Top Ten songs by artists beginning with H

11/06/08 | Phil. K

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Here We Go!

Haddaway-What is Love?

Harry Chapin- Mr.Tanner

Herman's Hermits- No Milk Today

The Hollies- He ain't Heavy, He's my brother

The Human League-Sound of the Crowd

hazel O Conner- Will you

Heaven 17-Geisha Boys and Temple Girls

Hawkwind- Silver Machine

Hall and Oates- Adult Education

Huey Lewis and The News- Small World

[Flashlight]

Harry Chapin- Mr.Tanner
Herman’s Hermits- No Milk Today
The Hollies- He ain’t Heavy, He’s my brother
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(I’m joining this discussion late)

No question, ‘Taxi’ for Chapin. I don’t know the intro to ‘Tanner’ (anyways we’re judging top songs here not top intros), but the ‘Tanner’ chorus, verses, and music seem pretty trite when compared to ‘Taxi’, a relative masterpiece.

Milk is a very good song, but not quite the quality of Mrs Brown and Something Good.

‘Heavy’ is a legitimate favorite, but Bus Stop has more originality in the lyrics and music, as well as an understated sentimentality (as opposed to the hit-you-over-the-head emotionality of ‘Heavy.’)

also:

High School Musical Cast - Stick To The Status Quo
Hannah Montana - If We Were A Movie

- ‘Stick’ was used as the Act 1 finale in the stage version.
- ‘Movie’ is a great song.

[weegee]

And here I was prepared to add this one...

Hawkwind- Silver Machine

[weegee]

Human Beinz - Nobody But Me

[Wyatt's Torch]

Hoodoo Guru’s - Bittersweet

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Darnit! I missed the bands with hit songs starting with “G” thread!

[CougarGA7]

I’m just like you. I put my pants on one leg at a time. The difference is, after I put my pants on. I make gold records.

[mnehring]

HIM- Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly, Vampire Heart, Dark Light, etc, etc

Hinder- Get Stoned

Hole- Celebrity Skin, Northern Star, Doll Parts

[TomServo]

Hey bud!

What rumor would that be? I’ve never heard of one on this album. I haven’t looked at the thing in quite a few years. I’d have to dig it out of storage..ugh..

[GSWarrior]

Anything by Hem

[dighton]

THUD! went my lead balloon of a joke. Y’know, buying it for the music, like guys buy Playboy for the articles.

;-)

[slugbug]

I love Head East! I think I still have their CD around here somewhere...

Hall and Oates-She’s Gone
Hinder-Lips Of An Angel
Heart-Crazy On You

[TomServo]

Oh good grief

LOL!! Damn I’m slow sometimes..;-)

Glad I didn’t go to the attic and start looking for it..

[SkiKnee]

Humble Pie - Thirty Days in the Hole
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love

[SkiKnee]

How ‘bout King Crimson?

[SkiKnee]

Quicksilver isn’t a color, it’s MERCURY!!!

[Salamander]

Silver’s still a color.
Any color anywhere in the band name counts.

[like Norman Greenbaum]

The Blues Magoos.

[BluesDuke]

Jimi Hendrix Experience, "The Wind Cries Mary"
Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage"
The Hollies, "Bus Stop"
George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord"
Howlin' Wolf, "I Asked For Water (She Give Me Gasoline)"
Hawkwind, "Assault and Battery/The Golden Void"
John Lee Hooker, "It Serve You Right to Suffer"
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "I Put a Spell On You"
Woody Herman, "Woodchopper's Ball"
Hall & Oates, "Say It Isn't So"

[BluesDuke]

Honourable Mention . . .

Billie Holiday, "I'm a Fool to Want You" (From her final album, Lady in Satin---no voice left, feeling only, and she damn near snatched the song from Frank Sinatra. If this is really how she was feeling at the time, forget how young she died and thank God she lived as long as she did.)
Coleman Hawkins, "I Love Paris"
The Human Beinz, "Nobody But Me" (The second best white band-beats-the-Isley-Brothers-at-their-own-game behind the Beatles' "Twist and Shout")
Buddy Holly, "True Love Ways"

[BluesDuke]

Name every band with a ~color~ in their name, such as Frijid Pink.

[one band name per person, please]

Only one?

No can do . . .

Pink Floyd
The Blue Nile
Blue Oyster Cult
Great White
Average White Band
Green Day
King Crimson
Deep Purple
Savoy Brown
Black Oak Arkansas

And, how about bands with food names?

Vanilla Fudge
Cream
Hot Chocolate
The Chocolate Watch Band
The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Admit it---you still think "Incense and Peppermints" is a classic guilty pleasure.)
Bread
Ultimate Spinach (Remember the ill-fated "Boss-town Sound" hype around Boston-based bands in the late 1960s?)
The Jam
Marmalade (Surely you remember---though you might be trying to forget---"Reflections of My Life.")
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies
The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Wild Cherry
Spice Girls
The Meat Puppets
The Raspberries
The Candymen (longtime backing group for Roy Orbison)
Sugarloaf
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

[Captain Beyond]

Thanks for reminding me about Hinder good song. Yeah “Never Been Any Reason” has always been one of my favorites. Head East got that one right.

I am hoping Tesla will do “Never Been Any Reason”, Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “Sledgehammer” and Kansas’ “The Devil’s Game” on their next Real to Reel Vol. 3.

They did a really great job with Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 on these songs.
1. Space Truckin’
2. Walk Away
3. Hand Me Down World
4. Bad Reputation
5. Thank You
6. I’ve Got A Feeling
7. Day Of The Eagle
8. Ball Of Confusion
9. Rock Bottom
10. Stealin’
11. Bell Bottom Blues
12. Honky Tonk Women
13. Dear Mr. Fantasy

Vol 2:

1. All The Young Dudes
2. Make It Last
3. Shooting Star
4. Not Fragile
5. Street Fighting Man
6. It Is My Body
7. I Want To Take You Higher
8. Do You Feel Like We Do
9. Beer Drinkers And Hellraisers
10. Seasons Of Wither
11. Saturday Night Special
12. War Pigs