“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 6

Last but certainly not least, Vol. 6 of the "Heart" & "Soul" series. I saved some of the best for this post. Which ones? Check 'em out for yourself! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Genesis  ~  “Hold On My Heart”

2)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Oh My Soul”

3)  Blondie  ~  “Heart Of Glass”

4)  Elisa  ~  “Rock Your Soul”

5)  Neil Young  ~  “Heart Of Gold”

6)  Train  ~  “Hey, Soul Sister”

7)  Steve Perry  ~  “Foolish Heart”

8)  Eels  ~  “Novocaine For The Soul”

9)  Phil Collins  ~  “Two Hearts”

10)  Delirious?  ~  “My Soul Sings”

11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

12)   Pulp  ~  “A Little Soul”

13)  Evanescence  ~  “My Heart Is Broken”

14)  Nada Surf  ~  “Hi-Speed Soul”

15)  Rush  ~  “Closer To The Heart”

16)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Heavydirtysoul”

17)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Heart Of Stone”

18)  Billy Joel  ~  “All About Soul”

19)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Hearts Don’t Break Around Here”

20)  Rend Collective  ~  “Come On (My Soul)”

21)  Needtobreathe  ~  “The Heart”

22)  Jesse McCartney  ~  “Beautiful Soul”

23)  Passenger  ~  “Heart To Love”

24)  The Yardbirds  ~  “Heart Full Of Soul”

25)  Yes  ~  “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”

26)  Porcupine Tree  ~  “Strip The Soul”

27)  Rod Stewart  ~  “You’re In My Heart” 

28)  Switchfoot  ~  “Bullet Soul”

29)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Beating Heart”

30)  Black Country Communion  ~  “One Last Soul”

Songs About Swallowing

These songs aren’t all about the act of allowing food or drink to pass down one’s throat. Some of them are about the metaphorical swallowing of intangible things, like pride and such. Still others are about swift-flying, migratory songbirds. Just call it Triple-Meaning Friday. Which isn’t a catchy phrase at all, actually. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bush  ~  “Swallowed”

2)  Rhys  ~  “Swallow Your Pride”

3)  NewSong  ~  “Swallow The Ocean (Coming Alive)”

4)  The Hearing  ~  “Swallow”

5)  Bombay Bicycle Club  ~  “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?”

6)  Jewel  ~  “Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)”

7)  The National  ~  “Don’t Swallow The Cap”

8)  Yo-Yo Ma & Wu Tong  ~  “Yanzi (Swallow Song)”

9)  Wailin’ Jennys  ~  “Swallow”

10)  Coldplay  ~  “Swallowed In The Sea”

11)  Crystal Fighters  ~  “Swallow”

12)  Toni Gibson  ~  “She’s Like The Swallow”

13)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Swallowed Whole”

14)  Judy Collins & The Muppets  ~  “Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”

15)  morgxn  ~  “Hard Pill To Swallow”

16)  Wolf Alice  ~  “Swallowtail”

17)  Ramones  ~  “Swallow My Pride”

18)  brokeMC  ~  “Swallow You Whole”

19)  The Lennon Sisters  ~  “When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano”

20)  The Autumn Defense  ~  “The Swallows Of London”

21)  Souleen  ~  “Swallow”

22)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Pride’s Not Hard To Swallow”

23)  Teach Me Equals  ~  “Swallow The Smoke”

24)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”  (Nope, the word “swallow” doesn’t appear in the title of this song. But it’s all over the place in the chorus, which is repeated multiple times, of course. So here it is…)

25)  Della Lupa   ~ “Storm Of Swallows”

26)  Brandon Flowers  ~  “Swallow It”

27)  Lorena B  ~  “Swallow My Gum”

28)  Lorena B  ~  “Swallow My Gum 2”  (Rarely if ever have I posted a “sequel” to a song, especially within the same post. But frankly, they’re fairly unusual, so I suppose it’s no real wonder after all.)

29)  Billy Bragg  ~  “Swallow My Pride”

30)  Hilary Grist  ~  “Swallow Me Up”

31)  Ólafur Arnalds  ~  “Gleypa Okkur (Swallow Us)”

32)  Shreddy Krueger  ~  “The Sky Will Swallow Us Whole”  (I don’t usually go for songs in the “screamo” genre – or whatever they’re calling it these days – but this was really well-done. Nice mix of “clean” and “unclean” vocals.)

33)  Laura Gibson  ~  “Crow/Swallow”

34)  Teenage Wrist  ~  “Swallow”

35)  Katie Melua & Gori Women’s Choir  ~  “The Little Swallow”  (You may hear the tune of this song and correctly recognize it as identical to the “Carol of the Bells.” However, this Ukrainian-language version came first. An American songwriter penned English lyrics to the tune sometime later.)

36)  Postcards From Mars  ~  “Swallow”

Songs About Habits

Whether good or bad, new or old, or what have you, everybody's got habits. Lots of people have written songs about them. I gathered some of the best of those here for your listening enjoyment. So go ahead...  ~  JH

1)  Garbage  ~  “Automatic Systematic Habit”

2)  The Kooks  ~  “Bad Habit”

3)  Marmozets  ~  “Habits”

4)  Chicago  ~  “Hard Habit To Break”

5)  Gabrielle Shonk  ~  “Habit”

6)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Old Habits”

7)  Diana Krall  ~  “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me”

8)  Plested  ~  “Habits”

9)  Chela  ~  “Bad Habit”

10)  Linkin Park  ~  “Breaking The Habit”

11)  Sarah Darling  ~  “Bad Habit”

12)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Habit”

13)  Poliça  ~  “Lime Habit”

14)  Lissie  ~  “The Habit”

15)  Mick Jagger  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

16)  Maria Mena ft. Mads Langer  ~  “Habits”

17)  Janis Ian  ~  “Silly Habits”

18)  Foals  ~  “Bad Habit”

19)  k.d. lang  ~  “Habit Of Mind”

20)  Imelda May  ~  “Bad Habit”

21)  Vince Gill  ~  “Down To My Last Bad Habit”

22)  Lucie Silvas  ~  “My Old Habits”

23)  Tove Lo  ~  “Habits (Stay High)”

24)  Gates  ~  “Habit”

25)  Allie X  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

“Country” Songs, Vol. 2: Country Songs

Last but certainly not least, we come to the country "Country" songs. In case it isn't obvious, these are songs in the country-music genre with the word "Country" somewhere in their titles. Country-music fans, I mostly stuck with the old-school stuff in this one, which is what I personally prefer. There are a few "new country" songs here, but, in my book at least, those passed the "sniff test" as worthy of admittance. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  John Denver  ~  “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

2)  Keith Urban & John Fogerty  ~  “Walkin’ In The Country”

3)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Young Country”

4)  Craig  Morgan  ~  “Country Side Of Heaven”

5)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You’re Lookin’ At Country”

6)  Mo Pitney  ~  “Country”

7)   Alan Jackson  ~  “Gone Country”

8)  John Anderson  ~  “Country ’Til I Die”

9)  Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Country Boy”

10)  Gwyneth Paltrow  ~  “Country Strong”

11)  Cal Smith  ~  “Country Bumpkin”

12)  Randy Travis & George Jones  ~  “A Few Ole Country Boys”

13)  Neil Young  ~  “Are You Ready For The Country?”

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Sweet Country Girl”

15)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Girl In A Country Song”

16)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Country Boy”

17)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Let There Be Country”

18)  Ryan Bingham  ~  “Country Roads”

19)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Country Ain’t Country”

20)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”

21)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Old Country”

22)  Marty Stuart  ~  “Country Boy Rock And Roll”

23)  Shania Twain  ~  “Rock This Country!”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”

25)  Alabama  ~  “Born Country”