“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 1

Several weeks ago, I did a miniseries of posts featuring "Real" and "Fake" songs. In the end, I had way too many solid "Real" songs left over to waste. So there's this post, and the one that follows it. Good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Imaginary Lover”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Real Love”

3)  Evanescence  ~  “Imaginary”

4)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

5)  Telekinesis  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Real World”

7)  Soup  ~  “Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend”

8)  Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne  ~  “Real Love”

9)  Circa Survive  ~  “Imaginary Enemy”

10)  Van Morrison  ~  “Real Real Gone”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Three Imaginary Boys”

12)  Florrie  ~  “Real Love”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “Imaginary Person”

14)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Real Love”

15)  Jack Bruce  ~  “Theme For An Imaginary Western”

16)  Hozier  ~  “Like Real People Do”

17)  Kaitlin Riegel  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

18)  Frank Sinatra & The Quincy Jones Big Band  ~  “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”

19)  IAMX  ~  “Song Of Imaginary Beings”

20)  Hillsong Young & Free  ~  “Real Love”

21)  Mocca  ~  “Imaginary Girlfriend”

22)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Here In The Real World”

23)  The New Velvet  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

24)  George Michael ft. Mutya Buena  ~  “This Is Not Real Love”

25)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Imaginary Friends”

Songs About Not Worrying, Vol. 1

So, apparently...there's no need to worry? That's what these songs will tell you, at least. One more set of these to come next time. Meanwhile, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

2)  St. Vincent  ~  “What, Me Worry?”

3)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”

4)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

5)  Dire Straits  ~  “Why Worry”

6)  Johnny Cash ft. The Statler Brothers  ~  “No Need To Worry”

7)  Gotye  ~  “Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You”

8)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry”

9)  Eddie Money  ~  “Don’t Worry”

10)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “It’s Too Late To Worry”

11)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me”

12)  Bess Rogers  ~  “I Don’t Worry”

13)  Van Morrison  ~  “Don’t Worry About A Thing” / “Moondance” 

14)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Don’t Worry”

15)  FOXOS  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

16)  Janie Fricke  ~  “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, Baby”

17)  Langhorne Slim  ~  “Worries”

18)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Don’t Worry Now”

19)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Worry”

20)  Alexis Keegan  ~  “Worry No More”

“Bought” & “Sold” Songs, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and post these now. A few more "Bought" & "Sold" Songs for your enjoyment. That's it, just a two-parter this time around.  ~  JH

1)  David Bowie  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”  (You might be wondering: Why did David Bowie cover a Nirvana song? And didn't you already post that version of it in Vol. 1? Answers: Bowie wrote the song, and Nirvana covered it. And both versions are awesome. So...yeah.)

2)  Bubbles Brown  ~  “Bought & Sold”

3)  Naive Thieves  ~  “Sold Short”

4)  The Rag Dolls  ~  “Bought And Sold”

5)  Grifters & Shills  ~  “Bought & Sold”

6)  Kim Young Ones  ~  “I Bought It”

7)  John Michael Montgomery  ~  “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)”

8)  Nancy Harmon  ~  “The Blood-Bought Church”

9)  Nick Santino and the Northern Wind  ~  “Sold My Soul”

10)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “I Bought The Shoes”

11)  The Alarm  ~  “Sold Me Down The River”

12)  10cc  ~  “I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor”

13)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Sold My Mind To The Kremlin”

14)  Cosmic Bloom  ~  “Bought”

15)  Dallas Crane  ~  “Sold Me”

16)  The Raconteurs  ~  “Store Bought Bones”

17)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Who Sold Her Out”

18)  Ty Segall  ~  “I Bought My Eyes”

19)  Van Morrison  ~  “They Sold Me Out”  (Bonus track for all you diehard Morrison fans… “Celtic New Year” is sung right after the “Sold” song here.)

20)  Robert Sims  ~  “I Bought Me A Cat”

21)  Bette Midler  ~  “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”

22)  WolfGang  ~  “Bought And Sold”

23)  Two Wolves  ~  “Sold Soul”

24)  Nickelback  ~  “Money Bought”

25)  Boy George  ~  “Sold”

26)  Faron Young  ~  “I Bought The Shoes On Your Feet”

27)  Ruby Flipper  ~  “Sold My Rock ’N’ Roll”

28)  Natalia Zukerman  ~  “Bought And Sold”

29)  The Grizzled Mighty  ~  “Sold”

30)  Phankl  ~  “I Bought A Ticket”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 2

The year was 1967. A year in which such future music stars as Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Harry Connick, Jr., Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill would come into existence. Also the year that these great songs first came onto the scene. Part 2 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 starts...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

2)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

3)  The Five Americans  ~  “Western Union”

4)  Donovan  ~  “Mellow Yellow”

5)  The Supremes  ~  “Reflections”

6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Brown-Eyed Girl”

7)  The Temptations  ~  “You’re My Everything”

8)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Somebody To Love”

9)  Scott McKenzie  ~  “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”

10)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Gentle On My Mind”

11)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Chain Of Fools”

12)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  “Foxy Lady”

13)  The Hollies  ~  “Carrie Anne”

14)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Alfie”

15)  Wynn Stewart  ~  “It’s Such A Pretty World Today”

16)  Robert Knight  ~  “Everlasting Love”  (This performance was obviously forty-some years after his song was a hit, so forgive Mr. Knight if his vocals got a little thin over time.)

17)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Ode To Billie Joe”

18)  Procol Harum  ~  “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

19)  Jay & The Techniques  ~  “Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

20)  The Mamas & Papas  ~  “Dedicated To The One I Love”

21)  The Beatles  ~  “Strawberry Fields Forever”

22)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Don’t You Care”

23)  Janis Ian  ~  “Society’s Child”

24)  The Doors  ~  “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”

25)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “No Milk Today”