Songs About Praying, Vol. 1

Here begins the first in a four-part series featuring Songs About Praying. Some of the prayers herein are literal, while some are figurative. Some are by Christian artists, and some are by "secular" artists. In other words, these songs completely run the gamut. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kesha  ~  “Praying”

2)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Pray”

3)  Duran Duran  ~  “Save A Prayer”

4)  Regina Spektor  ~  “The Prayer Of François Villon”

5)  Blaenavon  ~  “Let’s Pray”

6)  Metal Church  ~  “Watch The Children Pray”

7)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “A Living Prayer”

8)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  “Pray For Grace”

9)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Too Late For Praying”

10)  Nneka  ~  “Pray For You”

11)  Petra  ~  “Prayer”

12)  Rick Astley  ~  “Pray With Me”

13)  Red House Glory  ~  “Pray Now”

14)  Big & Rich  ~  “That’s Why I Pray”

15)  The Katinas  ~  “Praying For You”

16)  Laura Marling  ~  “Pray For Me”

17)  All-4-One  ~  “I Prayed 4 U”

18)  Kodaline  ~  “Pray”

19)  Haelos  ~  “Pray”

20)  Steve Vai  ~  “Whispering A Prayer”

Songs With "Attitude"

The post's title pretty much speaks for itself, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Patti LaBelle  ~  “New Attitude”

2)  Deep Purple  ~  “Bad Attitude”

3)  Alien Ant Farm  ~  “Attitude”

4)  Fireflight  ~  “Attitude”

5)  Tower Of Power  ~  “Attitude Dance”

6)  Chris Farren  ~  “Holy Attitude”

7)  Laura Branigan  ~  “Bad Attitude”

8)  38 Special  ~  “Trooper With An Attitude”

9)  The Tiger Lillies  ~  “Wrong Attitude”

10)  Lisa Germano  ~  “Bad Attitude”

11)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Honky Tonk Attitude”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “The Attitude Song”

13)  Hardknox  ~  “Attitude”

14)  Suede  ~  “Attitude”

15)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Attitude”

16)  Trashmonkeys  ~  “Attitudes In Stereo”

17)  Wynonna  ~  “Attitude”

18)  Timbuk 3  ~  “Hairstyles And Attitudes”

19)  Galneryus  ~  “Attitude To Life”  (I don’t understand a word he’s singing, but both the vocals and music are breathtakingly beautiful!)

20)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes”

21)  Darwin Deez  ~  “Kill Your Attitude”

22)  Troop  ~  “That’s My Attitude”

23)  Oolluu  ~  “Attitude”  (I’ve never heard of this band, but they’re fantastic!)

24)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Bad Attitude”

25)  Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour  ~  “Early Morning Attitude”

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 1

I warned you there'd be more miniseries of posts coming, and this is the first installment. Herein you'll find a wildly diverse set of songs about "Finding," "Keeping," "Losing," and "Weeping." If you like these, there's three more posts where they came from. If you don't like these...what's wrong with you? Just kidding. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Finding Out”

2)  Birdy  ~  “Keeping Your Head Up”

3)  John Newman  ~  “Losing Sleep”

4)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow”

5)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”

6)  Babyface  ~  “Keeping Secrets”

7)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

8)  The Verve  ~  “Weeping Willow”

9)  Aztec Two-Step  ~  “Finding Somebody New”

10)  L D R U ft. Paige IV  ~  “Keeping Score”

11)  Rush  ~  “Losing It”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “Weeping China Doll”

13)  Louis XIV  ~  “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”

14)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Keeping The Faith”

15)  The Naked And Famous  ~  “Losing Control”

16)  The Sweet Lillies  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Sleeping Romance  ~  “Finding My Way”

18)  Linda Ronstadt ft. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Keeping Out Of Mischief Now”  (The video messes up at first but rights itself around the :30 mark.)

19)  Keane  ~  “The Lovers Are Losing”

20)  Múm  ~  “Weeping Rock Rock”

21)  Teske  ~  “Finding Neverland”

22)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

23)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Losing You”

24)  Alanna Story  ~  “Weeping”

25)  Caitlin Crosby  ~  “Finding Feelings”

26)  The Who  ~  “Love Ain’t For Keeping”

27)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Losing Friends Over Love”

28)  The Dramatics  ~  “Stop Your Weeping”

Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 1

It's playoff time for Major League Baseball, and I'm super-excited! In honor of that (and considering that I've already posted "Hit" and "Run" and "Catch" and "Throw" songs in recent months), here's a bunch of songs with the word "Ball" or "Strike" in their titles. Can't get enough of these? Just you wait, 'cuz Vol. 2 is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Great Balls Of Fire”

2)  The Smiths  ~  “Bigmouth Strikes Again”

3)  George Strait  ~  “Big Ball’s In Cowtown”

4)  Steve Aoki ft. NERVO & Tony Junior  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

5)  Listener  ~  “There Are Wrecking Balls Inside Us”  (Well, that was…different.)

6)  Yes  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

7)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

8)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

9)  Jack White  ~  “High Ball Stepper”

10)  All Saints  ~  “One Strike”

11)  R.E.M.  ~ “Beachball”

12)  Dirty Heads  ~  “Strike Gently”

13)  Grimes  ~  “Crystal Ball”

14)  Maroon 5  ~  “Lucky Strike”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Giant Balls Of Gold”

16)  Temple Of The Dog  ~  “Hunger Strike”

17)  Ryan Adams  ~  “My Wrecking Ball”

18)  Snow Patrol  ~  “The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)”

19)  Leon Bridges  ~  “Ball Of Confusion”

20)  Tower Of Power  ~  “You Strike My Main Nerve”

21)  Social Distortion  ~  “Ball And Chain”

22)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Clock Strikes Ten”

23)  Aubrey O’Day  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  “The Great Airplane Strike”

25)  Emmylou Harris ft. Neil Young  ~  “Wrecking Ball”