Grunge Music, Vol. 3

Haven't had your fill of Grunge Music yet? You're in luck – here's a fresh batch of songs for you. Had too much already? Nobody's twisting your arm to listen. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Alive”

2)  Nirvana  ~  “In Bloom”

3)  Soundgarden  ~  “Blow Up The Outside World”

4)  Alice In Chains  ~  “I Stay Away”

5)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Bed Of Roses”

6)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Wicked Garden”

7)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Number One Blind”

8)  Silverchair  ~  “Abuse Me”

9)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Cherub Rock”

10)  Hole  ~  “Doll Parts”

11)  Candlebox  ~  “Cover Me”

12)  Bush  ~  “Machinehead”

13)  Nada Surf  ~  “Popular”

14)  Love Battery  ~  “Harold’s Pink Room”

15)  Mad Season  ~  “River Of Deceit”

16)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Big Empty”

17)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Heaven Beside You”

18)  Soundgarden  ~  “Rusty Cage”

19)  L7  ~  “Andres”

20)  Bush  ~  “Comedown”

21)  Blind Melon  ~  “Galaxie”

22)  Tracy Bonham  ~  “Mother Mother”

23)  Meat Puppets  ~  “Backwater”

24)  The Breeders  ~  “Cannonball”

25)  Soundgarden  ~  “Burden In My Hand”

Grunge Music, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 of 4 featuring the best, most influential, blah-blah-blah "grunge" rock songs from years gone by. Throw on your flannel shirt, don't wash your hair for a few weeks, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Soundgarden  ~  “The Day I Tried To Live”

2)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Interstate Love Song”

3)  Nirvana  ~  “Heart-Shaped Box”

4)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Jeremy”

5)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Rooster”

6)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Feel The Pain”

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Cumbersome”

8)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Peaches”

9)  Toadies  ~  “Possum Kingdom”

10)  Bush  ~  “Glycerine”

11)  Sponge  ~  “Plowed”

12)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

13)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Volcano Girls”

14)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Even Flow”

15)  Nirvana  ~  “Come As You Are”

16)  Soundgarden  ~  “Pretty Noose”

17)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Down In A Hole”

18)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Sex Type Thing”

19)  Mudhoney  ~  “Suck You Dry”

20)  L7  ~  “Stuck Here Again”

21)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Disarm”

22)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Clumsy”

23)  Jen Trynin  ~  “Better Than Nothing”

24)  Mother Love Bone  ~  “Stardog Champion”

25)  Skin Yard  ~  “1,000 Smiling Knuckles”

Grunge Music, Vol. 1

Here's a miniseries of posts that I can certainly relate to – and I'm sure I'm not the only one! This is the first set in what will be a four-part retrospective of some of the best, most influential, and most memorable songs from the "grunge rock" era of music. Which was both not that long ago and ancient history, depending on your perspective. Before we get started, I will concede that we're not all going to agree 100% on whether or not certain songs herein are legitimately "grunge," "post-grunge," punk, pop, or something else entirely – and that's okay. Let's just jam to some good music and don't waste time fighting about the genre ascribed to the songs (by myself or others). Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Animal”

3)  Soundgarden  ~  “Black Hole Sun”

4)  Alice In Chains  ~  “No Excuses”

5)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Vasoline”

6)  Mudhoney  ~  “Touch Me I’m Sick”

7)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Nearly Lost You”

8)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

9)  Paw  ~  “Couldn’t Know”

10)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Seether”

11)  Silverchair  ~  “Tomorrow”

12)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Today”

13)  Hole  ~  “Miss World”

14)  Bush  ~  “Everything Zen”

15)  Candlebox  ~  “Far Behind”

16)  Sponge  ~  “Molly (16 Candles)”

17)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Superman’s Dead”

18)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Lump”

19)  Blind Melon  ~  “No Rain”

20)  Days Of The New  ~  “Touch, Peel, And Stand”

21)  Babes In Toyland  ~  “Bruise Violet”  (It's almost scary how much the lead singer of this group looks like a crazed Reese Witherspoon.)

22)  Melvins  ~  “Honey Bucket”

23)  The Gits  ~  “Second Skin”  (There's a very sad-but-true story about the untimely demise of this band's lead singer. I won't rehash it here, but you can Google it.)

24)  Hum  ~  “Stars”

25)  Local H  ~  “Bound For The Floor”

“Entertain”-ing Songs

Let's just admit it. We all like to be entertained. Sometimes, at least. So here's a collection of songs sure to entertain, seeing as the word "Entertain" (in some form or another) exists within the title of each. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  “Let Me Entertain You”

2)  Phoenix  ~  “Entertainment”

3)  Billy Joel  ~  “The Entertainer”

4)  Melanie C  ~  “We Love To Entertain You”

5)  Newsboys  ~  “Entertaining Angels”

6)  The Jam  ~  “That’s Entertainment”

7)  The Jackson 5  ~  “We’re Here To Entertain You”

8)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Born Entertainer”

9)  Rise Against  ~  “Entertainment”

10)  Common Children  ~  “Entertaining Angels”

11)  The Chills  ~  “The Entertainer”

12)  Jessica Louise  ~  “Entertain Me”

13)  Jamaica  ~  “Short And Entertaining”

14)  Robbie Williams  ~  “The Heavy Entertainment Show”

15)  The Automatic  ~  “Light Entertainment”

16)  Alesha Dixon  ~  “The Entertainer”

17)  Adam Lambert  ~  “For Your Entertainment”

18)  Hail The Sun  ~  “Entertainment Lies”

19)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Your Favorite Entertainer”

20)  KT Tunstall  ~  “The Entertainer”

21)  Tom Odell  ~  “Entertainment”

22)  Soft Cell  ~  “Entertain Me”

23)  Shakespears Sister  ~  “Let Me Entertain You”

24)  Judy Garland  ~  “That’s Entertainment”

25)  Blur  ~  “Entertain Me”

BONUS TRACK:  Nirvana  ~  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”  (While the word “entertain” doesn’t appear in the title, it’s repeated multiple times throughout the chorus of this classic song.)