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The Running Man is #100 to reach 100k

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Last night as I posted my thoughts I realized I was about to reach that point level only achieved by a small group of members.  At the beginning of the year when I accidentally ran into ActiveRain the ten thousand point barrier seemed like a daunting task...... Ten months later this post pushes into six figures.

My mind began to wonder... How many member reach 100k?   After a little research I found that I would be a somewhat historic member of the group...  Member number #100 to reach 100,000 points.  As a dozed off I was clueless as far as what to post for this big one.

Woke up this morning with the idea of selecting 2 songs I like that were released during the last 50 years.  Anyone that follows my blog is most likely aware my musical taste is well rooted in the Classic Rock of the 60's and 70's.  When Disco came along I was one to say Disco Sucks.  While the years continued on into Grudge and all that Rap Crap my ear happily stayed behind. 

Selecting songs from each year turned out to be a little difficult.  Over time we all hear the classics from decades past and selecting songs was fairly easy.  Seem my brick wall was 1988.  Don't think I was alone in the realization that late 80's music was pretty bad.  Many of the artists I enjoy must have also noticed because they went back to work in the early 90's.

1958

 

Summertime Blues

 

Eddie Cochran

1958

 

Johnny B. Goode

 

Chuck Berry

1959

 

Money

 

Barrett Strong

1959

 

Shout

 

Isley Brothers

1960

 

The Twist

 

Chubby Checkers

1960

 

Stay

 

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

1961

 

Hit the Road Jack

 

Ray Charles

1961

 

The Wanderer

 

Dion & The Belmonts

1962

 

Twist andShout

 

Isley Brothers

1962

 

The Loco-Motion

 

Little Eva

1963

 

I Saw Her Standing There

 

Beatles

1963

 

Louie Louie

 

Kingsmen

1964

 

You Really Got Me

 

Kinks

1964

 

House of the Rising Sun

 

Animals

1965

 

Satisfaction

 

Rolling Stones

1965

 

My Generation

 

The Who

1966

 

For What it's Worth

 

Buffalo Springfiled

1966

 

Good Vibrations

 

Beach Boys

1967

 

Purple Haze

 

Jimi Hendrix

1967

 

Light My Fire

 

The Doors

1968

 

All Along the Watch Tower

 

Jimi Hendrix

1968

 

Born to be Wild

 

Steppenwolf

1969

 

Bad Moon Rising

 

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1969

 

Whole Lotta Love

 

Led Zeppelin

1970

 

Who'll Stop the Rain

 

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1970

 

Your Song

 

Elton John

1971

 

Maggie May

 

Rod Stewart

1971

 

Imagine

 

John Lennon

1972

 

Walk on the Wild Side

 

Lou Reed

1972

 

Heart of Gold

 

Neil Young

1973

 

Piano Man

 

Billy Joel

1973

 

Free Bird

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1974

 

Sweet Home Alabama

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1974

 

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

 

Bachman Turner Overdrive

1975

 

Bohemian Rhapsody

 

Queen

1975

 

Born to Run

 

Bruce Springsteen

1976

 

The Boys are Back in Town

 

Thin Lizzy

1976

 

Night Moves

 

Bob Seger

1977

 

Dreams

 

Fleetwood Mac

1977

 

We Will Rock You / Champions

 

Queen

1978

 

Old Time Rock and Roll

 

Bob Seger

1978

 

Roxanne

 

The Police

1979

 

Message in a Bottle

 

The Police

1979

 

Another Brick in the Wall Part 2

 

Pink Floyd

1980

 

You Shook Me All Night Long

 

AC/DC

1980

 

Another One Bites the Dust

 

Queen

1981

 

Tainted Love

 

Soft Shell

1981

 

I Love Rock N Roll

 

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

1982

 

Rock The Casbah

 

The Clash

1982

 

Billie Jean

 

Micheal Jackson

1983

 

Jump

 

Van Halen

1983

 

Every Breath You Take

 

The Police

1984

 

Born in the U.S.A.

 

Bruce Springsteen

1984

 

Like a Virgin

 

Madonna

1985

 

Money For Nothing

 

Dire Straits

1985

 

Addicted to Love

 

Rober Palmer

1986

 

Sledgehammer

 

Peter Gabriel

1986

 

Livin' on a Prayer

 

Bon Jovi

1987

 

With or Without You

 

U2

1987

 

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

U2

1988

 

Locomotive Breath - 20 Years of Tull

 

Jethro Tull

1988

 

Too Old To Rock n Roll - 20 Years of Tull

 

Jethro Tull

1989

 

Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

 

Neil Young

1989

 

Free Falling

 

Tom Petty

1990

 

Money Talks

 

AC/DC

1990

 

What it Takes

 

Areosmith

1991

 

Losing My Religon

 

REM

1991

 

Rhythm of My Heart

 

Rod Stewart

1992

 

I Can't Dance

 

Genesis

1992

 

Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

Nirvana

1993

 

Mary Jane's Last Dance

 

Tom Petty

1993

 

Livin' on the Edge

 

Areosmith

1994

 

Mr. Jones

 

Counting Crows

1994

 

You Don't Know How it Feels

 

Tom Petty

1995

 

December

 

Collective Soul

1995

 

 

 

 

1996

 

 

 

 

1996

 

 

 

 

1997

 

Push

 

Matchbox 20

1997

 

 

 

 

1998

 

 

 

 

1998

 

 

 

 

1999

 

Higher

 

Creed

1999

 

 

 

 

2000

 

 

 

 

2000

 

 

 

 

2001

 

 

 

 

2001

 

 

 

 

2002

 

 

 

 

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2003

 

 

 

 

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2004

 

 

 

 

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2005

 

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

In the mid nineties I decided I had aged enough and stayed with my musical collection of the day. I'll leave space for the younger crowed to enlighten me.  Was there any decent music for Classic Rockers to enjoy during the last dozen years?   Feel free to link in the comment section and include the year it hit the charts...

 

Comments (57)

No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Neal...  With all the people here it's impossible to follow everything.  If we keep up with 50 or so people we're doing good.

Karen... Age is just a silly number... Mine is fresh in my mind since I just had to adjust the time on my Heart Rate Watch that I use for running and while scrolling through the options the age 32was very clear. Yes... I had to shave a few year off my chronological age so the monitor didn't miss classify me...  :-)

Nov 11, 2007 11:21 PM
Karen Hurst
RICOASTALLIVING.COM - Warwick, RI
Rhode Island Waterfront!
Dan, 32?  If I did that, I would definitely have a heart attack! I know you are younger than I, in fact, I would venture to say most of AR is younger than I!! Age doesn't bother me, because I can still outlast my children!  Athough the grandkids are a challenge.
Nov 11, 2007 11:27 PM
Suzanne Sands
Pavao Real Estate - Somerset, MA
Somerset MA Real Estate

I'm sure you can think of something.....

Nov 12, 2007 01:13 AM
Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro
Hi Dan--Congrats on joining the 100000 point club! I agree with most of your musical choices but what is it with guys and Jethro Tull? I just don't get that music and every male I know think they are awesome....Anyway. A few new bands that I really like are The Fray, Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie and Five for Fighting. My kids really like System of a Down and Linkin Park...And Weird Al Yankovik along with REM, Queen, AC/DC and other old stuff. I get weird stuff on my MP3 when they add new music.
Nov 12, 2007 01:19 AM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Karen... Maybe a couple years younger... But age is getting harder and harder to detect.

Suzanne... Maybe your Pillow Talk post will Tee Me Off....  :-)

Teri... You lost me with most of those new bands. I don't feel to bad though, my oldest son was looking at our youngest's laptop and he hadn't hard of many of the groups..

Nov 12, 2007 01:49 AM
Suzanne Sands
Pavao Real Estate - Somerset, MA
Somerset MA Real Estate
Keep dreaming....LOL! ;)
Nov 12, 2007 02:06 AM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Bright... Yes, who'd a thought this place would be so much fun.  BTW - Are you and the baby out running yet?

Suzanne...Don't insinuate I'm dreaming.... I distinctly remember a few days ago you saying something about a post called Pillow Talk with a real estate twist...  Writer's Block?

 

Nov 12, 2007 02:27 AM
Brad Andersohn
Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA
ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876
Dan WOW!! - congrats! I know how much work you put into pulling all those links, great job! I like every song on the list!  Gonna be here a while tonight! LOL!
Nov 12, 2007 05:18 AM
Suzanne Sands
Pavao Real Estate - Somerset, MA
Somerset MA Real Estate

Dan,

That sounds a little twisted around, never had writers block....I believed you just assumed and I believe the pillow talk was your idea....now I must be dreamin! 

Nov 12, 2007 06:06 AM
David Dee
RMX REALTY - Alhambra, CA
Real Estate - San Gabriel Valley (L.A.) & N. Orang

Dan,

Congrats! Wow! #100 to reach 100k, that is awesome and a big milestone here on AR. I read your profile. It looks great! By the way, how did you add the hyperlink to the profile section? I tried doing that and it showed all the html codes instead of the link.

Dave

Nov 12, 2007 06:11 AM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Brad... A post like this is quite a bit of fun to put together.. The hours flew by...

Suzanne..  Just refreshed my memory... Guess it's a combination of both our dreams.... I did tossed out the title and you added the real estate twist....

Dave... When you edit your profile you add links and photos the same way you create you blog entries.

 

Nov 12, 2007 06:47 AM
Ginger S
Wilkinson & Associates, Wilmington NC - Wilmington, NC
Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~

Hey Runnin Man Conratulation on the 100,000th mark! That must give you a lot of SATISFACTION  ... I remeber when I fist heard that driving down the Cape....

My favorites on the list:  Stay, Night Moves...Twist and Shout,  Money for Nothing was a good one, but if I were picking a fav Dire Straits it would be Sultans of Swing... Hey no Clapton???

What website di you use for your research?

Ginger

Nov 13, 2007 04:46 PM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Ginger... Noticed you were right in front of me when I hit that 100k.... Pick up the pace... LOL

Out I my run after posting the list all kinds of songs were running through my mind that I missed... Clapton, solo or with Cream,  Bad Company and many more....  Problem with scanning the charts as a memory jogger is that much of the best music may not be "billboard" hits.  This Site was helpful since it showed top 10's from the 50's thru the 80's.

 

Nov 13, 2007 09:45 PM
Paul Slaybaugh
Homesmart - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ Real Estate
Keep on runnin' and we'll keep on chasin'.  Congrats on the big milestone, Dan!
Nov 14, 2007 01:45 AM
Tracy Santrock
Santrock Realty Group Inc. , - Cary, NC
Raleigh - Cary Broker

My oh my Dan - what an accomplishment!! I didn't realize there were still so few that had reached 100k.  I know I'm working feveroushly to reach 100k by XMAS.  Keep up the good work and blogging!!

 

Nov 15, 2007 04:02 AM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

Paul... I keep trying to go faster.....

Tracy... Didn't realize myself how few have gone this far...  See a few more have joined the ranks since Saturday.

Nov 15, 2007 04:38 AM
Tracey Thomas
BrokerInTrust Real Estate - Calabasas, CA
CA Real Estate Broker

You have great taste in music.  I'm with you, I don't know the names of the bands today.  I'll stick with the bands from the 70's and 80's they are enough for me.

Congrats on your 100,000 points and 100 post!

Nov 16, 2007 03:02 PM
Lucky Lang
Premiere Plus Realty Marco Island - Marco Island, FL
Marco Island & Naples Florida Real Estate

Dan,

You da man!

Congrats!

Where do you look up on AR who has achieved the 100,000 points mark?

Lucky :)

Nov 23, 2007 07:55 AM
No Longer Active
Real Estate - Fallon, MT

 

Tracy... Just can't beat the 70's..... Once I got into the late 80's it was tough to find selections...

 

Lucky...  Took me a little time to figure out where to find that list but here it is.  Go to HOME, pick one of the Membership Types along the right and that gives you a list based on discipline.  You can then select ALL in the upper left to get a list based on points for all members.

 

 

Nov 23, 2007 08:16 AM
Lucky Lang
Premiere Plus Realty Marco Island - Marco Island, FL
Marco Island & Naples Florida Real Estate

Dan,

I just checked it out and it's pretty cool!  There are so many tools on here......

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Nov 23, 2007 08:39 AM