"It Is What It Is" Songs

What do all these songs have in common? It's fairly self-explanatory. The phrase "It Is What It Is" either in their titles, or figuring prominently in the lyrics (usually the chorus). Why post a bunch of songs with this theme? Sometimes there's no easy answer. It...well, it is what it is. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  "So Much More Than This"

2)  Derek Minor  ~  "It Is What It Is"

3)  RuthAnne  ~  "It Is What It Is"

4)  The String Cheese Incident  ~  "It Is What It Is"

5)  Cloverdayle  ~  "It Is What It Is"

6)  Lil' Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers  ~  "It Is What It Is"

7)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "It Is What It Is"

8)  Lecrae  ~  "It Is What It Is"

9)  Blood Orange ft. Samantha Urbani  ~  "It Is What It Is"

10)  J Moss  ~  "It Is What It Is"

11)  Elisa  ~  "It Is What It Is"

12)  Jeon ft. Roger Peterson  ~  "It Is What It Is"

13)  Bonnie McKee  ~  "It Is What It Is"

14)  Lifehouse  ~  "It Is What It Is"

15)  Guster  ~  "It Is Just What It Is"

16)  The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson)  ~  "It Is What It Is"

17)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  "Transcend"

18)  Adam Again  ~  "It Is What It Is (What It Is)"

19)  Single By Sunday  ~  "It Is What It Is"

20)  M.I.A.  ~  "It Iz What It Iz"

21)  Amy Dalley  ~  "Love's Got An Attitude (It Is What It Is)"

22)  Johnny Logan  ~  "It Is What It Is"

23)  Kierra "Kiki" Sheard  ~  "It Is What It Is"

24)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Will I?"

25)  Uncle Kracker  ~  "It Is What It Is"

26)  Julia Fordham  ~  "Sugar"

“Delicate” Songs

These songs are "Delicate." Please handle with care. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Uncluded  ~  “Delicate Cycle”

2)  Damien Rice  ~  “Delicate”

3)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Delicate”  (After the 3:10 mark, the song is over. The rest is just shameless self-promotion by the artist. And who can blame her? It’s her livelihood!)

4)  Pelican  ~  “A Delicate Sense Of Balance”

5)  Terence Trent D’Arby ft. Des’ree  ~  “Delicate”

6)  Against Me!  ~  “Delicate, Petite, & Other Things I’ll Never Be”

7)  Exposure ft. Sula Mae  ~  “Delicate Lives”

8)  O.A.R.  ~  “Delicate Few”

9)  Sarah Kendall  ~  “Delicate”

10)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Delicate Sound Of Thunder”

11)  Eatliz  ~  “Violently Delicate”

12)  Spoon  ~  “The Delicate Place”

13)  Shana Halligan  ~  “Delicate Dream”

14)  Les Claypool’s Fancy Band  ~  “Delicate Tendrils”

15)  Social Studies  ~  “Delicate Hands”

16)  Planet Of The Stereos  ~  “Delicate Girl”

17)  Haley Dreis  ~  “Delicate”

18)  Hawksley Workman  ~  “Oh, You Delicate Heart”

19)  Janet Devlin  ~  “Delicate”

20)  Talib Kweli  ~  “Delicate Flowers”

21)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  “Delicate Soul”

22)  The Long Winters  ~  “Delicate Hands”

23)  Kristin Hersh  ~  “Delicate Cutters”

24)  Schiller ft. Kim Sanders  ~  “Delicately Yours”

25)  Fauntella Crow  ~  “Delicate”

“Known” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 4 in my latest "Opposites" miniseries. These songs, like the last set, are "Known." Next, we are on to the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever”

2)  Nickel Creek  ~  “I Should’ve Known Better”

3)  Explosions In The Sky  ~  “Last Known Surroundings”

4)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “I Should Have Known It”

5)  Worship Central  ~  “Let It Be Known”

6)  Hotel Cinema  ~  “All You’ve Ever Known”

7)  The White Stripes  ~  “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known”

8)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Should Have Known Better”

9)  Leahy  ~  “A Love Never Known”

10)  Juice Newton  ~  “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)”

11)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  “Should Have Known Better”

12)  Swim Bird Fly  ~  “You Should Have Known”

13)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Had I Known You Better Then”

14)  RES  ~  “I’ve Known The Garden”

15)  Donovan  ~  “Well-Known Has-Been”