Songs About Jam

Remember when I promised you I'd follow up Songs About Toast with a set of Songs About Jam? Yeah, well, I forgot. Until now... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson ft. Heavy D  ~  "Jam"  (A forgotten gem of a video by MJ, featuring "the other MJ" – Michael Jordan!)

2)  Scatman John ft. Louis Armstrong  ~  "Everybody Jam"

3)  Three Dog Night  ~  "Jam"

4)  Kim Kardashian  ~  "Jam (Turn It Up)"  (My word, this is horrible! Not that I'm surprised, but still...)

5)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  "Jam"

6)  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard  ~  "Slow Jam 1"

7)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  "Champagne Jam"

8)  Ted Nugent  ~  "Shut Up & Jam!"

9)  Jhene Aiko  ~  "Space Jam"

10)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  "Jam-Master Jammin'"

11)  Technotronic  ~  "Pump Up The Jam"

12)  Carole King  ~  "Raspberry Jam"

13)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Kit-Kat Jam"

14)  Usher ft. Monica  ~  "Slow Jam"

15)  Freddie Jackson  ~  "Jam Tonight"

16)  38 Special  ~  "Jam On"

17)  Skindred  ~  "That's My Jam"

18)  The Gap Band  ~  "Jam The Motha'"

19)  DC Talk  ~  "Time Ta Jam"  (This song is, uh...how do I say this...um...let's just say TobyMac's music has improved in the past 30 years...)

20)  Elle King   ~  "Ram Jam"

21)  Fame Cast  ~  "Hot Lunch Jam"

22)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Traffic Jam"

23)  The Sugarhill Gang  ~  "Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)"

24)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Midnight Jam"

25)  Relient K  ~  "That's My Jam"

Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 4

Alright, let's finish this thing! One last batch of tunes, for old time's sake...literally. Without further ado, here's the final score of Popular Songs of 1986. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  “Take Me Home”

2)  Anita Baker  ~  “Sweet Love”

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Your Wildest Dreams”

4)  Run-DMC & Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Nikita”

6)  Heart  ~  “Never”

7)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “If You Leave”

8)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Love Will Conquer All”

9)  Toto  ~  “I’ll Be Over You”

10)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “West End Girls”

11)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “Just In Case”

12)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Higher Love”

13)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Silent Running”

14)  Madonna  ~  “True Blue”

15)  Billy Ocean  ~  “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”

16)  Alabama  ~  “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”

17)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Sledgehammer”

18)  James Brown  ~  “Living In America”

19)  Starship  ~  “Sara”

20)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Secret Lovers”

"Rock" Songs

This post begins a three-part miniseries – not nearly epic enough to call it a "trilogy – featuring songs with "Rock," "Paper," and "Scissors" in their titles. First up, obviously, are "Rock" songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Joe Diffie  ~  "Third Rock From The Sun"

2)  Sade  ~  "Lovers' Rock"

3)  O.A.R.  ~  "Black Rock"

4)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  "An Ocean And A Rock"

5)  Babyface  ~  "Rock Bottom"

6)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Rock Dust Light Star"

7)  Allison Durham Speer  ~  "Upon This Rock"

8)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "I Am A Rock"

9)  The Music Man Cast  ~  "Rock Island"

10)  Keri Hilson  ~  "Pretty Girl Rock"

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Rock And A Hard Place"

12)  Def Leppard  ~  "Rock Of Ages"

13)  Queen  ~  "We Will Rock You"

14)  Oak Ridge Boys  ~  "Lead Me To That Rock"

15)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Rock With You"

16)  RUN-DMC  ~  "King Of Rock"

17)  The Clash  ~  "Rock The Casbah"

18)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Vestal Goodman & The Martins  ~  "Rock Of Ages"

19)  Falco  ~  "Rock Me Amadeus"

20)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Cherub Rock"

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"

Songs About Walking

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 – a collection of songs with "Walk" in the title. I'm the only person I know who'd ever follow up a Roy Orbison song with one by RUN-DMC then one by Celtic Woman then another by Megadeth. Yeah, I'm all over the place like that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "Walk By Faith"

2)  Katrina & The Waves  ~  "Walking On Sunshine"

3)  Kentucky Headhunters  ~  "Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine"

4)  Sam Roberts  ~  "Don't Walk Away, Eileen"

5)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Walk On"

6)  RUN-DMC ft. Aerosmith  ~  "Walk This Way"

7)  Celtic Woman  ~  "You'll Never Walk Alone"

8)  Megadeth  ~  "Never Walk Alone (A Call To Arms)"

9)  The Bangles  ~  "Walk Like An Egyptian"

10)  "U2  ~  "Walk On"

11)  Mike Reid  ~  "Walk On Faith"

12)  Britt Nicole  ~  "Walk On The Water"

13)  Kanye West  ~  "Jesus Walks"

14)  Craig David  ~  "Walking Away"

15)  The Ting Tings  ~  "We Walk"

16)  Was (Not Was)  ~  "Walk The Dinosaur"

17)  Emily King  ~  "Walk In My Shoes"

18)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Walk Away"

19)  fun.  ~  "Walking The Dog"

20)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Walking On Broken Glass"