"Down" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 1

When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  “Don’t Let Me Down”

2)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”

3)  Halsey  ~  “Hold Me Down”

4)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”

5)  Sam Smith  ~  “Lay Me Down”

6)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Stressed Out”

7)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Lay It Down”

8)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  ~  “All Cried Out”

9)  David Bowie  ~  “Never Let Me Down”

10)  LL Cool J  ~  “Mama Said Knock You Out”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “All Fall Down”

12)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Cry Me Out”

13)  Pillar  ~  “Bring Me Down”

14)  The Riptide Movement  ~  “All Works Out”

15)  The Band  ~  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

16)  Feist  ~  “Inside And Out”

17)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Anything But Down”

18)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

19)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  “Don’t Let It Get You Down”

20)  The Beatles  ~  “We Can Work It Out”

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “As I Lay Me Down”

22)  The Police  ~  “Fall Out”

23)  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Face Down”

24)  Flyleaf  ~  “Call You Out”

25)  Bob Dylan  ~  “When The Deal Goes Down”

Songs About Music, Vol. 2

So, here's more of the same awesome stuff featured in my last post. It's more songs with the word "Music" in their titles. You likely will have heard of several of them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Dr. Music"

2)  Gloria Estefan & *NSYNC  ~  "Music Of My Heart"

3)  Barry White  ~  "Let The Music Play"

4)  Dolly Parton & Alison Krauss  ~  "Sweet Music Man"

5)  Cass Elliot  ~  "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"

6)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Sweet Music"

7)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Swamp Music"

8)  Jordin Sparks  ~  "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)"

9)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Don't Stop The Music"

10)  Hooverphonic  ~  "No More Sweet Music"

11)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Music Man"

12)  Leela James  ~  "Music"

13)  Village People  ~  "Can't Stop The Music"

14)  ABBA  ~  "Thank You For The Music"

15)  Grateful Dead  ~  "The Music Never Stopped"

16)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Music Box"

17)  Alabama  ~  "Mountain Music"

18)  Il Divo & Barbra Streisand  ~  "The Music Of The Night"

19)  Johnny Rivers  ~  "Slow Dancin' (Swayin' To The Music)"

20)  Julie Andrews  ~  "The Sound Of Music"

21)  Arthur Conley  ~  "Sweet Soul Music"

22)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "I Can't Hear The Music"

23)  Boney M.  ~  "Let It All Be Music"

24)  Point Of Grace  ~  "How You Live (Turn Up The Music)"

25)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  "Footstompin' Music"

"Fight" Songs

This is part 1 of 2 of a kinda-sorta "Opposites" music post. I say kinda-sorta because the 2nd part will be "Flight" songs. While "Fight" and "Flight" aren't technically opposites, they are the main two choices you have when you are confronted by someone who wishes to do you harm. Choose wisely...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  REO Speedwagon  ~   "Can't Fight This Feeling"

2)  Elliott Yamin  ~  "Fight For Love"

3)  Rachel Platten  ~  "Fight Song"

4)  Turisas  ~  "Stand Up And Fight"

5)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "The Last Fight"

6)  Cheryl Cole  ~  "Fight For This Love"

7)  Cloud Control  ~  "There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight"

8)  Velvet Revolver  ~  "The Last Fight"

9)  Morgan Page ft. Lissie  ~  "Fight For You"

10)  Decyfer Down  ~  "Fight Like This"

11)  Switchfoot  ~  "Love Alone Is Worth The Fight"

12)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "Can't Fight The Moonlight"

13)  Warren Barfield  ~  "Love Is Not A Fight"

14)  Racoon  ~  "Don't Give Up The Fight"

15)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Don't Wanna Fight"

16)  Nada Surf  ~  "Let The Fight Do The Fighting"

17)  For Today  ~  "Fight The Silence"

18)  Sia  ~  "The Fight"

19)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Fight Test"

20)  Lee DeWyze  ~  "Fight"

21)  Thompson Square  ~  "Let's Fight"

22)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  "Fight For Your Mind"

23)  Anthem Lights  ~  "Fight Forever"

24)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Don't Wanna Fight"

25)  Fishbone  ~  "Fight The Youth"

"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"

Popular Songs Of 1985, Vol. 1

Okay, get ready to feel REALLY old now! Believe it or not, all of the songs included here are now 30 years old! Which means that you are now 30 years older than you were when you first heard them. Let that sink in for just a minute... Now, let's take a nostalgic journey through your past with some great '80s tunes! (And a few cheesy ones.)  ~  JH

1)  George Michael  ~  "Careless Whisper"

2)  Foreigner  ~  "I Want To Know What Love Is"

3)  Madonna  ~  "Crazy For You"

4)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  "Out Of Touch"

5)  Tears For Fears  ~  "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

6)  Starship  ~  "We Built This City"

7)  Dire Straits  ~  "Money For Nothing"

8)  Paul Young  ~  "Everytime You Go Away"

9)  USA For Africa  ~  "We Are The World"

10)  a-ha  ~  "Take On Me"

11)  Wham!  ~  "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

12)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Saving All My Love For You"

13)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Can't Fight This Feeling"

14)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  "The Power Of Love"

15)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "Freeway Of Love"

16)  Simple Minds  ~  "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

17)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Cherish"

18)  Sade  ~  "Smooth Operator"

19)  John Parr  ~  "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"

20)  Glenn Frey  ~  "The Heat Is On"