Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 2

Continuing this miniseries of songs that were popular ten years ago, here's another set that's sure to make you feel old. At least a little. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Coldplay  ~  “Viva La Vida”

2)  M.I.A.  ~  “Paper Planes”

3)  Kid Rock  ~  “All Summer Long”

4)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “7 Things”

5)  Gavin Rossdale  ~  “Love Remains The Same”

6)  Keyshia Cole  ~  “I Remember”

7)  Gary Allan  ~  “Learning How To Bend”

8)  P!nk  ~  “So What”

9)  Chris Brown  ~  “With You”

10)  Jewel  ~  “Stronger Woman”

11)  Keith Urban  ~  “You Look Good In My Shirt”

12)  Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo  ~  “Hate That I Love You”

13)  John Mayer  ~  “Say”

14)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Should’ve Said No”

15)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Take You There”

16)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “All-American Girl”

17)  Lupe Fiasco ft. Matthew Santos  ~  “Superstar”

18)  Katy Perry  ~  “I Kissed A Girl”

19)  Darius Rucker  ~  “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”

20)  Estelle ft. Kanye West  ~  “American Boy”

Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again when I turn back time and post songs from the previous decades. I do this both for the sake of reminiscence and to remind myself, and by extension all of you, how old I am/we are. These songs are, remarkably, ten years old as of this year. As are the ones in the three posts that will follow this. Then we'll move on to the twenty-year-old songs, and boy, will you feel old then! (Stay tuned, as it only gets worse – we will go way back before we're done!) Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Leona Lewis  ~  “Bleeding Love”

2)  Linkin Park  ~  “Shadow Of The Day”

3)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Love Don’t Live Here”

4)  3 Doors Down  ~  “It’s Not My Time”

5)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”

6)  Santana ft. Chad Kroeger  ~  “Into The Night”

7)  Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown  ~  “No Air”

8)  David Archuleta  ~  “Crush”

9)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Just A Dream”

10)  Soulja Boy Tell’em  ~  “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”

11)  Britney Spears   ~  “Piece Of Me”

12)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Miss Independent”

13)  Rihanna  ~  “Disturbia”

14)  Josh Turner  ~  “Another Try”

15)  Beyoncé  ~  “If I Were A Boy”

16)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I’m Yours”

17)  Fergie  ~  “Clumsy”

18)  Secondhand Serenade  ~  “Fall For You”

19)  Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland  ~  “4 Minutes”

20)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  “In Love With A Girl”

“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the "Nice" & "Slow department, there's this set of songs. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Niall Horan  ~  “Slow Hands”

2)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “How Nice A Woman Can Be”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “A Slow Drag With Josephine”

4)  Ambrosia  ~  “Nice, Nice, Very Nice”

5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Slow Down, Sister”

6)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone”

7)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Slow”

8)  Iggy Pop ft. Izia  ~  “Nice To Be Dead”

9)  San Cisco  ~  “SloMo”

10)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice”

11)  St. Vincent  ~  “Slow Disco”

12)  Sleeper  ~  “Nice Guy Eddie”

13)  Grouplove  ~  “Slow”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Nice Guys Finish Last”

15)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Slow”

16)  Diana Krall  ~  “So Nice”

17)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Slow Dancin’”

18)  Chester See  ~  “Nice Guys”

19)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Slow, Cruel Hands Of Time”

20)  The Stranglers  ~  “Nice In Nice”

21)  The Weepies  ~  “Slow Pony Home”

22)  Peggy Lee & Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

23)  Lera Lynn  ~  “Slow Motion Countdown”

24)  Incubus  ~  “Nice To Know You”

25)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Slow Happy Boys”

“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 1

What happens when you do a "Naughty" & "Nice" post in December and have too many "Nice" songs left over in January? You do a "Nice" & "Slow" post (two of 'em, actually). The previous two "Slow" & "Steady" posts were a byproduct of having too many good "Slow" songs leftover from this collection. Go figure! Oh, yeah...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alice Cooper  ~  “No More Mr. Nice Guy”

2)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Waking Up Slow”

3)  Stereophonics  ~  “Have A Nice Day”

4)  Jewel  ~  “Long, Slow Slide”

5)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Have A Nice Day”

6)  Relient K  ~  “Forget And Not Slow Down”

7)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Not Ready To Make Nice”

8)  Andy Grammer  ~  “The Heavy And The Slow”

9)  Forever The Sickest Kids  ~  “Nice To Meet You”

10)  Benjamin Booker  ~  “Slow Coming”

11)  Ray Charles & Diane Schuur  ~  “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To”

12)  Carina Round  ~  “Down Slow”

13)  Slow Mass  ~  “Nice But Not Kind”

14)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “Uncomfortably Slow”

15)  The New Seekers  ~  “It’s So Nice”

16)  Hurray For The Riff Raff  ~  “Slow Walk”

17)  Ida Maria  ~  “Quite Nice People”

18)  The The  ~  “Slow Emotion Replay”  (The song starts around the 4:15 mark.)

19)  PARTYNEXTDOOR  ~  “Not Nice”

20)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “Long, Slow Goodbye”

21)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice”

22)  Boy George  ~  “Nice And Slow”

23)  Baskery  ~  “Nobody Nice”

24)  Blondie  ~  “Slow Motion”

25)  Jesse Green  ~  “Nice & Slow”

“Slow” & “Steady” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another smooth set of "Slow" & "Steady" Songs for your listening pleasure. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  No Doubt  ~  “Rock Steady”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Slow Down, Linda”

3)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Steady As We Go”

4)  India.Arie  ~  “Slow Down”

5)  Steffany Gretzinger  ~  “Steady Heart”

6)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Slow Night, So Long”

7)  The Raconteurs  ~  “Steady As She Goes”

8)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Slow”

9)  P.O.D.  ~  “West Coast Rock Steady”

10)  Halsey ft. Lido  ~  “Slow”

11)  The Whispers  ~  “Rock Steady”

12)  Hoobastank  ~  “Slow Down”

13)  Shawn Colvin  ~  “Steady On”

14)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Slow Train”

15)  The Larkins ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “Steady As The Rain”

16)  John Mayer  ~  “Slow Dancing In A Burning Room”

17)  Leagues  ~  “Slow And Steady”

18)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Slow Down”

19)  Faron Young  ~  “Going Steady”

20)  The Lumineers  ~  “Slow It Down”

21)  Bad Company  ~  “Rock Steady”

22)  David Bowie  ~  “Slow Burn”

23)  Brandon Heath  ~  “Steady Now”

24)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  “Slow And Steady”

25)  SVRCINA  ~  “Steady”