“Boom” Or “Bust” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Boom" & "Bust" Songs comin' atcha...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Young MC  ~  “Bust A Move”

2)  Brandon & Leah  ~  “Boom Boom Boom”

3)  Redd Carter  ~  “Bust My Baby Outta Jail”

4)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”

5)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Busted”

6)  Miss Li  ~  “My Heart Goes Boom”

7)  Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers  ~  “Bustin’ Loose”

8)  Laleh  ~  “Boom”

9)  Patty Loveless  ~  “Busted”

10)  Shinedown  ~  “Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)”

11)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

12)  Highway 101  ~  “Bing Bang Boom”

13)  Ultramagnetic M.C.’s  ~  “Bust The Facts”

14)  Planetshakers  ~  “Boom”

15)  Vitamin C  ~  “Busted”

16)  Anjulie  ~  “Boom”

17)  The Replacements  ~  “Busted Up”

18)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “Kids Of The Baby Boom”

19)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  “Busted Heart (Hold On To Me)”

20)  Imelda May  ~  “Johnny Got A Boom Boom”

21)  Kevin Simmons Band  ~  “Love Comes Busting In”

22)  Lulu  ~  “Boom Bang-A-Bang”

23)  Foghat  ~  “Bustin’ Up Or Bustin’ Out”

24)  Perry Como  ~  “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)”

25)  Matthew Price  ~  “Love Or Bust”

“Angry” Songs

These songs are not happy. In fact, they're ANGRY! Okay, I'm embellishing a bit. Songs cannot experience emotions. But they certainly can convey them. And these tunes are all about anger. Well, mostly. Some of the anger is purely metaphorical. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Angry”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Angry Blues / The Twist”  (I can’t even remotely figure out how these two songs relate to each other, or why Taylor would play them back to back. But it’s actually kind of awesome!)

3)  Syleena Johnson ft. Tweet  ~  “Angry Girl”

4)  George Ezra  ~  “Angry Hill”

5)  XTC  ~  “The World Is Full Of Angry Young Men”

6)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “Angry Anymore”

7)  Iron & Wine  ~  “An Angry Blade”

8)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “I’m Not Angry”

9)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “What Angry Blue?”

10)  Perry Como  ~  “Angry”

11)  Corey Hart  ~  “Angry Young Man”

12)  Megadeth  ~  “Angry Again”

13)  Christopher Cross  ~  “Angry Young Men”

14)  Quiet Riot  ~  “Angry”

15)  Poe  ~  “Angry Johnny”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “The Angry Mob”

17)  Imogen Heap  ~  “Angry Angel”

18)  Tim McGraw & Martina McBride  ~  “Angry All The Time”

19)  Life Of Agony  ~  “Angry Tree”

20)  Loggins & Messina  ~  “Angry Eyes”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a four-part series of songs with whistling (of the human variety, not the musical instrument) in them. Some of these are well-known as whistling songs, while others are popular songs that just happen to have some momentary whistling in them (in some cases, you may have never even noticed it). Thanks, Tim W., for suggesting this topic. This should be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”

2)  Paul Simon  ~  “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard”

3)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Angel And The Fool”

4)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”

5)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  “Young Folks”

6)  The Bridge On The River Kwai Cast  ~  “Colonel Bogey March”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

8)  Maria McKee  ~  “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)”

9)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “The Walker”

10)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “Simple Girl”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments”

12)  Mallu Magalhães  ~  “Make It Easy”

13)  John Lennon  ~  “Jealous Guy”

14)  Brother Bones And His Shadows  ~  “Sweet Georgia Brown”  (Better known as the Harlem Globetrotters theme song.)

15)  Phish  ~  “Guyute”

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Made Of Glass”

17)  Kyu Sakamoto  ~  “Sukiyaki”

18)  Bobby Bloom  ~  “Montego Bay”

19)  Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza  ~  “Beautiful Life”

20)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

21)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

22)  Status Quo  ~  “Rock ’N’ Roll”

23)  Rock Mafia  ~  “The Big Bang”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Lovely Head”

25)  Father John Misty  ~  “The Suburbs”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 2

Here's the latest and last (for this year, at least) entry in the "Popular Songs Of..." series, this one being Part 2 (of 2) featuring songs from the year 1956. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Sixteen Tons”

2)  Pat Boone  ~  “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”

3)  Fats Domino  ~  “My Blue Heaven”

4)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Hound Dog”

5)  The Lennon Sisters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”

6)  Bill Doggett  ~  “Honky Tonk”

7)  Gogi Grant  ~  “The Wayward Wind”

8)  Bill Haley & His Comets  ~  “See You Later, Alligator”

9)  Perry Como  ~  “Juke Box Baby”

10)  Vic Damone  ~  “On The Street Where You Live / Let’s Take An Old-Fashioned Walk”

11)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Walk The Line”

12)  The Platters  ~  “You’ll Never Know”

13)  Eddie Heywood  ~  “Canadian Sunset”

14)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mr. Wonderful”

15)  Gale Storm  ~  “Ivory Tower”

16)  The Four Lads  ~  “No, Not Much”

17)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Love Me Tender”

18)  Little Richard  ~  “Long, Tall Sally”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I was done with these "Popular Songs Of..." posts for the year, didn't you? Well, I am...after this two-parter. But I couldn't neglect one of the biggest years in the early days of rock 'n' roll (as well as a solid year for traditional pop), could I? You don't have to answer that. You just have to listen (if you want to)...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

2)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

3)  Doris Day  ~  “Que Sera Sera”

4)  Dean Martin  ~  “Memories Are Made Of This”

5)  Morris Stoloff  ~  “Moonglow and Theme From Picnic”

6)  Pat Boone  ~  “I Almost Lost My Mind”

7)  Kay Starr  ~  “Rock And Roll Waltz”

8)  Carl Perkins  ~  “Blue Suede Shoes”  (Why would I not include Elvis’ version of this song? For one, I already have 5 Elvis songs lined up for these posts. And for another, Perkins released his version eight months earlier and became one of the biggest hits of Perkins’ long and distinguished career. So there!)

9)  Johnnie Ray  ~  “Just Walkin’ In The Rain / If I Had You”

10)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)”

12)  Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps  ~  “Be-Bop-A-Lula”

13)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blueberry Hill”

14)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

15)  Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly  ~  “True Love”

16)  Patti Page  ~  “Allegheny Moon”

17)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”

18)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”