September 1, 2022: Reader Tips

Reader Tips 46 Comments

Welcome to a new month, everyone! This past summer, we focused Reader Tips’ offerings heavily on movies. This month we’re going to change gears and offer you a Top 30 music countdown. There is no such perfect list but what you’ll see presented over the next 30 days is an amalgam from several different lists. I make no apologies for excluding songs that I think suck or have never heard of.  Wherever appropriate, a live version of the song will be presented. May your ears enjoy all of them!

Here is the 30th most popular song in each of five decades:

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

46 Replies to “September 1, 2022: Reader Tips”

    1. Seconded! I look forward to seeing the complete lists, even if I had mostly tuned out of popular music by the 00’s. I found myself listening to some 1974 John Denver last night on something of a whim. Spotify is outstanding value for the buck in discovering all the music you never even knew you missed in the past.

      1. I’m sure some will be disappointed. I’m essentially going through multiple published lists for each decade but skipping songs I don’t know or hate, plus adding in some that I feel should be there. Like all lists, what you’ll see here on SDA this month is heavily biased!!!

        1. Re: songs one hates. I recently built myself a “summer #1s” playlist starting at my birth year, seeking out the #1 songs on American or Canadian charts around the time of my birthday each year. Sure, the first few years I barely recognized much, but figured why not. I managed to stomach adding Prince, and even a NKOTB. Then I hit 1997 (or 1998?) and saw Hansen’s wretched “MMMBop” was #1 that year. Nope, no way, no how, couldn’t do it. End of list! 😀

  2. Ron does it again! Should be required reading everywhere.

    Crashed for a while after some yard work yesterday mornin . . . TV was on, and when I woke up some woman was pleading for Garland to go through all the confiscated material from the raid on Trump’s house – “WITH DUE DILIGENCE” – and then “wrestle with the essential issue of doing what’s in the best interests of the country.”

    Well, that would be great, except for the reality that Garland’s a political hack and completely dedicated to keeping Trump as far away from Washington as possible. I mean, any top cop who would not only allow but encourage continued suppression of Biden’s kid’s laptop should be fired and run out of town on a rail. Or hanged.

    I can tell you what’s in the best interests of the country – shut down 24/7 news feeds. Go back to local news, weather, and traffic conditions at breakfasttime. Report breaking news, such as fires or floods or disturbances at noon. Then at dinnertime give a summary of national and international happenings that might affect our economy, our security, our health, and so on.

    Don’t tell people in Albuquerque who got shot in Chicongo . . . they don’t know those people and really don’t care. Don’t tell people in Boston about gangs in L.A.; they have problems of their own. Don’t even TRY to explain Miami politics to people in Montana; it’s not relevant to them.

    CNN as a news organization is about as useful to people in flyover country as are the minutes of the Shreveport, Louisiana, school board to NASA. And MSNBC . . . as important to the “American people” as the activities of the British royal family. They’re broken records with no credibility, no value, and no audience.

    Sheeesh . . . if you had a buck for every time ABCNNBCBS and MSNBC announced “O.K.! THIS time we’ve REALLY got him !!” what color would your Mercedes be?

    And another thing that’d be in the best interests of the country . . . lotsa people being permanently denied access to microphones and TV cameras. In fact, I can name hundreds who need to be in orange jumps suits instead of pants suits or stripes instead of coats and ties. Whom, you ask?

    Fauci. Hillary. Schiff. Biden. Harris. Biden’s kid. AOC. Tlaib. Kinzinger. Cheney. DingleBarry. Klain. Pelosi. McConnell. Sotomayor. Newsom. Hochul. DiBlasio. Maddow. Goldberg. Behar. Kerry. DeNiro. Jackson-Lee. Sharpton. Stelter.

    Those jerks, and a whole lot more like ‘em, are more intent on changing the meanings of words, cancelling historical culture, mandating jabs and face diapers, amassing fortunes from insider trading, and getting re-elected than they are in doing what’s in the best interests of the nation. Their constant attacks on our founding fathers and the magnificent documents they gave us suggest they want to rename the Bill of Rights “short fiction.”

    Omar is by no means American. Neither is Tlaib. Both would be happier in Riyadh or Mecca than in Arlington or Bethesda or DuPont Circle. AOC is simply a clueless noisemaker with a nice rack; she has as much business in Congress as I have in ISIS.

    Fauci is a pox, a suppurating pustule, on America’s butt. An ego rivaling DingleBarry’s, and a flip-flop record longer than Slick’s. His little trick of saying that “all the scientists” agree on his analyses and edicts would be great except for the fact that any of ‘em who DID disagree with him were ridiculed, censored, silenced, or fired.

    Liz Cheney somehow managed to convince herself that she’s a “principled conservative” when the truth is she’s just a resentful, bitter, delusional, and thoroughly misled windmill jouster who feels that if the GOP doesn’t want her, then she’ll destroy the whole damned party. Her comparing herself to Lincoln was a result of her losing her primary by four score and seven percentage points.

    Harris? I just don’t know what’s wrong with that woman. When she tries to explain things, she comes across as someone who got her tongue wrapped around her eye teeth and can’t see what the hell she’s saying. Every time she tries to think . . . she weakens the entire country. She belongs in D.C. like J.J. Walker or Joe Namath belongs on my TV.

    Both she and Biden’s most powerful endorsement for Democrats would be to stay as far as possible away from them for the next 2 ½ months.

    Joe is an arrogant, thin-skinned, self-possessed demagogue with less than average intelligence whose campaign strategy is to defame, slander, and accuse his opponents in the most ridiculous and ill-advised ways possible. He is most certainly NOT the kindly, genial, regular guy he pretends to be, by no means grandfatherly or avuncular any more than is Dick Cheney or Hillary Clinton.

    Hey . . . ain’t it time for another end-of-the-world prediction? Covid is now as ENdemic as armpit odor, monkeypox is about as dangerous to the general public as the walking dead, the hurricane season so far has been a dud, and climate change hysteria is a scam. C’mon, supervolcano !!!

    1. Snag

      Great post…near lost my AM cafe with this little gem:

      “…. AOC is simply a clueless noisemaker with a nice rack; she has as much business in Congress as I have in ISIS…”

    2. Snagglepuss – And none of it matters – because it’s who counts the votes. Listen to the narrative they are creating. They fully intend to steal the senate and hold the house. It’s all to save democracy and protect peoples rights and keep them “safe.” Remember both Hitler and Saddam Hussein were elected with the promise of making things wonderful.

  6. About once every six months…
    I’ll have a ‘pity party’ of remembrance by myself of the tough life it’s really been with the headphones.
    My way of honoring all the dead that I’ve buried behind from infants, best friends, parents and a wife.
    Old life lines…left behind to start new…leaving any baggage behind.
    My ending song of the night is the Celine Dion song of ‘I will go on’ as I was giving CPR to my wife saying ‘Don’t leave me’….as she did…depart peacefully and uninterrupted…

  7. Breaking Great News: Sarah Moosolini lost the election in Alaska. She lost to a Democratic Indigenous Womyn who will now be in Congress (House of Reps).

    https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/31/democrat-mary-peltola-wins-special-us-house-election-will-be-first-alaska-native-elected-to-congress/

    Even better news: Biden vows to send the military in F-15s to bomb “brave” dRumpf Ultra Maga semi-fascists:

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/08/30/biden_to_brave_right-wing_americans_on_2nd_amendment_if_youre_going_to_fight_the_government_youll_need_an_f-15.html

    Finally! It is long past time for the Democrats always being so tolerant and compassionate. This is war! We must stop dRumpf from ever becoming President (even though he colluded with Russia) AGAIN!

    1. Heard a guy from Vancouver on Timcast today explain Truedoodoo, as if AOC was President.

  9. Yale psychiatrist loses attempt to get her job back after calling Trump delusional and responsible for spreading a shared psychosis among his followers.

    https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-bandy-lee-yale-psychiatrist-loses-effort-to-win-back-job-20220830-20220831-z6bxduv7lfdsnbpap7v76sqtpy-story.html

    The Department Chair wrote “I want to emphasize that you did not make these statements as a layperson offering a political judgment; you made them explicitly in your professional capacity as a psychiatrist and on the basis of your psychiatric knowledge and judgment. For that reason, the committee decided it was appropriate to consider how these statements reflected your ability to teach trainees.”

    Their conclusion was not favorable.

  10. As a subscription music listener, I’ve gotten a bit lazy in my search for a great listening lineup. I think I’ve found a loophole or cheat for what I want to hear. I select from a few artists and hit their radio station option.
    Head East
    Gerry Rafferty
    Supertramp
    Seals and Crofts
    Porcupine Tree
    These and a few others provide a radio playlist that rarely has me reaching out to hit skip.

  11. Yesterday, I did my part to annoy the eco-freaks by buying a Mazda Miata with a hard top that I can put up or down. It’s replacing a 1998 Toyota Corolla that I bought January 1, 1998, in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Corolla served me very well, as did its predecessor, a 1977 Toyota Corolla that I bought in Mountain View, California, March 9, 1977. I’m seventy now, and it’s likely that this is the last car that I’ll buy, so I wanted to have a car that would provide me with some fun, and I had some fun with it yesterday.

    1. You would be hard pressed to go wrong with a Corolla.
      The Miata,have fun and anyone annoying eco- freaks is my friend.
      I’m a couple years behind you but maybe will meet up in the future.

    2. Nicely done, Jim.
      The Climate Nutters miss the fact that you made the greenest possible selection. How much resources were consumed to manufacture your Mazda? None. It was already done.
      I think my 2002 Toyota is going to live forever.

      Enjoy yourself! We earned it.

    1. Rumour is that Zelensky ordered the offensive despite the objections of Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny.
      ZH has story how BoJo nixed peace proposal back in April.
      In December 2021, the Germans and French had proposed a settlement. That went nowhere with the USSA & UK.

      1. It was never meant to do more than to draw Siberian resources from the Donbas front. It succeeded at that. Ukrainians have no manpower to conduct that offensive to begin with. They have no air supremacy or air defense bubble, approaches to Kherson favor defenders heavily, and Ukrainians have no apatite for a city battle. As long as they keep mild pressure and keep knocking out bridges around Kherson, they can keep much larger Siberian units in check. This is not a war that Ukrainians can ever win Ervin Rommel or Von Manstein style.

  17. I wonder where BA Rupertslander has gone. He is a regular poster and has not posted for days. Hope he returns soon.

  24. Dog gone those ruskie oligarchs have bum luck.

    Ravil Maganov chair of Lukoil fell out of a hospital window and died on impact. Lukoil said Maganov had,”passed away following a severe illness”.

    Lukoil had criticised the Ukraine invasion…

    1. I’m glad Shiny Pony and his staff don’t read this blog, or you might give them an new idea on how to deal with those who disagree with them and their agenda.

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