More “Naked” Songs

About three years ago, I posted a bunch of songs with the word "Naked" in their titles, with the caveat that the word in the title of each was more metaphorical than literal. The songs, I explained, denoted one's lack of embellishment, lack of concealment or disguise, or one's honesty and transparency. Since then, I've discovered a lot of good "Naked" Songs that I missed, and added a few new ones that were released in the interim. That's why there's this tremendously tardy terminus... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “Naked”

2)  James Arthur  ~  “Naked”

3)  Brielle Von Hugel  ~  “Naked”

4)  ME The Band  ~  “Naked”

5)  Tracy Bonham  ~  “Naked”

6)  Northpilot  ~  “Naked Before My Captors”

7)  Barbara Weiss  ~  “Naked”

8)  David Crosby ft. Chris Thile  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

9)  Cat Power  ~  “Naked, If I Want To”

10)  Chris Staples  ~  “Let Us Be Naked (Eef Barzelay)”

11)  Kalliopi  ~  “Naked”

12)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Naked Sunday”

13)  Tracy Irve  ~  “See You Naked”

14)  Dio  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

15)  Blue Pearl  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

16)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Get Naked With Me”

17)  Nostalghia  ~  “Naked As A Hand”

18)  The 1975  ~  “Please Be Naked”

19)  Chloe Charles  ~  “Take Me Naked”  (I promise you, it's not as lurid as it sounds.)

20)  Radical Something  ~  “Naked In Venice”

21)  Céline Dion  ~  “Naked”

22)  Pat Metheny Group  ~  “Naked Moon”

23)  Matilda  ~  “Naked”

24)  X Ambassadors  ~  “Naked”

25)  Grouplove  ~  “Naked Kids”  (I promise you, there are NO naked kids in this video!)

Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I forgot about continuing these Popular Songs Of..." posts this year, didn't you? Well, you were right! I kinda did forget. But not anymore! Here's part 1 of 4 featuring the best and/or most Popular Songs Of 1968. If you remember these songs when they came out, I'm sorry to tell you that you might be old. But that's alright. Some really great classics in these sets. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Hey Jude”

2)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone”

3)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Woman, Woman”

4)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

5)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Scarborough Fair”

6)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Midnight Confessions”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

8)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

9)  The Foundations  ~  “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”

10)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Son Of A Preacher Man”

11)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

12)  O.C. Smith  ~  “Little Green Apples”

13)  Tiny Tim  ~  “Tiptoe Through The Tulips”

14)  The Delfonics  ~  “La-La (Means I Love You)”

15)  Paul Mauriat Orchestra  ~  “Love Is Blue”

16)  Spanky And Our Gang  ~  “Like To Get To Know You”

17)  Richard Harris  ~  “MacArthur Park”

18)  People!  ~  “I Love You”

19)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day”

20)  The Doors  ~  “Hello, I Love You”

21)  Friend & Lover  ~  “Reach Out Of The Darkness”

22)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “The Chokin’ Kind”

23)  The Box Tops  ~  “Cry Like A Baby”

24)  Jerry Butler  ~  “Hey, Western Union Man”

25)  Joe Cocker  ~  “With A Little Help From My Friends”

Songs About "Whatever"

So I guess this will be a series after all – of sorts. You know the drill by now: Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Whatever" in their titles. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Amelia Lily  ~  “Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got)”

2)  Oasis  ~  “Whatever”

3)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Whatever You Do”

4)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “Whatever It Is”

5)  En Vogue  ~  “Whatever”

6)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Whatever It Takes”

7)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Whatever You Got, I Want”

8)  Bella Thorne  ~  “Call It Whatever”

9)  Lifehouse  ~  “Whatever It Takes”

10)  Vienna Teng  ~  “Whatever You Want”

11)  Pillar  ~  “Whatever It Takes”

12)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Whatever Gets You Through The Night”

13)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Whatever It Takes”

14)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “Whatever I Fear”

15)  Martina McBride  ~  “Whatever You Say”

16)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Whatever You’re Doing (Something Heavenly)”

17)  Christina Milian ft. Joe Budden  ~  “Whatever U Want”

18)  finger eleven  ~  “Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me”

19)  Lene Marlin  ~  “Whatever It Takes”

20)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Whatever You Like”

21)  Tina Turner  ~  “Whatever You Need”

22)  Westlife  ~  “Hey Whatever”

23)  David Nail  ~  “Whatever She’s Got”

24)  Karina Pasian  ~  “It’s Whatever”

25)  Gerry Rafferty  ~  “Whatever’s Written In Your Heart”

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 2

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1978, here's part 2 of 4. Plenty of great tunes to be heard here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Miss You”

2)  Andy Gibb  ~  “Shadow Dancin’”

3)  Patti Smith Group  ~  “Because The Night”

4)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Copacabana”

5)  Little River Band  ~  “Reminiscing”

6)  ABBA  ~  “Take A Chance On Me”

7)  The Police  ~  “Roxanne”

8)  Jackson Browne  ~  “Running On Empty”

9)  Alicia Bridges  ~  “I Love The Nightlife”

10)  Randy VanWarmer  ~  “Just When I Needed You Most”

11)  The Trammps  ~  “Disco Inferno”

12)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “Sleepin’ Single In A Double Bed”

13)  Nick Gilder  ~  “Hot Child In The City”

14)  A Taste Of Honey  ~  “Boogie Oogie Oogie”

15)  Randy Newman  ~  “Short People”

16)  Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings  ~  “Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”

17)  Meat Loaf ft. Ellen Foley  ~  “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”

18)  Rod Stewart  ~  “You’re In My Heart”

19)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “It’s A Heartache”

20)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Werewolves Of London”

21)  Carpenters  ~  “Sweet, Sweet Smile”

22)  Queen  ~  “Fat Bottomed Girls”

23)  Tavares  ~  “More Than A Woman”

24)  Genesis  ~  “Follow You, Follow Me”

25)  Alice Cooper  ~  “How You Gonna See Me Now”