Songs With Abbreviations In The Title, Vol. 1

Of all the things I've blogged about before, this is not one of them. Until now... Enjoy this first set of songs (of two) featuring some kind of abbreviation, initials, or acronym in the title.  ~  JH

1)  Tori Kelly  ~  “P.Y.T.”  (“Pretty Young Thing.” Nice cover of a Michael Jackson hit.)

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  “D.O.A.”  (“Dead On Arrival”)

3)  Bea Miller  ~  “S.L.U.T.”  (It’s not what it looks like. This is shorthand for “Sweet Little Unforgettable Thing.”)

4)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “I.R.S.”  (No double meaning here. It really does stand for “Internal Revenue Service.”)

5)  Mariah Carey  ~  “H.A.T.E.U.”  (“H.A.T.E.U.” actually means “hate you.” So…it’s not really an abbreviation for anything. You tricky trickster, Mariah!) 

6)  Kasabian  ~  “L.S.F.”  (“Lost Souls Forever”)

7)  Melanie Fiona  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (Also not technically an abbreviation.)

8)  Black Sabbath  ~  “N.I.B.”  (Apparently, “Nib” was the nickname of a band member’s beard. Ozzy put the punctuation marks in there to confuse people. Mission accomplished!)

9)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “BWU”  (“Be With U”)

10)  Noah And The Whale  ~  “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.”  (It means what it looks like it means. N.O.T. A.N. A.B.B.R.E.V.I.A.T.I.O.N. *sigh*)

11)  Dua Lipa ft. Charli XCX, Zara Larsson, MØ, & Alma  ~  “IDGAF”  (I’ll let you Google this abbreviation. Although, seeing as this is the sanitized version of the song, the title should have been shortened further to “IDGA.”)

12)  Live  ~  “T.B.D.”  (“Tibetan Book of the Dead”)

13)  Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu  ~  “Q.U.E.E.N.”  (Also not an abbreviation. I’m spotting a pattern here.)

14)  Cream  ~  “N.S.U.”  (Oddly enough, this stands for “Non-Specific Urethritis.”)

15)  Jessie J  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (Equally not an actual abbreviation. This may be less the fault of the artists and more the fault of yours truly, the blogger. Sorry…)

16)  Rythm Syndicate  ~  “P.A.S.S.I.O.N.”  (The singer spells out several words in this one. But none of them are abbreviations. He just likes spelling, I guess. Except in the case of his band’s name, which is – apparently – misspelled intentionally. Go figure!)

17)  John Mellencamp  ~  “R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.”  (The “R.O.C.K.” part doesn’t mean anything other than “Rock.” If you don’t know what the “U.S.A.” part means, you’re either not from around here or you’ve been living under a rock. Either way…find out for yourself.)

18)  Le Tigre  ~  “TKO”  ("Technical Knockout")

19)  Harry Chapin  ~  “W.O.L.D.”  (These are the call letters of a fictional radio station at which the song’s narrator is an aging deejay. Thus a double meaning with the letters “O.L.D.”)

20)  Florida Georgia Line  ~  “H.O.L.Y.”  ("High On Loving You")

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 4

Let's go ahead and wrap up this series today. Part 4 of 4 of the most Popular Songs Of 1978. It's been real, it's been fun...it's been real fun! And now it's your turn...to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Wings  ~  “With A Little Luck”

2)  Pablo Cruise  ~  “Love Will Find A Way”

3)  Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams  ~  “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”

4)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  “Still The Same”

5)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Every Kinda People”

6)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Count On Me”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Part-Time Love”

8)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

9)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Never Say Die”

10)  Boney M.  ~  “Rasputin”

11)  Heatwave  ~  “Always And Forever”

12)  The Who  ~  “Who Are You?”

13)  Player  ~  “Baby Come Back”

14)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

15)  Foreigner  ~  “Double Vision”

16)  Grease Cast ft. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Summer Nights”

17)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Beast Of Burden”

18)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Can’t Smile Without You”

19)  UFO  ~  Only You Can Rock Me”

20)  Chris Rea  ~  “Fool If You Think It’s Over”

21)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”

22)  Bee Gees  ~  “Stayin’ Alive”

23)  Exile  ~  “Kiss You All Over”

24)  Eddie Money  ~  “Baby, Hold On”

25)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

All The “Feels”, Vol. 3

Y'all feeling these "Feels"? Good! Because here's another set of them. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jetta  ~  “Feels Like Coming Home”

2)  Tom Petty  ~  “You Don’t Know How It Feels”

3)  Alicia Keys  ~  “How It Feels To Fly”

4)  Inspiral Carpets  ~  “This Is How It Feels”

5)  Bree Sharp  ~  “Everything Feels Wrong”

6)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “How Forever Feels”

7)  BeBe & CeCe Winans  ~  “Feels Like Heaven (With You)”

8)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “Feels So Good”

9)  Orianthi  ~  “Feels Like Home”  (Man, that woman can shred a guitar!)

10)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Feels Good To Me”

11)  Andy Allo  ~  “What It Feels Like”

12)  Guster  ~  “This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart”

13)  Ella Mae Bowen  ~  “This Is What It Feels Like”

14)  Brian Setzer  ~  “The Knife Feels Like Justice”

15)  Little Mix  ~  “Nothing Feels Like You”

16)  Romain Virgo  ~  Who Feels It, Knows It”

17)  Santana ft. Dido  ~  “Feels Like Fire”

18)  Cody Carnes  ~  “What Freedom Feels Like”

19)  Tina Arena  ~  “That’s The Way A Woman Feels”

20)  TobyMac ft. Michael Tait & Kevin Max  ~  “Love Feels Like”

21)  Feed Me ft. Nina Nesbitt  ~  “What It Feels Like”

22)  Of Mice & Men  ~  “Feels Like Forever”

23)  The Veronicas  ~  “This Is How It Feels”

24)  Drake White  ~  “It Feels Good”

25)  Bonfire Family  ~  “Feels Like Comin’ Home”

“Psycho” Songs

These songs are crazy, utterly insane, a bit scary, and...well, just plain "Psycho." Lose your mind...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Talking Heads  ~  “Psycho Killer”

2)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Psychophobia”

3)  Lords Of The Underground  ~  “Psycho”

4)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Psychobilly Freakout”

5)  Jeff Beck  ~  “Psycho Sam”

6)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “American Beauty / American Psycho”

7)  Local Natives  ~  “Psycho Lovers”

8)  Puddle Of Mudd  ~  “Psycho”

9)  Kasabian  ~  “You’re In Love With A Psycho”

10)  The Yardbirds  ~  “Psycho Daisies”

11)  Gaby de K  ~  “Psycho”

12)  Slipknot  ~  “Psychosocial”

13)  Grammatrain  ~  “Psycho”

14)  Beasts Of Bourbon  ~  “Psycho”

15)  Ramones  ~  “Psycho Therapy”

16)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Psycho Monkey”

17)  Pantera  ~  “Psycho Holiday”

18)  The Oscillators  ~  “Psycho Man”

19)  The Felons  ~  “Crazy Psycho”

20)   Skillet  ~  “Circus For A Psycho”

21)  Imelda May  ~  “Psycho”

22)  12 Stones  ~  “Psycho”

23)  Skid Row  ~  “Psycho Therapy”

24)  The Sonics  ~  “Psycho”

25)  Quiet Riot  ~  “Psycho City”

BONUS TRACK #1:  A Camp  ~  “Psycho”  (This is actually the same song as #14 above. But this version manages to be FAR LESS creepy! Also, Nina Persson’s vocals are way more lovely than those of that Beasts Of Bourbon guy – but then again, he was obviously going for the “ick factor.” And nailed it, I might add.)

BONUS TRACK # 2:  Poe  ~  “Trigger Happy Jack”  (While the word “Psycho” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song, it does figure prominently throughout the chorus – plus, I happen to like the song, so here it is!)