Songs About Practice

What are we talking about? We're talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We're talking about practice. Songs About Practice, in particular. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  DJ Steve Porter ft. Allen Iverson, Jim Mora, Dennis Green, Joe Namath, Mike Gundy, & Terrell Owens  ~  “Press Hop”

2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “Piano Practicing” / “The Minute Waltz”

3)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Art Of Heartbreak”

4)  Tori Amos ft. Natashya Hawley  ~  “Cactus Practice"

5)  Santana  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

6)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Something Real”

7)  Testament  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

8)  The Swan Princess Cast  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

9)  Chiodos  ~  “We’re Talking About Practice”

10)  Gemma Ray  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”

11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Practice What I Preach”

12)  Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

13)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. JJ Lawhorn  ~  “Past Is Practice”

14)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”

15)  Drake  ~  “Practice" 

16)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Private Practice (Dr. Sharp, Emilie)”

17)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Cinderella”

18)  Ravi Shankar  ~  “Temple Scene and Dance Practice”

19)  Barry White  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

20)  Cute Is What We Aim For  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

21)  Andy Griggs ft. Martina McBride  ~  “Practice Life”

22)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Cropduster”

23)  Larry Hooper  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

24)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Good Practice Makes Permanent”

25)  Fight For Friday  ~  “Target Practice”

26)  The Moffatts  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

BONUS TRACK:  Sparks  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”  (This is the original version of the song in #10. Both were too good to leave one of them out.)

Songs About “Games” & “Thrones”, Vol. 1

ME: What is this "Game Of Thrones" thing everybody's talking about lately?

ALSO ME: I dunno. I think it's a TV show about naked Vikings or something.

ME: Maybe I should do a music post about it.

ALSO ME: But you've never watched a single episode of the show.

ME: So I'll just do a Songs About "Games" & "Thrones" post and call it a day.

And so it begins... Brace yourself, 'cuz Vol. 2 is coming tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  BANKS  ~  “Waiting Game”

2)  The Devil Wears Prada  ~  “Dead Throne”

3)  ABBA  ~  “The Name Of The Game”

4)  Otherwise  ~  “Coming For The Throne”

5)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

6)  Don Moen  ~  “Throne Of Praise”

7)  Alyssa Reid  ~  “The Game”

8)  Desperation Band ft. Kari Jobe  ~  “On The Throne”

9)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “Out Of The Game”

10)  Krewella  ~  “Surrender The Throne”

11)  Shirley Ellis  ~  “The Name Game”

12)  Bring Me The Horizon  ~  “Throne”

13)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Love Is A Losing Game”

14)  Planetshakers  ~  “God Is On The Throne”

15)  Cat DeLuca  ~  “The Game”

16)  2CELLOS  ~  “Game Of Thrones”

17)  The Alan Parsons Project  ~  “Games People Play”

18)  Greenleaf  ~  “Golden Throne”

19)  Santana ft. Michelle Branch  ~  “The Game Of Love”

20)  Kim Walker-Smith  ~  “Throne Room”

21)  Benny  ~  “Little Game”

22)  Koffee  ~  “Throne”

23)  Say Lou Lou  ~  “Games For Girls”

24)  Our Last Night  ~  “Road To The Throne”

25)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Spitting Games”

“Beauty” & “Beast” Songs, Vol. 1

Who doesn't like songs about "Beauty" and the "Beast"? Let 's find out. Here's part one of a two-parter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Todrick Hall ft. Katie Stevens, DeStorm, Glozell, Vonzell Solomon, Miles Jai, & Antoine Dodson  ~  “Beauty And The Beat”

2)  Anthrax  ~  “Belly Of The Beast”

3)  The Tubes  ~  “She’s A Beauty”

4)  Carpenters  ~  “Bless The Beasts & Children”

5)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “American Beauty/American Psycho”

6)  Nina Persson  ~  “Food For The Beast (Animal Heart)”

7)  Inanna Sarkis  ~  “No Beauty In War”

8)  Santana  ~  “Singing Winds, Crying Beasts”

9)  Parov Stelar ft. Anduze  ~  “Beauty Mark”

10)  David Bowie  ~  “Beauty And The Beast”

11)  Jennifer Warnes  ~  “I Came So Far For Beauty”

12)  Janis Malicious  ~  “The Boy And His Beast”

13)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Beauty Will Rise”

14)  Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson  ~  “Beauty And The Beast”

15)  Air & Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  “Beauty Mark”

16)  Spoon  ~  “The Beast And The Dragon, Adored"

17)  Mid-Cities Worship  ~  “Beauty For Ashes”

18)  Laura Marling  ~  “The Beast”

19)  Dar Williams  ~  “Beauty Of The Rain”

20)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Beast In Me”

21)  Macy Gray  ~  “Beauty In The World”

22)  Nico Vega  ~  “Beast”

23)  Future Islands  ~  “Beauty Of The Road”

24)  Mia Martina ft. Waka Flocka Flame  ~  “Beast”

25)  Hannah Miller  ~  “Beauty And Pain”

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 1

I recently got in my head that it'd be a brilliant idea to post songs with the words "Heart" and/or "Soul" in their titles. And it was. But there were SO MANY good songs to choose from, and this thing quickly ballooned from a probable two-parter, to maybe a three-parter, but definitely no more than a four-parter. Yeah, right! This series is going to be six posts in total, with 30 songs each time! So that you don't get too tired of these (even though they're chock full of good tunes), I'll post 'em a couple days in a row, then post something completely different for a couple of days before returning to the series. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kim Petras  ~  “Heart To Break”

2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Soul To Squeeze”

3)  Sia  ~  “Elastic Heart”

4)  The Album Leaf  ~  “New Soul”

5)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”

6)  Rhodes  ~  “Your Soul”

7)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Put Your Hearts Up”

8)  Santana  ~  “Soul Sacrifice”

9)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Bleeding Heart”

10)  Sticky Fingers  ~  “Caress Your Soul”

11)  Björk  ~  “Triumph Of A Heart”  (I’ve seen and heard a lot of plenty of über-weird Björk songs and videos over the years, but this one has got them all topped…by a landslide! Just…wow!)

12)  Oasis  ~  “Meaning Of Soul”

13)  Love & The Outcome  ~  “King Of My Heart”

14)  Slaves  ~  “Running Through The !6! With My Soul”

15)  Adele  ~  “Melt My Heart To Stone”

16)  Tower Of Power  ~  “On The Soul Side Of Town”

17)  Madonna  ~  “Open Your Heart”

18)  Modern Talking  ~  “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”

19)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Knocking On Your Heart”

20)  You Me At Six  ~  “Heavy Soul”

21)  Indiana  ~  “Heart On Fire”

22)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Souls Of The Departed”

23)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “2 Hearts”

24)  The Temptations  ~  “Soul To Soul”

25)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Hold My Heart”

26)  Trash Boat  ~  “Old Soul”

27)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Diving For Hearts”

28)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Soothe My Soul”

29)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”

30)  Spoon  ~  “Rhthm & Soul”  (Yes, it’s misspelled, but apparently that’s how Spoon prefers it. Go figure…)