More Songs About The Trees

Because you can never have too many Songs About The Trees (or maybe you can), here's a second and final set. So what are you waiting for? By all means...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oh Land  ~  "Family Tree"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "In My Tree"

3)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "The Dreaming Tree"

5)  Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien  ~  "Under The Bamboo Tree"

6)  Plain White T's  ~  "The Giving Tree"

7)  Eva Cassidy  ~  "Tall Trees In Georgia"

8)  Trevor Hall  ~  "The Lime Tree"

9)  Moby ft. Julie Mintz  ~  "The Sorrow Tree"

10)  Foals  ~  "Birch Tree"

11)  Amy Montgomery  ~  "Tree Song (Branch Out & Nourish My Veins)"

12)  U2  ~  "One Tree Hill"

13)  L.E.J.  ~  "Hanging Tree"  (Yeah, I know there was another version – the original, no less! – of this one in the first post. But this rendition is so much more nuanced, so artsy-fartsy, and just so darn good I couldn't help but include it here as well.)

14)  Lacey Sturm  ~  "Mercy Tree"

15)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Shake The Sugar Tree"

16)  Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour  ~  "Shaking The Tree"

17)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "The Living Tree"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

19)  Alela Diane  ~  "The Alder Trees"

20)  Erykah Badu  ~  "Appletree"

21)  Beth Orton  ~  "Poison Tree"

22)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Cinnamon Tree"

23)  Basia  ~  "An Olive Tree"

24)  Della Mae  ~  "Pine Tree"

25)  Aurora  ~  "Apple Tree"

"Grey" Songs

Here we have a lovely collection of songs about the color "Grey" (or "Gray," depending on whom you ask). Why, you might ask? Aside from the fact that it's one of my most favorite colors, there also happen to be quite a few good songs with that color in their titles. And I wanted them all in one place for safekeeping. Good enough reason? Great! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan  ~  "Grey Room"

2)  Katzenjammer  ~  "Lady Grey"

3)  Marion Raven  ~  "Colors Turn To Grey"

4)  Nickel Creek  ~  "Green And Grey"

5)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Grey"

6)  Bee Gees  ~  "The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey"  (I didn't know these guys started performing when they were still kids! Neither did I know that footage of their earliest history still existed.)

7)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Grey Street"

8)  Gary Moore  ~  "Long Grey Mare"

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Song In Red And Grey"

10)  Elton John  ~  "Grey Seal"

11)  Delilah  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

12)  AFI  ~  "Girl's Not Grey"

13)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "Storms Make Grey The Sea"

14)  EXES  ~  "Grey"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Grey Matter"

16)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Grey Skies"

17)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Two Grey Rooms"

18)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Grey Matter"

19)  Live  ~  "The Beauty Of Gray"

20)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Grey Gardens"

21)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

22)  Justin Nozuka  ~  "Gray"

23)  Billy Joel  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

24)  Bruce Hornsby  ~  "Fields Of Gray"

25)  BarlowGirl  ~  "Grey"

Songs About Ideas, Vol. 1

When it comes to thinking up new and (hopefully) interesting themes for music blog posts, I am full of ideas. Which brings me to this post (and the one that follows it)...which is a bunch of Songs About Ideas. I would explain further, but you get the idea. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Woerz  ~  “Idea Of Her”

2)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Ideas As Opiates”

3)  Tessa Violet  ~  “I Like (The Idea Of) You”

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “The Idea Of You”

5)  Maria Taylor Trio  ~  “Bad Idea”

6)  Fiction Department  ~  “Bad Idea”

7)  Sara Bareilles & Gavin Creel  ~  “Bad Idea”

8)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “You Have No Idea”

9)  Amy Nelson  ~  “Better Idea”

10)  Flip Wilson  ~  “If That’s Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time (Take Me Home)”

11)  Garbage  ~  “Not My Idea”

12)  Tito Puente & The Golden Latin Jazz  ~  “Tito’s Idea”

13)  Theia  ~  “Bad Idea”

14)  Bee Gees  ~  “Idea”

15)  Penelope Casanola  ~  “Ni Idea”

16)  Tyler Ward  ~  “Beginning Of A Bad Idea”

17)  Leigh Nash  ~  “My Idea Of Heaven”

18)  Alle Farben  ~  “Bad Ideas”

19)  Sunny Sweeney  ~  “Better Bad Idea”

20)  Jesse Harris  ~  “I Have No Idea”

21)  Amely Heart  ~  “Best Idea”

22)  Otis Redding  ~  “That’s A Good Idea”

23)  Candy Hearts  ~  “Bad Idea”

24)  My Glorious  ~  “The Dark Idea”

25)  Yuna  ~  “Bad Idea”

"Finest" Songs

This is, without a doubt, the finest collection of "Finest" Songs you'll find anywhere. Because chances are, this is the ONLY collection of "Finest" Songs you'll find anywhere! So if you take a listen, you'll be a part of something special. If you don't, you won't. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Cash Cash ft. Abir  ~  “Finest Hour”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “Finest Worksong”

3)  The Sundays  ~  “Finest Hour”

4)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Finest Hour”

5)  Submotion Orchestra  ~  “Finest Hour”

6)  Duran Duran  ~  “Finest Hour”

7)  Teen Witch: The Musical Cast ft. Sara Niemietz & Blake Ewing  ~  “Finest Hour”

8)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Our Finest Year”

9)  The S.O.S. Band  ~  “The Finest”

10)  Rod Stewart  ~ “Finest Woman”

11)  Per Gessle ft. Helena Josefsson  ~  “The Finest Prize”

12)  Hungry Lights  ~  “My Finest Hour”

13)  Sir Rosevelt  ~  “Sunday Finest”

14)  Josh Bray  ~  “The Finest Chance”

15)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Finest Lovin’ Man”

16)  Black Star Riders  ~  “Finest Hours”

17)  Esther Maria & The Song Horse  ~  “Finest Hour”

18)  Cee Lo Green & Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra  ~  “Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)”

19)  Ryan Egan  ~  “Finest Hour”

20)  The Courteneers  ~  “Finest Hour”

21)  Conorach  ~  “The Finest Hour”

22)  Mudhoney  ~  “In My Finest Suit”

23)  Mother’s Cake  ~  “Creation’s Finest”

24)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Everybody Wake Up! (Our Finest Hour Arrives)”  (This video may have a playback issue. If so, you can view it here.)

25)  Blue October  ~  “Darkest Side Of Houston’s Finest Day”