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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Songs About Towns & Villages

Cities get all the attention these days, but towns and villages are really where it's at! So I put together a collection of Songs About Towns & Villages as a meager yet sincere tribute to them. I trust you shall...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Old Town Road”




2)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Village Ghetto Land”




3)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "The Boys Are Back In Town"




4)  Alpine  ~  “Villages”




5)  The Kooks  ~  “Around Town”




6)  The Kinks  ~  “Village Green Preservation Society”




7)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Break Up In A Small Town”




8)  Blackmore’s Night  ~  “The Village In The Sand”




9)  Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna  ~  “Run This Town”




10)  Cam  ~  “Village”




11)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town”




12)  Andy Williams  ~  “Village Of St. Bernadette”




13)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Famous In A Small Town”




14)  New Order  ~  “The Village”




15)  Adam Lambert  ~  “Ghost Town”




16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Village Of The Sun”




17)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Goodbye Town”




18)  Bizzle ft. Jin, Sho Baraka, & V. Rose  ~  “It Takes A Village”




19)  Dream Academy  ~  “Life In A Northern Town”




20)  Wrabel  ~  “The Village”




21)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Poor Side Of Town”




22)  Pete Yorn  ~  “Crystal Village”




23)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Small Town”




24)  Andy Gullahorn  ~  “Village”




25)  Bronski Beat  ~  "Smalltown Boy"


Friday, March 15, 2019

“Deja Vu” Songs

These songs will give you the feeling that you’ve been here, done this, or heard these before, whether you actually have or not. I hope you will…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Enigma  ~  “Déjà Vu”




2)  Prince Royce & Shakira  ~  “Deja Vu”




3)  Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young  ~  “Déjà Vu”




4)  Giorgio Moroder ft. Sia  ~  “Déjà Vu”




5)  Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band  ~  “Deja Voodoo”  (Eh, close enough!)




6)  Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z  ~  “Deja Vu”




7)  Blood On The Dance Floor  ~  “Deja Vu”




8)  Blue System  ~  “Deja Vu”




9)  Van Halen  ~  “Take Me Back (Deja Vu)”




10)  Princess Slayer  ~  “Every Déjà Vu”




11)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Déjà Vu (As Tho’ You Never Went Away)”




12)  Patty Larkin & John Gorka  ~  “Deja Vu”




13)  Runaway Weekend  ~  “Déjà Vu”




14)  Sofi Tukker  ~  “Déjà Vu Affair”




15)  A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie ft. J. Alvarez  ~  “Deja Vu”




16)  SOAK  ~  “Déjà Vu”




17)  3OH!3  ~  “Déjà Vu”




18)  HillaryJane  ~  “Deja Vu”




19)  Yngwie Malmsteen  ~  “Deja Vu”




20)  INNA ft. Bob Taylor  ~  “Deja Vu”




21)  John Fogerty  ~  “Deja Vu (All Over Again)”




22)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Deja Vu”




23)  Sugar Sugar  ~  “Déjà Vu”




24)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “Déjà Vu”




25)  Something For Kate  ~  “Deja Vu”


Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Popular Songs Of 1999, Vol. 1

Chances are, you will recognize quite a few of the songs in this post and the three follow-up posts in the series. Chances also are, that realizing these songs are now twenty years old will make you feel old. And justifiably so. I sure feel old! That being said, there's plenty of "modern classics" to be seen and heard here. So let's get into it!  ~  JH



1)  Shania Twain  ~  “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”




2)  Citizen King  ~  “Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)”




3)  Whitney Houston  ~  “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay”




4)  Counting Crows  ~  “Hanginaround”




5)  Avalon  ~  “In Not Of”




6)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”




7)  Bree Sharp  ~  “David Duchovny”




8)  Ricky Martin  ~  “She’s All I Ever Had”




9)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”




10)  Live  ~  “Dolphin’s Cry”




11)  Mariah Carey & Jay-Z  ~  “Heartbreaker”




12)  Tal Bachman  ~  “She’s So High”




13)  702  ~  “Where My Girls At”




14)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “All I Have To Give”




15)  The Cranberries  ~  “Just My Imagination”  (I do so miss Dolores O’Riordan. She possessed a one-of-a-kind voice.)




16)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”




17)  Britney Spears  ~  “(You Drive Me) Crazy”




18)  Sugar Ray  ~  “Someday”




19)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Angels Would Fall”




20)  Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Wild, Wild West”




21)  Edwin McCain  ~  “I Could Not Ask For More”




22)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Dive”




23)  Tamia & Eric Benet  ~  “Spend My Life With You”




24)  Silverchair  ~  “Anthem For The Year 2000”




25)  Ginny Owens  ~  “Free”




26)  Eminem  ~  “My Name Is”




27)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Fast As You Can”




28)  blink-182  ~  “What’s My Age Again?”


Monday, January 7, 2019

Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 3

One last round of the most Popular Songs Of 2009, and we'll move on to the next decade. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “White Horse”




2)  Jason Derulo ft. Imogen Heap  ~  “Whatcha Say”




3)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Meet Me Halfway”




4)  Matthew West  ~  “The Motions”




5)  The Veronicas  ~  “Untouched”




6)  Rob Thomas  ~  “Her Diamonds”




7)  Addison Road  ~  “What Do I Know Of Holy”




8)  Nickelback  ~  “If Today Was Your Last Day”




9)  Jay-Z & Alicia Keys  ~  “Empire State Of Mind”




10)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “Whatever It Is”




11)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “By Your Side”




12)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bad Romance”  (Warning: This song and video are Gaga at her Gaga-est. Viewer discretion is advised.)




13)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  “Say Hey, I Love You”




14)  Bluetree  ~  “God Of This City”




15)  Beyoncé  ~  “Sweet Dreams”




16)  Boys Like Girls  ~  “Love Drunk”




17)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Here We Go Again”




18)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  “The Words I Would Say”




19)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Already Gone”




20)  Maxwell  ~  “Pretty Wings”




21)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “I Run To You”




22)  Flo Rida ft. Kesha  ~  “Right Round”




23)  Brandon Heath  ~  “Wait And See”




24)  Britney Spears  ~  “If You Seek Amy”




25)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Whatever You’re Doing (Something Heavenly)”




26)  Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo  ~  “Knock You Down”




27)  Owl City  ~  “Fireflies”




28)  Rihanna  ~  “Russian Roulette”




29)  Chris and Conrad  ~  “Lead Me To The Cross”