Songs About Yesterday, Vol. 1

Today begins a new 6-part series. I know what you're probably thinking. Groan! Not another miniseries! But this one's going to be good, I promise. Turns out, in all the music blogging I've done over the past few years, I've never dedicated a set of songs to the subjects of "Yesterday," "Today," and "Tomorrow." It's high time I did so. There are so many wonderful songs to choose from which contain one or more of these words in their titles, so I had to include a bunch. There's 40 songs for each word, split up into posts of 20 each. We begin with "Yesterday." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Yesterday”

2)  Leona Lewis  ~  “Yesterday”

3)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  “From Yesterday”

4)  Foreigner  ~  “That Was Yesterday”

5)  Boyz II Men  ~  “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday”

6)  Black Country Communion  ~  “Song Of Yesterday”

7)  Chad & Jeremy  ~  “Yesterday’s Gone”

8)  George Jones, Jamey Johnson, & Blackberry Smoke  ~  “Yesterday’s Wine”

9)  Carpenters  ~  “Yesterday Once More”

10)  Jethro Tull  ~  “A New Day Yesterday”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday”

12)  Toni Braxton ft. Trey Songz  ~  “Yesterday”

13)  Spiral Starecase  ~  “More Today Than Yesterday”

14)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Yesterdays”

15)  Tony Bennett ft. Buddy Rich  ~  “Yesterdays”

16)  Fink  ~  “Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Kids From Yesterday”

18)  Spooky Tooth  ~  “That Was Only Yesterday”

19)  Lifehouse  ~  “Yesterday’s Son”

20)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Like Yesterday”

“How To” Songs

Here's something you don't see everyday: A collection of informative songs that teach you how to do a variety of different, but equally important things. You'll find songs instructing you how to live, how to love, how to die, how to disappear completely, how to hide your feelings, how to grow old, and how to save a life, among others. So put on your learning cap...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Fray  ~  “How To Save A Life”

2)  Man Overboard  ~  “How To Hide Your Feelings”

3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “How To Love”

4)  Frankie J  ~  “How To Deal”

5)  Radiohead  ~  “How To Disappear Completely”

6)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  “How To Be A Heartbreaker”

7)  Pentatonix  ~  “Show You How To Love”

8)  The Cat Empire  ~  “How To Explain”

9)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Learn How To Love”

10)  Jon Foreman  ~  “Learning How To Die”

11)  Audioslave  ~  “Show Me How To Live”

12)  Rebecca Ferguson  ~  “Teach Me How To Be Loved”

13)  Colony House  ~  “Learning How To Love”

14)  Joseph Arthur  ~  “I Used To Know How To Walk On Water”

15)  Sinead O’Connor  ~  “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”

16)  Gary Allan  ~  “Learning How To Bend”

17)  R.E.M.  ~  “Life And How To Live It”

18)  JoJo  ~  “How To Touch A Girl”

19)  Milow  ~  “Learning How To Disappear”

20)  Sting  ~  “The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance”

21)  Katie Melua  ~  “When You Taught Me How To Dance”

22)  Smokie  ~  “If You Think You Know How To Love Me”

23)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  “Learning How To Love You”

24)  Halestorm  ~  “Don’t Know How To Stop”

25)  Ryan Adams  ~  “I Taught Myself How To Grow Old”

“Find” & “Lose” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 of 2 featuring songs with the words "Find" or "Lose" in their titles. Some good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Seekers  ~  “I’ll Never Find Another You”

2)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Born To Lose”

3)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  “I’ll Find A Way”

4)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Never Had A Lot To Lose”

5)  Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant  ~  “Find You”

6)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Only When I Lose Myself”

7)  Karina  ~  “Can’t Find The Words”

8)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Lose To Win”

9)  Morrissey  ~  “Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?”

10)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream”

11)  R.E.M.  ~  “Find The River”

12)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “Born To Lose”

13)  John Mayer  ~  “I’m Gonna Find Another You”

14)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  “Lose Control”

15)  Clannad  ~  “I Will Find You”

16)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  “Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight”

17)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Find Your Way Back”

18)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Touch, Feel, & Lose”

19)  Pablo Cruise  ~  “Love Will Find A Way”

20)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Don’t Wanna Lose You”

Songs With Celebrities’ Name In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here you have the second and final installment in a series of Songs With Celebrities' Names In The Titles. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Don McLean  ~  “Vincent”  (Van Gogh, that is)

2)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “Marilyn Monroe”

3)  Dire Straits  ~  “Calling Elvis”

4)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Sylvia Plath”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

6)  Warpaint  ~  “Billie Holiday”

7)  Saint Motel  ~  “Benny Goodman”

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Night Hank Williams Came To Town”

9)  CAKE  ~  “Frank Sinatra”

10)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  “Hey Jack Kerouac”

11)  Phantogram  ~  “Bill Murray”

12)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Brian Wilson”

13)  Bananarama  ~  “Robert De Niro’s Waiting”

14)  Sleeping With Sirens  ~  “If I’m James Dean, Then You’re Audrey Hepburn”  (Two for the price of one! Too bad the song's only halfway decent.)

15)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”

“Natural” & “Artificial” Songs

As promised,  here's another set of "Opposites" featuring "Natural" and (this time) "Artificial" songs. What else can I say, but enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Moby  ~  “Natural Blues”

2)  Soul Asylum  ~  “Artificial Heart”

3)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Natural Disasters”

4)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Artificial Flowers”

5)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  “Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)”

6)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Artificial Light”

7)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Natural Ghost”

8)  Cherrelle  ~  “Artificial Heart”

9)  Keith Whitley  ~  “Don’t Our Love Look Natural?”

10)  Eleni Mandell  ~  “Artificial Fire”

11)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  “So Natural”

12)  The Sunset Curse  ~  “Artificial Heart”

13)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Love In The Natural Way”

14)  Typhoon  ~  “Artificial Light”

15)  Anathema  ~  “A Natural Disaster”

"Pick" & "Choose" Songs

I probably should've broken this one up into two separate posts, but I didn't feel like it. So, here's a bunch of songs with either the word "Pick" or "Choose" in their titles. You don't have to listen to all of them if you don't want to...feel free to (...wait for it...) pick and choose. Oh yeah, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Picking Up The Pieces"

2)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "I Choose You"

3)  Redman  ~  "Pick It Up"

4)  Stan Walker  ~  "Choose You"

5)  Maria Mena  ~  "All This Time (Pick-Me-Up Song)"

6)  Moriah Peters  ~  "I Choose Jesus"

7)  Diana Krall  ~  "Pick Yourself Up"

8)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Dancing Choose"

9)  Dash & Will  ~  "Pick You Up"

10)  Rita Redshoes  ~  "Choose Love"

11)  Hunter & The Bear  ~  "Pick Me Up"

12)  Lexi Elisha  ~  "I Choose Love"

13)  Raul Midón  ~  "Pick Somebody Up"

14)  Debbie Clarke  ~  "Choose Our Own Adventure"

15)  Modern Science  ~  "I'm The One (Pick Me)"

16)  Sleepmask  ~  "Choose That Girl"

17)  Stella Blackrose  ~  "Pick Me Up"

18)  Goldfish ft. Emily Bruce  ~  "Choose Your Own Adventure"

19)  Broadheds  ~   "Pick Me Up"

20)  Color Me Badd  ~  "Choose"

21)   Lina Wenner  ~  "Pick You Up"

22)  Ringo Starr ~  "Choose Love"

23)  Ryan Adams & The Cardinals  ~  "Come Pick Me Up"

24)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Why Do I Have To Choose?"

25)  Stereophonics  ~  "Pick A Part That's New"

26)  Santana  ~  "Choose"

27)  Dragonette  ~  "Pick Up The Phone"

28)  Stepdad  ~  "Pick & Choose"

29)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar"

30)  The Offspring  ~  "I Choose"