Songs About Storms

Yeah, I went there. I was already thinking about doing a Songs About Storms post when my friend Caleb sent me a playlist he'd put together. I "borrowed" some of the best ones from his list (most of the classic rock tunes you'll find here), added a few of my own, and here it is! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billy Joel  ~  “Storm Front”

2)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “One Step Ahead Of The Storm”

3)  Nate Ruess  ~  “Great Big Storm”

4)  SuRie  ~  “Storm”

5)  Smokey Robinson & John Legend  ~  “Quiet Storm”

6)  Elbow  ~  “Gentle Storm”

7)  Deep Purple  ~  “Stormbringer”

8)  Lifehouse  ~  “Storm”

9)  U2  ~  “Electrical Storm”

10)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Perfect Storm”

11)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Storm”

12)  Dee Snider  ~  “Become The Storm”

13)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Shelter From The Storm”

14)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Calm Inside The Storm”

15)  Lena Horne  ~  “Stormy Weather”

16)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Caught In The Storm”

17)  Classics IV  ~  “Stormy”

18)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Take The World By Storm”

19)  The Doors  ~  “Riders On The Storm”

20)  Trapt  ~  “Living In The Eye Of The Storm”

21)  Ryan Stevenson ft. GabeReal  ~  “Eye Of The Storm”

22)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

23)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Various Storms & Saints”  (Really, Jason? Did you have to include a song by a band with the current hurricane’s name in it? Well, I didn’t plan it that way, but…yeah.)

24)  R. Kelly  ~  “The Storm Is Over Now”

25)  Gary Allan ft. Hillary Lindsey  ~  “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)”

26)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “After The Storm Blows Through”

27)  Kali Uchis ft. Tyler The Creator & Bootsy Collins  ~  “After The Storm”

28)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “After The Storm”

29)  Frank Turner  ~  “The Next Storm”

30)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Praise You In This Storm”

"Renegade" Songs

Some days you feel like a renegade, and some days you simply like a song with "Renegade" in the title and seek to find a way to include it in a post. Today is the latter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Styx  ~  “Renegade”

2)  The Paper Kites  ~  “Renegade”

3)   Paramore  ~  “Renegade”

4)  Manafest ft. Trevor McNevan  ~  “Renegade”

5)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Apocalyptic Renegade”

6)  Cimorelli  ~  “Renegade”

7)  Ash  ~  “Renegade Cavalcade”

8)  Eva Simons  ~  “Renegade”

9)  Yanni  ~  “Renegade”

10)  Sade Serena  ~  “Renegade”

11)  X Ambassadors  ~  “Renegades”

12)  Alexandra Burke  ~  “Renegade”

13)  Milow  ~  “Dreamers And Renegades”

14)  Deadlock  ~  “Renegade”

15)  Jasmine V  ~  “Renegades”

16)  Thin Lizzy  ~  “Renegade”

17)  Shilpa Narayan  ~  “Renegade”

18)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “Renegades, Rebels, And Rogues”

19)  Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force  ~  “Renegades Of Funk”

20)  ATB ft. Heather Nova  ~  “Renegade”

21)  Daughtry  ~  “Renegade”

22)  Hammerfall  ~  “Renegade”

23)  Eyes Of Providence  ~  “Renegade”

24)  Reigning Days  ~  “Renegade”

25)  (həd) p.e.  ~  “Renegade”

“Drop” Songs

Here's the other half of that 2-parter I started yesterday. Those were songs with "Lift" in the title, and these are songs that include the word "Drop" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “The Drop”

2)  The Sweeplings  ~  “Drop By Drop”

3)  Linkin Park  ~  “Devil’s Drop”

4)  The Dead Weather  ~  “Die By The Drop”

5)  Ron Pope  ~  “A Drop In The Ocean”

6)  Joan Armatrading  ~  “Drop The Pilot”

7)  The Specials  ~  “Pressure Drop”

8)  Amaranthe  ~  “Drop Dead Cynical”

9)  Hit The Lights  ~  “Drop The Girl”

10)  Republica  ~  “Drop Dead Gorgeous”

11)  Dan + Shay  ~  “Stop Drop + Roll”

12)   Plumb  ~  “One Drop”

13)  Def Leppard  ~  “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)”

14)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Drop Your Guard”  (This girl was just 14 years old when she made this song/video a couple of years ago! 14! Un-flippin’-believable!)

15)  Bob Marley  ~  “One Drop / Zimbabwe / Get Up, Stand Up”

16)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Drop Dead Gorgeous”

17)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Drop Of Smoke”

18)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Hold It, Don’t Drop It”

19)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “Stop, Drop, And Roll”

20)  Laura Bell Bundy  ~  “Drop On By”

21)  Cracker  ~  “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out”

22)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Beauty School Drop-Out”

23)  Anya Marina  ~  “Drop Dead Blues”

24)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Bop ’Til You Drop”

25)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Drops In The Ocean”

Songs With Years In Their Titles, Vol. 1: 1901-1979

This is the first of a two-part miniseries featuring songs with years in their titles. Not the word "years," mind you, but actual historical years (e.g., 1941, '69, 1979, etc.). There's some good stuff here, so...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Birdy  ~  "1901"

2)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  "1904"

3)  The Who  ~  "1921"

4)  Randy Newman  ~  "Louisiana 1927"

5)  Styx  ~  "A.D. 1928 / Rockin' The Paradise"

6)  Dream Theater  ~  "Scene Two: I. Overture 1928"

7)  Queen  ~  "'39"

8)  Bee Gees  ~  "New York Mining Disaster 1941"

9)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "1941"

10)  Reckless Kelly  ~  "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"

11)  Milo Greene  ~  "1957"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "Munich Air Disaster 1958"

13)  John Anderson & Tracy Lawrence  ~  "1959"

14)  Gregory Porter  ~  "1960 What?"

15)  The Four Seasons  ~  "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"

16)  New Order  ~  "1963"

17)  Zella Day  ~  "1965"

18)  John Mayer  ~  "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967"

19)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Summer Of '69"

20)  James Blunt  ~  "1973"

21)  The Connells  ~  "'74-'75"

22)  Ween  ~  "Freedom Of '76"

23)  The Alarm  ~  "Spirit Of '76"

24)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "1979"

25)  Death From Above 1979  ~  "Trainwreck 1979"