This year when Metallica got inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, James Hetfield read off a list of artists that he thought deserved being inducted. Kiss was at top of his list. Think of the glam, the rock anthems and explosive stage performances, their tunes stand tall.

Kiss was nominated for the Rock Hall in 2010, but didn’t make it again. When will Kiss be awarded their mark on Rock and Roll history as inductees?

http://www.kissonline.com

Thirty years ago this week, a 21-year-old Michael Jackson stood at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Rock With You.”  Michael Jackson had, of course, been famous for a decade by the time this song hit the chart, and this wasn’t even the first Number 1 song of his solo career.  “Ben” spent a week at Number 1 in 1972 and “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” had just spent a week at Number 1 in October 1979.  However, while spending 4 weeks atop the chart, ”Rock With You” gave Michael two chart-toppers in a row.  The song also arguably blasted Michael into mega-superstar status, setting him up for the success from Thiller a few years later that would earn him the title “King of Pop” that he claimed (and had written into contracts).  Certainly, ”Rock With You” is memorable for its danceability as well as the laser show and Michael’s outfit in the video.

As Social Networking continues to grow in popularity, I started putting together a list of songs that seem appropriate to pay homage of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Top 10 Social Networking Songs
1. Follow You Follow Me – Genesis
2. Thank You For Being A Friend – Golden Girls
3. Rockin Robin (Tweet Tweet) – Michael Jackson
4. Friends – Bette Middler
5. We Are Family – Sister Sledge
6. Do You Compute? – Donnie Iris & The Cruisers
7. You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
8. That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick and Friends
9. With a Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
10. Computer Love – Zapp & Roger

Do you have any social networking laced songs to add?

Do you continually sing the last song you heard? Recently I saw a medical report that cited the reason we sing the last song all day is because our brain is attempting to complete it. Most of us catch a clip of song, and it’s generally at the end of it. Then all of sudden the next thing that happens is it gets trapped in heads until another song can displace it.

What was the last song you couldn’t get out of your head?

The first dance at wedding reception between a couple is a special moment and months of decision are made on that one song. What tune did you and your significant other pick on your big night? Below is a list of common first wedding dance songs.

Popular First Songs Picked by Couples:
All I Ask of You - Phantom Cast
All My Life - Kc & Jojo
At Last – Etta James
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Close To You- The Carpenters
Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
From This Moment – Shania Twain
For Once In My Life – Michael Buble
In My Life – The Beatles
In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
Into The Mystic- Van Morrison
Love of A Lifetime – Firehouse
It Had To Be You – Harry Connick, Jr.
Our Love Is Here To Stay – Billie Holiday
Something – The Beatles
The Best Is Yet To Come – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
You Are So Beautiful -Joe Cocker

What’s Your Wedding Song?

Rolling Stone Magazine posted the top 100 songs of the decade. The number tune 1 was “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. 2000s was an amazing decade of music.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/27

They jammed in the 80s and 90s, but what happened in 2000s? My guess is Huey Lewis and the News didn’t reinvent themselves, grunge became extremely popular and their was no place for their music to live.

Huey Lewis and News Top 10 Songs:
1. Power of Love
2. Hip to Be Square
3. The Heart of Rock N’ Roll
4. Do You Believe In Love?
5. It’s Alright
6. If This Is It
7. Stuck With You
8. Doing It All For My Baby
9. I Want A New Drug
10. Jacob’s Ladder

Are there any tunes to add?

Why is the TV show Glee such a big hit? I have only seen one episode but I’ve been listening to soundtrack music. I have to say that Glee’s cast renditions of 1980s and 1990s classics are well done. Recently Glee did their version of “Jump” by Van Halen and I was surprised that the guitar solo was perfectly executed in the style of the original.

Glee is a big hit because the writers are appealing to teen drama while pulling on the heart strings of Generation X musically.

In Demolition Man, the future generation was singing along to old commercial jingles like Meow-Mix. It is 2010, will this prediction come to fruition? It seems that lately commercial jingles seem to be a dying breed because major ad companies are recycling hit tunes from the past. Perhaps society attention span and adoration for original music will surmount to a 30 second jingle for Ala Seltzer as the top hit.