Wednesday, October 31, 2018

More “Bad” & “Worse” Songs

More "Bad" and "Worse" Songs for your consideration. If anything, these tunes might be better than the previous "Bad" and "Worse" Songs. I dunno, you be the judge. And enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Stockard Channing  ~  “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”




2)  LL Cool J  ~  “I’m Bad”  (The man is nothing if not humble.)




3)  Cate Le Bon  ~  “What Is Worse”




4)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Bad Boys”




5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Nothing’s Worse Than Losing”




6)  Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood  ~  “Somethin’ Bad”




7)  Zebrahead  ~  “Worse Than This”




8)  Lennon Stella  ~  “Bad”




9)  I Blame Coco  ~  “It’s About To Get Worse”  (Fun fact: The singer in this band, whose birth name is Eliot Sumner, is the daughter of none other than Sting!)




10)  Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “Born Under A Bad Sign”




11)  Liza Anne  ~  “Turn For The Worse”




12)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Bad Liar”




13)  Nate Ruess  ~  “It Only Gets Much Worse”




14)  Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson  ~  “Bad Dreams”




15)  Willie Nelson  ~  “There Are Worse Things Than Being Alone”




16)  Feist  ~  “The Bad In Each Other”




17)  Connie Smith  ~  “For Better Or For Worse”




18)  Bastille  ~  “Bad Blood”




19)  Stacy Clark  ~  “You Make It Worse”




20)  Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello  ~  “Bad Things”




21)  Toby Keith  ~  “Hurt A Lot Worse When You Go”




22)  Beatrice  ~  “Bad Girl”




23)  Emma Blackery  ~  “I’ve Been Worse”




24)  The Kills  ~  “Goodnight, Bad Morning”




25)  Barry White & Glodean White  ~  “The Better Love Is (The Worse It Is When It’s Over)”


Tuesday, October 30, 2018

“Bad” & “Worse” Songs

Here's a nice collection of "Bad" and "Worse" Songs – which are actually way better than their titles would indicate – for your listening pleasure. Since I posted some "Good" and "Bad" Songs five-and-a-half years ago (not that you would necessarily remember), there are a few notable exclusions from this set and the one that will follow it. (Apologies to Michael Jackson, George Thorogood, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jim Croce, in particular, for the absence of their iconic songs here.) Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”




2)  Robert Plant  ~  “Worse Than Detroit”




3)  Justin Timberlake  ~  “Not A Bad Thing”




4)  Anouk  ~  “For Bitter Or Worse”




5)  Halsey  ~  “Bad At Love”




6)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Worse To Live”




7)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Hurt So Bad”




8)  Bahamas  ~  “What’s Worse”




9)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Bad Days”




10)  Sunny Sweeney  ~  “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving”




11)  RY X  ~  “Bad Love”




12)  Soundgarden  ~  “Worse Dreams”




13)  Sevyn Streeter  ~  “How Bad Do You Want It?”




14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Only Worse”




15)  Dua Lipa  ~  “Bad Together”




16)  Laura Imbruglia  ~  “It’s Getting Worse”




17)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing”




18)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “For Better Or Worse”




19)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Cry For The Bad Man”




20)  Snoh Aalegra  ~  “Sometimes” / “Worse”




21)  Rihanna  ~  “Good Girl Gone Bad”




22)  Clint Black  ~  “Better And Worse”




23)  Milky Chance ft. Izzy Bizu  ~  “Bad Things”




24)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Loneliness Is Worse”




25)  Madonna  ~  “Bad Girl”


Monday, October 29, 2018

Songs About Obsession

Everyone can and does become obsessed with something or other at some point in their lives, for good or ill (usually the latter). So, for all of us, here's a lovely collection of Songs About Obsession. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Sky Ferreira  ~  “Obsession”




2)  Cinema Bizarre  ~  “My Obsession”




3)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Obsessed”




4)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Magnificent Obsession”




5)  Animotion  ~  “Obsession”




6)  Bonfire  ~  “Sweet Obsession”




7)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Obsessed”




8)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Possession Obsession”




9)  Ana Popovic  ~  “Object Of Obsession”




10)  Delirious?  ~  “Obsession”




11)  Kilo Kish  ~  “Obsessing”




12)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Self Obsessed And Sexxee”




13)  Frankie  ~  “New Obsession”




14)  OK Go  ~  “Obsession”




15)  Tich  ~  “Obsession”




16)  Vice ft. Jon Bellion  ~  “Obsession”




17)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  “Obsessions”




18)  Icehouse  ~  “My Obsession”




19)  Dianne Reeves  ~  “Obsession”




20)  Dan + Shay  ~  “Obsessed”




21)  Angström  ~  “Obsessed”




22)  XXXTentacion  ~  “Depression & Obsession”




23)  Pale Waves  ~  “My Obsession”




24)  Clan Of Xymox  ~  “Obsession”




25)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Obsessed”


Saturday, October 27, 2018

Songs About Caravans

There's been a lot of talk about caravans of late. Who knows why? Anyway, since I am nothing if not topical, when I feel like it, that is, there's this set of Songs About Caravans. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Caravan”  (This is the original version of what has become a jazz standard. In this post, you’ll also hear a surf rock and a rockabilly version of the same tune. I challenge you to identify which ones they are, as both cover versions are so unique in their own right as to merit inclusion herein.)




2)  Pantera  ~  “Planet Caravan”




3)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Caravan Girl”




4)  Utopia  ~  “Caravan”




5)  Passenger  ~  “Caravan”




6)   Stereophonics  ~  “Caravan Holiday”




7)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Kim’s Caravan”




8)  The Ventures  ~  “Caravan”




9)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Caravan Of Love”




10)  Blur  ~  “Caravan”




11)  Van Morrison  ~  “Caravan”




12)  Gaither Homecoming ft. J.D. Sumner, Rex Nelon, Ray Dean Reese, & Gene McDonald  ~  “This Great Caravan Keeps Rolling Along”




13)  Spinal Tap  ~  “Clam Caravan”




14)  Husky Rescue  ~  “Caravan”




15)  Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Caravan”




16)  Robin Trower  ~  “Caravan To Midnight”




17)  The Doors  ~  “Spanish Caravan”




18)  Barbara Dickson  ~  “Caravan Song”




19)  Rush  ~  “Caravan”




20)  Paper Aeroplanes  ~  “Caravan”


Friday, October 26, 2018

Songs About Raining, Pouring, Old Men, & Snoring

Where I live, today was a nasty, rainy day. As a result, there are these songs. Do with them what you will. And enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “November Rain”




2)  Skylar Stecker  ~  “Let It Pour”




3)  Paul Robeson  ~  “Ol’ Man River”




4)  Veronica Born  ~  “Don’t Snore”




5)  Garbage  ~  “Only Happy When It Rains”




6)  Def Leppard  ~  “Pour Some Sugar On Me”




7)  George Jones  ~  “The Old Man No One Loves”




8)  Will Pan ft. Rainie Yang  ~  “Snore”




9)  The Weather Girls  ~  “It’s Raining Men”




10)  Vintage Culture & Adam K  ~  “Pour Over”




11)  John Fogerty  ~  “The Old Man Down The Road”




12)  Grant Lee Buffalo  ~  “America Snoring”




13)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Through The Rain”




14)  Crowded House  ~  “Pour Le Monde”  (Yeah, I know this one’s sort of cheating since “Pour” here is a French word with an entirely different meaning – whatever that may be, I don’t speak French. But good “Pour” songs are hard to come by, so there ya go…)




15)  Anika Moa  ~  “My Old Man”




16)  Dervish  ~  “Snoring Biddy”




17)  Bruno Mars  ~  “It Will Rain”




18)  Benga ft. Marlene  ~  “Pour Your Love”




19)  Neil Young  ~  “Old Man”




20)  Kevin Focus ft. Steve Aoki  ~  “Less Is Snore”




21)  Carpenters  ~  “Rainy Days And Mondays”




22)  Céline Dion  ~  “Pour Que Tu M’Aimes Encore”  (Yep, it’s me cheating again by selecting a song with the French word “Pour” which doesn’t mean “pour,” as in to drain something of its liquid. What’s your point?)




23)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  “Old Man & Me”




24)  3 Feet Smaller  ~  “Snore”




25)  Zoe G  ~  “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”  (A creepy version of a classic nursery rhyme just in time for Halloween. You’re SO welcome!)