NATO Phonetic Alphabet Songs

Some of you may be reading the title of this post and asking yourself (or me, remotely), "What the heck is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?" While you may not know it by this name (it has a couple of other common names, which are equally clunky), you will probably recognize the concept. If you've ever watched a crime drama, for instance, you've likely heard a law enforcement officer spell out the letters of a license plate over a radio, only to have it sound something like "Victor-Bravo-Foxtrot-One-Zero-Seven." Each letter in the traditional alphabet has a word designation in this NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and one song of each of those letter-words is represented in this set. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Com Truise  ~  “Alfa Beach”

2)  Ledisi  ~  “Bravo”

3)  Milla Jovovich  ~  “Charlie”

4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “Delta Dawn”

5)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Echo”

6)  Josh Abbott Band  ~  “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”

7)  Caravan  ~  “Golf Girl”

8)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

9)  Aerosmith  ~  “Taste Of India”

10)  We The Kings  ~  “Check Yes Juliet”

11)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Florida Kilos”

12)  Gary P. Nunn  ~  "Corona Con Lima"

13)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”

14)  Christopher Cross  ~  “November”

15)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

16)  Paul Anka  ~  “Papa”

17)  Susanna Heystek  ~  “Joys Of Quebec”

18)  Chairlift  ~  “Romeo”

19)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Sierra”

20)  Antonia  ~  “Tango”

21)  Bloc Party  ~  “Uniform”

22)  Darlene Zschech  ~  “Victor’s Crown”

23)  Jana Kramer  ~  “Whiskey”

24)  Clutch  ~  “X-Ray Visions”

25)  James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, & Judy Garland  ~  “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

26)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  “Zulu Lulu”

Songs About Identity

Here's a bevy of tunes about being who or what a person or thing is. In other words: "Identity" Songs. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  August Burns Red  ~  “Identity”

2)  X-Ray Spex  ~  “Identity”

3)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Identity Crisis”

4)  James Fortune & FIYA  ~  “Identity”

5)  Pigeon John  ~  “Identity Crisis”

6)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Mistaken Identity”

7)  Jacket  ~  “Identity”

8)  Mikaela Sandström  ~  “Identity”

9)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Identity”

10)  Atari Teenage Riot  ~  “Shadow Identity”

11)  Josue  ~  “Identity”

12)  Austra  ~  “Identity”

13)  Ben Knight and the Welldiggers  ~  “Mistaken Identity Blues”

14)  Helen Jane Long  ~  “Identity”

15)  Thrice  ~  “Identity Crisis”

16)  Best Coast  ~  “Fear Of My Identity”

17)  Kutless  ~  “Identity”

18)  Nouvelle  ~  “Identity”

19)  Keith Mina Caputo  ~  “Identity”

20)  Json ft. Jai  ~  “Identity”

21)  Of Mice & Men  ~  “Identity Disorder”

22)  ST Worship ft. Mey Istomin  ~  “Identity”

23)  Vernon Reid  ~  “Mistaken Identity”

24)  Kim Carnes  ~  “Mistaken Identity”

25)  Lecrae ft. Da’ T.R.U.T.H. & J.R.  ~  “Identity”

"Greater" Songs

Yesterday, I posted “Lesser” Songs. Shortly thereafter, a coalition of “Greater” Songs presented me a signed petition requesting equal time on the blog. Coincidentally, all the petitioners were Christian artists. So there’s this… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Greater”

2)  Blanca  ~  “Greater Is He”

3)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “Greater Than All”

4)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Greater”

5)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Never Been A Greater Love”

6)  Matthew West  ~  “Something Greater”

7)  Fred Hammond  ~  “No Greater Love”

8)  MercyMe  ~  “Greater”

9)  Central Live  ~  “Greater”

10)  Vashawn Mitchell  ~  “Nobody Greater”

11)  Bill Gaither  ~  “Grace Greater Than Our Sin”

12)  Mack Brock  ~  “Greater Things”

13)  Christafari  ~  “He Is Greater Than I”

14)  Rachael Lampa  ~  “No Greater Love”

15)  Planetshakers  ~  “Even Greater”

16)  Brian & Jenn Johnson  ~  “Greater Than All Other Names”

17)  Smokie Norful  ~  “No Greater Love”

18)  NewSpring Worship  ~  “No Greater Love”

19)  Point Of Grace  ~  “There Is Nothing Greater Than Grace”  (The song ends at the 3:15 mark. The rest is just blah-blah-blah talking.)

20)  Colton Dixon  ~  “No Greater Love”

21)  Martha Munizzi ft. Israel Houghton  ~  “Your Latter Will Be Greater”

22)  Greg Sykes  ~  “No Greater Love (How Marvelous)”

23)  The Hoppers  ~  “Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin”

24)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Greater Is He”  (Yes, this is a second Aaron Shust sighting within the same post. But when both songs qualify and they're this good...)

25)  Austin Stone Worship  ~  “No Greater Aim”

“Brand New” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's Vol. 2 (of 2) in a miniseries of posts featuring songs with the words "Brand New" in their titles. If you missed Vol. 1, you can check it out here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Brand New Me”

2)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  “Brand New Sunrise”

3)  Townes Van Zandt  ~  “Brand New Companion”

4)  Fireflight  ~  “Brand New Day”

5)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Brand New Angel”

6)  Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash  ~  “Brand New Dance”

7)  The Subways  ~  “My Heart Is Pumping To A Brand New Beat”

8)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Brand New Life”

9)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “A Brand New Me”

10)  Aaron Tippin  ~  “She Feels Like A Brand New Man Tonight”

11)  You Me At Six  ~  “Brand New”

12)  The Stylistics  ~  “You Make Me Feel Brand New”

13)  Elvis Presley  ~  “There’s A Brand New Day On The Horizon”

14)  Julie Brown  ~  “Brand New Girl”

15)  KJ-52  ~  “Brand New Day”

16)  Paul Weller  ~  “Brand New Toy”

17)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Brand New Day”

18)  Lisa Miskovsky  ~  “A Brand New Day”

19)  Shooter Jennings  ~  “Brand New Goodbye Song”

20)  Kodaline  ~  “Brand New Day”

21)  Sting  ~  “Brand New Day”

22)  St. Vincent  ~  “Just The Same But Brand New”

23)  Jason Lytle  ~  “Brand New Sun”

24)  Dead Or Alive  ~  “Brand New Lover”

25)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “Capricorn (A Brand New Name)”