“Right” & “Wrong” Songs, Vol. 3

Here it is...the post you haven't been waiting for. Part 3 of 4 in the "Right" & "Wrong" Songs series. Still plenty of good songs to explore here. Hope you'll enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Meat Loaf  ~  “You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)”

2)  Alison Krauss  ~  “So Long, So Wrong”

3)  Luther Ingram  ~  “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right”

4)  The Pretenders  ~  “Don’t Get Me Wrong”

5)  Olly Murs  ~  “Right Place, Right Time”

6)  HAIM  ~  “Nothing’s Wrong”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Must Have Done Something Right”

8)  Eleanor McEvoy  ~  “Wrong, So Wrong”

9)  Lee Brice  ~  “She Ain’t Right”

10)  Bree Sharp  ~  “Everything Feels Wrong”

11)  Billy Gibbons  ~  “Treat Her Right”

12)  MS MR  ~  “Wrong Victory”

13)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Get Me Right”

14)  Kaki King  ~  “Doing The Wrong Thing”  (Wow, this lady can flat-out play a guitar!)

15)  OneRepublic  ~  “All The Right Moves”

16)  Martina McBride  ~  “Wrong Baby Wrong”

17)  Hot Chip  ~  “Started Right”

18)  Majk Spirit & Celeste Buckingham  ~  “I Was Wrong”  (I can’t understand a word that this guy is rapping…because it’s in another language. I hope it’s not anything dirty!)

19)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

20)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Wrong”

21)  Rodney Atkins  ~  “Doin’ It Right”

22)  Waxahatchee  ~  “Never Been Wrong”

23)  Clay Walker  ~  “She’s Always Right”

24)  Markéta Irglová  ~  “I Have Loved You Wrong”

25)  The Black Keys  ~  “Run Right Back”

Songs About “Wherever”

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Wherever" in their titles. Because there were lots of good ones to choose from, that's why. Stay tuned, as this might turn out to be a series, with future installations of "Whoever," "Whatever," "Whenever," and "However" songs. Haven't decided yet. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  OneRepublic  ~  “Wherever I Go”

2)  Nanci Griffith  ~  “It’s A Hard Life Wherever You Go”

3)  Metallica  ~  “Wherever I May Roam”

4)  Selena  ~  “Donde Quiera Que Estes”  (That’s Spanish for “Wherever You Are,” in case you didn’t know.)

5)  Sublime With Rome  ~  “Wherever You Go”

6)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wherever Is Your Heart”

7)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Wherever You’re Going (It’s Alright)”

8)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Wherever You Are”

9)  Maxwell  ~  “Whenever Wherever Whatever”

10)  Helen Sjöholm  ~  “Wherever He Ain’t”

11)  5 Seconds Of Summer  ~  “Wherever You Are”

12)  Shakira  ~  “Whenever, Wherever”

13)  Paul Young  ~  “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”

14)  Bex Murray  ~  “Wherever I Go”

15)  The Fray  ~  “Wherever This Goes / Just A Closer Walk With Thee”

16)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Go Wherever You Want To Go”

17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Wherever Would I Be”

18)  Hazell Dean  ~  “Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)”

19)  Karl Wolf  ~  “Wherever You Go”

20)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Whatever, Wherever”

21)  Mark Knopfler ft. Ruth Moody  ~  “Wherever I Go”

22)  Asia  ~  “Wherever You Are”

23)  Human Life  ~  “Wherever We Are”

24)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Welcome To Wherever You Are”

25)  The Calling  ~  “Wherever You Will Go”

BONUS TRACK:  Dusty Springfield & Daryl Hall  ~  “Wherever Would I Be?"  (This is the same song as #17 above, but different and dynamic enough in its own right to merit inclusion here.)

Songs By Ten Singers Born On This Date

Apparently, June 26th was a great day to be born if you wanted to grow up to become a popular singer and/or musician. All ten of the artists in this small collection share a birthday today. Help them celebrate by listening to one of their best-known songs. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller  ~  “The Way”  (Ariana turns 24 years old today.)

2)  OneRepublic  ~  “I Lived”  (Ryan Tedder, the band’s lead singer, is celebrating his 38th today.)

3)  Gretchen Wilson  ~  “When I Think About Cheatin’”  (As of today, Gretchen has been alive for 44 years. Congrats, redneck woman!)

4)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Backwater Blues”  (This blues legend would be 124 years old if he were alive today. Unfortunately, he passed away at age 65, a whopping 59 years ago!)

5)  The Sundays ~  “Summertime”  (Harriet Wheeler, the lead singer for The Sundays, turns 54 today.)

6)  The Clash  ~   “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”  (Mick Jones, co-lead singer of The Clash and the main vocalist of this classic tune, is 62 years old as of today.)

7)  Berlin  ~  “Take My Breath Away”  (Terri Nunn, Berlin’s lead singer, celebrates her 56th today. Happy birthday!)

8)  Billy Davis, Jr. & Marilyn McCoo  ~  “You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)”  (This husband-wife duo produced some great R&B and soul music in the mid-1970s and beyond. Today, Billy is celebrating his 79th birthday with his wife of nearly 50 years. Yep, it’s still Marilyn!)

9)  Patty Smyth & Don Henley  ~  “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”  (One of the great duets of the past 25 years, this song pairs birthday girl Patty Smyth – who turns 60 today – and Eagles alum Don Henley, who turns 70 next month.)

10)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Wicked Game”  (Hard to believe this modern classic is now 27 years old. Even harder to believe its singer turns 61 today!)

Songs About Choking

Here the first in what – knowing me! – will probably be an ongoing series of posts featuring Things You Would Never Want To Happen To You. Case in point, this set of Songs About Choking. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Choke”

2)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Choke It”

3)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  “4 Words (To Choke Upon)”

4)  Heirsound  ~  “Choke”

5)  Joss Stone  ~  “The Chokin’ Kind”

6)  Madilan  ~  “Choke”

7)  Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Choke”

8)  King Charles  ~  “Choke”

9)  OneRepublic  ~  “Choke”

10)  Serene  ~  “Choke”

11)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Toys Toys Toys Choke, Toys Toys Toys”

12)  Not Katies  ~  “The Hope You Choke”

13)  Austra  ~  “The Choke”

14)  Headwires  ~  “Choke”

15)  Ryan Bingham  ~  “All Choked Up Again”

16)  Allen Tate  ~  “Don’t Choke”

17)  Sepultura  ~  “Choke”

18)  Potet  ~  “Choke”

19)  Bif Naked  ~  “Choking On The Truth”

20)  The Hall Effect  ~  “Choke”

21)  AKS ft. Selah Sue  ~  “Choke”

22)  Seratones  ~  “Choking On Your Spit”

23)  Skinny Puppy  ~  “The Choke”

24)  All The Right Moves  ~  “Choke”

25)  ChocQuibTown ft. Ñejo   ~  “Salsa & Choke”

Songs With Awesome Lyric Videos, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of Awesome Lyric Videos, you're sure to love these as well. If you didn't care for those so much, give these a try. They may grow on you. Plug in, kick back...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley  ~  “Chained To The Rhythm”

2)  Avicii ft. Dan Tyminski  ~  “Hey Brother”

3)  Jason Mraz  ~  “93 Million Miles”

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

5)  Green Day  ~  “Revolution Radio”

6)  Sam Smith  ~  “Money On My Mind”

7)  Christina Perri  ~  “The Lonely”

8)  Michael Bublé  ~  “I Believe In You”

9)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Shape Of You”

10)  Nichole Nordeman  ~  “Slow Down”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “Burning Bridges”

12)  Elvis Costello & The Roots  ~  “Walk Us Uptown”

13)  David Guetta ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “What I Did For Love”

14)  Justin Bieber  ~  “What Do You Mean?”

15)  Muse  ~  “Reapers”

16)  Sia  ~  “Chandelier”

17)  John Legend ~  “Love Me Now”

18)  Shawn Mendes  ~  “Life Of The Party”

19)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Salvation”

20)  U2  ~  “Ordinary Love”

21)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Oh My Soul”

22)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Misery”

23)  R. City ft. Adam Levine  ~  “Locked Away”

24)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “City Of Angels”

25)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Change”