line (1980)
- #42 - Emmylou Harris - Pancho And Lefty (1976)
- #41 - Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (1985)
- #40 - Tom Petty - Refugee (1979)
- #39 - Coldplay - Clocks (2002)
- #38 - The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (1991)
- #37 - Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down (1970)
- #36 - Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (1978)
- #35 - Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling (1975)
- #34 - The Doors - Riders On A Storm (1971)
- #33 - Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You (1981)
- #32 - Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973)
- #31 - Opus - Live Is Life (1985)
- #30 - Elton John - Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1973)
- #29 - Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (1976)
- #28 - America - Sister Golden Hair (1975)
- #27 - The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981)
- #26 - Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric (1979)
- #25 - David Bowie - Width Of A Circle (1970)
- #24 - Haircut 100 - Love Plus One (1982)
- #23 - Outlaws - Ghost Riders In The Sky (1980)
- #22 - Renaissance - Carpet Of The Sun (1973)
- #21 - Tom Petty - Here Comes My Girl (1979)
- #20 - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (1977)
- #19 - Nillson - Everybody's Talkin' (1969)
- #18 - Jason Aldean - Fly Over States (2010)
- #17 - The Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (1969)
- #16 - Weezer - Buddy Holly (1994)
- #15 - Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (1981)
- #14 - Sting - Soul Cake (2009)
- #13 - Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat (1979)
- #12 - U2 & Pavarotti - Miss Sarajevo (1995)
- #11 - Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying (2004)
- #10 - Asia - Heat Of The Moment (1982)
- #9 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1978)
- #8 - Robert Plant - Big Log (1983)