Songs About The Wind, Vol. 1

Of all the themes I've featured in my 6+ years as a music blogger, I've never done this one. Which is surprising, considering I live in an incredibly hurricane-prone part of the country and strong winds are annually on my mind (as they are currently, for obvious reasons). So when I finally got around to it, I realized there were tons of good songs that qualified. So this will be part 1 of (at least) 2. Assuming you (and I) don't blow away in this storm, I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser  ~  "She's Like The Wind"

2)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

3)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"

4)  Bob Dylan & Joan Baez  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"

5)  Scorpions  ~  "Wind Of Change"

6)  Bette Midler  ~  "Wind Beneath My Wings"

7)  David Bowie  ~  "Wild Is The Wind"

8)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Blowing Kisses In The Wind"

9)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"

10)  Becky Hill  ~  "Caution To The Wind"

11)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Idiot Wind"  (You can, in fact, have too much Bob Dylan in one day. But two songs is probably not going to kill you.)

12)  Jefferson Starship  ~  "Winds Of Change"

13)  Rod Stewart & Ron Wood  ~  "Mandolin Wind"

14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Don't Listen To The Wind"

15)  Billy Joel  ~  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"

16)  Heart  ~  "Mistral Wind"

17)  John Anderson  ~  "Seminole Wind"

18)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Riders On The Wind"

19)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"

20)  Donovan & Crystal Gayle  ~  "Catch The Wind"

21)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Summer Wind"

22)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Kisses On The Wind"

23)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"  (Maybe you can have too many Kansas songs in one day, I dunno. But surely two is not too many.)

24)  Gogi Grant  ~  "The Wayward Wind"

25)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Against The Wind"

Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 5

Last but not least. You know the deal. Popular Songs Of 1989. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Blame It On The Rain”

2)  George Strait  ~  “What’s Going On In Your World”

3)  Jody Watley  ~  “Real Love”

4)  Bobby Brown  ~  “Every Little Step”

5)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “After All This Time”

6)  Roxette  ~  “The Look”

7)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

8)  Southern Pacific  ~  “Any Way The Wind Blows”

9)  The Bangles  ~  “Eternal Flame”

10)  Willie Nelson  ~  “Nothing I Can Do About It Now”

11)  Bobby Brown  ~  “Rock Wit'cha”

12)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Never Had It So Good”

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Born To Be My Baby”

14)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Don’t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?”

15)  Martika  ~  “Toy Soldiers”

16)  Garth Brooks  ~  “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

17)  Great White  ~  Once Bitten, Twice Shy”

18)  Peter Cetera & Cher  ~  “After All”

19)  Clint Black  ~  “Killin’ Time”

20)  Phil Collins  ~  “Another Day In Paradise”

21)  Holly Dunn  ~  “There Goes My Heart Again”

22)  Randy Travis  ~  “Deeper Than The Holler”

23)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “Dreamin’”

24)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “Hole In My Pocket”

25)  Keith Whitley  ~  “I’m No Stranger To The Rain”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

What Love Is, According To These Songs: Vol. 2

Here's another set of songs with distinct theories about what "Love Is." Like the first installment, there're plenty of good, bad, and oddball definitions. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eurythmics  ~  “Love Is A Stranger”

2)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Love Is Here”

3)  Grace Jones  ~  “Love Is The Drug”

4)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  “Love Is All Around”

5)  Keane  ~  “Love Is The End”

6)  Warpaint  ~  “Love Is To Die”

7)  The Seahorses  ~  “Love Is The Law”

8)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Pride”

9)  Sting  ~  “Love Is The Seventh Wave”

10)  Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight  ~  “Love Is”

11)  The Verve  ~  “Love Is Noise”

12)  Joan Baez  ~  “Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word”

13)  Jack White  ~  “Love Is The Truth / You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket”

14)  Donna Summer  ~  “Love Is In Control”

15)  Ziggy Marley  ~  “Love Is My Religion”

16)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Love Is Holy”

17)  Culture Club  ~  “Love Is Love”

18)  Brandy & Diana Ross  ~  “Love Is All That Matters”

19)  Chester See  ~  “Love Is Now”  (You can pretty much stop the video at the 4:45 mark. The rest of the video is REALLY annoying!)

20)  Metric  ~  “Love Is A Place”

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Love Is Here To Stay”

22)  Vixen  ~  “Love Is A Killer”

23)  To Kill A King  ~  “Love Is Coal”

24)  Kerli  ~  “Love Is Dead”

25)  We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It!!  ~  “Love Is The Slug”  (Wait…WHAT??)