Songs About What "This Is"

If you can't tell what "This Is" by the title of the post, then I'm certainly not going to tell you what "this is" all about. By the way, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "This Is Me Trying"

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  "This Is A Call"

3)  The Greatest Showman Cast ft. Keala Settle  ~  "This Is Me"

4)  Phil Wickham  ~  "This Is Amazing Grace"

5)  Katy Perry  ~  "This Is How We Do"

6)  Childish Gambino  ~  "This Is America"  (WARNING: This is a deeply disturbing video -- extremely important, but quite violent. Viewer discretion is advised.)

7)  Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas  ~  "This Is Me"

8)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "This Is Gospel"

9)  Amy Macdonald  ~  "This Is The Life"

10)  Montell Jordan  ~  "This Is How We Do It"

11)  Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna  ~  "This Is What You Came For"

12)  Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan  ~  "This Is How We Roll"

13)  Nina Persson  ~  "This Is Heavy Metal"

14)  Michael Jackson  ~  "This Is It"

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  "This Is The Stuff"

16)  The Impressions ft. Clifton Davis  ~  "This Is My Country"

17)  A Great Big World  ~  "This Is The New Year"

18)  Billy Joel ft. John Mayer  ~  "This Is The Time"

19)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "This Is Me You're Talking To"

20)  Switchfoot  ~  "This Is Your Life"

21)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "This Is It"

22)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "This Is War"

23)  Scotty McCreery  ~  "This Is It"

24)  Inspiral Carpets  ~  "This Is How It Feels"

25)  Taylor Swift  ~  "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"  (Why NOT bookend this post with Taylor songs? Can you think of a reason why not? Yeah, me neither.)

Songs About Stripping (Not Literally…)

Despite the lurid-sounding title, this post consists primarily of songs with the word "Strip" (in its various forms) in their titles. The "stripping" in question, then, is more or less metaphorical and doesn't actually involve any disrobing. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Strip Me"

2)  Disciple  ~  “Stripped Away”

3)  Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot  ~  "Comic Strip"

4)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Stripped”

5)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Strip My Mind”

6)  Julie Grower  ~  “Strip It All Away”

7)  Scarlet Pleasure  ~  “The Strip”

8)  John Lee Hooker  ~  “Stripped Me Naked”

9)  Suzi Quatro  ~  “Strip Me”

10)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Strip It Down”

11)  The Company Stores  ~  “Strip It Away”

12)  Faith No More  ~  “Stripsearch”

13)  Alissa DeGroote  ~  “Strip Away”

14)  Liam Payne ft. Quavo  ~  “Strip That Down”

15)  Sonic Youth  ~  “On The Strip”

16)  Armed Fitness  ~  “C-130 Rolling Down The Strip”

17)  Street Puppets ft. Niko Jane  ~  “Strip Away”

18)  Greg Vail ft. Marc Antoine  ~  “On The Strip”

19)  Roger Waters  ~  “Sunset Strip”

20)  The Standells  ~  “Riot On Sunset Strip”

21)  Clara Mae  ~  “Strip”

22)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Strip Cartoon”

23)  Crawford  ~  “Strip It All Away”

24)  Vicious Rumors  ~  “Strip Search”

25)  Eno • Hyde  ~  “Strip It Down”

BONUS TRACK:  Shiny Toy Guns  ~  “Stripped”  (This is the same song as #4 above, but so uniquely different that it merits inclusion here as well.)

Songs About Rollercoasters

So...apparently it's National Roller Coaster Day. (Who makes this stuff up? Hint: Not me.) Since I'm currently at least three hours away from the nearest decent rollercoaster and have no prospects of riding one at any point today, there's this post featuring a bunch of Songs About Rollercoasters. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Ohio Players  ~  “Love Rollercoaster”

2)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Rollercoaster”

3)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Roller Coaster”

4)  Vivian Green  ~  “Emotional Rollercoaster”

5)  The Partridge Family  ~  “Roller Coaster”

6)  The Gathering  ~  “Rollercoaster”

7)  Rapman  ~  “Rollercoaster”

8)  Aimee Mann  ~  “Rollercoasters”

9)  Bleachers  ~  “Rollercoaster”

10)  B*Witched  ~  “Rollercoaster”

11)  M. Ward  ~  “Rollercoaster”

12)  Mahalia  ~  “Rollercoaster”

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Roller Coaster”

14)  Tank And The Bangas  ~  “Rollercoasters”

15)  Ronan Keating  ~  “Life Is A Rollercoaster”

16)  Black Mountain  ~  “Rollercoaster”

17)  The Jesus And Mary Chain  ~  “Rollercoaster”

18)  The Dollyrots  ~  “Rollercoaster”

19)  Aaron Watson  ~  “Rollercoaster Ride”

20)  Sleater-Kinney  ~  “Rollercoaster”

21)  Spyro Gyra  ~  “Roller Coaster”

22)  Bean  ~  “Rollercoaster”

23)  David Choi  ~  “Rollercoaster”

24)  Serena Ryder  ~  “Rollercoaster”

25)  Warrant  ~  “Roller Coaster”

Songs With Football Positions In Their Titles, Vol. 1

As it turns out, there are a lot of these. Vol. 2 to follow tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Monday Morning Quarterback”

2)  Kira Isabella  ~  “Quarterback”

3)  Kopecky  ~  “Quarterback”

4)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “Running Back To You”

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “I’ll Come Running Back To You”

6)  Jessica Mauboy ft. Flo Rida  ~  “Running Back”

7)  Thin Lizzy  ~  “Running Back”

8)  Nancy Wilson  ~  “Don’t Come Running Back To Me”

9)  Matt Wertz  ~  “Running Back To You”

10)  Bright Light Bright Light ft. Elton John  ~  “Running Back To You”

11)  For The Foxes  ~  “Running Back To You”

12)  How To Dress Well  ~  “Running Back”

13)  Nazareth  ~  “Turn On Your Receiver”

14)  Huntress  ~  “Receiver”

15)  Tycho  ~  “Receiver”

16)  The Waco Brothers  ~  “Receiver”

17)  Sons And Daughters  ~  “Red Receiver”

18)  Beatenberg  ~  “Beauty Like A Tightened Bow”  (“Tight End”… “Tightened”…maybe a bit of a stretch, but it’s all I’ve got and it’s close enough for me.)

19)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Tackle Box”

20)  Hot Chip  ~  “A Bad Bad Tackle”

21)  Alex G  ~  “Kicker”

22)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Shin Kicker”

23)  Caroline Castell  ~  “Holder Du”  (Pretty song. Wonder what she’s singing about? I didn’t understand a word of it!)

24)  The Story So Far  ~  “Placeholder”

25)  The Lucksmiths  ~  “Requiem For The Punters Club”