Songs About Freedom, Vol. 1

This is the first post in a four-part series, all of which will be released back-to-back-to-back-to-back. I meant to post them on July 4th – Independence Day and all – but I got busy for a few weeks. So, here they are! ~ JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “Freedom! ‘90”

2)  Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley  ~  “Freedom Was A Highway”

3)  Jon Batiste  ~  “Freedom”

4)  Sampa The Great  ~  “Freedom”

5)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “ Freedom”

6)  Hippie Sabotage  ~  “Dreaming Of Freedom”

7)  Jordan Hart  ~  “Freedom”

8)  Matisyahu  ~  “Fire Of Freedom”

9)  Allen Stone  ~  “Freedom”

10)  EMM  ~  “Freedom”

11)  Payton Howie  ~  “Freedom”

12)  MYDY  ~  “Freedom”

13)  Beyoncé  ~  “Freedom”

14)  Bethel Music Kids  ~  “Freedom”

15)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  “Freedom”

16)  Rose Bartu  ~  “Freedom”

17)  Ween  ~  “Freedom Of ‘76"

18)  Bryan & Katie Torwalt  ~  “Freedom Is Coming”

19)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Freedom”

20)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Simple Song Of Freedom”

21)  Taiacore  ~  “Freedom”

22)  New Build  ~  “Luminous Freedom”

23)  Gangstagrass  ~  “Freedom”

24)  Epica  ~  “Freedom – The Wolves Within”

25)  ENISA  ~  “Freedom”

“Fancy” Songs

Here's a bunch of songs, most of which have nothing to do with each other, except that the word "Fancy" appears in the title of each. Sound familiar? Oh yeah...maybe because I do these sorts of posts all the time. And then I sign off by imploring you to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox ft. Ashley Stroud  ~  “Fancy”  (I much prefer this version to Iggy Azalea’s. But if you must, here’s the link to the original song.)

2)  Bread  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

3)  Jermaine Jackson & DEVO  ~  “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”

4)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Fancy”

5)  Chromeo  ~  “Fancy Footwork”

6)  The-Dream  ~  “Fancy”

7)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

8)  Ween  ~  “She Caught My Fancy”

9)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Fancy Shoes”

10)  Silver Convention  ~  “Fancy Party”

11)  Mayer Hawthorne  ~  “Fancy Clothes”

12)  Commodores  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

13)  Miss Li  ~  “The Boy In The Fancy Suit”  (It’s a shame the audio quality isn’t better on this song. From what I can hear, she does a bang-up job of singing it.) 

14)  Andrew Peterson  ~  “Fool With A Fancy Guitar”

15)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  “(I’m Settin’) Fancy Free”

16)  The Supremes  ~  “Fancy Passes”

17)  Dave Barnes  ~  “Nothing Fancy”

18)  Kenny  ~  “Fancy Pants”

19)  Lucinda Williams  ~  “Fancy Funeral”

20)  Fred Astaire  ~ “No Strings (I’m Fancy Free)”

21)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “Nothing Too Fancy”

22)  The Drowsy Chaperone Cast  ~  “Fancy Dress”

23)  Saxon  ~  “A Little Bit Of What You Fancy”

24)  the 4onthefloor  ~  “Fancy”

25)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Fancy”  (The original version of the Reba song – #4 above – Gentry’s rendition is distinctive and popular enough in its own right to also merit inclusion here.)

"Awesome" Songs

Man, these songs are "Awesome"! At least their titles would have you believe that they are. Actually, most of them are pretty awesome. Isn't everything? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rich Mullins  ~  “Awesome God”

2)  Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island  ~  “Everything Is Awesome!!!”

3)  Pastor Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago  ~  “Awesome”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Random Awesome”

5)  Trent Cory  ~  “Awesome Wonder”

6)  Ween  ~  “Awesome Sound”

7)  Sinach  ~  “You Are Awesome”

8)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Awesome”

9)  Hillsong Live  ~  “Awesome In This Place”

10)  The Dollyrots  ~  “Because I’m Awesome”

11)  Norman Hutchins  ~  “Awesome God”

12)  Gerald Levert  ~  “Awesome”

13)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Awesome Is The Lord Most High”

14)  The Aquabats  ~  “Awesome Forces!”

15)  Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers  ~  “Awesome Wonder”

16)  Inkwell  ~  “The Glass Is Half… Awesome”

17)  Kevin Levar  ~  “Such An Awesome God”

18)  Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party  ~  “Awesome”

19)  Hanne de Vries  ~  “Awesome Jesus”

20)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Awesome”

21)  Citipointe Live  ~  “Awesome, So Mighty”

22)  Jasper Forks  ~  “Awesome”

23)  Israel Houghton & Yolanda Adams  ~  “How Awesome Is Our God”

24)  Tami Rose  ~  “Our God Is Awesome”

25)  Passion ft. Matt Redman  ~  “The Awesome God You Are”

Songs About Cheese

Here's a particularly unusual collection pairing a few profoundly odd songs and several surprisingly good ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ween  ~  “Pork Roll Egg And Cheese”

2)  Primus  ~  “Seas Of Cheese”

3)  Bayside  ~  “Big Cheese”

4)  Nirvana  ~  “Big Cheese”

5)  The Rutles  ~  “Cheese And Onions”

6)  Modest Mouse  ~  “Mice Eat Cheese”

7)  Echolyn  ~  “The Cheese Stands Alone”

8)  Billy Cobham  ~  “The Moon Ain’t Made Of Green Cheese”

9)  La Fine Equipe ft. Fakear  ~  “Cheese Naan”

10)  The Adicts  ~  “Cheese Tomato Man”

11)  Rhett & Link  ~  “The Cheese Rap”

12)  Safety Scissors  ~  “I Am The Cheese”

13)  deadmau5 vs. Jelo  ~  “The Reward Is Cheese”

14)  Atomic Mosquitos  ~  “Cheese Quake”

15)  Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra  ~  “Cheese And Crackers Polka”

16)  Biscuithead & The Biscuit Badgers  ~  “Cheese”

17)  The Singing Milkmaids  ~  “Cheese And Curds And Whey”

18)  The Billie Davies Trio  ~  “Green Cheese”

19)  The Floozies  ~  “Cheese”

20)  Lady Banana  ~  “Wall Of Cheese”

21)  Tomás Ramirez  ~  “Fromundah Cheese”

22)  Rogue Oliphant  ~  “Hard Cheese And Sour Grapes”

23)  Boogie  ~  “Sweet Cheese Luna”

24)  Modereko  ~  “Soul Cheese”