Songs By Irish Artists

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  ~  JH

1)  U2  ~  "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"

2)  Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains  ~  "The Foggy Dew"

3)  Two Door Cinema Club  ~  "Changing Of The Seasons"

4)  The Cranberries  ~  "Linger"

5)  Hothouse Flowers  ~  "Your Love Goes On"

6)  Samantha Mumba  ~  "Gotta Tell You"

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  "In The End"

8)  Enya  ~  "Anywhere Is"

9)  JEDWARD  ~  "Young Love"

10)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  "I Don't Know"  (Every now and then, I will end up buying someone's music after "discovering" them while doing a music blog post. This might be one of those cases. She's that good!)

11)  The Script  ~  "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"

12)  Carly Hennessy (Smithson)  ~  "I'm Gonna Blow Your Mind"

13)  Therapy?  ~  "Nowhere"

14)  Imelda May  ~  "Psycho"

15)  The Pogues  ~  "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"  (Wow, that dude's got some hideous teeth! I thought mine were bad!)*

16)  Clannad  ~  "I Will Find You"  (This one goes out to my wife, Mary, who loves both Clannad and THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, the movie from which song originates)

17)  Van Morrison  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (Most "live" versions of this classic song on YouTube are not so good – so here's the original studio version.)

18)  My Bloody Valentine  ~  "Only Shallow"

19)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "The Boys Are Back In Town"

20)  The Corrs  ~  "Breathless"

21)  Damien Rice  ~  "The Blower's Daughter"

22)  Gilbert O'Sullivan  ~  "Alone Again (Naturally)"

23)  Mundy  ~  "Kathy's Song"

24)  Aslan  ~  "Crazy World"

25)  The Boomtown Rats  ~  "I Don't Like Mondays"  (Me neither, Boomtown Rats!)

* Apparently, he got his teeth fixed. See here.

Songs With Men's Names In The Titles, Vol. 1

OK, so let's switch gears for a bit. Here's a collection of songs with men's names in the titles. This post is part 1 of 2, and part 3 of a greater 6-part series. If you've missed the previous editions, you'd better catch up! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  "Hey Jude"

2)  Paul Simon  ~  "You Can Call Me Al"

3)  Gorillaz  ~  "Clint Eastwood"

4)  Elton John  ~  "Daniel"

5)  The Marvelettes  ~  "Don't Mess With Bill"

6)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Hey Joe"

7)  ABBA  ~  "Fernando"

8)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Jessie's Girl"  (Despite the unconventional spelling, yes, Jessie is a dude.)

9)  Dionne Warwick  ~  "Alfie"

10)  Poe  ~  "Angry Johnny"

11)  Jim Croce  ~  "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"

12)  The Kingsmen  ~  "Louie, Louie"

13)  Pink Floyd  ~  "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"  (Even though there are no discernible lyrics to speak of, this is one creepy song and video! In other words, I like it!)

14)  The Coasters  ~  "Charlie Brown"

15)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Clay"

Songs With Women's Names In The Title – Pre-1980, Vol. 2

This is part 2 of a six-part series. If you missed part 1, you can read it here. This installment covers the rest of the pre-1980 songs with women's name in the titles. All the previous caveats about not yelling at me still apply. Thanks again to Carol, David, Wanda, Martha, Don, Daniel, Martina, Kevin, Penny, Melanie, and Angela for your suggestions, at least one of which made the final cut of 90 songs! Thanks also to those who suggested songs that didn't happen to make the cut. Enjoy! ~  JH

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

2)  Dion & The Del Satins  ~  "Runaround Sue"

3)  Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  ~  "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"

4)  Buddy Holly  ~  "Peggy Sue"

5)  Looking Glass  ~  "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)"

6)  The Four Tops  ~  "Bernadette"

7)  The Association  ~  "Along Comes Mary"  (Hands down, the weirdest song intro I've ever seen for a live performance.)

8)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "Cecilia"

9)  The Four Seasons  ~  "Dawn (Go Away)"

10)  Van Halen  ~  "Jamie's Cryin'"

11)  KISS  ~  "Beth"

12)  Nat King Cole  ~  "Ramblin' Rose"  (How many people do you know who would follow up a KISS song with one by Nat King Cole? I mean, really!)

13)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On Sloopy"  (Weird name, sure, but – based on the song's lyrics – definitely a girl.)

14)  Louis Armstrong  ~  "Hello, Dolly!"

15)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Angie"

Songs With Women's Names In The Titles – Pre-1980, Vol. 1

This is part one of what will be a six-part series, albeit in various categories for each set of entries. The first installment covers half of all the pre-1980 songs with women's names in the titles that I've gathered. You might call it the "Oldies Edition," although some of the '70s songs here feel a lot more recent than they actually are. If you see a song I left out, don't yell at me yet. There's a part 2 to this one. And there are 2 parts forthcoming for post-1980 songs with women's names in the titles. Then there are 2 posts forthcoming – not separated out by years – of songs with men's names in the titles. If all 6 parts have come out and you still feel I've missed a vital song, you may then feel free to yell at me. 

Thank you to Carol, David, Wanda, Martha, Don, Daniel, Martina, Kevin, Penny, Melanie, and Angela for all your contributions via Facebook in advance of these posts. At least one of your suggestions made the final cut of 90 songs! For those of you who suggested songs that didn't make the cut, I truly appreciate your input – I just had to limit myself somewhere, or else these posts could go on for weeks and weeks! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Maggie May"

2)  Barry Manilow  ~  "Mandy"  (This might be the only Manilow song I ever post here – I'm not a huge fan – but this is a good song, so here it is.)

3)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Mustang Sally"

4)  Ritchie Valens  ~  "Donna"

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5)  The Turtles  ~  "Elenore"

6)  Paul Anka  ~  "Diana"

7)  Ram Jam  ~  "Black Betty"

8)  The Knack  ~  "My Sharona"

9)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Help Me, Rhonda"

10)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Proud Mary"

11)  Neil Diamond  ~  "Sweet Caroline"

12)  The Police  ~  "Roxanne"

13)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Layla"  (Music purists might be annoyed at me for including Clapton's "Unplugged" version of this song instead of the original Derek And The Dominos rock-n-roll version – but this is the one I prefer, so...yeah.)

14)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "Oh, Carol"

15)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Rhiannon"