Grunge Music, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 of 4 featuring the best, most influential, blah-blah-blah "grunge" rock songs from years gone by. Throw on your flannel shirt, don't wash your hair for a few weeks, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Soundgarden  ~  “The Day I Tried To Live”

2)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Interstate Love Song”

3)  Nirvana  ~  “Heart-Shaped Box”

4)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Jeremy”

5)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Rooster”

6)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Feel The Pain”

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Cumbersome”

8)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Peaches”

9)  Toadies  ~  “Possum Kingdom”

10)  Bush  ~  “Glycerine”

11)  Sponge  ~  “Plowed”

12)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

13)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Volcano Girls”

14)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Even Flow”

15)  Nirvana  ~  “Come As You Are”

16)  Soundgarden  ~  “Pretty Noose”

17)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Down In A Hole”

18)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Sex Type Thing”

19)  Mudhoney  ~  “Suck You Dry”

20)  L7  ~  “Stuck Here Again”

21)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Disarm”

22)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Clumsy”

23)  Jen Trynin  ~  “Better Than Nothing”

24)  Mother Love Bone  ~  “Stardog Champion”

25)  Skin Yard  ~  “1,000 Smiling Knuckles”

Grunge Music, Vol. 1

Here's a miniseries of posts that I can certainly relate to – and I'm sure I'm not the only one! This is the first set in what will be a four-part retrospective of some of the best, most influential, and most memorable songs from the "grunge rock" era of music. Which was both not that long ago and ancient history, depending on your perspective. Before we get started, I will concede that we're not all going to agree 100% on whether or not certain songs herein are legitimately "grunge," "post-grunge," punk, pop, or something else entirely – and that's okay. Let's just jam to some good music and don't waste time fighting about the genre ascribed to the songs (by myself or others). Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Animal”

3)  Soundgarden  ~  “Black Hole Sun”

4)  Alice In Chains  ~  “No Excuses”

5)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Vasoline”

6)  Mudhoney  ~  “Touch Me I’m Sick”

7)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Nearly Lost You”

8)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

9)  Paw  ~  “Couldn’t Know”

10)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Seether”

11)  Silverchair  ~  “Tomorrow”

12)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Today”

13)  Hole  ~  “Miss World”

14)  Bush  ~  “Everything Zen”

15)  Candlebox  ~  “Far Behind”

16)  Sponge  ~  “Molly (16 Candles)”

17)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Superman’s Dead”

18)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Lump”

19)  Blind Melon  ~  “No Rain”

20)  Days Of The New  ~  “Touch, Peel, And Stand”

21)  Babes In Toyland  ~  “Bruise Violet”  (It's almost scary how much the lead singer of this group looks like a crazed Reese Witherspoon.)

22)  Melvins  ~  “Honey Bucket”

23)  The Gits  ~  “Second Skin”  (There's a very sad-but-true story about the untimely demise of this band's lead singer. I won't rehash it here, but you can Google it.)

24)  Hum  ~  “Stars”

25)  Local H  ~  “Bound For The Floor”

“Lucky” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another set of "Lucky" Songs for your listening pleasure. Ready... set... enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Lucky Star”

2)  Vince Gill  ~  “Old Lucky Diamond Motel”

3)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Lucky Love”

4)  Bright Eyes  ~  “Easy / Lucky / Free”

5)  Aurora  ~  “Lucky”

6)  Crowded House  ~  “Twice If You’re Lucky”

7)  Nadia Reid  ~  “Some Are Lucky”

8)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Got Lucky”

9)  ’Til Tuesday  ~  “(Believed You Were) Lucky”

10)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “Lucky Denver Mint”

11)  Meiko  ~  “How Lucky We Are”

12)  Dean Friedman & Denise Marsa  ~  “Lucky Stars”

13)  Dreamcatcher  ~  “Lucky Strike”

14)  Keaton Henson   ~  “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are”

15)  Faith Hill  ~  “The Lucky One”

16)  Nerina Pallot  ~  “Stay Lucky”

17)  Little River Band  ~  “If I Get Lucky”

18)  Kerli  ~  “The Lucky Ones”

19)  Amy Grant  ~  “Lucky One”

20)  The Who  ~  “Be Lucky”

21)  Nicola Roberts  ~  “Lucky Day”

22)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “Lucky Man”

23)  Laura Branigan  ~  “The Lucky One”

24)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “The Lucky One”

25)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “I Should Be So Lucky”

"Lucky" Songs, Vol. 1

I was surprised to find that I had never posted a collection of "Lucky" Songs before now. I was less surprised to find that there were dozens of good songs with that fortuitous word in their titles. Here's part 1 of 2... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat  ~  “Lucky”

2)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “You Got Lucky”

3)  Britney Spears  ~  “Lucky”

4)  Dokken  ~  “Just Got Lucky”

5)  Cardinale  ~  “If I’m Lucky”

6)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Get Lucky”

7)  Alba  ~  “Lucky”

8)  Waterparks  ~  “Lucky People”

9)  New Young Pony Club  ~  “Get Lucky”

10)  Radiohead  ~  “Lucky”

11)  SHeDAISY  ~  “Lucky 4 You (Tonight I’m Just Me)”

12)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Lucky Now”

13)  Moksi & Chace ft. Yade Lauren  ~  “Lucky”

14)  Loverboy  ~  “Lucky Ones”

15)  Fazerdaze  ~  “Lucky Girl”

16)  Joe Walsh  ~  “Lucky That Way”

17)  Basia  ~  “Third Time Lucky”

18)  The Luckies  ~  “Happy-Go-Lucky”

19)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “I Feel Lucky”

20)  John Lee Hooker ft. Robert Cray  ~  “Mr. Lucky”

21)  Taylor Swift  ~  “The Lucky One”

22)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “My Lucky Day”

23)  Speedy Ortiz  ~  “Lucky 88”

24)  The Verve  ~  “Lucky Man”

25)  Kat Edmonson  ~  “Lucky”