Days of the Week Songs: "Friday"

 Here's a bunch of songs about Friday to liven up your Friday. You're extremely welcome!  ~  JH

1)  The Cure  ~  "Friday I'm In Love"

2)  Dean Brody ft. Great Big Sea  ~  "It's Friday"

3)  Katy Perry  ~  "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"

4)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Good Friday"

5)  Rebecca Black  ~  "Friday"  (Hey, I didn't say they'd be good songs about Friday!)

6)  The Darkness  ~  "Friday Night"

7)  High Valley  ~  "Every Week's Got a Friday"

8)  Craig Morgan  ~  "Every Friday Afternoon"

9)  Kelis  ~  "Friday Fish Fry"

10)  Khruangbin  ~  "Friday Morning"

11)  The Easybeats  ~  "Friday on My Mind"

12)  Allison Iraheta  ~  "Friday I'll Be Over U"

13)  Luke Combs  ~  "Any Given Friday Night"

14)  We The Kings  ~  "Friday Is Forever"

15)  The Specials  ~  "Friday Night, Saturday Morning"

16)  Love & Kisses  ~  "Thank God It's Friday"

17)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "Friday's Child"

18)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "Another Friday Night"

19)  Eric Paslay  ~  "Friday Night"

20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Friday Night"

21)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  "Good Friday"

22)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  "Friday Let Me Down"

23)  Joe Jackson  ~  "Friday"

24)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Friday"

25)  Arabesque  ~  "Friday Night"

26)  George Jones  ~  "Finally Friday"

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 4

By now, you wouldn't think there would be any good songs worth listening to from the year 1990. But you would be wrong. Popular Songs of 1990, Vol. 4 has arrived, and we're still going strong! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Someday"

2)  Phil Collins ft. Eric Clapton  ~  "I Wish It Would Rain Down"

3)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "Bonita Applebum"

4)  Enigma  ~  "Sadeness (Part 1)"

5)  King's X  ~  "It's Love"

6)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

7)  Janet Jackson  ~   "Black Cat"

8)  Londonbeat  ~  "I've Been Thinking About You"

9)  Alias  ~  "(I Need You Now) More Than Words Can Say"

10)  The B-52's  ~  "Roam"

11)  MC Hammer  ~  "Pray"

12)  AC/DC  ~  "Thunderstruck"

13)  Patty Loveless  ~  "Chains"

14)  C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

15)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"  (Of course, this is a much older song than 1990 – 1965, to be precise – but it was re-released by The Righteous Brothers that year thanks to its presence in the blockbuster film GHOST and became a hit song again.)

16)  Cher  ~  "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"

17)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Not Counting You"

18)  Jesus Jones  ~  "Right Here, Right Now"

19)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Walking Shoes"

20)  The Black Crowes  ~  "She Talks To Angels"

21)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Here In The Real World"

22)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Impulsive"

23)  The Soup Dragons ft. Junior Reid  ~  "I'm Free"

24)  Aerosmith  ~  "The Other Side"

25)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 1

I don't know about y'all, but this is the "Popular Songs Of" series I've been waiting for. These were the biggest hits of my last year as a preteen. And what a BUNCH of great songs they are! This is part 1 of what will end up being at least 5 posts. But if I run out of good songs before then, I promise I'll stop posting 'em. (Don't count on it, though.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

2)  Nelson  ~  "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection"  (So bad, it's good!)

3)  Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien  ~  "The Battle Hymn Of Love"

4)  Vanilla Ice  ~  "Ice Ice Baby"  (Talk about your so-bad-it's-good songs!)

5)  Stevie B.  ~  "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"

6)  Madonna  ~  "Vogue"

7)  Jane's Addiction  ~  "Been Caught Stealing"  (This song and video encourage shoplifting. I do not. You can get prosecuted for that. I'll pass.)

8)  LL Cool J  ~  "Around The Way Girl"

9)  Alannah Myles  ~  "Black Velvet"

10)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Hard To Handle"

11)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Friends In Low Places"

12)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Vision Of Love"

13)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  "Blaze Of Glory"

14)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Come Back To Me"

16)  The Kentucky Headhunters  ~  "Dumas Walker"

17)  Warrant  ~  "Cherry Pie"

18)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"

19)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"

20)  Maxi Priest  ~  "Close To You"

21)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  "All Around The World"

22)  Billy Idol  ~  "Cradle Of Love"

23)  Shenandoah  ~  "Ghost In This House"

24)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I'm Your Baby Tonight"

25)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Downtown Train"

Songs About Pride

Of all the themes I've ever blogged about, "Pride" is surprisingly not one of them. Until now... I might follow this one up with Songs About Humility, but don't quote me on that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Living Colour  ~  “Pride”

2)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Pride And Joy”

3)  U2  ~  “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”

4)  Kutless  ~  “Pride Away”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am”

6)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Pride”

7)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  “Pride And Joy”

8)  Cutting Crew  ~  “Everything But My Pride”

9)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Pride”

10)  The Infinite Staircase ft. Zakk Wylde, Kevin Martin, Morgan Rose, & JD DeServio  ~  “The Pride”

11)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Pride And Joy”

12)  The Tubes  ~  “A Matter Of Pride”

13)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Love Has No Pride”

14)  Chris Rea  ~  “Too Much Pride”

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Thorn In My Pride”

16)  Alana Davis  ~  “Love & Pride”

17)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Foolish Pride”

18)  King  ~  “Love & Pride”

19)  Daryl Hall  ~  “Foolish Pride”

20)  The Church  ~  “Pride Before A Fall”

21)  Grace Jones  ~  “Pride”

22)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “Pride”

23)  The Isley Brothers  ~  “The Pride”

24)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Heretic Pride”

25)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “With The Pride”

“Ride” Songs, Vol. 1

Another week, another four-part series. Another kinda-sorta "Opposites" series, too, actually. These are songs with the word "Ride" in their titles. There'll be a Vol. 2 of these, then there'll be two volumes of songs with the word "Drive" in their titles. There will be some really good songs in these sets. So grab your keys, hop in the car, and...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Ride”

2)  Foghat  ~  “Slow Ride”

3)  Martina McBride  ~  “Ride”

4)  U2  ~  “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?”

5)  David Allan Coe  ~  “The Ride”

6)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Ride”

7)   Dire Straits  ~  “Ride Across The River”

8)  Poison  ~  “Ride The Wind”

9)  Jem  ~  “Just A Ride”

10)  Edgar Winter Group  ~  “Free Ride”

11)  Jamiroquai  ~  “White Knuckle Ride”

12)  Mazzy Star  ~  “Ride It On”

13)  Milow  ~  “The Ride”

14)  Prince  ~  “The Ride”

15)  Joss Stone  ~  “Don’t Cha Wanna Ride?”

16)  The Marshall Tucker Band  ~  “Long Hard Ride”

17)  Dream Theater  ~  “Along For The Ride”

18)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Free Ride”

19)  Nappy Roots  ~  “Ride”

20)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Let It Ride”

21)  Kate Miller-Heidke  ~  “Ride This Feeling”

22)  AC/DC  ~  “Ride On”

23)  Kenny Wayne Shepherd  ~  “Slow Ride”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Ride A White Horse”

25)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Let Me Share The Ride”