“Hardly” Songs

These are "Hardly" Songs. Which is not to say that they hardly qualify as songs. In fact, they're quite good. The "Hardly" in question appears in the title of each, which is the single unifying theme of the songs. Otherwise, they're all completely unrelated. But I repeat myself... Enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Cults  ~  “I Can Hardly Call You Mine”

2)  Dropkick Murphys  ~  “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya”

3)  N’Dambi  ~  “Can’t Hardly Wait”

4)  The Finks  ~  “Can’t Hardly Wait”

5)  Juliette Lewis  ~  “Hardly Wait”

6)  The Movement  ~  “I Can Hardly Live Without You"

7)  Helen Corry  ~  “Hardly Breathe”

8)  Big Country  ~  “Hardly A Mountain”

9)  Cloudeater  ~  “Hardly Wait”

10)  Brandy  ~  “Hardly Breathing”

11)  The Replacements  ~  “Can’t Hardly Wait"

12)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs"  (Neither do I!)

13)  Shu Ying  ~  “Hardly Spoken Girl"

14)  Sérgio Mendes  ~  “A Dream Come True (Can’t Hardly Wait)”

15)  Goodbye Honolulu  ~  “Hardly Speaking”

16)  Raspberries  ~  “I Can Hardly Believe You’re Mine”

17)  Lori McKenna  ~  “Hardly Speaking A Word”

18)  Fairport Convention  ~  "John Was Hardly More Than A Bewildered Observer At His Own Trial..."  (That's an incredibly long song title!)

19)  Wallis Bird  ~  “Hardly Hardly”

20)  The Summer Set  ~  "When The Party Ends (Can't Hardly Wait)"

21)  Bob Mould ft. Dave Grohl  ~  “Hardly Getting Over It”

22)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "A Man I Hardly Know"

23)  Nelson  ~  “I Can Hardly Wait”

24)  Banks & Steelz  ~  "Can't Hardly Feel"

25)  The O’Jays  ~  “I Can Hardly Wait For Christmas”  (Is it too early to post a Christmas song? Yes, it is. Did I go there anyway? Yes, I did.)

Songs About Hurting, Vol. 4

This is where I introduce you to today's theme. But it's not that big of a reveal when we're on the fourth and final volume of an existing series. So I'll just say, "Here it is." Ahem...here it is. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chappell Roan  ~  "Good Hurt"

2)  Big Country  ~  "Hurt"

3)  The Venus Project  ~  "Won't Hurt"

4)  First Aid Kit  ~  "Truth Can Hurt"

5)  Jasmine Sokko  ~  "Hurt"

6)  Mint Condition  ~  "You Don't Have To Hurt No More"

7)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Hurt"

8)  Robert Plant  ~  "Hurting Kind"

9)  Carpenters  ~  “Hurting Each Other”

10)  Texas  ~  "It Hurts Me Too"

11)  SG Lewis ft. AlunaGeorge  ~  “Hurting”

12)  Shania Twain  ~  "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"

13)  The Jezabels  ~  "Hurt Me"

14)  Shelby Lynne  ~  "I Love You So Much It Hurts"

15)  Austra  ~  "Hurt Me Now"

16)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "It Don't Hurt"

17)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Every Little Bit Hurts"

18)  Patty Griffin  ~  "Hurt A Little While"

19)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  "Hurt So Good"

20)  KOLE  ~  "Hurt Me"

21)  Carly Simon  ~  "Hurt"

22)  Lulu  ~  "Hurt Me So Bad"

23)  Charly Bliss  ~  "Hurt Me"

24)  Patty Loveless  ~  "Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)"

25)  Eurythmics  ~  "You Hurt Me (And I Hate You)"

Songs About Hostages & Luxury

Continuing in my quasi-series of posts featuring songs about two totally unrelated things (most – curiously – beginning with an "H" and an "L"), here's a sensational set of Songs About Hostages & Luxury. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Hostage”

2)  Jon Bellion  ~  “Luxury”

3)  Sia  ~  “Hostage”

4)  Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band  ~  “Luxury Liner”

5)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Hostage To The Light”

6)  Arrested Development  ~  “Luxury”

7)  Jack’s Mannequin  ~  “Hostage”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Lap Of Luxury”

9)  Donna Summer  ~  “The Hostage”

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Luxury”

11)  Anais Martinez  ~  “Hostage”

12)  Maxwell  ~  “Luxury: Cococure”

13)  Jeremy Lister  ~  “Hostage”  (There’s a lot of mindless chit-chat before the song. If you want to skip that, just jump to the 2:25 mark. The song ends around the 5:50 mark. The rest is more mindless chit-chat.)

14)  ZZ Top  ~  “Dipping Low (In The Lap Of Luxury)”

15)  Empires  ~  “Hostage”

16)  Frida Elsa  ~  “Luxury”

17)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Hostage Of Peace”

18)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “The Punishment Of Luxury”

19)  Razorlight  ~  “Hostage Of Love”

20)  Korn  ~  “Love & Luxury”

21)  Angelicca  ~  “Hostage”

22)  Marillion  ~  “Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury”

23)  The Life And Times  ~  “My Last Hostage”

24)  Wye Oak  ~  “On Luxury”

25)  Big Country  ~  “The Hostage Speaks”

26)  Domenica  ~  “Luxury”

27)  Griffin Oskar  ~  “Hostage”

28)  Azealia Banks  ~  “Luxury”

29)  Alexa  ~  “Hostage”

30)  Keith Urban  ~  “The Luxury Of Knowing”

“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”

3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”

4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”

6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”

7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”

8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”

9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”

10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”

11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”

12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”

13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”

16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”

17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”

18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”

19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”

20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”

21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”

22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”

23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”

24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”