Songs About The Good Old Days

Did you ever wish you could go back to the "good old days"? Yeah, me, too. These artists, too – so much so that they wrote songs about it and I found them. So take a listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Macklemore ft. Kesha  ~  “Good Old Days”

2)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Good Old Days”

3)  Joe Bataan  ~  “Good Ole Days / Muchacho Ordinario”

4)  blink-182  ~  “Good Old Days”

5)  Dolly Parton  ~  “In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

6)  To Kill A King  ~  “The Good Old Days”  (This is a profoundly odd video. But the song is good, so I’m willing to appreciate the weirdness.)

7)  The Features  ~  “Good Old Days”

8)  Nia Ekanem  ~  “Good Old Days”

9)  The Judds  ~  “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days)”

10)  Ray Walston  ~  “Those Were The Good Old Days”

11)  Roger Miller  ~  “The Good Old Days”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “These Are The Good Old Days”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Good Old Days”

14)  Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird  ~  “Good Old Bad Old Days”  (I’ve never heard of this guy or his band, but this song is quite good. And quite relevant for these times.)

15)  The Script  ~  “Good Old Days”

16)  Al Green  ~  “One Of These Good Old Days”

17)  Laura Cox Band  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

18)  Eels  ~  “The Good Old Days”

19)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Those Good Good Old Days”

20)  Spencer Lord  ~ “Good Old Days”

21)  Toby Beard  ~  “Good Old Days”

22)  Clint Black  ~  “The Good Old Days”

23)  The Libertines  ~  “The Good Old Days”

24)  Our Gang Theme Song  ~  “Good Old Days”

25)  Smithfield  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

BONUS TRACK:  twenty one pilots  ~  "Stressed Out"  (No, the phrase "good old days" doesn't appear in any form in the title of this song. But it does appear in the lyrics and is, in fact, repeated many, many times. Plus, it's a fantastic tune! So there ya go...)

Songs About Guys (By "Girls")

Here's another all-female-artists post for your listening pleasure. These are Songs About Guys, as sung by "Girls." (By which, of course, I mean women of a variety of ages – not trying to be disparaging in any way.) Ready... set... enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Hey Violet  ~  “Guys My Age”

2)  Mindy McCready  ~  “Guys Do It All The Time”

3)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Who Gets The Guy?”

4)  Tori Amos  ~  “That Guy”

5)  Aimee Mann  ~  “Guys Like Me”

6)  Diana King  ~  “Shy Guy”

7)  Kellie Pickler  ~  “One Of The Guys”

8)  Melanie  ~  “The Good Guys”

9)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Guy What Takes His Time”

10)  Betty Wright  ~  “Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do”

11)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Guys In Bands”

12)  The Runaways  ~  “All Right You Guys”

13)  Jenny Lewis  ~  “Just One Of The Guys”

14)  Mary Wells  ~  “My Guy”

15)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Nice Guys”

16)  Betty Clooney  ~  “A Guy Is A Guy”

17)  Vanessa Paradis  ~  “A Lucky Guy”

18)  Cherry Glazerr  ~  “Told You I’d Be With The Guys”

19)  Tove Lo  ~  “Good Guys”

20)  Peggy Lee  ~  “He’s My Guy”

21)  Jaida Dreyer  ~  “Guy’s Girl”

22)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First”

23)  Lesley Gore  ~  “My Guy, My Town, And Me”

24)  Caroline Jones  ~  “Tough Guys”

25)  Aqua  ~  “Good Guys”

Songs That Were "Meant To Be"

Some things were just "meant to be." Case in point, these songs. Just accept it. It's your destiny to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line  ~  “Meant To Be”

2)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “The Way Life’s Meant To Be”

3)  JJ Heller  ~  “Meant To Be”

4)  Javier Colón  ~  “Meant To Be”

5)  TLC  ~  “Meant To Be”

6)  The Workday Release  ~  “Meant To Be”

7)  Ananya Birla  ~  “Meant To Be”

8)  Theory Of A Deadman  ~  “Not Meant To Be”  (There’s always one contrarian in the bunch, isn’t there? This one was NOT meant to be, apparently.)

9)  Linda Davis  ~  “Some Things Are Meant To Be”

10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Meant To Be”

11)  Princess Chelsea  ~  “We Were Meant 2 B”

12)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Meant To Be”

13)  Regina Velasquez  ~  “The Way Love’s Meant To Be”

14)  Ruben Studdard  ~  “Meant To Be”

15)  Teen Beach Cast  ~  “Meant To Be”

16)  Anthem Lights  ~  “Who I’m Meant To Be”

17)  Arc North ft. Krista Marina  ~  “Meant To Be”

18)  The Features  ~  “That’s The Way It’s Meant To Be”

19)  Carlene Carter  ~  “Sweet Meant To Be”

20)  Rebelution  ~  “Meant To Be”

21)  Ellie Swisher  ~  “Meant To Be”

22)  Chester See  ~  “Is It Meant To Be?”

23)  Melissa Polinar  ~  “Meant To Be”

24)  Stanaj  ~  “Meant To Be”

25)  Hannah Grace  ~  “Meant To Be Kind”

26)  Bonavega  ~  "We Were Meant To Be"

"Spiritual" Songs

Last but not least in my latest series of posts, there's this set of "Spiritual" Songs. Ironically, the overwhelming majority of them are by "secular" artists. But that doesn't diminish the songs' value (or enhance it) in any way. There's some really good stuff to be heard here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jukebox The Ghost  ~  “The Spiritual”

2)  Eric Benet  ~  “Spiritual Thang”

3)  Moodswings ft. Chrissie Hynde  ~  “Spiritual High (State Of Independence)”

4)  Paul Wardingham  ~  “Spiritual Machines”

5)  John Coltrane  ~  “Spiritual”

6)  Anya Skidan  ~  “Spiritual”

7)  Blitzen Trapper  ~  “Miss Spiritual Tramp”

8)  Strawberry Girls  ~  “Negro Spiritual”  (I have no clue what the title of this song has to do with the actual song. It certainly doesn’t describe the style of music accurately. Also, these musicians are super-white and they’re NOT girls. Makes no sense, but whatevs.)

9)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Mother’s Spiritual”

10)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Rich Man’s Spiritual”

11)  Speech  ~  “Spiritual People”

12)  Spain ft. The Haden Triplets  ~  “Spiritual”

13)  Toots & The Maytals  ~  “Spiritual Healing”

14)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Spiritual Warfare”  (This music video, while titled “Spiritual Warfare,” is actually a medley – of sorts – of two differently-titled songs: “Living With The Ghost” and “Reunion”.)

15)  Katy Perry  ~  “Spiritual”

16)  Toto  ~  “Spiritual Man”

17)  Dirty Sweet  ~  “American Spiritual”

18)  Trin-I-Tee 5:7  ~  “Spiritual Love”

19)  Sean Rowe  ~  “Spiritual Leather”

20)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Spiritual Walkers”

21)  S Club 7  ~  “Spiritual Love”

22)  Overkill  ~  “Spiritual Void"

23)  Land Of Talk  ~  “Spiritual Intimidation”

24)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Spiritual Fantasy”

25)  K Bleax  ~  “So Spiritual”