“If” & “When” Songs, Vol. 2

The last of the "If" songs...and the "When" ones as well, for that matter. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Prince  ~  “When You Were Mine”

2)  Ella Eyre  ~  “If I Go"

3)  Nat King Cole  ~  “When I Fall In Love”

4)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “If You Love Me, Let Me Go”

5)  Green Day  ~  “When I Come Around”

6)  The Script  ~  “If You Could See Me Now”

7)  Bruno Mars  ~  “When I Was Your Man”

8)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “If I Never Sing Another Song”

9)  Paramore  ~  “When It Rains”

10)   Ginny Owens  ~  “If You Want Me To”

11)  Passenger  ~  “When We Were Young”

12)  Alicia Keys  ~  “If I Ain’t Got You”

13)  Babyface  ~  “When Can I See You”

14)  Reba McEntire ft. Brooks & Dunn  ~  “If You See Him, If You See Her”

15)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “When You’re Gone”

16)  Casting Crowns  ~  “If We Are The Body”

17)  Shania Twain  ~  “When”

18)  Tonic  ~  “If You Could Only See”

19)  Dean Martin  ~  “When You’re Smiling”

20)  Shai  ~  “If I Ever Fall In Love”

21)  Leo Sayer  ~  “When I Need You”

22)  Keith Urban & John Mayer  ~  “If Ever I Could Love”

23)  The Cranberries  ~  “When You’re Gone”

24)  John Legend  ~  “If You’re Out There”

25)  Journey  ~  “When You Love A Woman”

Songs For The Seasons: Summer

So...I tend to post these "Season" songs right at the end of the season, if Spring and Summer are evidence of a trend. But better late than never, I suppose. Here you have them...a bunch of songs about the summer. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brad Paisley  ~  "Beat This Summer"

2)  Josh Gad  ~  "In Summer"

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Summertime Sadness"

4)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  "Indian Summer"

5)  Yellowcard  ~  "Always Summer"

6)  The Corrs  ~  "Summer Sunshine"

7)  Percy Faith  ~  "Theme From A Summer Place"

8)  Richard Marx  ~  "Endless Summer Nights"

9)  ABBA  ~  "Summer Night City"

10)  Keith Urban  ~  "'Til Summer Comes Around"

11)  Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs  ~  "For The Summer"

12)  Bananarama  ~  "Cruel Summer"

13)  Metallica  ~  "Lords Of Summer"

14)  Placebo  ~  "English Summer Rain"

15)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Summer Day"

16)  The Cure  ~  "The Last Day Of Summer"

17)  Simple Plan ft. MKTO ~  "Summer Paradise"

18)  Oh Land  ~  "Next Summer"

19)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  "You're So Last Summer"

20)  Coheed and Cambria  ~ " Blood Red Summer"

21)  Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood  ~  "Summer Wine"

22)  Stereophonics  ~  "Indian Summer"

23)  Aaron Lewis  ~  "Endless Summer"

24)  Leighton Meester  ~  "Summer Girl"

25)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  "Summertime"

"Kind" Songs

Here's the follow-up to yesterday's "Mean" songs post. While not technically an "Opposites" music post (a few different definitions of the word "Kind" are employed here), it's as close to one as I could get based on what I had to work with. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  "A Kind Of Magic"

2)  Carpenters  ~  "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)"

3)  Emerson Drive  ~  "She's My Kind Of Crazy"

4)  BRAIDS  ~  "In Kind"

5)  Tyler Ward ft. Lindsey Stirling  ~  "Some Kind Of Beautiful"

6)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "All Kinds Of Kinds"

7)  Bigbang  ~  "One Of A Kind"  (This song is from the early '00s, but it has a distinctly '70s "classic rock" sound – nice!)

8)  Mama Cass  ~  "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"

9)  Robert Plant  ~  "Hurting Kind"

10)  Letters To Cleo  ~  "Cruel To Be Kind"

11)  Phil Collins  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"

12)  Girls Aloud  ~  "The Loving Kind"

13)  Mint Condition  ~  "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?"

14)  No Doubt  ~  "Simple Kind Of Life"

15)  Metallica  ~  "Some Kind Of Monster"

16)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "My Kind Of Love"  (WARNING: There are a few instances in this video when a potentially offensive word appears on the screen in close-up – however, after watching the video you'll understand that the use of this word is condemned here, and not glorified.)

17)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  "She's Not The Cheatin' Kind"

18)  Anastacia  ~  "Not That Kind"

19)  Nick Lowe  ~  "Cruel To Be Kind"

20)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Our Kind Of Love"

21)  Shealeigh  ~  "Be Kind"

22)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Some Kind Of Bliss"

23)  Confederate Railroad  ~  "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"

24)  Patty Loveless  ~  "I'm That Kind Of Girl"

25)  Group 1 Crew  ~  "His Kind Of Love"

Songs With Women's Names In The Titles – 1980 To The Present, Vol. 2

Well, this is it. Part 6 of 6 of songs with people's names in the title. If I missed your favorite song, you may now throw your barbs. Hopefully, though, with your help, I've covered most of the good ones. I hope you've enjoyed these as much as I've enjoyed compiling. If not, there's always next time...  ~  JH

1)  Aerosmith  ~  "Janie's Got A Gun"

2)  Yellowcard  ~  "Rough Landing, Holly"

3)  Marillion  ~  "Kayleigh"

4)  Blondie  ~  "Maria"

5)  Fur Patrol  ~  "Lydia"  (I was halfway through watching this video when I realized that all the band members are playing imaginary instruments – talk about slow!)

6)  Goodshirt  ~  "Sophie"

7)  Rancid  ~  "Ruby Soho"

8)  Dexys Midnight Runners  ~  "Come On Eileen"

9)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Veronica"

10)  Shawn Colvin  ~  "Sunny Came Home"

11)  Brooks & Dunn ~  "My Maria"

12)  Starship  ~  "Sara"

13)  Tommy Tutone  ~  "867-5309/Jenny"

14)  Plain White T's  ~  "Hey There, Delilah"

15)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Mary Jane's Last Dance"