Songs For The Seasons: Spring

I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but now that spring is almost over, it seems like a good time. I'll do a post for each of the seasons, but not until the season officially changes to the next one. In other words, "Summer" songs won't be far behind these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  John Butler Trio  ~  "Spring To Come"

2)  Morcheeba  ~  "I Am The Spring"

3)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring"

4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Spring"

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "A Father's First Spring"

6)  Chairlift  ~  "Frigid Spring"

7)  Status Quo  ~  "(April) Spring, Summer, And Wednesdays"

8)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "Tall Tales For Spring"

9)  Biz Markie  ~  "Spring Again"

10)  Donna Summer  ~  "Spring Affair"

11)  Chris Rea  ~  "Fires Of Spring"

12)  Tori Amos  ~  "Spring Haze"

13)  Greg Brown  ~  "Spring Wind"

14)  Court Yard Hounds ft. Jakob Dylan  ~  "See You In The Spring"

15)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Can't Stop The Spring"

16)  Shirley Jones  ~  "It Might As Well Be Spring"

17)  Tony Bennett  ~  "You Must Believe In Spring"

18)  k.d. lang  ~  "I Dream Of Spring"

19)  Erland & The Carnival ~  "Springtime"

20)  Carly Simon & Jimmy Webb  ~  "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year"

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Younger Than Springtime"

22)  Zero 7 ft. Only Girl  ~  "The Colour Of Spring"

23)  Johnny Horton  ~  "When It's Springtime In Alaska"

24)  Manhattan Transfer  ~  "Sing Joy Spring"

25)  Aphrodite's Child  ~  "Spring, Summer, Winter, & Fall"

Songs With "Twenty-Two" In The Title

As of today, my wife is 22 weeks pregnant with our baby girl. Because of that, there's this post. I keep saying I'm going to stop doing these because it's becoming harder and harder to find enough songs to fit the theme each week. But I've decided to alter the theme so that, whenever I'm unable to find enough songs to fit the number of weeks, I'll just include as many songs as I can find and be done with it. This week, however, I WAS able to find 22 songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Styx  ~  "22 Years"

2)  Erasure  ~  "Catch 22"

3)  Taylor Swift  ~  "22"

4)  Paul Weller  ~  "22 Dreams"

5)  Iron Maiden  ~  "22 Acacia Avenue"

6)  Lily Allen  ~  "22"

7)  Queensryche  ~  "I Don't Believe In Love / Waiting For 22"

8)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "When Yer Twenty Two"

9)  Norah Jones  ~  "She's 22"

10)  …Whatever That Means ft. Won Jonghee  ~  "Sixty-Eight, Twenty-Two"

11)   Martha And The Muffins  ~  "Twenty Two In Cincinnati"

12)  Goapele  ~  "Catch 22"

13)  Adam Hood  ~  "22 Days Too Long"

14)  Wakey!Wakey!  ~  "Twenty-Two"

15)  Grace Potter And The Nocturnals  ~  "2:22"

16)  Due West  ~  "22 Hours A Day"

17)  Into It. Over It.  ~  "22 Syllables"

18)  Sarita Fraya  ~  "Twenty Two"

19)  The Album Leaf  ~  "Twenty Two Fourteen"

20)  8Dro  ~  "Twenty Two"  (I don't speak Korean, so I hope these lyrics aren't explicit or anything – but even if they were, you wouldn't know the difference. Unless you also spoke Korean, right? Right!)

Songs About Superman

It's a bird… It's a plane… Nope, it's just a bunch of songs with "Superman" in the title, several of which are actually about the Man of Steel. Amazingly enough, there were quite a few songs to choose from. Check out which ones made the cut. Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Daughtry  ~  "Waiting For Superman"

2)  Joe Brooks  ~  "Superman"

3)  Five For Fighting  ~  "Superman (It's Not Easy)"

4)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Superman Tonight"

5)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "Superman's Song"  (Probably the best song this ever band ever did. Which isn't saying much, really, but this song actually is quite good.)

6)  Snoop Dogg ft. Willie Nelson  ~  "Superman"  (Despite the singular reference to pot – not a big shocker considering the parties involved – this is a surprisingly good collaboration between two of the unlikeliest of artists.)

7)  R.E.M.  ~  "Superman"  (No official music video here, but a good song nonetheless.)

8)  Lazlo Bane  ~  "Superman"  (Fans of "Scrubs" might be interested in finally hearing the full version of that show's theme song.)

9)  The Big Pink  ~  "Hit The Ground (Superman)"

10)  Black Coffee ft. Bucie  ~  "Superman"

11)  The Spankers  ~  "Superman"  (If the band's name isn't enough to scare you away, I should warn you that the video also involves a large group of people in superhero costumes dancing to reggae music.)

12)  Donovan  ~  "Sunshine Superman"

13)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Waitin' For A Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?)"

14)  Alison McCallum  ~  "Superman"  (Never heard of this lady before, but she's got a raw but powerful, Janis Joplin-like vibe to her voice.)

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15)  Dio  ~  "Sunset Superman"

16)  Big Head Todd & The Monsters  ~  "Resignation Superman"

17)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Superman"

18)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Superman"  (Here's Alanis Morissette like you've never heard her before. And probably never will again! As a teenager in the very early-'90s, Alanis was making cheesy pop music that sounded like…well, all the other cheesy pop music back then. Let's just say I much prefer the direction she ended up taking with her music.)

19)  Kevin Costner & Modern West  ~  "Superman 14"

20)  Our Lady Peace  ~  "Superman's Dead"  (Oh well, I guess that's that, then.)