Songs About Angels & Demons, Vol. 1

Here's the first installment in a four-part series featuring Songs About Angels & Demons. Don't raise your hackles on the second of the two – the demons here are more metaphorical and less...well...demonic. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Angel”

2)  Bear In Heaven  ~  “Demon”

3)  Birdy  ~  “Not About Angels”

4)  Yeasayer  ~  “Demon Road”

5)  Juice Newton  ~  “Angel Of The Morning”

6)  James Morrison  ~  “Demons”

7)  Fantasia  ~  “Even Angels”

8)  Deep Purple  ~  “Demon’s Eye”

9)  Wild Belle  ~  “Rock & Roll Angel”

10)  Alex Vargas  ~  “Wear Your Demons Out”

11)  Mariah Carey ft. Ne-Yo  ~  “Angels Cry”

12)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Paul Newman Vs. The Demons”

13)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Angel / Better Together”

14)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  “Demons”

15)  Theory Of A Deadman  ~  “Angel”

16)  Fatboy Slim ft. Macy Gray  ~  “Demons”

17)  Billy Joel  ~  “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)”

18)  The Donnas  ~  “Speed Demon”

19)  Train  ~  “Calling All Angels”

20)  Aurora  ~  “All My Demons”

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 4

One last round of Things These Artists Have "Got," and we're through. Herein, you'll find artists who have got the world on a string, ants in their pants, a lovely bunch of coconuts, a tiger by the tail, and the shaft – just to name a few. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chance The Rapper  ~  “All We Got”

2)  Michael Bublé  ~  “I’ve Got The World On A String”

3)  Ethel Merman  ~  “I’ve Got The Sun In The Morning”

4)  James Brown  ~  “I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance)”

5)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “I’ve Got Friends”

6)  Leona Lewis  ~  “I Got You”

7)  Heavy D & The Boyz  ~  “We Got Our Own Thang”

8)  Merv Griffin  ~  “I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts”

9)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “I’ve Got My Eyes On You”

10)  Buck Owens & His Buckaroos  ~  “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”

11)  Fats Waller  ~  “I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed”

12)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “I’ve Got A Song For You”

13)  The Academy Is…  ~  “We’ve Got A Big Mess On Our Hands”

14)  Ray Charles  ~  “I Got A Woman”

15)  The Black Keys  ~  “I Got Mine”

16)  Kiki Dee Band  ~  “I’ve Got The Music In Me”

17)  Wilco  ~  “I Got You”

18)  Marc Anthony  ~  “I’ve Got You”

19)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

20)  Pinocchio Cast  ~  “I’ve Got No Strings”

21)  Billy Currington  ~  “I Got A Feelin’”

22)  Passion Pit  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number”

23)  Jerry Reed  ~  “She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)”

24)  Thompson Square  ~  “I Got You”

25)  Craig Morgan  ~  “I Got You”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a four-part series of songs with whistling (of the human variety, not the musical instrument) in them. Some of these are well-known as whistling songs, while others are popular songs that just happen to have some momentary whistling in them (in some cases, you may have never even noticed it). Thanks, Tim W., for suggesting this topic. This should be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”

2)  Paul Simon  ~  “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard”

3)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Angel And The Fool”

4)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”

5)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  “Young Folks”

6)  The Bridge On The River Kwai Cast  ~  “Colonel Bogey March”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

8)  Maria McKee  ~  “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)”

9)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “The Walker”

10)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “Simple Girl”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments”

12)  Mallu Magalhães  ~  “Make It Easy”

13)  John Lennon  ~  “Jealous Guy”

14)  Brother Bones And His Shadows  ~  “Sweet Georgia Brown”  (Better known as the Harlem Globetrotters theme song.)

15)  Phish  ~  “Guyute”

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Made Of Glass”

17)  Kyu Sakamoto  ~  “Sukiyaki”

18)  Bobby Bloom  ~  “Montego Bay”

19)  Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza  ~  “Beautiful Life”

20)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

21)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

22)  Status Quo  ~  “Rock ’N’ Roll”

23)  Rock Mafia  ~  “The Big Bang”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Lovely Head”

25)  Father John Misty  ~  “The Suburbs”

“To” & “From” Songs, Vol. 3

One last post in this series, with love "From" me to "You." No, really, whomever you folks are who actually click on my posts and enjoy them, I love you. I mean, I don't want to marry you or anything, but otherwise you're the best! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Big  ~  “To Be With You”

2)  Dan + Shay  ~  “From The Ground Up”

3)  Bee Gees  ~  “To Love Somebody”

4)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “From The Inside Out”

5)  Céline Dion  ~  “To Love You More”

6)  Dawes  ~  “From A Window Seat”

7)  Shakey Graves  ~  “To Cure What Ails…”

8)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  “From Here To Forever”

9)  Metallica  ~  “To Live Is To Die”

10)  I Am They  ~  “From The Day”

11)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “To The Last Whale”

12)  Lene Marlin  ~  “From This Day”

13)  Owl City  ~  “To The Sky”

14)  Vance Joy  ~  “From Afar”

15)  Bombay Bicycle Club  ~  “To The Bone”

16)  America  ~  “From A Moving Train”

17)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  “To Be Myself Completely”

18)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “From A Jack To A King”

19)  Dream Theater  ~  “To Live Forever”

20)  Jack Johnson  ~  “From The Clouds”

“To” & “From” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a new three-part series (I know, I know, I know!) featuring songs with the words "To" and "From" in their titles. Since these words are so common, I limited myself to choosing only songs with titles that BEGIN with one of these words. Even so, the choices were many and the chosen are solid. I always say "Enjoy!", but this time (and the time after that, and the time after that) I really think you will.  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  “To Be Alone”

2)  Bette Midler  ~  “From A Distance”

3)  Lulu  ~  “To Sir With Love”

4)  Linkin Park  ~  “From The Inside”

5)  Kutless  ~  “To Know That You’re Alive”

6)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

7)  Joan As Police Woman  ~  “To Be Loved”

8)  Shania Twain  ~  “From This Moment On”

9)  Wang Chung  ~  “To Live And Die In L.A.”

10)  Haley Bonar  ~  “From A Cage”

11)  Hugh Jackman & Richard Marx  ~  “To Where You Are”

12)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions ft. Glenn Tilbrook  ~  “From A Whisper To A Scream”

13)  Garth Brooks  ~  “To Make You Feel My Love”

14)  Dan Croll  ~  “From Nowhere”

15)  Alela Diane  ~  “To Begin”

16)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)”

17)  Jack Johnson  ~  “To The Sea”

18)  The Civil Wars  ~  “From This Valley”

19)  Bethany Dillon  ~  “To Those Who Wait”

20)  Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, & Scott Reeder  ~  “From Can To Can’t”  (In case you’re unfamiliar with these “random” guys…Taylor’s the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour; Grohl was a member of Nirvana and now fronts the Foo Fighters; Nielsen played lead guitar for Cheap Trick; and Reeder was the bassist for Kyuss and The Obsessed. Yeah, I know. Some of you are still like, "WHO?")