"Power" Songs, Vol. 3

Here's another set of "Power" Songs for your listening pleasure. And there's one more set where these came from! So, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Resurrection Power"

2)  Midnight Oil  ~  "Power And The Passion"

3)  Poison  ~  "Power To The People"

4)  Don Moen  ~  "The Power Of Your Love" / "The Blessing Song"

5)  Rainbow  ~  "Power"

6)  Kings Of Convenience  ~  "Power Of Not Knowing"

7)  Lou Reed ft. Little Jimmy Scott  ~  "Power And Glory"

8)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Power To The Music"

9)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Power To All Our Friends"

10)  Coldplay ~  "Higher Power"

11)  Lincoln Brewster  ~  "There Is Power"

12)  Helloween  ~  "Power"

13)  BLOW  ~  "Power"

14)  Dermot Kennedy  ~  "Power Over Me" / "For Island Fires And Family"

15)  We Are Messengers  ~  "Power"

16)  Vera Blue  ~  "Lady Powers"

17)  Algiers  ~  "The Underside Of Power"

18)  Marillion  ~  "Power"

19)  Peter, Paul, & Mary  ~  "Power"

20)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "Same Power"

21)  Hozier  ~  "Nina Cried Power"

22)  Saxon  ~  "Power And The Glory"

23)  Ray Stevens  ~  "Power Tools"

24)  Nashville Life Music  ~  "All Power"

25)  Warren Haynes Band  ~  "Power & The Glory"

"Means," "Motive", & "Opportunity" Songs, Vol. 2

A couple of days delayed, mayhaps, but here's part 2 (of 2) of my latest miniseries of posts. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "What Happiness Means To Me"

2)  Elena Hasna  ~  "Motive"

3)  Nuns  ~  "Opportunities"

4)  Richard Hawley  ~  "What Love Means"

5)  PLS&TY ft. Ganz & Nevve  ~  "Motives"

6)  River Nelson  ~  "Opportunity"

7)  Kendall Pennington  ~  "What It Means"

8)  10 Years  ~  "Actions & Motives"

9)  Pete Murray  ~  "Opportunity"

10)  Fit For A King  ~  "When Everything Means Nothing"

11)  Little Feat  ~  "Loco Motives"

12)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  "Opportunity"

13)  Hammerfall  ~  "Any Means Necessary"

14)  Walk Off The Earth  ~  "No Ulterior Motives"

15)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Opportunity To Cry"

16)  Colbie Caillat  ~  "What Means The Most"

17)  Benjah ft. Ron Kenoly, Jr.  ~  "Motives"

18)   Neil Young  ~  "Field Of Opportunity"

19)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "What It Means"

20)  Beautiful Eulogy  ~  "Motive 1, 2"

21)  Meryn Cadell  ~  "Window Of Opportunity"

"Beautiful" Songs

If I didn't tell you this "theme" was a reboot from four-and-a-half years ago (on my original "The Plural Of Hyena" blog, no less), I'm sure you never would have remembered. But it is. And with good reason. Four-and-a-half years ago, I wasn't quite as adept at finding the perfect mix of well-known and lesser-known songs, which should (in theory) tip slightly in favor of the more well-known ones. Also, some of the really good songs included in this two-parter weren't even released four-and-a-half years ago. So here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “At My Most Beautiful”

3)  Sofia Carson ft. Alan Walker  ~  “Back To Beautiful”

4)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

5)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Beautiful”

6)  Zedd ft. Jon Bellion  ~  “Beautiful Now”

7)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Beautiful Thing”

8)  Prince  ~  “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”

9)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Beautiful Life”

10)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”

11)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Beautiful”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”

13)  Ellie Holcomb  ~  “The Broken Beautiful”

14)  The Rascals  ~  “A Beautiful Morning”

15)  Nightwish  ~  “Bye Bye Beautiful”

16)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Beautiful Girls”

17)  John Lennon  ~  “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”

18)  Aniri  ~  “Beautiful Life”

19)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Beautiful One”  (To skip all the introductions, proceed directly to the 2:00 mark. Otherwise, you’ll get to know everyone in the band.)

20)  Joydrop  ~  “Beautiful”

21)  Mali Music  ~  “Beautiful”

22)  P!nk  ~  “Beautiful Trauma”

23)  Damian Marley ft. Bobby Brown  ~  “Beautiful”

24)  Tess  ~  “Dark But Beautiful”

25)  Moby  ~  “Beautiful”  (Really good song! Really creepy video!)

"Lo" & "Behold" Songs

And the strangely cohesive ideas just keep on comin'! Here's a set of songs featuring – you guessed it! – the words "Lo" and/or "Behold" in their titles. Odd though it may seem, this is a surprisingly solid set of songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Taylor  ~  “Lo And Behold”

2)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “Behold (Then Sings My Soul)”

3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Lo Que Soy”  (This is the first of several songs in this collection that are entirely in Spanish. “Lo” is a fairly common word in Spanish, so it makes its way into songs a lot. This title translates roughly: “What I Am.”)

4)  The Mikado Cast  ~  “Behold The Lord High Executioner!”

5)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “Lo”

6)  Brandon Heath  ~  “Behold Our God”

7)  Stereolab  ~  “Lo Boob Oscillator”  (This song, which is entirely in French, has absolutely nothing to do with the middle word in its title. I know this, not because I know a word of French, but because I used Google Translate.)

8)  David Phelps  ~  “Behold The Lamb”

9)  Shakira  ~  “Lo Hecho Está Hecho”  (Title translation: “What’s Done Is Done.”)

10)  The Horrible Crowes  ~  “Behold The Hurricane”

11)  Santana  ~  “Jin-Go-Lo-Ba”

12)  Sandi Patty  ~  “We Shall Behold Him”

13)  Doug Kershaw  ~  “Diggy Liggy Lo”

14)  Steini  ~  “Behold”

15)  Matisyahu  ~  “So Hi So Lo”

16)  Ray Boltz  ~  “Behold”  (That permed mullet, though...)

17)  Yuridia  ~  “Lo Que Son Las Cosas”  (Title translation: “What Things Are.”)

18)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Behold! The Night Mare”

19)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “Swing Lo Magellan”

20)  Bella & Aerie Camp ft. Jeremy, Adrienne, & Egan Camp  ~  “Behold”

21)  Leslie Caron & Mel Ferrer  ~  “Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo”  (It’s been FAR too long since I’ve seen a girl sing and dance with a puppet.)

22)  Taylor Leonhardt  ~  “Behold”

23)  Shannon Saunders  ~  “Lo-Fi”

24)  Nazca  ~  “Behold”

25)  Renée Fleming and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir  ~  “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming”

“Still” & “Moving” Songs, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of what will end up being a 4-part series featuring "Still" and "Moving" Songs. (I didn't want to tell you that upfront, because I was afraid I'd scare you off.) Three down, one to go! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben Folds  ~  “Still Fighting It”

2)  Black Box Revelation  ~  “Sleep While Moving”

3)  Shania Twain  ~  “You’re Still The One”

4)  Golden Earring  ~  “Movin’ Down Life”

5)  Billy Joel  ~  “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me”

6)  Sarah Dawn Finer  ~  “Moving On”

7)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “I Still Believe”

8)  Bhi Bhiman  ~  “Moving To Brussels”

9)  Neko Case  ~  “Night Still Comes”

10)  Vern Gosdin & Chris Hillman  ~  “I’m Gonna Be Movin’”

11)  Vince Gill  ~  “I Still Believe In You”

12)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  “Everything Is Moving So Fast”

13)  Paul Simon  ~  “Still Crazy After All These Years”

14)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Love Is Moving”

15)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Be Still My Soul (In You I Rest)”

16)  The Horrors  ~  “Moving Further Away”

17)  Robin Thicke  ~  “Still Madly Crazy”

18)  The Fixx  ~  “Less Cities, More Moving People”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Still Miss Someone”

20)  Mat Kearney  ~  “Moving On”

21)  Katy B  ~  “Still”

22)  k.d. lang  ~  “Just Keep Me Moving”

23)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Let’s Be Still”

24)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Movin’ On”

25)  Alan Jackson  ~  “I Still Like Bologna”

"Shine" Songs

This is part 2 of 2 in a miniseries featuring faith-based songs with the words "Reign" (last time) and "Shine" (this time) in their titles. There are some really good ones here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Newsboys  ~  "Shine"

2)  David Crowder*Band  ~  "Let Me Feel You Shine"

3)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Shine On"

4)  Collective Soul  ~  "Shine"  (I know that they're not a Christian band, per se, but many of the lyrics of their songs – including this one – reflect the spirituality and personal beliefs of several of the band's members. Besides that, it's a great song!)

5)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "Shine"

6)  Avalon  ~  "Shine On Us"

7)  Bethany Dillon  ~  "Let Your Light Shine"

8)  Nic Gonzales & Jaci Velasquez  ~  "Shine"

9)  Stellar Kart  ~  "Shine Like The Stars"

10)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Shine On Us"

11)  Natalie Grant  ~  "Burn Bright (You Were Made To Shine)"

12)  Mary Griffin  ~  "Shine On Me"

13)  Austin Stone Worship  ~  "Love Shines"

14)  Jason Crabb & Gaither Vocal Band  ~  "Daystar (Shine Down On Me)"

15)  Misty Edwards  ~  "Shine Like The Stars"

16)  PJ Anderson  ~  "Let Your Light Shine"

17)  David Crowder*Band  ~  "SMS (Shine)"

18)  Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers  ~  "Shine"

19)  Steve Green  ~  "In Brokenness You Shine"

20)  Krystal Meyers  ~  "Shine"

21)  Chapelhill  ~  "You Shine"

22)  Fee  ~  "We Shine"

23)  Crystal Lewis  ~  "Shine, Jesus, Shine"