Songs With The Letters Of The Alphabet In Their Titles

If, after reading the title of this post, you are arching your eyebrows in my direction at the inanity of it all, please let me explain. Yes, of course, all songs with words in their titles use the letters of the alphabet to form those words. However, some songs use a single letter (not a full word) somewhere in their title – and those are the ones I'm showcasing here. For example, Ed Sheeran's "The A Team," Pachelbel's "Canon In D," and MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," just to name a few. In this post, you will find one song representing each letter of the alphabet. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "The A Team"

2)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "Paranoia In B Flat Major"

3)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  "Prayer In C"

4)  The Piano Guys  ~  "Rockelbel's Canon (Pachelbel's Canon In D)"

5)  Bruce Springsteen ft. The Roots  ~  "E Street Shuffle"

6)  Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige  ~  "F For You"

7)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Illusions In G Major"

8)  R.E.M.  ~  "Swan Swan H"

9)  Live  ~  "I Alone"

10)  James  ~  "Jam J"

11)  McFly  ~  "The Ballad Of Paul K"

12)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Little L"

13)  The Cure  ~  "M"

14)  Oasis  ~  "Rock 'N' Roll Star"

15)  Coldplay  ~  "O"

16)  The Rentals  ~  "Friends Of P."

17)  Fink  ~  "Q & A"

18)  Kesha  ~  "We R Who We R"

19)  Diana Krall  ~  "'S Wonderful"

20)  The Who  ~  "Bucket T"

21)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

22)  Gregory And The Hawk  ~  "First Flying V"

23)  TobyMac  ~  "Fresher Than A Night At The W"

24)  Green Day  ~  "X-Kid"

25)  Maite Perroni  ~  "Tu Y Yo"

26)  Toni Basil  ~  "Shoppin' From A To Z"

"Crash" Songs

Here's the first in a 2-part not-exactly-opposites music post miniseries featuring songs with "Crash" (this time) and "Burn" (next time) in their titles. I don't know why. Does it matter? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

2)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Crash Burn"

3)  Roxette  ~  "Crash! Boom! Bang!"

4)  Daryl Hall  ~  "Crash & Burn"

5)  Luke Bryan  ~  "Crash My Party"

6)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  "Car Crash"

7)  Savage Garden  ~  "Crash And Burn"

8)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crash Into Me"

9)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"

10)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Car Crash"

11)  Seether  ~  "Crash"

12)  K's Choice  ~  "Cocoon Crash"

13)  April Wine  ~  "Crash And Burn"

14)  Toby Keith  ~  "Crash Here Tonight"

15)  Karmin  ~  "Crash Your Party"

16)  Wakey!Wakey!  ~  "Car Crash"

17)  Thomas Rhett  ~  "Crash And Burn"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Crash And Burn"

19)  David Bowie  ~  "Always Crashing In The Same Car"

20)  Del Amitri  ~  "Crashing Down"

21)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Crash"

22)  12 Stones  ~  "Crash"

23)  Cavo  ~  "Crash"

24)  Fit For Rivals  ~  "Crash"

25)  Write This Down  ~  "Crash And Burn"

Songs About Crying

Today begins a loosely-related-but-not-really-related series of posts that I thought up over the weekend. We'll start with Songs About Crying, then progress to Songs About Flying, Songs About Lying, Songs About Trying, and maybe even Songs About Dying. The only thing that ties these together is that their titles rhyme. Each post will include a collection of songs with the word from the post's title (or one of its derivatives) in its songs' titles. Get it? Got it? Good! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Crying"

2)  Fergie  ~  "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"

3)  The Script  ~  "We Cry"

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  "I Don't Wanna Cry"

5)  Aerosmith  ~  "Cryin'"

6)  Faith Hill  ~  "Cry"

7)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Somebody's Crying"

8)  Barbra Streisand & Ray Charles  ~  "Crying Time"

9)  Flo Rida  ~  "I Cry"

10)  Highway 101  ~  "Cry, Cry, Cry"  (Back in the late '80s, or maybe it was the early '90s, when I was a big-time fan of The Judds [see #12 below], I saw this band open for them at Kings Dominion. They were really good, too!)

11)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Don't Cry"

12)  The Judds  ~  "Cry Myself To Sleep"  (Peep some of these 1980s hairdos – in the audience AND onstage. Wow…just, wow!)

13)  Journey  ~  "Who's Crying Now?"

14)  Katy B  ~  "Crying For No Reason"

15)  Live  ~  "Dolphin's Cry"

16)  Madonna  ~  "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"  (I have no idea why the song starts over without sound around the 5:00 mark…but feel free to stop it there. Nothing new to see after that.)

17)  Cee Lo Green  ~  "Cry Baby"  (If you were wondering, yes, that IS the guy who played Steve Urkel on Family Matters.)

18)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Can't Cry Anymore"

19)  Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone  ~  "Cry Baby Cry"

20)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "The Wind Cries Mary"

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"