“Bad” & “Worse” Songs

Here's a nice collection of "Bad" and "Worse" Songs – which are actually way better than their titles would indicate – for your listening pleasure. Since I posted some "Good" and "Bad" Songs five-and-a-half years ago (not that you would necessarily remember), there are a few notable exclusions from this set and the one that will follow it. (Apologies to Michael Jackson, George Thorogood, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jim Croce, in particular, for the absence of their iconic songs here.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Robert Plant  ~  “Worse Than Detroit”

3)  Justin Timberlake  ~  “Not A Bad Thing”

4)  Anouk  ~  “For Bitter Or Worse”

5)  Halsey  ~  “Bad At Love”

6)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Worse To Live”

7)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Hurt So Bad”

8)  Bahamas  ~  “What’s Worse”

9)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Bad Days”

10)  Sunny Sweeney  ~  “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving”

11)  RY X  ~  “Bad Love”

12)  Soundgarden  ~  “Worse Dreams”

13)  Sevyn Streeter  ~  “How Bad Do You Want It?”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Only Worse”

15)  Dua Lipa  ~  “Bad Together”

16)  Laura Imbruglia  ~  “It’s Getting Worse”

17)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing”

18)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “For Better Or Worse”

19)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Cry For The Bad Man”

20)  Snoh Aalegra  ~  “Sometimes” / “Worse”

21)  Rihanna  ~  “Good Girl Gone Bad”

22)  Clint Black  ~  “Better And Worse”

23)  Milky Chance ft. Izzy Bizu  ~  “Bad Things”

24)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Loneliness Is Worse”

25)  Madonna  ~  “Bad Girl”

“Easy” & “Hard” Songs, Vol. 1

A long time ago, I'm not sure exactly when, on my original blog I posted a set of "Easy" and "Hard" Songs. But since then, a) I've gotten better at finding a good variety of quality songs by people you've actually heard of; b) new songs have come out that also merit inclusion; and c) I just felt like doing this theme all over again. And there were plenty of good ones, so this is part 1 of 2. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Eight Easy Steps”

2)  Queen  ~  “It’s A Hard Life”

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

4)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

5)  MiMi & The Mad Noise Factory  ~  “Easy”

6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “No Hard Feelings”

7)  Dragonette  ~  “Easy”

8)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Hard To Imagine”

9)  Rag’n’Bone Man  ~  “Die Easy”

10)  Donna Summer  ~  “She Works Hard For The Money”

11)  Lauv  ~  “Easy Love”

12)  Lykke Li  ~  “Hard Rain”

13)  Max Frost  ~  “Let Me Down Easy”

14)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  “Hard”

15)  Haroula Rose  ~  “So Easy”

16)  Coldplay  ~  “The Hardest Part”

17)  Phil Collins & Philip Bailey  ~  “Easy Lover”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Harder To Forgive”

19)  Oriana  ~  "Love Me Down Easy"

20)  DC Talk  ~  “The Hard Way”

21)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  “Easy For Me To Say”

22)  The National  ~  “Hard To Find”

23)  GJan  ~  “Wasn’t Easy”

24)  Cloves  ~  “Hit Me Hard”

25)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Easy To Love”

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 3

And we're back with more "Heart" & "Soul" Songs for your listening pleasure. If you haven't seen your favorite "Heart" and/or "Soul" song yet, and it's not in this one, be patient. There are three more installments of songs to go in the series. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Give Your Heart A Break”

2)  U2  ~  “American Soul”

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Heart Like A Wheel”

4)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Heart And Soul”

5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”

6)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Birdhouse In Your Soul”

7)  Lykke Li  ~  “Heart Of Steel”

8)  Apocalyptica  ~  “Hole In My Soul”

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

10)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Heart And Soul”

11)  Miki Ratsula  ~  “Young Heart”

12)  Quincy Jones  ~  “Soul Bossa Nova”

13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Jar Of Hearts”

14)  Sting  ~  “Soul Cake”

15)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”

16)  Matt Redman  ~  “It Is Well With My Soul”

17)  Toni Braxton  ~  “Un-Break My Heart”

18)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

19)  Roxette  ~  “Listen To Your Heart”

20)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Music To My Soul”

21)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”

22)  Korn  ~  “Black Is The Soul”

23)  Against Me! ft. Tegan Quin  ~  “Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart”

24)  Hanson  ~  “I’ve Got Soul”

25)  Lenka  ~  “Heart Skips A Beat”

26)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Plundered My Soul”

27)  Hey Ocean!  ~  “I Am A Heart”

28)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Soul Provider”

29)  First Aid Kit  ~  “Rebel Heart”

30)  Beady Eye  ~  “Soul Love”

Songs About Pride

Of all the themes I've ever blogged about, "Pride" is surprisingly not one of them. Until now... I might follow this one up with Songs About Humility, but don't quote me on that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Living Colour  ~  “Pride”

2)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Pride And Joy”

3)  U2  ~  “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”

4)  Kutless  ~  “Pride Away”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am”

6)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Pride”

7)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  “Pride And Joy”

8)  Cutting Crew  ~  “Everything But My Pride”

9)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Pride”

10)  The Infinite Staircase ft. Zakk Wylde, Kevin Martin, Morgan Rose, & JD DeServio  ~  “The Pride”

11)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Pride And Joy”

12)  The Tubes  ~  “A Matter Of Pride”

13)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Love Has No Pride”

14)  Chris Rea  ~  “Too Much Pride”

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Thorn In My Pride”

16)  Alana Davis  ~  “Love & Pride”

17)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Foolish Pride”

18)  King  ~  “Love & Pride”

19)  Daryl Hall  ~  “Foolish Pride”

20)  The Church  ~  “Pride Before A Fall”

21)  Grace Jones  ~  “Pride”

22)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “Pride”

23)  The Isley Brothers  ~  “The Pride”

24)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Heretic Pride”

25)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “With The Pride”