“Give” & “Go” Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've recently completed a series of songs with "Give" and "Take" in the title, but you still have a lot of good "Give" songs to spare?  You create a new two-part series with an obscure (outside the world of basketball, at least) sports phrase pairing the word "Give" with the word "Go" and you just roll with it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Houston  ~  “You Give Good Love”

2)  Maroon 5  ~  “Won’t Go Home Without You”

3)  Eve ft. Sean Paul  ~  “Give It To You”

4)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Just A Song Before I Go”

5)  Sugarland  ~  “What I’d Give”

6)  Matt Redman  ~  “You Never Let Go”

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

8)  Whitesnake  ~  “Here I Go Again”

9)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Not Gonna Give In To It”

10)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Please Don’t Go Girl”  (I’m willing to bet good money that more than a few ladies in their late 30s or early 40s are singing along to this song – unreasonably loudly, at that – even as they’re reading this sentence.)

11)  Jack Garratt  ~  “The Love You’re Given”

12)  Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless & Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Go Rest High On That Mountain”

13)  Sigala ft. John Newman & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Give Me Your Love”

14)  Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line & Watt  ~  “Let Me Go”

15)  The Chairmen Of The Board  ~  “Give Me Just A Little More Time”

16)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Letting Go”

17)  George Harrison  ~  “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”

18)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”

19)  Metric  ~  “Gimme Sympathy”

20)  Prince  ~  “Let’s Go Crazy”

21)  John Lennon  ~  “Give Peace A Chance”

22)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Ain’t Got Far To Go”

23)  Babyface ft. Toni Braxton  ~  “Give U My Heart”

24)  Paul Young  ~  “Everytime You Go Away”

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Give In To Me”

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 1

And now the one you've all been waiting for! Well, at least those of you "of a certain age." (I certainly qualify.) The '80s posts are always my wife's favorites as well. Popular Songs of 1988 starts...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “One More Try”

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Man In The Mirror”

3)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Tell It To My Heart”

4)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

5)  Richard Marx  ~  “Hold On To The Nights”

6)  Whitney Houston  ~  “So Emotional”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Candle In The Wind”

8)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?”

9)  Tanya Tucker, Paul Overstreet, & Paul Davis  ~  “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”

10)  Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock  ~  “It Takes Two”

11)  Johnny Hates Jazz  ~  “Shattered Dreams”

12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter"

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Bad Medicine”

14)  Rick Astley  ~  “Together Forever”

15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “The Loco-Motion”

16)  Keith Whitley  ~  “Don’t Close Your Eyes”

17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “The Flame”

18)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Foolish Beat”

19)  Aerosmith  ~  “Angel”

20)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”

21)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses”

22)  George Harrison  ~  “Got My Mind Set On You”

23)  UB40  ~  “Red, Red Wine”

24)  Tiffany  ~  “Could’ve Been”

25)  The Escape Club  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

26)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “I’ll Leave This World Loving You”

Tom Petty: A Retrospective, Vol. 2: The Best Of The Rest

As promised, in continued tribute to the long and memorable career of Tom Petty, here's "The Best of the Rest" of his music. These songs may not have topped the charts (at least here in the United States), but most artists would be more than happy to count these tunes among their "Greatest Hits." Once again, these are in chronological order from oldest to most recent. Also included are several "bonus" tracks you're sure to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Breakdown”  (And The Heartbreakers)

2)  “American Girl”  (And The Heartbreakers)

3)  “Anything That’s Rock ’n’ Roll”  (And The Heartbreakers)

4)  “I Need To Know”  (And The Heartbreakers)

5)  “Listen To Her Heart”  (And The Heartbreakers)

6)  “Here Comes My Girl”  (And The Heartbreakers)

7)  “Letting You Go”  (And The Heartbreakers)

8)  “Insider”  (And The Heartbreakers ft. Stevie Nicks)

9)  “Straight Into Darkness”  (And The Heartbreakers)

10)  “Love Is A Long Road”  (And The Heartbreakers)

11)  “She’s My Baby”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

12)  “Inside Out”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

13)  “Wilbury Twist”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

14)  “King’s Highway”  (And The Heartbreakers)

15)  “Too Good To Be True”  (And The Heartbreakers)

16)  “Room At The Top”

17)  “Swingin’’”  (And The Heartbreakers)

18)  “Have Love Will Travel”  (And The Heartbreakers)

19)  “Saving Grace”

20)  “Don’t Pull Me Over”  (And The Heartbreakers)

21)  “Jefferson Jericho Blues”  (And The Heartbreakers)

22)  “Something Good Coming”  (And The Heartbreakers)

23)  “Good Enough”  (And The Heartbreakers)

24)  “I Should Have Known It”  (And The Heartbreakers)

25)  “U Get Me High”  (And The Heartbreakers)

MUDCRUTCH was Tom Petty’s original band, but the group was disbanded by their record label after only recording a few demos. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers formed shortly thereafter with three members of Mudcrutch joining the new band. Thirty-plus years later, most of the original lineup, including Petty, re-formed the band and finally recorded a couple of albums. In fact, Mudcrutch’s second release in 2016 was Petty’s last recorded work. Here’s a small sampling of the band’s output.

1)  “Scare Easy”

2)  “Lover Of The Bayou”

3)  “I Forgive It All”

BONUS TRACK:  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Christmas All Over Again”  (The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without hearing this song at least three dozen times while out shopping or channel-surfing through those all-Christmas-all-the-time radio stations.)

Tom Petty: A Retrospective, Vol. 1: All The Hits

Like many rock music enthusiasts, I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Tom Petty. I've been a fan for easily over twenty years now. In memory of Tom and his legendary musical career, here's a chronological retrospective of all his biggest hits, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist...as well as a few big tunes from his side projects. Volume 2 (coming soon to a music blog near you!) will cover "the best of the rest" of Petty's lesser-known songs, including more of his side-project output. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Don’t Do Me Like That”  (And The Heartbreakers)

2)  “Refugee”  (And The Heartbreakers)

3)  “The Waiting”  (And The Heartbreakers)

4)  “A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

5)  “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”  (Duet with Stevie Nicks)

6)  “You Got Lucky”  (And The Heartbreakers)

7)  “Change Of Heart”  (And The Heartbreakers)

8)  “Don’t Come Around Here No More”  (And The Heartbreakers)

9)  “Make It Better (Forget About Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

10)  “Rebels”  (And The Heartbreakers)

11)  “Jammin’ Me”  (And The Heartbreakers)

12)  “Handle With Care”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

13)  “End Of The Line”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

14)  “I Won’t Back Down”  (And The Heartbreakers)

15)  “Runnin’ Down A Dream”  (And The Heartbreakers)

16)  “Free Fallin’”

17)  “A Face In The Crowd”

18)  “Yer So Bad”

19)  “Learning To Fly”

20)  “Into The Great Wide Open”  (And The Heartbreakers)

21)  “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”  (And The Heartbreakers)

22)  “You Don’t Know How It Feels”

23)  “You Wreck Me”

24)  “It’s Good To Be King”

25)  “Walls (Circus)”  (And The Heartbreakers)