Songs About Hills & Valleys, Vol. 2

Because life is full of "Hills" & "Valleys," here's another set of songs about them. The first one here is one of my all-time favorites. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  LIGHTS  ~  “Cactus In The Valley”

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Run To The Hills”

3)  Jeannie C. Riley  ~  “Harper Valley P.T.A.”

4)  Ron Sexsmith ft. Chris Martin  ~  “Gold In Them Hills”

5)  Bread & Wine ft. Ben Smith  ~  “Mountain To Valley”

6)  Jackson Browne  ~  “A Child In These Hills”

7)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Valleys Of The Young”

8)  The Rocket Summer  ~  “Hills And Valleys”

9)  Mudhoney  ~  “Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog”

10)  Johnny Cash ft. Flip Wilson  ~  “Oklahoma Hills”

11)  Laura Marling  ~  “The Valley”

12)  Thom Yorke  ~  “Harrowdown Hill”

13)  Townes Van Zandt & Nanci Griffith  ~  “Tecumseh Valley”

14)  Neil Young  ~  “Mansion On The Hill”

15)  Dawes  ~  “Peace In The Valley”

16)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “Agate Hill”

17)  Steve Hackett  ~  “Valley Of The Kings”

18)  Calamity Jane Cast ft. Doris Day & Howard Keel  ~  “Black Hills Of Dakota”

19)  Midnight Oil  ~  “In The Valley”

20)  George Ezra  ~  “Angry Hill”

21)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “The Valley Runs Low”

22)  Weezer  ~  “Beverly Hills”

23)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Blue Valley Songbird”

24)  Gorillaz  ~  “On Melancholy Hill”

25)  Eisley  ~  “The Valley”

Songs About Robots

My son is way into robots at the moment – in particular, the Transformers Rescue Bots show. So here's a bunch of Songs About Robots that he would surely appreciate if he were to actually look at my blog. Which he doesn't.  But you do. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Daft Punk  ~  “Robot Rock”

2)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1”

3)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Robot”

4)  Trip Lee  ~  “Robot”

5)  Styx  ~  “Mr. Roboto”

6)  Röyksopp ft. Robyn  ~  “The Girl And The Robot”

7)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Robot Parade”

8)  MC Lars ft. MC Bat Commander & Suburban Legends  ~  “This Gigantic Robot Kills”

9)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “I Am Not A Robot”

10)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Gold Star For Robot Boy”

11)  Kraftwerk  ~  “The Robots”

12)  Blaze Bayley  ~  “Robot”

13)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Not A Robot, But A Ghost”

14)  Novah  ~  “Robot”

15)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Tiny Little Robots”

16)  Patrick Watson  ~  “Love Songs For Robots”

17)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Go Robot”

18)  Rick Wakeman  ~  “Robot Man”

19)  Linkin Park  ~  “Robot Boy”

20)  Norma Jean  ~  “Robots 3, Humans 0”

21)  Joe Satriani  ~  “One Robot’s Dream”

22)  Damon Albarn  ~  “Everyday Robots”

23)  The Alan Parsons Project  ~  “I Robot”

24)  Matthew Ebel  ~  “Everybody Needs A Robot”

25)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “Robot World”

"Opposite" Songs

Ya know how I'm always doing these "Opposites" music posts? Well, this one is truly going to be an "Opposites" post, seeing as it consists entirely of songs with the word "Opposite" (or "Opposites") in their titles. Believe it or not, there aren't that many of them to choose from. So this is a short list. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Dø  ~  “Opposite Ways”

2)  Unknown Mortal Orchestra  ~  “The Opposite Of Afternoon”

3)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Opposite Way”

4)  Zongo Junction  ~  “Opposite People”

5)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Opposites Attract”

6)  Jens Lekman  ~  “The Opposite Of Hallelujah”

7)  Leeland  ~  “Opposite Way”

8)  Me Vs Hero  ~  “Opposites”

9)  Chiddy Bang  ~  “Opposite Of Adults”

10)  Jaël  ~  “Opposite”

11)  Juris  ~  “Opposites Attract”

12)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Opposite”

13)  Jenny O.  ~  “Opposite Island”

“Natural” & “Artificial” Songs

As promised,  here's another set of "Opposites" featuring "Natural" and (this time) "Artificial" songs. What else can I say, but enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Moby  ~  “Natural Blues”

2)  Soul Asylum  ~  “Artificial Heart”

3)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Natural Disasters”

4)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Artificial Flowers”

5)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  “Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)”

6)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Artificial Light”

7)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Natural Ghost”

8)  Cherrelle  ~  “Artificial Heart”

9)  Keith Whitley  ~  “Don’t Our Love Look Natural?”

10)  Eleni Mandell  ~  “Artificial Fire”

11)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  “So Natural”

12)  The Sunset Curse  ~  “Artificial Heart”

13)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Love In The Natural Way”

14)  Typhoon  ~  “Artificial Light”

15)  Anathema  ~  “A Natural Disaster”

"Skin" Songs

While this isn't exactly an "Opposites" music post, it is a two-parter featuring songs about somewhat-related words. These are songs with "Skin" in the title – its followup will be songs with "Bone" (or "Bones") in the title. While there are quite a few well-known artists here, some of the best tracks here are by bands/artists you may not have heard of before. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "I've Got You Under My Skin"

2)  Hole  ~  "Celebrity Skin"

3)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Skin (Sarabeth)"

4)  Ellie Goulding  ~  "Salt Skin"

5)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  "American Skin (41 Shots)"

6)  M83  ~  "Skin Of The Night"

7)  Cameo  ~  "Skin I'm In"

8)  Charlene Kaye ft. Darren Criss  ~  "Skin And Bones"

9)  Newton Faulkner  ~  "Write It On Your Skin"

10)  Tilly And The Wall  ~  "Alligator Skin"

11)  Shakey Graves  ~  "Unlucky Skin"

12)  Courage My Love  ~  "Skin And Bone"

13)  Raul Gómez  ~  "Under Your Skin"

14)  Beady Belle  ~  "Skin Deep"

15)  The Mission In Motion  ~  "New Skin"

16)  Emily Danger  ~  "Shed My Skin"

17)  Northern Faces  ~  "Under My Skin"

18)  Natasha Thomas  ~  "Skin Deep"

19)  Boom Crash Opera  ~  "Onion Skin"

20)  The Gits  ~  "Second Skin"

21)  Heartless Bastards  ~  "Skin And Bone"

22)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "Skin & Bones"

23)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "Skin And Bones"

24)  Andrew Bird  ~  "Skin, Is My"

25)  The Temptations  ~  "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"