"Friendly" Songs

Aww, these songs are just so stinkin' nice, I can't stand it! I mean, why else would they all have the word "Friendly" in their titles? So enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter”

2)  Husky Rescue  ~  “Under Friendly Fire”

3)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Friendly Fires”

4)  Judy Garland  ~  “Friendly Star”

5)  Andy Kaufman  ~  “This Friendly World”

6)  Claire  ~  “Friendly Fire”

7)  Pat Boone  ~  “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”

8)  Foresteater  ~  “Very Friendly People”

9)  Celine Cairo  ~  “Friendly Fire”

10)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  “The Turn Of A Friendly Card”

11)  Leagues  ~  “Friendly Fires”

12)  Velvet  ~  “Friendly Fire”

13)  Dean Martin  ~  “Let’s Be Friendly”

14)  Swear And Shake  ~  “Friendly Fire”

15)  Ray Stevens  ~  “The Skies Just Ain’t Friendly Anymore”

16)  Ollie MN  ~  “Friendly Dark”

17)  Jhelisa  ~  “Friendly Pressure”

18)  Luna  ~  “Friendly Advice”

19)  Dollys  ~  “Friendly”

20)  Bad Books  ~  “Friendly Advice”

Songs About Houston

Unless you've been living under a rock or you just hate baseball, you probably already know that the Houston Astros are playing in the World Series this year. In fact, as I write this, they are one game away from either winning their first or losing their second World Series. I may be a little late to the game on this (pun not intended), but here's a bunch of Songs About Houston to honor the team's accomplishments thus far. Don't worry, Dodgers fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  “Houston”

2)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “East Houston Blues”

3)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Houston Is Hot Tonight”

4)  George Hamilton IV  ~  “Fort Worth, Dallas, Or Houston”

5)  Houndmouth  ~  “Houston Train”

6)  Don Gibson  ~  “If You Ever Get To Houston (Look Me Down)”

7)  ZZ Top  ~  “Heaven, Hell, Or Houston”  (The camera work on this one is awful, but the sound quality is great!)

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

9)  Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner  ~  “Struggle Here In Houston”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Houston”

11)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Houston Don’t Dream About Me”

12)  David Ball  ~  “Houston Again”

13)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Dracula From Houston”  (If you can get past their ridiculously inappropriate band name, this is a really enjoyable song.)

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Houston (I’m Comin’ To See You)”

15)  Coldplay  ~  “Houston”

16)  Steve Earle  ~  “Home To Houston”

17)  Deer Tick  ~  “Houston, TX”

18)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Rainy Day In Houston”

19)  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band  ~  “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)”

20)  Bobby Bare  ~  “I Can Almost See Houston From Here”

A Song For Every Word In The Preamble To The Constitution

This is exactly what it sounds like it is. Yay, democracy!  ~  JH

Click on each underlined portion of the Preamble to hear a song with that word (or phrase) in its title. The full playlist of songs is included below.

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


PLAYLIST:
A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "We The People"
Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"
Arrested Development  ~  "United Front"
Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "States Of Friction"
Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"
Curtis Mayfield  ~  "New World Order"
Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"
Everything Everything  ~  "Final Form"
Titus Andronicus  ~  "A More Perfect Union"
Modico  ~  "Ah, Establish"
Flyleaf  ~  "Justice & Mercy"
Nuell  ~  "Insure"
John Conlee  ~  "Domestic Life"
Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Sea Of Tranquility"
Ekolu  ~  "Provide For You"
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down  ~  "We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)"
Freddie Mercury  ~  "In My Defence"
Honey Wilson  ~  "Leaders Don't Promote Hate"
Dispatch  ~  "The General"
Buck Owens  & The Buckaroos  ~  "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
The Beatles  ~  "And I Love Her"
Indigo Girls  ~  "Secure Yourself"
Ellie Goulding  ~  "The Writer"
Laura Story  ~  "Blessings"
XTC  ~  "Statue Of Liberty"
Anberlin  ~  "We Owe This To Ourselves"
Babyface  ~  "And Our Feelings"
Soft Bullets  ~  "Posterity"
Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"
Pontifex  ~  "Ordained"
Kate Bush  ~  "And Dream Of Sheep"
Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, & Frank Sinatra  ~  "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)"
Darius Rucker  ~  "This"
The Stationary Set  ~  "Constitution Of Love"
Ray Price  ~  "For The Good Times"
Judas Priest  ~  "United"
Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "United States"
Will Hoge  ~  "Middle Of America"

“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”

3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”

4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”

6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”

7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”

8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”

9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”

10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”

11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”

12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”

13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”

16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”

17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”

18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”

19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”

20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”

21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”

22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”

23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”

24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”

“If” & “When” Songs, Vol. 2

The last of the "If" songs...and the "When" ones as well, for that matter. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Prince  ~  “When You Were Mine”

2)  Ella Eyre  ~  “If I Go"

3)  Nat King Cole  ~  “When I Fall In Love”

4)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “If You Love Me, Let Me Go”

5)  Green Day  ~  “When I Come Around”

6)  The Script  ~  “If You Could See Me Now”

7)  Bruno Mars  ~  “When I Was Your Man”

8)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “If I Never Sing Another Song”

9)  Paramore  ~  “When It Rains”

10)   Ginny Owens  ~  “If You Want Me To”

11)  Passenger  ~  “When We Were Young”

12)  Alicia Keys  ~  “If I Ain’t Got You”

13)  Babyface  ~  “When Can I See You”

14)  Reba McEntire ft. Brooks & Dunn  ~  “If You See Him, If You See Her”

15)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “When You’re Gone”

16)  Casting Crowns  ~  “If We Are The Body”

17)  Shania Twain  ~  “When”

18)  Tonic  ~  “If You Could Only See”

19)  Dean Martin  ~  “When You’re Smiling”

20)  Shai  ~  “If I Ever Fall In Love”

21)  Leo Sayer  ~  “When I Need You”

22)  Keith Urban & John Mayer  ~  “If Ever I Could Love”

23)  The Cranberries  ~  “When You’re Gone”

24)  John Legend  ~  “If You’re Out There”

25)  Journey  ~  “When You Love A Woman”