"Home" & "Away" Songs

Just when I think I've run out of "Opposites" to make music posts out of, I find that I am mistaken after all. Here's a collection of songs with either the word "Home" or "Away" in their titles. If you're even remotely a fan of sports, you will know these are terms used to distinguish between the team that normally plays in this location and the visiting team. Some good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "A Long Walk Home"

2)  Norah Jones  ~  "Come Away With Me"

3)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "Temporary Home"

4)  The Offspring  ~  "Gone Away"

5)  Coheed And Cambria  ~  "Welcome Home"

6)  Oasis  ~  "Don't Go Away"

7)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Home"

8)  Memphis May Fire ft. Kellin Quinn  ~  "Miles Away"

9)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Almost Home"

10)  Berlin  ~  "Take My Breath Away"

11)  A Great Big World  ~  "Already Home"

12)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Cowboy, Take Me Away"

13)  Crystal Fighters  ~  "At Home"

14)  Passion Pit  ~  "Carried Away"

15)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam ft. Full Force  ~  "I Wonder If I Take You Home"

16)  A Flock Of Seagulls  ~  "I Ran (So Far Away)"

17)  Little Big Town  ~  "Bring It On Home"

18)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Give It Away"

19)  Mandy Moore  ~  "Walk Me Home"

20)  Zac Brown Band ft. Alan Jackson  ~  "As She's Walking Away"

21)  Toni Braxton  ~  "Love Shoulda Brought You Home"

22)  Rise Against  ~  "Swing Life Away"

23)  Tonight Alive  ~  "Come Home"

24)  3 Doors Down  ~  "Away From The Sun"

25)  Bobby Bare  ~  "500 Miles Away From Home"

20 Songs With "Twenty" In The Title

I'll stop doing these posts one of these weeks, I promise. My wife is 20 weeks pregnant today, so here's 20 songs with "Twenty" (or "20") in their titles. There're some really good songs here, too! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Robert Palmer  ~  "Twenty Million Things"

2)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Sonnet 20"

3)  The Civil Wars  ~  "20 Years"

4)  Robert Cray  ~  "Twenty"

5)  Zac Brown Band  ~  "Highway 20 Ride"

6)  Erykah Badu  ~  "20 Feet Tall"

7)  Placebo  ~  "Twenty Years"

8)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Twenty Years Ago"

9)  Regina Spektor  ~  "20 Years Of Snow"

10)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Twenty Flight Rock"

11)  Bad Suns  ~  "Twenty Years"

12)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago"

13)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights"

14)  Deer Tick  ~  "Twenty Miles"

15)  Augustana  ~  "Twenty Years"

16)  Joss Stone  ~  "4 And 20"

17)  Making Movies  ~  "Twenty Years"

18)  George Benson  ~  "20/20"

19)  Gov't Mule  ~  "32-20 Blues"

20)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Twenty Small Cigars"

"Fine" & "Dandy" Songs

Oh look, another music blog post. Yeah...so? Enjoy it already!  ~  JH

1)  Indigo Girls  ~  "Closer To Fine"

2)  James Cagney  ~  "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

3)  Andy Grammer ft. Colbie Caillat  ~  "Fine By Me"

4)  Lavern Baker  ~  "Jim Dandy"

5)  Seether  ~  "Fine Again"

6)  Kate Smith  ~  "Fine And Dandy"

7)  The Cardigans  ~  "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"

8)  Brenda Lee  ~  "The Cowgirl And The Dandy"

9)  Switchfoot  ~  "More Than Fine"

10)  T. Rex  ~  "Dandy In The Underworld"

11)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  "Fine, Fine Life"

12)  Soko  ~  "The Dandy Cowboys"

13)  Garbage  ~  "You Look So Fine"

14)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Dandy"  (This is a Kinks cover song – but that's not The Kinks singing it. The label on the video below is incorrect.)

15)  Zac Brown Band  ~  "Different Kind Of Fine"

16)  Begging Victoria  ~  "Dandy Is As Dandy Does"

17)  The Beatles  ~  "I Feel Fine"

18)  Thiago Pethit  ~  "Dandy Darling"

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19)  Boyz II Men  ~  "Doin' Just Fine"

20)  Ange Takats  ~  "Fine And Dandy"

21)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  "One Fine Thing"

22)  Swordfishtrombones  ~  "Dandy"

23)  R.E.M.  ~  "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

24)  Toots & The Maytals  ~  "Sweet & Dandy"

25)  Chris Brown  ~  "Fine China"

Songs With "Keep" In The Title

One might automatically think that this would be the first part of a two-parter in my never-ending series of "Opposites" music posts. However, that would not be the case. For one thing, I've done way too many "Opposites" posts of late anyway. Secondly, I couldn't think of a word that was a natural opposite to the word "Keep." But there were still lots of "Keep" songs I wanted to post. So here they are… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  2Pac  ~  "Keep Ya Head Up"

2)  Zac Brown Band  ~  Keep Me In Mind"

3)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Keep The Faith"

4)  The Human League  ~  "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"  (This man is wearing a lot of makeup. Hmm...)

5)  Kelly Rowland  ~  "Keep It Between Us"

6)  Sugarland  ~  "Keep You"

7)  Weezer  ~  "Keep Fishin'"  (Featuring The Muppets, for those of you who like Muppets – of which I am one.)

8)  Billy Joel  ~  "Keeping The Faith"

9)  Soul II Soul  ~  "Keep On Movin'"

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  "I Keep On Lovin' You"

11)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Keep Your Eyes Open"

12)  Wild Belle  ~  "Keep You"

13)  Curtis Harding  ~  "Keep On Shining"  (This song would be right at home with the Motown songs of old. But it's a relatively recent song.)

14)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Keep It Between The Lines"  (Whatever happened to this guy? He was one of the better country singers in the '80s and '90s.)

15)  Rival Sons  ~  "Keep On Swinging"

16)  Julia Child  ~  "Keep On Cooking"  (What will they think of next?)

17)  Travie McCoy ft. Brendon Urie  ~  "Keep On Keeping On"

18)  Eddie Vedder  ~  "Can't Keep"

19)  Garbage  ~  "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing"

20)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Keep On Loving You"  (This is one of the stupidest story lines for a music video that I've ever seen. Especially considering that the song itself isn't that bad.)

21)  Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin  ~  "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?"  (Wow, what a duet! This is magical!)

22)  Michael McDonald  ~  "I Keep Forgettin'"  ("I just hit the east side of the LBC, on a mission tryin' to find Mr. Warren G"...Oh wait, that's a different song altogether. Sampled from this song, but not this song. Not by a long shot.)

23)  American Authors  ~  "Keep Me Dreaming"

24)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Keep Young And Beautiful"

25)  Enya  ~  "How Can I Keep From Singing?"  (That's a good question, Enya. When I figure that out, I'll let you know!)