Songs About Pretty Girls & Pretty Boys

You probably wouldn't be shocked if I told you there have been an inordinate number of songs written about "pretty girls" over the years. But you may be surprised to find out that there's been quite a few songs written about "pretty boys" as well. Here are some of the best of both. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

2)  M2M  ~  “Pretty Boy”

3)  Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy  ~  “Pretty Girls”

4)  Bette Midler  ~  “One More Round”

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl At The Airport”

6)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Pretty Boys”

7)  Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea  ~  “Pretty Girls”

8)  Book Of Love  ~  “Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls”

9)  Kaleo  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

10)  MIKA  ~  “Lover Boy”

11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Pretty Girl”

12)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Feeling Single, Seeing Double”

13)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “Pretty Girl Why”

14)  Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds  ~  “All The Pretty Boys”

15)  Elle King  ~  “Naturally Pretty Girls”

16)  Sam Vance-Law  ~  “Prettyboy”

17)  Kip Moore  ~  “Hey Pretty Girl”

18)  Kesha  ~  “Get In Line”

19)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl From Raleigh”  (Apparently, these guys have released nearly a dozen songs with the phrase “Pretty Girl” in their titles. I’ve only included two of them here. And one more in the follow-up to this post.)

20)  Fastball  ~  “The Malcontent”

21)  Haschak Sisters  ~  “Pretty Girl”

22)  The Pipettes  ~  “Pull Shapes”

23)  Eric Dodd  ~ “Pretty Girl, Lucky Guy”

24)  The National  ~  “Murder Me, Rachael”

25)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Pretty Girl”

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 4

A little more "Finding," a little more "Keeping," a little more "Losing," and a little more "Weeping." And then...we're done! Vol. 4 of 4 in the series, at your service. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  King’s X  ~  “We Are Finding Who We Are”

2)  Captain & Tennille  ~  “Keeping Our Love Warm”

3)  a-ha  ~  “I’ve Been Losing You”

4)  Marcy Neumire  ~  “Angels Are Weeping”

5)  Archive  ~  Finding It So Hard”

6)  Yami Bolo  ~  “Love Keeping Us Together”

7)  Bernadette Peters  ~  “Losing My Mind”

8)  David Bowie  ~  “Weeping Wall”

9)  The Go-Betweens  ~  “Finding You”

10)  Air Supply  ~  “Keeping The Love Alive”

11)  The Cardigans  ~  “Losing A Friend”

12)  Eleni Karaindrou  ~  “The Weeping Meadow”

13)  Athena  ~  “Finding England”

14)  Travie McCoy ft. Brendon Urie  ~  “Keep On Keeping On”

15)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Losing”

16)  Lee Woods  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Ben Harper  ~  “Finding Our Way”

18)  This Providence  ~  “Keeping On Without You”

19)  The Cranberries  ~  “Losing My Mind”

20)  Marie Osmond  ~  “Weeping Willow”

21)  Northern Faces  ~  “Finding Hope”

22)  Embrace  ~  “Keeping”

23)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Love Is A Losing Game”

24)  April Wine  ~  “Weeping Widow”

“Oil” & “Water” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a collection of songs that don't mix well together. Why not? Because some of them have the word "Oil" in their titles, while some bear the word "Water." Worse still, some have both the words "Oil" AND "Water" in their titles! The horrors! There were too many good ones that qualified to just make one post, so Vol. 2 (of 2) will happen next time. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lights  ~  “Oil And Water”

2)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Water Runs Dry”

3)  Cariss Auburn  ~  “Oil On Water”

4)  Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz  ~  “Rough Water”

5)  Horsehead  ~  “Oil And Water”

6)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “What The Water Gave Me”

7)  Nipsey Russell  ~  “Slide Some Oil To Me”

8)  Live  ~  “Run To The Water”

9)  Erja Lyytinen  ~  “Oil And Water”

10)  FKA twigs  ~  “Water Me”

11)  Suburban Tribe  ~  “Oil And Water”

12)  Deep Purple  ~  “Smoke On The Water”

13)  Lost Hollow  ~  “Water & Oil”

14)  Eddie Money  ~  “Walk On Water”

15)  Foals  ~  “Snake Oil”

16)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Black Water”

17)  Dolly Parton  ~  “I’ll Oil Wells Love You”

18)  BANKS  ~  “Warm Water”

19)  Lame Dudes  ~  “Mojo Oil”

20)  Art Garfunkel  ~  “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

"34" Songs

A day late – and about 16 songs short – here's a collection of songs with the number "34" (or "Thirty-Four") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics, in honor of the 34th week of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Jarrell  ~  "Almost Love (24/7)"

2)  Travie McCoy  ~  "Superbad (11:34)"

3)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Dixie Highway"

4)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Skipper Dan"

5)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  "Learning How To Love You"

6)  Aaron Carter  ~  "That's How I Beat Shaq"  (Man...this song sucks!)

7)  Matisyahu  ~  "Watch The Walls Melt Down"

8)  The Kinks  ~  "Low Budget"

9)  Pam Tillis  ~  "All The Good Ones Are Gone"

10)  Randy Newman  ~  "In Germany Before The War"

11)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Slit Skirts"

12)  Arkells  ~  "11:11"

13)  Sara Evans  ~  "Coalmine"

14)  Junior Boys  ~  "Count Souvenirs"

15)  Sara Groves  ~  "What Do I Know"

16)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "#34"

17)  Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, & Jonny Lang  ~  "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"

18)  Mississippi Mass Choir  ~  "Psalm 34"

Songs With "Keep" In The Title

One might automatically think that this would be the first part of a two-parter in my never-ending series of "Opposites" music posts. However, that would not be the case. For one thing, I've done way too many "Opposites" posts of late anyway. Secondly, I couldn't think of a word that was a natural opposite to the word "Keep." But there were still lots of "Keep" songs I wanted to post. So here they are… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  2Pac  ~  "Keep Ya Head Up"

2)  Zac Brown Band  ~  Keep Me In Mind"

3)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Keep The Faith"

4)  The Human League  ~  "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"  (This man is wearing a lot of makeup. Hmm...)

5)  Kelly Rowland  ~  "Keep It Between Us"

6)  Sugarland  ~  "Keep You"

7)  Weezer  ~  "Keep Fishin'"  (Featuring The Muppets, for those of you who like Muppets – of which I am one.)

8)  Billy Joel  ~  "Keeping The Faith"

9)  Soul II Soul  ~  "Keep On Movin'"

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  "I Keep On Lovin' You"

11)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Keep Your Eyes Open"

12)  Wild Belle  ~  "Keep You"

13)  Curtis Harding  ~  "Keep On Shining"  (This song would be right at home with the Motown songs of old. But it's a relatively recent song.)

14)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Keep It Between The Lines"  (Whatever happened to this guy? He was one of the better country singers in the '80s and '90s.)

15)  Rival Sons  ~  "Keep On Swinging"

16)  Julia Child  ~  "Keep On Cooking"  (What will they think of next?)

17)  Travie McCoy ft. Brendon Urie  ~  "Keep On Keeping On"

18)  Eddie Vedder  ~  "Can't Keep"

19)  Garbage  ~  "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing"

20)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Keep On Loving You"  (This is one of the stupidest story lines for a music video that I've ever seen. Especially considering that the song itself isn't that bad.)

21)  Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin  ~  "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?"  (Wow, what a duet! This is magical!)

22)  Michael McDonald  ~  "I Keep Forgettin'"  ("I just hit the east side of the LBC, on a mission tryin' to find Mr. Warren G"...Oh wait, that's a different song altogether. Sampled from this song, but not this song. Not by a long shot.)

23)  American Authors  ~  "Keep Me Dreaming"

24)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Keep Young And Beautiful"

25)  Enya  ~  "How Can I Keep From Singing?"  (That's a good question, Enya. When I figure that out, I'll let you know!)