Songs About Good Things

And now for something a little less bleak than the last post. Songs About Good Things. Of course, the second song in the list says "Your Good Thing Is About To End." Go figure! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Maybe It's A Good Thing"

2)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)”

3)  Sam Smith  ~  "Good Thing"

4)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Good Thing”

5)  Keith Urban  ~  “Good Thing”

6)  Pixie Lott ft. Shaggy  ~  “A Real Good Thing”

7)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Ghost Of A Good Thing”

8)  George Benson  ~  “Never Give Up On A Good Thing”

9)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “When You Got A Good Thing”

10)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Good Thing”

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)”

12)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is A Good Thing”

13)  The Afters  ~  “Every Good Thing”

14)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

16)  B.B. King  ~  “Baby, You Done Lost Your Good Thing”

17)  Barbara Lynn  ~  “You’ll Lose A Good Thing”

18)  Bryan Duncan and the NehoSoul Band  ~  “Wheels Of A Good Thing”

19)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “The Only Good Thing You Ever Said Was Goodbye”

20)  Marc Broussard  ~  “Real Good Thing”

21)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Making A Good Thing Better”

22)  Jackson Browne  ~  “All Good Things”

23)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Let A Good Thing Go”

24)  BoDeans  ~  “Good Things”

25)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “A Few Good Things Remain”

“Slip” & “Slide” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs with the words "Slip" and/or "Slide" in their titles. And there's more where these came from. Part 2 of 2 will follow tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Slip Slidin’ Away”

2)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Slide”

3)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Slip Away”

4)  The Verve  ~  “Slide Away”

5)  David Bowie  ~  “Slip Away”

6)  Marcia Griffiths  ~  “Electric Boogie (The Electric Slide)”

7)  Clarence Carter  ~  “Slip Away”

8)  Oasis  ~  “Slide Away”

9)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “It Keeps Slipping My Mind”

10)  Nipsey Russell  ~  “Slide Some Oil To Me”

11)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Slip To The Void”

12)  Joanna  ~  “Let It Slide”

13)  Pink Floyd  ~  “One Slip”

14)  Badly Drawn Boy  ~  “The Further I Slide”

15)  ABBA  ~  “Slipping Through My Fingers”

16)  Nick Lowe  ~  “Lately I’ve Let Things Slide”

17)  Switchfoot  ~  “Slipping Away”

18)  Shaggy ft. Melissa Musique  ~  “If U Slip, U Slide (You Could Be Mine)”

19)  Austin Webb  ~  “Slip On By”

20)  Son Volt  ~  “Left A Slide”

21)  The Joy Formidable ft. Paul Draper  ~  “Greyhounds In The Slip”

22)  Boz Scaggs  ~  “Full-Lock Power Slide”

23)  Patrick Watson  ~  “Slip Into Your Skin”

24)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Don’t Let Me Slide”

25)  Pat Metheny Group  ~  “Slip Away”

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of reggae music, here's another set of 25 songs. I haven't planned on a Vol. 3, unless any of my reggae-loving friends want to suggest another batch of their favorite songs/artists I haven't featured yet. Which you're certainly welcome to do in the comments below. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Horace Andy  ~  "You Are My Angel"

2)  Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo  ~  "In The Hills (Clean Up Your Heart)" / "Nature Provides"

3)  Steel Pulse  ~  "Taxi Driver"

4)  Lucky Dube  ~  "Prisoner"

5)  Gyptian  ~  "Serious Times"

6)  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley  ~  "Affairs Of The Heart"

7)  SOJA  ~  "Rest Of My Life"

8)  Toots & The Maytals  ~  "Reggae Got Soul"

9)  Yellowman  ~  "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"  (Hands down, this song wins the weirdest song title ever to ever graces the pages of my blog.)

10)  Israel Vibration  ~  "My Master's Will"

11)  Culture  ~  "Addis Adabba"

12)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "Lighthouse"  (Not really all that reggae, but it's kinda beautiful nonetheless.)

13)  Junior Kelly  ~  "Love So Nice"

14)  Morgan Heritage  ~  "Tell Me How Come"

15)  Beres Hammond  ~  "I Feel Good"

16)  Black Uhuru  ~  "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"  (I wouldn't normally expect this level of guitar solo in a reggae song, but it's fantastic!)

17)  Tony Rebel  ~  "Fire"

18)  Anthony B  ~  "My Yes & My No"

19)  Benjah ft. Dillavou  ~  "Fly Away"

20)  Shelly Thunder  ~  "Break Up"

21)   Bunny Wailer  ~  "Cool Runnings"

22)  Signal Fire  ~  "Another Day"

23)  Don Carlos  ~  "Time"

24)  Dawn Penn  ~  "No, No, No"

25)  Shaggy  ~  "Boombastic"  (Okay, so it's reggae fusion, but it was a still big hit back in the day, so here it is...)