More Songs By Artists With Names Of The First 10 People Who "Liked" My Facebook Status

This isn't the first time I've done a gimmicky post like this (it's the second time), and it probably won't be the last either. For those lucky 10 (well, 11) of you who responded, these songs are for you. For everybody else, these songs are not for you, but feel free to enjoy them vicariously through others!  ~  JH

1)  David Hasselhoff  ~  "True Survivor"  (David H., your prize is a song by the one and only "The Hoff"! You lucky dog, you!)

2)  Ruth Lorenzo  ~  "Dancing In The Rain"  (Mrs. Ruth, I don't understand all of what this lady's singing during the verses, but it sure does sound pretty, doesn't it?)

3)  Jan Howard  ~  "I Never Once Stopped Loving You"  (Jan, this one was challenging. A lot of European artists with the name Jan are guys – probably pronounced YON. But eventually I found you a lady singer. Enjoy?)

4)  Penny McLean  ~  "Lady Bump"  (Did I promise anywhere here that the songs I picked would be good? Because this one kind of isn't…on any level. But it's disco. And no one else's song is – so you should feel special, Penny! Or something like that…)

5)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "Trust In You"  (I had to chase that last "song" with one of actual quality – and this one IS! This particular Lauren is one of my new favorite Christian artists!)

6)  David Crowder*Band  ~  "How He Loves"  (Back-to-back favorites here. I must like you or something, cousin David!)

7)  Martina McBride  ~  "How Far"  (Was there really any other Martina that I was going to include here? Not a chance! Hope you like it, Martina-that-I-know!)

8)  Racheal GreyCloud  ~  "Talk To Me In Touch"  (Yours is an unusual spelling of the name, Racheal, so this was a tough one, too. But I found one, by Jove!)

9)  Don Omar ft. Lucenzo  ~  "Danza Kuduro"  (Because you're my best bud, Don, I know I can get away with posting this crappy song which inexplicably has nearly 700 million views on YouTube. I have no idea what the lyrics mean – they could be explicit as all-get-out for all I know, but here it is anyway.)

10)  Kevin Fowler  ~  "Beer Season"  (Kevin W., this one was a no-brainer. You like beer, and here's a whole song about it. Sorry it's a country song…but still.)

11)  BONUS TRACK:  Jason Bonham Band  ~  "Wait For You"  (Jason M., you were a tad tardy in joining the "Like" party, but because we share the awesomest first name ever, I'm cutting you some slack and giving you the "bonus track." You're welcome.)

Songs With "Title" In The Title

From the Department of Redundancy Department, I present a collection of songs with the word "Title" in their titles. Don't ask why – just enjoy some good songs. And the occasional mediocre one, too.  ~  JH

1)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Title And Registration"

2)  Butch Walker  ~  "Temporary Title"

3)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Working Titles"

4)  Canadian Softball  ~  "The Distance Between You And Me Is Longer Than The Title Of This Song"

5)  Brian Eno  ~  "Another Title"

6)  Acollective  ~  "Working Title"

7)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Title Song"

8)  André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra  ~  "Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)"

9)  Snowclone  ~  "Working Title"

10)  Vestal Goodman, Michael English, & Johnny Minick  ~  "I Hold A  Clear Title"

11)  Case Mayfield  ~  "The Title"

12)  Romans  ~  "Working Title"

13)  Jonathan Rowden Group  ~  "Title"

14)  The New Christy Minstrels  ~  "No Title"

15)  Bleach Blonde  ~  "Working Title"

16)  Darrell Scott  ~  "Title Of The Song"

17)  Browsing Collection  ~  "Working On The Title"

18)  Ray Sharp  ~  "Title Wave"

19)  Shaun Cromwell  ~  "Working Title"

20)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Title Track"

"Naked" Songs

Merriam-Webster provides a wide variety of definitions for the word "naked." The most common meaning is "not covered by clothing." However, "naked" can also mean "lacking embellishment," "unarmed [or] defenseless," "devoid of concealment or disguise," as well as "unaided by any optical device or instrument." These secondary definitions of "naked" abound in the lyrics of these songs. Indeed, despite its title, this post is about as "PG" as it gets. Sorry to disappoint some of you. And I'm glad I didn't let the rest of you down. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Naked Eye"

2)  DEV ft. Enrique Iglesias  ~  "Naked"

3)  Iron and Wine  ~  "Naked As We Came"

4)  Tully On Tully  ~  "Naked"

5)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Naked"

6)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Naked"

7)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Naked"

8)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Naked Without You"

9)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Naked And Famous"

10)  Chynna Phillips  ~  "Naked And Sacred"

11)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Naked In The Rain"

12)  Van Morrison  ~  "Naked In The Jungle"

13)  Sera Cahoone  ~  "Naked"

14)  Leonie Meijer  ~  "Naked"

15)  James Bonamy  ~  "Naked To The Pain"

16)  Jenny May  ~  "Naked"

17)  E.M.P.  ~  "The Naked I"

18)  Melanie Lynx  ~  "Naked Heart"

19)  Jennifer Love Hewitt  ~  "BareNaked"

Songs For The Seasons: Spring

I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but now that spring is almost over, it seems like a good time. I'll do a post for each of the seasons, but not until the season officially changes to the next one. In other words, "Summer" songs won't be far behind these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  John Butler Trio  ~  "Spring To Come"

2)  Morcheeba  ~  "I Am The Spring"

3)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring"

4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Spring"

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "A Father's First Spring"

6)  Chairlift  ~  "Frigid Spring"

7)  Status Quo  ~  "(April) Spring, Summer, And Wednesdays"

8)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "Tall Tales For Spring"

9)  Biz Markie  ~  "Spring Again"

10)  Donna Summer  ~  "Spring Affair"

11)  Chris Rea  ~  "Fires Of Spring"

12)  Tori Amos  ~  "Spring Haze"

13)  Greg Brown  ~  "Spring Wind"

14)  Court Yard Hounds ft. Jakob Dylan  ~  "See You In The Spring"

15)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Can't Stop The Spring"

16)  Shirley Jones  ~  "It Might As Well Be Spring"

17)  Tony Bennett  ~  "You Must Believe In Spring"

18)  k.d. lang  ~  "I Dream Of Spring"

19)  Erland & The Carnival ~  "Springtime"

20)  Carly Simon & Jimmy Webb  ~  "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year"

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Younger Than Springtime"

22)  Zero 7 ft. Only Girl  ~  "The Colour Of Spring"

23)  Johnny Horton  ~  "When It's Springtime In Alaska"

24)  Manhattan Transfer  ~  "Sing Joy Spring"

25)  Aphrodite's Child  ~  "Spring, Summer, Winter, & Fall"

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Triangles

Well, this is the last planned "Songs About Shapes" post in the series, unless I change my mind later. Although a cursory search lets me know that most of the other shapes haven't had nearly as many good songs written about them as Squares, Circles, and Triangles have. So this might be it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Luke Kelly & The Dubliners  ~  "The Auld Triangle"

2)  Weezer  ~  "Pink Triangle"

3)  Fever Ray  ~  "Triangle Walks"

4)  Hardwell  ~  "Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)"

5)  Logistics  ~  "Triangles"

6)  RaeLynn  ~  "Love Triangle"

7)  Jetstream  ~  "Triangle"

8)  Martial Solal ft. Daniel Humair & Jean-François Jenny-Clark  ~  "Triangle"

9)  Echosmith  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"

10)  Colours In The Street  ~  "Triangle"

11)  Test Icicles  ~  "Circle Square Triangle"

12)  Norma Jean, George McCormick, & Mack Magaha  ~  "Game Of Triangles"

13)  Prehistoric Friends  ~  "Bermuda Triangle"

14)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "I Love My Triangle"

15)  Diana King  ~  "Love Triangle"

16)  Sesame Street Cast  ~  "Triangle Song"

17)  Aqueous  ~  "Triangle"

18)  Philomena Begley  ~  "Tra Le La Le La Triangle"

19)  Dredg  ~  "Triangle"

20)  Evergrey  ~  "Mark Of The Triangle"

21)  HTRK  ~  "Love Triangle"

22)  The Brandos  ~  "The Triangle Fire"

23)  Felix Martin  ~  "The Triangle Tune"

24)  The Pillows  ~  "Paper Triangle"

25)  The Computers  ~  "Love Triangles, Hate Squares"

BONUS TRACK:  Frente!  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"  (This, to me, is the iconic version of this song, even though New Order [not featured here] was the original artist and up-and-coming band Echosmith – song #9 above – did an outstanding cover of it. But I couldn't NOT include Frente! here.)