Songs About Church…But Not Really

Here's a collection of songs that at first glance appear to be about church, but for the most part really aren't. Where do I get all these strange ideas from? I don't know. It's probably best not to ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  "Take Me To Church"

2)  T-Pain ft. Teddy Verseti  ~  "Church"

3)  Little Big Town  ~  "Little White Church"

4)  The Dear Hunter  ~  "The Church And The Dime"

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  "Get Me To The Church On Time"

6)  Culture Club  ~  "Church Of The Poison Mind"

7)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "Take Me To Church"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Church Of Your Heart"

9)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Church Clothes"

10)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Church Mouth"

11)  Lyle Lovett and His Large Band  ~  "Church"

12)  Green Day  ~  "Church On Sunday"

13)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "Mother Church"

14)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Electric Church Red House"

15)  Alan Jackson & Patty Loveless  ~  "Monday Morning Church"

16)  Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern  ~  "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)"

17)  The Miracles Club  ~  "Church Song"

18)  The Streets  ~  "Never Went To Church"

19)  The Willows  ~  "Church Bells May Ring"

20)  Ben Harper and The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  "Church House Steps"

"26" Songs

As of today, my wife is 26 weeks pregnant with our daughter. Here's a fresh set of songs with the number "26" either in their titles  or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Trip Lee ft. Dimitri McDowell & Leah Smith  ~  "Sweet Victory"

2)  Good Charlotte  ~  "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl"

3)  K's Choice  ~  "Home"

4)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "California"

5)  Silverstein  ~  "Brookfield"

6)  Camera Obscura  ~  "Do It Again"

7)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)"

8)  Jay Brannan  ~  "26-Hour Day"

9)  Shakira ft. Gustavo Cerati  ~  "No"

10)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

11)  The Four Preps  ~  "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"

12)  Nikki & Keith  ~  "26 Cents"

13)  Saints Of Valory  ~  "Twenty-Six"

14)  Skylark  ~  "Twenty-Six Years"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Special"

16)  This Town Needs Guns  ~  "26 Is Dancier Than 4"

17)  Kisses For Charity  ~  "Twenty-Six Angels (Remember The Heroes)"

18)  Paula Cole  ~  "Strong, Beautiful Woman"

19)  Stereophonics  ~  "My Own Worst Enemy"

20)  Primus  ~  "Shake Hands With Beef"

21)   Madonna & Antonio Banderas  ~  "High Flying, Adored"

22)  David Bowie & Lou Reed  ~  "Waiting For The Man"

23)  Lyle Lovett ft. Leo Kottke  ~  "Good Intentions"

24)  EELS  ~  "The Only Thing I Care About"

25)  Procol Harum  ~  "Nothing That I Didn't Know"

26)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Albuquerque"

Songs With "North" In The Title

New four-part series starting right here. I think you can see where I'm going with this, but just in case you're feeling a little slow this Monday morning, I'll explain. These are songs with "North" in the title. "South," "East," and "West" songs will follow soon afterwards. Some really good stuff in these, by both well-known and lesser-known artists. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "Northshore"

2)  Bad Religion  ~  "True North"

3)  Johnny Horton  ~  "North To Alaska"

4)  J.D. McPherson  ~  "Northside Gal"

5)  Bob Dylan  ~  "North Country Blues"

6)  Monica Heldal  ~  "Boy From The North"

7)  The Moondoggies  ~  "Empress Of The North"

8)  Lyle Lovett  ~  "North Dakota"

9)  Jillette Johnson  ~  "True North"

10)  Daryl Hall ft. Monte Montgomery  ~  "North Star"

11)  Melanie C  ~  "Northern Star"

12)  The Music  ~  "Welcome To The North"

13)  Stars  ~  "The North"

14)  Elvis Costello  ~  "North"

15)  Missy Higgins  ~  "Going North"