Here's a collection of songs with "America," "U.S.A.," or some similar derivative in their titles, most of which have little or nothing to do with our country. In a future post, I'll put together a group of songs which actually mention America more than just in passing. But for now, this is all you get. Enjoy – or roll your eyes. Both responses could be justified. ~ JH
1) Demi Lovato ~ "Made in the USA"
2) Beach Boys ~ "Surfin' USA"
3) Cimorelli ~ "Made In America"
4) Bruce Springsteen ~ "Born In The U.S.A."
5) Miley Cyrus ~ "Party In The U.S.A."
6) Razorlight ~ "America"
7) Victorious Cast ft. Victoria Justice ~ "Make It In America"
8) Alice Cooper ~ "Lost In America"
9) Bonnie McKee ~ "American Girl"
10) David Bowie ft. Nine Inch Nails ~ "I'm Afraid Of Americans"
Here's an "Opposites" music post that almost didn't happen. I was able to find more than enough "Miss" songs, but very few "Hit" songs – ironically. (You'll get that pun later.) In the end, it's almost balanced but not perfectly so, and that bothers me. Which probably says more about me than I feel like analyzing right now. Anyway, the songs...enjoy? ~ JH
1) Suede ~ "Hit Me"
2) Aerosmith ~ "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"
3) Pat Benatar ~ "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
4) Brad Paisley ~ "I'm Gonna Miss Her"
5) Mr. Tom ~ "Feet Hit The Floor"
6) Fifth Harmony ~ "Miss Movin' On"
7) Blu Cantrell ~ "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)"
8) Little Richard ~ "Good Golly Miss Molly"
9) Gia Farrell ~ "Hit Me Up"
10) Kelly Clarkson ~ "Miss Independent"
11) Ray Charles ~ "Hit The Road, Jack!"
12) Catalin Josan ~ "Don't Wanna Miss You"
13) Hole ~ "Miss World"
14) Britney Spears ~ "(Hit Me) Baby One More Time" (Okay, so I cheated on this one. "Hit Me" isn't actually part of the song title, but it is in the chorus of the song. So sue me!)
This collection of "Falling In Love" songs is pretty straightforward, at first glance. However, it's part 1 of 2. The followup post will be "Heartbreak" songs. So get ready to smile here, but be prepared to frown later. ~ JH
1) Selena ~ "I Could Fall In Love"
2) Landon Pigg ~ "Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop"
3) Jason Castro ~ "Let's Just Fall In Love Again"
4) Kellie Pickler ~ "Makin' Me Fall In Love Again"
5) Céline Dion & Clive Griffin ~ "When I Fall In Love"
6) Earth, Wind, & Fire ~ "Fall In Love With Me"
7) Estelle ft. John Legend ~ "Fall In Love"
8) UB40 ~ "Can't Help Falling In Love"
9) Alabama ~ "How Do You Fall In Love"
10) Eddie Money ~ "Fall In Love Again"
11) Brad Paisley ~ "Two People Fell In Love"
12) Peter Cetera & Amy Grant ~ "Next Time I Fall" (As many times as I've heard this song, I never knew Amy Grant was the female singer! Did you know that?)
13) Alicia Keys ~ "Fallin'"
14) Lila McCann ~ "I Wanna Fall In Love"
15) Gloria Estefan ~ "Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)"
16) The Spinners ~ "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"
17) Tyler Ward ft. Alex G. ~ "Falling"
18) The Kelly Family ~ "Fell In Love With An Alien"
A couple of days ago, as part of my baker's dozen of "Good" songs,
I posted this video of Chris Malinchak's "So Good To Me."
In the video, a little girl befriends a giraffe, plays hide-and-seek
with him, then proceeds to take him home with her.
I'm not gonna lie to you: this simple yet wonderful video warmed my
heart, and reminded me how much I really love giraffes. With that in
mind, today's post will consist entirely of songs which either feature
a giraffe prominently in the video, or are actually songs about giraffes,
or have the word "giraffe" in the titles, or are performed by bands with
the word "giraffe" in their names. Random, I know, but whatever...
1) And The Giraffe ~ "Underground Love" (A super-chill, acoustic guitar-driven pop song with Sting-ish vocals)
2) Giraffage & XXYYXX ~ "Even Though"(There isn't much of a song here, but the video is trippy, and becomes even more so if you dare to place your finger in the middle of the screen at key moments – I tried it – my head hurt, but it has recovered)
3) Kim Wheeler ~ "The Giraffe Song"(This quirky yet talented Scottish singer wrote and performs this cute song, from the perspective of a giraffe who aspires to do things he's not physiologically able to do)
4) The Hush Now ~ "Vietnam Giraffe"(The title seems to be completely unrelated to the lyrics, but this jangle-rock anthem is good for a listen)
5) Zebra Mountain ~ "Giraffe High Priest" (This is probably one of the worst songs I've ever heard – and I've heard plenty. The "singing," the "music," all of it, is just horrible. Worse yet, based on the few lyrics that I could actually understand, these guys appear to be a "Christian screamo band" – I don't recommend watching the video, but if you do, at least you were warned of its suckiness)
6) Brad Paisley ~ "Southern Comfort Zone" (This memorable song features Paisley rocking out with a giraffe in the [zoo?] [jungle?] Either way, it's awesome!)
7) The Still Life ~ "Giraffe"(A power pop/punk rock song with a decent vocalist is hard to come by, but these guys seem to have found one – don't have a clue what the song has to do with giraffes, though)
8) Curly Giraffe ~ "Water On"(I can't understand even half of the lyrics to this song, and the video makes almost no sense whatsoever, but the music's pretty chill, so I can dig it)
9) The Flaming Lips ~ "This Here Giraffe"(This is kind of a dumb song by an otherwise good band, but it does make me wonder – what would a giraffe laugh sound like?)
10) Zebra & Giraffe ~ "Sons" (Never heard of this band before, but they call themselves the names of two of my favorite jungle animals, so they're alright by me! Pretty good-sounding song, actually)
11) Steam Powered Giraffe ~ "Honeybee" (This is a really weird video [cool-weird, I might add], but the song and the singers are absolutely fantastic! Let's make it a double, shall we?)
12) Steam Powered Giraffe ~ "Brass Goggles"(So theatrical! Such great singing and music! I'm an instant fan!)
