Songs About Hills & Valleys, Vol. 2

Because life is full of "Hills" & "Valleys," here's another set of songs about them. The first one here is one of my all-time favorites. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  LIGHTS  ~  “Cactus In The Valley”

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Run To The Hills”

3)  Jeannie C. Riley  ~  “Harper Valley P.T.A.”

4)  Ron Sexsmith ft. Chris Martin  ~  “Gold In Them Hills”

5)  Bread & Wine ft. Ben Smith  ~  “Mountain To Valley”

6)  Jackson Browne  ~  “A Child In These Hills”

7)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Valleys Of The Young”

8)  The Rocket Summer  ~  “Hills And Valleys”

9)  Mudhoney  ~  “Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog”

10)  Johnny Cash ft. Flip Wilson  ~  “Oklahoma Hills”

11)  Laura Marling  ~  “The Valley”

12)  Thom Yorke  ~  “Harrowdown Hill”

13)  Townes Van Zandt & Nanci Griffith  ~  “Tecumseh Valley”

14)  Neil Young  ~  “Mansion On The Hill”

15)  Dawes  ~  “Peace In The Valley”

16)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “Agate Hill”

17)  Steve Hackett  ~  “Valley Of The Kings”

18)  Calamity Jane Cast ft. Doris Day & Howard Keel  ~  “Black Hills Of Dakota”

19)  Midnight Oil  ~  “In The Valley”

20)  George Ezra  ~  “Angry Hill”

21)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “The Valley Runs Low”

22)  Weezer  ~  “Beverly Hills”

23)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Blue Valley Songbird”

24)  Gorillaz  ~  “On Melancholy Hill”

25)  Eisley  ~  “The Valley”

Songs About Good Things

And now for something a little less bleak than the last post. Songs About Good Things. Of course, the second song in the list says "Your Good Thing Is About To End." Go figure! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Maybe It's A Good Thing"

2)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)”

3)  Sam Smith  ~  "Good Thing"

4)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Good Thing”

5)  Keith Urban  ~  “Good Thing”

6)  Pixie Lott ft. Shaggy  ~  “A Real Good Thing”

7)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Ghost Of A Good Thing”

8)  George Benson  ~  “Never Give Up On A Good Thing”

9)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “When You Got A Good Thing”

10)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Good Thing”

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)”

12)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is A Good Thing”

13)  The Afters  ~  “Every Good Thing”

14)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

16)  B.B. King  ~  “Baby, You Done Lost Your Good Thing”

17)  Barbara Lynn  ~  “You’ll Lose A Good Thing”

18)  Bryan Duncan and the NehoSoul Band  ~  “Wheels Of A Good Thing”

19)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “The Only Good Thing You Ever Said Was Goodbye”

20)  Marc Broussard  ~  “Real Good Thing”

21)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Making A Good Thing Better”

22)  Jackson Browne  ~  “All Good Things”

23)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Let A Good Thing Go”

24)  BoDeans  ~  “Good Things”

25)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “A Few Good Things Remain”

Songs About Rockets

My son likes rocket ships, as many boys his age do (or did…I was one of them once). So there’s this collection of songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Rocket”

2)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Rocket”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “If There’s A Rocket, Tie Me To It”

4)  The Hoosiers  ~  “Rocket Star”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Rocket Man”

6)  Doc Walker  ~  “Rocket Girl”

7)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Silver Rocket”

8)  San Cisco  ~  “Rocket Ship”

9)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Rocket Queen”

10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Rocketship”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Rocket Love”

12)  Kate Bush  ~  “Rocket’s Tail”

13)  The Kinks  ~  “Supersonic Rocket Ship”

14)  Little Feat  ~  “Rocket In My Pocket”

15)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “455 Rocket”

16)  Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3  ~  “Adventure Rocketship”

17)  Simple Minds  ~  “Rockets”

18)  Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

19)  Herbie Hancock  ~  “Rockit”  (Rocket. Rockit. Close enough.)

20)  The Pack A.D.  ~  “Rocket”

21)  Deftones  ~  “Rocket Skates”

22)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”

23)  Yellowcard  ~  “Rocket”

24)  Moonlight Howlers  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

25)  The Infamous Stringdusters  ~  “Rockets”

Songs About Clowns

Let's start off our work week on a wonderfully creepy note, with a delightful collection of songs about everybody's favorite buffoon: the clown! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Pocket Of A Clown"

2)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters  ~  "Clown Strike"

3)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Clown"

4)  Placebo  ~  "Pierrot The Clown"

5)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "Dress Me Like A Clown"

6)  Shakira  ~  "Costume Makes The Clown"

7)  The Kinks  ~  "Death Of A Clown"

8)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tears Of A Clown"

9)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Cathy's Clown"

10)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "See The Funny Little Clown"

11)  Korn  ~  "Clown"

12)   Judy Garland  ~  "Be A Clown"

13)  Soprano  ~  "Clown"

14)  Chris Garneau  ~  "Dirty Night Clowns"

15)  Dame Judi Dench  ~  "Send In The Clowns"

16)  Manfred Mann  ~  "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"

17)  Beecake  ~  "The Clown"

18)  Kathy Mattea  ~  "Clown In Your Rodeo"

19)  Jack Johnson & G. Love  ~  "Rodeo Clowns"

20)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Clowns Of Death"

21)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Shoot All The Clowns"

22)  Wolfgang  ~  "Cast Of Clowns"

23)  Spelling Nadja  ~  "Cloning Clowns"

24)  Edguy  ~  "All The Clowns"

25)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Clowns"