Ten Song Titles That Start With "Just"
This Pop Princess Got More Than Just One Look In The Seventied
Neither Justin Bieber Nor Justin Timberlake Are Included Here
Former colleagues had some good news to share with me, when I chanced to see them at the grocery store. They told me their son and daughter-in-law recently had their baby, a boy who became the first grandchild.
I out of courtesy asked them the weight of the newborn, which I quickly forgot. What I cannot forget is the answer to my next question, regarding the child's name.
Expecting Ethan or Liam or Carson or one of the other currently popular names, I was surprised when the proud grandparents said Just. I verbally assumed that it was short for Justin, but the grandmother informed me with a straight face that it was just Just with Avery as the middle name.
While it might be useful in a skit like Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First, Just is not really a good name to throw on a kid. The word itself is kind of handy, serving many purposes from amount to degree to fair.
Just also happens to make a great first word for a song title, and her are ten cases to prove that point.
1. Just Like a Woman by Bob Dylan
Leave it Dylan to land in the Top Ten with the first song that mentioned amphetamines, fitting in quite nicely with the other fifteen tunes from Blond on Blond.
2. Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel
Five years had elapsed since he charted with the title track of Piano Man, when this hit turned out to be one among many on The Stranger.
3. Just One Look by Linda Rondstadt
Living In the USA featured this hit and continued the roll Rondstadt had been on for several years, making her one the biggest acts in the mid Seventies.
4. Just What I Needed by the Cars
Ric Ocasek was the front man for the pop rock quintet, but it was bassist Benjamin Orr who did the lead vocals on their first big hit.
5. Just a Song Before I Go by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
At just barely over two minutes, this hit from the trio's second self titled album indicates that the singer was in kind of a hurry to depart. Had he wanted stay longer, he should have selected the group's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes."
6. Just You n' Me by Chicago
All of their five previous records were self-titled with a number following, so this Top Ten hit can be found on Chicago VI.
7. Just My Imagination by the Rolling Stones
Some Girls spawned some huge hits like "Beast of Burden" and "Miss You" but it's sweetest cut by this cover of a hit by the Temptations.
8. Just Got Lucky by the Jo Boxers
This title seems appropriate in hindsight, for the Eighties New Wave band would never again find good fortune enough to have another hit.
9. Just Be Cool by Urban Sprawl
Steve Eversole was the front man of this early Eighties Cincinnati band, whose guitar rock dominated the Queen City along with the Raisins.
10. Just Like Me by Paul Revere and the Raiders
Kicks were what Mark Lindsay and his band sang about best, and nowhere is that fun more apparent than on this huge hit.
