“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…)

Songs About Fireflies

I thought there was only one good Song About Fireflies. (I'm talking to you, Owl City.) Little did I know, there are quite a few more that are worth listening to. Here's a sampling of some of the best of those. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Owl City  ~  “Fireflies”

2)  April Kry  ~  “Fireflies”

3)  Mason Jennings  ~  “Darkness Between The Fireflies”

4)  Jessa Anderson  ~  “Fireflies”

5)  Tony Bennett & The Muppets  ~  “Firefly”

6)  Caroline Herring  ~  “Fireflies”

7)  The Temptations  ~  “Firefly”

8)  Leona Lewis  ~  “Fireflies”

9)  A Silent Film  ~  “Firefly In My Window”

10)  Rhett Miller & Rachael Yamagata  ~  “Fireflies”

11)  Lindsey Stirling  ~  “Firefly”

12)  Paul Oakenfold ft. Matt Goss  ~  “Firefly”

13)  Mura Masa & Bonzai  ~  “Firefly”

14)  John Grant  ~  “Fireflies”

15)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Firefly”

16)  Richard Rawson ft. Tom Parker  ~  “Fireflies”

17)  Ron Pope  ~  “Fireflies”

18)  The Revivalists  ~  “Catching Fireflies”

19)  Chris Garneau  ~  “Fireflies”

20)  Jimmy Needham  ~  “Firefly”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 2

The year was 1967. A year in which such future music stars as Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Harry Connick, Jr., Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill would come into existence. Also the year that these great songs first came onto the scene. Part 2 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 starts...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

2)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

3)  The Five Americans  ~  “Western Union”

4)  Donovan  ~  “Mellow Yellow”

5)  The Supremes  ~  “Reflections”

6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Brown-Eyed Girl”

7)  The Temptations  ~  “You’re My Everything”

8)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Somebody To Love”

9)  Scott McKenzie  ~  “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”

10)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Gentle On My Mind”

11)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Chain Of Fools”

12)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  “Foxy Lady”

13)  The Hollies  ~  “Carrie Anne”

14)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Alfie”

15)  Wynn Stewart  ~  “It’s Such A Pretty World Today”

16)  Robert Knight  ~  “Everlasting Love”  (This performance was obviously forty-some years after his song was a hit, so forgive Mr. Knight if his vocals got a little thin over time.)

17)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Ode To Billie Joe”

18)  Procol Harum  ~  “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

19)  Jay & The Techniques  ~  “Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

20)  The Mamas & Papas  ~  “Dedicated To The One I Love”

21)  The Beatles  ~  “Strawberry Fields Forever”

22)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Don’t You Care”

23)  Janis Ian  ~  “Society’s Child”

24)  The Doors  ~  “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”

25)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “No Milk Today”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 3

Okay, here's one last set of Songs About "Things." If you think I missed your favorite song with "Things" in its title, hear this one out. Because it might very well be in here. If not, then let me know what gem I may have missed. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

2)  The Killers  ~  “All These Things That I’ve Done”

3)  Stockard Channing  ~  “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

4)  One Direction  ~  “Little Things”

5)  Lea Michele  ~  “My Favorite Things”  (OK, so it’s a commercial. But she does perform the song in its entirety, and sings it beautifully.)

6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Things Can Only Get Better”

7)  JJ Heller  ~  “True Things”

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Things Have Changed”

9)  Wild Child  ~  “Silly Things”

10)  The Temptations  ~  “The Way You Do The Things You Do”

11)  Pacha Massive  ~  “All Good Things”

12)  Passenger  ~  “Things You’ve Never Done”

13)  Annie Lennox  ~  “A Thousand Beautiful Things”

14)  Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

15)  Julia Stone  ~  “Let’s Forget All The Things That We Say”

16)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “So Much Things To Say”

17)  Against The Current  ~  “Running With The Wild Things”  (A fantastic song by a dynamic new band!)

18)  Fanfarlo  ~  “Shiny Things”

19)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “The Little Things”

20)  Andy Mineo  ~  “Wild Things”

21)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Things I’ll Never Say”

22)  Joe Cocker  ~  “The Simple Things”

23)   India.Arie  ~  “Little Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “1,000 Things”

25)  Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin  ~  “Things”