Songs About Starlight

Did you know that an unusually large number of good Songs About Starlight have been written and recorded by a wide variety of artists? Neither did I! Here's just half of all the ones I found. Which, if course, means there's more of the same in store for you next time. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Grace George  ~  "Starlight"

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Starlight"  (Well, how 'bout that? The iconic MJ song "Thriller" was originally recorded with different lyrics as "Starlight" – and here it is! Pretty amazing to hear an alternate recording of a classic tune!)

3)  Anna Ritsmar  ~  "Starlight"

4)  Muse  ~  "Starlight" 

5)  Don Diablo & Matt Nash  ~  "Starlight"

6)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Starlight Lady"

7)  Nikki King  ~  "Starlight"

8)  Jai Wolf ft. Mr. Gabriel  ~  "Starlight"

9)  Alice Hills  ~  "Starlight"

10)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Starlight"

11)  Ayon  ~  "Starlight"

12)  Doris Day  ~  "Soft As The Starlight"

13)  Menggapai Bintang  ~  "Starlight Sugar"  (These young ladies sound like ACTUAL chipmunks! This is amusing beyond measure!)

14)  Utah Phillips  ~  "Starlight On The Rails"

15)  Rachel Costanzo  ~  "Starlight"

16)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy  ~  "Starlight"

17)  Hieroglyph  ~  "Starlight"

18)  Glenn Miller  ~  "Starlight And Music"

19)  Wonderland  ~  "Starlight"

20)  Zed  ~  "Starlight"

21)  The Black Marbles  ~  "Starlight"

22)  Babymetal  ~  "Starlight"

23)  Mila Falls  ~  "Starlight"

24)  Logan Ledger  ~  "Starlight"

25)  Loren North  ~  "Starlight"

Songs About Savages

Be forewarned: Some seriously savage stuff awaits you here. Proceed with caution. If you're not careful, you might even find yourself enjoying the songs. (Gasp!)  ~  JH

1)  Kerli  ~  "Savages"

2)  Paul Weller  ~  "Savages"

3)  Bahari  ~  "Savage"

4)  Theory Of A Deadman ft. Alice Cooper  ~  "Savages"

5)  Lights  ~  "Savage"

6)  Breathe Carolina  ~  "Savages"

7)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  "Savages"

8)  The Walkmen  ~  "Little House Of Savages"

9)  Crashing Atlas  ~  "Savages"

10)  Metallica  ~  "Am I Savage?"

11)  The Manhattan Transfer  ~  "10 Minutes Till The Savages Come"

12)  Kalin White  ~  "Savage"

13)  Eurythmics  ~  "Savage"

14)  Ultravox  ~  "Young Savage"

15)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  "(I'm A) TV Savage" / "Orang-Outang" / "See Jungle"

16)  Pretty Maids  ~  "Savage Heart"

17)  Cecile McLorin Savant  ~  "You Bring Out the Savage in Me"

18)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  "Beneath The Savage Sun"

19)  Papercuts  ~  "Life Among The Savages"

20)  Yngwie Malmsteen  ~  "Little Savage"

21)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  "Little Savage"

22)  The Shadows  ~  "The Savage"

23)  Veridia  ~  "Savage"

24)  The Waterboys  ~  "Savage Earth Heart"

25)  Judas Priest  ~  "Savage"

“Wicked” Songs

It's not what you think. These songs, in and of themselves, aren't wicked. But each of them does contain the word "Wicked" somewhere in its title. Some good stuff here. Ya might as well check it out. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”

2)  Dorothy  ~  “Wicked Ones”

3)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Wicked Garden”

4)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Jessy Dixon  ~  “The Wicked Shall Cease Their Troubling”

5)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Wicked Game”

6)  Ghost And Gale  ~  “Wicked Heart”

7)  Chester See  ~  “Wicked”

8)  Del McCoury ft. Garrison Keillor, Stuart Duncan, Richard Kriehn, & Larry Kohut  ~  “Wicked Path Of Sin”

9)  Cold  ~  “Wicked World”

10)  Garbage  ~  “Wicked Ways”

11)  Sea Wolf  ~  “Wicked Blood”

12)  Diana Vickers  ~  “My Wicked Heart”

13)  Los Lobos  ~  “Wicked Rain”

14)  Slash  ~  “Wicked Stone”

15)  Horse  ~  “Something Wicked This Way Comes”

16)  Reckless Kelly  ~  “Wicked Twisted Road”

17)  Keith Richards  ~  “Wicked As It Seems”

18)  PJ Harvey  ~  “This Wicked Tongue”

19)  Passenger  ~  “Wicked Man’s Rest”

20)  Lone Justice  ~  “Ways To Be Wicked”

21)  Lykke Li  ~  “No Rest For The Wicked”

22)  John Hiatt  ~  “No Wicked Grin”

23)  Imelda May  ~  “Wicked Way”

24)  The Dø  ~  “The Wicked & The Blind”

25)  Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  “Wicked Man”

“Fix” Songs

Apparently, we're back to doing "Opposites" music posts again, because these are a set of songs with the word "Fix" in their titles, and set to publish next are songs with the word "Break" in their titles. I don't know what else to say, other than to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blackstreet ft. ODB & Slash  ~  “Fix”

2)  Elbow ft. Richard Hawley  ~  “The Fix”

3)  Garbage  ~  “Fix Me Now”

4)  10 Years  ~  “Fix Me”

5)  Coldplay  ~  “Fix You”

6)  The Colourist  ~  “Fix This”

7)  James Morrison  ~  “Fix The World Up For You”

8)  Grizzly Bear  ~  “Fix It”

9)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Fix A Heart”

10)  Ryan Adams & The Cardinals  ~  “Fix It”

11)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  “Fix My Eyes”

12)  Katie Costello  ~  “I Can’t Fix Us Two”

13)  UB40  ~  “Mr. Fix It”

14)  Kari Kimmel  ~  “Fix You Up”

15)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Frank D. Fixer”

“Hero”-ic Songs

I'd like to tell you that this post originated because I was feeling particularly heroic at the time, or because I or someone I know recently did something heroic. But that would be lying. There were simply a number of good songs about heroes that I wanted to post, and so I did. And that was as good a reason as any. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Hero”

2)  Alesso ft. Tove Lo  ~  “Heroes (We Could Be)”

3)  The Script  ~  “Superheroes”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Hero”

5)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Hero”

6)  Tina Turner  ~  “We Don’t Need Another Hero”

7)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Heroes”  (I know this is a cover of an older song, but I much prefer this version to David Bowie's original. Sorry, music purists!)

8)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Holding Out For A Hero”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

10)  M People  ~  “Search For The Hero”

11)  Randy Travis  ~  “Heroes And Friends”

12)  Nas ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Hero”  (Who else do you know who could transition so smoothly from a Randy Travis song to one by Nas? Yep, I didn't think so.)

13)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Kill Your Heroes”

14)  Oh Land  ~  “Half Hero”

15)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  “No More Heroes”

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Hero”

17)  Metallica  ~  “Hero Of The Day”

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I’m Not Your Hero”

19)  Green Day  ~  “Working Class Hero”

20)  Aqua  ~  “Cartoon Heroes”

21)  Foreigner  ~  “Juke Box Hero”

22)  Skillet  ~  “Hero”

23)  KISS  ~  “A World Without Heroes”

24)  Trip Lee ft. Jai  ~  “The Invasion (Hero)”

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Local Hero”