Songs About Praying, Vol. 3

Continuing with this surprisingly popular miniseries, here's Vol. 3 (of 4) featuring Songs About Praying. Plenty of good stuff here, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Garth Brooks  ~  “Unanswered Prayers”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Empty Prayers”

3)  A.R. Rahman ft. Blaaze  ~  “Pray For Me, Brother”

4)  Little Boots  ~  “Every Night I Say A Prayer”

5)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Pray”

6)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Prayer In C”

7)  Deftones  ~  “Prayers/Triangles”

8)  Eshon Burgundy  ~  “Pray”

9)  Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop  ~  “One Way To Pray”

10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Junkie’s Prayer”

11)  VersaEmerge  ~  “Past Praying For”

12)  Percy Sledge  ~  “My Special Prayer”

13)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Makes Me Wanna Pray”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Mama Prayed”

15)  Loretta Lynn & Geraldine Wilburn  ~  “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”

16)  Petra  ~  “Praying Man”

17)  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Vince Gill  ~  “All Prayed Up”

18)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “Prayer For The Dying”

19)  The Platters  ~  “My Prayer”

20)  Charlie Daniels  ~  “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’”

“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?")

Songs About Tomorrow, Vol. 1

Now that tomorrow is today, we will tackle Songs About Tomorrow. And not just today. Tomorrow will also be "Tomorrow." (I'm having FAR too much fun with these intros!) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Silverchair  ~  “Tomorrow”

2)  Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers  ~  “Tomorrow People”

3)  Eurythmics  ~  “When Tomorrow Comes”

4)  K’Naan  ~  “Hurt Me Tomorrow”

5)  Duran Duran  ~  “What Happens Tomorrow”

6)  Daughter  ~  “Tomorrow”

7)  Chris Young  ~  “Tomorrow”

8)  Gorillaz  ~  “Tomorrow Comes Today”

9)  The Shirelles  ~  “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”

10)  Garth Brooks  ~  “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

11)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “This Is Tomorrow”

12)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Always Tomorrow”

13)  Tevin Campbell  ~  “Tomorrow”

14)  Badfinger  ~  “Maybe Tomorrow”

15)  Laleh  ~  “Live Tomorrow”

16)  Ólafur Arnalds  ~  “Tomorrow’s Song”

17)  Leo Sayer  ~  “Tomorrow”

18)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Tomorrow Never Dies”

19)  Shakey Graves  ~  “Tomorrow”

20)  Chicago  ~  “Love Me Tomorrow”

"Thunder" & "Lightning" Songs

A bunch of songs with the words "Lightning" and/or "Thunder" in their titles. Because I thought it was a good idea, and I realized I hadn't done it before. Check 'em out – they're kind of awesome!  ~  JH

1)  Jessie J  ~  "Thunder"

2)  Eric Church  ~  "Lightning"

3)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Thunder"

4)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

5)  Matisyahu  ~  "Thunder"

6)  Norah Jones & Billie Joe Armstrong  ~  "Lightning Express"

7)  Little Comets  ~  "His Thunder"

8)  Oasis  ~  "The Shock Of The Lightning"

9)  Boys Like Girls  ~  "Thunder"

10)  Metallica  ~  "Ride The Lightning"

11)  James Blake  ~  "Enough Thunder"

12)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Lightning Bolt"

13)  Foals  ~  "London Thunder"

14)  Glee Cast  ~  "Greased Lightning"

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Thunder Road"

16)  Howlin' Wolf  ~  "Smokestack Lightning"

17)  Garth Brooks  ~  "The Thunder Rolls"

18)  Heart  ~  "White Lightning And Wine"

19)  a-ha  ~  "Rolling Thunder"

20)  Aerosmith  ~  "Lightning Strikes"

21)  Meck ft. Leo Sayer  ~  "Thunder In My Heart Again"

22)  George Jones  ~  "White Lightning"

23)  Mark Wills  ~  "Days Of Thunder"

24)  Santana  ~  "Lightning In The Sky"

25)  Chicago  ~  "Thunder And Lightning"

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 1

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past several years, it becomes increasingly more difficult each time to find something you haven't explored before. Songs about dancing (or more precisely, with the word "dance" or one of its many derivatives in the titles) seems an obvious choice – but as it turns out, I've never done it before! When I recently got the notion to post "Dancing" songs, I didn't realize (though I probably should have) how many good ones there were. Here are but a few of the ones I found. There will be future volumes of these as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  "Lose Yourself To Dance"

2)  Selena Gomez  ~  "Stars Dance"

3)  David Bowie  ~  "Let's Dance"

4)  MØ  ~  "Don't Wanna Dance"

5)  Walk The Moon  ~  "Shut Up And Dance"

6)  Men Without Hats  ~  "Safety Dance"

7)  Milky Chance  ~  "Stolen Dance"

8)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  "I Won't Dance"

9)  Garth Brooks  ~  "The Dance"  (It's almost impossible to find music videos of Garth on YouTube – by his design, I believe. Live performances are scant also and are usually of dubious quality. But this video of one of his best songs, defies the norm. Great song, great quality!)

10)  Delta Rae  ~  "Dance In The Graveyards"

11)  Van Halen  ~  "Dance The Night Away"

12)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  "Will You Dance?"

13)  Luther Vandross  ~  "Dance With My Father"

14)  Duffy  ~  "Too Hurt To Dance"

15)  Sting  ~  "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)"

16)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Just One Dance"

17)  Genesis  ~  "Dance On A Volcano"

18)  Pam Tillis  ~  "In Between Dances"

19)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "Dust Bowl Dance"

20)  Olivia Newton-John & The Tubes  ~  "Dancin'"

21)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Blood On The Dance Floor"

22)  Beach House  ~  "Holy Dances"

23)  Sting  ~  "When We Dance"

24)  Deana Carter  ~  "We Danced Anyway"

25)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Land Of 1,000 Dances"