“Mad” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 featuring songs with the word "Mad" in the title. Don't get mad...just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart  ~  “Mad World”  (Mmkay, so this is the same root song as the Tears For Fears classic in Vol. 1, but it's completely different when performed in a neo-vaudeville style. Especially when the singers are a seven-foot-tall clown with golden pipes and a feisty young songstress with exemplary lungs of her own.)

2)  Bush  ~  “Mad Love”

3)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Mad About You”

4)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Mad”

5)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Mad Love”

6)  Thrice  ~  “All The World Is Mad”

7)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “We’re All Mad”

8)  Neil Finn & Friends  ~  “Driving Me Mad”

9)  My Baby  ~  “Mad Mountain Thyme”

10)  Elton John  ~  “Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters”

11)  The Veronicas  ~  “Mad Love”

12)  The Waterboys  ~  “Mad As The Mist & Snow”

13)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Mad World”  (Yes, this is another version of the Tears For Fears song, and no, I didn't run out of good songs to pick. I just liked all three versions for different reasons, and couldn't leave any one of them out.)

14)  Neon Trees  ~  “Mad Love”

15)  Jessica Biel  ~  “Mad About The Boy”

16)  Weezer  ~  “Mad Kow”

17)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Mad Season”

18)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”

19)  Preservation Hall Jazz Band  ~  “Mad”

20)  U2  ~  “Love You Like Mad”

Things These Artists Want, Vol. 4

Finally, we reach the end of this long, drawn-out, but ultimately satisfying miniseries of posts. One last round of songs about Things These Artists Want. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “(We Want) The Same Thing”

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”

3)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Want Your Feeling”

4)  A Day To Remember  ~  “All I Want”

5)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “We Want Them Young”

6)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “I Want You (Hold On To Love)”

7)   Terri Clark  ~  “I Just Wanna Be Mad”

8)  NF  ~  “I Just Wanna Know”

9)  Atomic Kitten  ~  “I Want Your Love”

10)  Tracy Byrd  ~  “I Wanna Feel That Way Again”

11)  Billie Davis  ~  “I Want You To Be My Baby”

12)  Paul McCartney  ~  “(I Want To) Come Home”

13)  Tina Arena  ~  “I Want To Love You”

14)  Air Supply  ~  “I Want To Give It All”

15)  Sarah Blasko  ~  “All I Want”

16)  Toby Keith  ~  “I Wanna Talk About Me”

17)  Scandal  ~  “All I Want”

18)  Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds  ~  “(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine”

19)  Nightwish  ~  “I Want My Tears Back”

20)  Alesso ft. Nico & Vinz  ~  “I Wanna Know”

21)  Susanna Hoffs  ~  “All I Want”

22)  Marian Hill  ~  "I Want You”

23)  Cher Lloyd  ~  “Want U Back”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “I Wanna Life”

25)  Carpenters  ~ “(Want You) Back In My Life Again”

Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 2

Here's Part 2 (of 4) of the most Popular Songs of 1986. In this installment, you'll find both instantly recognizable songs (by name and/or by artist) as well as a number of songs that you might not instantly recollect, until you click and listen and then it's like, "Oh...yeah, I know THIS song! I LOVE this song!" In other words, you will probably...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Greatest Love Of All”

2)  Mr. Mister  ~  “Kyrie”

3)  Heart  ~  “These Dreams”

4)  Janet Jackson  ~  “When I Think Of You”

5)  Glass Tiger  ~  “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”

6)  Madonna  ~  “Live To Tell”

7)  Level 42  ~  “Something About You”

8)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Mad About You”

9)  Falco  ~  “Rock Me Amadeus”

10)  Bananarama  ~  “Venus”

11)  The Judds  ~  “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Ol’ Days)”

12)  Howard Jones  ~  “No One Is To Blame”

13)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Conga”

14)  Dire Straits  ~  “Walk Of Life”

15)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “True Colors”

16)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “Too Much Is Not Enough”

17)  The Outfield  ~  “Your Love”

18)  Anne Murray  ~  “Now And Forever (You And Me)”

19)  John Cougar Mellencamp  ~  “Small Town”

20)  Genesis  ~  “Throwing It All Away”

21)  Force MD’s  ~  “Tender Love”

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 3

If you enjoyed my last Songs For Halloween post, you'll dig this one, too. If you haven't had time to check out Volumes 1 (a repost from 2 years ago) or 2, feel free to do so now. I'll wait... Okay, good. There's one final volume in this series forthcoming. Wait with bated breath...just don't turn blue in so doing. ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Thriller”

2)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Ghost On The Canvas”

3)  The Animal In Me  ~  “I Created A Monster”

4)  Shontelle  ~  “Perfect Nightmare”

5)  The Orwells  ~  “Halloween All Year”

6)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Scary Fragile”

7)  Levitika  ~  “Zombie Barbie”

8)  Shinedown  ~  “Through The Ghost”

9)  Mayday Parade  ~  “Ghosts”

10)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)”

11)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive”

12) Ladytron  ~  “Ghosts”

13)  Metallica  ~  “Some Kind Of Monster”

14)  Higher Self ft. Lauren Mason  ~  “Ghosts”

15)  Charlene Soraia  ~  “Ghost”

16)  Elvis Costello & The Roots ft. La Marisoul  ~  “Spooky Girlfriend”

17)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Big Scary Animal”

18)  Conquer Divide  ~  “Nightmares”

19)  Wednesday 13  ~  “I Walked With A Zombie”

20)  The Rattles  ~  “The Witch”

21)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Ghost Inside”

22)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Attack Of The Ghost Riders”

23)  Siouxsie & The Banshees  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Royal Blood  ~  “Little Monster”

25)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Some Kind Of Zombie”

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Circles

Here's the second installment in my current series, which features songs with the names of shapes in their titles. This one, as if it weren't abundantly clear, is a bunch of songs about circles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John  ~  "Circle Of Life"

2)  Marques Houston  ~  "Circle"

3)  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians  ~  "Circle"

4)  Half Moon Run  ~  "Full Circle"

5)  Bond  ~  "Nothing Fits (Fictitious Circle)"

6)  Miley Cyrus  ~   "Full Circle"

7)  I See MONSTAS  ~  "Circles"

8)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

9)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  "Circle In The Sand"

10)  Incubus  ~  "Circles"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Width Of A Circle"

12)  Hooverphonic  ~  "Circles"

13)  R.E.M.  ~  "Perfect Circle"

14)  Love And Theft  ~  "Dancing In Circles"

15)  Feist  ~  "The Circle Married The Line"

16)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Spin The Black Circle"

17)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Full Circle"

18)  Katie Melua  ~  "Perfect Circle"

19)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  "Circle"

20)  Blackmore's Night  ~  "The Circle"

21)  Aaron Lewis  ~  "Vicious Circles"

22)  Snow Ghosts  ~  "Circles Out Of Salt"

23)  Cavo  ~  "Circles"

24)  Serena Ryder  ~  "Circle Of The Sun"

25)  Passenger  ~  "Circles"