Showing posts with label Marvin Gaye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marvin Gaye. Show all posts

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Songs About Being Loved

I told you last week that I might go back and post Songs About Being Loved, Wanted, and Welcome as counterpoints to my previous three posts, and doggone if I didn't do just that. Here's the first post, and the others will follow in short order. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Céline Dion  ~  "Because You Loved Me"




2)  Bob Marley  ~  "Could You Be Loved?"




3)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You?"




4)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?"




5)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)"




6)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"




7)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "I Never Loved A Man"




8)  Savage Garden  ~  "I Knew I Loved You"




9)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "You Say"




10)  Lewis Capaldi  ~  "Someone You Loved"




11)  Travis Greene & Steffany Gretzinger  ~  "Good And Loved"




12)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Papa Loved Mama"




13)  Taylor Swift  ~  "The Way I Loved You"




14)  Maroon 5  ~  "She Will Be Loved"




15)  Sarah McLachlan & Randy Newman  ~  "When She Loved Me"




16)  Stars Go Dim  ~  "You Are Loved"




17)  Agnetha Fältskog  ~  "When You Really Loved Someone"




18)  Josh Groban  ~  "Don't Give Up (You Are Loved)"




19)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "When Will I Be Loved?"




20)  George Michael  ~  "You Have Been Loved"




21)  Rebecca St. James  ~  "You Are Loved"




22)  Blue October  ~  "Should Be Loved"




23)  Aimee Mann  ~  "You Never Loved Me"




24)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  "The One You Loved Is Gone"




25)  Céline Dion  ~  "Loved Me Back To Life"



Friday, May 22, 2020

"Through" Songs , Vol. 2

I told you I wasn't "through" with " Through " Songs. And here's proof! Enjoy! ~  JH


1)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Through The Years"






2)  Britt Nicole  ~  "Through Your Eyes"






3)  Joe Cocker  ~  "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window"






4)  Martina McBride  ~  "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"






5)  Jeremy Zucker  ~  "Comethru"






6)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Follow Through"






7)  Powfu  ~  "Running Through The Rain"






8)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "Mr. Magic (Through The Smoke)"






9)  Dio  ~  "Straight Through The Heart"






10)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Run Through The Jungle"






11)  Charlie Puth  ~  "Through It All"






12)  Hillsong Worship  ~  "Through It All"






13)  Metallica  ~  "Through The Never"






14)  Phil Collins ~  "Look Through My Eyes"






15)  Stone Sour  ~  "Through Glass"






16)  Will Reagan  ~  "Through  And Through"






17)  George Jones  ~  "Walk Through This World With Me"






18)  Rise Against  ~  "Re-Education (Through Labor)"






19)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"






20)  The Script  ~  "Run Through Walls"






21)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Right Through You"






22)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Shot Through The Heart"






23)  DragonForce  ~  "Through The Fire And Flames"






24)  CityAlight  ~  "Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me"






25)  Tiny Tim  ~  "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"



Thursday, January 23, 2020

This Post Is Rated "X"


If blog posts had ratings, the majority of mine would be "PG" – at worst, a "PG-13." But this post is rated "X." If the titles of the songs contained within are any indication, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Poppy  ~  "X"





2)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Buddy X"




3)  System Of A Down  ~  "X"





4)  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Markers  ~  "X Marks The Spot"




5)  Blue October  ~  "X Amount Of Words"




6)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Greatest X"




7)  Green Day  ~  "X-Kid"





8)  Anuhea  ~  "X-Lover"




9)  Clutch  ~  "X-Ray Visions"




10)  Mariah Carey  ~  "X-Girlfriend"




11)  Coldplay  ~  "X & Y"




12)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "The World Is Rated X"





13)  Blondie  ~  "X-Offender"





14)  KISS  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"




15)  Au/Ra  ~  "X Games"




16)  Smokey Robinson  ~  "Madame X"




17)  Sophie Meiers  ~  "X-Ray Vision"




18)  Jeremih  ~  "X's & O's"




19)  Leah McFall  ~  "White X"




20)  Summer Forever Cast ft. Alyson Stoner, Megan Nicole, & Anna Grace Barlow  ~  "Make An X"




21)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Rated X"




22)  Prince  ~  "X's Face"




23)  Bush ~  "X-Girlfriend"




24)  Liz Phair  ~  "X-Ray Man"





25)  ZZ Top  ~  "Heard It On The X"




26)  Jason Derulo  ~  "X"




27)  Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds  ~  "The Girl With The X-Ray Eyes"




28)  Steve Miller Band  ~  "Italian X-Rays"




29)  Foo Fighters  ~  "X-Static"




30)  Neil Young  ~  "Song X"





31)  Texas  ~  "Telephone X"




32)  The Maccabees  ~  "X-Ray"




33)  Robin Gibb  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"


Monday, December 2, 2019

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series featuring songs with either the word "Busy" or "Idle" in their titles. A variety of styles and genres are represented here and in the two posts taht will follow. So...what're you waiting for? Please, by all means, enjoy! ~ JH



1)  Jungle  ~  “Busy Earnin’”




2)  Oasis  ~  "The Importance Of Being Idle"




3)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day”




4)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  "Teen Idle"




5)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Busy Makin’ Plans”




6)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  "Idle Wind"




7)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Busy Body”




8)  Los Lonely Boys  ~  "American Idle"




9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)”




10)  The Amps  ~  "Full On Idle"




11)  Dodie Clark  ~  “I’ve Been Busy”  (The song ends around the 2:00 mark. The rest is just chitchat.)




12)  Katatonia  ~  "Idle Blood"




13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Busy Bodies”




14)  The Toy Dolls  ~  "Idle Gossip"




15)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Let’s Get Busy, Baby”




16)  Beirut  ~  "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)"




17)  Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Busy Man”




18)  iamamiwhoami  ~  "Idle Talk"




19)  Glen Campbell  ~  “I Was Too Busy Loving You”




20)  Vetiver  ~  "Idle Ties"




21)  Lucy Wainwright Roche  ~  “Look Busy”




22)  Jeon Soyeon  ~  "Idle Song"




23)  Traveling Wilburys  ~  “The Devil’s Been Busy”




24)  Castle No Kings  ~  "Idle Hands"




25)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”


Friday, September 6, 2019

"Symphony" Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first set in a three-part series of posts featuring songs with the word "Symphony" in their titles. For the most part, the songs themselves are not symphonies, nor are they part of symphonies (with a few notable exceptions). But they are quite good. I hope you, like I did when compiling them, will enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson  ~  "Symphony"




2)  The Verve  ~  "Bittersweet Symphony"




3)  Switch ft. Dillon Chase  ~  "Symphony"




4)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Symphony"




5)  Zeds Dead x Charlotte OC  ~  "Symphony"




6)  Josh Groban  ~  "Symphony"




7)  Flux Pavilion ft. Layna  ~  "Symphony"




8)  Newsboys United  ~  "Symphony"




9)  Jamie Falk  ~  "Symphony"




10)  Linkin Park  ~  "Battle Symphony"




11)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Symphony"




12)  Tim Hughes  ~  "Symphony"




13)  The Supremes  ~  "I Hear A Symphony"




14)  Snow Patrol  ~  "The Symphony"




15)  Monica  ~  "Street Symphony"




16)  Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli  ~  "Perfect Symphony"  (Wow! I thought the original version of "Perfect" was great. And it was! But this one is much richer and more nuanced!)




17)  Jana Kramer  ~  "Unfinished Symphony"




18)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  "One Note Symphony"




19)  Katie Melua  ~  "Secret Symphony"




20)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "Symphony"




21)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Black Symphony"




22)  Hanson  ~  "Tragic Symphony"




23)  Blonde Redhead  ~  "Symphony Of Treble"




24)  Kansas  ~  "Lamplight Symphony"




25)  Marie Digby  ~  "Symphony"





26)  Carole King  ~  "Welfare Symphony"




27)  The Digital Age  ~  "Symphony Of Grace"