"Young" & "Old" Songs

Here's something new – well, not really. It's another "Opposites" music post. But I've never done these particular opposites before, so there ya go. Sorry, One Direction fans – you won't find the "Live While We're Young" video here. Mainly because the song, despite the fact that it has more than 250 million views on YouTube, is fairly horrible. In this blogger's opinion, at least. Hopefully you'll enjoy the good songs that are collected here, though.  ~  JH

1)  Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe  ~  "We Are Young"

2)  The Judds  ~  "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)"

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Young And Beautiful"

4)  The Civil Wars  ~  "Same Old Same Old"

5)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Young Blood"

6)  Queen  ~  "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

7)  Hollywood Undead  ~  "Young"

8)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "The Old Apartment"

9)  Brandon Flowers  ~  "Only The Young"

10)  Rednex  ~  "Old Pop In An Oak"

11)  3 Doors Down  ~  "When You're Young"

12)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Ol' Red"  (Ol', not Old – close enough)

13)  Lucy Schwartz  ~  "When We Were Young"

14)  Four Tops  ~  "It's The Same Old Song"

15)  Peter Bjorn And John ft. Victoria Bergsman  ~  "Young Folks"

16)  George Strait  ~  "The Seashores Of Old Mexico"

17)  Laleh  ~  "Some Die Young"

18)  Anna Cate  ~  "This Old Radio"

19)  Slick Rick  ~  "Hey Young World"

20)  Lenka  ~   "We Will Not Grow Old"

Rock 'N' Roll Songs About Rock 'N' Roll

Here's something different. I know a couple of these songs are repeats from older posts, but I actually don't care since they're such good songs. Lots of classic songs here. Take a listen. Feel free to sing along like there's nobody listening. I won't tell!  ~  JH

1)  AC/DC  ~  "That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'N' Roll"

2)  KISS  ~  "Rock 'N' Roll All Nite"

3)  Dio  ~  "King Of Rock 'N' Roll"

4)  Bob Seger  ~  "Old Time Rock And Roll"

5)  Meat Loaf  ~  "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through"  (Yes, that IS a young Angelina Jolie in the video!)

6)  Ramones  ~  "Rock 'N' Roll High School"

7)  Billy Joel  ~  "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"

8)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Rock And Roll"

9)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  "The Heart Of Rock & Roll"

10)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Rock 'N' Roll Is King"

11)  The Beatles  ~  "Rock And Roll Music"

12)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)"

13)  Rainbow  ~  "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll"

14)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"

15)  Queen  ~  "We Will Rock You"

Songs About Princes, Princesses, Kings, & Queens

This is another one of those I-heard-a-song-on-the-radio-that-I-really-liked-and-wanted-to-find-a-way-to-fit-it-into-a-music-post kind of posts. It turned out to be a good idea, as I was able to find a good number of songs about not only princes (the first song in this list inspired the post), but princesses, kings, and queens as well. One of these was actually the theme song of a TV show, and two of them are from Disney animated movies. The rest are from...wherever. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Two Princes"

2)  Queen  ~  "Princes Of The Universe"  (If I were including artists with "royalty" names, this would be a two-for-one!)

3)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air"

4)  Aladdin Cast  ~  "Prince Ali"

5)  Adriana Caselotti (as Snow White)  ~  "Someday My Prince Will Come"

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6)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "Poison Prince"

7)  Coldplay ft. Rihanna  ~  "Princess Of China"

8)  Megan And Liz  ~  "Princess Charming"

9)  Something Corporate  ~  "Punk Rock Princess"

10)  RUN-DMC  ~  "King Of Rock"

11)  Matisyahu  ~  "King Without A Crown"

12)  Sade  ~  "King Of Sorrow"

13)  Letta  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

14)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "King Of Anything"

15)  Steve Martin  ~  "King Tut"  (LOL!)

16)  Westlife  ~  "Queen Of My Heart"

17)  ABBA  ~  "Dancing Queen"

18)  April Wine  ~  "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen"

19)  John Mayer  ~  "Queen Of California"

20)  Billy Ocean  ~  "Caribbean Queen"

"Start" & "Stop" Songs

Another "Opposites" song post. Because I feel like it, THAT's why! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  No Other Name  ~  "Let It Start With Me"

2)  Sam Brown  ~  "Stop"

3)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  "Now Is The Start"

4)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Can't Stop"

5)  Miley Cyrus  ~  "Start All Over"  (I refuse to post Miley's newer, trashier song – "We Can't Stop" – which also would have fit with this theme)

6)  The Pipettes  ~  "Stop The Music"

7)  Gogol Bordello  ~  "Start Wearing Purple"  (Weird song, but oddly appropriate considering the town I live in)

8)  Angelique Sabrina ft. Shontelle  ~  "Stop Sign"

9)  Editors  ~  "An End Has A Start"

10)  Glee Cast  ~  "Don't Stop Believing"  (R.I.P. Cory Monteith: Another young talent who went too soon)

11)  Billy Joel  ~  "We Didn't Start The Fire"

12)  Queen  ~  "Don't Stop Me Now"

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13)  Arcade Fire  ~  "Ready To Start"

14)  Foster The People  ~  "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)"

15)  Sara Evans  ~  "A Real Fine Place To Start"

16)  John Fogerty (of Creedence Clearwater Revival)  ~  "Who'll Stop The Rain?"

17)  Maria Taylor  ~  "A Good Start"

18)  James Morrison  ~  "Please Don't Stop The Rain"

19)  The Trews  ~  "If You Wanna Start Again"

20)  Spice Girls  ~  "Stop"

"Under" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to yesterday's "Over" songs post, a collection of tunes with "Under" in the titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alex Hepburn  ~  "Under"

2)  Men At Work  ~  "Down Under"

3)  Evanescence  ~  "Going Under"

4)  Conjure One ft. Leigh Nash  ~  "Under The Gun"

5)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Under The Bridge"

6)  Seether  ~  "Driven Under"

7)  Queen ft. David Bowie  ~  "Under Pressure"

8)  Stryper  ~  "Soldiers Under Command"

9)  The Strokes  ~  "Under Cover Of Darkness"

10)  MIKA  ~  "Underwater"

11)  Parachute  ~  "Under Control"

12)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Under The Weather"

13)  CrashCarBurn  ~  "Under A Falling Sky"

14)  Cheryl Cole  ~  "Under The Sun"

15)  PJ Harvey  ~  "When Under Ether"

16)  Meiko  ~  "Under My Bed"

17)  The Little Mermaid Cast  ~  "Under The Sea"

18)  The Drifters  ~  "Under The Boardwalk"

19)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Under My Thumb"  (Wow! Chauvinistic much?)

20)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "Under My Skin"