Songs About Not Giving Up, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of Songs About Not Giving Up. Because what could be a more admirable thing NOT to do than to give up? There were too many good ones of these to fit into one post, so a second (and final) set of them will follow tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”

2)  Lissie  ~  “Don’t You Give Up On Me”

3)  The Maine  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

4)  Birdy  ~  “Never Give Up”

5)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

6)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up”

7)  Colony House  ~  “Won’t Give Up”

8)  Noisettes  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

9)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In)”

10)  Armin van Buuren ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Not Giving Up On Love”

11)  Racoon  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

12)  Regine Velasquez  ~  “Never Give Up”

13)  Josh Groban  ~  “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up)”

14)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Not Giving Up”

15)  David Soul  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

16)  Papa San ft. Jael Wiafe  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

17)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “I’m Not Giving Up Yet”

18)  Veronica Ballestrini  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

19)  Barry White  ~  “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”

20)  Yolanda Adams  ~  “Never Give Up”

Songs About Angels & Demons, Vol. 1

Here's the first installment in a four-part series featuring Songs About Angels & Demons. Don't raise your hackles on the second of the two – the demons here are more metaphorical and less...well...demonic. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Angel”

2)  Bear In Heaven  ~  “Demon”

3)  Birdy  ~  “Not About Angels”

4)  Yeasayer  ~  “Demon Road”

5)  Juice Newton  ~  “Angel Of The Morning”

6)  James Morrison  ~  “Demons”

7)  Fantasia  ~  “Even Angels”

8)  Deep Purple  ~  “Demon’s Eye”

9)  Wild Belle  ~  “Rock & Roll Angel”

10)  Alex Vargas  ~  “Wear Your Demons Out”

11)  Mariah Carey ft. Ne-Yo  ~  “Angels Cry”

12)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Paul Newman Vs. The Demons”

13)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Angel / Better Together”

14)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  “Demons”

15)  Theory Of A Deadman  ~  “Angel”

16)  Fatboy Slim ft. Macy Gray  ~  “Demons”

17)  Billy Joel  ~  “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)”

18)  The Donnas  ~  “Speed Demon”

19)  Train  ~  “Calling All Angels”

20)  Aurora  ~  “All My Demons”

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 1

I warned you there'd be more miniseries of posts coming, and this is the first installment. Herein you'll find a wildly diverse set of songs about "Finding," "Keeping," "Losing," and "Weeping." If you like these, there's three more posts where they came from. If you don't like these...what's wrong with you? Just kidding. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Finding Out”

2)  Birdy  ~  “Keeping Your Head Up”

3)  John Newman  ~  “Losing Sleep”

4)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow”

5)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”

6)  Babyface  ~  “Keeping Secrets”

7)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

8)  The Verve  ~  “Weeping Willow”

9)  Aztec Two-Step  ~  “Finding Somebody New”

10)  L D R U ft. Paige IV  ~  “Keeping Score”

11)  Rush  ~  “Losing It”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “Weeping China Doll”

13)  Louis XIV  ~  “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”

14)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Keeping The Faith”

15)  The Naked And Famous  ~  “Losing Control”

16)  The Sweet Lillies  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Sleeping Romance  ~  “Finding My Way”

18)  Linda Ronstadt ft. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Keeping Out Of Mischief Now”  (The video messes up at first but rights itself around the :30 mark.)

19)  Keane  ~  “The Lovers Are Losing”

20)  Múm  ~  “Weeping Rock Rock”

21)  Teske  ~  “Finding Neverland”

22)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

23)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Losing You”

24)  Alanna Story  ~  “Weeping”

25)  Caitlin Crosby  ~  “Finding Feelings”

26)  The Who  ~  “Love Ain’t For Keeping”

27)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Losing Friends Over Love”

28)  The Dramatics  ~  “Stop Your Weeping”

“Older” Songs

And now that we've dispensed with the "Younger" songs, it's time to proceed to the "Older" ones. For some reason, I like most of these even better than yesterday's set. Maybe it's because I am starting to be able to relate more. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Growing Older But Not Up”

2)  Skillet  ~  “The Older I Get”

3)  George Michael  ~  “Older”

4)  Grant-Lee Phillips  ~  “Older Now”

5)  Julie Roberts  ~  “Wake Up Older”

6)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Get Older”

7)  Damien Rice  ~  “Older Chests”

8)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Older”

9)  Green River Ordinance  ~  “Getting Older”

10)  Birdy  ~  “Older”

11)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Older”

12)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Just Older”

13)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Getting Older Every Day”

14)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  “A Few Older Ones”

15)  Laura Imbruglia  ~  “Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard? / Older Man”

16)  Ronnie McDowell  ~  “Older Women”

17)  Hank Thompson  ~  “The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music”

18)  Wild Party  ~  “When I Get Older”

19)  Patty Smyth  ~  “Everyone Gets Older”

20)  The Flying Burrito Brothers  ~  “Older Guys”

"Flesh" & "Blood" Songs

You may or may not have noticed, but this will be the third post in just over a week featuring songs with "Blood" and some other word (or words) in their titles. That's because when I research for songs that fit a certain "theme," I am very thorough in so doing. And there are a heckuva lot of good songs with the word "Blood" in their titles. Thus the "Blood" and "Guts" post, then the "Blood," "Sweat," and "Tears" post, and now these "Flesh" and "Blood" songs. There won't be any more "Blood" songs for awhile. So enjoy these while they last!  ~  JH

1)  Blondie  ~  “In The Flesh”

2)  Supergrass  ~  “Bad Blood”

3)  The Pierces  ~  “Flesh And Bone”

4)  Eels  ~  “Fresh Blood”

5)  Leon Patillo  ~  “Flesh Of My Flesh”

6)  Sum 41  ~  “Blood In My Eyes”  (WARNING: This music video is exceptionally violent. Parental discretion is strongly advised.)

7)  Dillon  ~  “Your Flesh Against Mine”

8)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Blood Sings”

9)  The Killers  ~  “Flesh And Bone”

10)  Grimes  ~  “Flesh Without Blood / Life In The Vivid Dream”

11)  Radical Face  ~  “A Pound Of Flesh”

12)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “In The Blood”

13)  Santana  ~  “Spirits Dancing In The Flesh”

14)  Birdy  ~  “Young Blood”

15)  The Low Anthem  ~  “Smart Flesh”

16)  Bastille  ~  “Bad Blood”

17)  Wilson Phillips  ~  “Flesh And Blood”

18)  Bea Miller  ~  “Young Blood”

19)  Caitelen Schneeberger  ~  “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”

20)  Apocalyptica  ~  “Cold Blood”

21)  Calabrese  ~  “Flesh And Blood”

22)  All Sons & Daughters  ~  “Your Glory / Nothing But The Blood”

23)  Roesy  ~  “The Backbone, Flesh, And The Fruit”

24)  Saint Raymond  ~  “Young Blood”

25)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Flesh And Blood”