Songs For President's Day

This is me attempting to do something interesting for President's Day. Each song in this set bears the surname of a U.S. President in its title. I didn't do anything crazy, like post a song for each of our 45 pPresidents. But I found as many as I could, and you're going to have to be okay with that. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Washington Square"

2)  Aerosmith  ~  "Adam's Apple"  ("Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)

3)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Jefferson Jericho Blues"

4)  George Thorogood ft. Albert Collins  ~  "Madison Blues"

5)  Pharrell Williams ft. Kelly Osbourne  ~  "Marilyn Monroe"

6)  blink-182  ~  "Adam's Song"  (Again, "Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)

7)  Johnny Cash & June Carter  ~  "Jackson"

8)  The Toadies  ~  "Tyler"

9)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Polk Salad Annie"

10)  Jack Johnson  ~  "Taylor"

11)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  "Pierce The Morning Rain"

12)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln"

13)  Mick Flavin  ~  "Jennifer Johnson And Me"

14)  Bob Dylan  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"

15)  John Prine & Sara Watkins  ~  "Late John Garfield Blues"

16)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"

17)  Jewel  ~  "Cleveland"

18)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Cleveland Rocks"  (Remember, Cleveland served as President twice in nonconsecutive terms. So he counts as two Presidents.)

19)  Conor Oberst  ~  "Roosevelt Room"

20)  Hozier  ~  "Jackie And Wilson"

21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "Tonya Harding"

22)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Hoover Factory"

23)  Joywave   ~  "Like A Kennedy"

24)  INXS  ~  "Johnson's Aeroplane"

25)  Elton John  ~  "Postcards From Richard Nixon"

26)  Jerry Reed  ~  "Lord, Mr. Ford"

27)  Tor Miller  ~  "Carter & Cash"

28)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Old Mother Reagan"

29)  Traffic  ~  "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush"

30)  Wakey! Wakey!  ~  "Clinton St. Girl"

31)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Laughing In The Hiding Bush"

32)  Moby & The Homeland Choir  ~  "Trump Is On Your Side"  (The sarcasm is strong with this one. And I tend to agree with the sentiments.)

"Barely" Songs

These are "Barely" Songs. Which is not to say that they barely qualify as songs. In fact, they're quite good. The "Barely" in question appears in the title of each, which is the single unifying theme of the songs. Otherwise, they're all completely unrelated. As per usual... Ready, set, enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Duncan Sheik  ~  "Barely Breathing"

2)  Deana Carter  ~  "I Barely Knew"

3)  Counting Crows  ~  "Barely Out Of Tuesday"  (The video quality on this one bites, but the sound quality is quite good.)

4)  Lucy Swann  ~  "Barely Dancing"

5)  The Hold Steady  ~  "Barely Breathing"

6)  Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  "Barely Enough"

7)  Black Coffee  ~  "I Barely Knew Her"

8)  Lee Greenwood  ~  "Barely Holding On"

9)  Elysian Fields  ~  "Barely Recognize You"

10)  Fruit Bats  ~  "Barely Living Room"

11)  Highway 101  ~  "Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart"

12)  Rilo Kiley  ~  "Jenny, You're Barely Alive"

13)  Lee Aaron  ~  "Barely Holdin' On"

14)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  "I'm Barely Hangin' On To Me"

15)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "I Can Barely Breathe"

16)  a-ha  ~  "Barely Hanging On"

17)  Frank + Derol  ~  "Barely Love You"

18)  The Fray  ~  "I Can Barely Say"

19)  Anchormen  ~  "Borrowed And Barely Used Tomb"

20)  Jillian Shea  ~  "Barely Changed"

21)  Robbie Fulks  ~  "Barely Human"

22)  The Verve Pipe  ~  "Barely (If At All)"

23)  Knox Hamilton  ~  "Barely Missed You"

24)  George Jones  ~  "These Days (I Barely Get By)"

25)  MUFF  ~  "Barely"

Songs About Kings

Remember that time I posted a set of Songs About Aces and told you it was going to be the first in a series of posts about playing cards? Well, I promise I told you. You must have forgotten. Anyway, here's the next installment. Songs About Kings. Hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Rain King"

2)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  "King And Lionheart"

3)  George Strait  ~  "King Of Broken Hearts"

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  "King Of My Heart"

5)  Tom Petty  ~  "It's Good To Be King"

6)  Love & The Outcome  ~  "King Of My Heart"

7)  Years & Years  ~  "King"

8)  Rush  ~  "A Farewell To Kings"

9)  King's X  ~  "King"

10)  First Aid Kit ft. Marcus Mumford  ~  "King Of The World"

11)  Nina Simone  ~  "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)"

12)  Cat Power  ~  "King Rides By"

13)  Metallica  ~  "King Nothing"

14)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "Kings And Queens"

15)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "King Of New Orleans"

16)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Kings & Queens"

17)  Newsies Cast  ~  "King Of New York"

18)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  "Kings & Queens"

19)  The Police  ~  "King Of Pain"

20)  Rainbow  ~  "Temple Of The King"

21)  Weezer  ~  "King Of The World"

22)  Deep Purple  ~  "Speed King"

23)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

24)  Danny Kaye  ~  "The King's New Clothes"

25)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

Popular Songs Of 1999, Vol. 1

Chances are, you will recognize quite a few of the songs in this post and the three follow-up posts in the series. Chances also are, that realizing these songs are now twenty years old will make you feel old. And justifiably so. I sure feel old! That being said, there's plenty of "modern classics" to be seen and heard here. So let's get into it!  ~  JH

1)  Shania Twain  ~  “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”

2)  Citizen King  ~  “Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)”

3)  Whitney Houston  ~  “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay”

4)  Counting Crows  ~  “Hanginaround”

5)  Avalon  ~  “In Not Of”

6)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

7)  Bree Sharp  ~  “David Duchovny”

8)  Ricky Martin  ~  “She’s All I Ever Had”

9)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

10)  Live  ~  “Dolphin’s Cry”

11)  Mariah Carey & Jay-Z  ~  “Heartbreaker”

12)  Tal Bachman  ~  “She’s So High”

13)  702  ~  “Where My Girls At”

14)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “All I Have To Give”

15)  The Cranberries  ~  “Just My Imagination”  (I do so miss Dolores O’Riordan. She possessed a one-of-a-kind voice.)

16)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

17)  Britney Spears  ~  “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

18)  Sugar Ray  ~  “Someday”

19)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Angels Would Fall”

20)  Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

21)  Edwin McCain  ~  “I Could Not Ask For More”

22)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Dive”

23)  Tamia & Eric Benet  ~  “Spend My Life With You”

24)  Silverchair  ~  “Anthem For The Year 2000”

25)  Ginny Owens  ~  “Free”

26)  Eminem  ~  “My Name Is”

27)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Fast As You Can”

28)  blink-182  ~  “What’s My Age Again?”