I'm in a bit of a melancholy mood tonight, so I'll lay the ground rules. NO hip-hop or rap. R&B and Soul are allowed, but if Snoop Dogg enters the conversation, the contestant is out.
I've tried to narrow it down to 10, but some bands make that difficult, so I've narrowed it down to "anything by...." BTW: if I exceed the 30 year limit, it's because some of this stuff is timeless.
10. Anything by the Who
9. The Dance by Garth Brooks
8. The City Beneath the Sea by Harry Connick, Jr.
7. Lady Love Me by George Benson
6. Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones(okay, I'm passing on the timeline, but this is classic Stones, and Mick not only sang about the Romanovs and Russian Revolution, but the Panzers and Blitzkrieg. How could you not love a modern military synopsis in a classic rock-n-roll song?) Like The Who, I always felt that it was fun to be a little bit bad by liking the Stones.
5. Anything by Swingout Sister
4. Tell Me Where it Hurts by Kathy Tracolli
3. All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix(yeah, it exceeds the timeline I set, but it's one of the greatest guitar songs I've ever heard, and it is the finale song of the last episode of the new BSG, as Baltar and Six walk off...)
2. You Were Made for Me by Irene Cara
1. While the Night is Still Young by Billy Joel.
To some, this list may seem a bit sappy, but like I said, I'm in poor mood tonight. Enjoy...