"Edge"-y Songs, Vol. 2

More "Edge"-y Songs coming your way in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Edge Of Reality”

2)  Lita Ford  ~  “Dancing On The Edge”

3)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “Closer To The Edge”

4)  Borgeous & tyDi ft. Dia Frampton  ~  “Over The Edge” 

5)  Kamelot  ~  “Edge Of Paradise”

6)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Edge Of Seventeen”

7)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Man On The Edge”

8)  k.d. lang  ~  “The Water’s Edge”

9)  Bee Gees  ~  “Edge Of The Universe”

10)  Within Temptation  ~  “Edge Of The World”

11)  James Arthur  ~  “Back From The Edge”

12)  Tori Amos  ~  “Edge Of The Moon”

13)  Wham!  ~  “The Edge Of Heaven”

14)  Epica  ~  “Edge Of The Blade”

15)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “Knife Edge”

16)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “Edge Of A Dream”

17)  Hurricane  ~  “Over The Edge”

18)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Cliff’s Edge”

19)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Razor’s Edge”

20)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Sitting On The Edge Of The Ocean”

Songs About Habits

Whether good or bad, new or old, or what have you, everybody's got habits. Lots of people have written songs about them. I gathered some of the best of those here for your listening enjoyment. So go ahead...  ~  JH

1)  Garbage  ~  “Automatic Systematic Habit”

2)  The Kooks  ~  “Bad Habit”

3)  Marmozets  ~  “Habits”

4)  Chicago  ~  “Hard Habit To Break”

5)  Gabrielle Shonk  ~  “Habit”

6)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Old Habits”

7)  Diana Krall  ~  “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me”

8)  Plested  ~  “Habits”

9)  Chela  ~  “Bad Habit”

10)  Linkin Park  ~  “Breaking The Habit”

11)  Sarah Darling  ~  “Bad Habit”

12)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Habit”

13)  Poliça  ~  “Lime Habit”

14)  Lissie  ~  “The Habit”

15)  Mick Jagger  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

16)  Maria Mena ft. Mads Langer  ~  “Habits”

17)  Janis Ian  ~  “Silly Habits”

18)  Foals  ~  “Bad Habit”

19)  k.d. lang  ~  “Habit Of Mind”

20)  Imelda May  ~  “Bad Habit”

21)  Vince Gill  ~  “Down To My Last Bad Habit”

22)  Lucie Silvas  ~  “My Old Habits”

23)  Tove Lo  ~  “Habits (Stay High)”

24)  Gates  ~  “Habit”

25)  Allie X  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

What Love Is, According To These Songs: Vol. 1

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we begin a three-part series featuring songs about what "Love Is." A wide variety of definitions are offered within – some good, some bad, and some downright weird. But all thoroughly enjoyable!  ~  JH

1)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

2)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing”

3)  Chrisette Michele  ~  “Love Is You”

4)  The Darkness  ~  “Love Is Only A Feeling”

5)  Frozen Cast  ~  “Love Is An Open Door”

6)  Steven Tyler  ~  “Love Is Your Name”

7)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Love Is Like A Butterfly”

8)  Christopher Cross  ~  “Love Is Love (In Any Language)”

9)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Love Is An Army”

10)  Muse  ~  “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)”

11)  k.d. lang  ~  “Love Is Everything”

12)  The Hollies  ~  “Love Is The Thing”

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

14)  Phil Vassar  ~  “Love Is A Beautiful Thing”

15)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Love Is”

16)  Girls Aloud  ~  “Love Is The Key”

17)  Styx  ~  “Love Is The Ritual”

18)  Katie Melua  ~  “Love Is A Silent Thief”

19)  DC Talk  ~  “Luv Is A Verb”

20)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is A Good Thing”

21)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing”

22)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Love Is A Rose”

23)  Aloe Blacc  ~  “Love Is The Answer”

24)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

25)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Love Is A Laserquest”  (Wait…WHAT?)

Songs About Hills & Valleys, Vol. 3

Last but definitely not least (because there's an Ed Sheeran song here – hello!), Vol. 3 (of 3) in my Songs About Hills & Valleys series. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Castle On The Hill”

2)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls”

3)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “Hills Of Morning”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  U2  ~  “One Tree Hill”

6)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Valley Of Tomorrow”

7)  Kate Bush  ~  “Running Up That Hill”

8)  Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters  ~  “Tin Pan Valley”

9)  The Decemberists  ~  “Grace Cathedral Hill”

10)  LP  ~  “Death Valley”

11)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blueberry Hill”

12)  k.d. lang  ~  “The Valley”

13)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Solsbury Hill”

14)  House Of Heroes  ~  “In The Valley Of The Dying Sun”

15)  Celtic Thunder ft. Damian McGinty  ~  “Come By The Hills”

16)  The Veils  ~  “Out From The Valley”

17)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Sugar Hill”

18)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “The Valley Road”

19)  Thao Nguyen  ~  “Hills”

20)  Christafari  ~  “Valley Of Decision”

21)  Kevin Costner & Modern West ft. Sara Beck  ~  “I Know These Hills”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “The Valley”

23)  Katie Melua  ~  “Gold In Them Hills”  (Yes, this is the same song as the Ron Sexsmith one in Vol 2. But this version was far too gorgeous not to double-list.)

24)  The Stranglers  ~  “Valley Of The Birds”

25)  PJ Harvey  ~  “On Battleship Hill”

“Still” & “Moving” Songs, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of what will end up being a 4-part series featuring "Still" and "Moving" Songs. (I didn't want to tell you that upfront, because I was afraid I'd scare you off.) Three down, one to go! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben Folds  ~  “Still Fighting It”

2)  Black Box Revelation  ~  “Sleep While Moving”

3)  Shania Twain  ~  “You’re Still The One”

4)  Golden Earring  ~  “Movin’ Down Life”

5)  Billy Joel  ~  “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me”

6)  Sarah Dawn Finer  ~  “Moving On”

7)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “I Still Believe”

8)  Bhi Bhiman  ~  “Moving To Brussels”

9)  Neko Case  ~  “Night Still Comes”

10)  Vern Gosdin & Chris Hillman  ~  “I’m Gonna Be Movin’”

11)  Vince Gill  ~  “I Still Believe In You”

12)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  “Everything Is Moving So Fast”

13)  Paul Simon  ~  “Still Crazy After All These Years”

14)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Love Is Moving”

15)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Be Still My Soul (In You I Rest)”

16)  The Horrors  ~  “Moving Further Away”

17)  Robin Thicke  ~  “Still Madly Crazy”

18)  The Fixx  ~  “Less Cities, More Moving People”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Still Miss Someone”

20)  Mat Kearney  ~  “Moving On”

21)  Katy B  ~  “Still”

22)  k.d. lang  ~  “Just Keep Me Moving”

23)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Let’s Be Still”

24)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Movin’ On”

25)  Alan Jackson  ~  “I Still Like Bologna”