"Changing" Songs

My last post was "Constant" Songs. This one is the opposite: "Changing" Songs. Both are equally enjoyable. Don't believe me? Check 'em out for yourself!  ~  JH

1)  John Mayer  ~  "Changing"

2)  Sigma ft. Paloma Faith  ~  "Changing"

3)  Bloom  ~  "Don't Go Changing"

4)  Ward Thomas  ~  "Changing"

5)  Saosin  ~  "Changing"

6)  Ane Brun  ~  "Changing Of The Seasons"

7)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Changing Of The Guards"

8)  Aretha Franklin ft. Michael McDonald  ~  "Ever Changing Times" 

9)  Ida Stein  ~  "Are We Changing"

10)  Brandi Carlile  ~  "The Times They Are A-Changin'"  (Who in their right minds WOULDN'T rather hear Brandi Carlile – or anyone else, for that matter! – sing this iconic song instead of Bob Dylan? I mean, REALLY!)

11)  Magnets ft. Aloma Steele  ~  "Changing Love"

12)  Jennifer Hudson  ~  "I Am Changing"

13)  Matthew Sweet  ~  "The Sound Of A Life Changing"

14)  Lily Allen & Keane  ~  "Everybody's Changing"

15)  Mikeschair ft. Lecrae  ~  "Keep Changing The World"

16)  Aly & AJ  ~  "Don't Go Changing"

17)  Josh Groban  ~  "Changing Colors"

18)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  "Changing All Those Changes"

19)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  "Things Are Changin'"

20)  Arrested Development  ~  "The World Is Changing"

21)  The Style Council  ~  "My Ever Changing Moods"

22)  Eloisa Cullington  ~  "Changing"

23)  B.B. King  ~  "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)"

24)  Rossella Scarano  ~  "Everything Is Changing"

25)  Tallia Storm  ~  "Girls Are Changing The World"

"Challenge" Songs

I challenge you to write a clever intro to a set of Songs About Challenges. It's not as easy as it sounds. Case in point, this intro. Which is pretty lame. But the songs themselves are actually pretty rad! So...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cellar Darling  ~  “Challenge”

2)  Arrested Development  ~  “The Challenge”

3)  Great Grandpa  ~  “Teen Challenge”

4)  Tangerine Dream  ~  "Melissa's Challenge"

5)  The Staple Singers  ~  “The Challenge”

6)  Christine McVie  ~  “The Challenge”

7)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Madam, I Challenge You To A Duel”

8)  Eloy  ~  “The Challenge (Time To Turn, Part 2)”

9)  Gossling  ~  “Challenge”

10)  The Orioles  ~  "I Challenge Your Kiss"

11)  The Backyardigans  ~  "A Challenge"

12)  The Kite String Tangle  ~  "Challenger"

13)  Asian Dub Foundation  ~  "Rise To The Challenge"

14)  Sydney Franklin  ~  "Challenger Deep"

15)  American Music Club  ~  "Challenger"

16)  Lolo Zouaï  ~  “Challenge”

17)  Tom Tom Club  ~  “Challenge Of The Love Warriors”

18)  Earthrise  ~  "Challenger Deep"

19)  Josephine Foster  ~  "Challenger"

20)  Sybreed  ~  "Challenger"

21)  The Summer Kills  ~  "Challenger vs. Stars"

22)  Gwen Stacy  ~  "Challenger, Pt. 2"

23)  Falling Joys  ~  "Challenger"

Songs About Hostages & Luxury

Continuing in my quasi-series of posts featuring songs about two totally unrelated things (most – curiously – beginning with an "H" and an "L"), here's a sensational set of Songs About Hostages & Luxury. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Hostage”

2)  Jon Bellion  ~  “Luxury”

3)  Sia  ~  “Hostage”

4)  Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band  ~  “Luxury Liner”

5)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Hostage To The Light”

6)  Arrested Development  ~  “Luxury”

7)  Jack’s Mannequin  ~  “Hostage”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Lap Of Luxury”

9)  Donna Summer  ~  “The Hostage”

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Luxury”

11)  Anais Martinez  ~  “Hostage”

12)  Maxwell  ~  “Luxury: Cococure”

13)  Jeremy Lister  ~  “Hostage”  (There’s a lot of mindless chit-chat before the song. If you want to skip that, just jump to the 2:25 mark. The song ends around the 5:50 mark. The rest is more mindless chit-chat.)

14)  ZZ Top  ~  “Dipping Low (In The Lap Of Luxury)”

15)  Empires  ~  “Hostage”

16)  Frida Elsa  ~  “Luxury”

17)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Hostage Of Peace”

18)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “The Punishment Of Luxury”

19)  Razorlight  ~  “Hostage Of Love”

20)  Korn  ~  “Love & Luxury”

21)  Angelicca  ~  “Hostage”

22)  Marillion  ~  “Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury”

23)  The Life And Times  ~  “My Last Hostage”

24)  Wye Oak  ~  “On Luxury”

25)  Big Country  ~  “The Hostage Speaks”

26)  Domenica  ~  “Luxury”

27)  Griffin Oskar  ~  “Hostage”

28)  Azealia Banks  ~  “Luxury”

29)  Alexa  ~  “Hostage”

30)  Keith Urban  ~  “The Luxury Of Knowing”

A Song For Every Word In The Preamble To The Constitution

This is exactly what it sounds like it is. Yay, democracy!  ~  JH

Click on each underlined portion of the Preamble to hear a song with that word (or phrase) in its title. The full playlist of songs is included below.

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


PLAYLIST:
A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "We The People"
Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"
Arrested Development  ~  "United Front"
Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "States Of Friction"
Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"
Curtis Mayfield  ~  "New World Order"
Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"
Everything Everything  ~  "Final Form"
Titus Andronicus  ~  "A More Perfect Union"
Modico  ~  "Ah, Establish"
Flyleaf  ~  "Justice & Mercy"
Nuell  ~  "Insure"
John Conlee  ~  "Domestic Life"
Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Sea Of Tranquility"
Ekolu  ~  "Provide For You"
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down  ~  "We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)"
Freddie Mercury  ~  "In My Defence"
Honey Wilson  ~  "Leaders Don't Promote Hate"
Dispatch  ~  "The General"
Buck Owens  & The Buckaroos  ~  "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
The Beatles  ~  "And I Love Her"
Indigo Girls  ~  "Secure Yourself"
Ellie Goulding  ~  "The Writer"
Laura Story  ~  "Blessings"
XTC  ~  "Statue Of Liberty"
Anberlin  ~  "We Owe This To Ourselves"
Babyface  ~  "And Our Feelings"
Soft Bullets  ~  "Posterity"
Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"
Pontifex  ~  "Ordained"
Kate Bush  ~  "And Dream Of Sheep"
Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, & Frank Sinatra  ~  "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)"
Darius Rucker  ~  "This"
The Stationary Set  ~  "Constitution Of Love"
Ray Price  ~  "For The Good Times"
Judas Priest  ~  "United"
Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "United States"
Will Hoge  ~  "Middle Of America"

“Front” & “Center” Songs

Here's another not-exactly-"Opposites" post, but the words are, indeed, related.  And the songs are good, too! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Front Row”

2)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Left Of Center”

3)  Céline Dion  ~  “Right In Front Of You”

4)  Tara Terra  ~  “Center Part”

5)  Kina Grannis  ~  “World In Front Of Me”

6)  J. Geils Band  ~  “Centerfold”

7)  Hammock  ~  “Cold Front”

8)  Roxette  ~  “The Centre Of The Heart”

9)  Eddie Grant  ~  “Living On The Front Line”

10)  Goldspot  ~  “Call Center Girl”

11)  Billy Joel  ~  “Storm Front”

12)  Gaither Homecoming & The Potter’s House Mass Choir ft. Velinda Washington  ~  “Center Of My Joy”

13)  The Kinks  ~  “Back To Front”

14)  The 88  ~  “Center Of The Sun”

15)  Eliza Doolittle  ~  “Back To Front”

16)  Amboy Dukes  ~  “Journey To The Center Of The Mind”

17)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Hope In Front Of Me”

18)  Axwell  ~  “Center Of The Universe”

19)  Elton John  ~  “All Quiet On The Western Front”

20)  Built To Spill  ~  “Center Of The Universe”

21)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “At My Front Door”

22)  Dion  ~  “Center Of My Life”

23)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Front Page News”

24)  Darlene Zschech & Israel Houghton  ~  “Jesus At The Center”

25)  Arrested Development  ~  “United Front”