“Fabulous” Songs

After the unpleasant subject of yesterday's post, I figured I'd do a 180° turn today and present a collection of "Fabulous" songs for your listening pleasure. Most of these are songs with the word "Fabulous" in their titles, but there are a couple of songs by artists with the word "Fabulous" somewhere in their name. Because why not, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jaheim ft. Tha Rayne  ~  “Fabulous”

2)  Eagles  ~  “Busy Being Fabulous”

3)  Ezekiel Jay Band  ~  “I Feel Fabulous”

4)  Blackalicious  ~  “The Fabulous Ones”

5)  Anna Vissi  ~  “Fabulous”

6)  Sammy Davis, Jr.  ~  “Fabulous Places”

7)  Bad Company  ~  “Joe Fabulous”

8)  Bobby Dukoff  ~  “What A Fabulous Night”

9)  Fabolous ft. Jeremih  ~  “My Time”  (Fab-O-lous...Fab-U-lous. Meh. Close enough.)

10)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “Fabulous Character”

11)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Fabulous”

12)  Phineas and Ferb Cast  ~  “Fabulous”

13)  Fall Of Transition  ~  “Fabulous Liar”

14)  Electric Six  ~  “Fabulous People”

15)  Fabulous Girls ft. Cymphonique  ~  “Something”

16)  Happyhead  ~  “Fabulous”

17)  Tape Five  ~  “Fabulous Swing Kid”

18)  4th Avenue Jones  ~  “Fabulous Dramatics”

19)  Jilann O’Neill  ~  “Fabulous Ways”

20)  The Fabulous Thunderbirds  ~  “Tuff Enuff”

Songs About Decapitation (Figuratively Speaking…Well, Mostly)

Since starting my music blogging a few years ago, I've had my fair share of bad ideas for posts. This is – surprisingly – NOT one of them! No need to cringe; these are not nearly as gruesome as they might seem. So...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  INXS  ~  “Don’t Lose Your Head”

2)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Till My Head Falls Off”

3)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  “Heads Will Roll”

4)  Kurt Vile  ~  “Lost My Head There”

5)  Jon Bellion ft. Travis Mendes  ~  “Guillotine”

6)  Icon For Hire  ~  “Off With Her Head”

7)   Jack Ingram  ~  “My Heart And The Headless”

8)  The Bangles  ~  “Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution)”

9)  Augustines  ~  “Nothing To Lose But Your Head”

10)  The Durango Riot  ~  “Ready Are The Headless”

11)  Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs  ~  “Cut Off Your Head”

12)  Urbandub  ~  “Guillotine”

13)  DOCKS  ~  “Where’s My Head?”

14)  Floda  ~  “Decapitate Me”

15)  The 88  ~  “Head Cut Off”

16)  Judas Priest  ~  “Some Heads Are Gonna Roll”

17)  YADi  ~  “Guillotine”

18)  Basement Jaxx  ~  “Where’s Your Head At?”

19)  Tearist  ~  “Headless”

20)  Marion Raven  ~  “Heads Will Roll”

“Country” Songs, Vol. 2: Country Songs

Last but certainly not least, we come to the country "Country" songs. In case it isn't obvious, these are songs in the country-music genre with the word "Country" somewhere in their titles. Country-music fans, I mostly stuck with the old-school stuff in this one, which is what I personally prefer. There are a few "new country" songs here, but, in my book at least, those passed the "sniff test" as worthy of admittance. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  John Denver  ~  “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

2)  Keith Urban & John Fogerty  ~  “Walkin’ In The Country”

3)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Young Country”

4)  Craig  Morgan  ~  “Country Side Of Heaven”

5)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You’re Lookin’ At Country”

6)  Mo Pitney  ~  “Country”

7)   Alan Jackson  ~  “Gone Country”

8)  John Anderson  ~  “Country ’Til I Die”

9)  Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Country Boy”

10)  Gwyneth Paltrow  ~  “Country Strong”

11)  Cal Smith  ~  “Country Bumpkin”

12)  Randy Travis & George Jones  ~  “A Few Ole Country Boys”

13)  Neil Young  ~  “Are You Ready For The Country?”

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Sweet Country Girl”

15)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Girl In A Country Song”

16)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Country Boy”

17)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Let There Be Country”

18)  Ryan Bingham  ~  “Country Roads”

19)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Country Ain’t Country”

20)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”

21)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Old Country”

22)  Marty Stuart  ~  “Country Boy Rock And Roll”

23)  Shania Twain  ~  “Rock This Country!”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”

25)  Alabama  ~  “Born Country”

“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”

3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”

4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”

6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”

7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”

8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”

9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”

10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”

11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”

12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”

13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”

16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”

17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”

18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”

19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”

20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”

21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”

22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”

23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”

24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”

“City” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of a 4-parter, this is the final set of "City" songs. Next up, we depart for the "Country." Which may require a bit of explanation. But that can wait till tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Summer In The City”

2)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Bright Lights, Bigger City”

3)  U2  ~  “City Of Blinding Lights”

4)  Tori Kelly  ~  “City Dove”

5)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  “New York City Serenade”

6)  Jan & Dean  ~  “Surf City”

7)   Marvin Gaye  ~  “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”

8)  Love & The Outcome  ~  “City Of God”

9)  Journey  ~  “City Of The Angels”

10)  Steve Earle  ~  “This City”

11)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Summer In The City”

12)  The Band  ~  “Atlantic City”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Rock Star City Life”

14)  The Stampeders  ~  “Sweet City Woman”

15)  The Chainsmokers ft. Brittany  ~  “New York City”

16)  David Bowie  ~  “Suffragette City”

17)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Big City”

18)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “City”

19)  Foghat  ~  “Fool For The City”

20)  Queensryche  ~  “Jet City Woman”

21)  The Cars  ~  “Heartbeat City”

22)  The Manhattan Transfer  ~  “The Boy From New York City”

23)  April Wine  ~  “Big City Girls”

24)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “Fist City”

25)  TobyMac  ~  “City On Our Knees”