I listen to Music all the time. I am listening to Music Max (fairly loudly) as I type this in a Motel room in Mooloolaba  For me its a huge part of my life and a powerful aid to retrieval of positive memories in my life.

I was reading over my Bucket List the other day and one of the things I had on my list was to make a list of my top 50 favourite songs. So here is the list. As I made the list, which i understand is just a personal thing, I wanted to choose songs that were generally 10 years of more old and that were significant memory pegs for me. Like for instance my Number 1 song:-  And She Was was a hugely popular song for Talking Heads in 1985. I was in Year 10 and every time I hear that song it reminds me of so much of my life around that time. It was a good period in my life. Another example: Any song from Queen reminds me of seeing the show (Twice)  in London’s West End: Queen The Rock Musical. Africa’s Toto reminds me of the time in my life when I was picking fruit in the School Holidays for one of my uncles and madly saving for a new motor bike. Anyway enough reminiscing, you get the idea. So here is my Top 50 Favourite Songs Of All Time. (It’s actually 78 as I couldn’t  contain the list to 50.)

1. And She Was – Talking Heads
2. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
3. Down On the Border – Little River Band
4. Run to You – Bryan Adams
5. Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
6. One Country – Midnight Oil
7. Crazy For You – Madonna
8. Africa – Toto
9. Caribbean Queen – Billy Ocean
10. Summer Nights – Grease
11. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard
12. Don’t Stand So Close To Me – Police
13. Land of Confusion – Genesis
14. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
15. Thriller – Michael Jackson
16. Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
17. What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner
18. Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna
19. True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
20. Sledge Hammer – Peter Gabrielle
21. Do They Know Its Christmas – Band Aid
22. Don’t Pay The Ferryman – Chris de Burgh
23. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
24. If You Leave Me Can I Come Too – Mental as Anything
25. If Today Was Your Last Day – Nickelback
26. Thiller – Michael Jackson
27. Beat it – Michael Jackson
28. Power and the Passion – Midnight Oil.
29. What I’ve Done – Linkin Park
30. Fire – Bruce Springsteen
31. Born In The USA – Bruce Springsteen
32. Our House – Madness
33. The Things We Do For Love – 10cc
34. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
35. Heal the World – Michael Jackson
36. Radio Ga Ga – Queen.
37. Praise You – Fat Boy Slim
38. New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
39. Poison – Alice Cooper
40. Living Next Door to Alice – Smokie
41. Throw Your Arms Around Me – Hunters and Collectors
42. Savin Me – Nickelback
43. Lola – The Kinx
44. Adagio in G Minor
45. You’re so Vain – Carly Simon
46. Ride The Night Away – Jimmy Barnes
47. Khe Sahn – Cold Chisel
48. Hotel California – Eagles
49. Lyin Eyes – Eagles
50. American Idiot – Green Day
51. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits.
52. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins.
53. Faith – Geroge Michael
54. Closing Time – Semsonic
55. We Are The World – USA for Africa
56. Burn For You – INXS
57. No Secrets – The Angels
58. Sad Songs Say So Much – Elton John
59. Your Song – Elton John
60. Better Than Me – Hinder
61. Walk on – U2
62. Miss Sarajevo – U2 and Pavarotti
63. Steal My Sunshine – LEN
64. I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
65. Thunderstruck – ACDC
66. Have A Little Faith In Me – John Hiatt
67. Sounds Of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
68. We Didn’t Start The Fire – Billy Joel
69. Raspberry Beret – Prince
70. How Bizarre – OMC
71. Fortunate Son – Credence Clearwater Revival
72. Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer
73. I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrants
74. So What – Pink
75. Stop – Sam Brown
76. Kiss From A Rose – Seal
77. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
78. The Flame – Cheap Trick

What would be your Top Ten Songs that are significant for you?

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