“Take” or “Leave” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Take" or "Leave" Songs coming your way. Maybe you could take them or leave them, it doesn't matter to you either way. But I think if you take them, you'll really enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”

2)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Only When You Leave”

3)  Jack White  ~  “Take Me With You When You Go”

4)  P!nk  ~  “Please Don’t Leave Me”

5)  Anastacia  ~  “Take This Chance”

6)  Sam Smith  ~  “Leave Your Lover”

7)  Dream Theater  ~  “Take The Time”

8)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Lubbock Or Leave It”

9)  Phillip Phillips  ~  “Take Me Away”

10)  CHVRCHES  ~  “Leave A Trace”

11)  George Strait  ~  “The Breath You Take”

12)  V V Brown  ~  “Leave!”

13)  Ray Charles  ~  “Take These Chains From My Heart”

14)  Patty Loveless  ~  “You’ll Never Harlan Alive”

15)  Eagles  ~  “Take It Easy”

16)  The Veronicas  ~  “Leave Me Alone”

17)  Deniece Williams  ~  “It’s Gonna Take A Miracle”

18)  Living Colour  ~  “Leave It Alone”

19)  The Bangles  ~  “Hero Takes A Fall”

20)  Matthew West  ~  “Leaving Heaven”

21)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Love Takes Time”

22)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”

23)  Sara Watkins  ~  “Take Up Your Spade”

24)  Paul McCartney  ~  “She’s Leaving Home”

25)  Pistol Annies  ~  “Takin’ Pills”

26)  Billy Joel ft. Toots Thielemans  ~  “Leave A Tender Moment Alone”

27)  Queensryche  ~  “Take Hold Of The Flame”

28)  Natalie Grant  ~  “When I Leave The Room”

29)  Al Green  ~  “Take Me To The River”

30)  David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie  ~  “Don’t Leave Me Alone”

31)  Gloriana  ~  “Wanna Take You Home”

32)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Don’t Leave Me Behind”

33)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Take It On The Run”

34)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Trying To Stop Your Leaving”

What Love Is, According To These Songs: Vol. 3

Last but not least, there's this set of songs about what "Love Is." Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sofia Carson  ~  “Love Is The Name”

2)  Andy Gibb  ~  “Love Is Thicker Than Water”

3)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Love Is A Losing Game”

4)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Love Is A Wonderful Thing”

5)  Hazel English  ~  “Love Is Dead”

6)  Billy Ocean  ~  “Love Is Forever”

7)  Beth Hart  ~  “Love Is A Lie”

8)  McFly  ~  “Love Is Easy”

9)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is Free”

10)  The The  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Death”

11)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Love Is Here To Stay”

12)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

13)  Haley Reinhart  ~  “Love Is Worth Fighting For”

14)  U2  ~  “Love Is Blindness”

15)  The Supremes  ~  “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone”

16)  Passion Pit  ~  “Love Is Greed”

17)  Girls Aloud  ~  “Love Is Pain”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Love Is Strong”

19)  David Bowie  ~  “Love Is Lost (James Murphy Remix)”

20)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Love Is A Long Road”

21)  Hillsong United  ~  “Love Is War”

22)  Al Green  ~  “Love Is A Beautiful Thing”

23)  Morris Day  ~  “Love Is A Game”

24)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Found”

25)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “Love Is A Catastrophe”

BONUS TRACK:  Foreigner  ~  "I Want To Know What Love Is"  (Apparently, these guys are still trying to figure out what at least 75 other artists have already come to know. That love is, apparently, whatever you want it to be.)

Songs About The Good Old Days

Did you ever wish you could go back to the "good old days"? Yeah, me, too. These artists, too – so much so that they wrote songs about it and I found them. So take a listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Macklemore ft. Kesha  ~  “Good Old Days”

2)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Good Old Days”

3)  Joe Bataan  ~  “Good Ole Days / Muchacho Ordinario”

4)  blink-182  ~  “Good Old Days”

5)  Dolly Parton  ~  “In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

6)  To Kill A King  ~  “The Good Old Days”  (This is a profoundly odd video. But the song is good, so I’m willing to appreciate the weirdness.)

7)  The Features  ~  “Good Old Days”

8)  Nia Ekanem  ~  “Good Old Days”

9)  The Judds  ~  “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days)”

10)  Ray Walston  ~  “Those Were The Good Old Days”

11)  Roger Miller  ~  “The Good Old Days”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “These Are The Good Old Days”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Good Old Days”

14)  Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird  ~  “Good Old Bad Old Days”  (I’ve never heard of this guy or his band, but this song is quite good. And quite relevant for these times.)

15)  The Script  ~  “Good Old Days”

16)  Al Green  ~  “One Of These Good Old Days”

17)  Laura Cox Band  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

18)  Eels  ~  “The Good Old Days”

19)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Those Good Good Old Days”

20)  Spencer Lord  ~ “Good Old Days”

21)  Toby Beard  ~  “Good Old Days”

22)  Clint Black  ~  “The Good Old Days”

23)  The Libertines  ~  “The Good Old Days”

24)  Our Gang Theme Song  ~  “Good Old Days”

25)  Smithfield  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

BONUS TRACK:  twenty one pilots  ~  "Stressed Out"  (No, the phrase "good old days" doesn't appear in any form in the title of this song. But it does appear in the lyrics and is, in fact, repeated many, many times. Plus, it's a fantastic tune! So there ya go...)

“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 1

I got it into my head that I would post a set of songs with either the word "Sick" or "Tired" or both in their titles. Then I started finding too many good songs that qualified. Pretty soon, I had enough songs for not one, not two, but three posts. Yes, that's right – imagine that! – I got carried away with myself again. So this is the first post, and there will be two more. I'll spread 'em out a bit, so you don't get too...wait for it..."Sick" and "Tired" of them. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Flyleaf  ~  “I’m So Sick”

2)  Stone Sour  ~  “Tired”

3)  Oh Land  ~  “Earth Sick”

4)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Waking Up Tired”

5)  The Dø  ~  “Gonna Be Sick!”

6)  Al Green  ~  “Tired Of Being Alone”

7)  Ny  ~  “Sea Sick”

8)  The Exies  ~  “Tired Of You”

9)  Metric  ~  “Sick Muse”

10)  Ringside  ~  “Tired Of Being Sorry”

11)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Sick, Sick, Sick”

12)  The Lee Boys  ~  “I’m Not Tired”

13)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Sick Of Myself”

14)  Status Quo  ~  “Are You Growing Tired Of My Love?”

15)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Love Sick”

16)  Carly Simon  ~  “Tired Of Being Blonde”

17)  Skillet  ~  “Sick Of It”

18)  Schiller ft. Jaël  ~  “Tired”

19)  Peace  ~  “Lovesick”

20)  Only You  ~  “Love Is Making Me Tired”

21)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  “Homesick”

22)  Alela Diane  ~  “Tired Feet”

23)  Egypt Central  ~  “You Make Me Sick”

24)  Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, & Iris DeMent  ~  “Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?”

25)  The Cardigans  ~  “Sick & Tired”