"Symphony" Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first set in a three-part series of posts featuring songs with the word "Symphony" in their titles. For the most part, the songs themselves are not symphonies, nor are they part of symphonies (with a few notable exceptions). But they are quite good. I hope you, like I did when compiling them, will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson  ~  "Symphony"

2)  The Verve  ~  "Bittersweet Symphony"

3)  Switch ft. Dillon Chase  ~  "Symphony"

4)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Symphony"

5)  Zeds Dead x Charlotte OC  ~  "Symphony"

6)  Josh Groban  ~  "Symphony"

7)  Flux Pavilion ft. Layna  ~  "Symphony"

8)  Newsboys United  ~  "Symphony"

9)  Jamie Falk  ~  "Symphony"

10)  Linkin Park  ~  "Battle Symphony"

11)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Symphony"

12)  Tim Hughes  ~  "Symphony"

13)  The Supremes  ~  "I Hear A Symphony"

14)  Snow Patrol  ~  "The Symphony"

15)  Monica  ~  "Street Symphony"

16)  Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli  ~  "Perfect Symphony"  (Wow! I thought the original version of "Perfect" was great. And it was! But this one is much richer and more nuanced!)

17)  Jana Kramer  ~  "Unfinished Symphony"

18)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  "One Note Symphony"

19)  Katie Melua  ~  "Secret Symphony"

20)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "Symphony"

21)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Black Symphony"

22)  Hanson  ~  "Tragic Symphony"

23)  Blonde Redhead  ~  "Symphony Of Treble"

24)  Kansas  ~  "Lamplight Symphony"

25)  Marie Digby  ~  "Symphony"

26)  Carole King  ~  "Welfare Symphony"

27)  The Digital Age  ~  "Symphony Of Grace"

  

MC Hammer's & Céline Dion's Greatest Hits

Today, two iconic artists are celebrating their birthdays. So I thought it only fitting to put together a retrospective of their best and most well-known hit songs in one post. Never mind that these artists have completely different styles. Without further delay, it's Hammer Time! And it's also Queen of Pop Time. So...enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  It seemed redundant to put the artist's name before the title of the song here as I normally do. But honestly, if you can't tell whose song it is you probably need to get both your hearing and your vision checked.

1)  “U Can’t Touch This”

2)  “Beauty And The Beast”  (with Peabo Bryson)

3)  “Pray”

4)  “If You Asked Me To”

5)  “2 Legit 2 Quit”

6)  “When I Fall In Love”  (with Clive Griffin)

7)  “Addams Groove”

8)  “The Power Of Love”

9)  “Pumps And A Bump”

10)  “To Love You More”

11)  “Here Comes The Hammer”

12)  “Because You Loved Me”

13)  “Have You Seen Her”

14)  “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”

15)  “Turn This Mutha Out”

16)  “All By Myself”

17)  “Pump It Up”

18)  “My Heart Will Go On”

19)  “They Put Me In The Mix”

20)  “I’m Your Angel”  (with R. Kelly)

21)  “It’s All Good”

22)  “That’s The Way It Is”

23)  “This Is The Way We Roll”

24)  “A New Day Has Come”

25)  “Don’t Stop”

26)  “Taking Chances”

27)  “Sultry Funk”  (with VMF)

28)  “The Prayer”  (with Andrea Bocelli)

29)  “Goin’ Up Yonder”

30)  “Loved Me Back To Life”

Songs About Praying, Vol. 4

Last but not least, there's this set of Songs About Praying. I hope you have enjoyed listening to these songs as much as I did when compiling them. If that's possible!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Like A Prayer”

2)  Manafest  ~  “Pray”

3)  Dan + Shay  ~  “When I Pray For You”

4)  K. Michelle  ~  “A Mother’s Prayer”

5)  Billy Joel  ~  “Travelin’ Prayer”

6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Through My Prayers”

7)  Casting Crowns  ~  “What If His People Prayed”

8)  The Cure  ~  “Prayers For Rain”

9)  Wyclef Jean  ~  “I Pray”

10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Let Us Pray”

11)  Otis Redding  ~  “My Lover’s Prayer”

12)  Alabama 3  ~  “Too Sick To Pray”

13)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  “Won’t Stop Praying”

14)  Rise Against  ~  “Prayer Of The Refugee”

15)  Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli  ~  “The Prayer”

16)  Jaron And The Long Road To Love  ~  “Pray For You”

17)  Tina Cousins  ~  “Pray”

18)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “Praying To A God”

19)  Ricky Skaggs & Patty Loveless  ~  “Daniel Prayed”

20)  Seal  ~  “Prayer For The Dying”

“Truth” Or “Dare” Songs, Vol. 4

Last but not least...these "Truth" or "Dare" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fantasia  ~  “Truth Is”

2)  Shinedown  ~  “I Dare You”

3)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?”

4)  Brent Bourgeois  ~  “Dare To Fall”

5)  The The  ~  “Sweet Bird Of Truth”

6)  Sarah Darling  ~  “How Dare You”

7)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Love You With The Truth”

8)  Greyce  ~  “Dare To Dream”

9)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Half The Truth”

10)  The xx  ~  “I Dare You”

11)  Dr. Dog  ~  “The Truth”

12)  Andrea Bocelli & Laura Pausini  ~  “Dare To Live”

13)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Truth No. 2”

14)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Dare To Believe”

15)  Epica  ~  “Introspect / Monopoly On Truth”

16)  Broken Flags  ~  “Dare To Dream”

17)  Sara Evans  ~  “Three Cords And The Truth”

18)  Paul Westerberg  ~  “I Will Dare”

19)  Seether  ~  “Truth”

20)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “We Dared The Lightning”

A Dozen And A Half Renditions Of “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”

BLOGGER'S NOTE: I actually put this post together around this time last year and saved it, but forgot to post it before the Christmas season had passed. So here ya go!

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED INTRO:  Sometimes, to really appreciate a song you have to hear it by a variety of different artists. Admittedly, 18 different artists is a bit overkill, but I had a hard time narrowing it down. You should have heard some of the ones that DIDN'T make the cut! Anyway, just pick and choose which ones you want to listen to, and comment wherever you saw this post with your personal favorite rendition. I definitely know my favorite. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Christina Aguilera

2)  Mel Tormé & Judy Garland  (Trivia Note: Tormé, along with a guy named Robert Wells, actually wrote this classic Christmas song.)

3)  Carpenters

4)  Michael Bublé

5)  Donna Summer

6)  Jamie Foxx

7)  Shirley Bassey & BLAKE

8)  Gaither Vocal Band

9)  Jewel

10)  Nat King Cole

11)  John Denver & Anne Murray

12)  Stevie Wonder

13)  JoJo

14)  Aaron Neville

15)  Forte Femme

16)  Neil Diamond

17)  Andrea Bocelli & Natalie Cole

18)  Johnny Mathis