Songs About Blue Jeans

This post may or may not have been inspired by a recent comment thread on my pastor’s Facebook page (he’s currently doing a series called “The Gospel In Blue Jeans”). That being said, the songs and artists expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views or musical preferences of my pastor (who I am intentionally not naming here). But I'll bet he’s going to looovvveee the first song in this list. Haha! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Forever In Blue Jeans”

2)  Granger Smith  ~  “Bury Me In Blue Jeans”

3)  Train  ~  “Angel In Blue Jeans”

4)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Blue Jean Blues”

5)  Ladytron  ~  “Blue Jeans”

6)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans”

7)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Venus In Blue Jeans”

8)  David Bowie  ~  “Blue Jean”

9)  The Heathens  ~  “Dirty Jeans”

10)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “Walking In My Blue Jeans”

11)  David Dundas  ~  “Jeans On”

12)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Blue Jean Bop”

13)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Blue Jean Girl”

14)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”

15)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Blue Jeans”

16)  Peerless Quartet  ~  “Blue Jeans”

17)  Grace  ~  “Boyfriend Jeans”

18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts”

19)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Blue Denim”

20)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  ~  “Bluejeans And Moonbeams”

Popular Songs Of 1995, Vol. 2

Second and final batch of songs guaranteed to make you feel old when you realize they're 20 years old. Some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ini Kamoze  ~  "Here Comes The Hotstepper"

2)  Martin Page  ~  "In The House Of Stone And Light"

3)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Runaway"

4)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

5)  Brandy  ~  "Baby"

6)  Collective Soul  ~  "December"

7)  Diana King  ~  "Shy Guy"

8)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "As I Lay Me Down"

9)  2Pac  ~  "Dear Mama"

10)  Jamie Walters  ~  "Hold On"

11)  Corona  ~  "The Rhythm Of The Night"

12)  Del Amitri  ~  "Roll To Me"

13)  4 P.M.  ~  "Sukiyaki"

14)  Annie Lennox  ~  "No More I Love You's"

15)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "I'm The Only One"

16)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Good"

17)  Crystal Waters  ~  "100% Pure Love"

18)  Rednex  ~  "Cotton Eye Joe"

19)  Gloria Estefan  ~  "Turn The Beat Around"

20)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Misery"

Songs With "Connect" In The Title

Here's part two in my latest pointless series. The common theme is that the title keywords for each post rhyme with each other. Yesterday was songs with "Respect" in the title. Today, it's "Connect" songs. Next up, "Direct" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sick Puppies  ~  "Connect"

2)  Katharine McPhee  ~  "Connected"

3)  Tokio Hotel  ~  "Human Connect To Human"

4)  New Found Glory  ~  "Connect The Dots"

5)  The Action Design  ~  "Connect/Disconnect"

6)  Caught A Ghost  ~  "Connected"

7)  Babylonia  ~  "Ethereal Connection"

8)  Elastica  ~  "Connection"

9)  Stereo MCs  ~  "Connected"

10)  Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper  ~  "I Gotta Connect"

11)  Invalids  ~  "Sherman Is Connector"

12)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "No Connection"

13)  Showbread  ~  "Lost Connection With The Head"

14)  Rainbow  ~  "L.A. Connection"

15)  Kermit The Frog  ~  "Rainbow Connection"

Popular Songs Of 1994, Vol. 1

Okay, so maybe my recent "1984" collection of popular songs represented the music of my generation (I was born in '78). But this set of songs – of which there will be 3 volumes, by the way – represents the music of my teenage years – the first time in my life that I actually chose what I wanted to listen to, and could (occasionally) afford to buy it for myself. I didn't own copies of all the songs gathered in this miniseries of posts – but I did listen to them all, mostly on MTV (back when they actually played music videos!) and on the radio. If you're close to my age, you probably remember many of these well, and probably some of them quite fondly. Take a trip back with me to the music of 20 years ago. Here we go...  ~  JH

1)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "As I Lay Me Down"

2)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Hook"

3)  Veruca Salt  ~  "Seether"

4)  Nirvana  ~  "About A Girl"

5)  Amy Grant  ~  "Lucky One"

6)  Boyz II Men  ~  "On Bended Knee"

7)  Anita Baker  ~  "Body And Soul"

8)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  "Feel The Pain"

9)  Portishead  ~  "Sour Times"

10)  Rusted Root  ~  "Send Me On My Way"

11)  Edie Brickell  ~  "Good Times"

12)  Toadies  ~  "Possum Kingdom"

13)  Jann Arden  ~  "Insensitive"

14)  Jeff Buckley  ~  "Last Goodbye"

15)  Brandy  ~  "Best Friend"

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16)  Elton John  ~  "Circle Of Life"

17)  John Mellencamp ft. Me'Shell Ndegeocello  ~  "Wild Night"

18)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  "Let Her Cry"

19)  Aaliyah ft. R. Kelly  ~  "Back & Forth"

20)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Ants Marching"

21)  The Pretenders  ~  "I'll Stand By You"