A to Z Music Challenge

Got this topic from Chris the Collector.

I'll stick to bands.  

* - Saw live.

# - 10000 Maniacs

A - Aerosmith

AC/DC, America

B - Beatles

Blondie*, Beastie Boys, Bangles*

C - Cars

Culture Club, Cure, Chicago, Commodores, CCR

D - Doors

Def Leppard, Dire Straits

E - Eagles

Eurhythmics

F - Foreigner

Fleetwood Mac

G - Genesis

Go Gos*, Garbage, Guns N' Roses

H - Highwaymen

I - INXS

J - Journey

Jefferson Airplane

K - Kinks 

Kiss, Killers

L - Led Zeppelin

Lynyrd Skynyrd

M - Motley Crue

Moody Blues

N - No Doubt

O - Outfield

P - Pretenders*

Police, Pink Floyd, Pet Shop Boys

Q - Queen

R - Rolling Stones

S - Steely Dan 

Supertramp, Survivor

T - Thompson Twins 

Toto, Talking Heads

U - U2*

V - Van Halen (The Diamond Dave era, not the over-commercialized bull shit era.)

W - The Who 

Wings, Whitesnake

X - X

Y - Yardbirds

Z - ZZ Top   

The Collector (thepedestriancollector.blogspot.com)

Tuesday Ten

Best Song Oscar Winners (stolen from Tex's blog)

1973:  "The Way We Were" stole it from "Live and Let Die".

1977:  "You Light Up My Life" stole it from "Nobody Does It Better"

1980:  "Fame" beat "On the Road Again" and "9 to 5".  I wonder if the country vote was split, though I might have voted the same way.

1981:  "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" beat "Endless Love" and "For Your Eyes Only".  It's not as bad as a steal, but it's definitely a mistake.

1982:  "Up Where We Belong" beat "Eye of the Tiger" and "It Might Be You".  I'm okay with this. Not enthused, but accepting.

1983:  "Flashdance... What a Feeling" won, of course.  "Maniac" was also nominated.

1984:  "I Just Called to Say I Love You" won.  "Against All Odds", "Footloose", "Ghostbusters", and "Let's hear It for the Boy" were all nominated this year.  I always thought "Ghostbusters" was overrated.  "Footloose" and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" were good songs, but "Holding Out for a Hero" was better, from the same film.  So it's the winner vs. "Against All Odds", and I can see an argument either way.

1985:  "Say You, Say Me" beat "Power of Love" and "Separate Lives".  I think the Academy got this one right.  "Separate Lives" chose the wrong year.  "Power of Love" was a worthy nom, but not quite best of the year material.

2000:  "Things Have Changed" won. Dylan.  Good stuff. 

2013:  "Let It Go" beat "Happy".  So the writers' song beat the fun song.