“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 1

What happens when you do a "Naughty" & "Nice" post in December and have too many "Nice" songs left over in January? You do a "Nice" & "Slow" post (two of 'em, actually). The previous two "Slow" & "Steady" posts were a byproduct of having too many good "Slow" songs leftover from this collection. Go figure! Oh, yeah...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alice Cooper  ~  “No More Mr. Nice Guy”

2)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Waking Up Slow”

3)  Stereophonics  ~  “Have A Nice Day”

4)  Jewel  ~  “Long, Slow Slide”

5)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Have A Nice Day”

6)  Relient K  ~  “Forget And Not Slow Down”

7)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Not Ready To Make Nice”

8)  Andy Grammer  ~  “The Heavy And The Slow”

9)  Forever The Sickest Kids  ~  “Nice To Meet You”

10)  Benjamin Booker  ~  “Slow Coming”

11)  Ray Charles & Diane Schuur  ~  “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To”

12)  Carina Round  ~  “Down Slow”

13)  Slow Mass  ~  “Nice But Not Kind”

14)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “Uncomfortably Slow”

15)  The New Seekers  ~  “It’s So Nice”

16)  Hurray For The Riff Raff  ~  “Slow Walk”

17)  Ida Maria  ~  “Quite Nice People”

18)  The The  ~  “Slow Emotion Replay”  (The song starts around the 4:15 mark.)

19)  PARTYNEXTDOOR  ~  “Not Nice”

20)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “Long, Slow Goodbye”

21)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice”

22)  Boy George  ~  “Nice And Slow”

23)  Baskery  ~  “Nobody Nice”

24)  Blondie  ~  “Slow Motion”

25)  Jesse Green  ~  “Nice & Slow”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the songs-with-baseball-related-titles series, some more "Catch" & "Throw" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Catch Us If You Can”

2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Throw Away Your Television”

3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Catch Me / Don’t Forget”

4)  U2  ~  “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”

5)  P!nk  ~  “Catch Me While I’m Sleeping”  (Ignore the poor video quality and simply enjoy the song. Really, it’s not that difficult.)

6)  Genesis  ~  “Throwing It All Away”

7)  Billy Idol  ~  “Catch My Fall”

8)  Neil Young  ~  “Throw Your Hatred Down”

9)  Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds  ~  “Catch Me If You Can”

10)  Wild Belle  ~  “Throw Down Your Guns”

11)  Ben Lee  ~  “Catch My Disease”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Throw It All Away”

13)  Donovan  ~  “Catch The Wind”

14)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Throw It Away”

15)  Motörhead  ~  “The Chase Is Better Than The Catch”

16)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Throw Your Arms Around Me”

17)  Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns  ~  “Catch ‘Em Young”

18)  Baskery  ~  “Throw A Bone”

19)  Lita Ford  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

20)  Sinéad O'Connor ft. Sly and Robbie  ~  “Throw Down Your Arms”

“Bits” & “Pieces” Songs, Vol. 1

Here we have a collection of songs with either the word "Bits" or "Pieces" (or both, or their singulars) in their titles. Good idea, but far too many appropriate songs for one post. So there will be a Vol. 2. But no more than that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “A Little Bit”

2)  The Script  ~  “Breakeven (Falling To Pieces)”

3)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart”

4)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Piece Of My Heart”

5)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of You”

6)  Velvet Revolver  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

7)  Katie Melua  ~  “The Bit That I Don’t Get”

8)  Pop Evil  ~  “Torn To Pieces”

9)  Juice Newton  ~  “Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me”

10)  Sum 41  ~  “Pieces”

11)  The Small Faces  ~  “Every Little Bit Hurts”

12)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “Pieces Of Me”  (BOTH Simpson sisters in one post? What??? Yeah...I'm sorry about that.)

13)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  “Just A Little Bit Too Late”

14)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Picking Up The Pieces”

15)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Give A Little Bit”

16)  Ledisi  ~  “Pieces Of Me”

17)  Lykke Li  ~  “Little Bit”

18)  James Morrison  ~  “The Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore”

19)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

20)  Patsy Cline  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

21)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “A Little Bit”

22)  Apocalyptica ft. Lacey Sturm  ~  “Broken Pieces”

23)  The Specials  ~  “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”

24)  Jewel  ~  “Pieces Of You”  (NOTE: There are a couple of potentially objectionable words used here, but they’re strictly to make a point. Listener’s discretion advised.)

25)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Bits & Pieces”

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 1

Fifty years ago, these songs were released and became big hits. Relive them here, or enjoy them for the first time. Groovy, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Jones  ~  "It's Not Unusual"

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Help Me, Rhonda"

3)  The Beatles  ~  "Help!"

4)  The Kinks  ~  "All Day And All Of The Night"

5)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?"

6)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

7)  Dave Clark Five  ~  "Catch Us If You Can"

8)  Four Tops  ~  "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"

9)  Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs  ~  "Wooly Bully"

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Satisfaction"

11)  We Five  ~  "You Were On My Mind"

12)  Petula Clark  ~  "Downtown"

13)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"

14)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

15)  Jewel Akens  ~  "The Birds And The Bees"

16)  Mel Carter  ~  "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"

17)  Junior Walker & The All-Stars  ~  "Shotgun"

18)  Sonny & Cher  ~  "I Got You Babe"

19)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  "This Diamond Ring"

20)  The Supremes  ~  "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

21)   The Seekers  ~  "I'll Never Find Another You"

22)  Jay & The Americans  ~  "Cara Mia"

23)  The Byrds  ~  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

24)  Barry McGuire  ~  "Eve Of Destruction"

25)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On Sloopy"