Songs About Clowns

Let's start off our work week on a wonderfully creepy note, with a delightful collection of songs about everybody's favorite buffoon: the clown! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Pocket Of A Clown"

2)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters  ~  "Clown Strike"

3)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Clown"

4)  Placebo  ~  "Pierrot The Clown"

5)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "Dress Me Like A Clown"

6)  Shakira  ~  "Costume Makes The Clown"

7)  The Kinks  ~  "Death Of A Clown"

8)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tears Of A Clown"

9)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Cathy's Clown"

10)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "See The Funny Little Clown"

11)  Korn  ~  "Clown"

12)   Judy Garland  ~  "Be A Clown"

13)  Soprano  ~  "Clown"

14)  Chris Garneau  ~  "Dirty Night Clowns"

15)  Dame Judi Dench  ~  "Send In The Clowns"

16)  Manfred Mann  ~  "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"

17)  Beecake  ~  "The Clown"

18)  Kathy Mattea  ~  "Clown In Your Rodeo"

19)  Jack Johnson & G. Love  ~  "Rodeo Clowns"

20)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Clowns Of Death"

21)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Shoot All The Clowns"

22)  Wolfgang  ~  "Cast Of Clowns"

23)  Spelling Nadja  ~  "Cloning Clowns"

24)  Edguy  ~  "All The Clowns"

25)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Clowns"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Self Control"

This final entry in the "Fruits of the Spirit" was dogging me, too, making it all but impossible to compile. Finally, I made a breakthrough and came up with more songs than I could use, actually. I tried to narrow it down to the best of the best. While you won't find the phrase "self control" in the titles of these songs (and most often, not in the lyrics either), the spirit and attitude of "self control" as a virtue, or "fruit" as it were, permeates each song in this collection. Did I mention that there are some really great songs here? Because there are. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sanctus Real  ~  "I'm Not Alright"

2)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "Worlds Apart"

3)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "My Desire"

4)  GS Megaphone  ~  "Use Me"

5)  Skillet  ~  "Monster"

6)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Courageous"

7)  Relient K  ~  "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"

8)  Tedashii  ~  "Make War"

9)  Third Day  ~  "Cry Out To Jesus"

10)  Plumb  ~  "Smoke"

11)  Matt Redman  ~  "Never Once"

12)  Hillsong Live  ~  "From The Inside Out"

13)  DC Talk  ~  "In The Light"

14)  Trip Lee ft. J. Paul  ~  "Fallin'"

15)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Slow Fade"

16)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "The Way I Am"

17)  Fireflight  ~  "Unbreakable"

18)  116 ft. KB, PRo, Tedashii, & Andy Mineo  ~  "Temptation"

19)  Matt Maher ft. Audrey Assad  ~  "Lord, I Need You"

20)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  "The Struggle"

21)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "How Can It Be"

22)  Pillar  ~  "Further From Myself"

23)  Disciple  ~  "Dear X, You Don't Own Me"

24)  KB ft. Swoope, Trip Lee, & Jai  ~  "Open Letter (Battlefield)"

25)  Love & The Outcome  ~  "He Is With Us"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Humility"

This entry in my "Fruits of the Spirit" series was one of the hardest of all of them. Various Bible translations use the words "gentleness," "meekness," or "humility" to describe this "fruit." Well, there almost no songs that directly speak of gentleness and very few that cover meekness – shocking, I know. But I found that there are quite a few songs that – in their lyrics or merely in their themes – deal with the subject of "Humility." So that was the tack I took with this one. And a fine set of songs it is, too! I truly hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Graham Kendrick  ~  "Meekness & Majesty"

2)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Audience Of One"

3)  Colton Dixon  ~  "More Of You"

4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~   "Martyrs & Thieves"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yes, I DO know she identifies as a lesbian now. But that fact does not lessen the truth or the message of this song, which Jennifer wrote several years ago when she was then identifying as a Christian musician.)

5)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"

6)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Unending Love"

7)  Christafari  ~  "Here I Am To Worship"

8)  Israel Houghton  ~  "I Surrender All"

9)  Austin Chamberlin & Lauren Zielenski  ~  "All I Am"  (This is a lovely cover version of a Phil Wickham song, for which I couldn't find a music video.)

10)  Hillsong Live  ~  "To Be Like You"

11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Surrender"

12)  Flame ft. J.R.  ~  "Tonight (All Of Me)"

13)  Hillsong United  ~  "Like An Avalanche"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Being Small"

15)  Chris Sligh  ~  "Empty Me"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Narrow Road"

17)  Leeland  ~  "Holy Spirit, Have Your Way"

18)  Flame ft. V. Rose  ~  "Surrender"

19)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Lay Me Down"

20)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You"

21)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  "Have Your Way"

22)  FFH  ~  "Wholly To You"

23)  Seventh Day Slumber  ~  "Surrender"

24)  Rend Collective  ~  "All That I Am"

25)  Hillsong Live  ~  "I Surrender"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Faithfulness" (Part 2)

Here's the second half of my earlier post, part of my ongoing "Fruits of the Spirit" series featuring songs about "Faithfulness." I would say "enjoy," but I know if you listen to them you will anyway.  ~  JH

1)  Chapelhill Music  ~  "Faithful God"

2)  Skillet  ~  "More Faithful"

3)  Rend Collective  ~  "Faithful"

4)  Steve Green  ~  "The Faithful"

5)  Greg Sykes  ~  "Faithful"

6)  Shawn McDonald  ~  "Faithful"

7)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker  ~  "You Are Faithful"

8)  Brooke Fraser  ~  "Faithful"

9)  Brian Doerksen  ~  "Faithful Father"

10)  Beth Jesus ft. Sonnie Badu  ~  "Faithful God"

11)  UMobile Worship  ~  "Our God Is Faithful"

12)  Kutless  ~  "What Faith Can Do"

13)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Give Me Faith"

14)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "Walk By Faith"

15)  Bethel Music ft. Bobby Strand  ~  "He Is Faithful"

16)  Byron Cage  ~  "Faithful To Believe"

17)  Plumb  ~  "Faithful"

18)  Johnny Minick  ~  "Faithful Man"

19)  Tanya Felli  ~  "Faithful"

20)  Newborn Music  ~  "Faithful God"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Faithfulness" (Part 1)

So...there were way too many good ones of these for just one post. So this is a two-parter. It's "Fruits of the Spirit" songs about "Faithfulness." Ready... set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Selah  ~  "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"

2)  Jon Thurlow  ~  "Your Faithfulness"

3)  Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir  ~  "He's Been Faithful"

4)  Sarah Reeves  ~  "Faithful"

5)  Hawk Nelson  ~  "Faithful"

6)  Newsong  ~  "Faithful"

7)  VaShawn Mitchell  ~  "Faithful"

8)  Victory Worship  ~  "Faithful"

9)  Bethel Music ft. Amy Miller  ~  "You Are Faithful"

10)  AMP  ~  "Faithful"

11)  Anna Sailors  ~  "He's Always Been Faithful"

12)  Gateway Worship ft. Zach Neese  ~  "Faithful God"

13)  Jesus Culture ft. Bryan Torwalt  ~  "He Is Faithful"

14)  Donnie McClurkin  ~  "I Call You Faithful"

15)  Steve Green  ~  "Find Us Faithful"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You Are Faithful"

17)  Third Day  ~  "O Come All Ye Faithful"

18)  Hezekiah Walker  ~  "Faithful Is Our God"

19)  Bethel Music ft. Amanda Cook  ~  "Faithful To Me"

20)  Justin Rizzo  ~  "Tree" / "Found Faithful"