In case you're wondering, yes, this is going to be another miniseries of "Opposites" music blog entries. I'm posting the "Now" songs now. Later, I will post the "Later" songs. If I left your favorite "Now" song out, I'm very sorry. I would say I'll go back and add it later, but by then I'll be posting "Later" songs and it will be too late for new "Now" songs. Ya follow me? Good! Then enjoy! ~ JH
1) Rihanna ~ "What Now"
2) The Script ~ "If You Could See Me Now"
3) Jessie J ~ "Who's Laughing Now"
4) Simply Red ~ "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
5) Paramore ~ "Now"
6) KONGOS ~ "Come With Me Now"
7) Marianas Trench ~ "By Now"
8) Orianthi ~ "Now Or Never"
9) PSY ~ "Right Now"
10) The Maine ~ "Don't Stop Now"
11) London Grammar ~ "Hey Now"
12) New Edition ~ "Cool It Now"
13) Queen ~ "Now I'm Here"
14) Taylor Swift ~ "Speak Now"
15) 116 ft. Lecrae, Andy Mineo, KB, Tedashii, & Derek Minor ~ "Now They Know"
This is another one of those posts that started because I wanted to include a certain song, but couldn't think of a good-enough excuse to post it, and so I made up a somewhat-cockeyed-yet-rather-appropriate scheme that would allow me to post the song anyway, and I ended up being surprised at how well it all worked out and how many other quality songs also fit said scheme, resulting in a surprisingly successful post overall. And yes, I know that was a run-on sentence. Sue me! Long story short, this is a collection of songs by artists whose names (or band names) have repeated letters – or double letters – in them. For example, the triply double-lettered singer, Pharrell Williams, whose delightfully "Happy" song was the inspiration for this post and is therefore included within. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Aaron Hall ~ "I Miss You"
2) Debbie Gibson ~ "Lost In Your Eyes"
3) Aloe Blacc ~ "The Man" (I don't know why the video description says "Explicit" – there's nothing offensive here…except perhaps the singer's "explicit" self-confidence. Ha, ha!)
4) Addison Road ~ "All That Matters"
5) EELS ~ "Saturday Morning"
6) Biffy Clyro ~ "Mountains"
7) Maggie McClure ~ "The Girl You Want To Be"
8) Aaron Buchholz ~ "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (I know, this is sort of a Christmas song – but give me a break on this one. First off, the guy's got a phenomenally good voice and plays every single instrument here – flawlessly. Secondly, it's very difficult to find artists with "HH" somewhere in their names. This guy qualifies. So there!)
9) Tedashii ft. Lecrae ~ "Dum Dum"
10) JJ Heller ~ "Boat Song"
11) Mikky Ekko ~ "Kids"
12) Pharrell Williams ~ "Happy"
13) Tammy Wynette ~ "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
14) Kinnie Starr ~ "Discovered"
15) Foo Fighters ~ "Everlong"
16) Fiona Apple ~ "Hot Knife"
17) Saqqara Dogs ~ "Greenwich Meantime"
18) Carrie Underwood ~ "Blown Away"
19) Jessie J ~ "Who You Are"
20) Patty Smyth ~ "No Mistakes"
21) Vacuum ~ "I Breathe"
22) V V Brown ~ "Shark In The Water"
23) Skewwhiff ~ "Gizmo"
24) The Fixx ~ "One Thing Leads To Another"
25) Mayya Yordanova ~ "Pyasachna Sleda" (NOTE: If you don't speak Slovak, you might not get much out of this one. Whatever she's singing about, it certainly sounds pretty!)
