“Melody” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of songs with the word "Melody" in the titles. But we're not done yet. Next up, "Harmony Songs," of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “The World Needs A Melody”

2)  Chaka Khan  ~  “And The Melody Still Lingers On (A Night In Tunisia)”

3)  Dave Days ft. Jake Broido  ~  “Your Melody”

4)  Donna Summer  ~  “Winter Melody”

5)  The Black Angels  ~  “Melanie’s Melody”

6)  Lena Meyer-Landrut  ~  “Beat To My Melody”

7)  Leeland  ~  “Sound Of Melodies”

8)  Cadmium ft. Jon Becker  ~  “Two-Tone Melody”

9)  Squeeze  ~  “Melody Motel”

10)  Mavis Staples  ~  “Melody Cool”

11)  Liberace  ~  “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody”

12)  Clark Owen ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Melody”

13)  Talking Heads  ~  “Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)”

14)  Feist  ~  “Bittersweet Melodies”

15)  Bing Crosby & Harry Crosby  ~  “Play A Simple Melody / Gone Fishin’”

16)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “Melodies From Heaven”

17)  Iris DeMent  ~  “Sweet Is The Melody”

18)  Gossip  ~  “Melody Emergency”

19)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “My Melody”

20)  Bleached  ~  “Wednesday Night Melody”

"Opposite" Songs

Ya know how I'm always doing these "Opposites" music posts? Well, this one is truly going to be an "Opposites" post, seeing as it consists entirely of songs with the word "Opposite" (or "Opposites") in their titles. Believe it or not, there aren't that many of them to choose from. So this is a short list. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Dø  ~  “Opposite Ways”

2)  Unknown Mortal Orchestra  ~  “The Opposite Of Afternoon”

3)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Opposite Way”

4)  Zongo Junction  ~  “Opposite People”

5)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Opposites Attract”

6)  Jens Lekman  ~  “The Opposite Of Hallelujah”

7)  Leeland  ~  “Opposite Way”

8)  Me Vs Hero  ~  “Opposites”

9)  Chiddy Bang  ~  “Opposite Of Adults”

10)  Jaël  ~  “Opposite”

11)  Juris  ~  “Opposites Attract”

12)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Opposite”

13)  Jenny O.  ~  “Opposite Island”

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Humility"

This entry in my "Fruits of the Spirit" series was one of the hardest of all of them. Various Bible translations use the words "gentleness," "meekness," or "humility" to describe this "fruit." Well, there almost no songs that directly speak of gentleness and very few that cover meekness – shocking, I know. But I found that there are quite a few songs that – in their lyrics or merely in their themes – deal with the subject of "Humility." So that was the tack I took with this one. And a fine set of songs it is, too! I truly hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Graham Kendrick  ~  "Meekness & Majesty"

2)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Audience Of One"

3)  Colton Dixon  ~  "More Of You"

4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~   "Martyrs & Thieves"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yes, I DO know she identifies as a lesbian now. But that fact does not lessen the truth or the message of this song, which Jennifer wrote several years ago when she was then identifying as a Christian musician.)

5)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"

6)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Unending Love"

7)  Christafari  ~  "Here I Am To Worship"

8)  Israel Houghton  ~  "I Surrender All"

9)  Austin Chamberlin & Lauren Zielenski  ~  "All I Am"  (This is a lovely cover version of a Phil Wickham song, for which I couldn't find a music video.)

10)  Hillsong Live  ~  "To Be Like You"

11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Surrender"

12)  Flame ft. J.R.  ~  "Tonight (All Of Me)"

13)  Hillsong United  ~  "Like An Avalanche"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Being Small"

15)  Chris Sligh  ~  "Empty Me"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Narrow Road"

17)  Leeland  ~  "Holy Spirit, Have Your Way"

18)  Flame ft. V. Rose  ~  "Surrender"

19)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Lay Me Down"

20)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You"

21)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  "Have Your Way"

22)  FFH  ~  "Wholly To You"

23)  Seventh Day Slumber  ~  "Surrender"

24)  Rend Collective  ~  "All That I Am"

25)  Hillsong Live  ~  "I Surrender"

Songs With "Follow" In The Title

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 in the latest entry of my endless series of "Opposites" music posts: a collection of songs with the word "Follow" in their titles. Hope you enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Mute  ~  "Follow Me"

2)  Benjah & Dillavou  ~  "Come Follow"

3)  Lykke Li  ~  "I Follow Rivers"

4)  Leeland ft. Brandon Heath  ~  "Follow You"

5)  Gin Blossoms  ~  "Follow You Down"

6)  Deloris & The Sisters  ~  "I Will Follow Him"

7)  Uncle Kracker  ~  "Follow Me"

8)  Shinedown  ~  "I'll Follow You"

9)  Anna Ternheim  ~  "I'll Follow You Tonight"

10)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Follow Through"

11)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Follow The Leader"

12)  Maïa Vidal  ~  "Follow Me"

13)  The Maccabees  ~  "Feel To Follow"

14)  Genesis  ~  "Follow You, Follow Me"

15)  Do  ~  "Follow Me"

"New" & "Old" Songs

Why? Why more "Opposites" music posts? Because maybe, just maybe, I can't stop. No matter how hard I try. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Flyleaf  ~  "New Horizons"

2)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  "You Can't Make Old Friends"

3)  Patti LaBelle  ~  "New Attitude"

4)  Black Mountain  ~  "Old Fangs"

5)  Céline Dion  ~  "A New Day Has Come"

6)  Neil Young  ~  "Old Man"

7)  Leeland  ~  "New Creation"

8)  Froggy Fresh  ~  "Same Old Kid"  (I'm not sure what to make of this one – the dude seems dead-serious, and his lyrics are pretty dang good, but the whole thing comes off like a parody of "real" rap – maybe not?)

9)  Paloma Faith  ~  "New York"

10)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "Old Blue Chair"

11)  Deadeye Dick  ~  "New Age Girl"

12)  Maps & Atlases  ~  "Old Ash"

13)  INXS  ~  "New Sensation"

14)  Ben Howard  ~  "Old Pine"

15)  U2  ~  "New Year's Day"

16)  Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan  ~  "Old Skin"

17)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Brand New Me"

18)  Our Last Night  ~  "Same Old War"

19)  Wreckx-N-Effect  ~  "New Jack Swing"

20)  Brad Paisley ft. Alabama  ~  "Old Alabama"

21)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  "New Day"

22)  Lupe Fiasco ft. Ed Sheeran  ~  "Old School Love"

23)  Yael Naim  ~  "New Soul"

24)  Redlight King  ~  "Old Man"  (Does this chorus sound familiar? Yep, they sampled Neil Young's song – see #6 above – but this song was sufficiently unique in its own right to merit inclusion here.)

25)  The Stylistics  ~  "You Make Me Feel Brand New"