"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 2

This is part 2 in a 6-part series featuring "Beginning," "Middle," and "Ending" songs. We began with "Beginning." We conclude the "Beginning" today. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Beginning To Feel The Years”

2)  Black Sabbath  ~  “End Of The Beginning”

3)  Osmond Brothers  ~  “Before The Beginning”  (I'm the only person I know who would follow up a Black Sabbath song with one by the Osmond Brothers. I'm #smh at my own self!)

4)  Natalie Cole  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light”  (Yeah, it's the same song as the first Ella Fitzgerald song in the previous post, but both ladies performed it so excellently, I couldn't decide which to exclude. Besides, Natalie Cole just passed away a few months ago and I hadn't had a chance to include her in any posts since then – to my knowledge, at least – and she was certainly overdue for a tribute.)

5)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “In The Beginning, Darkness”

6)  The Stills  ~  “In The Beginning”

7)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “New Beginning”

8)  Chicago  ~  “Beginnings”

9)  Finch  ~  “New Beginnings”

10)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Beginning Again”

11)  Tyler Ward  ~  “Beginning Of A Bad Idea”

12)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “The Beginning And The End”

13)  Kalafina  ~  “To The Beginning”  (I don’t understand a word they’re singing, but it’s kind of fantastic!)

14)  David Phelps  ~  “End Of The Beginning”

15)  The Living End  ~  “The Ending Is Just The Beginning”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 3

Okay, here's one last set of Songs About "Things." If you think I missed your favorite song with "Things" in its title, hear this one out. Because it might very well be in here. If not, then let me know what gem I may have missed. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

2)  The Killers  ~  “All These Things That I’ve Done”

3)  Stockard Channing  ~  “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

4)  One Direction  ~  “Little Things”

5)  Lea Michele  ~  “My Favorite Things”  (OK, so it’s a commercial. But she does perform the song in its entirety, and sings it beautifully.)

6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Things Can Only Get Better”

7)  JJ Heller  ~  “True Things”

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Things Have Changed”

9)  Wild Child  ~  “Silly Things”

10)  The Temptations  ~  “The Way You Do The Things You Do”

11)  Pacha Massive  ~  “All Good Things”

12)  Passenger  ~  “Things You’ve Never Done”

13)  Annie Lennox  ~  “A Thousand Beautiful Things”

14)  Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

15)  Julia Stone  ~  “Let’s Forget All The Things That We Say”

16)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “So Much Things To Say”

17)  Against The Current  ~  “Running With The Wild Things”  (A fantastic song by a dynamic new band!)

18)  Fanfarlo  ~  “Shiny Things”

19)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “The Little Things”

20)  Andy Mineo  ~  “Wild Things”

21)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Things I’ll Never Say”

22)  Joe Cocker  ~  “The Simple Things”

23)   India.Arie  ~  “Little Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “1,000 Things”

25)  Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin  ~  “Things”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 2

If you liked the first volume of this miniseries of Songs About "Things," there's lots more to entertain you in this set. If you missed the first post, you can tune in here. But we're not done yet. One final set of "Things" songs tomorrow. Enjoy! ~  JH

1)  10cc  ~  “The Things We Do For Love”

2)  Gungor  ~  “Beautiful Things”

3)  Babyface  ~  “Sorry For The Stupid Things”

4)  Meiko  ~  “Bad Things”

5)  Ben Howard  ~  “Small Things”

6)  Terri Clark  ~  “Better Things To Do”

7)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Little Things”

8)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “1,000 Things”

9)  Elevation Worship  ~  “All Things New”

10)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

11)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Things That Hide Away”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “The Things I Regret”

13)  Yankee Grey  ~  “All Things Considered”

14)  Amy Grant  ~  “Simple Things” 

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Seeing Things”

16)  Anastacia  ~  “Stupid Little Things”

17)  Relient K  ~  “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, & Things Like Chemistry”

18)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Beautiful Things”

19)  Tired Pony  ~  “All Things At Once”

20)  t.A.T.u.  ~  “All The Things She Said”

21)  Robin Thicke  ~  “The Stupid Things”

22)  Mavis Staples  ~  “I Like The Things About Me”

23)   Dawes  ~  “Things Happen”

24)  Rosi Golan  ~  “A Lot Of Things”

25)  dc Talk  ~  “Things Of This World”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 1

How could such a simple idea – such as gathering a collection of songs with the word "Things" (not "Thing," mind you) in their titles – turn out to be so much fun? I don't know, but it did. There were so many good songs I had to break it up into three posts. Stick with me on these – you won't regret it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Wild Things”

2)  blink-182  ~  “All The Small Things”

3)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Mountains O’ Things”

4)  George Harrison  ~  “All Things Must Pass”

5)  Lily Allen  ~  “Little Things”

6)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, & Other Things”

7)  Sarah McMillan  ~  “Glorious Things”

8)  Bastille  ~  “Things We Lost In The Fire”

9)  Little Boots  ~  “Get Things Done”

10)  Bush  ~  “Little Things”

11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Things”

12)  Neon Trees  ~  “First Things First”

13)  Emmy Rossum  ~  “These Foolish Things”

14)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  “Things Are Changin’”

15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Terrible Things”

16)  Jamison Ross Band  ~  “These Things You Are To Me”

17)  Hayley Westenra  ~  “All Things Bright And Beautiful”

18)  Blue October  ~  “Things We Don’t Know About”

19)  Simple Minds ft. Sarah Brown  ~  “Book Of Brilliant Things”

20)  Counting Crows  ~  “Kid Things”

21)  Pebbles  ~  “Love Makes Things Happen”

22)  Gary Moore  ~  “Shapes Of Things”

23)   Eisley  ~  “Marvelous Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “3 Things”

25)  San Cisco  ~  “Wild Things”