Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 1

It's playoff time for Major League Baseball, and I'm super-excited! In honor of that (and considering that I've already posted "Hit" and "Run" and "Catch" and "Throw" songs in recent months), here's a bunch of songs with the word "Ball" or "Strike" in their titles. Can't get enough of these? Just you wait, 'cuz Vol. 2 is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Great Balls Of Fire”

2)  The Smiths  ~  “Bigmouth Strikes Again”

3)  George Strait  ~  “Big Ball’s In Cowtown”

4)  Steve Aoki ft. NERVO & Tony Junior  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

5)  Listener  ~  “There Are Wrecking Balls Inside Us”  (Well, that was…different.)

6)  Yes  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

7)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

8)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

9)  Jack White  ~  “High Ball Stepper”

10)  All Saints  ~  “One Strike”

11)  R.E.M.  ~ “Beachball”

12)  Dirty Heads  ~  “Strike Gently”

13)  Grimes  ~  “Crystal Ball”

14)  Maroon 5  ~  “Lucky Strike”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Giant Balls Of Gold”

16)  Temple Of The Dog  ~  “Hunger Strike”

17)  Ryan Adams  ~  “My Wrecking Ball”

18)  Snow Patrol  ~  “The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)”

19)  Leon Bridges  ~  “Ball Of Confusion”

20)  Tower Of Power  ~  “You Strike My Main Nerve”

21)  Social Distortion  ~  “Ball And Chain”

22)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Clock Strikes Ten”

23)  Aubrey O’Day  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  “The Great Airplane Strike”

25)  Emmylou Harris ft. Neil Young  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

Songs About Rockets

My son likes rocket ships, as many boys his age do (or did…I was one of them once). So there’s this collection of songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Rocket”

2)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Rocket”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “If There’s A Rocket, Tie Me To It”

4)  The Hoosiers  ~  “Rocket Star”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Rocket Man”

6)  Doc Walker  ~  “Rocket Girl”

7)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Silver Rocket”

8)  San Cisco  ~  “Rocket Ship”

9)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Rocket Queen”

10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Rocketship”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Rocket Love”

12)  Kate Bush  ~  “Rocket’s Tail”

13)  The Kinks  ~  “Supersonic Rocket Ship”

14)  Little Feat  ~  “Rocket In My Pocket”

15)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “455 Rocket”

16)  Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3  ~  “Adventure Rocketship”

17)  Simple Minds  ~  “Rockets”

18)  Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

19)  Herbie Hancock  ~  “Rockit”  (Rocket. Rockit. Close enough.)

20)  The Pack A.D.  ~  “Rocket”

21)  Deftones  ~  “Rocket Skates”

22)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”

23)  Yellowcard  ~  “Rocket”

24)  Moonlight Howlers  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

25)  The Infamous Stringdusters  ~  “Rockets”

“City” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 1 of a new 4-part series featuring songs with the word "City" or "Country" in their titles. First up, "City" songs, then one more of the same, and after that, two "Country" posts. You know you love 'em...so enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Paradise City”

2)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “City Of Angels”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Take Back The City”

4)  M83  ~  “Midnight City”

5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Living For The City”

6)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “South City Midnight Lady”

7)   The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

8)  Andra Day  ~  “City Burns”

9)  John Mayer  ~  “City Love”

10)  Buju Banton  ~  “Magic City”

11)  ABBA  ~  “Summer Night City”

12)  Patrick Stump ft. Lupe Fiasco  ~  “This City”

13)  Casting Crowns  ~  “City On The Hill”

14)  Village People  ~  “New York City”

15)  Duran Duran ft. Kiesza  ~  “Last Night In The City”

16)  MC5  ~  “Motor City Is Burning”

17)  Ray Price  ~  “City Lights”

18)  KISS  ~  “Detroit Rock City”

19)  Laleh  ~  “Big City Love”

20)  Chick Corea Elektric Band  ~  “Elektric City”

21)  The Highwaymen ft. Willie Nelson  ~  “The City Of New Orleans”

22)  Lissie  ~  “Love In The City”

23)  Wilbert Harrison  ~  “Kansas City”

24)  Muse  ~  “City Of Delusion”

25)  Starship  ~  “We Built This City”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

“Not Enough” Songs

Did you find the "Too Many" songs yesterday to be simply "Too Much"? If so, that's fine. But maybe...just maybe...you found them to be "Not Enough." In which case, you are in luck. Because today's songs are – coincidentally enough – also "Not Enough." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Van Halen  ~  “Not Enough”

2)  Delain  ~  “Not Enough”

3)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Not Enough”

4)  Carousel  ~  “Not Enough”

5)  Manic Street Preachers ft. Nina Persson  ~  “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough”

6)  Owen  ~  “Love Is Not Enough”

7)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “Too Much Is Not Enough”

8)  J Mascis  ~  “Not Enough”

9)  Starship  ~  “It’s Not Enough”

10)  Neverstore  ~  “So Much Of Not Enough”

11)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Not Enough”

12)  Boyce Avenue  ~  “Not Enough”

13)  Garbage  ~  “The World Is Not Enough”

14)  Bill Thornton, Showgrey, Karlos Farrar, & Ay-Rock  ~  “Not Enough”

15)  Snow Patrol  ~  “One Night Is Not Enough”

16)  Ride The Clouds  ~  “Not Enough Colors”

17)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Not Enough”

18)  Stacy Clark  ~  “Not Enough”

19)  3 Doors Down  ~  “Not Enough”

20)  Graveyard  ~  “Too Much Is Not Enough”

21)  Dustin Kensrue  ~  “It’s Not Enough”

22)  Northern Lights*  ~  “Tears Are Not Enough”

23)  Western Haunts  ~  “It’s Not Enough”

24)  Above & Beyond ft. Zoë Johnston  ~  “Love Is Not Enough”

25)  Soren Bryce  ~  “Forever’s Not Enough”

* Northern Lights was a huge conglomeration of Canadian artists who recorded this song for charity, á la “We Are The World” in the United States. Artists featured here include: Gordon Lightfoot, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray, Joni Mitchell, Dan Hill, Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Bruce Cockburn, Geddy Lee, Mike Reno, Tom Cochrane, and Paul Shaffer, among many others.