Valentine's Day Songs, Vol. 2

Need more love songs up in here? I got more love songs up in here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Luther Vandross ft. Mariah Carey  ~  "Endless Love"

2)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "A Thousand Miles"

3)  Extreme  ~  "More Than Words"

4)  The Bangles  ~  "Eternal Flame"

5)  Savage Garden  ~  "Truly Madly Deeply"

6)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "True Colors"

7)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

8)  Céline Dion  ~  "The Power Of Love"

9)  Aerosmith  ~  "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"

10)  Faith Hill  ~  "Breathe"

11)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Just The Way You Are"

12)  Madonna  ~ "Crazy For You"

13)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Wonderful Tonight"

14)  Kina Grannis  ~  "Valentine"

15)  Chris de Burgh  ~  "Lady In Red"

16)  Journey  ~  "Faithfully"

Valentine's Day Songs, Vol. 1

OK, here's your soundtrack. (You're welcome.) Now the rest is up to you!  ~  JH

1)  Shania Twain  ~  "From This Moment On"

2)  Edwin McCain  ~  "I'll Be"

3)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Save The Best For Last"

4)  Joe Cocker  ~  "You Are So Beautiful"

5)  Céline Dion  ~  "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"

6)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  "Love Is All Around"

7)  Berlin  ~  "Take My Breath Away"

8)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)"

9)  Norah Jones  ~  "Don't Know Why"

10)  Joshua Kadison  ~  "Beautiful In My Eyes"

11)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Vision Of Love"

12)  All-4-One  ~  "I Can Love Like You That"

13)  Sinéad O'Connor  ~  "Nothing Compares 2 U"

14)  Lonestar  ~  "Amazed"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Again"

Songs About Goats

Don't ask. And I won't tell. Just revel in the weirdness...  ~  JH

1)  Angela Froschauer  ~  "Danse de la chèvre"  ("Dance of the Goat")

2)  Rufus Tree  ~  "Goat Song"

3)  Texas Trailhands  ~  "Get Your Goat"

4)  The Benevento-Russo Duo  ~  "My Pet Goat"

5)  The Frogs  ~  "I'm Sad, My Goat Just Died Today"

6)  Raymond & Annette Crooke  ~  "The Goat Song"

7)  Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows  ~  "The Goat"

8)  The Wolfetones  ~  "The Peeler And The Goat"

9)  The Sound Of Music Cast  ~  "The Lonely Goatherd"

10)  Taryn Southern  ~  "Where Is My Goat?"

"Above" & "Beyond" Songs

Okay, so maybe this isn't my best "Opposites" music post ever. There are some really good songs here, and there are a few mediocre ones. Maybe it isn't even technically an "Opposites" post. Whatever it is, here it is. Enjoy!   ~  JH

1)  Ben Folds  ~  "From Above"

2)  Celleste  ~  "Beyond Words"

3)  Ali K  ~  "Before The Throne Of God Above"

4)  Rachel Luttrell  ~  "Beyond The Night"

5)  Mishka  ~  "Above The Bones"

6)  Saxon  ~  "Beyond The Grave"

7)  Seether  ~  "Rise Above This"

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

9)  Aaron Childree  ~  "Above The Norm"

10)  Petra  ~  "Beyond Belief"

11)  Sister Rosetta Tharpe  ~  "Up Above My Head"

12)  R.E.M.  ~  "The Great Beyond"

13)  Michael W. Smith  ~  "Above All"

14)  The Glitch Mob  ~  "Beyond Monday"

15)  Reeve Carney ft. Bono & The Edge  ~  "Rise Above 1"

16)  Bobby Darin  ~  "Beyond The Sea"

17)  Finger Eleven  ~  "Above"

18)  Madness  ~  "One Step Beyond"

19)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Above The Clouds"

20)  Enigma  ~  "Beyond The Invisible"

Popular Songs Of 1984

And now we reach the music of my generation. This is hardly a comprehensive list*, but I think it's a very good collection of popular songs, all of which were released in 1984. Hard to believe some of these songs are 30 years old. It seems like only yesterday! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson  ~  "Say Say Say"

2)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Time After Time"

3)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Hello"

4)  Deniece Williams  ~  "Let's Hear It For The Boy"

5)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  "Ghostbusters"

6)  Pointer Sisters  ~  "Jump (For My Love)"

7)  Culture Club  ~  "Karma Chameleon"

8)  Nena  ~  "99 Luftballons"

9)  John Waite  ~  "Missing You"

10)  Eurythmics  ~  "Here Comes The Rain Again"

11)  The Romantics  ~  "Talking In Your Sleep"

12)  Bananarama  ~  "Cruel Summer"

13)  Thompson Twins  ~  "Hold Me Now"

14)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  "Islands In The Stream"

15)  Rockwell  ~  "Somebody's Watching Me"

16)  Pat Benatar  ~  "We Belong"

17)  The Cars  ~  "You Might Think"

18)  Mike Reno & Ann Wilson  ~  "Almost Paradise"

19)  Billy Joel  ~  "Uptown Girl"

20)  Night Ranger  ~  "Sister Christian"

21)  Corey Hart  ~  "Sunglasses At Night"

22)  Genesis  ~  "That's All"

23)  Chicago  ~  "Hard Habit To Break"

24)   Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson  ~  "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Thriller"

*Apologies to Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It?", Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)", Van Halen's "Jump", and Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You", all of which were hit songs released in 1984 that I've posted on this blog recently. Some of the songs I did include ARE repeats, but were previously posted much longer ago than the ones mentioned above.