More Songs About Temptation

If the first post in this two-parter didn't tempt you to check it out, this one is sure to! Why? Law of averages. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Squeeze ft. David Sanborn  ~  "Tempted"

2)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "Here Comes Temptation"

3)  Nothing But Thieves  ~  "Tempt You"

4)  Billy Joel  ~  "Temptation"

5)  VeggieTales  ~  "Temptation Song"

6)  T'Pau  ~  "Last Temptation"

7)  Dream Theater  ~  "A Tempting Offer"

8)  2Pac  ~  "Temptations"

9)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Temptation"  (Who else do you know that would follow up a 2Pac song with one by Bing Crosby? I'll bet that answer is emphatically "no one.")

10)  Joan Armatrading  ~  "Temptation"

11)   PARTYNEXTDOOR  ~  "Temptations"

12)  Red Ingle & Jo Stafford  ~  "Tim-Tay-Shun"

13)  Isaac Hayes  ~  "Man's Temptation"

14)  Garbage  ~  "Temptation Waits"

15)  Derek Webb  ~  "The Strong, The Tempted, & The Weak"

16)  Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White, & Ry Cooder  ~  "Sweet Temptation"

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  "Sometimes I'm Tempted"

18)  M Ward  ~  "Temptation"

19)  The Turtles  ~  "Torn Between Temptation"

20)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "Yield Not To Temptation "

21)  Josh Ritter  ~  "The Temptation Of Adam"

22)  Jewel  ~  "Sweet Temptation"

23)  Y&T  ~  "Temptation"

24)  Pat Benatar  ~  "Temptation"

25)  Crowded House  ~  "Into Temptation"

Songs About Hurting, Vol. 3

Blah, blah, blah...Songs About Hurting, Vol. 3. Blah, blah, blah...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kathy Troccoli  ~  "Tell Me Where It Hurts"

2)  Niki & The Dove  ~  "So Much It Hurts"

3)  Sixx A.M.  ~  "This Is Gonna Hurt"

4)  Grace Weber  ~  "Till I Hurt You"

5)  Yellowcard  ~  "The Hurt Is Gone"

6)  Atomic Kitten  ~  "Love Doesn't Have To Hurt"

7)  Halestorm  ~  "Tell Me Where It Hurts"

8)  Crimson Riot  ~  "Hurt"

9)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  "Hurt"

10)  Skyler Stonestreet  ~  "It Kinda Hurts"

11)  Midland  ~  "Put The Hurt On Me"

12)  Clover The Girl  ~  "Even If It Hurts"

13)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Happy Hurts"

14)  Demi Lovato  ~  "Never Been Hurt"

15)  Emerson Drive  ~  "Good Hurt"

16)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Hurt So Bad"

17)  OneRepublic  ~  "Let's Hurt Tonight"

18)  Sydney Franklin  ~  "Make It Hurt"

19)  Kevin Fowler ft. Amy Rankin  ~  "Before Somebody Gets Hurt"

20)  Garbage  ~  "Tell Me Where It Hurts"

21)  Jewel ft. Rodney Crowell  ~  "It Doesn't Hurt Right Now"

22)  Sara Melson  ~  "Never Been Hurt"

23)  Lauryn Hill  ~  "When It Hurts So Bad"

24)  2NE1  ~  "It Hurts"

25)  Joss Stone  ~  "First Taste Of Hurt"

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”

"Strange," "Queer," & "Odd" Songs

Did you ever see or hear something that didn't sound quite right that caused you to furrow your brow in confusion? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Strange Fruit"

2)  Garbage  ~  “Queer"

3)  Boy Willows  ~  “So Odd"

4)  Anna Calvi & David Byrne  ~  “Strange Weather”

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  “My Word! You Do Look Queer!”  (It's important to note here that the word "queer" both does and doesn't mean what it traditionally did, which is, something or someone that's atypical or different in some way.)

6)  Hey Violet  ~  “O.D.D.”

7)  John Grant  ~  “Is He Strange”

8)  Count Basie  ~  “Queer Street”

9)  Mariah Carey ft. Westlife  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

10)  The Black Keys   ~ “Strange Times”

11)  STRFKR  ~  “Queer Bot”

12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Beatin’ The Odds”

13)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

14)  Cait and the Critters  ~  “Queer”

15)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Slight The Odds”

16)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “Strange Changes”

17)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  “Camera (Queer Sound)”

18)  Julia Nunes  ~  “Odd”

19)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Strange Affair”

20)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Queer”

21)  Daniele Liverani  ~  “Odd Valley”

22)  Bic Runga  ~  “Suddenly Strange”

23)  Fletcher Henderson  ~  “Queer Notions”

24)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Odd Job Man”

25)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

26)  Lazy Eye  ~  “Queer”

27)  Weezer  ~  “Odd Couple”

28)  Aqualung  ~  “Strange And Beautiful”

29)  Alison Rayner Quintet  ~  “Queer Bird”

30)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Against The Odds”