“Hot” & “Bothered” Songs

These "Hot" and "Bothered" Songs are guaranteed to make you...tap your toes. What did you think I was going to say? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora  ~  “Hot Right Now”

2)  Stage Dolls  ~  “Love Don’t Bother Me”

3)  78Violet  ~  “Hothouse”  (These sisters later more of a name for themselves in pop music under their own names: Aly & AJ.)

4)  The Beatles  ~  “Don’t Bother Me”

5)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Too Hot”  (This tune is a genuine throwback from the earliest days of Alanis’ music career, when she was a Paula Abdul wannabe in Canada. She’s come a long way, eh?)

6)  The Charlatans UK  ~  “Can’t Even Be Bothered”

7)  Billy Idol  ~  “Hot In The City”

8)  Shakira  ~  “Don’t Bother”

9)  DJ Valdi ft. Elena  ~  “Hot Bhangra”  (Whatever a “bhangra” is, this is – apparently – a hot one.)

10)  Shaquille O’Neal  ~  “Biological Didn’t Bother”

11)  Allman Brothers Band  ~  “Hot ‘Lanta”

12)  Eleanor Friedberger  ~  “I Don’t Want To Bother You”

13)  Winter Kills  ~  “Hot As Hades”

14)  Weezer  ~  “Why Bother?”

15)  Jenny Owen Youngs  ~  “Hot In Herre”  (If you haven’t heard this tongue-in-cheek folk-pop cover of 50 Cent’s hit song before, you really need to! It’s virtually a word-for-word cover of the original, so there’re a couple of racy bits, but it’s beyond hilarious!)

16)  Itchy  ~  “Why Still Bother”

17)  Creature  ~  “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not”

18)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered”

19)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Hot Gates”

20)  Happy Camper  ~  “Born With A Bothered Mind”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

“Slow” & “Steady” Songs, Vol. 1

First post of the New Year. "Slow" & "Steady" Songs. And....GO!  ~  JH

1)  MØ  ~  “Slow Love”

2)  Shooter Jennings  ~  “Steady At The Wheel”

3)  Sarah Jaffe  ~  “Slow Pour”

4)  Billy Idol  ~  “Ready, Steady, Go”

5)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “Slow, Slow Tune”

6)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Steady My Heart”

7)  Boz Scaggs  ~  “Slow Dancer”

8)  Kacey Johansing  ~  “Hold Steady”

9)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Slow It Down”

10)  The Staves  ~  “Steady”

11)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Slow Like Honey”

12)  Hey Ocean!  ~  “Steady”

13)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  “Slow Life”

14)  Sting  ~  “Rock Steady”

15)  Nightwish  ~  “Slow Love”

16)  Point Of Grace  ~  “Steady On”

17)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Fast & Slow”

18)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Rock Steady”

19)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Slow Train”

20)  Patti Page  ~  “Too Young To Go Steady”

21)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Falling Slow”

22)  George Thorogood  ~  “Steady Rollin’ Man”

23)  Andy Grammer  ~  “Kiss You Slow”

24)  Bonnie Raitt & Bryan Adams  ~  “Rock Steady”

25)  Us The Duo  ~  “Slow Down Time”

Popular Songs Of 1987, Vol. 3

And we're back to the Eighties! Popular Songs of 1987, Vol. 3 of 4 is now up and running. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Who’s That Girl?”

2)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “Hip To Be Square”

3)  Jody Watley  ~  “Looking For A New Love”

4)  Sting  ~  “We’ll Be Together”

5)  Prince ft. Sheena Easton  ~  “U Got The Look”

6)  George Strait  ~  “All My Ex’s Live In Texas”

7)  The Jets  ~  “Cross My Broken Heart”

8)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “The Way It Is”

9)  Kim Wilde  ~  “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”

10)  Beastie Boys  ~  “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)”

11)  Highway 101  ~  “Somewhere Tonight”

12)  Club Nouveau  ~  “Lean On Me”

13)  Herb Alpert ft. Janet Jackson & Lisa Keith  ~  “Diamonds”

14)  Gregory Abbott  ~  “Shake You Down”

15)  Reba McEntire  ~  “The Last One To Know”

16)  Whitesnake  ~  “Here I Go Again”

17)  Aretha Franklin & George Michael  ~  “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”

18)  Restless Heart  ~  “I’ll Still Be Loving You”

19)  T’Pau  ~  “Heart And Soul”

20)  Billy Idol  ~  “Sweet Sixteen”

21)  Starship  ~  “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”

22)  Randy Travis  ~  “Forever And Ever, Amen”

23)  Exposé  ~  “Let Me Be The One”

24)  Robbie Nevil  ~  “C’est La Vie”

25)  The Judds  ~  “Cry Myself To Sleep”

Songs About Pumping

Here's a small collection of songs with some form of the word "Pump" in their titles. Herein you'll be invited to pump up the jam, the volume, the space suit, and your kicks, to name a few. You'll also have the opportunity to pump blood, your fist, your stereo, and your heart. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Technotronic  ~  “Pump Up The Jam”

2)  Foster The People  ~  “Pumped Up Kicks”

3)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Pump It”

4)  Supergrass  ~  “Pumping On Your Stereo”

5)  NONONO  ~  “Pumpin Blood”

6)  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five  ~  “Pump Me Up”

7)  The B-52’s  ~  “Pump”

8)  M/A/R/R/S  ~  “Pump Up The Volume”

9)  Jeff Beck  ~  “The Pump”

10)  The Subways  ~  “My Heart Is Pumping To A Brand New Beat”

11)  Patti Smith  ~  “Pumping My Heart”

12)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Pump It Up”

13)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  “Pump Up The Space Suit”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Pumping On Steel”

15)  Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Pump Your Fist”