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Best Songs Ever 361 - 370

Another Friday and another 10 songs on the countdown.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.Let’s get at it right away! Ben E King#370 – If You Need A Miracle – 1993 – 1/1 Gary Hughes#369 – Lies – 2003 – 4/5379 – Ocean of Tears – 5/5 Panic! At The Disco#368 – Crazy = Genius – 2016 – 5/8448 – Do You Know What I’m Seeing? – 6/8457 – That Green Gentleman – 7/8480 – Behind The Sea –…

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Best Songs Ever 371 - 380

Another weekend.Another ten songs on the countdown.Some great selections on here.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.Below each video you will see the band, the name of the song, the year it was released and it’s standing in the band’s catalog.Example: Song #380 here is the Scorpions Wind of Change. It was released in 1990 and is, according to me, their 20th best song. There are…

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Best Songs Ever 381 - 390

I found some extra time, so here is an extra post on my countdown of the best 500 songs ever made according to me. I started counting down from 1000, so you can all the way back and look at those posts if you are so inclined.My countdown system is currently based only on the top 500.After the year the song was released, you will see two numbers that look like this 3/8.The second number (in this…

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Best Songs Ever 391 - 400

It’s taken awhile but I am finally down to the final 400 songs. Posting some really good stuff that could be in the top 200 but there’s just too much music out there and these songs couldn’t quite climb that high.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.1/1 means there is only one song by this band in the top 500 and this is it.2/2 means there are two songs by this band in the top 500 and…

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Best Songs Ever 401 - 410

I was hoping to post another countdown this weekend and here it is. These are the last songs that couldn’t quite crack into the top 400 best songs ever. It’s getting more and more difficult to do this. Great songs that fall all the way down the list. Of well, here we go.Remember, for the countdown, this is just the top 500 now.4/4 means there are 4 songs by this band in the top 500 and this is…

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Best Songs Ever 411 - 420

We are nearly done with the 400s. I have another extended weekend off work and I may find the time to finish up the top 400. We will see. For now, here are ten more songs to blast! Hope you like them as much as I do.Remember, you can listen to the songs by clicking on the embedded videos.Here we go! Bride#420 – Time – 1994 – 1/1 Allen / Lande#419 – Master of Sorrow – 2007 – 1/1 Night…

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Imaging The Crystal Crux Series In Pictures

I’ll start by saying I do not approve of how AI is being used to steal from the creative talents of real artists in all fields of art.I believe AI could and should have a role in helping solve many of humankind’s problems including healthcare, but I hate the idea of using pieces and portions of other people’s work to create something else and pawn it off as your own – and then make money from it.…

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Best Songs Ever 421 - 430

I had some free time, so here is another post. Hope everyone is enjoying the countdown and clicking on the embedded videos and listening to the songs.Allow me to rehash my system again.I originally began this as a top 1000 countdown but listing all the songs already posted by certain bands was getting long so I when I reached the top 500, I changed it to a countdown of the top 500. You can still…

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Best Songs Ever 431 - 440

It’s Memorial Day weekend so I might post several of these this weekend if I have time. For now, here is ten more songs on the countdown. Hope you enjoy them Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs. Motley Crue#440 – Shout At The Devil – 1983 – 1/1 The Offspring#439 – Rise And Fall – 2008 – 3/3 Rob Zombie#438 – Dragula – 1998 – 2/2 The White Stripes#437 – Seven Nation Army – 2003 –…

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Best Songs Ever 441 - 450

Already halfway through the 400s.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.How many of these would be in your top 500 songs? Led Zeppelin#450 – Trampled Under Foot – 1975 – 17/18487 – Misty Mountain Hop – 18/18 Tesla#449 – What A Shame – 2004 – 5/6469 – So What! – 6/6 Panic! At The Disco#448 – Do You Know What I’m Seeing – 2008 – 6/8457 – That Green Gentleman – 7/8480 – Behind the Sea –…

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Best Songs Ever 451 - 460

Continuing the countdown! Halfway through the 400s. Be sure to click on the video to hear the song. The countdown is now just the top 500 songs so 1/1 means there is only one song in the top 500 and this is it.2/2 means there are two songs by this artist or band and this is the second best song. The best is yet to come.Got it? Hope so. Here we go. Paul Gilbert#460 – I Own A Building – 2018 –…

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Best Songs Ever 461 - 470

And the countdown continues. Hope you are enjoying the music on the list. Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.Remember how the score chart works.1/1 means this band has one song in the top 500 songs and this is it.2/2 means this song is the band’s 2nd best song and there is still one more to come on the list.4/8 would mean this song is the band’s 4th best song and this band has 8…

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Best Songs Ever 471 - 480

Officially digging into the top 400s. It’s getting more and more difficult to choose between songs not that choosing any songs on this list has been easy.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs. Panic! At The Disco#480 – Behind The Sea – 2008 – 8/8 Tyketto#479 – This Is How We Say Goodbye – 2012 – 2/2 Medusa Stone#478 – Same Old Road – 2008 – 1/1 Alice Cooper#477 – School’s Out –…

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Best Songs Ever 481 - 490

A holiday weekend and I am getting this post out a little later than usual. Storms just passed through my area and I’m feeling a little under the weather and I am supposed to go to a concert on Saturday night, so here’s hoping things brighten up.In the meantime, here’s the next ten songs on my countdown.Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs. Metallica#490 – The Call of Ktulu – 1984 –…

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The Philosophy Behind Eliade In The Crystal Crux Book Series

The innumerable force continued to chant their war cry; weapons raised above their heads. “Vicar! Vicar! Vicar!”Pero turned back to Areion who had retracted his wings. Beneath the hooves of the qilin was the carcass of some dead animal or man, Pero couldn’t be sure which. “Where are we going?” Pero asked.Areion snorted and directed Pero with his flaring snout. “That way, Vicar. To Eliade.”Spread…

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Best Songs Ever 491 - 500

That’s right! Today is the day we start counting down the greatest 500 songs ever made according to me. All the songs in the former posts didn’t crack the top 500. It’s almost like a new countdown.And in the spirit of a new countdown, I won’t be counting down the number of songs by each band according to the songs in the top 1000. In other words, it’s all based on the top 500 now.1/1 means there…

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Best Songs Ever 501 - 510

All right! Here we go! The final ten songs that just couldn’t quite crack the top 500. I started counting down my personal favorite 1000 songs and finally made it halfway!Remember, all these songs, from 501-1000 are great songs. I could have easily made a list of my favorite 3000 songs. Just being in the top 1000 makes them great. But for whatever nuances in my being, some songs just didn’t get…