"28" Songs

Today marks the 28-week mark of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter. So here's 28 songs with the number "28" or "Twenty-Eight" somewhere in their titles or lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers  ~  "Matthew 28"

2)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Meet Me By The River's Edge"

3)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Estranged"

4)  Tears For Fears  ~  "Closest Thing To Heaven"

5)  Feeder  ~  "Side By Side"

6)  Blondie  ~  "I'm On E"

7)  John Anderson  ~  "Money In The Bank"

8)  Richard Smallwood with Vision  ~  "It's Working (Romans 8:28) / Call The Lord!"

9)  Guy Sebastian  ~  "Perfection"

10)  Classified ft. Maestro Fresh Wes  ~  "Hard To Be Hip-Hop"

11)  Patrick Wolf  ~  "To The Lighthouse"

12)  B.B. King  ~  "You Upset Me, Baby"

13)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Homecoming Queen"

14)  The Angels  ~  "Coming Down"

15)  Clay Walker  ~  "Where Do I Fit In The Picture?"

16)  The Weeknd  ~  "Twenty-Eight"

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17)  Faith Hill  ~  "Someone Else's Dream"

18)  Beseech  ~  "Sunset 28"

19)  Natalie Merchant  ~  "If No One Ever Marries Me"

20)  Simple Minds  ~  "Real Life"

21)  Donna Summer  ~  "She Works Hard For The Money"

22)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Don't You Know You're Beautiful"

23)  Buck-O-Nine  ~  "Twenty-Eight Teeth"

24)  Saturday Night Live Cast  ~  "28 Reasons"

25)  Dream Theater  ~  "Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu"

26)  Styx  ~  "A.D. 1928 / Rockin' The Paradise"

27)  Lorene Scafaria  ~  "28"

28)  John Craigie  ~  "Twenty-Eight"

Songs For The New Year

Well, well, well...Starting and maintaining a dedicated music blog has been fun so far. I think I'll keep it up. Here's a collection of "New Year" songs for...well, the new year. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ABBA  ~  "Happy New Year"

2)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "The New Year"

3)  The Breeders  ~  "New Year"

4)  Van Morrison  ~  "Celtic New Year"

5)  Sugababes  ~  "New Year"

6)  U2  ~  "New Year's Day"

7)  Asa  ~  "New Year"

8)  Hurts  ~  "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day"

9)  First Aid Kit  ~  "New Year's Eve"

10)  A Great Big World  ~  "This Is The New Year"

11)  Camera Obscura  ~  "New Year's Resolution"

12)  The Walkmen  ~  "In The New Year"

13)  Diana Krall  ~  "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

14)  Barry Manilow  ~  "It's Just Another New Year's Eve"

15)  Carole King  ~  "New Year's Day"

16)  Cliff Richard  ~  "This New Year"

17)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Queen Of The New Year"

18)  Chris Rice  ~  "New Year Song"

19)  Skrillex  ~  "First Of The Year"

20)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)"

Songs About Church…But Not Really

Here's a collection of songs that at first glance appear to be about church, but for the most part really aren't. Where do I get all these strange ideas from? I don't know. It's probably best not to ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  "Take Me To Church"

2)  T-Pain ft. Teddy Verseti  ~  "Church"

3)  Little Big Town  ~  "Little White Church"

4)  The Dear Hunter  ~  "The Church And The Dime"

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  "Get Me To The Church On Time"

6)  Culture Club  ~  "Church Of The Poison Mind"

7)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "Take Me To Church"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Church Of Your Heart"

9)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Church Clothes"

10)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Church Mouth"

11)  Lyle Lovett and His Large Band  ~  "Church"

12)  Green Day  ~  "Church On Sunday"

13)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "Mother Church"

14)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Electric Church Red House"

15)  Alan Jackson & Patty Loveless  ~  "Monday Morning Church"

16)  Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern  ~  "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)"

17)  The Miracles Club  ~  "Church Song"

18)  The Streets  ~  "Never Went To Church"

19)  The Willows  ~  "Church Bells May Ring"

20)  Ben Harper and The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  "Church House Steps"

"27" Songs

Today is Christmas. Today also marks the beginning of Week 27 of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter, whose arrival seems much nearer than it once did. In honor of that, here's a collection of songs with the number "27" either in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Faith Hill  ~  "The Lucky One"

2)  Passenger  ~  "Twenty-Seven"

3)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  "Hard"

4)  Matt Redman & LZ7  ~  "Twenty-Seven Million"

5)  Doris Day  ~  "The Deadwood Stage"

6)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Let It Ride"

7)  GLEE Cast  ~  "Getting Married Today"

8)  Daughtry  ~  "Long Live Rock & Roll"

9)  Katy Perry  ~  "By The Grace Of God"

10)  Tenth Avenue North ft. Derek Minor & KB  ~  "For Those Who Can't Speak"

11)  The Cardigans  ~  "Communication"

12)  Sawyer Brown  ~  "Travelin' Band"

13)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Red Dirt Girl"

14)  Status Quo  ~  "Spinning Wheel Blues"

15)  Erasure  ~  "Breathe"

16)  Bob Dorough  ~  "Three Is A Magic Number"

17)  Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  "AF607105"

18)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "The Vigil"

19)  KB ft. Jasmine Le'Shea  ~  "Heart Song"

20)  Green Day  ~  "Amy"

21)   The Shins  ~  "Port Of Morrow"

22)  Johnny Cash  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"

23)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)"

24)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Tower Of Song"

25)  The Pogues & The Dubliners  ~  "The Irish Rover"

26)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  "Billy Austin"

27)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Lather"