Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 2)

As a follow-up to yesterday's "Songs For The Seasons" post, and in honor of the Winter Solstice (which is apparently actually today, and not yesterday), here's another set of songs to celebrate the (theoretically) chilliest of seasons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enya  ~  “Trains And Winter Rains”

2)  Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan  ~  “For Now I Am Winter”

3)  Daughter  ~  “Winter”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Winter Song”

6)  Sting  ~  “The Hounds Of Winter”

7)  Emily Barker  ~  “In The Winter I Return”

8)  Said The Whale  ~  “This Winter I Retire”

9)  Broadcast  ~  “Winter Now”

10)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Your Winter”

11)  Jo Hamilton  ~  “Winter Is Over”

12)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  “Bird Of Winter Prey”

13)  TORRES  ~  “When Winter’s Over”

14)  K’s Choice  ~  “Winter”

15)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Song For A Winter’s Night”

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Winter”

17)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

18)  Opeth  ~  “The Throat Of Winter”

19)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Winter Sun”

20)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  “Half A Week Before The Winter”

Yours, Mine, & Ours Songs, Vol. 3: "Ours"

In this third and final installment of the miniseries, we have a decidedly smaller collection of songs with "Ours" in their titles. For one thing, there were fewer songs to choose from that fit the criteria. For another, many of the ones I did find I didn't like or were otherwise inappropriate. So I chose quality over quantity. There are still a few rather-unknown artists here, but their songs are included because they're good not because they're famous. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Ours"

2)  Elbow  ~  "Friend Of Ours"

3)  Jason Mraz  ~  "(This Movie Is) Rated Ours"  (Yes, actually, I did realize that there was a Jason Mraz song in each entry of this series. Not a coincidence.)

4)  The Joy Formidable  ~  "This Ladder Is Ours"

5)  Aloe Blacc  ~  "Hello World (The World Is Ours)"

6)  Richard Hawley  ~  "Tonight The Streets Are Ours"

7)  Emma Hewitt  ~  "These Days Are Ours"

8)  Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott  ~  "When It Was Ours"

9)  JUCE  ~  "(H)ours"

10)  Mayer Hawthorne  ~  "The Stars Are Ours"

11)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Hearts Like Ours"

12)  Moving Units  ~  "The World Is Ours"

13)  Kina Grannis  ~  "Ours To Keep"

14)  Leilani Wolfgramm  ~  "Love Is Ours"

15)  Connie Smith  ~  "Hearts Like Ours"

Songs For April Fools

Here we have a surprisingly good, albeit hastily-thrown-together grouping of songs which are loosely related, not necessarily to the spirit of the day itself, but rather to the words that make it up. Whatever it is, here it is. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imaginary Future ft. Kina Grannis  ~  "April"

2)  Cinderella  ~  "Nobody's Fool"

3)  The Mess  ~  "April Showers"

4)  Westlife  ~  "Fool Again"

5)  Rupa & The April Fishes  ~  "Une américaine a Paris"

6)  The Strokes  ~  "Taken For A Fool"

7)  April Verch Band  ~  "Broken"

8)  Elvin Bishop ft. Mickey Thomas  ~  "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"

9)  Delain  ~  "April Rain"

10)  The Ark  ~  "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane"

11)  April Wine  ~  "I Like To Rock"

12)  Melody Gardot  ~  "Baby, I'm A Fool"

13)  Dragon  ~  "April Sun In Cuba"

14)  The Cardigans  ~  "Lovefool"

15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  "Terrible Things"

16)  Doobie Brothers  ~  "What A Fool Believes"

17)  Dead By April  ~  "Calling"  (This song'd be so much better without that bit with the screaming. To each his own, I suppose…)

18)  Peter Cetera  ~  "Even A Fool Can See"

19)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "April Fools"

20)  The Beatles  ~  "The Fool On The Hill"

"Night" Songs

Here's a bunch of good songs with "Night" in the titles; this is a follow-up to yesterday's post, "Day" Songs. Like that one, this post also includes only songs which have never before appeared on either this blog or my original blog, The Plural Of Hyena. Hope you enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  fun.  ~  "Some Nights"  (Two things: Yes, this is the edited version, and yes, there is a lengthy delay at the beginning, but I promise the song is there.)

2)  Zedd ft. Hayley Williams  ~  "Stay The Night"

3)  Maroon 5  ~  "One More Night"

4)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  "Waiting For Tonight"

5)  Phil Collins  ~  "One More Night"

6)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Queen Of The Night"

7)  R.E.M.  ~  "Nightswimming"

8)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Marry The Night"

9)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Ships In The Night"

10)  Jessie Ware  ~  "Night Light"

11)  DeBarge  ~  "Rhythm Of The Night"

12)  Kina Grannis  ~  "The One You Say Goodnight To"

13)  Santana ft. Chad Kroeger  ~  "Into The Night"

14)  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  ~  "100 Days, 100 Nights"

15)  Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"

16)  Oh Land  ~  "White Nights"

17)  Rush  ~  "Fly By Night"

18)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "We Owned The Night"

19)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Nights In White Satin"

20)  Dido  ~  "End Of Night"

21)  Keane  ~  "Silenced By The Night"

22)  Caro Emerald  ~  "A Night Like This"

23)  Murray Head  ~  "One Night In Bangkok"

24)  Gloriana  ~  "(Kissed You) Good Night"

25)  The Phantom Of The Opera Cast  ~  "The Music Of The Night"

Valentine's Day Songs, Vol. 2

Need more love songs up in here? I got more love songs up in here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Luther Vandross ft. Mariah Carey  ~  "Endless Love"

2)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "A Thousand Miles"

3)  Extreme  ~  "More Than Words"

4)  The Bangles  ~  "Eternal Flame"

5)  Savage Garden  ~  "Truly Madly Deeply"

6)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "True Colors"

7)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

8)  Céline Dion  ~  "The Power Of Love"

9)  Aerosmith  ~  "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"

10)  Faith Hill  ~  "Breathe"

11)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Just The Way You Are"

12)  Madonna  ~ "Crazy For You"

13)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Wonderful Tonight"

14)  Kina Grannis  ~  "Valentine"

15)  Chris de Burgh  ~  "Lady In Red"

16)  Journey  ~  "Faithfully"