"Harmony" Songs, Vol. 1

As promised, here's the first of two sets of songs with the word "Harmony" in their titles. Some good stuff here! So...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Hear Me In The Harmony”

2)  The New Seekers  ~  “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)”

3)  Smokey Robinson  ~  “Sweet Harmony”

4)  Public Property  ~  “Harmony”

5)  Artie Kaplan  ~  “Harmony”

6)  The Little Mermaid Cast  ~  “In Harmony”

7)  The Byrds  ~  “Natural Harmony”

8)  Ivana Raymonda  ~  “In Harmony”

9)  Frank Black & The Catholics  ~  “Bad Harmony”

10)  Anne Murray  ~  “Harmony”

11)  Steven Wilson  ~  “Harmony Korine”

12)  Belle Of The Fall  ~  “Sweet Harmony”

13)  Home Free  ~  “Good Ol’ Country Harmony”

14)  JoJo Desmond  ~  “Beautiful Harmony”

15)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Harmony”

16)  Alice Stuart  ~  “Harmony”

17)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Harmony”

18)  Susie Suh  ~  “Harmony”

19)  Hammer No More The Fingers  ~  “Black Harmony”  (These guys win Best Band Name of the Day – hands down! Pun fully intended.)

20)  Jillian Jensen  ~  “Perfect Harmony”

“Magnificent” Songs

These songs are absolutely "Magnificent"! At least, that's what their titles would have you believe. As it turns out, with few exceptions, they're exactly as advertised. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  U2  ~  “Magnificent”

2)  Darlene Zschech ft. BJ Putnam  ~  “Magnificent”

3)  DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince  ~  “The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff”  (Talk about your shameless self-promotion.)

4)  The Clash  ~  “The Magnificent Seven”

5)  Soul Survivor  ~  “Magnificent Kindness”

6)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Magnificent Obsession”

7)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “The Magnificent Sanctuary Band”

8)  Don Moen  ~  “Wonderful, Magnificent God”

9)  Spiritual Beggars  ~  “Magnificent Obsession”

10)  Adam & The Ants  ~  “The Magnificent Five”

11)  Urban Rescue  ~  “Magnificent”  (Beautiful song – too much talking before and afterwards, though.)

12)  Hooverphonic  ~  “The Magnificent Tree”

13)  Travis  ~  “Magnificent Time”

14)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Magnificent Obsession”

15)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Magnificent Outpouring”

16)  Elmer Bernstein  ~  “The Magnificent Seven (Main Title)”

17)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  “Magnificent God”

18)  Special Ed  ~  “I’m The Magnificent”  (Not sure what makes this guy thinks he’s so “magnificent.” I mean, he’s alright, but he’s not all THAT!)

19)  Kamasi Washington  ~  “The Magnificent 7”  (This whole performance is amazing. But the nearly-four-minute drum solo that kicks the whole thing off – my word! – it’s breathtaking!)

20)  Elbow  ~  “Magnificent (She Says)”

21)  Israel & New Breed  ~  “Magnificent And Holy”

22)  Silverman  ~  “Magnificent”

23)  The Otto Brothers  ~  “Be Magnificent”

24)  Tom T. Hall  ~  “Magnificent Music Machine”

25)  Iona  ~  “Factory Of Magnificent Souls”

Songs About Reading

Here's a new three-part series for you about the hilariously misnamed "3 R's." That's right – we'll be exploring first Songs About Reading, then Writing, and then Arithmetic. School is in session...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “If You Could Read My Mind”

2)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Read About It”

3)  The Killers  ~  “Read My Mind”

4)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “As If You Read My Mind”

5)  Brian McKnight  ~  “Can You Read My Mind?”

6)  Professor Green ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “Read All About It”

7)  Don Henley  ~  “Johnny Can’t Read”

8)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Read ‘Em And Weep”

9)  Lauren Christy  ~  “You Read Me Wrong”

10)  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss  ~  “Please Read The Letter”

11)  Concrete Blonde  ~  “Jenny I Read”

12)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Read My Lips”

13)  La Dispute  ~  “Woman (Reading)”

14)  Tim McGraw  ~  “If You’re Reading This”

15)  Jimmy Fallon  ~  “The Doors Sing ‘Reading Rainbow’”

Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 2)

As a follow-up to yesterday's "Songs For The Seasons" post, and in honor of the Winter Solstice (which is apparently actually today, and not yesterday), here's another set of songs to celebrate the (theoretically) chilliest of seasons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enya  ~  “Trains And Winter Rains”

2)  Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan  ~  “For Now I Am Winter”

3)  Daughter  ~  “Winter”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Winter Song”

6)  Sting  ~  “The Hounds Of Winter”

7)  Emily Barker  ~  “In The Winter I Return”

8)  Said The Whale  ~  “This Winter I Retire”

9)  Broadcast  ~  “Winter Now”

10)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Your Winter”

11)  Jo Hamilton  ~  “Winter Is Over”

12)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  “Bird Of Winter Prey”

13)  TORRES  ~  “When Winter’s Over”

14)  K’s Choice  ~  “Winter”

15)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Song For A Winter’s Night”

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Winter”

17)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

18)  Opeth  ~  “The Throat Of Winter”

19)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Winter Sun”

20)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  “Half A Week Before The Winter”

“Young” & “Restless” Songs

Here's a good grouping of songs with either the word "Young" or "Restless" in their titles (and one with both). Lots of songs I could have picked for these, but I tried to limit it to the very best ones. So, in other words, you will probably...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  Switchfoot  ~  “Restless”

3)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Forever Young”

4)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Restless”

5)  The Coasters  ~  “Young Blood”

6)  Within Temptation  ~  “Restless”

7)  Michael Bublé  ~  “You Make Me Feel So Young”

8)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “Restless”

9)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Young At Heart”

10)  New Order  ~  “Restless”

11)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Young Girl”

12)  Elton John  ~  “Restless”

13)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men”

14)  Passenger  ~  “Restless Wind”

15)  Marcus Mumford  ~  “I Was Young When I Left Home”

16)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Restless”

17)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

18)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Restless Farewell”

19)  The Corrs  ~  “So Young”

20)  Peter Cetera  ~  “Restless Heart”

21)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Young Love”

22)  Kakkmaddafakka  ~  “Restless”

23)  Andy Mineo ft. KB  ~  “Young”

24)  Green Day  ~  “Restless Heart Syndrome”

25)  Lyric Dubee  ~  “Young & Restless”