Songs About Main Street

Who'd have thought that there'd be enough good Songs About Main Street to more than fill a post? Obviously, that was me. Turns out I was correct. So, please...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Late Night Alumni  ~  "Main Street"

2)  Kurtis Blow  ~  "One-Two-Five (Main Street Harlem U.S.A.)"

3)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Mainstreet"

4)  Omar & The Howlers  ~  "Full Moon On Main Street"

5)  Deer Tick  ~  "Main Street"

6)  Outlaws  ~  "Nothin' Main About Main Street"

7)  Los Lobos  ~  "On Main Street"

8)  The Four Tops  ~  "Main Street People"

9)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "In France They Kiss On Main Street"

10)  Carole King  ~   "Main Street Saturday Night"

11)  Dion  ~  "Midtown American Main Street Gang"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  "Main Street Eyes"

13)  Gene Kelly & Vera-Ellen  ~  "When You Walk Down Main Street With Me"

14)  Bobby Bare  ~  "Waitress At The Main Street Cafe"

15)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Main Street"

16)  Roy Wood & Wizzard  ~  "Main Street"

17)  Cataldo  ~  "Literally Main Street"

18)  The Takeover UK  ~  "Main Street Crush"

19)  Hugh Blumenfeld  ~  "Main Street Sky"

20)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Going Down To Main Street"

21)  Cornflower  ~  "Monks On Main Street"

22)  O.C. Smith  ~  "Main Street Mission"

23)  Virginia Maestro  ~  "Main Street"

24)  Gretchen Peters Trio  ~  "Main Street"

25)  Deric Ruttan  ~  "Main Street, 1979"

26)  Japan  ~  "Lovers On Main Street"

27)  Time King  ~  "Main Street"

28)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Main Street Wizards"

29)  Mighty Ploughboys  ~  "Main Street"

30)  Ultravox  ~  "Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)"

"Symphony" Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first set in a three-part series of posts featuring songs with the word "Symphony" in their titles. For the most part, the songs themselves are not symphonies, nor are they part of symphonies (with a few notable exceptions). But they are quite good. I hope you, like I did when compiling them, will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson  ~  "Symphony"

2)  The Verve  ~  "Bittersweet Symphony"

3)  Switch ft. Dillon Chase  ~  "Symphony"

4)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Symphony"

5)  Zeds Dead x Charlotte OC  ~  "Symphony"

6)  Josh Groban  ~  "Symphony"

7)  Flux Pavilion ft. Layna  ~  "Symphony"

8)  Newsboys United  ~  "Symphony"

9)  Jamie Falk  ~  "Symphony"

10)  Linkin Park  ~  "Battle Symphony"

11)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Symphony"

12)  Tim Hughes  ~  "Symphony"

13)  The Supremes  ~  "I Hear A Symphony"

14)  Snow Patrol  ~  "The Symphony"

15)  Monica  ~  "Street Symphony"

16)  Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli  ~  "Perfect Symphony"  (Wow! I thought the original version of "Perfect" was great. And it was! But this one is much richer and more nuanced!)

17)  Jana Kramer  ~  "Unfinished Symphony"

18)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  "One Note Symphony"

19)  Katie Melua  ~  "Secret Symphony"

20)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "Symphony"

21)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Black Symphony"

22)  Hanson  ~  "Tragic Symphony"

23)  Blonde Redhead  ~  "Symphony Of Treble"

24)  Kansas  ~  "Lamplight Symphony"

25)  Marie Digby  ~  "Symphony"

26)  Carole King  ~  "Welfare Symphony"

27)  The Digital Age  ~  "Symphony Of Grace"

  

Songs About Jacks

Here's the next installment in the series of posts about playing cards. Songs About Jacks. You thought I forgot, didn't you? All is forgiven. And...you're welcome! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~ "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

2)  Screaming Lord Sutch  ~  "Jack The Ripper"

3)  Dolly Parton ft. Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Apple Jack"

4)  Curtis Mayfield  ~  "Billy Jack"

5)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "Hey Jack Kerouac"

6)  Anna Soklich  ~  "Jack Of Speed"

7)  311  ~  "Sometimes Jacks Rule The Realm" 

8)  Raydio  ~  "Jack And Jill"

9)  Judy Garland & Gene Kelly  ~  "Ballin' The Jack"

10)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Jack-A-Roe"

11)  Sarah Darling  ~  "Jack Of Hearts"

12)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Jack Of All Trades"

13)  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy  ~  "Jumpin' Jack"

14)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Jack & Diane"

15)  Clint Black  ~  "Cadillac Jack Favor"

16)  Ray Charles  ~  "Hit The Road, Jack"

17)  Carole King  ~  "Smackwater Jack"

18)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "From A Jack To A King"

19)  Diana Krall  ~  "Hit That Jack, Jive"

20)  The Who  ~  "Happy Jack"

21)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Lil' Jack Slade"

22)  Morrissey  ~  "Jack The Ripper"

23)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  "One Eyed Jacks"

24)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Jack-In-The-Green"

25)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "The House That Jack Built"

Songs About Hopscotch & Labyrinths

If there's one that Hopscotch has absolutely nothing to do with, it's Labyrinths. And that's exactly the point of this post – that there is no point. But there are plenty of good songs. So listen to 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Missing Persons  ~  “Mental Hopscotch”

2)  The Cure  ~  “Labyrinth”

3)  CocoRosie  ~  “Hopscotch”

4)  Smallman  ~  “Labyrinth Of Present”

5)  Fiction & Fables  ~  “Hopscotch Parade”

6)  Asaf Avidan  ~  “The Labyrinth Song”

7)  Eric Lewis  ~  “Hopscotch”

8)  Elisa  ~  “Labyrinth”

9)  Alan Gogoll  ~  “Hopscotch”

10)  BLR  ~  “Labyrinth”

11)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Optical Hopscotch”

12)  Genevieve  ~  “Labyrinth Of Me”

13)  Maya Angelou  ~  “Harlem Hopscotch”

14)  Savatage  ~  “Labyrinths”

15)  Emmelie de Forest  ~  “Hopscotch”

16)  Carole King  ~  “Labyrinth”

17)  Miles Davis  ~  “Hopscotch”

18)  Briana Nadeau  ~  “Labyrinth Of Love”

19)  Waldo  ~  “Hopscotch”

20)  Steve Howe   ~  “Labyrinth”

21)  Gwen Guthrie  ~  “Hopscotch”

22)  Julia Graye  ~  “Labyrinth”

23)  Bastelbande  ~  “Hopscotch”

24)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  “The Labyrinth”

25)  One Girl Shy  ~  “Hopscotch Man”

26)  Toro y Moi  ~  “Labyrinth”

27)  King Of Hawaii  ~  “Hopscotch”

28)  Have I Lost My Mind  ~  “Labyrinth”

29)  Woodpigeon  ~  “Love In The Time Of Hopscotch”

30)  Alesana  ~  “Labyrinth”