“Against” Songs, Vol. 1

And now, for the "Against" songs. As previously mentioned, with the "For" songs I limited myself to choosing only songs that began with the word "For" and tried to do the same with the "Against" songs. Sadly, I couldn't find enough good ones to balance out the number of "For" songs, so I expanded my search to songs with "Against" anywhere in their titles. And here's what I came up with. Volume 2 will follow, and this series will be complete. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

2)  Accept  ~  “Against The World”

3)  Hudson And Troop  ~  “Against The Odds”

4)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Against The Wind”

5)  Dee-1 ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Lupe Fiasco  ~  “Against Us”

6)  Chloé Bird  ~  “Against Each Other”

7)  Coldplay  ~  “Us Against The World”

8)  Morgan Page & Michael S  ~  “Against The World”

9)  After Hour Animals  ~  “Against All Odds”

10)  Gary Allan  ~  “Lovin’ You Against My Will”

11)  City And Colour  ~  “Against The Grain”

12)  LORD  ~  “Against The Wind”

13)  Survivor  ~  “Man Against The World”

14)  Milow  ~  “Against The Tide”

15)  Jamie Allensworth  ~  “Against The Grain”

16)  Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi ft. Jack White  ~  “Two Against One” 

17)  Vicious Rumors  ~  “Against The Grain”

18)  Cello Fury  ~  “Against All Odds”

19)  Helen Reddy  ~  “You And Me Against The World”

20)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Back Against The Wall”

Songs About The Jungle

Stylistically speaking, I went way diverse with this dynamic selection of songs. Each of them has the word "Jungle" somewhere in its title, but no two songs are even remotely alike. Well, except for the Bonus Track...but even that's only "remotely" similar. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bob Marley  ~  “Concrete Jungle”

2)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Jungle Love”

3)  John Fogerty  ~  “Run Through The Jungle”

4)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Jungle Boogie”

5)  Herbie Mann, Dave Valentin, Paquito d’Rivera, Ray Mantilla, & Tito Puente  ~  “Jungle Fantasy”

6)  New York Dolls  ~  “Stranded In The Jungle”

7)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “It’s A Jungle Out There”

8)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”

9)  Mike Oldfield  ~  “Jungle Gardenia”

10)  Santana  ~  “Jungle Strut”

11)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Jungle Work”

12)   Emma Louise  ~  “Jungle”

13)  NONONO  ~  “Jungle”

14)  X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons  ~  “Jungle”

15)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  “Jungle Drum”

16)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “George Of The Jungle”

17)  The Tragically Hip  ~  “Greasy Jungle”

18)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Jungletime”

19)  Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears  ~  “Livin’ In The Jungle”

20)  Panama  ~  “Jungle”

BONUS TRACK:  2Cellos  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”  (This dynamic instrumental rendition of the G N’ R song above was far too fantastic not to include here.)

“Locked” & “Loaded” Songs

Okay, so here's a collection of songs with either the word "Locked" or "Loaded" (or both) in their titles. I don't know why. Stop asking hard questions, and just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  R. City ft. Adam Levine  ~  “Locked Away”

2)  Primal Scream  ~  “Loaded”

3)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Locked Out Of Heaven”

4)  Soil  ~  “Loaded Gun”

5)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Locked Up”

6)  Deacon Blue  ~  “Loaded”

7)  Janelle Monáe  ~  “Locked Inside”

8)  The Living End  ~  “Loaded Gun”

9)  Crowded House  ~  “Locked Out”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Love’s A Loaded Gun”

11)  Blackmore’s Night  ~  “Locked Within A Crystal Ball”

12)  Elvis Presley  ~  “We’re Comin’ In Loaded”

13)  Judas Priest  ~  “Locked In”

14)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  “Loaded Dice”

15)  The Boxer Rebellion  ~  “Locked In The Basement”

16)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “My Guns Are Loaded”

17)  Freelance Whales  ~  “Locked Out”

18)  Sticky Fingers  ~  “Liquorlip Loaded Gun”

19)  Norah Jones  ~  “Behind That Locked Door”

20)  Onward, Etc.  ~  “Loaded Gun”

21)  Solange  ~  “Locked In Closets”

22)  Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown  ~  “Loaded Dice & Buried Money”  (WARNING: This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.)

23)  Mesparrow  ~  “Locked In My Thoughts”

24)  Mama Lenny & The Remedy  ~  “Loaded Gun”

25)  Miko Marks  ~  “Locked And Loaded”

Songs By Artists With Presidential Names, Vol. 1

I get a lot of dumb ideas, and sometimes I blog about them. The other day, I wondered if I could find a singer or band whose name included the surname of each of our 44 Presidents. And, as it turns out, I could! Here's the first 22 of them. If enough people are interested to view this post, I'll post the other half this afternoon. If not, I'll post it tomorrow. (You see, you can't really escape it.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Washington  ~  "How To Tame Lions"

2)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Please Forgive Me"

3)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "White Rabbit"

4)  Madison Beer  ~  "Melodies"  (I apologize for the appearance of Justin Bieber in this clip.)

5)  Marilyn Monroe  ~  "I Wanna Be Loved By You"

6)  Yolanda Adams  ~  "Open My Heart"

7)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Black Or White"

8)  The Van Buren Boys  ~  "All Over Again"

9)  George Harrison  ~  "Got My Mind Set On You"

10)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"

11)  The Chardon Polka Band  ~  "Two Sisters Polka"  (I know this one is ridiculously random, but you have no idea how hard it is to find a band or artist with the word "Polk" in their name. This one qualifies…just barely…so here it is.)

12)  Taylor Swift  ~  "22"

13)  On Fillmore  ~  "Master Moon"

14)  Webb Pierce  ~  "In The Jailhouse Now"

15)  Buchanan  ~  "Run Faster"

16)  Lincoln Brewster  ~  "Today Is The Day"

17)  Jack Johnson  ~  "I Got You"

18)  Natalie Grant  ~  "I Will Not Be Moved"

19)  Hunter Hayes  ~  "Invisible"

20)  La Garfield  ~  "Sin Miedo"

21)  James Arthur  ~  "Recovery"

22)  Ashley Cleveland  ~  "You Gotta Move"