Songs With Awesome Lyric Videos, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of Awesome Lyric Videos, you're sure to love these as well. If you didn't care for those so much, give these a try. They may grow on you. Plug in, kick back...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley  ~  “Chained To The Rhythm”

2)  Avicii ft. Dan Tyminski  ~  “Hey Brother”

3)  Jason Mraz  ~  “93 Million Miles”

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

5)  Green Day  ~  “Revolution Radio”

6)  Sam Smith  ~  “Money On My Mind”

7)  Christina Perri  ~  “The Lonely”

8)  Michael Bublé  ~  “I Believe In You”

9)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Shape Of You”

10)  Nichole Nordeman  ~  “Slow Down”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “Burning Bridges”

12)  Elvis Costello & The Roots  ~  “Walk Us Uptown”

13)  David Guetta ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “What I Did For Love”

14)  Justin Bieber  ~  “What Do You Mean?”

15)  Muse  ~  “Reapers”

16)  Sia  ~  “Chandelier”

17)  John Legend ~  “Love Me Now”

18)  Shawn Mendes  ~  “Life Of The Party”

19)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Salvation”

20)  U2  ~  “Ordinary Love”

21)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Oh My Soul”

22)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Misery”

23)  R. City ft. Adam Levine  ~  “Locked Away”

24)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “City Of Angels”

25)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Change”

“Truth” Or “Dare” Songs, Vol. 2

Tell the "Truth" – you liked the first post in this new series, right? I "Dare" you to keep listening. You never know how much you might like these. And there's still more 2 posts to go after this. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Policy Of Truth”

2)  Shakira  ~  “Dare (La La La)”

3)  Jason Aldean  ~  “The Truth”

4)  Olivia Newton-John & John Farnham  ~  “Dare To Dream”

5)  ZAYN  ~  “tRuTh”

6)  Bea Miller  ~  “I Dare You”

7)  Jack White  ~  “Love Is The Truth / You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket”

8)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Where Eagles Dare”

9)  Foster The People  ~  “The Truth”

10)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “Dare Me”

11)  Wild Beasts  ~  “A Simple Beautiful Truth”

12)  Gorillaz  ~  “Dare”

13)  Eric Clapton ft. Derek Trucks  ~  “Tell The Truth”

14)  Daya  ~  “Dare”

15)  Lucky Dube  ~  “Truth In The World”

16)  Thao & Mirah  ~  “How Dare You”

17)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Voice Of Truth”

18)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Dare To Be Stupid”

19)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Truth”

20)  The Mars Volta  ~  “Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)”

Popular Songs Of 2007, Vol. 1

Right about this time every year for the past few years is when I start reflecting back on the previous decades in music. What songs were popular ten years ago, twenty, thirty years, and so on. It's a new year, so the ten-years-ago in question includes a brand-new set of "old" songs. Sit back, relax, and marvel at how quickly time passes with this initial group of Popular Songs Of 2007. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  “Umbrella”

2)  Daughtry  ~  “It’s Not Over”

3)  Fergie  ~  “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)”

4)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Thnks fr th Mmrs”

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

6)  Linkin Park  ~  “What I’ve Done”

7)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Bubbly”

8)  Elliott Yamin  ~  “Wait For You”

9)  Beyoncé  ~  “Irreplaceable”

10)  Nickelback  ~  “If Everyone Cared”

11)  Alicia Keys  ~  “No One”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Grace Kelly”

13)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “So Small”

14)  OneRepublic  ~  “Stop And Stare”

15)  Mandisa  ~  “Only The World”

16)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)”

17)  Paramore  ~  “crushcrushcrush”

18)  Michael Bublé  ~  “Everything”

19)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “You Know I’m No Good”

20)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Keep Your Hands Off My Girl”

21)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Teardrops On My Guitar”

22)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Washed By The Water”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Believe”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”

25)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Don’t Blink”

Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 1)

It's the Winter Solstice, so here's a bunch of songs for the new season. (Although where I live, it feels like summertime, but whatevs.) There were too many good songs by well-known and emerging artists to include in just one post. So there will be a Volume 2 tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pentatonix  ~  “White Winter Hymnal”

2)  The Piano Guys  ~  “Let It Go / Vivaldi’s Winter”

3)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Winter Winds”

4)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Early Winter”

5)  AFI  ~  “Love Like Winter”

6)  Kanye West  ~  “Coldest Winter”

7)  Bush  ~  “The Sound Of Winter”

8)  Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Winter Song”

9)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra  ~  “Wizards In Winter”

10)  Angel Vivaldi  ~  “A Martian Winter”

11)  The Staves  ~  “Winter Trees”

12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter”

13)  Young Guns  ~  “Winter Kiss”

14)  I Break Horses  ~  “Winter Beats”

15)  Asher Monroe  ~  “Warm Winter Night”

16)  Tori Amos  ~  “Winter”

17)  CAKE  ~  “The Winter”

18)  Kari  ~  “The Winter Is Back”

19)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “In The Bleak Mid-Winter”

20)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Winter Snow”

Songs With "In The" In The Title, Vol. 2

As promised, here's the second half of this two-part series, featuring songs with the phrase "In The" in their titles. For those of you more inclined to like "oldies" music, you may be happy to know that at least half of these – if not more – would qualify as such. You're welcome!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"

2)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"

3)  George Strait  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

4)  Ginger Rogers  ~  "We're In The Money"

5)  The Gap Band  ~  "Early In The Morning"

6)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Strangers In The Night"

7)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "A Place In The Sun"

8)  Gwen Stefani  ~  "4 In The Morning"

9)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Ships In The Night"

10)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shot In The Dark"

11)  P!nk  ~  "Glitter In The Air"

12)  Phil Collins  ~  "In The Air Tonight"

13)  Gene Autry  ~  "Back In The Saddle Again"

14)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"

15)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "Something In The Water"