“Older” Songs

And now that we've dispensed with the "Younger" songs, it's time to proceed to the "Older" ones. For some reason, I like most of these even better than yesterday's set. Maybe it's because I am starting to be able to relate more. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Growing Older But Not Up”

2)  Skillet  ~  “The Older I Get”

3)  George Michael  ~  “Older”

4)  Grant-Lee Phillips  ~  “Older Now”

5)  Julie Roberts  ~  “Wake Up Older”

6)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Get Older”

7)  Damien Rice  ~  “Older Chests”

8)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Older”

9)  Green River Ordinance  ~  “Getting Older”

10)  Birdy  ~  “Older”

11)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Older”

12)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Just Older”

13)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Getting Older Every Day”

14)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  “A Few Older Ones”

15)  Laura Imbruglia  ~  “Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard? / Older Man”

16)  Ronnie McDowell  ~  “Older Women”

17)  Hank Thompson  ~  “The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music”

18)  Wild Party  ~  “When I Get Older”

19)  Patty Smyth  ~  “Everyone Gets Older”

20)  The Flying Burrito Brothers  ~  “Older Guys”

Songs About Gasoline

If you're like me, you sometimes wonder strange things. Like whether or not there are any good Songs About Gasoline. And if you're like me, you then investigate this wondering and find yourself pleasantly surprised that there are, in fact, a plethora of good gasoline-related songs. But you're probably not like me. Lucky you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Silent Comedy  ~  “Gasoline”

2)  Sia  ~  “Fire Meet Gasoline”

3)   Rise Against  ~  “Black Masks And Gasoline”

4)  Shovels & Rope  ~  “Gasoline”

5)  Turnpike Troubadours  ~  “Diamonds & Gasoline”

6)  The Dead Weather  ~  “Gasoline”

7)  The Hollies  ~  “Gasoline Alley Bred”

8)  Alpine  ~  “Gasoline”

9)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Victory Lap / Smell Of Gasoline”

10)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Gasoline”

11)  Dead Sons  ~  “Gasoline”

12)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “Gasoline”

13)  LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, & Jeff Beck  ~  “Gasoline And Matches”

14)  Kicking Harold  ~  “Gasoline”

15)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Palm Trees, Helicopters, And Gasoline”

16)  Katie Melua  ~  “Gasoline Alley”

17)  Audioslave  ~  “Gasoline”

18)  Garrison Starr  ~  “Gasoline”

19)  Will And The Won’ts  ~  “Gasoline”

20)  Beverley Mahood  ~  “Hope And Gasoline”

21)  Skillet  ~  “Gasoline”

22)  Houndmouth  ~  “Gasoline”

23)  The Baboons  ~  “Drinkin’ Gasoline”

24)  Terri Clark  ~  “A Little Gasoline”

25)  DecembeRadio  ~  “Gasoline”

Songs About Aliens

Here's a one-off post just for kicks, featuring a bunch of Songs About Aliens. Sometimes the aliens in question are of an extraterrestrial nature, and sometimes they're just from other countries. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Erasure  ~  “Alien”

2)  Katy Perry  ~  “E.T.”

3)  Bush  ~  “Alien”

4)  Katie Melua  ~  “Tiny Alien”

5)  Genesis  ~  “Illegal Alien”

6)  MGMT  ~  “Alien Days”

7)  SOKO  ~  “I Thought I Was An Alien”

8)  David Bowie  ~  “Loving The Alien”

9)  Nerina Pallot  ~  “Alien”

10)  Scorpions  ~  “Alien Nation”

11)  Skillet  ~  “Alien Youth”

12)  Carpenters  ~  “Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft”

13)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Surfing With The Alien”

14)  Milla Jovovich  ~  “The Alien Song (For Those Who Listen)”

15)  Ferras  ~  “Aliens & Rainbows”

16)  Kat Eaton  ~  “Alien”

17)  Megadeth  ~  “Hangar 18”

18)  Kesha  ~  “Aliens Invading”

19)  Grouplove  ~  “Borderlines And Aliens”

20)  The Kelly Family  ~  “Fell In Love With An Alien”

21)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Alien”

22)  The Brunettes  ~  “If You Were Alien”

23)   Lecrae ft. Tedashii  ~  “Aliens”

24)  Britney Spears  ~  “Alien”

25)  Counting Crows  ~  “Elvis Went To Hollywood”

“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 1

I got it into my head that I would post a set of songs with either the word "Sick" or "Tired" or both in their titles. Then I started finding too many good songs that qualified. Pretty soon, I had enough songs for not one, not two, but three posts. Yes, that's right – imagine that! – I got carried away with myself again. So this is the first post, and there will be two more. I'll spread 'em out a bit, so you don't get too...wait for it..."Sick" and "Tired" of them. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Flyleaf  ~  “I’m So Sick”

2)  Stone Sour  ~  “Tired”

3)  Oh Land  ~  “Earth Sick”

4)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Waking Up Tired”

5)  The Dø  ~  “Gonna Be Sick!”

6)  Al Green  ~  “Tired Of Being Alone”

7)  Ny  ~  “Sea Sick”

8)  The Exies  ~  “Tired Of You”

9)  Metric  ~  “Sick Muse”

10)  Ringside  ~  “Tired Of Being Sorry”

11)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Sick, Sick, Sick”

12)  The Lee Boys  ~  “I’m Not Tired”

13)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Sick Of Myself”

14)  Status Quo  ~  “Are You Growing Tired Of My Love?”

15)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Love Sick”

16)  Carly Simon  ~  “Tired Of Being Blonde”

17)  Skillet  ~  “Sick Of It”

18)  Schiller ft. Jaël  ~  “Tired”

19)  Peace  ~  “Lovesick”

20)  Only You  ~  “Love Is Making Me Tired”

21)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  “Homesick”

22)  Alela Diane  ~  “Tired Feet”

23)  Egypt Central  ~  “You Make Me Sick”

24)  Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, & Iris DeMent  ~  “Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?”

25)  The Cardigans  ~  “Sick & Tired”

“Hero”-ic Songs

I'd like to tell you that this post originated because I was feeling particularly heroic at the time, or because I or someone I know recently did something heroic. But that would be lying. There were simply a number of good songs about heroes that I wanted to post, and so I did. And that was as good a reason as any. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Hero”

2)  Alesso ft. Tove Lo  ~  “Heroes (We Could Be)”

3)  The Script  ~  “Superheroes”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Hero”

5)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Hero”

6)  Tina Turner  ~  “We Don’t Need Another Hero”

7)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Heroes”  (I know this is a cover of an older song, but I much prefer this version to David Bowie's original. Sorry, music purists!)

8)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Holding Out For A Hero”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

10)  M People  ~  “Search For The Hero”

11)  Randy Travis  ~  “Heroes And Friends”

12)  Nas ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Hero”  (Who else do you know who could transition so smoothly from a Randy Travis song to one by Nas? Yep, I didn't think so.)

13)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Kill Your Heroes”

14)  Oh Land  ~  “Half Hero”

15)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  “No More Heroes”

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Hero”

17)  Metallica  ~  “Hero Of The Day”

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I’m Not Your Hero”

19)  Green Day  ~  “Working Class Hero”

20)  Aqua  ~  “Cartoon Heroes”

21)  Foreigner  ~  “Juke Box Hero”

22)  Skillet  ~  “Hero”

23)  KISS  ~  “A World Without Heroes”

24)  Trip Lee ft. Jai  ~  “The Invasion (Hero)”

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Local Hero”