Songs By Elemental Artists, Vol. 3: Air

If you're one of the few who's been checking these out, by now you know the deal. If not, these are songs by bands with one of the 4 Classical Elements in their names. We've already done Earth and Water, so here's Air. All that's left is Fire. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Air Supply  ~  "All Out Of Love"

2)  Air  ~  "La Femme D'Argent"

3)  Air Traffic Controller  ~  "Hurry Hurry"

4)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Somebody To Love" / "White Rabbit"

5)  Pacific Air  ~  "Float"

6)  Rare Air  ~  "New Swing Reel"

7)  Curved Air  ~  "Melinda (More Or Less)"

8)  Angels And Airwaves  ~  "The Adventure"

9)  Air Formation  ~  "Low December Sun"

10)  Air Castles  ~  "Gold"

Songs By Elemental Artists, Vol. 2: Water

Remember that series I started the other day – the one featuring songs by artists with the 4 Classical Elements in their names? Yeah, well, this is part 2 of that, featuring songs by bands with "Water" (in some form) in their names. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Roger Waters  ~  "Hello (I Love You)"

2)  Sweetwater  ~  "What's Wrong"

3)  Bodies Of Water  ~  "Rise Up, Careful"

4)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Mannish Boy"

5)  Hundred Waters  ~  "Cavity"

6)  Water Knot  ~  "Big Brother"

7)  Crystal Waters  ~  "100% Pure Love"

8)  Super Water Sympathy  ~  "Uh Oh!"

9)  Darkwater  ~  "Breathe"

10)  Ethel Waters  ~  "Am I Blue"

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11)  The Steepwater Band  ~  "Remember The Taker"

12)  Water Tower Bucket Boys  ~  "Meet Me Where The Crow Don't Fly"

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13)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Heard It Through The Grapevine"

14)  A Foot In Coldwater  ~  "(Make Me) Do Anything You Want"

15)  Jackson Waters  ~  "Come Undone"

13 Songs With "Thirteen" In The Title

In retrospect, the last few weeks of seemingly random posts featuring "10 Songs With 'Ten' In The Title," "11 Songs With Eleven In The Title," and "12 Songs With 'Twelve' In The Title" weren't so random after all. As of today, my wife Mary is 13 weeks pregnant. And now you know... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Johnny Cash   ~  "Thirteen"

2)  Big Star  ~  "Thirteen"

3)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Thirteen"

4)  A Silent Film  ~  "Thirteen Times The Strength"

5)  Elvis Costello  ~  "13 Steps Lead Down"

6)  Seatrain  ~  "13 Questions"

7)  Big Country  ~  "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)"

8)  Infidia  ~ "Thirteen"

9)  Stu Larsen  ~  "Thirteen Sad Farewells"

10)  Kate Meadley ft. Clare Bowditch ~  "Dear Me Thirteen"

11)  Bill Haley And His Comets  ~  "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)"

12)  Dillon  ~  "Thirteen Thirtyfive"

13)  Blue Man Group  ~  "Exhibit 13"

Songs By Elemental Artists, Vol. 1: Earth

According to wikipedia.org: "Many philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything can consist or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of everything are based." While the 4 Classical Elements vary slightly from one culture to another, the ones most widely recognized are Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. This 4-part miniseries will feature songs by bands with one (or more) of these 4 elements in their names. First up, "Earth" bands. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Manfred Mann's Earth Band  ~  "Blinded By The Light"

2)  Walk Off The Earth  ~  "Somebody That I Used To Know"  (Cover of Gotye & Kimbra's hit song)

3)  I Mother Earth  ~  "One More Astronaut"

4)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  "Boogie Wonderland"

5)  Iced Earth  ~  "When The Eagle Cries"

6)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  "Where Do My Bluebird Fly?"

7)  Rare Earth  ~  "Get Ready"

8)  Railroad Earth  ~  "Been Down This Road"

9)  Hooray For Earth  ~  "True Loves"

10)  We Fell To Earth  ~  "The Double"

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 15

Oh, yay, another volume of what's shaping up to an interminable though occasionally delightful blog post series. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  "Bruises"

Train ft. Ashley Monroe

vs.

Chairlift

2)  "Sirens"

Cher Lloyd

vs.

Pearl Jam

3)  "Automatic"

Miranda Lambert

vs.

Pointer Sisters

4)  "Peace"

O.A.R.

vs.

Depeche Mode

5)  "Wasted"

Carrie Underwood

vs.

Angus and Julia Stone

6)  "Secrets"

Mary Lambert*

vs.

OneRepublic

7)  "Shake It Off"

Taylor Swift

vs.

Mariah Carey

8)  "Bang Bang"

Danger Danger

vs.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj

vs.

Melanie Fiona

vs.

will.i.am

9)  "Words As Weapons"

Seether

vs.

Birdy

10)  "Maps"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

vs.

Maroon 5

* Apologies for the offensive word in the first verse, but this song was far too good otherwise not to include it here.