"Take" or "Leave" Songs, Vol. 1

This is what happens when you do a three-part series of "Give" and "Take" Songs, but you still have way too many "Take" songs worth posting. You get a three-part series of "Take" or "Leave" Songs. Here's the first installment. I'm sure you will enjoy them all!  ~  JH

1)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Take Me Home”

2)  Charlie Puth ft. Boyz II Men  ~  “If You Leave Me Now”

3)  Chris Lane ft. Tori Kelly  ~  “Take Back Home Girl”

4)  Brandon Heath  ~  “Leaving Eden”

5)  The Saturdays  ~  “My Heart Takes Over”

6)  Phil Collins  ~  “If Leaving Me Is Easy”

7)  Orleans  ~  “Love Takes Time”

8)  Ellie Bleach  ~  “Leave Me Alone”

9)  UB40  ~  “Here I Am (Come And Take Me)”

10)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Leaving On A Jet Plane”

11)  Joe Nichols  ~  “Take It Off”

12)  Thelma Houston  ~  “Don’t Leave Me This Way”

13)  Dave Brubeck  ~  “Take Five”

14)  Lake Street Dive  ~  “Baby, Don’t Leave Me Alone With My Thoughts”

15)  Marti Webb  ~  “Take That Look Off Your Face”

16)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Leave Before The Lights Come On”

17)  Amy Grant  ~  “Takes A Little Time”

18)  R.E.M.  ~  “Leaving New York”

19)  James Brown  ~  “Papa Don’t Take No Mess”

20)  Maria Mena  ~  “Leaving You”

21)  We As Human ft. Lacey Sturm  ~  “Take The Bullets Away”

22)  Led Zeppelin  ~  “Baby, I’m Gonna Leave You”

23)  Drake ft. Rihanna  ~  “Take Care”

24)  Maroon 5  ~  “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”

25)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Takin’ It To The Streets”

26)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Leave Love Alone”

27)  Little River Band  ~  “Take It Easy On Me”

28)  Snakehips & MØ  ~  “Don’t Leave”

29)  Roger Hodgson  ~  “Take The Long Way Home”

30)  Foxes  ~  “If You Leave Me Now”

31)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Love Take Me Over”

32)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Leave A Light On”

33)  Norton Hall Band  ~  “Take My Life”

"Anymore" Songs

And we're back to that quasi-series of "Any-" songs posts I started a couple of weeks ago. This time up, it's "Anymore" Songs. Will there be any more of these "Any-" posts after this one? Probably so. Might as well enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez  ~  “We Don’t Talk Anymore”

2)  Prince  ~  “I Love U, But I Don’t Trust U Anymore”

3)  Melanie C  ~  “Anymore”

4)  Saxon  ~  “I Can’t Wait Anymore”

5)  Madonna  ~  “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”

6)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “You Don’t Love Me Anymore”

7)  Lucy Dacus  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”

8)  Rise Against  ~  “I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore”

9)  LeToya  ~  “Not Anymore”

10)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  “Not Running Anymore”

11)  Halsey  ~  “Not Afraid Anymore”

12)  Bob Mould  ~  “I Don’t Know You Anymore”

13)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “I Don’t Want To Hear It Anymore”

14)  Elton John  ~  “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore”

15)  Tessa Violet  ~  “I Don’t Get To Say I Love You Anymore”

16)  Shania Twain  ~  Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)”

17)  Phil Collins  ~  “I Don’t Care Anymore”

18)  Phantogram  ~  “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”

19)  Richie Havens  ~  “I Can’t Make It Anymore”

20)  Faith Hill  ~  “I Can’t Do That Anymore”

21)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  “Anymore”

22)  Alice Wallace  ~  “I Just Don’t Care Anymore”

23)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Anymore”

24)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Anymore”

25)  Matthew Perryman Jones & Mindy Smith  ~  “Anymore Of This”

Things These Artists WON’T Do

Here's the natural follow-up to yesterday's post, this one featuring Things These Artists WON'T do. Snarky song commentary is included at no extra charge. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty  ~  “I Won’t Back Down”  (Tom Petty plus TWO former Beatles in the video? Yes, please!)

2)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”  (I think he means it, too. Just listen to the earnestness in his voice.)

3)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “I Won’t Let Go”  (This guy’s voice is almost good enough to ignore those Guy-Fieri-inspired frosted tips. Almost.)

4)  Charlie Puth  ~  “I Won’t Tell A Soul”  (His lips are sealed.)

5)  Selah Sue  ~  “I Won’t Go For More”  (And we won’t stay for less. Deal?)

6)  James Morrison  ~  “I Won’t Let You Go”  (I bet there were a lot of ticked-off drivers in the immediate area during the filming of this video.)

7)   Tanya Tucker ft. Paul Overstreet & Paul Davis  ~  “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”  (That hair. Those clothes. Must be ‘80s country music. Heaven, help us!)

8)  Carpenters  ~  “I Won’t Last A Day Without You”  (Okay, Richard, we get it. You have a lot of money, and you can afford as many cars as you want. Can we please just keep the focus on Karen next time? You, sir, are extraneous!)

9)  A Great Big World  ~  “Won’t Stop Running”  (Nah, I just have something in my eye. You, too?)

10)  Jane Monheit & Michael Bublé  ~  “I Won’t Dance”  (Sorry, I can’t help but ask. Even if she vows not to, and I’m not able to. #thatgorgeousvoice #JanesnotMichaels #hesokaytooiguess)

11)  Anouk  ~  “I Won’t Play That Game”  (Which game? Monopoly? Clue? Candy Crush? Pokémon Go? Twister?)

12)  Maroon 5  ~  “Won’t Go Home Without You”  (Does anyone really believe that a woman would actually reject this guy? If my wife were typing this, she would probably say “nope.” So we’ll go with that.)

13)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “I Won’t Change You”  (That’s good, ‘cuz I’m pretty happy with myself the way I am. Mostly. Actually, not really all that much. On second thought, go ahead and change me!)

14)  Reba McEntire  ~  “I Won’t Mention It Again”  (Thanks, Reba. I hate it when people keep bringing up the same old thing over and over again. Let it go, people!)

15)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)”  (That’s fine. Just don’t mention it again, ‘kay?)

16)  OK Go  ~  “I Won’t Let You Down”  (Every OK Go music video is a true work of art. Always entertaining! The music ain’t bad, either!)

17)  Poison  ~  “I Won’t Forget”  (That hair. Those clothes. Must be ‘80s rock music. Heaven, help us!)

18)  Sarah Blasko  ~  “We Won’t Run”  (She sings well, and she’s inside of a giant eyeball. That about sums it up.)

19)  Building 429  ~  “We Won’t Be Shaken”  (The band may not be shaken, but that small percussion instrument the guy was wielding at the beginning of the song sure was taking a shaking.)

20)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “I Won’t Be Alone Tonight”  (Of course you won’t, Melissa. There’s an audience right there in front of you.)

21)  Princessa  ~  “I Won’t Forget You”  (“Any more no more” is a double negative. So…she’s saying that she’s totally going to forget you. Sorry, dude.)

22)  Slade  ~  “We Won’t Give In”  (I was going to make some pithy comment about the song itself, but that jaunty red hat of the singer’s has got me so distracted that I’m dumbstruck.)

23)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “We Won’t Go Back”  (I don’t think they’re going back. Not to the way it was, at least.)

24)  The Who  ~  “Won’t Get Fooled Again”  (I think this song is about politics, but I could be wrong. I hate songs about politics.)

25)  The Colourist  ~  “We Won’t Go Home”  (You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.)

“Soul” Songs

Yesterday, it was "Body" Songs. Today, "Soul" Songs. Not Soul Songs, mind you, but "Soul" Songs. (The difference is in the quotation marks.) This is a really good collection of tunes as well. At least, I think so. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Soul”

2)  Sting  ~  “The Soul Cages”

3)  Train  ~  “Hey, Soul Sister”

4)  Matty Mullins  ~  “99% Soul”

5)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Little Soul”

6)  Eels  ~  “Novocaine For The Soul”

7)  The Black Keys  ~  “Heavy Soul”

8)  Spoon  ~  “They Want My Soul”

9)  Charlie Puth  ~  “I Won’t Tell A Soul”

10)  Jewel  ~  “Who Will Save Your Soul”

11)  Jamiroquai  ~  “California Soul”

12)  Jesse McCartney ~  “Beautiful Soul”

13)  Oasis  ~  “The Meaning Of Soul”

14)  Switchfoot  ~  “Bullet Soul”

15)  Dionne Bromfield  ~  “Good For The Soul”

16)  Fuel  ~  “Soul To Preach To”

17)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Little Bit Of Soul”

18)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  “The Dark Night Of The Soul”

19)  Mutemath  ~  “Odd Soul”

20)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “All That You Have Is Your Soul”

21)  Blind Melon  ~  “Soul One”

22)  The Fratellis  ~  “Until She Saves My Soul”

23)  Ben Harper  ~  “Serve Your Soul”

24)  Slaves  ~  “My Soul Is Empty And Full Of White Girls”  (Awesome title! LOL!)

25)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Awake My Soul”