“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”

3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”

4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”

6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”

7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”

8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”

9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”

10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”

11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”

12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”

13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”

16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”

17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”

18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”

19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”

20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”

21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”

22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”

23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”

24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”

Songs About Today, Vol. 1

Today, we'll be exploring Songs About Today. Tomorrow will also be "Today." But after that, "Tomorrow." Ya follow me? If so, and if not, simply...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Today”

2)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Who You’d Be Today”

3)  Lincoln Brewster  ~  “Today Is The Day”

4)  Yael Naïm  ~  “Today”

5)  Keane  ~  “On A Day Like Today”

6)  Seether  ~  “Save Today”

7)  The Beatles  ~  “Things We Said Today”

8)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Youth Of Today”

9)  The National  ~  “About Today”

10)  Blind Faith  ~  “Had To Cry Today”

11)  Carole Bayer Sager  ~  “You’re Moving Out Today!”

12)  Cloud Cult  ~  “Today We Give Ourselves To The Fire”

13)  David Gilmour  ~  “Today”

14)  George Jones  ~  “He Stopped Loving Her Today”

15)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “How Do You Feel Today?”

16)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “No Milk Today”

17)  Bryan Adams  ~  “On A Day Like Today”

18)  Gary Allan  ~  “Today”

19)  Emilíana Torrini  ~  “Today Has Been OK”

20)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Younger Than Today”

"Plastic" Songs

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Plastic" in their titles. I don't know why. If I did, I'd tell you. I promise. But I don't. So here they are. And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Radiohead  ~  "Fake Plastic Trees"  (This may just be the quintessential "Plastic" song.)

2)  Eli Young Band  ~  "Plastic"

3)  Alanis  ~  "Plastic"  (Yes, THAT Alanis…Morissette. Way back when in her bubblegum-pop, pre-alternative rock days in Canada.)

4)  CKY  ~  "Plastic Plan"

5)  The Kinks  ~  "Plastic Man"  (As you will soon see, there are a number of songs by this name. And they're all different.)

6)  Guano Apes  ~  "Plastic Mouth"  (A song by a band with one of the greatest bizarro names of all time.)

7)  The Buggles  ~  "Living In The Plastic Age"

8)  Gorillaz ft. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  ~  "Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach"  (This is MEGA-weird!)

9)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Little Plastic Castle"

10)  The Temptations  ~  "Plastic Man"

11)  Seether  ~  "Plastic Man"

12)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"

13)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Plastic Fantastic Lover"

14)  Newton Faulkner  ~  "Plastic Hearts"  (This is one of those artists I never would've heard of had it not been for my music blogging hobby. And that would be a tragedy, because he's a fantastic musician and singer!)

15)  Chela  ~   "Plastic Gun"

16)  Crowded House  ~  "Italian Plastic"

17)  Black Uhuru  ~  "Plastic Smile"

18)  Bootsy Collins  ~  "Party On Plastic"  (Okay, this one out-weirds the Gorillaz song above. By a mile!)

19)  Pluto Jonze  ~  "Plastic Bag In A Hurricane"

20)  The Posies  ~  "Plastic Paperbacks / Flavor Of The Month"

21)  Sonny & Cher  ~  "Plastic Man"

"Crash" Songs

Here's the first in a 2-part not-exactly-opposites music post miniseries featuring songs with "Crash" (this time) and "Burn" (next time) in their titles. I don't know why. Does it matter? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

2)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Crash Burn"

3)  Roxette  ~  "Crash! Boom! Bang!"

4)  Daryl Hall  ~  "Crash & Burn"

5)  Luke Bryan  ~  "Crash My Party"

6)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  "Car Crash"

7)  Savage Garden  ~  "Crash And Burn"

8)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crash Into Me"

9)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"

10)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Car Crash"

11)  Seether  ~  "Crash"

12)  K's Choice  ~  "Cocoon Crash"

13)  April Wine  ~  "Crash And Burn"

14)  Toby Keith  ~  "Crash Here Tonight"

15)  Karmin  ~  "Crash Your Party"

16)  Wakey!Wakey!  ~  "Car Crash"

17)  Thomas Rhett  ~  "Crash And Burn"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Crash And Burn"

19)  David Bowie  ~  "Always Crashing In The Same Car"

20)  Del Amitri  ~  "Crashing Down"

21)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Crash"

22)  12 Stones  ~  "Crash"

23)  Cavo  ~  "Crash"

24)  Fit For Rivals  ~  "Crash"

25)  Write This Down  ~  "Crash And Burn"

"See" + "Saw" Songs

Rare is the occasion – okay, make that never – when I have come up with an idea for a post for the express purpose of including a Wiz Khalifa song. It hasn't happened before, and probably will never happen again. But it's a good song, and so are the other ones I found, all of which include either the word "See" or "Saw" – or both – in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Seether  ~  "See You At The Bottom"

2)  Chanté Moore  ~  "Guess Who I Saw Today"

3)  Five Finger Death Punch  ~  "Hard To See"

4)  David Crowder  ~  "I Saw The Light" / "I'll Fly Away"

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "I See You, You See Me"

6)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

7)  Passenger  ~  "I See Love"

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I Saw A Man"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "How You See The World"

10)  The Beatles  ~  "I Saw Her Standing There"

11)  Mika  ~  "I See You"

12)  Sara Groves  ~  "I Saw What I Saw"

13)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

14)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  "I Saw The Light"

15)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth  ~  "See You Again"

16)  Warrant  ~  "I Saw Red"

17)  The Kooks  ~  "See Me Now"

18)  Roberta Flack  ~  "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

19)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "See Saw"

20)  Ray Stevens  ~  "I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O."

21)  The Script  ~  "If You See Kay"

22)  Gary Barlow  ~  "Since I Saw You Last"

23)  Dido  ~  "See The Sun"

24)  Beth Orton  ~  "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

25)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Ride My See-Saw"