Songs With Abbreviations In The Title, Vol. 2

Since the first installment of this "series" went over so well, I figured I'd add a Vol. 2. (Actually, that was the plan all along, but it sounds much more impressive if I make it seem like popular demand drives everything I post. Which it most certainly does not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AC/DC  ~  “T.N.T.”  (“Trinitrotoluene.” But you already knew that, right?)

2)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)”  (It’s Morse code, yo! Google that junk!)

3)  Flo Rida ft. Sage The Gemini & Lookas  ~  “G.D.F.R.”  (“Going Down For Real”)

4)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “V.I.P.”  (Usually means “Very Important Person.” But with Sinéad, you never know…)

5)  Yeasayer  ~  “O.N.E.”  (“One’s Not Enough.” Apparently, it's about addiction, which makes sense.)

6)  Rihanna  ~  “SOS”  (See #2 above.)

7)  Village People  ~  “Y.M.C.A.”  (“Young Men’s Christian Association”)

8)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (This one's not technically an abbreviation, either. C’mon, people!)

9)  The Lonely Island ft. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar  ~  “YOLO”  (“You Only Live Once”…or, “You Oughta Look Out,” depending on which verse you’re listening to.)

10)  Daphne & Celeste  ~  “U.G.L.Y.”  (Now that’s just mean-spirited! Also…not an actual abbreviation.)

11)  Naughty By Nature  ~  “O.P.P.”  (“Other People’s Property.” Basically…)

12)  ABBA  ~  “SOS”  (See #6 above.)

13)  Blur  ~  “M.O.R.”  (“Middle Of The Road”)

14)  Broods  ~  “L.A.F.”  (This one’s a bit of a mystery. Neither these initials nor a phrase that they might stand for are present in the lyrics.)

15)  OutKast  ~  “B.O.B”  (“Bombs Over Baghdad”)

16)  Katy Perry  ~  “E.T.”  (“Extra Terrestrial.” Duh!)

17)  Lee Greenwood  ~  “I.O.U.”  (This one seems self-explanatory, but…“I Owe You.”)

18)  Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah  ~  “R.I.P.”  (“Rest In Peace”)

19)  Pearl Jam  ~  “W.M.A.”  (“White Male American”)

20)  OneRepublic  ~  “A.I.”  (“Artificial Intelligence”)

"Edge"-y Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs resting on the precipice of...something or other. In truth, the tunes' primary commonality is that the word "Edge" appears somewhere in all of their titles. There's some really good stuff here. So much so that there had to be a Part 2 (as there so often is). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lady Gaga  ~  “The Edge Of Glory”

2)  AC/DC  ~  “The Razor’s Edge”

3)  Tonight Alive  ~  “The Edge”

4)  Sheppard  ~  “Edge Of The Night”

5)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “Song From The Edge Of The World”

6)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Water’s Edge”

7)  Bella Elysee  ~  “On The Edge”

8)  Aerosmith  ~  “Livin’ On The Edge”

9)  Jessi Malay  ~  “The Edge”

10)  Manafest  ~  “Edge Of My Life”

11)  Within Temptation  ~  “Where Is The Edge?”

12)  Goanna  ~  “Razor’s Edge”

13)  Dezi  ~  “The Edge”

14)  Savatage  ~  “Edge Of Thorns”

15)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Edge Of Evolution”

16)  MC Jin ft. Dawen  ~  “Over The Edge”

17)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “Over The Edge”

18)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Edge Of A Dream”

19)  Vixen  ~  “Edge Of A Broken Heart”

20)  Duran Duran  ~  “The Edge Of America”

"Anything" Songs

And we're back to those "Any-" posts. We've already seen and heard "Anyway," "Anytime," and "Anymore" Songs. So why not a bunch of songs about "Anything"? (I can't think of a good reason why not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jay-Z  ~  “Anything”

2)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “King Of Anything”

3)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Anything But Mine”

4)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Anything Could Happen”

5)  Genesis  ~  “Anything She Does”

6)  SWV  ~  “Anything"

7)  AC/DC  ~  “Anything Goes”

8)  TOPS  ~  “Anything”

9)  Enter Shikari  ~  “Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…”

10)  Meat Loaf  ~  “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

11)  Ben Folds  ~  “Capable Of Anything”

12)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

13)  Benjah  ~  “Anything Everything”

14)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “Anything Goes”

15)  The Calling  ~  “Anything”

16)  Jasmine Rae & Joe Nichols  ~  “I’ll Try Anything”

17)  The Strokes  ~  “Ask Me Anything”

18)  Kissey  ~  “I Don’t Need Anything”

19)  Catfish And The Bottlemen  ~  “Anything”

20)  Autumn Hill  ~  “Anything At All”

21)  Sage  ~  “Most Anything”

22)  JoJo  ~  “Anything”

23)  Beartooth  ~  “King Of Anything”

24)  Mayou  ~  “Anything For Your Love”

25)  Frank Pole ft. Greyson Chance  ~  “Anything”

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 2

And the hits just keep on coming! Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 2 is ready for your ears. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “1-2-3”

2)  INXS  ~  “New Sensation”

3)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Star”

4)  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians  ~  “What I Am”

5)  Billy Ocean  ~  “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

6)  Van Halen  ~  “When It’s Love”

7)  The Judds  ~  “Give A Little Love”

8)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Parents Just Don’t Understand”

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

10)  Enya  ~  “Orinoco Flow”

11)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “Valley Road”

12)  Icehouse  ~  “Electric Blue”

13)  Brenda K. Starr  ~  “I Still Believe”

14)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Simply Irresistible”

15)  AC/DC  ~  “Heatseeker”

16)  Vern Gosdin  ~  “Set ‘Em Up, Joe”

17)  Phil Collins  ~  “A Groovy Kind Of Love”

18)  Europe  ~  "Superstitious”

19)  Information Society  ~  “What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”

20)  Metallica  ~  “One”

21)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Perfect World”

22)  Pebbles  ~  “Girlfriend”

23)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Kokomo”

24)  Foreigner  ~  “Say You Will”

25)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Fast Car”

26)  Whitesnake  ~  “Is This Love”