Songs About Houston

Unless you've been living under a rock or you just hate baseball, you probably already know that the Houston Astros are playing in the World Series this year. In fact, as I write this, they are one game away from either winning their first or losing their second World Series. I may be a little late to the game on this (pun not intended), but here's a bunch of Songs About Houston to honor the team's accomplishments thus far. Don't worry, Dodgers fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  “Houston”

2)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “East Houston Blues”

3)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Houston Is Hot Tonight”

4)  George Hamilton IV  ~  “Fort Worth, Dallas, Or Houston”

5)  Houndmouth  ~  “Houston Train”

6)  Don Gibson  ~  “If You Ever Get To Houston (Look Me Down)”

7)  ZZ Top  ~  “Heaven, Hell, Or Houston”  (The camera work on this one is awful, but the sound quality is great!)

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

9)  Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner  ~  “Struggle Here In Houston”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Houston”

11)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Houston Don’t Dream About Me”

12)  David Ball  ~  “Houston Again”

13)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Dracula From Houston”  (If you can get past their ridiculously inappropriate band name, this is a really enjoyable song.)

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Houston (I’m Comin’ To See You)”

15)  Coldplay  ~  “Houston”

16)  Steve Earle  ~  “Home To Houston”

17)  Deer Tick  ~  “Houston, TX”

18)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Rainy Day In Houston”

19)  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band  ~  “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)”

20)  Bobby Bare  ~  “I Can Almost See Houston From Here”

"Pure" Songs

Sometimes it's best to keep it simple. "Pure" and simple, that is. Here's a lovely collection of songs with the word "Pure" in their titles. I would've done "Simple" songs, too, but I've already done it before. So here you go... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Crystal Waters  ~  “100% Pure Love"

2)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Pure Love”

3)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Pure”

4)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  “Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow”

5)  Arash ft. Helena  ~  “Pure Love”

6)  Pete Townshend ft. Chyna Whyne  ~  “Pure And Easy”

7)  Avicii  ~  “Pure Grinding”

8)  Moloko  ~  “Pure Pleasure Seeker”

9)  Hot Chip  ~  “One Pure Thought”

10)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Pure And Simple”

11)  Radical Something  ~  “Pure”

12)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “So Pure”

13)  Karmin  ~  “Come With Me (Pure Imagination)”

14)  The Lightning Seeds  ~  “Pure”

15)  Hey Violet  ~  “Pure”

16)  Silverchair  ~  “Pure Massacre”

17)  All Saints  ~  “Pure Shores”

18)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Make Me Pure”

19)  Zucchero & Dolores O’Riordan  ~  “Pure Love”

20)  Peter Lloyd  ~  “Pure Love”

21)  October  ~  “Pure”

22)  Sebadoh  ~  “Too Pure”

23)  Kristin Hersh  ~  “Panic Pure / Flooding”

24)  Shannon Saunders  ~  “Pure”

25)  Father John Misty  ~  “Pure Comedy”

BONUS TRACK:  Gene Wilder  ~  “Pure Imagination”  (For those of you who know and love the older Chocolate Factory movie the best [I count myself among you], you will recognize that this is the iconic original version of #13 above.)

“Snap,” “Crackle,” & “Pop” Songs, Vol. 2

The second and final installment in this oddly conceived, Rice Krispies-inspired series of posts. "Snap," "Crackle," & "Pop" Songs. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Prince and the New Power Generation  ~  “Daddy Pop”

2)  Teena Marie  ~  “Snap Your Finger”

3)  The John Scofield Band  ~  “Snap Crackle Pop”

4)  Levert  ~  “Pop Pop Pop Goes My Mind”

5)  Prong  ~  “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck”

6)  Emily Browne  ~  “Snap & Crackle”

7)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “The Pop Kids”

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Snap Your Fingers”

9)  Podunk Nowhere  ~  “Crackle And Shake”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Pop Song ’89”

11)  The 59’s  ~  “Snap!”

12)  Tereu Tereu  ~  “Crackle & Hiss”

13)  Men Without Hats  ~  “Pop Goes The World”

14)  Snap!  ~  “Cult Of Snap”

15)  Alien Breed  ~  “Crackling”

16)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Pop’s Love Suicide”

17)  Squeeze  ~  “Snap, Crackle, And Pop”

18)  Liza Brönner  ~  “Snap Crackle Pop”  (This song is totally in some other language, except for the three words in the title. Whatever she’s singing about, it sure sounds great!)

19)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Pop A Top”

20)  Ray Columbus ft. The Art Collection  ~  “Snap, Crackle, And Pop”

Popular Songs Of 1977, Vol. 3

If you just took a glance at all the songs in this series at once, you might think it was a compilation of some of the best songs of the 1970s. Which it is. With one glaring exception. All these great songs came out and were hits in the SAME year! It's almost ridiculous how good of a year 1977 was for music. So let's revel in the ridiculous a little bit more!  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  “We Are The Champions”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Lay Down Sally”

3)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Fly Like An Eagle”

4)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Here You Come Again”

5)  Ram Jam  ~  “Black Betty”

6)  Billy Joel  ~  “Just The Way You Are”

7)  Heatwave  ~  “Boogie Nights”

8)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Go Your Own Way”

9)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Luckenback, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)”

10)  Dave Mason  ~  “We Just Disagree”

11)  James Taylor  ~  “Your Smiling Face”

12)  Carly Simon  ~  “Nobody Does It Better”

13)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Let My Love Be Your Pillow”

14)  Bee Gees  ~  “How Deep Is Your Love”

15)  David Bowie  ~  “Heroes”

16)  The Emotions  ~  “Best Of My Love”

17)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”

18)  Rose Royce  ~  “Car Wash”

19)  Foreigner  ~  “Feels Like The First Time”

20)  Thelma Houston  ~  “Don’t Leave Me This Way”

21)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “Blinded By The Light”

22)  Leo Sayer  ~  “When I Need You”

23)  John Williams  ~  “Star Wars (Main Title)”

24)  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.  ~  “You Don’t Have To Be A Star”

25)  Bread  ~  “Lost Without Your Love”

“Still” & “Moving” Songs, Vol. 4

One last time and then we're done. "Still" songs. "Moving" songs. Go!  ~  JH

1)  Aerosmith  ~  “Movin’ Out”

2)  Brenda K. Starr  ~  “I Still Believe”

3)  B.B. King  ~  “I’m Moving On”

4)  Elton John  ~  “I’m Still Standing”

5)  Soul II Soul  ~  “Keep On Movin’”

6)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “I Still…”

7)  Thrice  ~  “Moving Mountains”

8)  Rush ft. Aimee Mann  ~  “Time Stand Still”

9)  Corey Smith  ~  “Moving Pictures”

10)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Still In The Game”

11)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  “Moving Pictures, Silent Films”

12)  The Horrors  ~  “Still Life”

13)  Fifth Harmony  ~  “Miss Movin’ On”

14)  Third Culture Worship  ~  “You Love Me Still”

15)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “Does This Mean You’re Moving On?”

16)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)”

17)  Old 97’s  ~  “Please Hold On While The Train Is Moving”

18)  Faith Hill  ~  “You’re Still Here”

19)  Kermit The Frog & Fozzie Bear  ~  “Movin’ Right Along”

20)  U2  ~  “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

21)  Mike Oldfield ft. Nikki “B” Bentley  ~  “Earth Moving”

22)  All Ends  ~  “Still Believe”

23)  Primal Scream  ~  “Movin’ On Up”

24)  Macy Gray  ~  “Still”

25)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “A Lot Of Moving”