Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, “Private Dancer”, “Better Be Good To Me”, “Let’s Stay Together”, “I Can Handle The Rain”, Album MVP: “What’s Love Got To Do With It” Why I Loved It: For better or worse there’s a handful of songs that truly capsulate the 80’s, and … Read More
Author: Patrick Moran
Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#63) Tears for Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
Year Released: 1985 Notable Songs: “Shout”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, “Head Over Heels”, “Mother’s Talk” Album MVP: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” Why I Loved It: “Songs from the Big Chair” tip-toed the line connecting 80’s candy pop manufactured commercial and progressive pop that felt distinctive and new, while pulling from fundamentals … Read More
Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#64) Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “I Ain’t No Joke”, “Eric B is President”, “Move The Crowd”, “I Know You Got Soul”, “Paid In Full” Album MVP: “I Ain’t No Joke” Why I Loved It: To be honest I’m confident when I go back someday and evaluate the job I did with this countdown, this will … Read More
Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#65) Madonna – Like A Prayer
Year Released: 1989 Notable Songs: “Like a Prayer”, “Cherish”, “Express Yourself”, “Oh Father” Album MVP: “Like a Prayer” Why I Loved It: In my humble opinion “Like a Prayer” is Madonna’s first authentic album. Hear me out now. Clearly it’s not her first album as she banged out eight before this and was literally the … Read More
Thoughts: Chargers 54, Bills 24
First-year Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has built up some trust among the team’s fan base with his no-nonsense attitude since taking the reins from all-talk, no-action Rex Ryan earlier this year. That trust escalated this fall as the Bills, a focus of “tanking” talk over the summer shocked most the football world by … Read More
WWE Survivor Series 2017 Card & Predictions
It’s that time of the year where the fourth and final of the WWE major Pay-Per-Views hits the air. Survivor Series comes this Sunday, November 19, live of course on the WWE Network. Between the kickoff show and actual card itself this is expected to be an event that lasts at least six hours. Marketed … Read More
Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#66) Styxx – Paradise Theater
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “The Best of Times”, “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “Rockin The Paradise”, “Nothing Ever Goes As Planned” ALBUM MVP: “Too Much Time On My Hands” WHY I LOVED IT: For starters this may literally be the first pop-rock album I can remember having, not a huge shock considering I … Read More
Yanks: Thoughts On Aaron Judge Not Winning MVP
Earlier this week Aaron Judge won American League Rookie of the Year and was vying to be just the third player ever to win top rookie and MVP. It didn’t happen. Jose Altuve was named American League MVP Thursday evening, with Judge finishing a rather distant second. MORAN-ALYTICS TAKE: Let’s not get it twisted, Yankee … Read More
Radko Gudas’ Bitch Ass Should Be Thrown In Jail
If Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas didn’t pull the biggest piece of shit move in the NHL this season tonight I’d hate to see what topped it. Forget getting thrown out of the game chopping Winnipeg’s Mathieu Perrault in the first period…. He did. Forget just getting suspended either. This asshole should flat-out get arrested … Read More
Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#67) Journey – Frontiers
YEAR RELEASED: 1983 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Separate Ways”, “Faithfully”, “After The Fall”, “Send Her My Love” ALBUM MVP: “Faithfully” WHY I LOVED IT: Frontiers almost identically shadows the same blueprint as their previous albums two years prior, Escape, packed with ballads built for radio along with a couple of rock out with your cock out jams, … Read More