“Lights,” “Camera,” & “Action” Songs, Vol. 1

I don't know why I keep coming up with ideas for music posts, but I do. And I enjoy doing so. When I thought up this one, I knew there'd be lots of songs to choose from, and there were. The first in what will be a three-part series, this is... "Lights," "Camera," and "Action"!!!  ~  JH

1)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Lights”

2)  Rush  ~  “The Camera Eye”

3)  Tauren Wells  ~  “Love Is Action”

4)  Selena Gomez & The Scene  ~  “Hit The Lights”

5)  R.E.M.  ~  “Camera”

6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Dream Into Action”

7)  Journey  ~  “Lights”

8)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Love Is A Camera”

9)  Mark Lanegan  ~  “No Easy Action”

10)  Sløtface  ~  “Bright Lights”

11)  The Buggles  ~  “I Am A Camera”

12)  Pillar  ~  “Call To Action”

13)  MAX ft. gnash  ~  “Lights Down Low”

14)  Jason Chen  ~  “Smile For The Camera”

15)  Millennium  ~  “Welcome To The Action”

16)  TobyMac ft. Hollyn  ~  “Lights Shine Bright”

17)  Dead Dance  ~  “Camera Song”

18)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “Action Needs An Audience”

19)  Baillie And The Boys  ~  “The Lights Of Home”

20)  Young The Giant  ~  “Camera”

21)  Kim Mitchell  ~  “Kids In Action”

22)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  “Bright Lights”

23)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “My Camera Never Lies”

24)  The Who ft. Eddie Vedder  ~  “Let’s See Action”

25)  Sia  ~  “Dim The Lights”

More “Purple” & “Gold” Songs

As promised, here's another great set of "Purple" and "Gold" Songs for your listening pleasure. Go Pirates, and all that jazz... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Prince & The Revolution  ~  “Purple Rain”

2)  The Black Keys  ~  “Gold On The Ceiling”

3)  Donny & Marie Osmond  ~  “Deep Purple”

4)  Rebecca Ferguson  ~  “Glitter & Gold”

5)  The Who  ~  “Man In A Purple Dress”

6)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Gold”

7)  Al Di Meola  ~  “Purple And Gold”

8)  Brenna Whitaker  ~  “Black And Gold”

9)  Imaginary Cities  ~  “Purple Heart”

10)  Neil Young  ~  “Heart Of Gold”

11)  James Forest  ~  “Purple Clouds”

12)  Flo Morrissey  ~  “Pages Of Gold”

13)  Spring Awakening Cast  ~  “The Song Of Purple Summer”

14)  Cazzette ft. Jones  ~  “Handful Of Gold”

15)  Pop Evil  ~  “Purple”

16)  Sting  ~  “Fields Of Gold”

17)  Lucy Woodward  ~  “Purple Heart”

18)  Barns Courtney  ~  “Glitter & Gold”

19)  Me and Jane Doe  ~  “Purple Gold”

20)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Black Gold”

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 in this miniseries featuring songs with the words "Imaginary" or "Real" in their titles. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

2)  Tove Lo  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Real Men”

4)  Lemon Demon  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

5)  Meiko  ~  “Real Real Sweet”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

7)  The Who  ~  “Real Good Looking Boy”

8)  Nina Schofield  ~  “Imaginary Love”

9)  NF  ~  “Real”

10)  Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Imaginary”

11)  Metric  ~  “Dreams So Real”

12)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”

13)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

14)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Broken Imaginary Time”

15)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “The Real Thing”

16)  Astronaut  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

17)  tUnE-yArDs  ~  “Real Thing”

18)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “Imaginary Ships”

19)  K’s Choice  ~  “Live For Real”

20)  John Waite  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

21)  Plumb  ~  “Real”

22)  Mike McKay Band  ~  “Imaginary Stop Signs”

23)  James Morrison  ~  “You Make It Real”

24)  Autolux  ~  “The Science Of Imaginary Solutions”

25)  Beyoncé & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

“Real” & “Fake” Songs, Vol. 1

Since there seems to be a lot of blurring the lines between what's "Real" and what's "Fake" these days (even our President has problems with this!), there's this collection of songs. Because this phenomenon is so rampant in today's world, there will be two more volumes of these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Who  ~  “The Real Me”

2)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Fake You Out”

3)  Unspoken  ~  “Real Thing”

4)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  “Fake Friends”

5)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  “In The Real World”

6)  The National  ~  “Fake Empire”

7)  Megadeth  ~  “The Threat Is Real”

8)  Olivia Noelle  ~  “Faking It”

9)  Kenny Loggins  ~  “The Real Thing”  (There’s a fair bit of talking at the beginning of this clip. The song starts at the 3:07 mark. You’re welcome.)

10)  Lecrae ft. Thi’sl  ~  “Fakin”

11)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “The Real Thing”

12)  Radiohead  ~  “Fake Plastic Trees”

13)  Billy Dean  ~  “Real Man”

14)  Shawn Mendes  ~  “Fake Love”

15)  Jody Watley  ~  “Real Love”

16)  Korn  ~  “Fake”

17)  Faith No More ~  “The Real Thing”

18)  The Frames  ~  “Fake”

19)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Real Thing”

20)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Fake Tales Of San Francisco”

21)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  “This Is For Real”

22)  Findlay  ~  “Fake Black Heart”

23)  U2  ~  “Even Better Than The Real Thing”

24)  Andrew Bird  ~  “The Fake Headlines”

25)  Simple Minds  ~  “Real Life”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 3

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1967, here's Vol. 3 of 4. The hits just keep on coming! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Petula Clark  ~  “Don’t Sleep In The Subway”

2)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Nights In White Satin”

3)  George Jones  ~  “Walk Through This World With Me”

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Never Loved A Man”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Hello, Goodbye”

6)  The Association  ~  “Windy”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Your Precious Love”

8)  The Monkees  ~  “I’m A Believer”

9)  The Turtles  ~  “Happy Together”

10)  Lesley Gore  ~  “California Nights”

11)  The Young Rascals  ~  “How Can I Be Sure”

12)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

13)  Peter, Paul, And Mary  ~  “I Dig Rock And Roll Music”

14)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Was Made To Love Her”

15)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’”

16)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “The Beat Goes On”

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Tonight Carmen”

18)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “I Think We’re Alone Now”

19)  Vikki Carr  ~  “It Must Be Him / All The Time”  (Only the first of these two songs was a 1967 hit. But they came as a package deal, so…)

20)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

21)  The Box Tops  ~  “The Letter”

22)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  “Jimmy Mack”

23)  The Who  ~  “I Can See For Miles”

24)  Tom Jones  ~  “Green, Green Grass Of Home”

25)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”