Songs About Good Guys & Bad Guys

There's a lot of talk about superheroes and, in particular, superhero movies of late. In most if not all of those, there are both heroes and villains. This post has nothing to do with superhero movies, but it is chock full of Songs About Good Guys & Bad Guys. So...that's something, at least. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Morgan Johnston  ~  “Good Guy”

2)  Matthew Good  ~  “Bad Guys Win”

3)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Good Guys Win”  (Video quality on this one is crap, but at least it sounds good.)

4)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Bad Guy”  (This is my new jam! Really, anything by her!)

5)  Collective Soul  ~  “Goodnight, Good Guy”

6)  Niykee Heaton  ~  “Bad Guy”

7)  MIKA  ~  “Good Guys”

8)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Bad Guy”

9)  Aqua  ~  “Good Guys”

10)  Emarosa  ~  “Gold Dust” / “Say Hello To The Bad Guy”

11)  Melanie  ~  “The Good Guys”

12)  Bowling For Soup  ~  “Girl All The Bad Guys Want”

13)  Tove Lo  ~  “Good Guys”

14)  Meghan Patrick  ~  “The Bad Guy”

15)  The Bankrobber  ~  “A Good Guy With A Gun”

16)  Mindy Smith  ~  “Bad Guy”

17)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Good Guy”

18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “I Am Not The Bad Guy”

19)  Tenille Arts  ~  “Good Guys”

20)  Sistar  ~  “Bad Guy”  (Most of the lyrics are in Korean, some are in English, all of the subtitles are in Portuguese, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all. Yikes!)

21)  Granger Smith  ~  “When The Good Guys Win”

22)  Freddie Mercury  ~  “Mr. Bad Guy”

23)  Lakefield  ~  “Good Guy”

24)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Mediocre Bad Guys”

25)  Julia Jacklin  ~  “Good Guy”

BONUS TRACK:  Dave Mason  ~  “We Just Disagree”  (“There ain’t no good guys, there ain’t no bad guys, there's only you and me…”)

“Flaming” Songs

These songs are ON FIRE! Well, at the very least they’re “flaming.” Which could mean that they’re engulfed in flames, are bright orange or red in color, or are extraordinarily passionate about something. Some of the songs are simply about flames, whether of the hot and burning kind or of the metaphorical romantic kind. One of them is about Cheetos. Whatever you’re looking for in these songs, it’s probably here. So…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Flaming Pie”

2)  David Guetta & Sia  ~  “Flames”

3)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “Old Flames”

4)  Nat King Cole  ~  “My Flaming Heart”

5)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Keeper Of The Flame”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Down In Flames”

7)  KISS  ~  “Flaming Youth”

8)  Bill Nelson  ~  “Flaming Desire”

9)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Flaming Red”

10)  BT  ~  “Flaming June”

11)  Paramore  ~  “Let The Flames Begin”

12)  Melanie Meriney  ~  “Flame”

13)  Foreigner  ~  “The Flame Still Burns”

14)  Dr. John  ~  “The Flaming Sword”

15)  Bec Sandridge  ~  “In The Fog, In The Flame”

16)  Vitamin Z  ~  “Burning Flame”

17)  Vena Cava & Project Veresen ft. Raya  ~  "Flames"

18)  Tinashe  ~  “Flame”

19)  Clairo  ~  “Flaming Hot Cheetos”

20)  Kesha ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “Old Flames (Can’t Hold A Candle To You)”  (Raise your hand if you saw this collaboration coming. Yeah, me neither.)

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 in this miniseries featuring songs with the words "Imaginary" or "Real" in their titles. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

2)  Tove Lo  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Real Men”

4)  Lemon Demon  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

5)  Meiko  ~  “Real Real Sweet”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

7)  The Who  ~  “Real Good Looking Boy”

8)  Nina Schofield  ~  “Imaginary Love”

9)  NF  ~  “Real”

10)  Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Imaginary”

11)  Metric  ~  “Dreams So Real”

12)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”

13)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

14)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Broken Imaginary Time”

15)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “The Real Thing”

16)  Astronaut  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

17)  tUnE-yArDs  ~  “Real Thing”

18)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “Imaginary Ships”

19)  K’s Choice  ~  “Live For Real”

20)  John Waite  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

21)  Plumb  ~  “Real”

22)  Mike McKay Band  ~  “Imaginary Stop Signs”

23)  James Morrison  ~  “You Make It Real”

24)  Autolux  ~  “The Science Of Imaginary Solutions”

25)  Beyoncé & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

"Awesome" Songs

Man, these songs are "Awesome"! At least their titles would have you believe that they are. Actually, most of them are pretty awesome. Isn't everything? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rich Mullins  ~  “Awesome God”

2)  Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island  ~  “Everything Is Awesome!!!”

3)  Pastor Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago  ~  “Awesome”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Random Awesome”

5)  Trent Cory  ~  “Awesome Wonder”

6)  Ween  ~  “Awesome Sound”

7)  Sinach  ~  “You Are Awesome”

8)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Awesome”

9)  Hillsong Live  ~  “Awesome In This Place”

10)  The Dollyrots  ~  “Because I’m Awesome”

11)  Norman Hutchins  ~  “Awesome God”

12)  Gerald Levert  ~  “Awesome”

13)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Awesome Is The Lord Most High”

14)  The Aquabats  ~  “Awesome Forces!”

15)  Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers  ~  “Awesome Wonder”

16)  Inkwell  ~  “The Glass Is Half… Awesome”

17)  Kevin Levar  ~  “Such An Awesome God”

18)  Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party  ~  “Awesome”

19)  Hanne de Vries  ~  “Awesome Jesus”

20)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Awesome”

21)  Citipointe Live  ~  “Awesome, So Mighty”

22)  Jasper Forks  ~  “Awesome”

23)  Israel Houghton & Yolanda Adams  ~  “How Awesome Is Our God”

24)  Tami Rose  ~  “Our God Is Awesome”

25)  Passion ft. Matt Redman  ~  “The Awesome God You Are”

Songs About Nerds, Geeks, Dorks, & Freaks

If I told you these songs were autobiographical, it wouldn’t be too far from the truth. The only untruth there is that I didn’t write them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “White & Nerdy”

2)  Rocket Me Nowhere  ~  “If A Nerd And A Cupcake Had A Baby”

3)  KJ-52 ft. Pigeon John  ~  “Revenge Of The Nerds”  (With hidden bonus track: “Mullet Pride.” You’re welcome. And I’m sorry.)

4)  Busted  ~  “Nerdy”

5)  Jimmy Wong & Meghan Camarena  ~  “Nerdy Love Song”

6)  The Rubinoos  ~  “Revenge Of The Nerds”

7)  Green Day  ~  “Geek Stink Breath”

8)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Geek U.S.A.”

9)  Sugarplum Fairies  ~  “Geek”

10)  I Fight Dragons  ~  “The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth”

11)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Geek In The Pink”

12)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Geek”

13)  The National  ~  “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks”

14)  Nerina Pallot  ~  “Geek Love”

15)  Procol Harum  ~  “Long Gone Geek”

16)  The Faint  ~  “The Geeks Were Right”

17)  PepperJill & Jack  ~  “Dork For You”

18)  Macey Erin  ~  “Dork Love”

19)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Scott’s A Dork”

20)  Whodini  ~  “Freaks Come Out At Night”

21)  The Hawk In Paris  ~  “Freaks”

22)  Seals & Crofts  ~  “Freaks Fret”

23)  Elton John  ~  “Freaks In Love”

24)  Smile Empty Soul  ~  “The Freaks Are Coming”

25)  Kansas  ~  “Freaks Of Nature”