Songs About Heaven & Hell, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and get Vol. 2 (and final) out there, as it's a direct bookend to the previous post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Heaven"

2)  Pistol Annies  ~  "Hell On Heels"

3)  Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams  ~  "Heaven Knows"

4)  Pantera  ~  "Cowboys From Hell"

5)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Pennies From Heaven"

6)  Passenger  ~  "Hell Or High Water"

7)  Beyoncé  ~  "Heaven"

8)  George Strait  ~  "You Gotta Go Through Hell"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "Hurts Like Heaven"

10)  AC/DC  ~  "Hell's Bells"

11)  Warrant  ~  "Heaven"

12)  Stryper  ~  "No More Hell To Pay"

13)  The Cure  ~  "Just Like Heaven"

14)  Brandy Clark  ~  "Love Can Go To Hell"  (WOW! Okay then!)

15)  Eurythmics  ~  "Heaven"

16)  Cher  ~  "Hell On Wheels"

17)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

18)  The Who  ~  "Heaven And Hell"

19)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Tears In Heaven"

20)  The Jam  ~  "Private Hell"

21)  Maria McKee  ~  "Show Me Heaven"

22)  Eric Church  ~  "Hell On The Heart"

23)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Locked Out Of Heaven"

24)  Alice In Chains  ~  "Private Hell"

25)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Heaven And Hell"

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 4

By now, you wouldn't think there would be any good songs worth listening to from the year 1990. But you would be wrong. Popular Songs of 1990, Vol. 4 has arrived, and we're still going strong! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Someday"

2)  Phil Collins ft. Eric Clapton  ~  "I Wish It Would Rain Down"

3)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "Bonita Applebum"

4)  Enigma  ~  "Sadeness (Part 1)"

5)  King's X  ~  "It's Love"

6)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

7)  Janet Jackson  ~   "Black Cat"

8)  Londonbeat  ~  "I've Been Thinking About You"

9)  Alias  ~  "(I Need You Now) More Than Words Can Say"

10)  The B-52's  ~  "Roam"

11)  MC Hammer  ~  "Pray"

12)  AC/DC  ~  "Thunderstruck"

13)  Patty Loveless  ~  "Chains"

14)  C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

15)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"  (Of course, this is a much older song than 1990 – 1965, to be precise – but it was re-released by The Righteous Brothers that year thanks to its presence in the blockbuster film GHOST and became a hit song again.)

16)  Cher  ~  "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"

17)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Not Counting You"

18)  Jesus Jones  ~  "Right Here, Right Now"

19)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Walking Shoes"

20)  The Black Crowes  ~  "She Talks To Angels"

21)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Here In The Real World"

22)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Impulsive"

23)  The Soup Dragons ft. Junior Reid  ~  "I'm Free"

24)  Aerosmith  ~  "The Other Side"

25)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

Songs About What "You Need"

I'm not sure how these songs get away with telling YOU, of all people, what YOU need. But that's – apparently – why they exist. Don't take my word for it, though. Check 'em out for yourself. Plenty of good tunes here, so I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "You Need To Calm Down"

2)  Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, & Rod Stewart  ~  "All You Need Is Love"  (Wow, what a lineup!)

3)  Candye Kane  ~  "You Need A Great Big Woman"  (Who doesn't?)

4)  Duran Duran  ~  "All You Need Is Now"

5)  The Jezabels  ~  "All You Need"

6)  Elton John  ~  "It's Me That You Need"

7)  Joey + Rory  ~  "All You Need Is Me"

8)  Alex Clare  ~  "Tell Me What You Need"

9)  BANKS  ~  "What You Need"

10)  INXS  ~  "What You Need"

11)  Wade Hayes & Megan Mullins  ~  "What You Need From Me"

12)  Jack Johnson  ~  "What You Thought You Need"

13)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Anytime You Need A Friend"

14)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  "You Need Hands"

15)  Against The Current  ~  "Something You Need"

16)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "You Need To Cut Your Hair"

17)  Shanice  ~  "You Need A Man"

18)  Rick Astley  ~  "Whenever You Need Somebody"

19)  Weyes Blood  ~  "Do You Need My Love?"

20)  Son Lux  ~  "The Fool You Need"

21)  Tina Turner  ~  "Whatever You Need"

22)  The Brevet  ~  "All You Need To Know"

23)  Jody Watley  ~  "I'm The One You Need"

24)  The Cardigans  ~  "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"

25)  Oh Honey  ~  "Take All The Time You Need"

Even More Songs About “Doing It”

Last but not least in a series that probably never should have been a series, here are Even More Songs About "Doing It." As always, the "it" here can mean a variety of things. In most, if not all, cases "it" refers to something completely innocuous. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren  ~  “Loving You’s A Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)”

2)  Paris  ~  “The Devil Made Me Do It”

3)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Do It Again”

4)  Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga  ~  “Do It Again”

5)  Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers  ~  “I’ve Seen Him Do It”

6)  Daphne Willis  ~  “Do It Like This”

7)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Can’t Let You Do It”

8)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Do It Well”

9)  Vern Gosdin  ~  “If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right”

10)  Leigh Nash  ~  “Doing It Wrong”

11)  Father John Misty  ~  “Well, You Can Do It Without Me”

12)  Catherine Zeta-Jones  ~  “I Can’t Do It Alone”

13)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Do It Or Die”

14)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “He’ll Do It Again”

15)  Gerry & The Pacemakers  ~  “How Do You Do It?”

16)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “Should I Do It?”

17)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Do It For Love”

18)  No Doubt  ~  “You Can Do It”

19)  Canon ft. Thi’sl & Lecrae  ~  “Over Do It”

20)  The Kills  ~  “Doing It To Death”