"Fast" & "Loose" Songs, Vol. 2

These songs are just as "Fast" and "Loose" as the ones in the first post were. (Which, by the way, is a good thing.) All you have to do to verify this bold statement...is to take a listen. Enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Paramore  ~  “Fast In My Car”

2)  High Hazels  ~  “Loose Stitches”

3)  Paul Weller  ~  “Fast Car / Slow Traffic”

4)  Chris Rea  ~  “Let It Loose”

5)  Lit  ~  "Fast"

6)  Astronauts, etc.  ~  "Shake It Loose"

7)  Sonder  ~  "Too Fast"

8)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Shakin' It Loose"

9)  MercyMe  ~  "Hold Fast"

10)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Hang Loose"

11)  Jill Johnson  ~  "Fast Trip Up"

12)  Joe Tex  ~  "Loose Caboose"

13)  Missy Higgins  ~  "Run So Fast"

14)  Europe  ~  "On The Loose"

15)  Phora  ~  "Move Too Fast"

16)  Saga  ~  "On The Loose"

17)  The All-American Rejects  ~  "Fast & Slow"

18)  Happy Mondays  ~  "Loose Fit"

19)  Casey Donahew Band  ~  "Nowhere Fast"

20)  Waxahatchee  ~  "La Loose"

21)  Aaron Watson  ~  "Fast Cars, Slow Kisses"

22)  Sinai Vessel  ~  "Looseleaf"

23)  Fiona Apple  ~  "Fast As You Can"

24)  The Judds  ~  "Turn It Loose"

25)  Tori Amos  ~  "Fast Horse"

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?”

25 Different Renditions Of “Frosty The Snowman”

Every couple of years or so, I do one of these posts featuring a bunch of different versions of a beloved Christmas song. Well, here's another one for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to skip around to the ones that interest you most. Outside of the original version (#5) and the one made popular in the animated special (#1), my top picks are #3, #14, and #22. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites. ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Durante  (Animated)

2)  August Burns Red  (Metalcore)

3)  Fiona Apple  (Poppy)

4)  Puddles The Clown & Mr. Bigfoot  (Bizarre)

5)  Gene Autry  (Original)

6)  Grace VanderWaal  (Ethereal)

7)  BWC Christmas Orchestra  (Metal)

8)  Zee Avi  (Depressing)

9)  The Beach Boys  (Harmony)

10)  USC Bassoon Choir  (Woodwinds)

11)  The Jackson 5  (Motown)

12)  The Harry Connick Big Band  (Swingin’)

13)  The Reverend Horton Heat  (Rockabilly)

14)  Leon Redbone & Dr. John  (Bluesy)

15)  Bing Crosby  (Traditional)

16)  Pepper Proud  (Innovative)

17)  Ella Fitzgerald  (Jazzy)

18)  The Ronettes  (Girlgroup)

19)  The Wombats  (Alternative)

20)  Urbana Reggaeton  (Spanish)

21)  The Ventures  (Percussive)

22)  Willie Nelson  (Twangy)

23)  Los Straitjackets  (Instrumental)

24)  DJ Laz  (Thumpin’)

25)  Bowling For Soup  (Punk)

More “Hot” & “Bothered” Songs

Because one set of "Hot" & "Bothered" Songs is never enough, there's this... Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Sussy  ~  “Why Bother?”

2)  Katy Perry  ~  “Hot N Cold”

3)  The Derek Trucks Band  ~  “Down Don’t Bother Me”

4)  Nick Gilder  ~  “Hot Child In The City”

5)  Over The Rhine  ~  “Bothered”

6)  The B-52’s  ~  “Hot Corner”

7)  Stone Sour  ~  “Bother”

8)  Inna  ~  “Hot”

9)  Soul Asylum  ~  “Don’t Bother Me”

10)  Diamante  ~  “Coming In Hot”

11)  The Fight  ~  “Can’t Be Bothered”

12)  Girls Aloud  ~  “Long, Hot Summer”

13)  Lucy Woodward  ~  “Hot And Bothered”

14)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Hot”

15)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “I Can’t Be Bothered”

16)  Foreigner  ~  “Hot Blooded”

17)  EVE  ~  “Hot ’N’ Bothered”

18)  Sirens Of Lesbos  ~  “Long Days, Hot Nights”

19)  The Tams  ~  “Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me”

20)  Fiona Apple ft. Maura Maggart  ~  “Hot Knife”  (FYI: The lady on the left, on high harmony with Fiona, is her sister Maura, who’s also a singer. Obviously.)