25 Different Renditions Of “Frosty The Snowman”

Every couple of years or so, I do one of these posts featuring a bunch of different versions of a beloved Christmas song. Well, here's another one for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to skip around to the ones that interest you most. Outside of the original version (#5) and the one made popular in the animated special (#1), my top picks are #3, #14, and #22. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites. ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Durante  (Animated)

2)  August Burns Red  (Metalcore)

3)  Fiona Apple  (Poppy)

4)  Puddles The Clown & Mr. Bigfoot  (Bizarre)

5)  Gene Autry  (Original)

6)  Grace VanderWaal  (Ethereal)

7)  BWC Christmas Orchestra  (Metal)

8)  Zee Avi  (Depressing)

9)  The Beach Boys  (Harmony)

10)  USC Bassoon Choir  (Woodwinds)

11)  The Jackson 5  (Motown)

12)  The Harry Connick Big Band  (Swingin’)

13)  The Reverend Horton Heat  (Rockabilly)

14)  Leon Redbone & Dr. John  (Bluesy)

15)  Bing Crosby  (Traditional)

16)  Pepper Proud  (Innovative)

17)  Ella Fitzgerald  (Jazzy)

18)  The Ronettes  (Girlgroup)

19)  The Wombats  (Alternative)

20)  Urbana Reggaeton  (Spanish)

21)  The Ventures  (Percussive)

22)  Willie Nelson  (Twangy)

23)  Los Straitjackets  (Instrumental)

24)  DJ Laz  (Thumpin’)

25)  Bowling For Soup  (Punk)

Songs About Chasing (Things Or People), Vol. 1

This is one of those posts (or two-part series of posts, to be more accurate) where there were plenty of good songs to choose from that fit the theme, resulting in an overall better set of selections. Songs About Chasing (Things Or People). Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Adele  ~  “Chasing Pavements”

2)  The Wanted  ~  “Chasing The Sun”

3)  ALMA  ~  “Chasing Highs”

4)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Chasing Cars”

5)  MANE  ~  “Chasing Butterflies”

6)  Lauv  ~  “Chasing Fire”

7)  Emily Kopp  ~  “Chasing Streetlights”

8)  The Coral  ~  “Chasing The Tail Of A Dream”

9)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Darkness Keep Chasing Me”

10)  Jackson Browne  ~  “Chasing Into The Light”

11)  The Saturdays  ~  “Chasing Lights”

12)  Josiah James  ~  “Chasing The Wind”

13)  Mary Lambert  ~  “Chasing The Moon”

14)  De Gauss  ~  “Chasing The Sun”

15)  Bethel Music Kids  ~  “Chasing You”

16)  Billy Talent  ~  “Chasing The Sun”

17)  TLC  ~  “Waterfalls”  (“Don’t go chasin’…”)

18)  Elton John  ~  “Chasing The Crown”

19)  Milk Inc.  ~  “Chasing The Wind”

20)  Kansas  ~  “Chasing Shadows”

21)  Getter Jaani  ~  “Chasing Trouble”

22)  Swon Brothers  ~  “Chasing You Around”

23)  Marshmello x Ookay ft. Noah Cyrus  ~  “Chasing Colors”

24)  Chicago  ~  “Chasin’ The Wind”

25)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Chasing What’s Already Gone”

Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”

2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”

3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”

5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”

6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”

7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”

8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”

10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”

11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”

12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”

13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”

14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”

15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”

16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”

17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”

18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”

19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”

20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”

21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”

22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”

23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”

24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”

25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”

"Beautiful" Songs

If I didn't tell you this "theme" was a reboot from four-and-a-half years ago (on my original "The Plural Of Hyena" blog, no less), I'm sure you never would have remembered. But it is. And with good reason. Four-and-a-half years ago, I wasn't quite as adept at finding the perfect mix of well-known and lesser-known songs, which should (in theory) tip slightly in favor of the more well-known ones. Also, some of the really good songs included in this two-parter weren't even released four-and-a-half years ago. So here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “At My Most Beautiful”

3)  Sofia Carson ft. Alan Walker  ~  “Back To Beautiful”

4)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

5)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Beautiful”

6)  Zedd ft. Jon Bellion  ~  “Beautiful Now”

7)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Beautiful Thing”

8)  Prince  ~  “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”

9)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Beautiful Life”

10)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”

11)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Beautiful”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”

13)  Ellie Holcomb  ~  “The Broken Beautiful”

14)  The Rascals  ~  “A Beautiful Morning”

15)  Nightwish  ~  “Bye Bye Beautiful”

16)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Beautiful Girls”

17)  John Lennon  ~  “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”

18)  Aniri  ~  “Beautiful Life”

19)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Beautiful One”  (To skip all the introductions, proceed directly to the 2:00 mark. Otherwise, you’ll get to know everyone in the band.)

20)  Joydrop  ~  “Beautiful”

21)  Mali Music  ~  “Beautiful”

22)  P!nk  ~  “Beautiful Trauma”

23)  Damian Marley ft. Bobby Brown  ~  “Beautiful”

24)  Tess  ~  “Dark But Beautiful”

25)  Moby  ~  “Beautiful”  (Really good song! Really creepy video!)