"Anything" Songs

And we're back to those "Any-" posts. We've already seen and heard "Anyway," "Anytime," and "Anymore" Songs. So why not a bunch of songs about "Anything"? (I can't think of a good reason why not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jay-Z  ~  “Anything”

2)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “King Of Anything”

3)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Anything But Mine”

4)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Anything Could Happen”

5)  Genesis  ~  “Anything She Does”

6)  SWV  ~  “Anything"

7)  AC/DC  ~  “Anything Goes”

8)  TOPS  ~  “Anything”

9)  Enter Shikari  ~  “Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…”

10)  Meat Loaf  ~  “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

11)  Ben Folds  ~  “Capable Of Anything”

12)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

13)  Benjah  ~  “Anything Everything”

14)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “Anything Goes”

15)  The Calling  ~  “Anything”

16)  Jasmine Rae & Joe Nichols  ~  “I’ll Try Anything”

17)  The Strokes  ~  “Ask Me Anything”

18)  Kissey  ~  “I Don’t Need Anything”

19)  Catfish And The Bottlemen  ~  “Anything”

20)  Autumn Hill  ~  “Anything At All”

21)  Sage  ~  “Most Anything”

22)  JoJo  ~  “Anything”

23)  Beartooth  ~  “King Of Anything”

24)  Mayou  ~  “Anything For Your Love”

25)  Frank Pole ft. Greyson Chance  ~  “Anything”

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 2

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1978, here's part 2 of 4. Plenty of great tunes to be heard here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Miss You”

2)  Andy Gibb  ~  “Shadow Dancin’”

3)  Patti Smith Group  ~  “Because The Night”

4)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Copacabana”

5)  Little River Band  ~  “Reminiscing”

6)  ABBA  ~  “Take A Chance On Me”

7)  The Police  ~  “Roxanne”

8)  Jackson Browne  ~  “Running On Empty”

9)  Alicia Bridges  ~  “I Love The Nightlife”

10)  Randy VanWarmer  ~  “Just When I Needed You Most”

11)  The Trammps  ~  “Disco Inferno”

12)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “Sleepin’ Single In A Double Bed”

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

14)  A Taste Of Honey  ~  “Boogie Oogie Oogie”

15)  Randy Newman  ~  “Short People”

16)  Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings  ~  “Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”

17)  Meat Loaf ft. Ellen Foley  ~  “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”

18)  Rod Stewart  ~  “You’re In My Heart”

19)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “It’s A Heartache”

20)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Werewolves Of London”

21)  Carpenters  ~  “Sweet, Sweet Smile”

22)  Queen  ~  “Fat Bottomed Girls”

23)  Tavares  ~  “More Than A Woman”

24)  Genesis  ~  “Follow You, Follow Me”

25)  Alice Cooper  ~  “How You Gonna See Me Now”

"Assault" & "Battery" Songs

I have to be kidding you, right? These songs are *actually* about physically harming someone? No, not really. Well...most of them aren't, at least. But they all do have either the words "Assault" or "Battery" (or in many cases, both) in their titles. So there's that... Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Genesis  ~  “Robbery, Assault, And Battery”

2)  Blur  ~  “Battery In Your Leg”

3)  John Carpenter  ~  “Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)”

4)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Bury Me On The Battery”

5)  Empyray  ~  “Assault”

6)  Metallica  ~  “Battery”

7)  Words From Willis  ~  “Silent Assault”

8)  Pitchshifter  ~  “Dead Battery”

9)  Howard Jones  ~  “Assault And Battery”

10)  Mac McCaughan  ~  “Box Batteries”

11)  Michael Schenker Group  ~  “Assault Attack”

12)  Stornoway  ~  “We Are The Battery Human”

13)  Ride  ~  “Charm Assault”

14)  Fleet Foxes  ~  “Battery Kinzie”

15)  Moulettes  ~  “Assault”

16)  Millencolin  ~  “Battery Check”

17)  Hawkwind  ~  “Assault & Battery”

18)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Batteries Not Included”

19)  Blasted Mechanism  ~  “New Assault”

20)  Les Dudek  ~  “Assault And Battery”

Popular Songs Of 1987, Vol. 4

Alas, with this post we've come to the end of our '80s flashback series. At least until next year. But don't you worry. This throwback tour is far from over! We'll take a few days off, then we'll explore the Popular Songs of 1977. Yay, disco? Yeah, I know. Me, neither. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Ballerina Girl”

2)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “Somebody Lied”

3)  Madonna  ~  “La Isla Bonita”

4)  Crowded House  ~  “Something So Strong”

5)  Duran Duran  ~  “Notorious”

6)  Michael Jackson ft. Sheryl Crow  ~  “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”  (Yes, THAT Sheryl Crow! I had no clue she used to tour with him years before she hit the big time on her own!)

7)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Where Do The Nights Go”

8)  Genesis  ~  “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”

9)  Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

10)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Brilliant Disguise”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Just Like Heaven”

12)  Reba McEntire  ~  “One Promise Too Late”

13)  New Order  ~  “True Faith”

14)  Europe  ~  “Carrie”

15)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “You Again”

16)  U2  ~  “Where The Streets Have No Name”

17)  Smokey Robinson  ~  “Just To See Her”

18)  Cutting Crew  ~  “(I Just) Died In Your Arms”

19)  Highway 101  ~  “Whiskey, If You Were A Woman”

20)  Chicago  ~  “Will You Still Love Me”

21)  The Whispers  ~  “Rock Steady”

22)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “Doing It All For My Baby”  (This song is really good, but the video is horribly cheesy! I apologize for giving you an opportunity to watch it.)

23)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Big Love”

24)  Randy Travis  ~  “Too Gone Too Long”

25)  Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram  ~  “Somewhere Out There”

BONUS TRACK:  Rick Astley  ~  "Never Gonna Give You Up"  (Yep, you've officially been Rick-Rolled. With good reason, though. This was also a big hit in 1987. Go figure!)

Popular Songs Of 1987, Vol. 2

And the hits keep rolling on! Popular Songs of 1987, Vol. 2 begins....NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Little Lies”

2)  Los Lobos  ~  “La Bamba”

3)  Heart  ~  “Who Will You Run To?”

4)  U2  ~  “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

5)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Always”

6)  Michael Jackson  ~  “The Way You Make Me Feel”

7)  Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris  ~  “To Know Him Is To Love Him”

8)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Heat Of The Night”

9)  The Jets  ~  “You Got It All”

10)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Beds Are Burning”

11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Luka”

12)  Glenn Medeiros  ~  “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”

13)  ’Til Tuesday  ~  “Coming Up Close”

14)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Wanted Dead Or Alive”

15)  Survivor  ~  “Is This Love”

16)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”

17)  Michael Martin Murphey  ~  “Long Line Of Love”

18)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield  ~  “What Have I Done To Deserve This?”

19)  Peter Cetera & Amy Grant  ~  “The Next Time I Fall”

20)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”

21)   Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

22)  Genesis  ~  “In Too Deep”

23)  Highway 101  ~  “The Bed You Made For Me”

24)  Kenny Rogers & Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine”

25)  Exposé  ~  “Seasons Change”