Showing posts with label Tom Petty. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Popular Songs Of 1980, Vol. 4


Last but not least. Popular Songs of 1980, Vol. 4. Ready... set... disGO! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Too Hot"




2)  Alabama  ~  "My Home's In Alabama"




3)  AC/DC  ~  "You Shook Me All Night Long"




4)  Michael Jackson  ~  "She's Out Of My Life"




5)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"




6)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "You Decorated My Life"




7)  The Manhattans  ~  "Shining Star"




8)  Conway Twitty  ~  "I'd Love To Lay You Down"




9)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Don't Do Me Like That"




10)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  "Let's Get Serious"




11)  Pure Prairie League  ~  "Let Me Love You Tonight"  (Why, that's a baby-faced Vince Gill singing! I had no idea he went back THAT far! My right ear enjoyed this immensely!)




12)  Elton John  ~  "Little Jeannie"




13)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Let My Love Open The Door"




14)  Air Supply  ~  "Lost In Love"




15)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "American Dream"




16)  Genesis  ~  "Misunderstanding"




17)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Crazy Train"




18)  Jackson Browne  ~  "Boulevard"




19)  AC/DC  ~  "Hell's Bells"




20)  Boz Scaggs  ~  "Breakdown Dead Ahead"




21)  Steve Forbert  ~  "Romeo's Tune"




22)  Donnie Iris  ~  "Ah Leah!"




23)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "All Over The World"




24)  Joe Walsh  ~  "All Night Long"




25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Off The Wall"


Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Popular Songs Of 1980, Vol. 2


Continuing with the Popular Songs of 1980, here's part 2 of 4. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Rock With You"




2)  Blondie  ~  "The Tide Is High"




3)  Queen  ~  "Another One Bites The Dust"




4)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "Xanadu"




5)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Coward Of The County"




6)  ABBA  ~  "Super Trouper"




7)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Refugee"




8)  Rough Trade  ~  "High School Confidential"




9)  George Jones  ~  "He Stopped Loving Her Today"




10)  Carole King  ~  "One Fine Day"




11)  Journey  ~  "Any Way You Want It"




12)  Donna Summer  ~  "On The Radio"




13)  Air Supply  ~  "All Out Of Love"




14)  Stephanie Mills  ~   "Never Knew Love Like This Before"




15)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Against The Wind"




16)  Crystal Gayle  ~  "If You Ever Change Your Mind"




17)  Ambrosia  ~  "Biggest Part Of Me"




18)  Dottie West  ~  "Lesson In Leavin'"




19)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "Real Love"



20)  Cristy Lane  ~  "One Day At A Time"




21)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  "Smoky Mountain Rain"




22)  Barbara Mandrell ft. Randy Wright  ~  "Years"




23)  Waylon Jennings  ~  "I Ain't Living Long Like This"




24)  Anne Murray  ~  "Could I Have This Dance?"




25)  Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes  ~  "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"

Monday, February 17, 2020

Songs For President's Day


This is me attempting to do something interesting for President's Day. Each song in this set bears the surname of a U.S. President in its title. I didn't do anything crazy, like post a song for each of our 45 pPresidents. But I found as many as I could, and you're going to have to be okay with that. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Washington Square"




2)  Aerosmith  ~  "Adam's Apple"  ("Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)




3)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Jefferson Jericho Blues"




4)  George Thorogood ft. Albert Collins  ~  "Madison Blues"




5)  Pharrell Williams ft. Kelly Osbourne  ~  "Marilyn Monroe"




6)  blink-182  ~  "Adam's Song"  (Again, "Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)





7)  Johnny Cash & June Carter  ~  "Jackson"




8)  The Toadies  ~  "Tyler"




9)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Polk Salad Annie"




10)  Jack Johnson  ~  "Taylor"




11)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  "Pierce The Morning Rain"




12)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln"




13)  Mick Flavin  ~  "Jennifer Johnson And Me"




14)  Bob Dylan  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"




15)  John Prine & Sara Watkins  ~  "Late John Garfield Blues"




16)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"




17)  Jewel  ~  "Cleveland"




18)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Cleveland Rocks"  (Remember, Cleveland served as President twice in nonconsecutive terms. So he counts as two Presidents.)




19)  Conor Oberst  ~  "Roosevelt Room"




20)  Hozier  ~  "Jackie And Wilson"




21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "Tonya Harding"




22)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Hoover Factory"




23)  Joywave   ~  "Like A Kennedy"




24)  INXS  ~  "Johnson's Aeroplane"




25)  Elton John  ~  "Postcards From Richard Nixon"




26)  Jerry Reed  ~  "Lord, Mr. Ford"




27)  Tor Miller  ~  "Carter & Cash"




28)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Old Mother Reagan"




29)  Traffic  ~  "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush"




30)  Wakey! Wakey!  ~  "Clinton St. Girl"




31)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Laughing In The Hiding Bush"




32)  Moby & The Homeland Choir  ~  "Trump Is On Your Side"  (The sarcasm is strong with this one. And I tend to agree with the sentiments.)