“To” & “From” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a new three-part series (I know, I know, I know!) featuring songs with the words "To" and "From" in their titles. Since these words are so common, I limited myself to choosing only songs with titles that BEGIN with one of these words. Even so, the choices were many and the chosen are solid. I always say "Enjoy!", but this time (and the time after that, and the time after that) I really think you will.  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  “To Be Alone”

2)  Bette Midler  ~  “From A Distance”

3)  Lulu  ~  “To Sir With Love”

4)  Linkin Park  ~  “From The Inside”

5)  Kutless  ~  “To Know That You’re Alive”

6)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

7)  Joan As Police Woman  ~  “To Be Loved”

8)  Shania Twain  ~  “From This Moment On”

9)  Wang Chung  ~  “To Live And Die In L.A.”

10)  Haley Bonar  ~  “From A Cage”

11)  Hugh Jackman & Richard Marx  ~  “To Where You Are”

12)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions ft. Glenn Tilbrook  ~  “From A Whisper To A Scream”

13)  Garth Brooks  ~  “To Make You Feel My Love”

14)  Dan Croll  ~  “From Nowhere”

15)  Alela Diane  ~  “To Begin”

16)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)”

17)  Jack Johnson  ~  “To The Sea”

18)  The Civil Wars  ~  “From This Valley”

19)  Bethany Dillon  ~  “To Those Who Wait”

20)  Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, & Scott Reeder  ~  “From Can To Can’t”  (In case you’re unfamiliar with these “random” guys…Taylor’s the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour; Grohl was a member of Nirvana and now fronts the Foo Fighters; Nielsen played lead guitar for Cheap Trick; and Reeder was the bassist for Kyuss and The Obsessed. Yeah, I know. Some of you are still like, "WHO?")

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

Songs About Silverware, Vol. 3: Knives

Last but not least in my latest miniseries, here's a group of songs with the word "Knife" (or "Knives") in their titles. There were enough of these to fill 2 posts alone, but I chose quality over quantity this time around. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Radiohead  ~  "Knives Out"

2)  City And Colour  ~  "Like Knives"

3)  Kyla La Grange  ~  "The Knife"

4)  Dire Straits  ~  "Six Blade Knife"

5)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  "Knife-Edge"

6)  Cherry  ~  "Five Knives"

7)  Grizzly Bear  ~  "Knife"

8)  Tears For Fears  ~  "Year Of The Knife"

9)  Tennis  ~   "Needle And The Knife"

10)  Guy Clark  ~  "The Randall Knife"

11)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Cuts Like A Knife"

12)  Fiona Apple  ~  "Hot Knife"

13)  Helix  ~  "Deep Cuts The Knife"

14)  Dee Snider  ~  "Mack The Knife"

15)  Far From Alaska  ~  "About Knives"

16)  Rise Against  ~  "Under The Knife"

17)  Foals  ~  "A Knife In The Ocean"

18)  IAMX  ~  "I Come With Knives"

19)  Bright Eyes  ~  "Hot Knives"

20)  Ian Clement  ~  "Little Knife"

21)  Billie  ~  "Give Me The Knife"

22)  KillRadio  ~  "Do You Know (Knife In Your Back)"

23)  The Poodles  ~  "Cuts Like A Knife"

24)  The Box Tiger  ~  "Knives"

25)  Calhoun  ~  "Knife Fight"

BONUS TRACK:  Bobby Darin  ~  "Mack The Knife"  (In case the Dee Snider rendition above was a little too "out there" for your tastes, here's the original version of this song.)

"Evil" Songs

Here's the 2nd half of my latest series of "Opposites" music posts. While these songs are not "evil" in and of themselves, they do bear the word somewhere in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Santana  ~  "Evil Ways"

2)  Ancient Bards  ~  "The Birth Of Evil"

3)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Evil Woman"

4)  Alien Ant Farm  ~  "She's Only Evil"

5)  Nikki Yanofsky  ~  "Necessary Evil"

6)  Iron Maiden  ~  "The Evil That Men Do"

7)  Amorphis  ~  "Evil Inside"

8)  Kobra And The Lotus  ~  "50 Shades Of Evil"

9)  Josh Ritter  ~  "Evil Eye"

10)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Evil Twin"

11)  Rose Noire  ~  "Dual Evil"

12)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  "Blue And Evil"

13)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  "Evil"

14)  1997  ~  "Garden Of Evil"

15)  The Steve Miller Band  ~  "Evil"

16)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "Evil Gal Blues"

17)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  "Karn Evil 9"  (If you like extended drum solos, you're gonna love this one!)

18)  Ladytron  ~  "Evil"

19)  Dream Theater  ~  "The Root Of All Evil"

20)  Eartha Kitt  ~  "I Want To Be Evil"

Songs With European Capitals In Their Titles

This post started out as a challenge to myself to find songs with the capital city of each country in Europe in their titles. I failed in that effort (not all of Europe's nations are represented here), but I was able to find quite a few of them. And the resulting songs are not too shabby. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  "On A Tuesday In Amsterdam Long Ago"

2)  Nana Mouskouri  ~  "The White Rose Of Athens"

3)  Neil Young  ~  "After Berlin"

4)  Luna  ~  "23 Minutes In Brussels"

5)  Jazzy Jo  ~  "A Night In Bucharest"

6)  George Ezra  ~  "Budapest"

7)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Copenhagen (Let Me Go)"

8)  The High Kings  ~  "The Rocky Road To Dublin"

9)  The National Parks  ~  "Helsinki"

10)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  "The Great Gates Of Kiev"

11)  The Wave Pictures  ~  "Lisbon"

12)  Heather Nova  ~  "London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)"

13)  Kevin Devine  ~  "Luxembourg"

14)  Shakira  ~  "Te Dejo Madrid"

15)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Stranger In Moscow"

16)  The Wooden Sky  ~  "Oslo"  (NOTE: The song ends around the 3:00 mark; the rest is just blah-blah-blah interview stuff.)

17)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Paris"

18)  Blaenavon  ~  "Prague"

19)  Brolin  ~  "Reykjavik"

20)  The Weepies  ~  "Riga Girls"

21)  Morcheeba  ~  "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day"

22)  Watsky ft. Raquel Rodriguez  ~  "Sarajevo"

23)  blink-182  ~  "Stockholm Syndrome"

24)  Billy Joel  ~  "Vienna"

25)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  "Warsaw"