Best Music of the Worst Years, part 3

Contains live bonus tracks from deluxe re-releases of Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses and ...And Justice For All by Metallica.  49 on are in memory of my late Uncle, who went home November 30th.

Best of 2018 (no particular order, grouped by album):
1.) Firepower-Judas Priest
2.) Evil Never Dies-Judas Priest
3.) Never the Heroes-Judas Priest
4.) Children of the Sun-Judas Priest
5.) Guardians/Rising from Ruins-Judas Priest
6.) Fat Bottomed Girls (Live in Paris)-Queen
7.) Southern Fried Friday Night-Black Stone Cherry
8.) Dsncin' in the Rain-Black Stone Cherry feat. Warren Haynes
9.) Love Ain't No Stranger (Live)-Whitesnake
10.) The Gypsy (Live)-Whitesnake
11.) Is This Love (Live)-Whitesnake
12.) Fool For You Lovin' (Live)-Whitesnake
13.) Still of the Night (Live)-Whitesnake
14.) Under the Wire-Dream Child
15.) You Can't Take Me Down-Dream Child
16.) Light of the Dark-Dream Child
17.) Until Death Do We Meet Again-Dream Child
18.) Distortion-BabyMetal
19.) Starlight-BabyMetal
20.) The Bitch is Back-Miley Cyrus
21.) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me-Miley Cyrus
22.) Happy Xmas (War is Over)-Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Sean Ono Lennon
23.) Androgynous-Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus, Laura Jane Grace
24.) Punches-Noah Cyrus feat LP
25.) Topanga-Noah Cyrus
26.) Mad at You-Noah Cyrus with Gallant
27.) Sadness-Noah Cyrus
28.) Roxanne-Glenn Hughes
29.) Heart and Soul-Michael Schenker feat. Robin McAuley and Kirk Hammett
30.) Warrior-Michael Schenker feat. Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet, Robin McAuley and Doogie White
31.) Take Me to the Church-Michael Schenker feat. Doogie White
32.) Night Moods-Michael Schenker feat. Graham Bonnet
33.) Anchors Aweigh-Michael Schenker feat. Doogie White
34.) Rock and Roll Transplant-Derek Smalls feat. Steve Lukather, Jim Keltner and Chad Smith
35.) What Could Be Greater Than A King-Rupert Gregson-Williams
36.) Permission To Come Aboard-Rupert Gregson-Williams
37.) He Commands The Sea-Rupert Gregson-Williams
38.) A Place Called Slaughter Race-Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot and Cast
39.) Seasons of Love (Live)-Idina Menzel
40.) Cake/Black Dog (Live)-Idina Menzel
41.) Dear Prudence/Do You Want To Build A Snowman? (Live)-Idina Menzel
42.) Let it Go (Live)-Idina Menzel
43.) Blackened (Live in Seattle Coliseum August 1989)-Metallica
44.) For Whom The Bell Tolls (Live in Seattle Coliseum August 1989)-Metallica
45.) One (Live in Seattle Coliseum August 1989)-Metallica
46.) Harvester of Sorrow (Live in Seattle Coliseum August 1989)-Metallica
47.) Breadfan (Live in Seattle Coliseum August 1989)-Metallica
48.) Whole Lotta Rosie (Live at the Marquee Club, London, 1987)-Guns N Roses
49.) The Loner-Bob Daisley, Doug Aldrich, Don Airey, Eric Singer
50.) Nothing's the Same-Bob Daisley feat. Glenn Hughes
51.) Nothing Breaks Like A Heart-Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus
52.) Nothing Compares 2 U-Toni Cornell
53.) Soldier of Fortune (Live)-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
54.) Praise You in this Storm (Acoustic)-Casting Crowns

Best Music of the Worst Years, part 2

There were two weekends in late September 2017 where four albums I was interested in were released, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Black Country Communion and Ronnie Montrose, Eric Singer and Ricky Phillips.

Best of 2017 (no particular order, grouped by album):
1.) Still of the Night-Halestorm
2.) Fell on Black Days-Halestorm
3.) Ride the Lightning-Halestorm
4.) Achy Breaky Heart 25th-Billy Ray Cyrus and the Silver Mullet Band
5.) Tulsa Time (ROKMAN Remix)-Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Noah Cyrus and Derek Jones
6.) Folsom Prison Blues-Billy Ray Cyrus
7.) Younger Now-Miley Cyrus
8.) Malibu-Miley Cyrus
9.) Rainbowland-Miley Cyrus feat. Dolly Parton
10.) Week Without You-Miley Cyrus
11.) I Would Die For You-Miley Cyrus
12.) Love Someone-Miley Cyrus
13.) She's Not Him-Miley Cyrus
14.) Collide-Black Country Communion
15.) The Last Song For My Resting Place-Black Country Communion
16.) Sway-Black Country Communion
17.) The Cove-Black Country Communion
18.) The Crow-Black Country Communion
19.) I'm Stuck-Noah Cyrus
20.) Stay Together-Noah Cyrus
21.) Almost Famous-Noah Cyrus
22.) Bmblb-Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams
23.) Color Blind-Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips and Eric Singer feat. Sammy Hagar and Steve Lukather
24.) Still Singin' With the Band-Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips and Eric Singer feat. Glenn Hughes, Phil Collen and Jimmy "Z" Zavala
25.) Strong Enough-Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips and Eric Singer feat. Tommy Shaw
26.) One Good Reason-Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips and Eric Singer feat. Bruce Turgon and Brad Whitford
27.) Any Minute-Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips and Eric Singer feat. Mark Farner
28.) Nineteen-Hayley Williams
29.) No Man's Land-Rupert Gregson-Williams
30.) The God of War-Rupert Gregson-Williams
31.) Megatron Negotiation-Steve Jablonsky
32.) Did you forget who I am?-Steve Jablonsky
33.) Sorry (Not Sorry)-Demi Lovato
34.) Sexy Dirty Love-Demi Lovato
35.) You Don't Do it for me Anymore-Demi Lovato
36.) Ruin the Friendship-Demi Lovato
37.) The Story of Steppenwolf-Danny Elfman
38.) Aquaman in Atlantis-Danny Elfman
39.) The Final Battle (Full-Length Bonus Track)-Danny Elfman
40.) Come Together-Gary Clark Jr., Junkie XL
41.) Fairies Wear Boots (Live)-Black Sabbath
42.) After Forever (Live)-Black Sabbath
43.) Snow Blind (Live)-Black Sabbath
44.) War Pigs (Live)-Black Sabbath
45.) Iron Man (Live)-Black Sabbath
46.) Dirty Women (Live)-Black Sabbath
47.) Paranoid (Live)-Black Sabbath

Best Music of the Worst Years, Part 1:

Going to submit names of music I really liked that was released during the last few years, which have been really hard on most people in the next few posts:

Best of 2016 (no particular order, grouped by album):
1.) Emerald-Ace Frehley feat. Slash
2.) Bring it on Home-Ace Frehley
3.) Cold Gin-Ace Frehley feat. Mike McCready
4.) Cheaper to Drink Alone-Black Stone Cherry
5.) The Rambler-Black Stone Cherry
6.) Victim of Changes (Live)-Judas Priest
7.) Halls of Valhalla (Live)-Judas Priest
8.) Redeemer of Souls (Live)-Judas Priest
9.) Breaking the Law (Live)-Judas Priest
10.) Hell Bent for Leather (Live)-Judas Priest
11.) You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Live)-Judas Priest
12.) Is She With You?-Hans Zimmer/Junkie XL
13.) Heathens-twenty one pilots
14.) Queen of Swords-Idina Menzel
15.) Karate-BabyMetal
16.) GJ!-BabyMetal
17.) Awadama Fever-BabyMetal
18.) Fortunate Son-The Dead Daisies
19.) The Fight-Operation Mindcrime
20.) Taking on the World-Operation Mindcrime
21.) yes girl-Bea Miller
22.) Heavy-Glenn Hughes
23.) How Long-Glenn Hughes
24.) Flow-Glenn Hughes
25.) Long Time Gone-Glenn Hughes
26.) Catch the Rainbow (Live)-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
27.) Perfect Strangers (Live)-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
28.) Smoke on the Water (Live)-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
29.) Man on the Silver Mountain (Live, Alternate version)-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
30.) Make Me (Cry)-Noah Cyrus feat. Labrinth
31.) Faint of Heart-Tegan and Sara
32.) Boyfriend-Tegan and Sara
33.) Dying to Know-Tegan and Sara
34.) BWU-Tegan and Sara
35.) U-turn-Tegan and Sara
36.) Tulsa Time-Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Joe Perry
37.) Hey Elvis-Billy Ray Cyrus, Bryan Adams and Glenn Hughes
38.) Help Me Make It Through The Night-Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Kenley Shea Holm
39.) Hope (Let It Find You)-Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Glenn Hughes
40.) Goin' where the lonely go-Billy Ray Cyrus and Braison Cyrus
41.) Angels Protect This Home-Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus

It's been a very long time

I got caught up in other parts of life over the last few years and things have definitely changed.  I changed churches from BCC to a reconciling congregation, becoming friends with two lesbian couples and several gay men.  As such, life sometimes gets hard.  Whenever draconian policies are ordered into existence, I immediately think of them and how they're affected.  Sometimes, I worry we'll all be forced into permafrost areas in the Cascades where we're to be beaten within an inch of our lives and they let the cold finish us off.  45's mouthpieces often remind me too much of Minimus from Animal Farm. 

I feel guilty partially praising a PureFlix film in my last post here, as I believe that company takes all of their profits and gives them to cold-hearted, right-wing politicians.  A major reason I believe this is they released at least 5 films last year, a crucial election year for control of Congress.  I haven't been able to buy most explicitly religious albums for the same reason. 

I'm no longer a fan of Stryper, their frontman Michael Sweet expressed immense love for Trump during his campaign run, even saying it was okay for him to say "grab them by the [vagina]."  What really is irritating about that is less that a year before, he said "Miley Cyrus should be judged for the sexually explicit things she does."  So if a woman chooses to dress down and say the "f" work, that's wrong, but it's okay for a man to brag about sexual assault. 

This is why I am glad I go to a reconciling congregation, a place where for once, I don't feel judged for my music choices, opinions or questions, I come to be refreshed from the strain of life, get energy to do good things in the world.  I'm not perfect, I'm just learning as I go.  I hope to pick this blog back up because I want a healthier hobby and most social media is boring me as I get older.  See you next time, whenever that is.