"Block" & "Charge" Songs

Even though it really isn't my favorite sport, I sorta miss watching basketball games. I particularly enjoy seeing people getting fouled. I dunno why. These songs are inspired by my slight affinity for basketball and two things that happen a lot in any given game: "Blocks" and "Charges." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  "Jenny From The Block"

2)  311  ~  "Charge It Up"

3)  The Church  ~  "Block"

4)  The Band CAMINO  ~  "Free Of Charge"

5)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Tenderness On The Block"

6)  Shandi Sinnamon  ~  "Charles In Charge"  (Yep, it's the theme song from the -- beloved? benign? banal? -- '80s sitcom starring Scott Baio.)

7)  Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby  ~  "Let's Take A Walk Around The Block"

8)  Keb' Mo ft. Rosanne Cash  ~  "Put A Woman In Charge"

9)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Prettiest Cop On The Block"

10)  Shirley Caesar  ~  "No Charge"

11)  Matt and Kim  ~  "Block After Block"

12)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  "One More Charge At The Red Cape"

13)  The Coasters  ~  "Riot In Cell Block Number Nine"

14)  Faster Pussycat  ~  "Charge Me Up"

15)  Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill  ~  "Block Party"

16)  Albert Collins  ~  "Master Charge"

17)  The Chiffons  ~  "My Block"

18)  Nneka  ~  "In Charge"

19)  Marshmello  ~  "Blocks"

20)  SLVR  ~  "Charge"

21)  The Chemical Brothers  ~  "Block Rockin' Beats"

22)  Yinka  ~  "Take Charge"

23)  Wrabel  ~  "11 Blocks"

24)  DJ Finest  ~  "Charge"

25)  TryHardNinja  ~  "In Charge"  (And finally, a song with both words in it. The chorus begins: "In charge of building the world / Lay down the blocks and watch it grow...")

“Flat” & “Round” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Flat" & "Round" Songs? You bet your boots! And these songs are even better than the ones in the first post! I know, right? How is that even possible? So what are you waiting for? Enjoy them already!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  “Round Here”

2)  Dodie Clark ft. Evan Edinger  ~  “The Flat's A Mess”

3)  Dead Or Alive  ~  “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”

4)  Uncle Lucius  ~  “No Time Flat”

5)  Blake Shelton ft. Pistol Annies  ~  “Boys ‘Round Here”

6)  Massive Attack  ~  “Flat Of The Blade”

7)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Tennessee Flat Top Box”

9)  Paul Weller ft. Noel Gallagher  ~  “Echoes Round The Sun”

10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Flat World”

11)  Billy Preston  ~  “Will It Go Round In Circles?”

12)  Valentina Lisitsa  ~  “Chopin’s Nocturne In E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2”  (Far and away, my favorite classical piece of all time. It’s terribly depressing, but I adore it!)

13)  New Order  ~  “Round And Round”

14)  1/2 Orchestra  ~  “Flat Beat”

15)  Widespread Panic  ~  “Knocking ‘Round The Zoo”

16)  Jill Scott  ~  “He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)”

17)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Round And Round”

18)  Count Basie Orchestra  ~  “Blues In Hoss’ Flat”

19)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Merry Go ‘Round”

20)  Anya Marina  ~  “Felony Flats”

21)  Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell  ~  “No Memories Hangin’ ‘Round”

22)  Harmony James  ~  “Skinny Flat White”

23)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Round And Round”

24)  Thomas Dolby  ~  “The Flat Earth”

25)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Tessellate / Life Round Here”

Girls' "Rule" Songs

So...the title of this particular post may require some explanation. Here we have a bunch of songs with the word "Rule" or "Rules" in their titles, but these are only by female artists. As much as I try to balance it out in my posts, more often than not there are more male artists or male-fronted bands than females. (This probably says a lot about the state of the music industry, but I digress.) But not this time! The guys in these songs are either nonexistent or backups to the ladies. About time, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dua Lipa  ~  "New Rules"

2)  Diane Birch  ~  “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Rules”

4)  Anouk  ~  “The Rules”

5)  Charli XCX  ~  “Break The Rules”

6)  Dragonette  ~  “We Rule The World”

7)  Hillsong United  ~  “Rule”

8)  Heather Masse  ~  “Mornings Breaking The Rules”

9)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Used To Rule The World”

10)  Nikka Costa  ~  “The Rules Of The Road”

11)  Tina Turner  ~  “Break Every Rule”

12)  Emily Strand & The Town  ~  “Mother Rule”

13)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Rule The World”

14)  Wee Papa Girl Rappers  ~  “Wee Rule”

15)  The Supremes  ~  “I’m The Exception To The Rule”

16)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “How To Be A Heartbreaker”  (Nope, the word "Rule" doesn't appear anywhere in the title, but it's all over the lyrics of this über-catchy song.)

17)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Destiny Rules”

18)  She Moves  ~  “Breaking All The Rules”

19)  Ledisi  ~  “Let Love Rule”

20)  Doro  ~  “I Rule The Ruins”

21)  Beth Croft  ~  “Rule In My Heart”

22)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “Rules Of The Game”

23)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Rules Of Travel”

24)  Alisha’s Attic  ~  “Alisha Rules The World”

25)  Ayumi Hamasaki  ~  “Rule”  (I can't understand a word she's singing, but it sounds FIERCE!)

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 1

I warned you there'd be more miniseries of posts coming, and this is the first installment. Herein you'll find a wildly diverse set of songs about "Finding," "Keeping," "Losing," and "Weeping." If you like these, there's three more posts where they came from. If you don't like these...what's wrong with you? Just kidding. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Finding Out”

2)  Birdy  ~  “Keeping Your Head Up”

3)  John Newman  ~  “Losing Sleep”

4)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow”

5)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”

6)  Babyface  ~  “Keeping Secrets”

7)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

8)  The Verve  ~  “Weeping Willow”

9)  Aztec Two-Step  ~  “Finding Somebody New”

10)  L D R U ft. Paige IV  ~  “Keeping Score”

11)  Rush  ~  “Losing It”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “Weeping China Doll”

13)  Louis XIV  ~  “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”

14)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Keeping The Faith”

15)  The Naked And Famous  ~  “Losing Control”

16)  The Sweet Lillies  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Sleeping Romance  ~  “Finding My Way”

18)  Linda Ronstadt ft. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Keeping Out Of Mischief Now”  (The video messes up at first but rights itself around the :30 mark.)

19)  Keane  ~  “The Lovers Are Losing”

20)  Múm  ~  “Weeping Rock Rock”

21)  Teske  ~  “Finding Neverland”

22)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

23)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Losing You”

24)  Alanna Story  ~  “Weeping”

25)  Caitlin Crosby  ~  “Finding Feelings”

26)  The Who  ~  “Love Ain’t For Keeping”

27)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Losing Friends Over Love”

28)  The Dramatics  ~  “Stop Your Weeping”