Songs About Going Out

I told you I'd be following up the Songs About Staying At Home post with one featuring Songs About Going Out, and by golly, I wasn't lying. Here you go! And, by the way, if it isn't too much trouble, please enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AJR  ~  "Bang!"

2)  Joe Jackson  ~  "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"

3)  Blur  ~  "Go Out"

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Style"

5)  Tanya Tucker & T. Graham Brown  ~  "Don't Go Out"

6)  Nerina Pallot  ~  "I Don't Want To Go Out"

7)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart"

8)  Dierks Bentley  ~  "How I'm Going Out"

9)  Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies)  ~  "When I Go Out With Artists"

10)  Electric Six  ~  "There's Something Very Wrong With Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight"

11)  Faith Evans  ~  "Goin' Out"

12)  Dr. Dog  ~  "Go Out Fighting"

13)  Tom Waits  ~  "Going Out West"

14)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Going Out Like That"

15)  Supergrass  ~  "Going Out"

16)  Cameo  ~  "We're Goin' Out Tonight"

17)  Scorpions  ~  "Going Out With A Bang"

18)  Carly Pearce  ~  "Heart's Going Out Of Its Mind"

19)  The Human League  ~  "The Stars Are Going Out"

20)  Corey Smith  ~  "Ain't Going Out Tonight"

21)  Little Anthony & The Imperials  ~  "Going Out Of My Head"

22)  Katie Melua  ~  "If The Lights Go Out"

23)  American Authors  ~  "I Wanna Go Out"

24)  Patsy Cline  ~  "Walkin' After Midnight"

25)  Jamie Lynn Spears  ~  "When The Lights Go Out"

26)  James Morrison  ~  "Until The Stars Go Out"

27)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Go Out Dancing"

28)  Naked Eyes  ~  "When The Lights Go Out"

29)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  "She's Going Out Of My Mind"

30)  The Blue Nile  ~  "Let's Go Out Tonight"

Songs About Staying At Home

My  family and I may be a bit of an anomaly these days, but we're still doing a fair bit of staying at home. So, I decided to do a post of Songs About Staying At Home. But for those of you who are somewhat less homebody-ish, don't worry -- you're up next (with Songs About Going Out). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dua Lipa  ~  "Break My Heart"  (The oft-repeated hook is "I should've stayed at home..." So, don't start with me!)

2)  Canaan Cox  ~  "Stay Home"

3)  Kyler Fisher  ~  "Stay At Home"

4)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Stay At Home Mother"

5)  Jon Lajoie  ~  "Stay At Home Dad"

6)  Baba Brinkman  ~  "Stay Home"

7)  Big & Rich  ~  "Stay Home"

8)  Faye Risakotta  ~  "Stay Home"

9)  Martha and the Muffins  ~  "Stay Home And Dance"

10)  CG5  ~  "Stay At Home!"

11)  311  ~  "Don't Stay Home"

12)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Can We Stay Home Tonight?"

13)  Jerry Jeff Walker ft. Fingers Taylor & Jimmy Buffett  ~  "Time To Stay Home"

14)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Let's Stay Home Tonight"

15)  Punchline  ~  "Just Stay Home"

16)  Sleep On It  ~  "Stay At Home"

17)  Mick Jagger  ~  "She's The Boss"

18)  Mental As Anything  ~  "Stay At Home Girl"

19)  Joe  ~  "Let's Stay Home Tonight"

20)  Alana Ervin  ~  "We Can Still Be Lovers (Stay Home)"

21)  Donovan Woods  ~  "On The Nights You Stay Home"

22)  One Night Only  ~  "Stay At Home"*

23)  New Kids On The Block, Boyz II Men, Big Freedia, Jordin Sparks, & Naughty By Nature  ~  "House Party"

24)  Men At Work  ~  "Stay At Home"

25)  Blake Reid  ~  "Stay Home"

26)  Port Cities  ~  "On The Nights You Stay Home"

27)  Superchunk  ~  "Staying Home"

28)  Eddy Arnold  ~  "Mommy, Please Stay Home With Me"

29)  American Football  ~  "Stay Home"

30)  Kitty Wells  ~  "I'd Rather Stay Home"

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 1

I don't know about y'all, but this is the "Popular Songs Of" series I've been waiting for. These were the biggest hits of my last year as a preteen. And what a BUNCH of great songs they are! This is part 1 of what will end up being at least 5 posts. But if I run out of good songs before then, I promise I'll stop posting 'em. (Don't count on it, though.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

2)  Nelson  ~  "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection"  (So bad, it's good!)

3)  Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien  ~  "The Battle Hymn Of Love"

4)  Vanilla Ice  ~  "Ice Ice Baby"  (Talk about your so-bad-it's-good songs!)

5)  Stevie B.  ~  "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"

6)  Madonna  ~  "Vogue"

7)  Jane's Addiction  ~  "Been Caught Stealing"  (This song and video encourage shoplifting. I do not. You can get prosecuted for that. I'll pass.)

8)  LL Cool J  ~  "Around The Way Girl"

9)  Alannah Myles  ~  "Black Velvet"

10)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Hard To Handle"

11)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Friends In Low Places"

12)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Vision Of Love"

13)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  "Blaze Of Glory"

14)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Come Back To Me"

16)  The Kentucky Headhunters  ~  "Dumas Walker"

17)  Warrant  ~  "Cherry Pie"

18)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"

19)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"

20)  Maxi Priest  ~  "Close To You"

21)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  "All Around The World"

22)  Billy Idol  ~  "Cradle Of Love"

23)  Shenandoah  ~  "Ghost In This House"

24)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I'm Your Baby Tonight"

25)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Downtown Train"

Songs About The Wind, Vol. 1

Of all the themes I've featured in my 6+ years as a music blogger, I've never done this one. Which is surprising, considering I live in an incredibly hurricane-prone part of the country and strong winds are annually on my mind (as they are currently, for obvious reasons). So when I finally got around to it, I realized there were tons of good songs that qualified. So this will be part 1 of (at least) 2. Assuming you (and I) don't blow away in this storm, I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser  ~  "She's Like The Wind"

2)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

3)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"

4)  Bob Dylan & Joan Baez  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"

5)  Scorpions  ~  "Wind Of Change"

6)  Bette Midler  ~  "Wind Beneath My Wings"

7)  David Bowie  ~  "Wild Is The Wind"

8)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Blowing Kisses In The Wind"

9)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"

10)  Becky Hill  ~  "Caution To The Wind"

11)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Idiot Wind"  (You can, in fact, have too much Bob Dylan in one day. But two songs is probably not going to kill you.)

12)  Jefferson Starship  ~  "Winds Of Change"

13)  Rod Stewart & Ron Wood  ~  "Mandolin Wind"

14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Don't Listen To The Wind"

15)  Billy Joel  ~  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"

16)  Heart  ~  "Mistral Wind"

17)  John Anderson  ~  "Seminole Wind"

18)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Riders On The Wind"

19)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"

20)  Donovan & Crystal Gayle  ~  "Catch The Wind"

21)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Summer Wind"

22)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Kisses On The Wind"

23)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"  (Maybe you can have too many Kansas songs in one day, I dunno. But surely two is not too many.)

24)  Gogi Grant  ~  "The Wayward Wind"

25)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Against The Wind"