It's almost that time of year again! He's making his lists, and he's checking them twice – he's gonna find out who's "Naughty" or "Nice." Which list are YOU on? Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Gwen Stefani ~ “Naughty”
2) The Beach Boys ~ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
3) John Denver ~ “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me”
4) Filter ~ “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
5) Miriam Makeba ~ “The Naughty Little Flea”
6) The Small Faces ~ “Here Comes The Nice”
7) Holly Valance ~ “Naughty Girl”
8) Lyfe Jennings ~ “Must Be Nice”
9) Peter Smith, Alex Frank, & John Storie ~ “Naughty Angeline”
10) The Front Bottoms ~ “Be Nice To Me”
11) Harry Connick, Jr. ~ “Naughty Children Of Bluesville”
12) Radiohead ~ “Nice Dream”
13) Matilda Cast ~ “Naughty”
14) St. Ange ~ “Nice Guy Lullaby”
15) McKenna Wells ~ “Naughty Baby”
16) The Left Banke ~ “Nice To See You”
17) Samantha Fox ~ “Naughty Girls Need Love, Too” (This song/video could not be any more stereotypically ’80s if it tried!)
18) Divine Fits ~ “Would That Not Be Nice”
19) Sherrié Austin ft. Shane Stevens ~ “Naughty Or Nice”
20) Herman’s Hermits ~ “It’s Nice To Be Out In The Morning”
21) The Statler Brothers ~ “The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane”
22) Duran Duran ~ “Nice”
23) The Sunny Cowgirls ~ “Naughty Side”
24) Mass Gothic ~ “Nice Night”
25) John Parr ~ “Naughty Naughty” (WOW, this is a cheeseball video! Also extremely ‘80s, in this case to its detriment.)
Here's another rousing set of Songs About Prayer. If you liked yesterday's songs, you'll probably like these, too (some true classics here). And the set after that. And the set after that. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Bon Jovi ~ “Livin’ On A Prayer”
2) MC Hammer ~ “Pray”
3) Keith & Kristyn Getty ft. Moya Brennan ~ “A Mother’s Prayer”
4) Zakk Wylde ~ “Lost Prayer”
5) Aretha Franklin ~ “I Say A Little Prayer”
6) Cliff Richard ~ “The Millennium Prayer”
7) Lee Hazlewood ~ “Pray Them Bars Away”
8) CeCe Winans ~ “Pray”
9) Adelitas Way ~ “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)”
10) Bebe Rexha ~ “Pray”
11) Chris Stapleton ~ “Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore”
12) Rebecca St. James ~ “Pray”
13) Bishop Briggs ~ “Pray (Empty Gun)”
14) John Denver ~ “Poems, Prayers, And Promises”
15) Saosin ~ “Control And The Urge To Pray”
16) Calvin Harris ft. HAIM ~ “Pray To God”
17) Jon McLaughlin ~ “Praying To The Wrong God”
18) Carrie Underwood ~ “Praying For Time”
19) Lecrae ~ “Prayin’ For You”
20) Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ “Down To The River To Pray”
BLOGGER'S NOTE: I actually put this post together around this time last year and saved it, but forgot to post it before the Christmas season had passed. So here ya go! PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED INTRO: Sometimes, to really appreciate a song you have to hear it by a variety of different artists. Admittedly, 18 different artists is a bit overkill, but I had a hard time narrowing it down. You should have heard some of the ones that DIDN'T make the cut! Anyway, just pick and choose which ones you want to listen to, and comment wherever you saw this post with your personal favorite rendition. I definitely know my favorite. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Christina Aguilera
2) Mel Tormé & Judy Garland (Trivia Note: Tormé, along with a guy named Robert Wells, actually wrote this classic Christmas song.)
Each of the artists in this collection seems to "want" something. Some of them want "to hold your hand," others want "it all," and still others "wanna dance with somebody." And that's only the beginning! Once I got into the subject, I realized there were tons of these songs and knew this would be a multi-parter. In fact, this is Vol. 1 of 4. Ready...set...enjoy! ~ JH
1) Jackson 5 ~ “I Want You Back”
2) Marilyn Monroe ~ “I Wanna Be Loved By You”
3) The Beatles ~ “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
4) Fiona Apple ft. Elvis Costello ~ “I Want You”
5) Cheap Trick ~ “I Want You To Want Me”
6) Eve’s Plum ~ “I Want It All”
7) Demis Roussos ~ “I Want To Live”
8) Christina Aguilera ~ “Come On Over (All I Want Is You)”
9) Umphrey’s McGee ~ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
10) Whitney Houston ~ “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
11) Kodaline ~ “All I Want”
12) Bow Wow Wow ~ “I Want Candy”
13) Backstreet Boys ~ “I Want It That Way”
14) Zedd ft. Selena Gomez ~ “I Want You To Know”
15) Huey Lewis And The News ~ “I Want A New Drug”
16) Sheryl Crow ~ “All I Wanna Do”
17) Foreigner ~ “I Want To Know What Love Is”
18) Nina Simone ~ “I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl”
19) Blessid Union Of Souls ~ “I Wanna Be There”
20) Karmin ~ “I Want It All”
21) Eagles Of Death Metal ~ “I Want You So Hard (Boy’s Bad News)”
