Seriously, I'm not gonna tell you the theme this time. It's not that hard, really. ~ JH
1) ABBA ~ "The Winner Takes It All"
2) Keane ~ "Crystal Ball"
3) Secondhand Serenade ~ "Your Call"
4) B.o.B. ~ "Don't Let Me Fall"
5) Robin Sparkles ~ "Let's Go To The Mall"
6) Classified ~ "3 Foot Tall" (NOTE: The words on the screen are labels that people are unfairly given by bullies and the like – if you take offense, you're missing the point!)
7) Oasis ~ "Wonderwall"
8) The Cyrkle ~ "Red Rubber Ball"
9) Kings Of Leon ~ "On Call"
10) John Mellencamp ~ "Walk Tall"
11) Bat For Lashes ~ "A Wall"
12) Mariah Carey ~ "Whenever You Call"
13) Miley Cyrus ~ "Wrecking Ball" (FYI: This "Director's Cut" is the family-friendly version)
I'm not gonna lie to you – this is another post that originated from me wanting to add a certain song to a music post and not being able to think of a better way to include it other than this cockamamie concept. As it turns out, there are way more artists with repetitious names than I thought (e.g., Duran Duran, Goo Goo Dolls, and Yo-Yo Ma, to name a few). So maybe it was a dumb idea at first, but it turned out pretty well in the end. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Phillip Phillips ~ "Gone, Gone, Gone" (This is repetition to the extreme – both the artist AND the song title have repeated words. But what a great song!)
2) Duran Duran ~ "Hungry Like The Wolf"
3) The Ting Tings ~ "That's Not My Name"
4) Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ "Maps"
5) The The ~ "I Saw The Light"
6) The Go-Go's ~ "Our Lips Are Sealed"
7) Tom Tom Club ~ "Genius Of Love"
8) Wet Wet Wet ~ "Sweet Surrender"
9) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ~ "The Impression That I Get"
10) Goo Goo Dolls ~ "Iris"
11) Mr. Mister ~ "Is It Love"
12) Frou Frou ~ "Must Be Dreaming"
13) Bow Wow Wow ~ "I Want Candy"
14) Everything Everything ~ "Cough Cough" (Direct to you from the Department of Redundancy Department)
15) JoJo ~ "Too Little Too Late"
BONUS TRACK: Yo-Yo Ma ~ "Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1" (For the more cultured among us – I'm not necessarily including myself in that company)
Apparently, my on-again, off-again affair with "Opposites" music posts continues. (Pun fully intended.) There're some really good songs here. Enjoy! ~ JH
Technically speaking, "ain't" may be improper English, but it just so happens to be a word contained within the titles of some of the greatest popular songs ever written, several of which are represented here. My personal favorites among these are #5 and #8. Which ones do you like best? (This doesn't *have to* be a rhetorical question.) ~ JH
1) Weezer ~ "Say It Ain't So"
2) Bon Jovi ~ "This Ain't A Love Song"
3) Cage The Elephant ~ "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"
4) Craig Morgan ~ "This Ain't Nothin'"
5) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ~ "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
6) Alicia Keys ~ "If I Ain't Got You"
7) Eric B. & Rakim ~ "I Ain't No Joke"
8) Patty Smyth & Don Henley ~ "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"
9) Bachman Turner Overdrive ~ "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
10) Fats Domino ~ "Ain't That A Shame"
11) Sweet Brown ~ "Ain't Nobody Got Time For That"
12) Four Tops ~ "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)"
13) Jennifer Lopez ~ "Ain't It Funny"
14) Brett Dennen ~ "Ain't No Reason" (Just try to ignore the ridiculous hairdo – this guy can sing!)
15) The Hollies ~ "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
16) Shania Twain ~ "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)"