"Naughty" & "Nice" Songs

It's almost that time of year again! He's making his lists, and he's checking them twice – he's gonna find out who's "Naughty" or "Nice." Which list are YOU on? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Naughty”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

3)  John Denver  ~  “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me”

4)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

5)  Miriam Makeba  ~  “The Naughty Little Flea”

6)  The Small Faces  ~  “Here Comes The Nice”

7)  Holly Valance  ~  “Naughty Girl”

8)  Lyfe Jennings  ~  “Must Be Nice”

9)  Peter Smith, Alex Frank, & John Storie  ~  “Naughty Angeline”

10)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Be Nice To Me”

11)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Naughty Children Of Bluesville”

12)  Radiohead  ~  “Nice Dream”

13)  Matilda Cast  ~  “Naughty”

14)  St. Ange  ~  “Nice Guy Lullaby”

15)  McKenna Wells  ~  “Naughty Baby”

16)  The Left Banke  ~  “Nice To See You”

17)  Samantha Fox  ~  “Naughty Girls Need Love, Too”  (This song/video could not be any more stereotypically ’80s if it tried!)

18)  Divine Fits  ~  “Would That Not Be Nice”

19)  Sherrié Austin ft. Shane Stevens  ~  “Naughty Or Nice”

20)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “It’s Nice To Be Out In The Morning”

21)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “Nice”

23)  The Sunny Cowgirls  ~  “Naughty Side”

24)  Mass Gothic  ~  “Nice Night”

25)  John Parr  ~  “Naughty Naughty”  (WOW, this is a cheeseball video! Also extremely ‘80s, in this case to its detriment.)

26)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Treat Me Nice”

27)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “The Naughty Waltz”

28)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice ’N’ Easy”

29)  Phi Phi O'Hara  ~  “Naughty Or Nice”

30)  The English Beat  ~  “Too Nice To Talk To”

Songs About L.A.

For those of you still not in the know, the other team that's playing in the World Series this year is the L.A. Dodgers. They are one game away from winning their seventh World Series. Or losing their umpteenth (they've been around for a while). In honor of the amazing season they've had, here's a collection of Songs About L.A., the city where they play. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Randy Newman  ~  “I Love L.A.”

2)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “L.A. Hallucinations”

3)  The Doors  ~  “L.A. Woman”

4)  Savannah Outen  ~  “Fairytales Of L.A.”

5)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “L.A. Is My Lady”

6)  The Wilkinsons  ~  “L.A.”

7)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

8)  2Pac  ~  “To Live & Die In L.A.”  (Don't worry...it's the "clean" version.)

9)  Counting Crows  ~  “Goodnight L.A.”

10)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “L.A. Made Me”

11)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “L.A. County”

12)  Fergie ft. YG  ~  “L.A. Love”

13)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  “Walkin’ In L.A.”

14)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Never Leave L.A.”

15)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “L.A. Devotee”

16)  Beth Hart  ~  “L.A. Song”

17)  Eagles Of Death Metal  ~  “WannaBe In L.A.”

18)  Us The Duo  ~  “Girl In L.A.”

19)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Picture Postcards From L.A.”

20)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Ode To L.A.”

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"

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 1

Several weeks ago, I did a miniseries of posts featuring "Real" and "Fake" songs. In the end, I had way too many solid "Real" songs left over to waste. So there's this post, and the one that follows it. Good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Imaginary Lover”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Real Love”

3)  Evanescence  ~  “Imaginary”

4)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

5)  Telekinesis  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Real World”

7)  Soup  ~  “Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend”

8)  Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne  ~  “Real Love”

9)  Circa Survive  ~  “Imaginary Enemy”

10)  Van Morrison  ~  “Real Real Gone”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Three Imaginary Boys”

12)  Florrie  ~  “Real Love”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “Imaginary Person”

14)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Real Love”

15)  Jack Bruce  ~  “Theme For An Imaginary Western”

16)  Hozier  ~  “Like Real People Do”

17)  Kaitlin Riegel  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

18)  Frank Sinatra & The Quincy Jones Big Band  ~  “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”

19)  IAMX  ~  “Song Of Imaginary Beings”

20)  Hillsong Young & Free  ~  “Real Love”

21)  Mocca  ~  “Imaginary Girlfriend”

22)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Here In The Real World”

23)  The New Velvet  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

24)  George Michael ft. Mutya Buena  ~  “This Is Not Real Love”

25)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Imaginary Friends”

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 3

What else could these artists possibly have "got" that hasn't been covered already? Find out for yourself. Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Muddy Waters  ~  “I’ve Got My Mojo Working”

2)  St. Lucia  ~  “We Got It Wrong”

3)  Michael Jackson  ~  “We’ve Got Forever”

4)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “I’ve Got A Picture Of Us On My Mind”

5)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “We’ve Got A Score To Settle”

6)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “I’ve Got That Old Feeling”

7)  Barry White  ~  “I’ve Got So Much To Give”

8)  Loreen  ~  “We Got The Power”

9)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I’ve Got My Eyes On You”

10)  Leah Daniels  ~  “We Got Snow”

11)  Pitch Perfect Cast  ~  “I’ve Got The Magic In Me”

12)  Young Soul Rebels  ~  “I Got Soul”

13)  Oscar Peterson Trio ft. Ben Webster  ~  “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)”  (Yes, we did hear this song – albeit with vocals – before in this series. But this instrumental version was WAY too good to exclude.)

14)  Lennon & Maisy  ~  “We Got Love”

15)  Aaron Tippin  ~  “I Got It Honest”

16)  Joey Heatherton  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number”

17)  Motörhead  ~  “I Got Mine”

18)  Joan Chamorro Quartet ft. Alba Armegou & Luigi Grasso  ~  “I’ve Got A Date With A Dream”

19)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “We’ve Got It Goin’ On”

20)  Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton  ~  “We’ve Got Tonight”

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

22)  Natalie Cole  ~  “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”

23)  Pearl Jam  ~  “I Got Id”

24)  Alex Winston  ~  “We Got Nothing”

25)  Steve Wariner  ~  “I Got Dreams”