"Less" Songs

As previously promised, here's the other half of that "Opposites" music post I did earlier. Here we have not one but two guys named Elvis, a little bit of country, a little rock-n-roll, some rhythm & blues, and practically everything in between. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley & Junkie XL  ~  "A Little Less Conversation"

2)  Joss Stone  ~  "Less Is More"

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3)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'"

4)  Sara Groves  ~  "Less Like Scars"

5)  Toby Keith  ~  "A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action"

6)  Mazzy Star  ~  "I'm Less Here"

7)  Jim Croce  ~  "One Less Set Of Footsteps"

8)  Carter's Chord  ~  "A Little Less Comfortable"

9)  Ben Folds Five  ~  "Battle Of Who Could Care Less"

10)  The 5th Dimension  ~  "One Less Bell To Answer"

11)  The Fixx  ~  "Less Cities, More Moving People"

12)  Sandie Shaw  ~  "Nothing Less Than Brilliant"

13)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  "A Life Less Ordinary (Need A Little Help)"

14)  Tanya Tucker ft. Paul Overstreet & Paul Davis  ~  "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Less Than Zero"

Songs By Artists With Double Letters In Their Names

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!)

26)  ZZ Top  ~  "I Gotsta Get Paid"

"Secret" Songs

Not an "Opposites" music post. You're welcome. Just a bunch of songs with "Secret" in their titles. Some really good ones here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  OneRepublic  ~  "Secrets"

2)  The Pierces  ~  "Secret"

3)  The All-American Rejects  ~  "Dirty Little Secret"

4)  Madonna  ~  "Secret"

5)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Secret Garden"

6)  Atlantic Starr  ~  "Secret Lovers"

7)  We The Kings  ~  "Secret Valentine"

8)  Indochine ft. Melissa auf der Maur  ~  "Le grand secret"  (I have no idea what these people are singing about – I just know it's beautiful!)

9)  Angels And Airwaves  ~  "Secret Crowds"

10)  Stevie Nicks  ~  "Secret Love"

11)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "In My Secret Life"

12)  Samantha Jade  ~  "Secret"

13)  David Hasselhoff  ~  "Secret Agent Man"  (Because, why not?)

14)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Secret Messages"

15)  Karyn White  ~  "Secret Rendezvous"

16)  New Edition  ~  "My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)"

17)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  "Secret Heart"

18)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "It's No Secret"

19)  The Fixx  ~  "Secret Separation"

20)  Heart  ~  "Secret"

Songs With "Save" In The Title

And we're back with more "Opposites" music posts. This installment: "Save" songs. Its followup: "Spend" songs. Ready, steady, go!  ~  JH

1)  Matthew West  ~  "Save A Place For Me"

2)  Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin  ~  "Save The World"

3)  The Fray  ~  "How To Save A Life"

4)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Save Me From Myself"

5)  Simple Plan  ~  "Save You"

6)  R. Kelly  ~  "U Saved Me"

7)  HAIM  ~  "Don't Save Me"

8)  Hillsong LIVE  ~  "Mighty To Save"  (As much as I like this song, this video could've been about half its current length if they hadn't repeated the bridge and chorus so many times. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing!)

9)  Jewel  ~  "Who Will Save Your Soul?"

10)  Eurythmics  ~  "I Saved The World Today"

11)  Gotye  ~  "Save Me"

12)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "You Save Me"

13)  Eagle-Eye Cherry  ~  "Save Tonight"

14)  Shinedown  ~  "Save Me"

15)  The Fixx  ~  "Saved By Zero"