Songs About Standing By

While you wait with bated breath (yeah, right!) for the next installment in my "Down" & "Out" series, here's a collection of Songs About Standing By. Herein, you'll hear about folks who vow to stand by "Me," "You," "Love," "Your Gun," "Your Man," "My Woman," "The Bedside Of A Neighbor," and much, much more! So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben E. King  ~  “Stand By Me”

2)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Stand By You”

3)  Oasis  ~  “Stand By Me”

4)  Marlisa  ~  “Stand By You”

5)  Simple Minds  ~  “Stand By Love”

6)  True Violet  ~  “Stand By You”

7)  George Ezra  ~  “Stand By Your Gun”

8)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

9)  Shayne Ward  ~  “Stand By Me”

10)  Jessy Dixon  ~  “God Is Standing By”

11)  Jewel  ~  “Angel Standing By”

12)  LL Cool J  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

13)  The Cox Family  ~  “Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor”

14)  The Imperials  ~  “Stand By The Power”

15)  MaidaVale  ~  “Standby Swing”

16)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Stand By My Woman”

17)  The Pretenders  ~  “I’ll Stand By You”

18)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Stand By Me”

19)  The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette  ~  “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)”  (This is a very odd song and music video. Odder still is Wynette’s involvement in it.)

20)  The Clash  ~  “Train In Vain (Stand By Me)”

“Complete” & “Incomplete” Songs

This is a one-off "Opposites" post. Because I figured you needed a break from the miniseries. And because there were only enough good "Complete" and "Incomplete" songs to fill up one post. You're welcome. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Clash  ~  “Complete Control”

2)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Incomplete”

3)   Nightwish  ~  “Deep Silent Complete”

4)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  “Incomplete”

5)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “The End Complete III: The End Complete”

6)  Lisa Mitchell  ~  “Incomplete Lullaby”

7)  Matt Johnson  ~  “Complete”

8)  Hoobastank  ~  “Incomplete”

9)  Gladys Knight & The Pips  ~  “Complete Recovery”

10)  Swing Out Sister  ~  “Incomplete Without You”

11)  Tresor  ~  “Complete”

12)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Incomplete”

13)  the SweetWater  ~  “Complete”

14)  Blood On The Dance Floor  ~  “Incomplete And All Alone”

15)  Keyshia Cole  ~  “You Complete Me”

16)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Incomplete & Insecure”

17)  Sum 41  ~  “Dear Father (Complete Unknown)”

18)  Krista  ~  “Incomplete”

19)  NEELY  ~  “Complete (The Wedding Song)”

20)  James Bay  ~  “Incomplete”  (Video features dancer Audrey Case)

21)  Kutless  ~  “Complete”

22)  Firstborn  ~  “Incomplete”

23)  Slow Club  ~  “Complete Surrender”

24)  Sisqó  ~  “Incomplete”

“Should” & “Shouldn’t” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 of the "Should" & "Shouldn't" songs. Do you feel lectured yet? Well, keep listening and you just may. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Should’ve Been Us”

2)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)”

3)  Justin Bieber ft. Rascal Flatts  ~  “That Should Be Me”  (I usually steer clear of Bieber songs, but this one was pretty good…for once.)

4)  Metallica  ~  “The Thing That Should Not Be”  (“Shouldn’t”…”Should Not”…really, we’re splitting hairs here.)

5)  Sting  ~  “Why Should I Cry For You?”

6)  Cutting Crew  ~  “It Shouldn’t Take Too Long”

7)  Toby Keith  ~  “Should’ve Been A Cowboy”

8)  Brent Brown  ~  “I Shouldn’t Be Here”

9)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Someone You Should Know”

10)   Sena Ehrhardt  ~  “Things You Shouldn’t Need To Know”

11)  The Mavericks  ~  “I Should Have Been True”

12)  Thompson Square  ~  “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Your Mother Should Know”

14)  Crossfire  ~  “The Things We Shouldn’t Say”

15)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  “Something Worth Leaving Behind / You Should Have Lied”

16)  George Strait  ~  “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This”

17)  The Clash  ~  “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”

18)  Nora Norman  ~  “Shouldn’t”

19)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It”

20)  Lee Broderick  ~  “It Shouldn’t Be Love”

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 1

This latest music miniseries was suggested by my friend, Daniel Entzminger – and a great idea it was, too. Each song in this series features a nationality (or demonym, if you will) in its title. First up, we have a collection of "Canadian," "Mexican," "Irish," "English," "Greek," and "Spanish" songs. Some really good stuff here, both newer and older – I'm sure you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Canadian Rose"

2)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"

3)  Andy Williams  ~  "Canadian Sunset"

4)  Jim Reeves  ~  "Blue Canadian Rockies"

5)  Smokie  ~  "Mexican Girl"

6)  Concrete Blonde  ~  "Mexican Moon"

7)  Wall Of Voodoo  ~  "Mexican Radio"

8)  Van Morrison  ~  "One Irish Rover"

9)  Morrissey  ~  "Irish Blood, English Heart"

10)  The Pogues ft. The Dubliners  ~  "The Irish Rover"

11)  Adam Lambert  ~  "Broken English"

12)  Vampire Weekend  ~  "California English"

13)  Matchbox 20  ~  "English Town"

14)  Sting ft. Branford Marsalis  ~  "Englishman In New York"

15)  The Wombats  ~  "Greek Tragedy"

16)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Greek Song"

17)  Toni Braxton ~  "Spanish Guitar"

18)  The Clash  ~  "Spanish Bombs"

19)  The Doors  ~  "Spanish Caravan"

20)  Elton John  ~  "A Word In Spanish"

21)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Blue Spanish Sky"

22)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Spanish Castle Magic"

23)  Willie Nelson & Ray Charles  ~  "Seven Spanish Angels"

24)  Ben E. King  ~  "Spanish Harlem"

25)  U2  ~  "Spanish Eyes"

"Groovy" Songs

Last week, I posted a collection of "Funky" songs. So it seems only fitting that I should now post a few "Groovy" ones as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"

2)  The Mamas And The Papas  ~  "Somebody Groovy"

3)  The Clash  ~  "Groovy Times"

4)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'"

5)  ZZ Top  ~  "Groovy Little Hippie Pad"

6)  Lou Rawls  ~  "Groovy People"

7)  The Troggs  ~  "Wild Thing"  (No, "Groovy" isn't in the title. I cheated. But it's repeated several times throughout the song in the chorus. So there.)

8)  Gene Chandler  ~  "Groovy Situation"

9)  Stick  ~  "No Groovy"

10)  The Partridge Family  ~  "Workin' On A Groovy Thing"

11)  Gov't Mule  ~  "Left Coast Groovies"

12)  The Mindbenders  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"  (This is the original version of the Phil Collins song above. Totally different feel than the other one, so I included it here as well.)

13)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "Your Groovy Self"

14)  Thomas Helmig  ~  "Groovy Day"

15)  People's Choice  ~  "Party Is A Groovy Thing"

16)  Joe Dodo & The Groovers  ~  "Groovy"

17)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"

18)  Aztec Jackal  ~  "Feeling Groovy"

19)  The Farm  ~  "Groovy Train"

20)  Jocelyn Alice & Right The Stars  ~  "So Groovy (Reach Out Of The Darkness)"