Songs About Practice

What are we talking about? We're talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We're talking about practice. Songs About Practice, in particular. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  DJ Steve Porter ft. Allen Iverson, Jim Mora, Dennis Green, Joe Namath, Mike Gundy, & Terrell Owens  ~  “Press Hop”

2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “Piano Practicing” / “The Minute Waltz”

3)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Art Of Heartbreak”

4)  Tori Amos ft. Natashya Hawley  ~  “Cactus Practice"

5)  Santana  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

6)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Something Real”

7)  Testament  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

8)  The Swan Princess Cast  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

9)  Chiodos  ~  “We’re Talking About Practice”

10)  Gemma Ray  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”

11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Practice What I Preach”

12)  Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

13)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. JJ Lawhorn  ~  “Past Is Practice”

14)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”

15)  Drake  ~  “Practice" 

16)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Private Practice (Dr. Sharp, Emilie)”

17)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Cinderella”

18)  Ravi Shankar  ~  “Temple Scene and Dance Practice”

19)  Barry White  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

20)  Cute Is What We Aim For  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

21)  Andy Griggs ft. Martina McBride  ~  “Practice Life”

22)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Cropduster”

23)  Larry Hooper  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

24)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Good Practice Makes Permanent”

25)  Fight For Friday  ~  “Target Practice”

26)  The Moffatts  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

BONUS TRACK:  Sparks  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”  (This is the original version of the song in #10. Both were too good to leave one of them out.)

“Just” Songs

What do we have here? Oh, just a bunch of "Just" Songs for your listening pleasure. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Just The Way You Are”

2)  Jenny Lewis  ~  “Just One Of The Guys”

3)  Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson  ~  “Just Breathe”

4)  Icona Pop  ~  “Just Another Night”

5)  Nelly  ~  “Just A Dream”

6)  P!nk ft. Nate Ruess  ~  “Just Give Me A Reason”

7)  The Killers  ~  “Just Another Girl”

8)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “Just A Friend To You”

9)  Plushgun  ~  “Just Impolite”

10)  No Doubt  ~  “Just A Girl”

11)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Just A Little Bit Longer”

12)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Just Be”

13)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Just Want You To Know”

14)  Martina McBride  ~  “Just Around The Corner”

15)  Gomez  ~  “Just As Lost As You”

16)  Monica  ~  “Just Another Girl”

17)  Billy Joel  ~  “Just The Way You Are”

18)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Just Another Birthday”

19)  ZZ Top  ~  “Just Got Paid”

20)  Kali Uchis  ~  “Just A Stranger”

21)  James Otto  ~  “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”

22)  Gladys Knight  ~  “Just A Little”

23)  Tony Bennett & Michael Bublé  ~  “Just In Time”  (The actual song starts around the 1:25 mark, in case you want to skip the pre-song chit-chat.)

24)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  “Just The Way I Am”

25)  Three Days Grace  ~  “Just Like You”

Popular Songs Of 1999, Vol. 4

Last but not least... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “I Want It That Way”

2)  Martina McBride  ~  “Whatever You Say”

3)  Will Smith  ~  “Miami”

4)  Britney Spears  ~  “Sometimes”

5)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Learn To Fly”

6)  Céline Dion ft. R. Kelly  ~  “I’m Your Angel”

7)  Lonestar  ~  “Amazed”

8)  Avalon  ~  “Can’t Live A Day”

9)  Sugar Ray  ~  “Every Morning”

10)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Tonight The Heartache’s On Me”

11)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Speechless”

12)  Whitney Houston  ~  “My Love Is Your Love”

13)  Michael W. Smith  ~  “This Is Your Time”

14)  TLC  ~  “Unpretty”

15)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Pop A Top”

16)  Destiny’s Child  ~  “Bills, Bills, Bills”

17)  Tonic  ~  “You Wanted More”

18)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  “When I Said I Do”

19)  Marc Anthony  ~  “I Need To Know”

20)  Faith Evans  ~  “Love Like This”

21)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Please Remember Me”

22)  Brandy  ~  “Almost Doesn’t Count”

23)  Jesse Powell  ~  “You”

24)  DC Talk  ~  “Consume Me”

25)  Len  ~  “Steal My Sunshine”

26)  Fastball  ~  “Out Of My Head”

27)  Brian McKnight  ~  “Back At One”

Songs About Edible Chicken Parts, Vol. 2

Last time we met here, I indicated that I had found and compiled *the* 40 good songs with the names of various edible chicken parts in their titles. However, there are likely hundreds of good songs that would qualify. But I have neither the time nor the inclination to seek out all of them. So I'll just leave it at this: Here's the rest of the best songs I found. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  ZZ Top  ~  “Legs”

2)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

3)  The Amboy Dukes  ~  “Breast-Fed Gator”

4)  Low Cut Connie  ~  “Big Thighs, NJ”

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Long Legs”

6)  Martina McBride  ~  “A Broken Wing”

7)  The Reminders  ~  “Pillowed Upon Fair Love’s Ripening Breast”

8)  Zawinul Legacy Band  ~  “Between The Thighs”

9)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Hot Legs”

10)  Imentu  ~  “Breast The Waves”

11)  Jerome & Lotus ft. Amanda Jackson  ~  “Give Me Wings”

12)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “Skinny Legs”

13)  The Stranglers  ~  “Savage Breast”

14)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lord Of The Thighs”

15)  Macklemore x Ryan Lewis  ~  “Wings”

16)  Paloma Faith  ~  “My Legs Are Weak”

17)  Church Fire  ~  “Breast Bones”

18)  Heaters  ~  “Levitate Thigh”

19)  Birdy  ~  “Wings”

20)  Tender Prey  ~  “Chicken Liver Blues”

“Wild” & “Crazy” Songs, Vol. 2

Just how "Wild" & "Crazy" can these songs be? I guess you'll have to find out for yourself... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lindsey Stirling ft. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Something Wild”

2)  Queen  ~  “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

3)  Lena  ~  “Wild & Free”

4)  Bill Haley & The Comets  ~  “Crazy Man Crazy”

5)  Local Sound  ~  “Wild”

6)  Adele  ~  “Crazy For You”

7)  Elina  ~  “Wild Enough”

8)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Crazy Train”

9)  Martina McBride  ~  “Wild Angels”

10)  Katie Melua  ~  “The Closest Thing To Crazy”

11)  Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Wild Wild West”

12)  Selah Sue  ~  “Crazy Vibes”

13)  Brett Dennen  ~  “Wild Child”

14)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “World Gone Crazy”

15)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wilder (We’re Chained)”

16)  Paul Davis  ~  “I Go Crazy”

17)  Bishop Briggs  ~  “Wild Horses”

18)  Sammy Hagar  ~  “You Make Me Crazy”

19)  Alexia Coley  ~  “Drive Me Wild”

20)  Andy Grammer  ~  “Crazy Beautiful”

21)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “Wild Animals”

22)  Deladap  ~  “Crazy Swing”

23)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Wild Mountain Honey”

24)  Ornette  ~  “Crazy”

25)  Jean Stapleton  ~  “I’m Just Wild About Harry”

26)  Slade  ~  “Mama Were All Crazee Now”

27)  Emma Heesters  ~  “Wild Thoughts”  (This is a beautifully rendered and considerably sanitized version of a DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller collab. I much prefer it to the original.)

28)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “I Think I’m Crazy”

29)  The Strumbellas  ~  “Young & Wild”

30)  Victoria Williams  ~  “Crazy Mary”

31)  Runaway June  ~  “Wild West”

32)  Barclay James Harvest  ~  “Crazy City”

33)  Moby  ~  “This Wild Darkness”

34)  Taylor Colson  ~  “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy”  (This is also a gorgeously rendered and highly sanitized version of an otherwise exceptional Bebe Rexha song. I’m not sure if I like it better, or just as much – but definitely not less – than the original.)