"Cheer"-y Songs

I'm posting this on a Monday, which automatically means that I (and probably you, if you're honest) need some cheering up. Which is precisely why these "Cheer"-y Songs exist. Hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ARIA  ~  "Cheer Me Up"

2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  "Cheer You On"

3)  Victoria Justice  ~  "Cheer Me Up"

4)  A Great Big World  ~  "Cheer Up!"

5)  Gary Portnoy  ~  "Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)"

6)  Tom Waits  ~  "Town With No Cheer"

7)  OMI  ~  "Cheerleader"

8)  Bad Cop/Bad Cop  ~  "Cheers"

9)  Petra  ~  "Be Of Good Cheer"

10)  Playa  ~  "Cheers 2 U"

11)  George Harrison  ~  "Cheer Down"

12)  Chic  ~  "Chic Cheer"

13)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Makeup Is Running)"

14)  Leslie Odom, Jr.  ~  "Cheer Up, Charlie"

15)  White Denim  ~  "Cheer Up/Blues Ending"

16)  Andra Day  ~  "Cheers To The Fall"

17)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Chin Up, Cheer Up"

18)  Tramaine Hawkins  ~  "Cheer Up"

19)  St. Vincent  ~  "Cheerleader"

20)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Cheer Up"

21)  Bananarama  ~  "Cheers Then"

22)  Charlie Parker  ~  "Cheers"

23)  Mayday Parade  ~  "Three Cheers For Five Years"

24)  Twice  ~  "Cheer Up"

25)  Lin-Manuel Miranda  ~  "Cheering For Me Now"

More “Forbidden” Songs

Every now and then, I have what I think is an original idea for a music post, then I go back into my “vault” of old posts and realize I’ve already done that topic before. Such is the case with this post, which features songs with the word “Forbidden” in their titles. I originally did a “Forbidden” Songs post over three years ago. However, upon recent reflection, I realized that post was comprised entirely of songs by artists that no one – myself included! – had ever heard of before. I knew I could do better. And so I did. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Forbidden Love”

2)  Yanni  ~  “Forbidden Dreams”

3)  Chic  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

4)  This Century  ~  “Forbidden”

5)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Heaven’s What I Feel (Corazon Prohibido)”  (In case you don’t speak Spanish, the word “Prohibido” means “Forbidden.” So this one qualifies in two languages!)

6)  Leo James Conroy  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

7)  Nancy Wilson  ~  “Forbidden Lover”

8)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Forbidden”

9)  Selena  ~  “Amor Prohibido (Forbidden Love)”  (Yep, there’s that Spanish word again.)

10)  Andy Williams  ~  “Forbidden Love”

11)  Erja Lyytinen  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

12)  Martin Garrix  ~  “Forbidden Voices”

13)  Darlene Love  ~  “Forbidden Nights”

14)  Marty Friedman  ~  “Forbidden City”  (I don't think this is the whole song. But, wow, what a snippet!)

15)  Polina Gagarina  ~  “Forbidden Love”  (Apparently, Russia has their own Lady “Gaga.” So to speak.)

16)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Forbidden Jungle”

17)  Tapps  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

18)  Lefty Frizzell  ~  “Forbidden Lovers”

19)  Heim  ~  “Forbidden Waltz”

20)  Paul van Dyk  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

21)  Fox.E & The Good Hands  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

22)  Be Bop Deluxe  ~  “Forbidden Lovers / Down On Terminal Street”

23)  Nik West  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

24)  Electronic  ~  “Forbidden City”

25)  Storm Large  ~  “Forbidden”

Things These Artists Want, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of 4 in my latest miniseries, this one featuring songs about Things These Artists Want. I'm not holding anything back on you. There's good stuff in each of these posts. So I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Want To Be Free”

2)  Tina Arena & Marc Antony  ~  “I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You”

3)  The White Stripes  ~  “I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart”

4)  Carly Simon  ~  “All I Want Is You”

5)  Savage Garden  ~  “I Want You”

6)  Juliet Roberts  ~  “I Want You”

7)  Helloween  ~  “I Want Out”

8)  Moloko  ~  “I Want You”

9)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “I Want You”

10)  Plumb  ~  “In Your Eyes / I Want You Here”

11)  U2  ~  “All I Want Is You”

12)  Bananarama  ~  “I Want You Back”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Money (That’s What I Want)”

14)  Bess Rogers  ~  “What We Want”

15)  Kongos  ~  “I Want To Know”

16)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “All I Really Want”

17)  Brandon Flowers  ~  “Still Want You”

18)  Savannah Churchill  ~  “I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)”

19)  Tim McGraw  ~  “All I Want Is A Life”

20)  Enya  ~  “I Want Tomorrow”

21)  *NSYNC  ~  “I Want You Back”

22)  Chic  ~  “I Want Your Love”

23)  Keith Urban  ~  “Tonight I Wanna Cry”

24)  Eartha Kitt  ~  “I Want To Be Evil”

25)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  “I Want The World To Stop”

Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment of Songs About Balls & Strikes. Play ball...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

2)  The White Stripes  ~  “Ball And Biscuit”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Clown Strike”

4)  Big Brother and the Holding Company  ~  “Ball And Chain”

5)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Johnny Strikes Up The Band”

6)  Queen  ~  “Dreamer’s Ball”

7)  John Barrowman  ~  “Strike Up The Band”

8)  Anthony Hamilton  ~  “Ball And Chain”

9)  Primal Fear  ~  “Strike”

10)  Lifehouse  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

11)  Rosanne Cash ft. Eliza Gilkyson  ~  “Rosie Strike Back”

12)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “Welcome To The Ball”

13)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

14)  Keane  ~  “Crystal Ball”

15)  We As Human  ~  “Strike Back”

16)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Beach Ball”

17)  Chic  ~  “Strike Up The Band”

18)  Styx  ~  “Crystal Ball”

19)  A Silent Film  ~  “Lightning Strike”

20)  Shooter Jennings  ~  “Belle Of The Ball”

21)  Michael Schenker Group  ~  “Fatal Strike”

22)  Rick James  ~  “Jefferson Ball”

23)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Strike”

24)  XTC  ~  “Ball And Chain”

25)  Black Box  ~  “Strike It Up”