A Song For Every Word In The Preamble To The Constitution

This is exactly what it sounds like it is. Yay, democracy!  ~  JH

Click on each underlined portion of the Preamble to hear a song with that word (or phrase) in its title. The full playlist of songs is included below.

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


PLAYLIST:
A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "We The People"
Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"
Arrested Development  ~  "United Front"
Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "States Of Friction"
Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"
Curtis Mayfield  ~  "New World Order"
Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"
Everything Everything  ~  "Final Form"
Titus Andronicus  ~  "A More Perfect Union"
Modico  ~  "Ah, Establish"
Flyleaf  ~  "Justice & Mercy"
Nuell  ~  "Insure"
John Conlee  ~  "Domestic Life"
Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Sea Of Tranquility"
Ekolu  ~  "Provide For You"
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down  ~  "We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)"
Freddie Mercury  ~  "In My Defence"
Honey Wilson  ~  "Leaders Don't Promote Hate"
Dispatch  ~  "The General"
Buck Owens  & The Buckaroos  ~  "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
The Beatles  ~  "And I Love Her"
Indigo Girls  ~  "Secure Yourself"
Ellie Goulding  ~  "The Writer"
Laura Story  ~  "Blessings"
XTC  ~  "Statue Of Liberty"
Anberlin  ~  "We Owe This To Ourselves"
Babyface  ~  "And Our Feelings"
Soft Bullets  ~  "Posterity"
Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"
Pontifex  ~  "Ordained"
Kate Bush  ~  "And Dream Of Sheep"
Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, & Frank Sinatra  ~  "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)"
Darius Rucker  ~  "This"
The Stationary Set  ~  "Constitution Of Love"
Ray Price  ~  "For The Good Times"
Judas Priest  ~  "United"
Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "United States"
Will Hoge  ~  "Middle Of America"

Songs About Believers

I hadn’t planned on a follow-up post to yesterday’s Songs About Heathens – it just sort of came about naturally. For what it’s worth, I found twice as many good “Believer” songs as “Heathen” ones. And one group here had two hit songs with that word in their titles. Go figure! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Monkees  ~  “I’m A Believer”

2)  American Authors  ~  “Believer”

3)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Oh, Ms. Believer”

4)  Morcheeba  ~  “Make Believer”

5)  Neil Young  ~  “The Believer”

6)  Giant  ~  “I’m A Believer”

7)   Ronnie Milsap  ~  “True Believer”

8)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Believer”

9)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Walk, Believer, Walk”

10)  Bill Anderson  ~  “Liars One, Believers Zero”

11)  Christina Milian ~   “Believer”

12)  Level 42  ~  “Believers”

13)  B.B. King  ~  “Midnight Believer”

14)  Phil Keaggy  ~  “True Believers”

15)  Nanci Griffith  ~  “The Last Of The True Believers”

16)  Freemasons ft. Wynter Gordon  ~  “Believer”

17)  Darius Rucker  ~  “True Believers”

18)  The Cult  ~  “True Believers”

19)  38 Special  ~  “Stone Cold Believer”

20)  Jazzanova  ~  “Believer”

21)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Dear Believer”

22)  Tonéx  ~  “Believer”

23)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Thank God For Believers”

24)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Believer”

25)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “Stone Believer”

26)  Michael Schenker Group  ~  “Rock & Roll Believer”

27)   The Monkees  ~  “Daydream Believer”

28)  Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius  ~  “Born Believer”

29)  Paper Lions  ~  “Believer”

30)  Sass Jordan  ~  “Make You A Believer”

Songs About "This"

And we're back to doing "Opposites" posts again. The first of the two involves songs with "This" in their titles. Its followup will consist of songs with "That" in their titles. Simple as that...and this! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Darius Rucker  ~  "This"

2)  Banks  ~  "This Is What It Feels Like"

3)  One Direction  ~  "More Than This"

4)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "This Is Gospel"

5)  The Veronicas  ~  "This Love"

6)  Rod Stewart & Ronald Isley  ~  "This Old Heart Of Mine"

7)  Owl City  ~  "This Isn't The End"

8)  Madonna  ~  "This Used To Be My Playground"

9)  Michael Jackson  ~  "This Is It"

10)  Seether  ~  "Rise Above This"

11)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "A Moment Like This"

12)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  "This Diamond Ring"

13)  Backstreet Boys  ~  "In A World Like This"

14)  Amy Macdonald  ~  "This Is The Life"

15)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "This Is It"

16)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "This Grudge"

17)  Rob Thomas  ~  "This Is How A Heart Breaks"

18)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  "Call Me When You Get This"

19)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  "If This Is It"

20)  Shania Twain  ~   "From This Moment On"

21)   Snow Patrol  ~  "This Isn't Everything You Are"

22)  Paramore  ~  "Born For This"

23)  Switchfoot  ~  "This Is Your Life"

24)  Caro Emerald  ~  "A Night Like This"

25)  Stray Cats  ~  "Rock This Town"

"Tried" & "True" Songs

So, these aren't quite "Opposites," but the two words are related by cliché. Here's a collection of really good songs (mostly by people you've heard of) featuring either the word "Tried" or "True" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Merle Haggard  ~  "Mama Tried"

2)  Madonna  ~  "True Blue"

3)  Soundgarden  ~  "The Day I Tried To Live"

4)  Coldplay  ~  "True Love"

5)  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft. Akon  ~  "I Tried"

6)  Metallica  ~  "Sad But True"

7)  Dexy's Midnight Runners  ~  "I Couldn't Help If I Tried"

8)  Joan Armatrading  ~  "True Love"

9)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Love Knows We Tried"

10)  Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes  ~  "To Be True"

11)  Rodney Crowell  ~  "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"

12)  Eivør  ~  "True Love"

13)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  "I Tried"

14)  Darius Rucker  ~  "True Believers"

15)  Al Green  ~  "I Tried To Tell Myself"

16)  JJ Heller  ~  "True Things"

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17)  Jessica Frech ft. Melanie  ~  "Tried To Die Young"

18)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Never Had A Dream Come True"

19)  Dri  ~  "You Know I Tried"

20)  Elton John & Kiki Dee  ~  "True Love"

21)  Brett Detar  ~  "Tried To Hate The Angels"

22)  Spandau Ballet  ~  "True"

23)  Blue Aces  ~  "Tried To Warn You"

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24)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes"

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