"Tough" Songs

Go ahead – run these songs through the wringer. They can take it. They're "Tough"! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Tougher Than The Rest"

2)  Gary Allan  ~  "Tough Little Boys"

3)  Jessie Ware  ~  "Tough Love"

4)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Hangin' Tough"

5)  Craig Morgan  ~  "Tough"

6)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Tough"

7)  Billy Ocean  ~  "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"

8)  RATT  ~  "You Think You're Tough"

9)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Tough Enough"

10)  Tesla  ~  "Hang Tough"

11)  McAllister Kemp  ~  "All Kinds Of Tough"

12)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Tough Lover"

13)  Nils Lofgren  ~  "Cry Tough"

14)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Tough Guys"

15)  Little Boots  ~  "Pretty Tough"

16)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  "Too Tough"

17)  Technotronic ft. MC Eric  ~  "Tough"

18)  Shelby Lynne  ~  "Things Are Tough All Over"

19)  King Kobra  ~  "Tough Guys"

20)  Poison  ~  "Cry Tough"

Songs By Bands With Four-Letter Names, Vol. 1

And now we begin a series of posts that you helped me come up with last week. (You know who you are, I don't need to tag you all.) Volume 1 consists of 20 songs by bands with four letters in their names. No more, no less. If your favorite band/artist didn't make this list, just wait. Volume 2 is on the way. If you submitted a 4-letter solo artist (not a band), those will be in a separate post altogether – but it's coming too! So, be patient…and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Styx  ~  "Mr. Roboto"

2)  Poco  ~  "Call It Love"

3)  Toto  ~  "Africa"

4)  AC/DC  ~  "Back In Black"

5)  ABBA  ~  "Take A Chance On Me"

6)  KISS  ~  "Forever"

7)  RATT  ~  "Round And Round"

8)  UB40  ~  "Red, Red Wine"

9)  Rush  ~  "Tom Sawyer"

10)  Eels  ~  "Novocaine For The Soul"

11)  Bush  ~  "Swallowed"

12)  Blur  ~  "Girls And Boys"

13)  Asia  ~  "Heat Of The Moment"

14)  INXS  ~  "Beautiful Girl"

15)  Wham!  ~  "Everything She Wants"

16)  Cake  ~  "The Distance"

17)  Dope  ~  "Debonaire"

18)  Fuel  ~  "Innocent"

19)  GWAR  ~  "Sick Of You"

20)  Devo  ~  "Whip It"

Songs By…With…Well, You Figure It Out!

The overall "theme" in this collection of songs is highly manufactured and rather absurd. The sole reason that this post exists is because there was a certain song I wanted to post and couldn't think of any other way to include it. Since this was basically a dumb excuse to group together a bunch of songs, I'm going to leave it to you, the reader/listener, to figure out what the "theme" is. There are actually two commonalities to all the songs in this group. If you think you've figured them out, comment and I'll let you know if you're right. Good luck!  ~  JH

1)  The Refreshments  ~  "Banditos"

2)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  "Beats To The Rhyme"  (Interesting factoid: This song contains the lyric: "As we wax the tracks all the DJ's play."  I hadn't even heard of this song when I came up with the name of this blog. Ironic, huh?)

3)  Roxette  ~  "The Big L"

4)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Breaking The Girl"

5)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Bless The Broken Road"

6)  RATT  ~  "Back For More"

7)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Beast Of Burden"

8)  Redbone  ~  "Beautiful Illusion"

9)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Bring It On Home To Me"

10)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  "Big Sky" / "Baddest Of The Bad"

11)  Relient K  ~  "Be My Escape"

12)  Reel Big Fish  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (Well, this is a fun, funky version of a classic song! Weird video, though.)

13)  The Ramones  ~  "Blitzkrieg Bop"

14)  Rammstein  ~  "Benzin"

15)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bang And Blame"

16)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  "Bulls On Parade"

17)  RED  ~  "Breathe Into Me"