Songs By Bands With Four-Letter Names, Vol. 2

Here's another entry in my latest series of posts which are, at least partly, your fault. (You know who you are.) Or to your credit. Depending on how well you like the songs within. Volume 2 consists of another 20 songs by bands with four letters in their names. If your favorite band/artist didn't make this list, perhaps it was in Volume 1. (If you missed that one, you can read it here. If you submitted a 4-letter solo artist (not a band), those will be in a third and final post, which is also on the horizon. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Korn  ~  "Shoots And Ladders"

2)  Muse  ~  "Madness"

3)  t.A.T.u.  ~  "Sparks"

4)  Aqua  ~  "Cartoon Heroes"

5)  Tool  ~  "Vicarious"

6)  W.A.S.P.  ~  "I Wanna Be Somebody"

7)  SOiL  ~  "Halo"

8)  Chic  ~  "Le Freak"

9)   T-Rex  ~  "Children Of The Revolution"

10)  Cold  ~  "Wicked World"

11)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

12)  Ween  ~  "Push Th' Little Daisies"

13)  Hole  ~  "Malibu"

14)  Nero  ~  "Must Be The Feeling"

15)  MGMT  ~  "Your Life Is A Lie"

16)  Sade  ~  "By Your Side"

17)  Them  ~  "Gloria"

18)  Dada  ~  "Dizz Knee Land"

19)  Nena  ~  "99 Luftballons"

20)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power" 

"Soft" & "Loud" Songs

The title of this post in no way indicates the loudness or softness of the songs. Rather, it indicates that each song in the collection has either the word "Soft" or "Loud" (or some derivative) in its title. In other words, it's another "Opposites" music post. Simple as that. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Fugees  ~  "Killing Me Softly"

2)  Hawk Nelson  ~  "Live Life Loud"

3)  Leah Dizon  ~  "Softly"  (If you can't understand the lyrics, don't worry – you're not going crazy – the whole thing's sung in Japanese!)

4)  Alpha Rev  ~  "Sing Loud"

5)  Andy Williams  ~  "Softly, As I Leave You"

6)  Underoath  ~  "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear"

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7)  Ms Dynamite  ~  "Neva Soft"

8)  Dudettes  ~  "Make It Loud"

9)  Paul Simon  ~  "Soft Parachutes"

10)  Melissa Manchester  ~  "Don't Cry Out Loud"

11)  The Fleetwoods  ~  "Come Softly To Me"

12)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Live Out Loud"

13)  Hole  ~  "Softer, Softest"

14)  Soundgarden  ~  "Loud Love"

15)  Joanna Majoko  ~  "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise"

16)  Olly Murs  ~  "Loud And Clear"

Popular Songs Of 1994, Vol. 2

Yesterday's intro should suffice for this entry (Vol. 2 of 3) in this miniseries. In case you missed that one, here it is...

Okay, so maybe my recent "1984" collection of popular songs 

represented the music of my generation (I was born in '78). 

But this set of songs represents the music of my teenage years 

– the first time in my life that I actually chose what I wanted 

to listen to, and could (occasionally) afford to buy it for 

myself. I didn't own copies of all the songs gathered in 

this miniseries of posts – but I did listen to them all, mostly 

on MTV (back when they actually played music videos!) 

and on the radio. If you're close to my age, you probably 

remember many of these well, and probably some 

of them quite fondly. Take a trip back with me 

to the music of 20 years ago. Here we go...  ~  JH

22)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Interstate Love Song"

23)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Bull In The Heather"

24)  Spin Doctors  ~  "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"

25)  Hole  ~  "Violet"

26)  Arrested Development  ~  "Ease My Mind"

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27)  Milla  ~  "Gentleman Who Fell"

28)  Heavy D & The Boyz  ~  "Nuttin' But Love"

29)  Lisa Loeb  ~  "Stay (I Missed You)"

30)  Jon Secada  ~  "If You Go"

31)  Tori Amos  ~  "Pretty Good Year"

32)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  "Fall Down"

33)  TLC  ~  "Waterfalls"

34)  Beastie Boys  ~  "Sabotage"

35)  Madonna  ~  "Bedtime Story"

36)  Seal  ~  "Prayer For The Dying"

37)  The Cranberries  ~  "Zombie"

38)  Weezer  ~  "Buddy Holly"

39)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "All I Wanna Do"

40)  Live  ~  "Selling The Drama"

41)  Rollins Band  ~  "Liar"

42)  Nas  ~  "The World Is Yours"

43)  Ace Of Base  ~  "The Sign"

44)  The Offspring  ~  "Gotta Get Away"

Songs With "Part" In The Title

Will the "Opposites" music posts ever end? I mean, really! Answer: Of course it will. As soon as I run out of opposites to post. In other words, don't hold your breath. Just enjoy! ("Whole" Songs will be the counterpart and follow-up to this post.)  ~  JH

1)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Part-Time Lover"

2)  Hole  ~  "Doll Parts"  (She wants to be the girl with the most cake…)

3)  Kait Weston  ~  "Til Death Do Us Part"

4)  Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds  ~  "And No More Shall We Part"

5)  Traci Hines  ~  "Part Of Your World"

6)  Stellar  ~  "Part Of Me"

7)  Elton John  ~  "Part-Time Love"

8)  Katy Perry  ~  "Part Of Me"

9)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  "I Hate This Part"

10)  Coldplay  ~  "The Hardest Part"

11)  Blondie  ~  "The Hardest Part"  (Not the same as the song above)

12)  Destiny's Child  ~  "No, No, No Part 1"

13)  Ambrosia  ~  "The Biggest Part Of Me"

14)  Sheryfa Luna  ~  "Quelque Part"

15)  Kenza Farah ~  "Quelque Part"  (Not the same song as above)

16)  Sane  ~  "Part-Time Loser"

17)  Enigma  ~  "Sadeness – Part I"

18)  Hillsong  ~  "Oceans Will Part"