Songs About Pain

Because life is a balance of good and bad stuff, here's a follow-up to yesterday's "Pleasure" Songs, a rather spectacular collection of Songs About Pain. Trust me, they're really good. And not too depressing! So...enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Live  ~  “Pain Lies On The Riverside”

2)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Growing Pains”

3)  Three Days Grace  ~  “Pain”

4)  Carly Simon  ~  “Haven’t Got Time For The Pain”

5)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Taste The Pain”

6)  Björk  ~  “Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left, Carry My Pain On The Right)”

7)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Feel The Pain”

8)  Charli XCX  ~  “Set Me Free (Feel My Pain)"

9)  Andy Grammer  ~  “Wish You Pain”

10)  Fergie  ~  “Love Is Pain”

11)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “King Of Pain”

12)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “Pain”

13)  Patti LaBelle  ~  “Kiss Away The Pain"

14)  Chevelle  ~  “Send The Pain Below”

15)  Birdy  ~  “Growing Pains”

16)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Actual Pain”

17)  Eurythmics  ~  “No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)”

18)  Method Man  ~  “Bring The Pain”

19)  Lisa Fischer  ~  “How Can I Ease The Pain?”

20)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Something For The Pain”

21)  Sade  ~  “Feel No Pain”

22)  Dio  ~  “Pain”

23)  Lindsay Dunn  ~  “Pain”

24)  1K Phew  ~  “Pain”

25)  Joan Armatrading  ~  “No More Pain”

26)  The Letter Black  ~  “Pain Killer”

27)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Maintain The Pain”

28)  Van Halen  ~  “House Of Pain”

29)  Lykke Li  ~  “Youth Knows No Pain”

30)  Liza Minnelli  ~  “Love Pains”

31)  Little Big Town  ~  “Pain Killer”

Songs About Things Girls Like

Okay, so the title of this one might be a little misleading. These may not ALL be Songs About Things Girls Like, but the phrase "Girls Like" does appear in the title of every song in this list. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Custard  ~  "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)"  (He's probably right.)

2)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  "Girls Like Girls"  (It's true. Some of them do.)

3)  Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B  ~  "Girls Like You"  (Girls also like Adam Levine. At least my wife sure does!)

4)  The Hold Steady  ~  "Girls Like Status"  (Probably a bit of a generalization on this guy's part.)

5)  The Cribs  ~  "Girls Like Mystery"  (That's not that much of a stretch.)

6)  Kip Moore  ~  "More Girls Like You"  (Aww, what a sweet song! Girls will probably like it.)

7)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Girls Like You"  (Some girls are famous because of being naked. But that's another story entirely.)

8)  Freya  ~  "Why Girls Like Me Eat Boys Like You"  (This is...kind of...scary, actually.)

9)  Amber Lawrence  ~  "Women Like Me Don't Like Girls Like You" (Guys like girls who know what they don't like.)

10)  Pelle Carlberg  ~  "Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls"  (Clever title. And lengthy.)

11)  Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo  ~  "Girls Like Me"  (Wow, "Valley Girl." Now there's a movie I haven't seen in a VERY long time! Not that you care.)

12)  Pistol Annies  ~  "Girls Like Us"  (Girls like three-part harmonies. And they're very adept at them, too!)

13)  Jadyn Maria ft. Flo Rida  ~  "Good Girls Like Bad Boys"  (That does seem to be the case a lot.)

14)  Liza Minnelli  ~  "Boys And Girls Like You And Me"  (I couldn't cut this song from the mix. You'll see why in the intro to it.)

15)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Girls Like Me"  (Let's close this one out on a sad note. Because that's how I roll, yo!)

“If,” “And,” & “But” Songs, Vol. 3

One more round of "If," "And," & "But" Songs, and then we're done. Check 'em out – you never know, I may have saved the best for last! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes  ~  “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

2)  Wilco  ~  “And Your Bird Can Sing”

3)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “But I Am A Good Girl”

4)  Peter, Paul, & Mary  ~  “If I Had A Hammer”

5)  Saxon  ~  “And The Bands Played On”

6)  Keith Urban  ~  “But For The Grace Of God”

7)  Lena Horne  ~  “If You Believe”

8)  Van Halen  ~  “And The Cradle Will Rock”

9)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood (Medley)”

10)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  “If I Should Fall Behind”  (This is a truly moving song/performance!)

11)  He Is We  ~  “And Run”

12)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “But It’s Alright”

13)  Jimmy Soul  ~  “If You Wanna Be Happy”

14)  Don McLean  ~  “And I Love You So”

15)  Foo Fighters  ~  “But, Honestly”

16)  Diana Krall  ~  “If I Take You Home Tonight”

17)  Damien Jurado  ~  “And Now That I’m In Your Shadow”

18)  Cocteau Twins  ~  “But I’m Not”

19)  The Staple Singers  ~  “(If You’re Ready) Come Go With Me”

20)  Andy Williams  ~  “And We Were Lovers”

21)  Parikrama  ~  “But It Rained”

22)  Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash  ~  “If I Were A Carpenter”

23)   Lauren Bacall  ~  “And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine”

24)  Liza Minnelli  ~  “But The World Goes ‘Round”

25)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “If You Could Read My Mind”

26)  Jennifer Hudson & Jennifer Holliday  ~  “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”

27)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “But I Do Love You”

28)  Ray Charles  ~  “If You Wouldn’t Be My Lady”

29)  Talking Heads  ~  “And She Was”

30)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?”

"31" Songs

Here we are again... Today, my wife is 31 weeks pregnant with our as-yet-unnamed daughter. So here's 31 songs (yeah, I'm still finding as many songs as weeks so far!) with the number "31" (or "Thirty-One") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Trevor Hall  ~  "31 Flavors"

2)  Zee Avi  ~  "31 Days"

3)  The Offspring  ~  "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"

4)  Kesha  ~  "31 Seconds Alone"

5)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Prove My Love"

6)  Aimee Mann  ~  "31 Today"

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  "Gone Away"

8)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "Something's Gotta Give"

9)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Reason To Believe"

10)  Jewel  ~  "Stephenville, TX"

11)  Yello  ~  "The Race"

12)  Jill Scott  ~  "A Long Walk"

13)  Merle Haggard  ~  "Footlights"

14)  Björk  ~  "107 Steps"

15)  I Killed The Prom Queen  ~  "Thirty-One & Sevens"

16)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Tortured, Tangled Hearts"

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Extra Ordinary"

18)  Bomshel  ~  "Fight Like A Girl"

19)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  "Lonesome Road Blues"

20)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "I Can't Be Bothered"

21)   The Beatles  ~  "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

22)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Decade And One"

23)  Mark Knopfler  ~  "Baloney Again"

24)  The Bangles  ~  "He's Got A Secret"

25)  Carl Perkins  ~  "Birth Of Rock And Roll"

26)  Liza Minnelli  ~  "Ring Them Bells"

27)  Ocean Colour Scene  ~  "So Low"

28)  The Shirelles  ~  "31 Flavors"

29)  Elliott Brood  ~  "Thirty-One Years"

30)  Dwight Yoakam & k.d. lang  ~  "Sin City"

31)  The Cure  ~  "So What?"