Songs About Tomorrow, Vol. 1

Now that tomorrow is today, we will tackle Songs About Tomorrow. And not just today. Tomorrow will also be "Tomorrow." (I'm having FAR too much fun with these intros!) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Silverchair  ~  “Tomorrow”

2)  Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers  ~  “Tomorrow People”

3)  Eurythmics  ~  “When Tomorrow Comes”

4)  K’Naan  ~  “Hurt Me Tomorrow”

5)  Duran Duran  ~  “What Happens Tomorrow”

6)  Daughter  ~  “Tomorrow”

7)  Chris Young  ~  “Tomorrow”

8)  Gorillaz  ~  “Tomorrow Comes Today”

9)  The Shirelles  ~  “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”

10)  Garth Brooks  ~  “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

11)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “This Is Tomorrow”

12)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Always Tomorrow”

13)  Tevin Campbell  ~  “Tomorrow”

14)  Badfinger  ~  “Maybe Tomorrow”

15)  Laleh  ~  “Live Tomorrow”

16)  Ólafur Arnalds  ~  “Tomorrow’s Song”

17)  Leo Sayer  ~  “Tomorrow”

18)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Tomorrow Never Dies”

19)  Shakey Graves  ~  “Tomorrow”

20)  Chicago  ~  “Love Me Tomorrow”

“Oil” & “Water” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final group of songs that don't mix well together. Because they're "Oil" and "Water" songs. If you don't get it, I can't explain it to you. You're hopeless. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Incubus  ~  “Oil And Water”

2)  Adele  ~  “Water Under The Bridge”

3)  Kelly Joe Phelps  ~  “Beggar’s Oil”

4)  Brooke Fraser  ~  “Something In The Water”

5)  Petra  ~  “Midnight Oil”

6)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Washed By The Water”

7)  The Delines  ~  “The Oil Rigs At Night”

8)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Bring Me Some Water”

9)  Jethro Tull  ~  “North Sea Oil”

10)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Don’t Drink The Water”

11)  Ziggy & Stephen Marley  ~  “Water & Oil”

12)  Randy Travis  ~  “He Walked On Water”

13)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones  ~  “Royal Oil”

14)  Feist  ~  “The Water”

15)  Nathan Jess  ~  “Give Me Oil In My Lamp”

16)  VV Brown  ~  “Shark In The Water”

17)  Kathleen Edwards  ~  “Oil Man’s War”

18)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Taking In Water”

19)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “The Midnight Oil”

20)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “Allergic To Water”

Songs About Tools

This...because I have strange ideas for blog posts all the time. And this is yet another one of those. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Rake It In"

2)  AJR  ~  "Pitchfork Kids"

3)  Queen  ~  "Hammer To Fall"

4)  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers  ~  "Small Axe"

5)  Paul Kelly  ~  "Song Of The Old Rake"

6)  Doomtree  ~  "Bolt Cutter"

7)  Kate Bush  ~  "Hammer Horror"

8)  White Gold  ~  "One Gallon Axe"  (Hilarious!)

9)  Whiskey Myers  ~  "Hard Row To Hoe"

10)  Katie Herzig  ~  "Shovel"

11)  The Breeders  ~  "Divine Hammer"

12)  Fifth Harmony  ~  "Sledgehammer"

13)  The White Stripes  ~  "Screwdriver"

14)  Strand Of Oaks  ~  "Diamond Drill"

15)  Avicii  ~  "Levels"

16)  Pete Seeger  ~  "If I Had A Hammer"

17)  The Sword  ~  "How Heavy This Axe"

18)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"

19)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Monkey Wrench"

20)  Mr. Big  ~  "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)"

21)  Indigo Girls  ~  "Hammer And A Nail"

22)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Crosscut Saw"

23)  Amy Grant  ~  "Shovel In Hand"

24)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Sledgehammer"

25)  Smash Mouth  ~  "Justin Bieber"  (What? He IS a "tool," ISN'T he?)

Planetary Songs, Vol. 2: "Earth" & "Mars"

Part 2 of this ongoing series brings things a little closer to home, then to our nearest neighbor. This snappy collection of songs about Earth and Mars is brought to you by the letter J and the number 4. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Earth Song"

2)  Duran Duran  ~  "Planet Earth"

3)  Björk  ~  "Earth Intruders"

4)  Deftones  ~  "Hole In The Earth"

5)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "Edge Of The Earth"

6)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Corner Of The Earth"

7)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  "Under The Earth"

8)  Within Temptation  ~  "Mother Earth"

9)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Back To The Earth"

10)  Melonie Cannon ft. Willie Nelson  ~  "Back To Earth"

11)  Coldplay  ~  "Moving To Mars"

12)  David Bowie  ~  "Life On Mars?"

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars"

14)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "I Don't Wanna Live On Mars"

15)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Man On Mars"

16)  Ash  ~  "Girl From Mars"

17)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Viva Life On Mars"

18)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Venus And Mars"

19)  Faith No More  ~  "Woodpecker From Mars"

20)  Marion Cotillard & Franz Ferdinand  ~  "Eyes Of Mars"

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of reggae music, here's another set of 25 songs. I haven't planned on a Vol. 3, unless any of my reggae-loving friends want to suggest another batch of their favorite songs/artists I haven't featured yet. Which you're certainly welcome to do in the comments below. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Horace Andy  ~  "You Are My Angel"

2)  Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo  ~  "In The Hills (Clean Up Your Heart)" / "Nature Provides"

3)  Steel Pulse  ~  "Taxi Driver"

4)  Lucky Dube  ~  "Prisoner"

5)  Gyptian  ~  "Serious Times"

6)  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley  ~  "Affairs Of The Heart"

7)  SOJA  ~  "Rest Of My Life"

8)  Toots & The Maytals  ~  "Reggae Got Soul"

9)  Yellowman  ~  "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"  (Hands down, this song wins the weirdest song title ever to ever graces the pages of my blog.)

10)  Israel Vibration  ~  "My Master's Will"

11)  Culture  ~  "Addis Adabba"

12)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "Lighthouse"  (Not really all that reggae, but it's kinda beautiful nonetheless.)

13)  Junior Kelly  ~  "Love So Nice"

14)  Morgan Heritage  ~  "Tell Me How Come"

15)  Beres Hammond  ~  "I Feel Good"

16)  Black Uhuru  ~  "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"  (I wouldn't normally expect this level of guitar solo in a reggae song, but it's fantastic!)

17)  Tony Rebel  ~  "Fire"

18)  Anthony B  ~  "My Yes & My No"

19)  Benjah ft. Dillavou  ~  "Fly Away"

20)  Shelly Thunder  ~  "Break Up"

21)   Bunny Wailer  ~  "Cool Runnings"

22)  Signal Fire  ~  "Another Day"

23)  Don Carlos  ~  "Time"

24)  Dawn Penn  ~  "No, No, No"

25)  Shaggy  ~  "Boombastic"  (Okay, so it's reggae fusion, but it was a still big hit back in the day, so here it is...)