“Underdog” Songs

This one goes out to all the underdogs out there. While there are a handful of "household names" among these artists, there are also quite a few gems by lesser-known artists (appropriate for an "Underdog" theme, eh?). Nevertheless, I believe you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Underdog”

2)  Turin Brakes  ~  “Underdog (Save Me)”

3)   Europe  ~  “Spirit Of The Underdog” 

4)  Holly  ~  “The Underdog”

5)  12 Stones  ~  “Anthem For The Underdog”

6)  Pastel Lite  ~  “Underdog”

7)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Beneath The Underdog”

8)  Chasing The Jeffrey  ~  “Underdog”

9)  Anna F.  ~  “Underdog”

10)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  “Underdog”

11)  Martha Redbone  ~  “Underdog”

12)  Sol Driven Train  ~  “Underdog”

13)  Benjamin  ~  “Underdog”

14)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Underdog”

15)  John Doe  ~  “Darling Underdog”  (I'm guessing that's not his real name.)

16)  Kill Paradise  ~  “The Underdog Anthem”

17)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Underdog”

18)  You Me At Six  ~  “Underdog”

19)  The Lost Trailers  ~  “Underdog”  (Skip to the 3:00 mark if you don’t wish to hear the intro story.)

20)  Doom Unit  ~  “Underdog”

21)  Mudhoney  ~  “Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog”

22)  Spoon  ~  “The Underdog”

23)  Kyle Massey  ~  “Underdog Raps”

24)  Kasabian  ~  “Underdog”

25)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Underdog”  (Listeners of a certain age might recognize this as the theme song for the TV cartoon…although the original version didn’t sound quite like this one.)

“Complete” & “Incomplete” Songs

This is a one-off "Opposites" post. Because I figured you needed a break from the miniseries. And because there were only enough good "Complete" and "Incomplete" songs to fill up one post. You're welcome. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Clash  ~  “Complete Control”

2)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Incomplete”

3)   Nightwish  ~  “Deep Silent Complete”

4)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  “Incomplete”

5)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “The End Complete III: The End Complete”

6)  Lisa Mitchell  ~  “Incomplete Lullaby”

7)  Matt Johnson  ~  “Complete”

8)  Hoobastank  ~  “Incomplete”

9)  Gladys Knight & The Pips  ~  “Complete Recovery”

10)  Swing Out Sister  ~  “Incomplete Without You”

11)  Tresor  ~  “Complete”

12)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Incomplete”

13)  the SweetWater  ~  “Complete”

14)  Blood On The Dance Floor  ~  “Incomplete And All Alone”

15)  Keyshia Cole  ~  “You Complete Me”

16)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Incomplete & Insecure”

17)  Sum 41  ~  “Dear Father (Complete Unknown)”

18)  Krista  ~  “Incomplete”

19)  NEELY  ~  “Complete (The Wedding Song)”

20)  James Bay  ~  “Incomplete”  (Video features dancer Audrey Case)

21)  Kutless  ~  “Complete”

22)  Firstborn  ~  “Incomplete”

23)  Slow Club  ~  “Complete Surrender”

24)  Sisqó  ~  “Incomplete”

Songs With Alliterative Titles – From A to Z

Every now and then (read: EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE!), my inner "word nerd" makes a cameo appearance, and as a result a post like this one happens. Don't ask why. Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Ava Adore”

2)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

3)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Cat’s In The Cradle”

4)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Dirty Diana”

5)  Judas Priest  ~  “Electric Eye”

6)  Tom Petty  ~  “Free Fallin’”

7)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Got To Give It Up”

8)  Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

9)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)”

10)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Jump Jive An’ Wail”

11)  Culture Club  ~  “Karma Chameleon”  (“K”… “Ch”… Close enough!) 

12)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Lush Life”

13)  Usher  ~  “Moving Mountains”

14)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Never Knew I Needed”  

15)  Patti Labelle ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “On My Own”

16)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Pretty Penny”

17)  Carla Bruni  ~  “Quelqu'un m'a dit”  (Please don’t ask me to pronounce this title.)

18)  Rihanna  ~  “Russian Roulette”

19)  A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Say Something”

20)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Take Your Time”

21)  Alvvays  ~  “Underneath Us”  (Not the best song in the bunch, but it’s the best I could come up with for a “U” song.)

22)  Coldplay  ~  “Viva La Vida”

23)  Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

24)  MØ  ~  “XXX 88”  (Okay, maybe this title’s a bit of a stretch, but I’ll challenge you to come up with a better “X” song. Because I can’t.)

25)  The Coasters  ~  “Yakety Yak”

26)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ft. The Count  ~  “Zig Zag Dance”

Remote Control Songs, Vol. 3: “Rewind”

Last but not least, we grab the remote and hit "Rewind." I would say these songs will "really take you back," but most of them are fairly modern and that's a bad joke. So I'll just say...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Stereophonics  ~  “Rewind”

2)  The Cardigans  ~  “Erase/Rewind”

3)  Deas Vail  ~  “Rewind”

4)  Jamie McDell  ~  “Rewind”

5)  Jindabaad  ~  “Rewind”

6)  Diane Birch  ~  “Rewind”

7)  Paolo Nutini  ~  “Rewind”  (Ignore the poor video quality – if you can – and just enjoy the song…which is pretty great, actually.)

8)  Precious  ~  “Rewind”

9)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Rewind”

10)  Manic Street Preachers ft. Richard Hawley  ~  “Rewind The Film”

11)  Dash4  ~  “Rewind”

12)  Rubblebucket  ~  “Rewind”

13)  Kalsey Kulyk  ~  “Rewind”

14)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Rewind”

15)  Marcella & Her Lovers  ~  “We Rewind”

16)  Phillip LaRue  ~  “Erase And Rewind”

17)  Neverest  ~  “Rewind”

18)  Andy Mineo ft. Kam Parker  ~  “Rewind”

19)  G.R.L.  ~  “Rewind”

20)  Paramore  ~  “Rewind”

Remote Control Songs, Vol. 2: "Fast Forward" & "Pause"

Here's part 2 of 3 in my continuing series featuring songs with words commonly found on a remote control in their titles. This time, it's "Fast Forward" and "Pause" songs. Admittedly, there are fewer well-known artists among the "Fast Forward" songs here, and there are even a few audio-only tunes among the "Pause" songs. But I hope you'll find that I didn't sacrifice song quality for artist notoriety or video excitability. (Or something like that.) Next up, we press "Rewind." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Living In Fast Forward”

2)  Plain White T’s  ~  “Pause”

3)  Twintapes  ~  “Fast Forward”

4)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  “Pause”

5)  Drew Chambers  ~  “Fast Forward”

6)  Kjwan  ~  “Pause”

7)  The Specktators ft. JYoung The General  ~  “Fast Forward”

8)  Ed Sheeran ft. Alonestar  ~  “Pause”

9)  MAiAK  ~  “Fast Forward”

10)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  “Pause The Tragic Ending”

11)  ReVamp  ~  “Fast Forward”

12)  Jill Scott  ~  “Pause (Interlude)”

13)  VVN  ~  “Fast Forward”

14)  Klymaxx  ~  “The Men All Pause”

15)  The Ocean Blue  ~  “Fast Forward Reverse”

16)  SafetySuit  ~  “Pause”

17)  Sphere  ~  “Fast Forward”

18)  As Tall As Lions  ~  “A Break, A Pause”

19)  Jaicko  ~  “Fast Forward”

20)  Public Enemy  ~  “Rebel Without A Pause”