Everybody can sometimes use a pick me up on the way to school or to work.  It is hard to come up with a depressing sunshine song  (although Fiddler on the Roof is close).  So, we play these on just about every morning when we are not feeling all that excited about the day.  And, it works!

To make this (NOT ALL INCLUSIVE) list, the song must demonstrate a mind-blowing bass line of some sort.  It can't just be a simple repeat bass beat, like Seven Nation Army (too obvious).  It does not matter whether it is a famous bass player or a session player. The song also must be fairly decent, if not immediately recognizable.  Above all else, one may not have realized that the awesome bass line was always there. . .

The choo choo songs for those of us who ride with those who love to see trains.  Not an all-inclusive list, but these are the ones with which we've become most familiar.

This is a long, and inevitably ever-growing, list of great songs by great song-writers of the 70s and 80s. There can only be one song by each artist.  It is not necessarily the artist's most popular.  In general, the artist can't be a flash in the pan. There will be different lists posted here for niche artists that made or continue to influence a genre (e.g. New Wave, Heavy Metal..).  Here, it is about the song-writing from arguably the best time period in popular music.

Songs for times of profound sadness and songs for those "best" days.  There are too many and the list will grow, but these are some that have had special meaning.