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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Popular Songs Of 1974

Much as I did with my "Popular Songs Of 1964" post a few days ago, I've gathered some of the most popular songs recorded in 1974. Forty years ago, my parents were married, and four years later I arrived on the scene. And yet, I know almost of these songs as though they weren't "before my time." How many of these do you remember? ~ JH

1) Joni Mitchell ~ "Help Me"

2) Eagles ~ "Best Of My Love"

3) Carly Simon ~ "Haven't Got Time For The Pain"

4) The Hollies ~ "The Air That I Breathe"

5) Barbra Streisand ~ "The Way We Were"

6) Gordon Lightfoot ~ "Sundown"

7) Barry White ~ "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"

8) Anne Murray ~ "A Love Song"

9) Eric Clapton ~ "I Shot The Sheriff"

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10) Jimmy Buffett ~ "Come Monday"

11) Dolly Parton ~ "Jolene"

12) Elton John ~ "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

13) ABBA ~ "Waterloo"

14) Chicago ~ "Call On Me"

15) Linda Ronstadt ~ "You're No Good"

16) Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ "Sweet Home Alabama"

17) Carpenters ~ "I Won't Last A Day Without You"

18) Bob Marley & The Wailers ~ "No Woman No Cry"

19) John Denver ~ "Back Home Again"

20) Cher ~ "Dark Lady"

21) John Lennon ~ "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night"

22) Bachman Turner Overdrive ~ "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"

23) Olivia Newton-John ~ "I Honestly Love You"

24) Bay City Rollers ~ "Saturday Night"

25) Joe Cocker ~ "You Are So Beautiful"

Songs About Running

To answer the question you hadn't asked yet, yes, this is kinda-sorta an "Opposites" music post, as its follow-up – tomorrow or maybe even later today – is "Songs About Walking." In truth, it's really a bunch of songs with the word "Run" in the title (and conversely, the sequel is a bunch of songs with the word "Walk" in the title). Anyway, enough preamble. Ready, set, go! ~ JH

1) Bruce Springsteen ~ "Born To Run"

2) Lady Antebellum ~ "I Run To You"

3) Blues Traveler ~ "Run-Around"

4) Live ft. Shelby Lynne ~ "Run Away"

5) Gnarls Barkley ~ "Run"

6) Roxette ~ "Run To You"

7) Bryan Adams ~ "Run To You"

8) Pat Benatar ~ "You Better Run"

9) Kutless ~ "Run"

10) Garbage ~ "Run Baby Run"

11) Paul McCartney & Wings ~ "Band On The Run"

12) Sheryl Crow ~ "Run, Baby, Run"

13) Iron Maiden ~ "Run To The Hills"

14) Whitney Houston ~ "Run To You"

15) Snow Patrol ~ "Run"

16) Leona Lewis ~ "Run"

17) Darryl Worley ~ "A Good Day To Run"

18) Megan and Liz ~ "Run Away"

19) The Fray ~ "Run For Your Life"

20) Boyz II Men ~ "Water Runs Dry"

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Songs With "Lose" In The Title

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 of this series-within-a-series of "Opposites" music posts. In case you missed the "Win" songs post yesterday, you can view it here. Enjoy! ~ JH

1) Lionel Richie ~ "Don't Wanna Lose You"

2) Faith Hill ~ "You Can't Lose Me"

3) Tait ~ "Lose This Life"

4) Steely Dan ~ "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number"

5) Sting ~ "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"

6) Phil Collins ~ "Don't Lose My Number"

7) Mat Kearney ~ "Nothing Left To Lose"

8) Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams ~ "Lose Yourself To Dance"

9) Austra ~ "Lose It"

10) Tina Turner ~ "I Don't Wanna Lose You"

11) TobyMac ft. Kirk Franklin & Mandisa ~ "Lose My Soul"

12) The Wanted ~ "Lose My Mind"

13) OneRepublic ~ "If I Lose Myself"

14) Jennifer Rush ~ "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love"

15) Eminem ~ "Lose Yourself"

Monday, January 20, 2014

Songs With "Win" In The Title

Yep, this is another "Opposites" music post, but there were too many songs from both the "Win" and "Lose" sides that I decided to break it up into two separate posts. Next time, songs with "Lose" in the title. Enjoy! ~ JH

1) Shania Twain ~ "You Win My Love"