Songs About Champions

Tonight, the high school baseball team I was a minor part of 23 years ago will be recognized for winning our school's first state championship. In honor of that, here's a sensational set of Songs About Champions. Most often with these, the word "Champion" appears in the title but in some cases it's merely prominent in the lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bishop Briggs  ~  "Champion"

2)  Katy Perry  ~  "Roar"

3)  Carrie Underwood ft. Ludacris  ~  "The Champion"

4)  Queen  ~  "We Are The Champions"

5)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Champion"

6)  The Script ft. will.i.am  ~  "Hall Of Fame"

7)  Mother Love Bone  ~  "Stardog Champion"

8)  Queen Latifah  ~  "Champion"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "Champion Of The World"

10)  Demi Lovato  ~  "For You"

11)  B.o.B. ft. O.A.R.  ~  "Champions"

12)  Right Said Fred  ~  "Stand Up (For The Champions)"

13)  RuPaul ft. Raja, Manilla Luzon, & Alexis Mateo  ~  "Champion"

14)  Fatboy Slim  ~  "Champion Sound"

15)  James Blunt  ~  "Champions"

16)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Champions Of Red Wine"

17)  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  "Champion Of Love"

18)  Crystal Fighters  ~  "Champion Sound"

19)  Agnes  ~  "Champion"

20)  KB ft. Yariel & GabrielRodriguezEMC  ~  "Long Live The Champion"

21)  Jason Derulo ft. Tia Ray  ~  "Champion"

22)  Alter Bridge  ~  "My Champion"

23)  Matisyahu  ~  "Champion"

24)  Bryan & Katie Torwalt  ~  "Champion"

25)  Havana Brown  ~  "Warrior"

"Right" & "Left" Songs, Vol. 1

I haven't done any "opposites" posts in about a month. So why not compile a coupla sets of "Right" and "Left" Songs! Don't let the theme fool you – these songs aren't political in nature. They're just good songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Maxine Nightingale  ~  “Right Back Where We Started From”

2)  Mat Kearney  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”

3)  Melanie Fiona   ~  “Give It To Me Right”

4)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Nothing Left To Say / Rocks”

5)  HAIM  ~  “Right Now”

6)  Flume & Chet Faker  ~  “Left Alone”

7)  Macy Gray  ~  “She Ain’t Right For You”

8)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”

9)  The Script  ~  “It’s Not Right For You”

10)  Mickey Guyton  ~  “Better Than You Left Me”

11)  Graham Nash & David Crosby  ~  “Right Between The Eyes”

12)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  “Left Of The Middle”

13)  Hawk Nelson ft. MDSN  ~  “Right Here With You”

14)  The Pretty Reckless  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”

15)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. Rodney Atkins  ~  “Right”

16)  RaeLynn  ~  “If You Left It Up To Me”

17)  Eurythmics  ~  “Right By Your Side”

18)  Weezer  ~  “The World Has Turned And Left Me Here”

19)  Sarah Reeves  ~  “Right Where You Want Me”

20)  The Alan Parsons Project  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”

21)  Ariana Grande ft. Childish Gambino  ~  “Break Your Heart Right Back”

22)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Left On Laura, Left On Lisa”

23)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “Book Of Right-On”

24)  The Drums  ~  "There Is Nothing Left"

25)  Grace Gaustad  ~  “Right Now”

Songs About The Good Old Days

Did you ever wish you could go back to the "good old days"? Yeah, me, too. These artists, too – so much so that they wrote songs about it and I found them. So take a listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Macklemore ft. Kesha  ~  “Good Old Days”

2)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Good Old Days”

3)  Joe Bataan  ~  “Good Ole Days / Muchacho Ordinario”

4)  blink-182  ~  “Good Old Days”

5)  Dolly Parton  ~  “In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

6)  To Kill A King  ~  “The Good Old Days”  (This is a profoundly odd video. But the song is good, so I’m willing to appreciate the weirdness.)

7)  The Features  ~  “Good Old Days”

8)  Nia Ekanem  ~  “Good Old Days”

9)  The Judds  ~  “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days)”

10)  Ray Walston  ~  “Those Were The Good Old Days”

11)  Roger Miller  ~  “The Good Old Days”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “These Are The Good Old Days”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Good Old Days”

14)  Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird  ~  “Good Old Bad Old Days”  (I’ve never heard of this guy or his band, but this song is quite good. And quite relevant for these times.)

15)  The Script  ~  “Good Old Days”

16)  Al Green  ~  “One Of These Good Old Days”

17)  Laura Cox Band  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

18)  Eels  ~  “The Good Old Days”

19)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Those Good Good Old Days”

20)  Spencer Lord  ~ “Good Old Days”

21)  Toby Beard  ~  “Good Old Days”

22)  Clint Black  ~  “The Good Old Days”

23)  The Libertines  ~  “The Good Old Days”

24)  Our Gang Theme Song  ~  “Good Old Days”

25)  Smithfield  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

BONUS TRACK:  twenty one pilots  ~  "Stressed Out"  (No, the phrase "good old days" doesn't appear in any form in the title of this song. But it does appear in the lyrics and is, in fact, repeated many, many times. Plus, it's a fantastic tune! So there ya go...)

“For” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a four-part miniseries featuring songs with the words "For" and/or "Against" in their titles. Since "For" is such a common word, my criteria for choosing these songs was that the title of the song had to begin with the word "For." I tried to do the same with the "Against" songs, but found that method too limiting, instead including songs with the word anywhere in their titles. Here's the first half of the "For" songs, and I do hope you enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Carpenters  ~  “For All We Know”

2)  Avicii ft. Alex Ebert  ~  “For A Better Day”

3)  Foo Fighters  ~  “For All The Cows”

4)  Bon Iver  ~  “For Emma, Forever Ago”

5)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “For Martha”

6)  Barclay James Harvest  ~  “For No One”

7)  Paramore  ~  “For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic”

8)  Band Of Horses  ~  “For Annabelle”

9)  Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel  ~  “For Good”

10)  4Him  ~  “For Future Generations”

11)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “For Me This Is Heaven”

12)  All That Remains  ~  “For You”

13)  Paul McCartney  ~  “For No One”

14)  Nikki Yanofsky  ~  “For Another Day”

15)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “For Once In My Life”

16)  Serena Ryder  ~  “For You”

17)  The Script  ~  “For The First Time”

18)  Ray Price  ~  “For The Good Times”

19)  Luther Vandross  ~  “For You To Love”

20)  Thin Lizzy  ~  “For Those Who Love To Live”