“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”

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's a follow-up to yesterday's "Don't Ask," "Don't Tell" Songs post. Because these are good songs, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”

2)  Saskia & Serge  ~  “Don’t Tell Me Stories”

3)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Don't Ask”

4)  Madonna  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Don't Ask For The Water”

6)  Nel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Natalie Pearson  ~  “Don't Ask Me This”

8)  Night Ranger  ~  “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Luka”  (The singer requests that you “don’t ask” about a number of different things in this song.)

10)  Pam Tillis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

11)  Billy Joel  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

12)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over”

13)  Public Image Limited  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

14)  Bijou Phillips  ~  “When I Hated Him (Don’t Tell Me)”

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why”

16)  Baby Animals  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

17)  Bobby Pinson  ~  “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

18)  Martha Davis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me The Time”

19)  Great Caesar  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

20)  Lesley Gore  ~  “You Don’t Own Me”  (“Don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say…”)

"3" Songs

So, it's my daughter's birthday and now she's three years old. Also, when I was doing that week-by-week numbers series while my wife was pregnant with my daughter, I never did "3" Songs. So there's this. Pretty good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Gimme Three Steps”

2)  Torres  ~  “Three Futures”

3)  Ray Charles  ~  “3/4 Time”

4)  Roseanne Barr  ~  “Three Little Birds”  (Yes, THAT Roseanne Barr! And she’s shockingly not half bad!)

5)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “3AM”

6)  The Breeders  ~  “Son Of Three”

7)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “3’s And 7’s”

8)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “Three Babies”

9)  Gary “U.S.” Bonds  ~  “Quarter To Three”

10)  Kate Nash  ~  “3AM”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “These Three Words”

12)  Neneh Cherry  ~  “Spit Three Times”

13)  Sammy Hagar  ~  “Three Lock Box”

14)  Jennifer Nettles  ~  “Three Days In Bed”

15)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”

16)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Three Kids, No Husband”

17)  Commodores  ~  “Three Times A Lady”

18)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Three Packs A Day”

19)  Randy Travis  ~  “Three Wooden Crosses”

20)  The KLF  ~  “3 a.m. Eternal”

21)  Alex Clare  ~  “Three Hearts”

22)  Josie & The Pussycats  ~  “3 Small Words”

23)  Chase Rice  ~  “Three Chords & The Truth”

24)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  “Knock Three Times”

25)  The Browns  ~  “The Three Bells”

Popular Songs Of 1977, Vol. 4

You know how MANY good songs there were in 1977 when THESE are the last ones. Think you've already seen/heard the best songs? Think again. One more time for old time's sake (literally), the Popular Songs of 1977. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Bill Conti  ~  “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)”

2)  The Jacksons  ~  “Enjoy Yourself”

3)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Don’t Stop”

4)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “So Into You”

5)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Looks Like We Made It”

6)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Wish”

7)  Crystal Gayle  ~  “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”

8)  Kansas  ~  “Carry On, Wayward Son”

9)  James Taylor  ~  “Handy Man”

10)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “What’s Your Name”

11)  Tammy Wynette & George Jones  ~  “Near You”

12)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Lonely Boy”

13)  Billy Joel  ~  “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”

14)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

15)  Debby Boone  ~  “You Light Up My Life”

16)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Wonderful Tonight”

17)  KC and the Sunshine Band  ~  “Keep It Comin’ Love”

18)  Bob Seger  ~  “Night Moves”

19)  Barbra Streisand ft. Chris Botti  ~  “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”

20)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Slip Slidin’ Away”

21)  Meco  ~  “Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band”

22)  Ted Nugent  ~  “Cat Scratch Fever”

23)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Blue Bayou”

24)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “Lucille”

25)  Queen  ~  “Somebody To Love”

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 1

I warned you there'd be more miniseries of posts coming, and this is the first installment. Herein you'll find a wildly diverse set of songs about "Finding," "Keeping," "Losing," and "Weeping." If you like these, there's three more posts where they came from. If you don't like these...what's wrong with you? Just kidding. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Finding Out”

2)  Birdy  ~  “Keeping Your Head Up”

3)  John Newman  ~  “Losing Sleep”

4)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow”

5)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”

6)  Babyface  ~  “Keeping Secrets”

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

8)  The Verve  ~  “Weeping Willow”

9)  Aztec Two-Step  ~  “Finding Somebody New”

10)  L D R U ft. Paige IV  ~  “Keeping Score”

11)  Rush  ~  “Losing It”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “Weeping China Doll”

13)  Louis XIV  ~  “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”

14)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Keeping The Faith”

15)  The Naked And Famous  ~  “Losing Control”

16)  The Sweet Lillies  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Sleeping Romance  ~  “Finding My Way”

18)  Linda Ronstadt ft. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Keeping Out Of Mischief Now”  (The video messes up at first but rights itself around the :30 mark.)

19)  Keane  ~  “The Lovers Are Losing”

20)  Múm  ~  “Weeping Rock Rock”

21)  Teske  ~  “Finding Neverland”

22)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

23)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Losing You”

24)  Alanna Story  ~  “Weeping”

25)  Caitlin Crosby  ~  “Finding Feelings”

26)  The Who  ~  “Love Ain’t For Keeping”

27)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Losing Friends Over Love”

28)  The Dramatics  ~  “Stop Your Weeping”