“Wild” & “Crazy” Songs, Vol. 2

Just how "Wild" & "Crazy" can these songs be? I guess you'll have to find out for yourself... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lindsey Stirling ft. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Something Wild”

2)  Queen  ~  “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

3)  Lena  ~  “Wild & Free”

4)  Bill Haley & The Comets  ~  “Crazy Man Crazy”

5)  Local Sound  ~  “Wild”

6)  Adele  ~  “Crazy For You”

7)  Elina  ~  “Wild Enough”

8)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Crazy Train”

9)  Martina McBride  ~  “Wild Angels”

10)  Katie Melua  ~  “The Closest Thing To Crazy”

11)  Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Wild Wild West”

12)  Selah Sue  ~  “Crazy Vibes”

13)  Brett Dennen  ~  “Wild Child”

14)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “World Gone Crazy”

15)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wilder (We’re Chained)”

16)  Paul Davis  ~  “I Go Crazy”

17)  Bishop Briggs  ~  “Wild Horses”

18)  Sammy Hagar  ~  “You Make Me Crazy”

19)  Alexia Coley  ~  “Drive Me Wild”

20)  Andy Grammer  ~  “Crazy Beautiful”

21)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “Wild Animals”

22)  Deladap  ~  “Crazy Swing”

23)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Wild Mountain Honey”

24)  Ornette  ~  “Crazy”

25)  Jean Stapleton  ~  “I’m Just Wild About Harry”

26)  Slade  ~  “Mama Were All Crazee Now”

27)  Emma Heesters  ~  “Wild Thoughts”  (This is a beautifully rendered and considerably sanitized version of a DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller collab. I much prefer it to the original.)

28)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “I Think I’m Crazy”

29)  The Strumbellas  ~  “Young & Wild”

30)  Victoria Williams  ~  “Crazy Mary”

31)  Runaway June  ~  “Wild West”

32)  Barclay James Harvest  ~  “Crazy City”

33)  Moby  ~  “This Wild Darkness”

34)  Taylor Colson  ~  “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy”  (This is also a gorgeously rendered and highly sanitized version of an otherwise exceptional Bebe Rexha song. I’m not sure if I like it better, or just as much – but definitely not less – than the original.)

“Easy” & “Hard” Songs, Vol. 1

A long time ago, I'm not sure exactly when, on my original blog I posted a set of "Easy" and "Hard" Songs. But since then, a) I've gotten better at finding a good variety of quality songs by people you've actually heard of; b) new songs have come out that also merit inclusion; and c) I just felt like doing this theme all over again. And there were plenty of good ones, so this is part 1 of 2. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Eight Easy Steps”

2)  Queen  ~  “It’s A Hard Life”

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

4)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

5)  MiMi & The Mad Noise Factory  ~  “Easy”

6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “No Hard Feelings”

7)  Dragonette  ~  “Easy”

8)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Hard To Imagine”

9)  Rag’n’Bone Man  ~  “Die Easy”

10)  Donna Summer  ~  “She Works Hard For The Money”

11)  Lauv  ~  “Easy Love”

12)  Lykke Li  ~  “Hard Rain”

13)  Max Frost  ~  “Let Me Down Easy”

14)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  “Hard”

15)  Haroula Rose  ~  “So Easy”

16)  Coldplay  ~  “The Hardest Part”

17)  Phil Collins & Philip Bailey  ~  “Easy Lover”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Harder To Forgive”

19)  Oriana  ~  "Love Me Down Easy"

20)  DC Talk  ~  “The Hard Way”

21)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  “Easy For Me To Say”

22)  The National  ~  “Hard To Find”

23)  GJan  ~  “Wasn’t Easy”

24)  Cloves  ~  “Hit Me Hard”

25)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Easy To Love”

Songs About Pride

Of all the themes I've ever blogged about, "Pride" is surprisingly not one of them. Until now... I might follow this one up with Songs About Humility, but don't quote me on that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Living Colour  ~  “Pride”

2)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Pride And Joy”

3)  U2  ~  “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”

4)  Kutless  ~  “Pride Away”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am”

6)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Pride”

7)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  “Pride And Joy”

8)  Cutting Crew  ~  “Everything But My Pride”

9)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Pride”

10)  The Infinite Staircase ft. Zakk Wylde, Kevin Martin, Morgan Rose, & JD DeServio  ~  “The Pride”

11)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Pride And Joy”

12)  The Tubes  ~  “A Matter Of Pride”

13)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Love Has No Pride”

14)  Chris Rea  ~  “Too Much Pride”

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Thorn In My Pride”

16)  Alana Davis  ~  “Love & Pride”

17)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Foolish Pride”

18)  King  ~  “Love & Pride”

19)  Daryl Hall  ~  “Foolish Pride”

20)  The Church  ~  “Pride Before A Fall”

21)  Grace Jones  ~  “Pride”

22)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “Pride”

23)  The Isley Brothers  ~  “The Pride”

24)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Heretic Pride”

25)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “With The Pride”

"Wasted" Songs

Here we have a collection of songs about things that are "Wasted." Sometimes it's years, sometimes youth, and quite often it's time. If you like these, there'll be more to come tomorrow. If you don't like these, you probably won't want to check back tomorrow either. Otherwise, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Haley Reinhart  ~  “Wasted Tears”

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Wasted Years”

3)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Wasted”

4)  Vance Joy  ~  “Wasted Time”

5)  The Runaways  ~  “Wasted”

6)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Life Wasted”

7)  LP  ~  “Wasted Love”

8)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Nothing Is Wasted”

9)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “Wasted”

10)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Wasted Time”

11)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wasted”

12)  Fuel  ~  “Wasted Time”

13)  Fletcher  ~  “Wasted Youth”

14)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Wasted On The Way”

15)  Letters To Cleo  ~  “Wasted”

16)  Rainbow Kitten Surprise  ~  “Wasted”

17)  The Donnas  ~  “Wasted”

18)  The Summer Set  ~  “Wasted”

19)  Rebecca Black  ~  “Wasted Youth”  (The singer of that infamous "Friday" song actually turned out to be a surprisingly good vocalist. Who knew?)

20)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Wasted Sunsets”