Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH

1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”

2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”

3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”

4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”

5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”

6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”

7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”

8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”

9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”

10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”

12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”

14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”

15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”

17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”

18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”

19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”

20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”

21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"

22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”

23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”

24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”

25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”

“Truth” Or “Dare” Songs, Vol. 4

Last but not least...these "Truth" or "Dare" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fantasia  ~  “Truth Is”

2)  Shinedown  ~  “I Dare You”

3)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?”

4)  Brent Bourgeois  ~  “Dare To Fall”

5)  The The  ~  “Sweet Bird Of Truth”

6)  Sarah Darling  ~  “How Dare You”

7)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Love You With The Truth”

8)  Greyce  ~  “Dare To Dream”

9)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Half The Truth”

10)  The xx  ~  “I Dare You”

11)  Dr. Dog  ~  “The Truth”

12)  Andrea Bocelli & Laura Pausini  ~  “Dare To Live”

13)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Truth No. 2”

14)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Dare To Believe”

15)  Epica  ~  “Introspect / Monopoly On Truth”

16)  Broken Flags  ~  “Dare To Dream”

17)  Sara Evans  ~  “Three Cords And The Truth”

18)  Paul Westerberg  ~  “I Will Dare”

19)  Seether  ~  “Truth”

20)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “We Dared The Lightning”

“Angry” Songs

These songs are not happy. In fact, they're ANGRY! Okay, I'm embellishing a bit. Songs cannot experience emotions. But they certainly can convey them. And these tunes are all about anger. Well, mostly. Some of the anger is purely metaphorical. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Angry”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Angry Blues / The Twist”  (I can’t even remotely figure out how these two songs relate to each other, or why Taylor would play them back to back. But it’s actually kind of awesome!)

3)  Syleena Johnson ft. Tweet  ~  “Angry Girl”

4)  George Ezra  ~  “Angry Hill”

5)  XTC  ~  “The World Is Full Of Angry Young Men”

6)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “Angry Anymore”

7)  Iron & Wine  ~  “An Angry Blade”

8)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “I’m Not Angry”

9)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “What Angry Blue?”

10)  Perry Como  ~  “Angry”

11)  Corey Hart  ~  “Angry Young Man”

12)  Megadeth  ~  “Angry Again”

13)  Christopher Cross  ~  “Angry Young Men”

14)  Quiet Riot  ~  “Angry”

15)  Poe  ~  “Angry Johnny”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “The Angry Mob”

17)  Imogen Heap  ~  “Angry Angel”

18)  Tim McGraw & Martina McBride  ~  “Angry All The Time”

19)  Life Of Agony  ~  “Angry Tree”

20)  Loggins & Messina  ~  “Angry Eyes”

Planetary Songs, Vol. 2: "Earth" & "Mars"

Part 2 of this ongoing series brings things a little closer to home, then to our nearest neighbor. This snappy collection of songs about Earth and Mars is brought to you by the letter J and the number 4. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Earth Song"

2)  Duran Duran  ~  "Planet Earth"

3)  Björk  ~  "Earth Intruders"

4)  Deftones  ~  "Hole In The Earth"

5)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "Edge Of The Earth"

6)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Corner Of The Earth"

7)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  "Under The Earth"

8)  Within Temptation  ~  "Mother Earth"

9)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Back To The Earth"

10)  Melonie Cannon ft. Willie Nelson  ~  "Back To Earth"

11)  Coldplay  ~  "Moving To Mars"

12)  David Bowie  ~  "Life On Mars?"

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars"

14)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "I Don't Wanna Live On Mars"

15)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Man On Mars"

16)  Ash  ~  "Girl From Mars"

17)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Viva Life On Mars"

18)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Venus And Mars"

19)  Faith No More  ~  "Woodpecker From Mars"

20)  Marion Cotillard & Franz Ferdinand  ~  "Eyes Of Mars"

Songs With Women's Names In The Titles – 1980 To The Present, Vol. 1

Okay, we're heading into the home stretch here. For those of who you may be waiting to "yell" at me for missing a vital song, your time is soon. In case you weren't paying attention (shame on you!), this is part 5 of 6 of a greater series of songs with people's names in the titles. This particular post is part 1 of 2 of songs with women's names in the titles, featuring songs released from 1980 to the present. Pre-1980 songs were already covered in 2 previous posts. Okay, enough preamble. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Toto  ~  "Rosanna"

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Billie Jean"

3)  Bon Iver  ~  "For Emma, Forever Ago"

4)  Joshua Kadison  ~  "Jessie"

5)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Iris"

6)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Joanna"

7)  Laura Branigan  ~  "Gloria"

8)  The Zutons  ~  "Valerie"  (I thought this was originally Amy Winehouse's song, but apparently these guys came out with it first.)

9)  The Calling  ~  "Adrienne"

10)  Kim Carnes  ~  "Bette Davis Eyes"

11)  My Chemical Romance  ~  "Helena"

12)  Europe  ~  "Carrie"

13)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Ruby"

14)  Santana ft. The Product G&B  ~  "Maria Maria"

15)  MIKA  ~  "Grace Kelly"