"Un" Songs

There are a lot of common words beginning with the prefix "un-." And many of those words appear in the titles of popular and/or just-plain-good songs. I've collected a few of the best of those here. There may be future posts of "Un" Songs, but I'm not specifically planning on it as yet. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  FLETCHER  ~  “Undrunk”

2)  Tauren Wells ft. KB  ~  “Undefeated”

3)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Unlikely Angel”

4)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Unwell”

5)  Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole  ~  “Unforgettable”

6)  Jacob Banks  ~  “Unknown (To Me)”

7)  Kailee Morgue  ~  “Unfortunate Soul”

8)  Weezer  ~  “Undone – The Sweater Song”

9)  Fireflight  ~  “Unbreakable”

10)  Jon Bellion  ~  “Ungrateful Eyes”

11)  Rihanna  ~  “Unfaithful”

12)  Garden City Movement  ~  “She’s So Untouchable”

13)  Katy Perry  ~  “Unconditionally”

14)  X Ambassadors  ~  “Unsteady”

15)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Undo Me”

16)  Kodaline  ~  “Unclear”

17)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Uncover”

18)  Canyon Hills Worship  ~  “Unfailing Love”

19)  Charli XCX ft. Kim Petras & Jay Park  ~  “Unlock It”

20)  Corey Kilgannon ft. Shayla Kilgannon  ~  “Unable”

21)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Unbreakable Smile”

22)  The The  ~  “Uncertain Smile”

23)  Transviolet  ~  “Undo”

24)  Allen Stone  ~  “Unaware”

25)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Undo It”

"New" & "Used" Songs, Vol. 3

With Christmas behind us and New Year's fast approaching, here's a final set of "New" & "Used" Songs for you to listen to. But let's face it -- I was going to post Vol. 3 whether there was a good reason to or not. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “This Used To Be My Playground”

2)  Paul McCartney  ~  “New”

3)  Fun.  ~  “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)”

4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “New Day”

5)  Mutemath  ~  “Used To”

6)  Jody Watley  ~  “Looking For A New Love”

7)  Mat Kearney & AFSHeeN  ~  “Better Than I Used To Be”

8)  Gin Wigmore  ~  “New Rush”

9)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  “She Used To Be Mine”

10)  Dua Lipa  ~  “New Rules”

11)  Andy Williams  ~  “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”

12)  Oklahoma! Cast ft. Shirley Jones  ~  “Many A New Day”

13)  Keith Urban  ~  “Used To The Pain”

14)  Them Crooked Vultures  ~  “New Fang”

15)  Yael Meyer  ~  “Used To Be”

16)  Wolfmother  ~  “New Moon Rising”

17)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Get Like You Used To Be”

18)  Eels  ~  “New Alphabet”

19)  Gotye ft. Kimbra  ~  “Somebody That I Used To Know”

20)  The Shins  ~  “New Slang”

21)  Duke Ellington   ~  “Things Ain’t What They Used To Be”

22)  Elvis Costello & The New Attractions  ~  “New Lace Sleeves”

23)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “Love Me Like You Used To”

24)  Howard Jones  ~  “New Song”

25)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “We Used To Be Friends”

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Self Control"

This final entry in the "Fruits of the Spirit" was dogging me, too, making it all but impossible to compile. Finally, I made a breakthrough and came up with more songs than I could use, actually. I tried to narrow it down to the best of the best. While you won't find the phrase "self control" in the titles of these songs (and most often, not in the lyrics either), the spirit and attitude of "self control" as a virtue, or "fruit" as it were, permeates each song in this collection. Did I mention that there are some really great songs here? Because there are. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sanctus Real  ~  "I'm Not Alright"

2)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "Worlds Apart"

3)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "My Desire"

4)  GS Megaphone  ~  "Use Me"

5)  Skillet  ~  "Monster"

6)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Courageous"

7)  Relient K  ~  "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"

8)  Tedashii  ~  "Make War"

9)  Third Day  ~  "Cry Out To Jesus"

10)  Plumb  ~  "Smoke"

11)  Matt Redman  ~  "Never Once"

12)  Hillsong Live  ~  "From The Inside Out"

13)  DC Talk  ~  "In The Light"

14)  Trip Lee ft. J. Paul  ~  "Fallin'"

15)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Slow Fade"

16)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "The Way I Am"

17)  Fireflight  ~  "Unbreakable"

18)  116 ft. KB, PRo, Tedashii, & Andy Mineo  ~  "Temptation"

19)  Matt Maher ft. Audrey Assad  ~  "Lord, I Need You"

20)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  "The Struggle"

21)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "How Can It Be"

22)  Pillar  ~  "Further From Myself"

23)  Disciple  ~  "Dear X, You Don't Own Me"

24)  KB ft. Swoope, Trip Lee, & Jai  ~  "Open Letter (Battlefield)"

25)  Love & The Outcome  ~  "He Is With Us"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Humility"

This entry in my "Fruits of the Spirit" series was one of the hardest of all of them. Various Bible translations use the words "gentleness," "meekness," or "humility" to describe this "fruit." Well, there almost no songs that directly speak of gentleness and very few that cover meekness – shocking, I know. But I found that there are quite a few songs that – in their lyrics or merely in their themes – deal with the subject of "Humility." So that was the tack I took with this one. And a fine set of songs it is, too! I truly hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Graham Kendrick  ~  "Meekness & Majesty"

2)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Audience Of One"

3)  Colton Dixon  ~  "More Of You"

4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~   "Martyrs & Thieves"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yes, I DO know she identifies as a lesbian now. But that fact does not lessen the truth or the message of this song, which Jennifer wrote several years ago when she was then identifying as a Christian musician.)

5)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"

6)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Unending Love"

7)  Christafari  ~  "Here I Am To Worship"

8)  Israel Houghton  ~  "I Surrender All"

9)  Austin Chamberlin & Lauren Zielenski  ~  "All I Am"  (This is a lovely cover version of a Phil Wickham song, for which I couldn't find a music video.)

10)  Hillsong Live  ~  "To Be Like You"

11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Surrender"

12)  Flame ft. J.R.  ~  "Tonight (All Of Me)"

13)  Hillsong United  ~  "Like An Avalanche"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Being Small"

15)  Chris Sligh  ~  "Empty Me"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Narrow Road"

17)  Leeland  ~  "Holy Spirit, Have Your Way"

18)  Flame ft. V. Rose  ~  "Surrender"

19)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Lay Me Down"

20)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You"

21)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  "Have Your Way"

22)  FFH  ~  "Wholly To You"

23)  Seventh Day Slumber  ~  "Surrender"

24)  Rend Collective  ~  "All That I Am"

25)  Hillsong Live  ~  "I Surrender"