“Fast” & “Loose” Songs, Vol. 3

One last time, for old time's sake! What do we want? "Fast" & "Loose" Songs! When do we want 'em? Now! What're we gonna do with 'em? Enjoy 'em! ~ JH

1)  Tori Darke  ~  “Cut Me Loose"

2)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Fast Buck Freddie”

3)  Those Darlins  ~  “Screws Get Loose”

4)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Nowhere Fast”

5)  Jeff Beck  ~  “Loose Cannon”

6)  Wayne Newton  ~  “Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast”

7)  Molly Martin  ~  “Loose”

8)  Let’s Buy Happiness  ~  “Fast Fast”

9)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose”

10)  Natalia Lafourcade  ~  “Running Too Fast”

11)  En Vogue  ~  Give It Up, Turn It Loose”

12)  SYKUR  ~  “Sefur Svo Fast”

13)  Blake Shelton  ~  “Footloose”  (Did we REALLY need a reboot of this classic ‘80s tune? No. We didn’t. But is it worth listening to anyway? Yes. It is.)

14)  Last Import  ~  “(Fast Times At) Space Mountain”

15)  Young Divas ft. Savage  ~  “Turn Me Loose”

16)  Rationale  ~  “Fast Lane”

17)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Loose Ends”

18)  Hollie Cook  ~  “Super Fast”

19)  Toni Basil  ~  “Thief On The Loose”

20)  Seaway  ~  “Too Fast For Love”

21)  Grateful Dead  ~  “Loose Lucy”

22)  Margo Price  ~  “Nowhere Fast”

23)  Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King  ~  “Get Loose”

24)  Blitzen Trapper  ~  “Fire & Fast Bullets”

25)  Emma Bale  ~  “Cut Loose”

Songs About The Wind, Vol. 1

Of all the themes I've featured in my 6+ years as a music blogger, I've never done this one. Which is surprising, considering I live in an incredibly hurricane-prone part of the country and strong winds are annually on my mind (as they are currently, for obvious reasons). So when I finally got around to it, I realized there were tons of good songs that qualified. So this will be part 1 of (at least) 2. Assuming you (and I) don't blow away in this storm, I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser  ~  "She's Like The Wind"

2)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

3)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"

4)  Bob Dylan & Joan Baez  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"

5)  Scorpions  ~  "Wind Of Change"

6)  Bette Midler  ~  "Wind Beneath My Wings"

7)  David Bowie  ~  "Wild Is The Wind"

8)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Blowing Kisses In The Wind"

9)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"

10)  Becky Hill  ~  "Caution To The Wind"

11)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Idiot Wind"  (You can, in fact, have too much Bob Dylan in one day. But two songs is probably not going to kill you.)

12)  Jefferson Starship  ~  "Winds Of Change"

13)  Rod Stewart & Ron Wood  ~  "Mandolin Wind"

14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Don't Listen To The Wind"

15)  Billy Joel  ~  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"

16)  Heart  ~  "Mistral Wind"

17)  John Anderson  ~  "Seminole Wind"

18)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Riders On The Wind"

19)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"

20)  Donovan & Crystal Gayle  ~  "Catch The Wind"

21)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Summer Wind"

22)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Kisses On The Wind"

23)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"  (Maybe you can have too many Kansas songs in one day, I dunno. But surely two is not too many.)

24)  Gogi Grant  ~  "The Wayward Wind"

25)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Against The Wind"

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 4

Let's go ahead and wrap up this series today. Part 4 of 4 of the most Popular Songs Of 1978. It's been real, it's been fun...it's been real fun! And now it's your turn...to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Wings  ~  “With A Little Luck”

2)  Pablo Cruise  ~  “Love Will Find A Way”

3)  Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams  ~  “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”

4)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  “Still The Same”

5)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Every Kinda People”

6)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Count On Me”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Part-Time Love”

8)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

9)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Never Say Die”

10)  Boney M.  ~  “Rasputin”

11)  Heatwave  ~  “Always And Forever”

12)  The Who  ~  “Who Are You?”

13)  Player  ~  “Baby Come Back”

14)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

15)  Foreigner  ~  “Double Vision”

16)  Grease Cast ft. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Summer Nights”

17)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Beast Of Burden”

18)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Can’t Smile Without You”

19)  UFO  ~  Only You Can Rock Me”

20)  Chris Rea  ~  “Fool If You Think It’s Over”

21)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”

22)  Bee Gees  ~  “Stayin’ Alive”

23)  Exile  ~  “Kiss You All Over”

24)  Eddie Money  ~  “Baby, Hold On”

25)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

Songs About Dragons

Apologies if you liked it, but the wussiness of my last post (Songs With Butterflies) left a bad taste in my mouth. A collection of Songs About Dragons? Now, that's more like it! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  “Tears Of The Dragon”

2)  Mickey Rooney & Helen Reddy  ~  “I Saw A Dragon”

3)  Trivium  ~  “Becoming The Dragon”

4)  Tori Amos  ~  “Dragon”

5)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Peter Killed The Dragon”

6)  K’s Choice  ~  “Killing Dragons”

7)  Peter, Paul, & Mary  ~  “Puff, The Magic Dragon”

8)  Miriam Bryant  ~  “Dragon”

9)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Dance With The Dragon”

10)  Epica  ~  “Chasing The Dragon”

11)  Queen  ~  “Dragon Attack”

12)  Alyson Stoner  ~  “Dragon (That’s What You Wanted)”

13)  Los Colognes  ~  “Golden Dragon Hut”

14)  Lindsey Stirling  ~  “Dragon Age”

15)  MC Lars  ~  “Dragon Blood”

16)  Symfobia  ~  “Dragon”

17)  Covet  ~  “Sea Dragon”

18)  Fallulah  ~  “Dragon”

19)  Floricienta  ~  “Un Enorme Dragón”

20)  Magnum  ~  “Dragons Are Real”