“Heavenly” Songs

Not to be confused with the "Celestial" Songs I posted not too long ago, these songs are "Heavenly." Enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Heavenly Day”

2)  Hardline  ~  “Heavenly”

3)  Cigarettes After Sex  ~  “Heavenly”

4)  Lighthouse Family  ~  “Heavenly”

5)  Priscilla Renea  ~  “Gentle Hands” / “Heavenly”

6)  Conway Twitty  ~  “Heavenly”

7)  The Hoppers  ~  “Heavenly Sunrise”

8)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Heavenly”

9)  Earl Thomas Conley  ~  “Heavenly Bodies”

10)  CeCe Winans  ~  “Heavenly Father”

11)  Seal  ~  “Heavenly”

12)  Phyllis Hyman  ~  “Heavenly”

13)  Adventures  ~  “Heavenly”

14)  Downhere  ~  “Something Heavenly”

15)  Pale Waves  ~  “Heavenly”

16)  The Temptations  ~  “Heavenly”

17)  Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris  ~  “Heavenly Houseboat Blues"

18)  Peabo Bryson  ~  “Heavenly”

19)  Tertia May  ~  “Heavenly Thing”

20)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Heavenly”

21)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can’t Give Up Now)”

22)  Lea Michele  ~  “Heavenly”

23)  Broadside  ~  “Heavenly”

24)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Heavenly”

25)  Squire Parsons  ~  “Heavenly Sunlight”

Songs About Recipes

Blog post ideas come to me at the oddest times and places. This one, for instance, came about when I was watching some cooking show on TV. I didn't really retain anything about how to cook that particular dish, but a good music post came out of it. So that's something. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Kendrick Lamar ft. Dr. Dre  ~  "The Recipe"

2)  Megadeth  ~  "Recipe For Hate... Warhorse"

3)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  "Recipe For Love"

4)  Morcheeba  ~  "Recipe For Disaster"

5)  Aura Dione  ~  "Recipe"

6)  SiR  ~  "The Recipe"

7)  Ailee  ~  "Love Recipe"

8)  Tovi Khali  ~  "Recipe"

9)  Clawfinger  ~  "Recipe For Hate"

10)  Desmond Dekker  ~  "Reggae Recipe"

11)  Bad Religion  ~  "Recipe For Hate"

12)  Don Cherry  ~  "Rappin' Recipe"

13)  COCOMOFO  ~  "The Recipe"

14)  10 Years  ~  "The Recipe"

15)  Sean Slaughter & Mona J  ~  "The Recipe"

16)  Kodak Black  ~  "The Recipe"

17)  Thomas Sanders  ~  "Recipe For Me"

18)  Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys  ~  "Recipe For A Heartache"

19)  Kid Travis  ~  "The Recipe"

20)  Angie Stone  ~  "Recipe"

21)  Corin Gabriella  ~  "Recipe"

22)  The Ambassador  ~  "The Recipe"

23)  Star Cast ft. Keke Palmer  ~  "Recipe"

24)  Mavis Staples  ~  "Pop's Recipe"

25)  Aswad  ~  "Your Recipe"

25 Different Versions of "Silver Bells"

There are many, many ways in which a classic Christmas tune can be ruined by a bad arrangement or a dreadful singer. But these are not those. These are 25 great renditions of an iconic tune. Feel free to pick and choose as you please. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Meaghan Smith  (This young woman has an "old soul" and makes adorable music.)

2)  Twisted Sister  (Let's go ahead and get the weirdest one out of the way early. Actually, the song itself isn't that weird, but boy-oh-boy is this video a piece of work!)

3)  A Few Good Men  (I miss the '90s!)

4)  Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell  (Apparently, this is "the original" version...at least according to the YouTube poster.)

5)  Tony Bennett  (*Almost* nobody does it better than Tony!)

6)  The Polyphonic Spree  (This is a truly unique arrangement. It's great!)

7)  Clay Aiken & Megan Mullally  (Nice duet by an Idol and a comedienne.)

8)  The Temptations  (What makes this version different than all the rest? It's all about that bass!)

9)  Bing Crosby  (Of course, Bing is a part of this collection. I mean, how could he not be?)

10)  Amy Grant & Marc Martel  (The Queen of Christian Contemporary pairs up with the Man Who Would Be Queen in this apt duet. There's a bonus song at the end that you're sure to either love or detest.)  

11)  John Legend  (The Sexiest Man Alive – LOL! – takes on a Christmas classic – and KILLS it!)

12)  Elvis Presley  (This post would be incomplete without The King!)

13)  The Supremes  (I've never heard this version before, but they more than do it justice.)

14)  Don Ho  (Let's add a little tropical flavor to the mix!)

15)  Jim Nabors  (Gomer Pyle shore could sang purdy! Shazam!)

16)  She & Him  (If you don't recognize her from the album cover, the "She" in She & Him is Zooey Deschanel from the movie Elf, another Christmas classic.)

17)  Harry Connick, Jr.  (Classy, swinging version. I would expect no less from Harry.)

18)  William Shatner  (If you ever wanted to hear a dramatic reading of a Christmas song, you're about to. This isn't a great version, but it's certainly one-of-a-kind!)

19)  Brenda Lee  (Can't go wrong with Brenda Lee at Christmastime!)

20)  Andy Williams & The Osmonds  (This is the kind of treacly crap that quickly becomes irksome during the holiday season. But dang, that Andy can sing!)

21)  Love And Theft  (I'm mostly unfamiliar with this band, but I like them a lot!)

22)  Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors  (Gorgeous harmonies and instrumentation!)

23)  Stevie Wonder  (Good stuff!)

24)  Johnny Mathis  (The man's voice is like honey! So smooth!)

25)  Gloria Estefan  (Let's spice it up a bit for the grand finale!)

Songs About Ideas, Vol. 1

When it comes to thinking up new and (hopefully) interesting themes for music blog posts, I am full of ideas. Which brings me to this post (and the one that follows it)...which is a bunch of Songs About Ideas. I would explain further, but you get the idea. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Woerz  ~  “Idea Of Her”

2)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Ideas As Opiates”

3)  Tessa Violet  ~  “I Like (The Idea Of) You”

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “The Idea Of You”

5)  Maria Taylor Trio  ~  “Bad Idea”

6)  Fiction Department  ~  “Bad Idea”

7)  Sara Bareilles & Gavin Creel  ~  “Bad Idea”

8)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “You Have No Idea”

9)  Amy Nelson  ~  “Better Idea”

10)  Flip Wilson  ~  “If That’s Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time (Take Me Home)”

11)  Garbage  ~  “Not My Idea”

12)  Tito Puente & The Golden Latin Jazz  ~  “Tito’s Idea”

13)  Theia  ~  “Bad Idea”

14)  Bee Gees  ~  “Idea”

15)  Penelope Casanola  ~  “Ni Idea”

16)  Tyler Ward  ~  “Beginning Of A Bad Idea”

17)  Leigh Nash  ~  “My Idea Of Heaven”

18)  Alle Farben  ~  “Bad Ideas”

19)  Sunny Sweeney  ~  “Better Bad Idea”

20)  Jesse Harris  ~  “I Have No Idea”

21)  Amely Heart  ~  “Best Idea”

22)  Otis Redding  ~  “That’s A Good Idea”

23)  Candy Hearts  ~  “Bad Idea”

24)  My Glorious  ~  “The Dark Idea”

25)  Yuna  ~  “Bad Idea”