Songs About Turning

It's Friday, the end of a long work week. I decided to keep it simple. Here's a dozen songs with either the word "Turn" or "Turning" in the titles. All the songs are by well-known artists or are fairly well-known songs in their own right. No fillers, no fluff. That is all. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Conor Maynard ft. Ne-Yo  ~  "Turn Around"

2)  Adele  ~  "Turning Tables"

3)  The Vapors  ~  "Turning Japanese"

4)  Rihanna  ~  "Wait Your Turn"

5)  The Black Keys  ~  "Turn Blue"

6)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "I Turn To You"

7)  Cher  ~  "If I Could Turn Back Time"

8)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Turn Off The Light"

9)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Turn On The Radio"

10)  Drowning Pool  ~  "Turn So Cold"

11)  Aqua  ~  "Turn Back Time"

12)  The Byrds  ~  "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

"Okay" Songs

These songs all have the word "Okay" (or its abbreviation, "OK") in their titles. That's the gimmick – nothing more, nothing less. That being said, many of the songs included herein are more than "okay" in quality, while some merely live up to their names. There's a healthy balance of well-known and lesser-known artists here, so give 'em all a fair chance. And please, do enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Be OK"

2)  Ashley Tisdale  ~  "It's Alright, It's OK"

3)  The Offspring  ~  "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?"

4)  Whitney Houston  ~  "It's Not Right, But It's Okay"

5)  Oh Honey  ~  "Be Okay"

6)  Eric Hutchinson  ~  "OK, It's Alright With Me"

7)  Vanessa Hudgens  ~  "Say OK"

8)  Atomic Kitten  ~  "It's OK!"

9)  McFly  ~  "I'll Be OK"

10)  Julia Stone  ~  "It's All Okay"

11)  Erin McCarley  ~  "Pony (It's OK)"

12)  The Afters  ~  "Never Going Back To OK"

13)  Cara Brandisi  ~  "Okay"

14)  Chrisette Michelle  ~  "Be OK"

15)  BeBe & CeCe Winans  ~  "It's O.K."

16)  Heathers  ~  "It's Alright Not To Feel OK"

17)  Isabelle Amé  ~  "It's OK"

18)  Holy Ghost!  ~  "Okay"

19)  Aurea  ~  "Okay Alright"

20)  Sarah  ~  "Okay"  (This song sounds great, but it's in Danish. So, for all I know, she could be singing about frog hysterectomies…or something even MORE random!)

...Totally Sounds Like...

Here's a post that's likely to stir up a bit of controversy among my fellow music enthusiasts. This is a collection of songs by pairs of bands/artists who, in my opinion, sound very similar to each other, either musically or vocally, and often both. You are, of course, entitled to disagree with me – in fact, I welcome your input as to whether you think I'm spot-on or way off-base. Feel free to offer some of your own examples of sound-alike bands, as I may do another one of these posts at some point. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  The specific song for each artist below is not necessarily a sound-alike for the song of the sound-alike artist, although sometimes that is the case. The songs included here are merely examples of what the band or artist sounds like, primarily for the benefit of those who are not familiar with their music.

Seether  ("Remedy")

totally sounds like...

Nirvana  ("Come As You Are")

Rixton  ("Me And My Broken Heart")

totally sounds like...

Maroon 5  ("She Will Be Loved")

Mat Kearney  ("Nothing Left To Lose")

totally sounds like...

Counting Crows  ("A Long December")

Needtobreathe  ("Girl Named Tennessee")

totally sounds like...

Kings Of Leon  ("Use Somebody")

Fall Out Boy  ("The Phoenix")

totally sounds like...

Panic! At The Disco  ("The Ballad Of Mona Lisa")

Badfinger  ("Come And Get It")

totally sounds like...

The Beatles  ("Paperback Writer")

Gotye  ("Somebody That I Used To Know" ft. Kimbra)

totally sounds like...

The Police  ("Roxanne")

Godsmack  ("I Stand Alone")

totally sounds like...

Alice In Chains  ("I Stay Away")

MIKA  ("Lollipop")

totally sounds like...

Queen  ("Another One Bites The Dust")

Muse  ("Resistance")

totally sounds like...

Coldplay  ("Viva La Vida")

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 3

I won't promise that this will be the last volume in this series, because I tend to get carried away with myself and wear out my welcome. So I'll just say this: Here's 10 more song titles with 2 completely different songs for each. Take a listen, pick your favorite for each title, and post them in the comments here or wherever you saw the link for this blog.  Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  "Bulletproof"

La Roux

vs.

Raheem DeVaughn ft. Ludacris

2)  "Diamonds"

Herb Alpert ft. Janet Jackson

vs.

Rihanna

3)  "Runaway"

Del Shannon

vs.

The Corrs

4)  "Baby Love"

Nicole Scherzinger ft. will.i.am

vs.

The Supremes

5)  "Holiday"

Green Day

vs.

The Kinks

6)  "Cry Me A River"

Julie London

vs.

Justin Timberlake

7)  "Because Of You"

Kelly Clarkson

vs.

98°

8)  "Candy Man"

Mary Jane Girls

vs.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

9)  "Alive"

Goldfrapp

vs.

P.O.D.

10)  "Breathe"

Collective Soul

vs.

The Prodigy