MUSIC PYRAMID

& The Music Vault
also known as the MUSICAL ARTISTS PYRAMID
(my favorite musical artists listed in pyramid format - alphabetical in each line)
Moody Blues

Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music * Gary Numan

Leonard Cohen * Emerson, Lake & Palmer * RUSH

Jimmy Buffett * Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds * Jethro Tull * Kraftwerk

David Bowie * Merle Haggard * Elvis Presley * Cliff Richard * Hank Williams, Sr.

Neil Diamond * Engelbert Humperdinck * Iron Butterfly * The Lettermen * Pink Floyd/David Gilmour * John Kay & Steppenwolf

Michael Buble * Frank Ifield * George Jones *Tom Jones * Rick Nelson * Randy Travis * Hank Williams, Jr.

last updated 10/06/11
After watching the Moody Blues live at the Greek Theater in 2005, I have to move them up to the top. This band is still as good as they were when they were in their early years of performing. They are a fine group of gentlemen and the additions they have added to their band are outstanding talents. Their songs sound as good to me now as they did when I was younger. After being at the top of my pyramid since its inception, Gary Numan has fallen from the number one spot for two basic reasons. Numan abandoned his early sound that I liked so much and he has failed to market himself in the United States with such simple actions as selling his live concert shows on VHS or DVD format. I love the music from his Beggars Banquet and Numa years, but he has "progressively" moved away from this earlier style. Gary Numan will always remain at the top as one of my favorite musical artists. He is a great showman and a very talented singer/song writer.
Also, I had to move John Kay & Steppenwolf into my pyramid as I've been listening to them a lot lately. They went all the way up to the 5th tier (it's never too late to start all over again). Other than Steppenwolf, the Lettermen and Elvis, my top 10 have remained the same for several years now. Depeche Mode joined the top 10 and returned to the Music Pyramid.Only the positions in the top 10 have changed. I also added the Newsboys (contemporary Christian) and Michael Buble (pronounced "Boo-blay") (singing the old standards) singing and performing somewhat like Bobby Darin / Frank Sinatra, but with his own individual style. In September of 2008, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds entered my pyramid after listening to them for 3 weeks solid. How did I discover Nick Cave? While watching an old episode of "The X-Files" where Duane Berry was on his "road trip" playing on his car radio the song "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. A month or so before I had re-watched all three "Scream" movies and suddently realized weeks later that there was a tune going through my head and I couldn't remember where I had heard it. Well I finally figured it out. It was by Nick Cave and his band. So upon listening to their "Best Of" album, I realized that I enjoyed the music of this musical band and I have cautiously placed them in the top 10 for now. They may eventually rise higher, but they would have to dethrone some band or artist that took years to earn the high spots in my pyramid. Leonard Cohen was a major influence on Nick Cave, so I've entered him into the pyramid. Right now, I'm listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.

This dynamic Musical Artists Pyramid changes all the time, depending on my up-to-date preferences. Artists that have been in my pyramid, since I created it, and bumped out are:

Honorary Musical Artists
(in a Past Music Pyramid)

ABBA, Louis Armstrong, Beatles, Blondie, Carpenters, Cars, Ray Charles, Chicago, Patsy Cline, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Crowded House, Miles Davis, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, Hall & Oates, Heart, Buddy Holly, Howlin' Wolf, Brian Hyland, Elmore James, Waylon Jennings, Journey, Mike + the Mechanics, Charles Mingus, Monkees, Newsboys, Roy Orbison, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Gene Pitney, Jim Reeves, Santana, Frank Sinatra, Spinal Tap, Steely Dan, George Strait, Stylistics, Styx, and Don Williams.

    Objectively, Elvis Presley may have had the greatest voice of any vocalist in history and for that matter, it may be a toss up between Presley and Frank Sinatra (dominating the 40's and the 50's). Fans of Nat King Cole would also have a valid gripe for not seeing him listed higher (Nat King Cole was added to the Music Pyramid on 11/04/02). My list is SUBJECTIVE, reflecting the order of whom I would want to listen to at this point in my life.
    Objectively, the Beatles may have been the finest rock & roll band of all time. I grew up in the 60's listening to and enjoying the music of Elvis and the Beatles. Sometimes, familiarity may diminish greatness on a personal subjective scale! Creating a favorite musical artists lising takes a blended combination of objective and subjective evaluations. But this listing is subjective throughout, because it is my list.
    It is not based on record sales, #1 hits, top 10 hits, top 40 albums rankings or any other objective comparison. It is based solely on my own tastes at the present time!!! If it was based on nostalgia, the 4 Seasons, the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean would have to be listed. See the OLDIES, but GOODIES page.
    I have added jazz musicians to the Musical Artist Pyramid, since my developing interest in jazz. See the Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz page for jazz listeners as well as a blues page.
    I do not include classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky; because their contribution to music was to write music and we don't have any of their personal sound performances recorded. See Classical Music & Opera page.
    I love the music of the country singer & composer Hank Williams--see my Hank Williams page.

Gary Numan will always be near the top of my musical artist list. Gary is a British artist who is best known in the United States for his song "Cars". Many uninformed Americans think of Gary Numan as a One Hit Wonder. In my opinion, only one hit was really promoted in the U.S.A. by radio and in June 1980, the song "Cars" reached #9 on the Billboard Charts. This was a time in music when Blondie had the Hit "Call Me" heading down the charts after dominating the top spot for about 6 consecutive weeks. I cannot describe Numan's music and fully give it justice. It simply has to be listened to by the discerning ear.
Not everyone will appreciate his style of music, but his loyal fans are some of the best fans in the world. Numan is an ever re-inventing himself artist, so his music listeners differ on which periods of his compositions are favored--early, middle or later.

     Personally, I rate the early period (1978-1983/Beggars Banquet label) as the most creative and best artistically; followed by the middle period (1984-1993/Numa label & IRS label) as strong enough without the early works to make Gary my favorite musical artist at the present time. His later period (1994 to date) has a few attractive songs for me (especially on his "Sacrifice" album), but his dark overtones and dark depressing lyrics on his later albums do not appeal to me; therefore I cannot put my endorsement on these later works. All I am saying here is "don't judge my musical tastes by Gary Numan's music from 1994 to date."
     The last three albums ("Sacrifice", "Exile" & "Pure") have more of the darker textures of human dispair displayed in the alternative metal/industrial music of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson.
     Along with some other Numan listeners, I hope Gary comes out of this dark period and applies his artistic abilities to lighter themes in the future.

I would highly recommend his "Premier Hits" CD (Beggars Banquet #07618-20072) with 17 songs from his early days, including an additional mix of "Cars".
The song "Cars" has been covered recently by the group Fear Factory and revived interest in Gary Numan among some nu fans.

"Premier Hits" album tracks listing: (1) CARS (Premier mix) (2) I DIE: YOU DIE (3) ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC? (4) DOWN IN THE PARK (5) WE ARE GLASS (6) BOMBERS (7) WE TAKE MYSTERY (TO BED) (8) SHE'S GOT CLAWS (9) COMPLEX (10) MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS (11) THAT'S TOO BAD (12) THIS WRECKAGE (13) WARRIORS (14) LOVE NEEDS NO DISGUISE (15) WHITE BOYS AND HEROES (16) SISTER SURPRISE (17) STORMTROOPER IN DRAG (18) CARS (Original version)

Gary's latest compilation CD is "NEW DREAMS FOR OLD 84 : 98". Below is the listing of the songs on this album. This is also a good Greatest Hits album of his middle and later songs, along with a '98 version of "Down In The Park" and a live version of "Cars". Together with Premier Hits, these two albums make a good 1-2 presentation of Numan's music.

New Dreams For Old 84 : 98
1999 Eagle Records 1. Dominion Day - (single version) 2. Metal '98 3. The Skin Game - (single edit) 4. America - (7inch) 5. Berserker - (7 inch) 6. Down In The Park '98 7. Call Out The Dogs - (7 inch) 8. New Anger - (7 inch) 9. Absolution - (single version) 10. My Dying Machine - (7 inch) 11. New Thing From London Town - (7 inch) 12. Cars - (live, ep) 13. Question Of Faith, A - (edit) 14. Your Fascination - (7 inch) 15. Magic - (b-side of Absolution) 16. Voix '98 17. I Can't Stop - (7 inch) 18. I Still Remember - (7 inch) 19. Tribal

I was introduced to Numan's music by a friend named Troy L. Walters. Troy has a refined understanding of music himself, producing his own colorful and soul piercing compositions on his computer and available on CD.

Wolf's Best of Jimmy Buffett

~if I could choose the songs for 2 CDs~
Best of Jimmy Buffett CD #1

1. Cheeseburger In Paradise
2. He Went To Paris
3. Fins
4. Son of a Son of a Sailor
5. A Pirate Looks At Forty
6. Margaritaville
7. Come Monday
8. Changes in Latitudes,
Changes in Attitudes
9. Pencil Thin Mustache
10. Grapefruit Juicy Fruit
11. Boat Drinks

12. Volcano
13. Coconut Telegraph
14. Stars On the Water
15. Who’s the Blonde Stranger?
16. Last Mango In Paris
17. If the Phone Doesn’t Ring It’s Me
18. Havana Daydreamin
19. Jolly Mon Sing
20. One Particular Harbour
21. Weather Is Here,
Wish You Were Beautiful

Best of Jimmy Buffett CD #2

1. Captain and the Kid
2. Coast of Marseilles
3. Wino and I Know
4. Smart Woman In a Real Short Skirt
5. Tin Cup Chalice
6. Knees of My Heart
7. Island
8. Tryin’ To Reason With the
Hurricane Season

9. Lovely Cruise
10. I Love the Now
11. Manana
12. Incommunicado
13. Miss You So Badly
14. Love and Luck
15. Fruitcakes
16. Jamaica Mistaica
17. I Will Play For Gumbo

Head to Margaritaville and find the Jimmy Buffett Song Titles

Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
(It doesn't get any better than this!!!!)

Bryan Ferry
& Roxy Music
A Song For Europe
All I Want Is You
Angel Eyes
Avalon
Bitter-Sweet
Both Ends Burning
Casanova
Chance Meeting
Dance Away
Do the Strand
Don’t Stop the Dance
Don’t Want To Know
Editions Of You
For Your Pleasures
Girl of My Best Friend
Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall
I Put a Spell On You
If There Is Something
In Crowd
In Every Dream Home A Heartache
In the Midnight Hour
Is Your Love Strong Enough
Jealous Guy
Just One Of These Things
Kiss and Tell
Ladytron
Let's Stick Together

Limbo
Love Is a Drug
Love Me Or Leave Me
The Main Thing
Mamouna
More Than This
Mother of Pearl
My Only Love
Oh Yeah (On the Radio)
The Only Face
Out of the Blue
Over You
Price Of Love
Pyjamarama
Re-Make/Re-Model
The Right Stuff
Same Old Scene
Sign of the Times
Slave To Love
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Street Life
Tara
These Foolish Things
This Is Tomorrow
Virginia Plain
The Way You Look Tonight
Where Or When
While My Heart Is Still Beating
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Windswept
You Do Something To Me
Your Painted Smile

www.BryanFerry.com

This just gives the viewer some idea of my musical tastes. I have a very deep interest in the U.S. Hit charts and the history of music since the late 50's.

I also appreciate many works of the great classical music composers. I listen to some opera once in a while, with an affinity for the operas of Puccini, especially "Tosca".

CLASSICAL MUSIC FAVORITES:
Beethoven "The Pastoral -- Sixth Symphony"
Tchaikovsky "The Pathetique -- Sixth Symphony"
Rimsky-Korsakov --"Scheherazade"
Dvorak -- "The New World--Ninth Symphony"
Gershwin -- "Rhapsody In Blue"

The Music Vault

I had to do a lot of research to come up with the information that follows:
So I hope you can appreciate and have fun with what is on this page

Below are 346 Songs that REALLY Impress Me!!!
Why 346? . . . Why Not?

How many songs do you know?

You can get much more out of this music Web page
if you take the time to sing -- or hum --
OUT LOUD
all the songs you know.

With how many songs can you name
the musical artist who made it popular?
(a little help is listed on down after these song titles)

(Forever) Live and Die *** (Keep Feeling) Fascination *** 25 or 6 to 4 *** A Beautiful Morning *** A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold *** A Child With the Ghost *** A Pirate Looks At Forty *** A Question of Lust *** A Song For You *** Adult Education *** After the Call *** Aja *** All I Need Is A Miracle *** All I Want is You *** All I Want to do is Make Love To You *** All Out of Love *** Alone *** America Again *** American Girl *** American Woman *** Angel *** Another Brick in the Wall *** Aqualung *** Are ‘Friends’ Electric? *** Ashes To Ashes *** Autobahn *** Babylon Sisters *** Bad Moon Rising *** Band On the Run *** Behind the Wheel *** Bennie And the Jets *** Berserker *** Big Money *** Black Friday *** Black Magic Woman *** Black Moon *** Blasphemous Rumours *** Bodhisattva *** Born To Be Wild *** Brain Damage/Eclipse *** Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show *** Brothers in Arms *** Budapest *** Bungle in the Jungle *** Calling Elvis *** Cars *** Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes *** Chariots of Fire *** Cheeseburger In Paradise *** Cherry, Cherry *** China Girl *** Close To The Edge *** Close to You *** Closer To The Heart *** Come Monday *** Come Sail Away *** Comfortably Numb *** Crimson and Clover *** Dancing Queen *** Dancing With Tears in My Eyes *** Daydream Believer *** Deacon Blues *** Desire *** Distant Early Warning *** Do It Again *** Dolls in the Shadow *** Don’t Ask Me Why *** Don’t Dream Its Over *** Don’t You Want Me *** Double Vision *** Down In the Park *** Down On The Corner *** Dream of Me *** Dreamboat Annie *** Dreaming *** Drive *** Electricity *** End Titles from “Bladerunner” *** Enjoy the Silence *** Enola Gay *** Even the Nights Are Better *** Every Breath I Take *** Every Breath You Take *** Everybody Hurts *** Everything Counts *** Evil Ways *** Expresso Love *** F.M *** Fame *** Fernando *** Flexible *** Free Fallin’ *** From the Beginning *** Gimme All Your Lovin’ *** Go Your Own Way *** Golden Years *** Good Lovin’ *** Grovin’ *** Half Heaven-Half Heartache *** Hand Me Down World *** Havana Daydreamin’ *** Have You Ever Seen the Rain? *** Heart Of Glass *** Heart Of Rock & Roll *** Heartbeat City *** Here Comes the Rain Again *** Hey You *** Hold On My Heart *** Hot Blooded *** Hotel California *** Human *** Hunger For Holiness *** Hurting Each Other *** Hymn *** I Can’t Dance *** I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) *** I Die: You Die *** I Feel Possessed *** I Know You’re Out There Somewhere *** I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For *** I Think We’re Alone Now *** I’m A Believer *** I’ve Seen All Good People a. Your Move b. All Good People *** If This Is It *** If You Leave *** If You Leave Me Now *** In the Time of Our Lives *** In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida *** Instinct *** Into Temptation *** Into the Great Wide Open *** It’s No Good *** Jesus Knows Me *** Jet Airliner *** Joy To the World *** Just Can’t Get Enough *** Just What I Needed *** Karn Evil 9, 1st Imp, Part 2 *** Kiss On My List *** Knife Edge *** Lady Writer *** Learning To Fly *** Let’s Dance *** Let’s Put It All Together *** Liar *** Living In the Past *** Locomotion *** Locomotive Breath *** Lonely Days *** Losing My Religion *** Lost in Love *** Love Is A Stranger *** Love Theme from “Bladerunner” *** Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ *** Lucky Man *** Magic *** Magic Carpet Ride *** Magic Man *** Maid of Orleans *** Main Theme from “Missing” *** Making Love Out of Nothing At all *** Mama Told Me Not To Come *** Man On the Moon *** Maneater *** Manhattan Project *** Marathon *** Margaritaville *** Me! I Disconnect From You *** Melrose *** Message In A Bottle *** Metal on Metal *** Mirage *** Modern Love *** Money For Nothing *** Monster/Suicide/America *** Mony, Mony *** More Than A Woman *** Most Anything You Want *** My Breathing *** My Old School *** Mysterious Ways *** Neon Lights *** Never *** Never Let Me Down Again *** New Kid In Town *** New World Man *** New Year’s Day *** Night Fever *** Nights in White Satin *** No Time *** Nothin’ At All *** Once Upon a Time in the West *** One *** One Man in My Heart *** One Of These Nights *** One On One *** One Particular Harbour *** One Way Or Another *** Only Love Can Break A Heart *** Only When I Lose Myself *** Other Side of Life *** Passing Strangers *** Peg *** Personal Jesus *** Peter Gunn *** Philadelphia Freedom *** Pirates *** Pleasant Valley Sunday *** Possession *** Pride (In the Name of Love) *** Private Eyes *** Private Investigations *** Private Universe *** Radioactivity *** Rapture *** Real Fright *** Reap the Wild Wind *** Red Barchetta *** Reeling In the Years *** Rhiannon *** Rich Girl *** Rikki Don’t Lose That Number *** Ripple *** Rock’N Me *** Rocket Man *** Roll On Down the Highway *** Rolling Down Cahuenga *** Romeo & Juliet *** Rough Boy *** Roundabout *** Roxanne *** Run Through the Jungle *** Samba Pa Ti *** Sara Smile *** Say It Isn’t So *** Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) *** Shake It Up *** Shake the Disease *** Sharp Dressed Man *** She’s Gone *** She’s Got Claws *** She’s Not There *** Shilo *** Shine On You Crazy Diamond *** Show Me the Way *** Showroom Dummies *** Silent Running *** Silly Love Songs *** Sleepwalk *** So Far Away *** So In Love *** Something So Strong *** Son Of A Son Of A Sailor *** Sorrow *** Soul Experience *** Sound And Vision *** Space Oddity *** Spirits In the Material World *** Stay With Me Tonight *** Stayin’ Alive *** Still...You Turn Me On *** Story In Your Eyes *** Stranded *** Strange Brew *** Strangelove *** Stuck With You *** Sugar Magnolia *** Suite Madame Blue *** Sultans of Swing *** Sunshine Of Your Love *** Superstar *** Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) *** Take the Money & Run *** Taken In *** Takin’ Care Of Business *** Talking Loud and Clear *** Teacher *** Tell Her No *** That’ll Be the Day *** That’s All *** The Grand Illusion *** The Joker *** The Living Years *** The Model *** The One That You Love *** The Robots *** The Tide Is High *** The Unforgettable Fire *** Theme from “Antarctica” *** There is a God *** There Must Be An Angel *** These Dreams *** These Eyes *** Thick As a Brick *** This Girl Is A Woman Now *** This Is the Moment *** Thorn In My Side *** Ticket To Ride *** Time *** Time of the Season *** Time Stand Still *** Tom Sawyer *** Tonight She Comes *** Too Old to Rock and Roll *** Top of the World *** Trans-Europe Express *** Truckin’ *** True Love Ways *** Tuesday Afternoon *** Tunnel of Love *** Tush *** Uncle Albert *** Up Around the Bend *** Vienna *** Waiting For A Girl Like You *** Walk of Life *** Walking in My Shoes *** Walking On the Milky Way *** Waterloo *** We Are Glass *** We Take Mystery To Bed *** We’ve Only Just Begun *** Well...All Right *** What About Love? *** What’s the Frequency Kenneth? *** Wheel In the Sky *** Where the Streets Have No Name *** White Room *** Who Will You Run To? *** Who’ll Stop the Rain? *** Who’s Crying Now *** Who’s That Girl? *** Who’s the Blonde Stranger *** Wish You Were Here *** With or Without You *** Woman, Woman *** Would I Lie To You? *** You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet *** You Are Everything *** You Make Loving Fun *** You Make Me Feel Brand New *** You Might Think *** You’re The Inspiration *** Young Girl *** Your Fascination *** Your Wildest Dreams ***

HELP IS ON THE WAY...............

Here below are the 64 Musical Artists who performed
the above 346 Songs that Impress Me,
so obviously these 64 musical artists impress me!

Why 64 artists? . . . Because 8 squared is 64
and there are 64 squares on a chessboard.
64 is a very special and magical number.
Actually it just came out that way!

ABBA *** Air Supply *** Bachman Turner Overdrive *** Bee Gees *** Blondie *** David Bowie *** Jimmy Buffett *** Carman *** Carpenters *** Cars *** Chicago *** Cream *** Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Crowded House *** Depeche Mode *** Neil Diamond *** Dire Straits *** Eagles *** Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Eurythmics *** Fleetwood Mac *** Foreigner *** Genesis *** Grateful Dead *** Guess Who *** Hall & Oates *** Heart *** Buddy Holly *** The Human League *** Iron Butterfly *** Tommy James & the Shondells *** Jethro Tull *** Elton John *** Journey *** Kraftwerk *** Huey Lewis and the News *** Mike + the Mechanics *** Monkees *** Moody Blues *** Gary Numan *** Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers *** Pink Floyd *** Gene Pitney *** Police *** Gary Puckett & the Union Gap *** R.E.M. *** Rascals *** RUSH *** Santana *** Steely Dan *** Steppenwolf *** Steve Miller Band *** Stylistics *** Styx *** Tangerine Dream *** Three Dog Night *** U2 *** Ultravox *** Vangelis *** Paul McCartney & Wings *** Yes *** ZZ Top *** Zombies

Oh heck! Here is the solution
showing all the musical artists
matched up with the songs they performed

(Forever) Live and Die * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** (Keep Feeling) Fascination * The Human League *** 25 or 6 to 4 * Chicago *** A Beautiful Morning * Rascals *** A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold * Mike + the Mechanics *** A Child With the Ghost * Gary Numan *** A Pirate Looks At Forty * Jimmy Buffett *** A Question of Lust * Depeche Mode *** A Song For You * Carpenters *** Adult Education * Hall & Oates *** After the Call * Tangerine Dream *** Aja * Steely Dan *** All I Need Is A Miracle * Mike + the Mechanics *** All I Want is You * U2 *** All I Want to do is Make Love To You * Heart *** All Out of Love * Air Supply *** Alone * Heart *** America Again * Carman *** American Girl * Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers *** American Woman * Guess Who *** Angel * Eurythmics *** Another Brick in the Wall * Pink Floyd *** Aqualung * Jethro Tull *** Are ‘Friends’ Electric? * Gary Numan *** Ashes To Ashes * David Bowie *** Autobahn * Kraftwerk *** Babylon Sisters * Steely Dan *** Bad Moon Rising * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Band On the Run * Paul McCartney & Wings *** Behind the Wheel * Depeche Mode *** Bennie And the Jets * Elton John *** Berserker * Gary Numan *** Big Money * RUSH *** Black Friday * Steely Dan *** Black Magic Woman * Santana *** Black Moon * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Blasphemous Rumours * Depeche Mode *** Bodhisattva * Steely Dan *** Born To Be Wild * Steppenwolf *** Brain Damage/Eclipse * Pink Floyd *** Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show * Neil Diamond *** Brothers in Arms * Dire Straits *** Budapest * Jethro Tull *** Bungle in the Jungle * Jethro Tull *** Calling Elvis * Dire Straits *** Cars * Gary Numan *** Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes * Jimmy Buffett *** Chariots of Fire * Vangelis *** Cheeseburger In Paradise * Jimmy Buffett *** Cherry, Cherry * Neil Diamond *** China Girl * David Bowie *** Close To The Edge * Yes *** Close to You * Carpenters *** Closer To The Heart * RUSH *** Come Monday * Jimmy Buffett *** Come Sail Away * Styx *** Comfortably Numb * Pink Floyd *** Crimson and Clover * Tommy James & the Shondells *** Dancing Queen * ABBA *** Dancing With Tears in My Eyes * Ultravox *** Daydream Believer * Monkees *** Deacon Blues * Steely Dan *** Desire * U2 *** Distant Early Warning * RUSH *** Do It Again * Steely Dan *** Dolls in the Shadow * Tangerine Dream *** Don’t Ask Me Why * Eurythmics *** Don’t Dream Its Over * Crowded House *** Don’t You Want Me * The Human League *** Double Vision * Foreigner *** Down In the Park * Gary Numan *** Down On The Corner * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Dream of Me * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Dreamboat Annie * Heart *** Dreaming * Heart *** Drive * Cars *** Electricity * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** End Titles from “Bladerunner” * Vangelis *** Enjoy the Silence * Depeche Mode *** Enola Gay * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Even the Nights Are Better * Air Supply *** Every Breath I Take * Gene Pitney *** Every Breath You Take * Police *** Everybody Hurts * R.E.M. *** Everything Counts * Depeche Mode *** Evil Ways * Santana *** Expresso Love * Dire Straits *** F.M * Steely Dan *** Fame * David Bowie *** Fernando * ABBA *** Flexible * Depeche Mode *** Free Fallin’ * Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers *** From the Beginning * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Gimme All Your Lovin’ * ZZ Top *** Go Your Own Way * Fleetwood Mac *** Golden Years * David Bowie *** Good Lovin’ * Rascals *** Grovin’ * Rascals *** Half Heaven-Half Heartache * Gene Pitney *** Hand Me Down World * Guess Who *** Havana Daydreamin’ * Jimmy Buffett *** Have You Ever Seen the Rain? * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Heart Of Glass * Blondie *** Heart Of Rock & Roll * Huey Lewis and the News *** Heartbeat City * Cars *** Here Comes the Rain Again * Eurythmics *** Hey You * Pink Floyd *** Hold On My Heart * Genesis *** Hot Blooded * Foreigner *** Hotel California * Eagles *** Human * The Human League *** Hunger For Holiness * Carman *** Hurting Each Other * Carpenters *** Hymn * Vangelis *** I Can’t Dance * Genesis *** I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) * Hall & Oates *** I Die: You Die * Gary Numan *** I Feel Possessed * Crowded House *** I Know You’re Out There Somewhere * Moody Blues *** I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For * U2 *** I Think We’re Alone Now * Tommy James & the Shondells *** I’m A Believer * Monkees *** I’ve Seen All Good People a. Your Move b. All Good People * Yes *** If This Is It * Huey Lewis and the News *** If You Leave * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** If You Leave Me Now * Chicago *** In the Time of Our Lives * Iron Butterfly *** In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida * Iron Butterfly *** Instinct * Crowded House *** Into Temptation * Crowded House *** Into the Great Wide Open * Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers *** It’s No Good * Depeche Mode *** Jesus Knows Me * Genesis *** Jet Airliner * Steve Miller Band *** Joy To the World * Three Dog Night *** Just Can’t Get Enough * Depeche Mode *** Just What I Needed * Cars *** Karn Evil 9, 1st Imp, Part 2 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Kiss On My List * Hall & Oates *** Knife Edge * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Lady Writer * Dire Straits *** Learning To Fly * Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers *** Let’s Dance * David Bowie *** Let’s Put It All Together * Stylistics *** Liar * Three Dog Night *** Living In the Past * Jethro Tull *** Locomotion * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Locomotive Breath * Jethro Tull *** Lonely Days * Bee Gees *** Losing My Religion * R.E.M. *** Lost in Love * Air Supply *** Love Is A Stranger * Eurythmics *** Love Theme from “Bladerunner” * Vangelis *** Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ * Journey *** Lucky Man * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Magic * Cars *** Magic Carpet Ride * Steppenwolf *** Magic Man * Heart *** Maid of Orleans * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Main Theme from “Missing” * Vangelis *** Making Love Out of Nothing At all * Air Supply *** Mama Told Me Not To Come * Three Dog Night *** Man On the Moon * R.E.M. *** Maneater * Hall & Oates *** Manhattan Project * RUSH *** Marathon * RUSH *** Margaritaville * Jimmy Buffett *** Me! I Disconnect From You * Gary Numan *** Melrose * Tangerine Dream *** Message In A Bottle * Police *** Metal on Metal * Kraftwerk *** Mirage * Tommy James & the Shondells *** Modern Love * David Bowie *** Money For Nothing * Dire Straits *** Monster/Suicide/America * Steppenwolf *** Mony, Mony * Tommy James & the Shondells *** More Than A Woman * Bee Gees *** Most Anything You Want * Iron Butterfly *** My Breathing * Gary Numan *** My Old School * Steely Dan *** Mysterious Ways * U2 *** Neon Lights * Kraftwerk *** Never * Heart *** Never Let Me Down Again * Depeche Mode *** New Kid In Town * Eagles *** New World Man * RUSH *** New Year’s Day * U2 *** Night Fever * Bee Gees *** Nights in White Satin * Moody Blues *** No Time * Guess Who *** Nothin’ At All * Heart *** Once Upon a Time in the West * Dire Straits *** One * U2 *** One Man in My Heart * The Human League *** One Of These Nights * Eagles *** One On One * Hall & Oates *** One Particular Harbour * Jimmy Buffett *** One Way Or Another * Blondie *** Only Love Can Break A Heart * Gene Pitney *** Only When I Lose Myself * Depeche Mode *** Other Side of Life * Moody Blues *** Passing Strangers * Ultravox *** Peg * Steely Dan *** Personal Jesus * Depeche Mode *** Peter Gunn * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Philadelphia Freedom * Elton John *** Pirates * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Pleasant Valley Sunday * Monkees *** Possession * Iron Butterfly *** Pride (In the Name of Love) * U2 *** Private Eyes * Hall & Oates *** Private Investigations * Dire Straits *** Private Universe * Crowded House *** Radioactivity * Kraftwerk *** Rapture * Blondie *** Real Fright * Iron Butterfly *** Reap the Wild Wind * Ultravox *** Red Barchetta * RUSH *** Reeling In the Years * Steely Dan *** Rhiannon * Fleetwood Mac *** Rich Girl * Hall & Oates *** Rikki Don’t Lose That Number * Steely Dan *** Ripple * Grateful Dead *** Rock’N Me * Steve Miller Band *** Rocket Man * Elton John *** Roll On Down the Highway * Bachman Turner Overdrive *** Rolling Down Cahuenga * Tangerine Dream *** Romeo & Juliet * Dire Straits *** Rough Boy * ZZ Top *** Roundabout * Yes *** Roxanne * Police *** Run Through the Jungle * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Samba Pa Ti * Santana *** Sara Smile * Hall & Oates *** Say It Isn’t So * Hall & Oates *** Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) * Journey *** Shake It Up * Cars *** Shake the Disease * Depeche Mode *** Sharp Dressed Man * ZZ Top *** She’s Gone * Hall & Oates *** She’s Got Claws * Gary Numan *** She’s Not There * Zombies *** Shilo * Neil Diamond *** Shine On You Crazy Diamond * Pink Floyd *** Show Me the Way * Styx *** Showroom Dummies * Kraftwerk *** Silent Running * Mike + the Mechanics *** Silly Love Songs * Paul McCartney & Wings *** Sleepwalk * Ultravox *** So Far Away * Dire Straits *** So In Love * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Something So Strong * Crowded House *** Son Of A Son Of A Sailor * Jimmy Buffett *** Sorrow * David Bowie *** Soul Experience * Iron Butterfly *** Sound And Vision * David Bowie *** Space Oddity * David Bowie *** Spirits In the Material World * Police *** Stay With Me Tonight * The Human League *** Stayin’ Alive * Bee Gees *** Still...You Turn Me On * Emerson, Lake & Palmer *** Story In Your Eyes * Moody Blues *** Stranded * Heart *** Strange Brew * Cream *** Strangelove * Depeche Mode *** Stuck With You * Huey Lewis and the News *** Sugar Magnolia * Grateful Dead *** Suite Madame Blue * Styx *** Sultans of Swing * Dire Straits *** Sunshine Of Your Love * Cream *** Superstar * Carpenters *** Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * Eurythmics *** Take the Money & Run * Steve Miller Band *** Taken In * Mike + the Mechanics *** Takin’ Care Of Business * Bachman Turner Overdrive *** Talking Loud and Clear * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Teacher * Jethro Tull *** Tell Her No * Zombies *** That’ll Be the Day * Buddy Holly *** That’s All * Genesis *** The Grand Illusion * Styx *** The Joker * Steve Miller Band *** The Living Years * Mike + the Mechanics *** The Model * Kraftwerk *** The One That You Love * Air Supply *** The Robots * Kraftwerk *** The Tide Is High * Blondie *** The Unforgettable Fire * U2 *** Theme from “Antarctica” * Vangelis *** There is a God * Carman *** There Must Be An Angel * Eurythmics *** These Dreams * Heart *** These Eyes * Guess Who *** Thick As a Brick * Jethro Tull *** This Girl Is A Woman Now * Gary Puckett & the Union Gap *** This Is the Moment * Moody Blues *** Thorn In My Side * Eurythmics *** Ticket To Ride * Carpenters *** Time * Pink Floyd *** Time of the Season * Zombies *** Time Stand Still * RUSH *** Tom Sawyer * RUSH *** Tonight She Comes * Cars *** Too Old to Rock and Roll * Jethro Tull *** Top of the World * Carpenters *** Trans-Europe Express * Kraftwerk *** Truckin’ * Grateful Dead *** True Love Ways * Buddy Holly *** Tuesday Afternoon * Moody Blues *** Tunnel of Love * Dire Straits *** Tush * ZZ Top *** Uncle Albert * Paul McCartney & Wings *** Up Around the Bend * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Vienna * Ultravox *** Waiting For A Girl Like You * Foreigner *** Walk of Life * Dire Straits *** Walking in My Shoes * Depeche Mode *** Walking On the Milky Way * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark *** Waterloo * ABBA *** We Are Glass * Gary Numan *** We Take Mystery To Bed * Gary Numan *** We’ve Only Just Begun * Carpenters *** Well...All Right * Buddy Holly *** What About Love? * Heart *** What’s the Frequency Kenneth? * R.E.M. *** Wheel In the Sky * Journey *** Where the Streets Have No Name * U2 *** White Room * Cream *** Who Will You Run To? * Heart *** Who’ll Stop the Rain? * Creedence Clearwater Revival *** Who’s Crying Now * Journey *** Who’s That Girl? * Eurythmics *** Who’s the Blonde Stranger * Jimmy Buffett *** Wish You Were Here * Pink Floyd *** With or Without You * U2 *** Woman, Woman * Gary Puckett & the Union Gap *** Would I Lie To You? * Eurythmics *** You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet * Bachman Turner Overdrive *** You Are Everything * Stylistics *** You Make Loving Fun * Fleetwood Mac *** You Make Me Feel Brand New * Stylistics *** You Might Think * Cars *** You’re The Inspiration * Chicago *** Young Girl * Gary Puckett & the Union Gap *** Your Fascination * Gary Numan *** Your Wildest Dreams * Moody Blues ***

The following is a Short List of All My Favorite Musical Artists
(see, I considered some of your favorites
when I constructed my MUSIC PYRAMID)

5th Dimension * Abba * Air Supply * Alabama * Herb Alpert * America * John Anderson * Animals * Louis Armstrong * Eddy Arnold * Asia * Association * Trace Atkins * Bachman Turner Overdrive * Bobby Bare * Count Basie * Bay City Rollers * Beach Boys * Beatles * Bee Gees * Tony Bennett * Brook Benton * Clint Black * Blondie * Blood, Sweat & Tears * Blues Brothers * Gordon Bohnham * Bond * Pat Boone * Boston * David Bowie * bread * Edie Brickell * Garth Brooks * Brooks & Dunn * Dave Brubeck *Michael Buble * Buckinghams * Jimmy Buffett * Byrds * Glen Campbell * Captain & Tennille * Carman * Carpenters * Cars * Johnny Cash * Ray Charles * Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds * Kenny Chesney * Chicago * Lou Christie * David Church * Suzanne Ciani * Classics IV * Eric Clapton * Petula Clark * Ben Colder * David Allan Coe * Leonard Cohen * Marc Cohn * Nat King Cole * Earl Thomas Conley * John Coltrane * Elvis Costello * Cream * Creedence Clearwater Revival * Patsy Cline * Phil Collins * Perry Como * Bing Crosby * Crosley, Stills & Nash * Crowded House * Charlie Daniels Band * Bobby Darin * Dave Clark Five * Miles Davis * Depeche Mode * Devo * Neil Diamond * Bo Diddley * Dion * Dire Straits * Willie Dixon * Donovan * Doors * Bob Dylan * Eagles * Duke Ellington * Emerson Lake & Palmer * Enya * Eurythmics * Bill Evans * Everly Brothers * Shelley Fabares * Bryan Ferry * Ella Fitzgerald * Fleetwood Mac * A Flock of Seagulls * Tennessee Ernie Ford * Foreigner * Four Seasons * Aretha Franklin * Connie Frances * Lefty Frizzell * Crystal Gayle * Marvin Gaye * Crystal Gayle * Genesis * Stan Getz * Don Gibson * Vince Gill * Dizzy Gillespie * Benny Goodman * Grassroots * Grateful Dead * Guess Who * Buddy Guy * Merle Haggard * Hall & Oates * Heart * Herman's Hermits * Billie Holiday * Hollies * Buddy Holly * John Lee Hooker * David Houston * Howlin' Wolf * The Human League * Engelbert Humperdinck * Brian Hyland * Frank Ifield * Iron Butterfly * Alan Jackson * Elmore James * Tommy James & The Shondells * Jan & Dean * Jay & the Americans * Waylon Jennings * Jethro Tull * Billy Joey * Elton John * Robert Johnson * George Jones * Tom Jones * Journey * Judds * Kansas * Toby Keith * Sammy Kershaw * Albert King * Freddie King * B. B. King * Kingston Trio * Kinks * Kitaro * Kraftwerk * Jonny Lang * Led Zeppelin * Chris LeDoux * Brenda Lee * Lettermen * Gary Lewis & the Playboys * Huey Lewis And The News * Jerry Lee Lewis * Lightnin' Hopkins * Professor Longhair * Lovin' Spoonful * Loretta Lynn * Martina McBride * Reba McEntire * Mamas & the Papas * Barbara Mandrell * Mannheim Steamroller * Dean Martin * Johnny Mathis * John Mayall * John Mellencamp * Mike + The Mechanics * Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes * Glenn Miller * Roger Miller * Ronnie Milsap * Charles Mingus * Thelonious Monk * Monkees * Hugo Montenegro * Montogomery Gentry * Moody Blues * Lee Morgan * Ennio Morricone * Jelly Roll Morton * Ann Murray * Ricky Nelson * Willie Nelson * Newsboys * Gary Numan * Daniel O' Donnell * Roy Orbison * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark * Tony Orlando & Dawn * Buck Owens * Robert Palmer * Emile Pandolfi * Charlie "Bird" Parker * Dolly Parton * Partridge Family * Charley Patton * Peter, Paul & Mary * Webb Pierce * Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers * Pink Floyd * Gene Pitney * Platters * Police * Elvis Presley * Ray Price * Charley Pride * Gary Puckett & The Union Gap * Radiohead * R.E.M. * Gerry Rafferty * Rascals * Rascal Flatts * Helen Reddy * Jim Reeves * Paul Revere & the Raiders * Charlie Rich * Cliff Richard * Righteous Brothers * Leann Rimes * Johnny Rivers * Marty Robbins * Jimmie Rodgers * Tommy Roe * Rolling Stones * Sonny Rollins * Linda Ronstadt * Diana Ross * Roxy Music * Rush * Santana * Boz Scaggs * Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band * Del Shannon * Simon & Garfunkel * Frank Sinatra * Carl Smith * Smithereens * Hank Snow * Spanky & Our Gang * Statler Brothers * Steely Dan * Steppenwolf * Steve Miller Band * Cat Stevens * Ray Stevens * Rolling Stones * George Strait * * Stylistics * Styx * Sugarloaf * Donna Summer * Supremes * Taylor Swift * T. Rex * James Taylor * Tangerine Dream * Tears For Fears * Temptations * B. J. Thomas * Hank Thompson * Three Dog Night * George Thorogood * Johnny Tillotson * Randy Travis * Troggs * Ernest Tubb * Tanya Tucker * Turtles * Conway Twitty * U2 * Ultravox * Keith Urban * Vangelis * Stevie Ray Vaughan * Steve Vaus * Bobby Vee * Ventures * Bobby Vinton * Vogues * Jerry Jeff Walker * Little Walter * War * Dionne Warwick * Muddy Waters * Kitty Wells * Roger Whitaker * The Who * Don Williams * Hank Williams * Hank Williams, Jr. * Sonny Boy Williamson II * Slim Whitman * Paul McCartney & Wings * "Weird Al" Yankovich * Darryl Worley * Tammy Wynette * Yardbirds * Yes * Dwight Yoakam * Z Z Top * Zombies

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