Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 1)

It's the Winter Solstice, so here's a bunch of songs for the new season. (Although where I live, it feels like summertime, but whatevs.) There were too many good songs by well-known and emerging artists to include in just one post. So there will be a Volume 2 tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pentatonix  ~  “White Winter Hymnal”

2)  The Piano Guys  ~  “Let It Go / Vivaldi’s Winter”

3)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Winter Winds”

4)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Early Winter”

5)  AFI  ~  “Love Like Winter”

6)  Kanye West  ~  “Coldest Winter”

7)  Bush  ~  “The Sound Of Winter”

8)  Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Winter Song”

9)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra  ~  “Wizards In Winter”

10)  Angel Vivaldi  ~  “A Martian Winter”

11)  The Staves  ~  “Winter Trees”

12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter”

13)  Young Guns  ~  “Winter Kiss”

14)  I Break Horses  ~  “Winter Beats”

15)  Asher Monroe  ~  “Warm Winter Night”

16)  Tori Amos  ~  “Winter”

17)  CAKE  ~  “The Winter”

18)  Kari  ~  “The Winter Is Back”

19)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “In The Bleak Mid-Winter”

20)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Winter Snow”

"Dumb" Songs

Here's a bunch of "Dumb" songs you're sure to enjoy! Actually, the songs themselves aren't dumb, but they do all include that word (or some variation of it) in their titles. Which is pretty smart, if you don't think about it too hard.  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Dumb”

2)  Red Velvet  ~  “Dumb, Dumb”

3)  Andrew Garcia  ~  “Dumb”

4)  Tich  ~  “Dumb”

5)  Holy Ghost!  ~  “Dumb Disco Ideas”

6)  Hoku  ~  “Another Dumb Blonde”

7)  Detroit Grand Pubahs  ~  “Numb, Deaf, & Dumb”

8)  Faith Evans  ~  “Dumb”

9)  Tedashii ft. Lecrae  ~  “Dum Dum”

10)  Jamie McDell  ~  “Dumb”

11)  Robben Ford  ~  “Deaf, Dumb, And Blind”

12)  Anastacia  ~  “Pretty Little Dum Dum”

13)  Extreme  ~  “Comfortably Dumb”

14)  Garbage  ~  “Dumb”

15)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Guess I’m Dumb”

16)  The 411  ~  “Dumb”

17)  Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls  ~  “Dumb Things”

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18)  Tangerine Kitty  ~  “Dumb Ways To Die”

19)  Futureheads  ~  “Struck Dumb”

20)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Dumb Blonde”

"Holiday" Songs

Do you love Christmas songs, but get weary of hearing them everywhere you go this time of year? Well, this is the post for you! Here's a group of "Holiday" songs that aren't Christmas-related in any way – they just happen to have the word "Holiday" in their titles. And they're pretty good, too! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  “Holiday”

2)  Madonna  ~  “Holiday”

3)  Scorpions  ~  “Holiday”

4)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “Holiday”

5)  Sex Pistols  ~ “Holidays In The Sun”

6)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Love Needs A Holiday”

7)  Pantera  ~  “Psycho Holiday”

8)  Counting Crows & Bløf  ~  “Holiday In Spain”

9)  King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew  ~  “King Holiday”  (If you’re curious about which artists were involved in this project, here’s the list: El DeBarge, Whitney Houston, Stacy Lattisaw, Lisa Lisa with Full Force, Teena Marie, Menudo, Stephanie Mills, New Edition, James “J.T.” Taylor, Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Run-D.M.C., and Whodini.)

10)  Smash Mouth  ~  “Holiday In My Head”

11)  Collie Buddz  ~  “Holiday”

12)  Warpaint  ~  “Billie Holiday”

13)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “One Big Holiday”

14)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Holiday”

15)  Lalah Hathaway  ~  “Angels’ & Lovers’ Holiday”

16)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Every Day Should Be A Holiday”

17)  DJ Antoine ft. Akon  ~  “Holiday”

18)  Lindsey Buckingham  ~  “Holiday Road”

19)  Jakubi  ~  “Holiday”

20)  george  ~  “Holiday”

21)  Kapena  ~  “Mandatory Holiday”

22)  Jet  ~  “Holiday”

23)  10cc  ~  “Dreadlock Holiday”

24)  Halsey  ~  “Roman Holiday”

25)  The Kinks  ~  “Holiday”

"Breaking" & "Entering" Songs

What do you do when you've just posted a set of songs with the word "Break" in their titles and you have too many good ones left over to just waste. You create a "Breaking" and "Entering" songs post and let the rest take care of itself. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Breaking The Girl”

2)  Metallica  ~  “Enter Sandman”

3)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Breaking Down”

4)  Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley  ~  “As We Enter”

5)  Julie Roberts  ~  “Break Down Here”

6)  Die Antwoord  ~  “Enter The Ninja”

7)  Dokken  ~  “Breaking The Chains”

8)  Marion Cotillard  ~  “Enter The Game”

9)  Chris Isaak & Trisha Yearwood  ~  “Breaking Apart”

10)  Miss FD  ~  “Enter The Void”

11)  Agnes  ~  “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”

12)  Within Temptation  ~  “Enter”

13)  Garbage  ~  “Breaking Up The Girl”

14)  Battle Beast  ~  “Enter The Metal World”

15)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Breaking Point”

16)  Petra  ~  “Enter In”

17)  Duffy  ~  “Breaking My Own Heart”

18)  Jewel  ~  “Enter From The East”

19)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Breaking You”

20)  Steve Hackett Band  ~  “Enter The Night”

21)  Lykke Li  ~  “Breaking It Up”

22)  Jenova 7  ~  “Enter The Void” / “Tunnel Rat”

23)  Emeli Sandé  ~  “Breaking The Law”

24)  Mimika  ~  “Enter The Yadhe”

25)  Tonight Alive  ~  “Breaking & Entering”

“Break” Songs

After yesterday's songs with "Fix" in the title post, here's the logical "Opposites" follow-up – a small collection of songs with the word "Break" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Three Days Grace  ~  “Break”

2)  Laura Welsh  ~  “Break The Fall”

3)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Break Me Down”

4)  You+Me  ~  “Break The Cycle”

5)  Mutemath  ~  “Break The Same”

6)  Ariana Grande ft. Zedd  ~  “Break Free”

7)  James Bay  ~  “Need The Sun To Break”

8)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Break It To You Gently”

9)  Keane  ~  “Bend & Break”

10)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Give Your Heart A Break”

11)  The Fray  ~  “We Build Then We Break”

12)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Break The Walls”

13)  The Black Keys  ~  “So He Won’t Break”

14)  India.Arie  ~  “Break The Shell”

15)  U2  ~  “Every Breaking Wave”