“City” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 1 of a new 4-part series featuring songs with the word "City" or "Country" in their titles. First up, "City" songs, then one more of the same, and after that, two "Country" posts. You know you love 'em...so enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Paradise City”

2)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “City Of Angels”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Take Back The City”

4)  M83  ~  “Midnight City”

5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Living For The City”

6)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “South City Midnight Lady”

7)   The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

8)  Andra Day  ~  “City Burns”

9)  John Mayer  ~  “City Love”

10)  Buju Banton  ~  “Magic City”

11)  ABBA  ~  “Summer Night City”

12)  Patrick Stump ft. Lupe Fiasco  ~  “This City”

13)  Casting Crowns  ~  “City On The Hill”

14)  Village People  ~  “New York City”

15)  Duran Duran ft. Kiesza  ~  “Last Night In The City”

16)  MC5  ~  “Motor City Is Burning”

17)  Ray Price  ~  “City Lights”

18)  KISS  ~  “Detroit Rock City”

19)  Laleh  ~  “Big City Love”

20)  Chick Corea Elektric Band  ~  “Elektric City”

21)  The Highwaymen ft. Willie Nelson  ~  “The City Of New Orleans”

22)  Lissie  ~  “Love In The City”

23)  Wilbert Harrison  ~  “Kansas City”

24)  Muse  ~  “City Of Delusion”

25)  Starship  ~  “We Built This City”

“Zoo” Songs

I love the zoo, and you should too! There's so many things to see and do. Here's some songs that fit this theme. More songs, in fact, than it would seem. Apparently, these artists do, in fact, also enjoy the zoo.  ~  JH

1)  Scorpions  ~  “The Zoo”

2)  U2  ~  “Zoo Station”

3)  Front 242  ~  “Animal (Zoo)”

4)  Tom Petty  ~  “Zombie Zoo”

5)  Sophia Loren  ~  “Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo”

6)  Fetty Wap  ~  “Queen Of The Zoo”

7)  Julie Felix  ~  “Going To The Zoo”

8)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “At The Zoo”

9)  Built To Spill  ~  “Living Zoo”

10)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Pimple Zoo”

11)  Bisquit  ~  “Zoo Zoo”

12)  Dennis Locorriere  ~  “Jungle To The Zoo”  (If you’re wondering who this guy is, he’s the lead singer for Dr. Hook. If that fact still means nothing to you, then never mind. It’s not all that important anyway.)

13)  Jónsi  ~  “We Bought A Zoo”

14)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Christmas At The Zoo”  (I know it’s not Christmastime, but this is a gleefully odd song that I’d be remiss not to include here. So there!)

15)  James Taylor  ~  “Knockin’ Round The Zoo”

16)  Herb Alpert  ~  “Zoo Train”

17)  Phlake  ~  “Angel Zoo”

18)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “Zoo Gang”

19)  Funk Face  ~  “Zoo York City”

20)  The Commodores  ~  “The Zoo (The Human Zoo)”

“Older” Songs

And now that we've dispensed with the "Younger" songs, it's time to proceed to the "Older" ones. For some reason, I like most of these even better than yesterday's set. Maybe it's because I am starting to be able to relate more. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Growing Older But Not Up”

2)  Skillet  ~  “The Older I Get”

3)  George Michael  ~  “Older”

4)  Grant-Lee Phillips  ~  “Older Now”

5)  Julie Roberts  ~  “Wake Up Older”

6)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Get Older”

7)  Damien Rice  ~  “Older Chests”

8)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Older”

9)  Green River Ordinance  ~  “Getting Older”

10)  Birdy  ~  “Older”

11)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Older”

12)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Just Older”

13)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Getting Older Every Day”

14)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  “A Few Older Ones”

15)  Laura Imbruglia  ~  “Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard? / Older Man”

16)  Ronnie McDowell  ~  “Older Women”

17)  Hank Thompson  ~  “The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music”

18)  Wild Party  ~  “When I Get Older”

19)  Patty Smyth  ~  “Everyone Gets Older”

20)  The Flying Burrito Brothers  ~  “Older Guys”

“Younger” Songs

Here's the first half of a two-part "Opposites" series. These are "Younger" songs. Tomorrow, "Older" songs. Nothing else to say. Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MercyMe  ~  “Dear Younger Me”

2)  Eels  ~  “In My Younger Days”

3)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Younger”

4)  John Sebastian  ~  “Younger Girl”

5)  Michou  ~  “Growing Younger”

6)  Don Williams  ~  “Back In My Younger Days”

7)   Letting Up Despite Great Faults  ~  “Our Younger Noise”

8)  Liz Lawrence  ~  “When I Was Younger”

9)  SOJA  ~  “When We Were Younger”

10)  The Collection  ~  “The Younger One”

11)  Novelette  ~  “Younger Hands”

12)  Mandy Patinkin  ~  “Younger Than Springtime”

13)  Brendan James  ~  “Younger Days”

14)  Julie Bergan  ~  “Younger”

15)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Younger”

16)  The Careful Ones  ~  “When We Were Younger”

17)  Alphabeat  ~  “Younger Than Yesterday”

18)  Idlewild  ~  “Younger Than America”

19)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Younger Than Today”

20)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  “We Were Younger Then”

“Guest” & “Host” Songs

I expected this post to include a lot more well-known songs than it actually does, but I was surprised to find that most of the "Guest" and "Host" titled songs out there – while thoroughly engaging in their own right – are by largely unknown artists. But the Beauty And The Beast song is here, so really what else do you need to know? Click, listen, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beauty And The Beast Cast  ~  “Be Our Guest”

2)  Taylor Henderson  ~  “Host Of Angels”

3)  Marillion  ~  “The Uninvited Guest”

4)  Timber Timbre  ~  “Demon Host”

5)  Tristan Prettyman  ~  “Guest Check”  (I don't know about "Pretty man," but SHE sure has a pretty voice!)

6)  The Crocketts  ~  “Host”

7)   The Mountain Goats  ~  “House Guest”

8)  I’m The Hug  ~  “Perfect Host”

9)  Admiral Fallow  ~  “Guest Of The Government”

10)  Buckethead  ~  “Ghost Host”  (Yes, he wears a KFC-style chicken bucket on his head when he plays. Go figure! But he's an excellent guitarist, so who cares?)

11)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “The Guests”  (This gravel-voiced guy is one of the best lyricists/songwriters of all time. If you haven't heard of him, you should work on that right now.)

12)  Porter  ~  “Host Of A Ghost”

13)  Ásgeir  ~  “Summer Guest”

14)  Palm Reader  ~  “Noble Host”

15)  King Diamond  ~  “The Invisible Guests”

16)  Ráv Thomas  ~  “Like A Gameshow Host”