“Sad,” “Sadder,” & “Saddest” Songs

Because in all things there should be a balance of both the good and the bad, the positive and the negative, to follow up the previous "Happy," "Happier," & "Happiest" Songs post, there's this one featuring "Sad," "Sadder," & "Saddest" Songs. Despite the subject matter, I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Metallica  ~  “Sad But True”

2)  Seth MacFarlane  ~  “The Sadder But Wiser Girl”

3)  Céline Dion  ~  “Goodbye’s (The Saddest Word)”

4)  John Denver  ~  “Like A Sad Song”

5)  Robert Cray  ~  “Sadder Days”

6)  Annie Lennox  ~  “The Saddest Song (I’ve Got)”

7)  England Dan & John Ford Coley  ~  “It’s Sad To Belong”

8)  Norma Jean  ~  “Songs Sound Much Sadder”

9)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “The Saddest Thing Of All”

10)  Bat For Lashes  ~  “Sad Eyes”

11)  The Neighbourhood  ~  “Sadderdaze”

12)  Grimes  ~  “My Sister Says The Saddest Things”

13)  Elton John & Pnau  ~  “Sad”

14)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Never Been Sadder”

15)  Sister Hazel  ~  “The Saddest Song (Not Coming Home)”

16)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Karen, Don’t Be Sad”

17)  Chris McKay And The Critical Darlings  ~  “Sadder Day”

18)  Meiko  ~  “Saddest Song In The World”

19)  Kodie Shane ft. Lil Yachty  ~  “Sad”

20)  Fleming and John  ~  “Sadder Day”

21)  Birds Of Tokyo  ~  “The Saddest Thing I Know”

22)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Sing A Sad Song”

23)  Az Yet  ~  “Sadder Than Blue”

24)  Anastacia  ~  “The Saddest Part”

25)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Sad”

26)  Scenic World  ~  “Sadder Eyes”

27)  The Ataris  ~  “The Saddest Song”

28)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “I Would Be Sad”

29)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  “Sadder Than You”

30)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “The Saddest Happiness”

“Wild” & “Crazy” Songs, Vol. 1

I've posted "Wild" Songs before. And "Crazy" ones, too. But never "Wild" & "Crazy" Songs together. And none of these songs appeared in either of those posts. So here they are...oh, and there were lots. So this'll be a three-parter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Wild Things”

2)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Crazy”

3)  Gloriana  ~  “Wild At Heart”

4)  Robin Thicke  ~  “Still Madly Crazy”

5)  Birdy  ~  “Wild Horses”

6)  Milow  ~  “We Must Be Crazy”

7)  for King & Country ft. Andy Mineo  ~  “Run Wild”

8)  Nicole Atkins  ~  “A Little Crazy”

9)  Lissie  ~  “Wild Wild West”

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

11)  Kat Cunning  ~  “Wild Poppies”

12)  Mark Morrison  ~  “Crazy”

13)  Troye Sivan  ~  “Wild”

14)  Charlotte Church  ~  “Crazy Chick”

15)  Beach House  ~  “Wild”

16)  The Vaselines  ~  “Crazy Lady”

17)  Hinder  ~  “Born To Be Wild”  (Some classics don’t need to be remade, and this song was certainly one of them. But I have to admit that this band did a really good job of staying faithful to the original while also putting their own distinctive mark on it.)

18)  Heart  ~  “Crazy On You”

19)  Faul & Wad  ~  “Wild Love”

20)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Crazy”  (Only one other person can sing Patsy Cline like Patsy Cline and that’s LeAnn Rimes. Case in point, this flawless cover.)

21)  MVNDA  ~  “Wild And Free”

22)  Sam Smith  ~  “Baby, You Make Me Crazy”

23)  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  ~  “Little Thing Gone Wild”

24)  Ólöf Arnalds  ~  “Crazy Car”

25)  Anika Nilles  ~  “Wild Boy”

26)  Newsboys  ~  “Crazy”

27)  John Denver ft. Pat Hawk  ~  “Wild Montana Skies”

28)  Aerosmith  ~  “Crazy”

29)  Ladyhawke  ~  “Wild Things”

30)  The Osmonds  ~  “Crazy Horses”  (I’m kind of at a loss as to what to think of this song. Is it a precursor to heavy metal and therefore highly innovative? Or is it a pitiful, even comical attempt to be “cool” after establishing a reputation of only producing disposable bubblegum pop? Either way, here it is…)

31)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Love Is A Wild Thing”

32)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “When The Crazy Kicks In”

33)  Escape Club  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

"Give" & "Take" Songs, Vol. 2

Since yesterday's "Give" & "Take" post was so popular, I decided to give you more of the same today. Just kidding! While yesterday's post was not unpopular, I was going to post these today regardless. And a final installment is certainly going to show up tomorrow. So you might as well check them all out! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Adele  ~  “Take It All”

2)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Give A Little Bit”

3)  Diana Krall  ~  “If I Take You Home Tonight”

4)  Maroon 5  ~  “Give A Little More”

5)  The Pretty Reckless  ~  “Take Me Down”

6)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Give Your Love”

7)  Judah & The Lion  ~  “Take It All Back”

8)  En Vogue  ~  “Giving Him Something He Can Feel”

9)  Scissor Sisters  ~  “Take Your Mama”

10)  Amanda Lear  ~  “Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)”  (The lyrics to this song could easily apply to the singer herself!)

11)  Pixie Lott ft. Pusha T  ~  “What Do You Take Me For?”

12)  Bee Gees  ~  “Giving Up The Ghost”

13)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”

14)  Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  “Give A Man A Home”

15)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “Take Me To Church”

16)  pronoun  ~  “Til Your Legs Give Up”

17)  John Denver  ~  “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

18)  Camila Cabello  ~  “Something’s Gotta Give”

19)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Take Your Time”

20)  J. Geils Band  ~  “Give It To Me”

21)  James Blunt  ~  “I’ll Take Everything”

22)  The Corrs  ~  “Give Me A Reason”

23)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off”  (Terribly provocative title. Fairly innocuous song.)

24)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Give It To Me”

25)  Alice Jemima  ~  “Take Me Back”

26)  James Brown  ~  “Give It Up Or Turn It Loose”

27)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Take It Or Leave It”

28)  James Cagney  ~  “Give My Regards To Broadway”

29)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Take A Little Pill”

30)  U2  ~  “The Little Things That Give You Away”

31)  Phil Collins  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

32)  Suzy Bogguss  ~  “Give Me Some Wheels”

33)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Take The Money And Run”

34)  The Chi-Lites  ~  “(For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People”