“If,” “And,” & “But” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another round of "If," "And," and "But" Songs, for those who are interested. Which, for anyone who enjoys good music, well...maybe you SHOULD be interested. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Luther Ingram  ~  “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right”

2)  Metallica  ~  “…And Justice For All”

3)  Judy Garland  ~  “But Not For Me”

4)  Chicago  ~  “If You Leave Me Now”

5)  Brother Cane  ~  “And Fools Shine On”

6)  Ginger Redcliff  ~  “But You Know”

7)  Elvis Presley  ~  “If I Can Dream”

8)  Reba McEntire  ~  “And Still”

9)  The Hoppers  ~  “But For The Blood”

10)  The Band Perry  ~  “If I Die Young”

11)  Blood, Sweat, & Tears  ~  “And When I Die”

12)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “But You Know I Love You”

13)  Céline Dion  ~  “If You Asked Me To”

14)  The Whispers  ~  “And The Beat Goes On”

15)  Depeche Mode  ~  “But Not Tonight”

16)  Ray Bolger  ~  “If I Only Had A Brain”

17)  HIM  ~  “And Love Said No”

18)  Thomas Dybdahl  ~  “But We Did”

19)  The Beatles  ~  “If I Fell”

20)  Ciara  ~  “And I”

21)  Michael Schenker & Friends  ~  “But I Want More”

22)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “If You Go Away”

23)   Yes  ~  “And You And I”  (Note to patient viewers: If you make it to the 10:45 mark in this video, the song is over. So unless you want to hear a long, drawn-out story from the Yes guitarist explaining why he has routinely bought a plane ticket for his guitar, you can stop the video right there.)

24)  Now, Now  ~  “But I Do”

25)  Topol  ~  “If I Were A Rich Man”

26)  Billy Joel  ~  “And So It Goes”

27)  The Jam  ~  “But I’m Different Now”

28)  Gladys Knight & The Pips  ~  “If I Were Your Woman”

29)  Babyface  ~  “And Our Feelings”

30)  Blues Traveler  ~  “But Anyway”

"Favorite" Songs

In case you were wondering, these aren't MY favorite songs, although I do like several of them quite a bit. Nope, they're quite simply a collection of songs with the word "Favorite" in their titles. Or "Favourite" for the ones by the European-based artists. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Julie Andrews  ~  “My Favorite Things”

2)  O.A.R.  ~  “Favorite Song”

3)  Colbie Caillat ft. Common  ~  “Favorite Song”

4)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Favorite Song Of All”

5)  Alison Krauss and Union Station  ~  “New Favorite”

6)  Howie Day  ~  “Favorite Song”

7)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “My Favorite Mistake”

8)  Newsong  ~  “Your Favorite Name Is Father”

9)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Favorite Hello”

10)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  “My Favorite Accident”

11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “My Favorite Plum”

12)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song / One”

13)  K’s Choice  ~  “Favorite Adventure”

14)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  “Favorite Disease”

15)  Quadron  ~  “Favorite Star”

16)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “My Favorite Girl”

17)  The Cardigans  ~  “My Favourite Game”

18)  The Figgs  ~  “My Favorite Shirt”

19)  Sophie Madeleine & Friends  ~  “You Are My Favourite”

20)  Dawes  ~  “All Your Favorite Bands”

21)  Silvina Moreno  ~  “Favorite Perfume”

22)  Owen Paul  ~  “My Favourite Waste Of Time”

23)  Stars  ~  “My Favourite Book”

24)  Jimmy Wahlsteen  ~  “It’s Your Favorite”

25)  Haircut 100  ~  “Favourite Shirts”

Songs About Reading

Here's a new three-part series for you about the hilariously misnamed "3 R's." That's right – we'll be exploring first Songs About Reading, then Writing, and then Arithmetic. School is in session...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “If You Could Read My Mind”

2)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Read About It”

3)  The Killers  ~  “Read My Mind”

4)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “As If You Read My Mind”

5)  Brian McKnight  ~  “Can You Read My Mind?”

6)  Professor Green ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “Read All About It”

7)  Don Henley  ~  “Johnny Can’t Read”

8)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Read ‘Em And Weep”

9)  Lauren Christy  ~  “You Read Me Wrong”

10)  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss  ~  “Please Read The Letter”

11)  Concrete Blonde  ~  “Jenny I Read”

12)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Read My Lips”

13)  La Dispute  ~  “Woman (Reading)”

14)  Tim McGraw  ~  “If You’re Reading This”

15)  Jimmy Fallon  ~  “The Doors Sing ‘Reading Rainbow’”

“Super” “Bowl” Songs

Tonight, the Carolina Panthers will face the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. In honor of that, here's a bunch of songs with either the word "Super" or "Bowl" (but, curiously, never both words) in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ABBA  ~  “Super Trouper”

2)  Rush  ~  “The Larger Bowl”

3)  Megadeth  ~  “Super Collider”

4)  Band Of Skulls  ~  “Hollywood Bowl”

5)  Joss Stone  ~  “Super Duper Love”

6)  Trevor Hall  ~  “Bowl Of Light”

7)  Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus)  ~  “Supergirl”

8)  Punch Brothers  ~  “Punchbowl”

9)  The Ting Tings  ~  “Super Critical”

10)  Other Lives  ~  “Dust Bowl III”

11)  Dami Im  ~  “Super Love”

12)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Dust Bowl Dance”

13)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”

14)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Dust Bowl”

15)  Charli XCX  ~  “SuperLove”

16)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Laughing In The Sugar Bowl”

17)  Scatman John  ~  “Su Su Su Super Ki Re I”

18)  Bright Eyes  ~  “Bowl Of Oranges”

19)  Chris Brown ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Superhuman”

20)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “Dust Bowl Children”

21)  James Brown  ~  “Super Bad”

22)  Ben Vereen  ~  “Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries”

23)  Beyoncé ft. Frank Ocean  ~  “Superpower”

24)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  “Dust Bowl”

25)  Radiohead  ~  “Supercollider”

“Young” & “Restless” Songs

Here's a good grouping of songs with either the word "Young" or "Restless" in their titles (and one with both). Lots of songs I could have picked for these, but I tried to limit it to the very best ones. So, in other words, you will probably...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  Switchfoot  ~  “Restless”

3)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Forever Young”

4)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Restless”

5)  The Coasters  ~  “Young Blood”

6)  Within Temptation  ~  “Restless”

7)  Michael Bublé  ~  “You Make Me Feel So Young”

8)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “Restless”

9)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Young At Heart”

10)  New Order  ~  “Restless”

11)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Young Girl”

12)  Elton John  ~  “Restless”

13)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men”

14)  Passenger  ~  “Restless Wind”

15)  Marcus Mumford  ~  “I Was Young When I Left Home”

16)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Restless”

17)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

18)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Restless Farewell”

19)  The Corrs  ~  “So Young”

20)  Peter Cetera  ~  “Restless Heart”

21)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Young Love”

22)  Kakkmaddafakka  ~  “Restless”

23)  Andy Mineo ft. KB  ~  “Young”

24)  Green Day  ~  “Restless Heart Syndrome”

25)  Lyric Dubee  ~  “Young & Restless”