“Truth” & “Consequences” Songs, Vol. 1

There's a town in the state of New Mexico called Truth or Consequences. I have no idea why. These songs are not about that town, though. They're just songs with either the word "Truth" or "Consequences" in their titles. Because I do weird stuff like this all the time, that's why. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bananarama  ~  “Love, Truth, And Honesty”

2)  Gregory Porter  ~  “Consequences Of Love”

3)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “The Truth Is Who You Are”

4)  Camila Cabello  ~  “Consequences”

5)  Armor For Sleep  ~  “The Truth About Heaven”

6)  City Calm Down  ~  “Pleasure And Consequence”

7)  Chase Rice  ~  “Three Chords & The Truth”

8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Unintended Consequence Of Love”

9)  Written By Wolves  ~  “To Tell You The Truth”

10)  And One  ~  “Consequence Of Time”

11)  Enigma  ~  “The Eyes Of Truth”

12)  Considering Lily  ~  “Consequences”

13)  Chris Cornell  ~  “Higher Truth”

14)  The Kingpins  ~  “Consequence”

15)  Nonpoint  ~  “The Truth”

16)  k.d. lang  ~  “The Consequences Of Falling”

17)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Anything But The Truth”

18)  Edyta Gorniak  ~  “Consequences”

19)  Javier Colon  ~  “OK, Here’s The Truth”  (Wow, that was heart-wrenching! I dare you not to cry. I might have. A little.)

20)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Glory & Consequence”

"Now Or Never" Songs

You hear it all the time. "It's now or never." It's a phrase used to denote that you must do something immediately, even if you're apprehensive about it, because you may never have another chance. There's a sense of urgency in the phrase. And apparently, it makes good fodder for songwriters. Because all kinds of artists in a variety of genres and from various parts of the world have written songs with the phrase "Now Or Never" in their titles. Here are some of the best of those. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Halsey  ~  “Now Or Never”

2)  Elvis Presley  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”

3)  Sllash  ~  “Now Or Never”

4)  Splendid  ~  “Now Or Never”

5)  Orianthi  ~  “Now Or Never”

6)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Now Or Never”

7)  Blair St. Clair  ~  “Now Or Never”

8)  Ian Walsh  ~  “Now Or Never”

9)  Bananarama  ~  “Now Or Never”

10)  Jorge Fernandez  ~  “Now Or Never”

11)  Lisa Ekdahl  ~  “Now Or Never”

12)  Josh Groban  ~  “Now Or Never”

13)  Emilia de Poret  ~  “Now Or Never”

14)  Jason Koiter  ~  “Now Or Never”

15)  Tritonal ft. Phoebe Ryan  ~  “Now Or Never”

16)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Now Or Never Land”

17)  Ventus Band  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”

18)  Outasight  ~  “Now Or Never”

19)  AiWiNK  ~  “Now Or Never”

20)  Nick Mellow  ~  “Now Or Never”

21)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Now Or Never”

22)  CNBLUE  ~  “Now Or Never”

23)  Jodie Connor ft. Wiley  ~  “Now Or Never”

24)  Zebrahead  ~  “Now Or Never”

25)  Marie Chain  ~  “Now Or Never”

Songs About Accusations

There's been a lot of talk about "accusations" of late. Unfortunately, there's probably a lot of truth to many of these allegations. Because I am occasionally topical in my posts, here's a collection of Songs About Accusations. Contrary to the usual, not all of these songs have the word "accusation" (in any form) in their titles, though all do prominently feature the word in the lyrics and "accusation" is the overall theme of the songs as well. I hesitate to implore you to...but, enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Before You Accuse Me”

2)  Public Enemy  ~  “I Stand Accused”

3)  Porter Wagoner  ~  “Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw”

4)  Bananarama  ~  “Love In The First Degree”

5)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Accused Of Love”

6)  Common  ~  “Testify”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Always Run To You”

8)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Believe Me”

9)  Robert Cray Band  ~  “False Accusations”

10)  Jason Boland & The Stragglers  ~  “False Accuser’s Lament”

11)  Ayreon  ~  “The Accusation”

12)  Fireflight  ~  “Unbreakable”

13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “I Stand Accused”

14)  Ray Charles  ~  “Sticks And Stones”

15)   Rachel Wilhelm  ~  “The Accusation”

16)  Cory Chisel  ~  “I’ve Been Accused”

17)  Jim Reeves  ~  “Guilty”

18)  Shane & Shane  ~  “Embracing Accusation”

19)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  “Blame It On The Stones”

20)  Isaac Hayes  ~  “I Stand Accused”

Songs About Being Hypnotized, Vol. 2

You thought you were done with "Hypnosis" Songs yesterday, did you? Maybe that's just what I wanted you think!?!? Focus your mind on this brand-new set of songs...and enjoy! When I snap my fingers, you might cluck like a chicken. I make no guarantees.  ~  JH

1)  Bananarama  ~  “Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)”

2)  Simple Minds  ~  “Hypnotised”

3)  The Day We Left Earth  ~  “Highway Hypnosis”

4)  The Gin Pennies  ~  “Hypnotized”

5)  Damien Rice  ~  “Hypnosis”

6)  Xenia  ~  “Hypnotized”

7)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Hypnotist Of Ladies”

8)  SPL  ~  “Hypnotizing”

9)  Boney James  ~  “Hypnotic”

10)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Hypnotized”

11)  Scritti Politti  ~  “Hypnotize”

12)  Wilkinson ft. Shannon Saunders  ~  “Hypnotic”

13)  Blind Melon  ~  “Hypnotize”

14)  Oliver Koletzki ft. Fran  ~  “Hypnotized”

15)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Are You A Hypnotist?”

16)  Yvonne  ~  “Hypnotized”

17)  Cabaret Voltaire  ~  “Hypnotised”

18)  The Bronson  ~  “Hypnotized”

19)  Three P  ~  “Hypnotized”

20)  YANIS  ~  “Hypnotized”

Popular Songs Of 1987, Vol. 1

This is the series of posts you've been waiting for! Well, some of you, at least. Especially if you're, like me, in the latter part of your thirties. Part 1 of 4, Popular Songs of 1987. And....GO!  ~  JH

1)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”

2)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Livin’ On A Prayer”

3)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”

4)  Restless Heart  ~  “Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right)”

5)  Tiffany  ~  “I Think We’re Alone Now”

6)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “Mandolin Rain”

7)  Heart  ~  “Alone”

8)  U2  ~  “With Or Without You”

9)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam  ~  “Head To Toe”

10)  George Strait  ~  “Ocean Front Property”

11)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Bad”

12)  The Pretenders  ~  “Don’t Get Me Wrong”

13)  Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard  ~  “Can’t We Try”

14)  Bananarama  ~  “I Heard A Rumour”

15)  Crowded House  ~  “Don’t Dream It’s Over”

16)  Kenny G  ~  “Songbird”

17)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Change Of Heart”

18)  INXS  ~  “Need You Tonight”

19)  Wang Chung  ~  “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”

20)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Control”

21)  Reba McEntire  ~  “What Am I Gonna Do About You?”

22)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “Lady In Red”

23)  Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes  ~  “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”

24)  R.E.M.  ~  “The One I Love”

25)  Madonna  ~  “Open Your Heart”