Showing posts with label Andy Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andy Williams. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 1


This latest music miniseries was suggested by my friend, Daniel Entzminger – and a great idea it was, too. Each song in this series features a nationality (or demonym, if you will) in its title. First up, we have a collection of "Canadian," "Mexican," "Irish," "English," "Greek," and "Spanish" songs. Some really good stuff here, both newer and older – I'm sure you will enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Canadian Rose"




2)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"




3)  Andy Williams  ~  "Canadian Sunset"




4)  Jim Reeves  ~  "Blue Canadian Rockies"




5)  Smokie  ~  "Mexican Girl"




6)  Concrete Blonde  ~  "Mexican Moon"




7)  Wall Of Voodoo  ~  "Mexican Radio"




8)  Van Morrison  ~  "One Irish Rover"




9)  Morrissey  ~  "Irish Blood, English Heart"




10)  The Pogues ft. The Dubliners  ~  "The Irish Rover"




11)  Adam Lambert  ~  "Broken English"




12)  Vampire Weekend  ~  "California English"




13)  Matchbox 20  ~  "English Town"




14)  Sting ft. Branford Marsalis  ~  "Englishman In New York"




15)  The Wombats  ~  "Greek Tragedy"




16)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Greek Song"




17)  Toni Braxton ~  "Spanish Guitar"




18)  The Clash  ~  "Spanish Bombs"




19)  The Doors  ~  "Spanish Caravan"




20)  Elton John  ~  "A Word In Spanish"




21)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Blue Spanish Sky"




22)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Spanish Castle Magic"




23)  Willie Nelson & Ray Charles  ~  "Seven Spanish Angels"




24)  Ben E. King  ~  "Spanish Harlem"




25)  U2  ~  "Spanish Eyes"


Thursday, February 27, 2014

"Soft" & "Loud" Songs


The title of this post in no way indicates the loudness or softness of the songs. Rather, it indicates that each song in the collection has either the word "Soft" or "Loud" (or some derivative) in its title. In other words, it's another "Opposites" music post. Simple as that. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  The Fugees  ~  "Killing Me Softly"




2)  Hawk Nelson  ~  "Live Life Loud"




3)  Leah Dizon  ~  "Softly"  (If you can't understand the lyrics, don't worry – you're not going crazy – the whole thing's sung in Japanese!)




4)  Alpha Rev  ~  "Sing Loud"




5)  Andy Williams  ~  "Softly, As I Leave You"




6)  Underoath  ~  "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear"

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7)  Ms Dynamite  ~  "Neva Soft"




8)  Dudettes  ~  "Make It Loud"




9)  Paul Simon  ~  "Soft Parachutes"




10)  Melissa Manchester  ~  "Don't Cry Out Loud"




11)  The Fleetwoods  ~  "Come Softly To Me"




12)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Live Out Loud"




13)  Hole  ~  "Softer, Softest"




14)  Soundgarden  ~  "Loud Love"




15)  Joanna Majoko  ~  "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise"




16)  Olly Murs  ~  "Loud And Clear"