“Whisper” & “Scream” Songs, Vol. 1

I'm returning to oft-treaded ground with this two-part "opposites" series of posts. Here we have a bunch of Songs About Whispers and Screams. Next time, we will have more of the same. Plenty of good stuff to hear here, so check it out already. And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “Careless Whisper”

2)  Judas Priest  ~  “Screaming For Vengeance”

3)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  “Whisper”

4)  Bim  ~  “Scream”

5)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “The Whisper”

6)  Anna Blue  ~  “Silent Scream”

7)  Randy Travis  ~  “Whisper My Name”

8)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  “Let Me Hear You Scream”

9)  Donna Summer  ~  “Heaven’s Just A Whisper Away”

10)  UB40  ~  “The Earth Dies Screaming”

11)  Evanescence  ~  “Whisper”

12)  Tokio Hotel  ~  “Scream”

13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions ft. Glenn Tilbrook  ~  “From A Whisper To A Scream”

14)  Kate Ryan  ~  “Scream For More”

15)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name”

16)  Margaret Berger  ~  “Scream”

17)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Sensuous Whisper”

18)  Funeral For A Friend  ~  “Kicking And Screaming”

19)  Earl Klugh  ~  “Whispers And Promises”

20)  Frightened Rabbit  ~  “The Loneliness And The Scream”

21)  Chastity Brown  ~  “Whisper”

22)  Kelis  ~  “Scream”

23)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Whisper In The Dark”

24)  Chris Cornell  ~  “Scream”

25)  Passenger  ~  “Whispers”

26)  Third Day  ~  “Kicking And Screaming”

27)  Alison Moyet  ~  “Whispering Your Name”

28)  Amen Corner  ~  “Scream And Scream Again”

29)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Whisper”

30)  Europe  ~  “Scream Of Anger”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

“Give” & “Go” Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've recently completed a series of songs with "Give" and "Take" in the title, but you still have a lot of good "Give" songs to spare?  You create a new two-part series with an obscure (outside the world of basketball, at least) sports phrase pairing the word "Give" with the word "Go" and you just roll with it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Houston  ~  “You Give Good Love”

2)  Maroon 5  ~  “Won’t Go Home Without You”

3)  Eve ft. Sean Paul  ~  “Give It To You”

4)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Just A Song Before I Go”

5)  Sugarland  ~  “What I’d Give”

6)  Matt Redman  ~  “You Never Let Go”

7)  Barry White  ~  “I’ve Got So Much To Give”

8)  Whitesnake  ~  “Here I Go Again”

9)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Not Gonna Give In To It”

10)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Please Don’t Go Girl”  (I’m willing to bet good money that more than a few ladies in their late 30s or early 40s are singing along to this song – unreasonably loudly, at that – even as they’re reading this sentence.)

11)  Jack Garratt  ~  “The Love You’re Given”

12)  Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless & Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Go Rest High On That Mountain”

13)  Sigala ft. John Newman & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Give Me Your Love”

14)  Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line & Watt  ~  “Let Me Go”

15)  The Chairmen Of The Board  ~  “Give Me Just A Little More Time”

16)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Letting Go”

17)  George Harrison  ~  “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”

18)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”

19)  Metric  ~  “Gimme Sympathy”

20)  Prince  ~  “Let’s Go Crazy”

21)  John Lennon  ~  “Give Peace A Chance”

22)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Ain’t Got Far To Go”

23)  Babyface ft. Toni Braxton  ~  “Give U My Heart”

24)  Paul Young  ~  “Everytime You Go Away”

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Give In To Me”

"Funky" Songs

Nope, this isn't an "Opposites" post – so don't expect a corresponding post featuring songs with...whatever the antonym of "Funky" might be. It's a one-off bunch of songs by a diverse group of artists, and I think you'll really dig it. Funky, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Wild Cherry  ~  "Play That Funky Music"

2)  James Brown  ~  "It's Too Funky In Here"

3)  TobyMac & DiverseCity  ~  "Funky Jesus Music"

4)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Funky Broadway"

5)  Blues Brothers 2000 Cast  ~  "Funky Nassau"

6)  Today  ~  "Why You Get Funky On Me?"

7)  John Butler Trio  ~  "Funky Tonight"

8)  The Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "Funky Junky"

9)  New Kids On The Block ft. Arsenio Hall  ~  "Funky, Funky Xmas"

10)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Funky Stuff"

11)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Big Fat Funky Booty"

12)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

13)  Vanilla Ice  ~  "Play That Funky Music"

14)  KC & The Sunshine Band  ~  "Sound Your Funky Horn"

15)  Rachel Stevens  ~  "Funky Dory"

16)  Rufus Thomas  ~  "Do The Funky Chicken"

17)  Sérgio Mendes ft. will.i.am & Siedah Garrett  ~  "Funky Bahia"

18)  T. Rex  ~  "Funky London Childhood"

19)  Tone Loc  ~  "Funky Cold Medina"

20)  Lipps Inc.  ~  "Funkytown"

21)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Do You Wanna Get Funky?"

22)  Habstrakt  ~  "Get Funky"

23)  Poor Righteous Teachers  ~  "Rock Dis Funky Joint"

24)  Nickodemus ft. Jay Rodriguez  ~  "Funky In The Middle"

25)  Kid 'N Play  ~  "Gittin' Funky"