Songs With Awesome Lyric Videos, Vol. 1

A short time ago, a "lyric video" was just what it sounds like. A video displaying to the lyrics of a song with the song playing in the background. Then artists started taking "artistic liberties" with the idea and made the lyric video into an art form in its own right. What follows are some of the best examples of this alternative, yet equally entertaining format of music video –– the lyric video. And there are more where these came from. Two sets more, in fact. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”

2)  Sia ft. Sean Paul  ~  “Cheap Thrills”

3)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Sorry”

4)  Katy Perry  ~  “Roar”

5)  Avicii ft. Robbie Williams  ~  “The Days”

6)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Something In The Way You Move”

7)  Coldplay  ~  “Miracles”

8)  The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey  ~  “Closer”

9)  Green Day  ~  “Troubled Times”

10)  David Guetta ft. Skylar Grey  ~  “Shot Me Down”

11)  Zach Williams  ~  “Chain Breaker”

12)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Try”

13)  Lukas Graham  ~  “7 Years”

14)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Here”

15)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Cancer”

16)  Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea  ~  “Problem”

17)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “My Old Man”

18)  Hailee Steinfeld & Grey ft. Zedd  ~  “Starving”

19)  R.E.M.  ~  “Fall On Me”

20)  Norah Jones  ~  “Flipside”

21)  Foals  ~  “A Knife In The Ocean”

22)  Plumb  ~  “Lord, I’m Ready Now”

23)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Kick The Dust Up”

24)  Alan Walker ft. Noonie Bao  ~  “Alone”

25)  Nickelback  ~  “Feed The Machine”

Popular Songs Of 2007, Vol. 1

Right about this time every year for the past few years is when I start reflecting back on the previous decades in music. What songs were popular ten years ago, twenty, thirty years, and so on. It's a new year, so the ten-years-ago in question includes a brand-new set of "old" songs. Sit back, relax, and marvel at how quickly time passes with this initial group of Popular Songs Of 2007. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  “Umbrella”

2)  Daughtry  ~  “It’s Not Over”

3)  Fergie  ~  “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)”

4)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Thnks fr th Mmrs”

5)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

6)  Linkin Park  ~  “What I’ve Done”

7)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Bubbly”

8)  Elliott Yamin  ~  “Wait For You”

9)  Beyoncé  ~  “Irreplaceable”

10)  Nickelback  ~  “If Everyone Cared”

11)  Alicia Keys  ~  “No One”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Grace Kelly”

13)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “So Small”

14)  OneRepublic  ~  “Stop And Stare”

15)  Mandisa  ~  “Only The World”

16)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)”

17)  Paramore  ~  “crushcrushcrush”

18)  Michael Bublé  ~  “Everything”

19)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “You Know I’m No Good”

20)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Keep Your Hands Off My Girl”

21)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Teardrops On My Guitar”

22)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Washed By The Water”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Believe”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”

25)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Don’t Blink”

"If" & "When" Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've just done three posts featuring (at least in part) songs with the word "If" in their titles, and you have too many good "If" songs left over that you still want to use? Why, you come up with another related word to pair with "If" and you do two more posts, of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Weezer  ~  “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To”

2)  Keith Whitley  ~  “When You Say Nothing At All”

3)  Nickelback  ~  “If Today Was Your Last Day”

4)  Prince  ~  “When Doves Cry”

5)  Justin Moore  ~  “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”

6)  Percy Sledge  ~  “When A Man Loves A Woman”

7)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “If We’re Honest”

8)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

9)  HAIM  ~  “If I Could Change Your Mind”

10)  Eric Clapton  ~  “When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful”

11)  Beyoncé  ~  “If I Were A Boy”

12)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “When You’re Gone”

13)  Matchbox 20  ~  “If You’re Gone”

14)  Cliff Edwards  ~  “When You Wish Upon A Star”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “If You Were A Sailboat”

16)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “When The World Breaks Your Heart”

17)  London Grammar  ~  “If You Wait”

18)  Anita Baker & James Ingram  ~  “When You Love Someone”

19)  OneRepublic  ~  “If I Lose Myself”

20)  Diana Krall  ~  “When I Look In Your Eyes”

21)  Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna  ~  “If I Never See Your Face Again”

22)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “When The Day Comes”

23)  Dido & A.R. Rahman  ~  “If I Rise”

24)  Sting  ~  “When We Dance”

25)  KT Tunstall  ~  “If Only”

More Songs About "Everyone"

If you really thought I could get all the "Everyone" and "No One" songs I wanted to include into two posts, then you probably haven't been following my blog for very long. Because I tend to get carried away. But don't worry – this one and the next "No One" post are "all she wrote," so to speak. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  David Bowie  ~  “Everyone Says ‘Hi’”

2)  Survivor  ~  “I See You In Everyone”

3)  Planetshakers  ~  “Everyone”

4)  Damien Jurado  ~  “Everyone A Star”

5)  PJ Harvey  ~  “All And Everyone”

6)  Nickelback  ~  “If Everyone Cared”

7)  Queen  ~  “Heaven For Everyone”

8)  Zeppo Marx  ~  “Everyone Says I Love You”

9)  John Fogerty  ~  “Wrote A Song For Everyone”

10)  Jessica Mauboy, Steve Appleton, Jody Williams, Tabitha Nauser, & Sean Kingston  ~  “Everyone”

11)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Everyone’s In Love With You”

12)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Where Did Everyone Go?”

13)  The National  ~  “Afraid Of Everyone”

14)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Now I’m Everyone”

15)  The Right Now  ~  “I’ll Get Down” / “Tell Everyone The Truth”

16)  Shankar  ~  “Song For Everyone”

17)  Hot Chocolate  ~  “Everyone’s A Winner”

18)  Dar Williams  ~  “You Are Everyone”

19)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Everyone Wants To Live Forever”

20)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Each And Everyone”

Popular Songs Of 2006, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I peel back the years a decade at a time to reexamine the most popular songs from the past. First up, Popular Songs of 2006. Some of these songs are, to this day, so ubiquitous that it's hard to believe they were released TEN years ago! There were too many good tunes for just one post, so expect a Vol. 2 shortly. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Blunt  ~  “You’re Beautiful”

2)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Jesus, Take The Wheel”

3)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Bad Day”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Don’t Forget About Us”

5)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Life Is A Highway”

6)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Ain’t No Other Man”

7)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Dirty Little Secret”

8)  Rihanna  ~  “SOS”

9)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “White & Nerdy”

10)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Black Horse And The Cherry Tree”

11)  Josh Turner  ~  “Would You Go With Me”

12)  Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean  ~  “Hips Don’t Lie”

13)  Chris Brown  ~  “Say Goodbye”

14)  Evanescence  ~  “Call Me When You’re Sober”

15)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

16)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Kerosene”

17)  The Fray  ~  “How To Save A Life”

18)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Say It Right”

19)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Settle For A Slowdown”

20)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Walk Away”

21)  Nickelback  ~  “Far Away”

22)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Keep Holding On”

23)  George Strait  ~  “Give It Away”  (For some reason, the video repeats itself in silence around the 3:45 mark. So…you can pretty much stop it there.)

24)  Martina McBride  ~  “Anyway”

25)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Chasing Cars”