Friday, February 26, 2016

Songs About Blue Jeans

This post may or may not have been inspired by a recent comment thread on my pastor’s Facebook page (he’s currently doing a series called “The Gospel In Blue Jeans”). That being said, the songs and artists expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views or musical preferences of my pastor (who I am intentionally not naming here). But I'll bet he’s going to looovvveee the first song in this list. Haha! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Forever In Blue Jeans”




2)  Granger Smith  ~  “Bury Me In Blue Jeans”




3)  Train  ~  “Angel In Blue Jeans”




4)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Blue Jean Blues”




5)  Ladytron  ~  “Blue Jeans”




6)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans”




7)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Venus In Blue Jeans”




8)  David Bowie  ~  “Blue Jean”




9)  The Heathens  ~  “Dirty Jeans”




10)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “Walking In My Blue Jeans”




11)  David Dundas  ~  “Jeans On”




12)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Blue Jean Bop”




13)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Blue Jean Girl”




14)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”




15)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Blue Jeans”




16)  Peerless Quartet  ~  “Blue Jeans”




17)  Grace  ~  “Boyfriend Jeans”




18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts”




19)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Blue Denim”




20)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  ~  “Bluejeans And Moonbeams”


Thursday, February 25, 2016

“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 1

I got it into my head that I would post a set of songs with either the word "Sick" or "Tired" or both in their titles. Then I started finding too many good songs that qualified. Pretty soon, I had enough songs for not one, not two, but three posts. Yes, that's right – imagine that! – I got carried away with myself again. So this is the first post, and there will be two more. I'll spread 'em out a bit, so you don't get too...wait for it..."Sick" and "Tired" of them. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Flyleaf  ~  “I’m So Sick”




2)  Stone Sour  ~  “Tired”




3)  Oh Land  ~  “Earth Sick”




4)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Waking Up Tired”




5)  The Dø  ~  “Gonna Be Sick!”




6)  Al Green  ~  “Tired Of Being Alone”




7)  Ny  ~  “Sea Sick”




8)  The Exies  ~  “Tired Of You”




9)  Metric  ~  “Sick Muse”




10)  Ringside  ~  “Tired Of Being Sorry”




11)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Sick, Sick, Sick”




12)  The Lee Boys  ~  “I’m Not Tired”




13)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Sick Of Myself




14)  Status Quo  ~  “Are You Growing Tired Of My Love?”




15)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Love Sick”




16)  Carly Simon  ~  “Tired Of Being Blonde”




17)  Skillet  ~  “Sick Of It”




18)  Schiller ft. Jaël  ~  “Tired”




19)  Peace  ~  “Lovesick”




20)  Only You  ~  “Love Is Making Me Tired”




21)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  “Homesick”




22)  Alela Diane  ~  “Tired Feet”




23)  Egypt Central  ~  “You Make Me Sick”




24)  Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, & Iris DeMent  ~  “Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?”




25)  The Cardigans  ~  “Sick & Tired”


Wednesday, February 24, 2016

“Upper” & “Lower” Songs

Here's a pretty decent collection of songs with either the word "Upper" or "Lower" in their titles. Yes, another "Opposites" post. Because that's what I do. Among other things. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  AC/DC  ~  “Stiff Upper Lip”




2)  Moving Mountains  ~  “Cover The Roots, Lower The Stems”




3)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Upper Hand”




4)  Leon Somov & Jazzu  ~  “Lower Than The Ground”




5)  David Byrne & Les Misérables Brass Band  ~  “In The Upper Room”




6)  Danny Vera  ~  “Lower Than Low”




7)  Frozen Cast  ~  “Fixer Upper”




8)  Garda  ~  “Upper/Lower Water Course”




9)  Joie De Vivre  ~  “Upper Deck San Diego”




10)  Sunshine Factory  ~  “Lower Away”




11)  Larry Carlton  ~  “Upper Kern”




12)  Slash’s Snakepit  ~  “Lower”




13)  The Gatlin Brothers  ~  “In The Upper Room”




14)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “The Queen Of Lower Chelsea”




15)  Slydigs  ~  “Stiff Upper Lip”




16)  R.E.M.  ~  “Wolves, Lower”




17)  Siravo  ~  “The Upper Hand”




18)  BR549  ~  “Lower Broad Street Blues”




19)  Jake Shane  ~  “The Upper Sun”




20)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Let The Lower Lights Be Burning”


Tuesday, February 23, 2016

“Drop” Songs

Here's the other half of that 2-parter I started yesterday. Those were songs with "Lift" in the title, and these are songs that include the word "Drop" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “The Drop”




2)  The Sweeplings  ~  “Drop By Drop”




3)  Linkin Park  ~  “Devil’s Drop”




4)  The Dead Weather  ~  “Die By The Drop”




5)  Ron Pope  ~  “A Drop In The Ocean




6)  Joan Armatrading  ~  “Drop The Pilot”




7)  The Specials  ~  “Pressure Drop”




8)  Amaranthe  ~  “Drop Dead Cynical”




9)  Hit The Lights  ~  “Drop The Girl”




10)  Republica  ~  “Drop Dead Gorgeous”




11)  Dan + Shay  ~  “Stop Drop + Roll”




12)   Plumb  ~  “One Drop”




13)  Def Leppard  ~  “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)”




14)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Drop Your Guard”  (This girl was just 14 years old when she made this song/video a couple of years ago! 14! Un-flippin’-believable!)




15)  Bob Marley  ~  “One Drop / Zimbabwe / Get Up, Stand Up”




16)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Drop Dead Gorgeous”




17)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Drop Of Smoke”




18)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Hold It, Don’t Drop It”




19)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “Stop, Drop, And Roll”




20)  Laura Bell Bundy  ~  “Drop On By”




21)  Cracker  ~  “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out”




22)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Beauty School Drop-Out”




23)  Anya Marina  ~  “Drop Dead Blues”




24)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Bop ’Til You Drop”




25)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Drops In The Ocean”


Monday, February 22, 2016

“Lift” Songs

Here's a sorta-kinda, two-part "Opposites" miniseries. These are songs with the word "Lift" in their titles," and next time there will be songs with the word "Drop" in their titles. Because...I dunno why. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Hillsong Live  ~  “High And Lifted Up”




2)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Lift Me Up”




3)  Moby  ~  “Lift Me Up”




4)  Crowder ft. Tedashii  ~  “Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner”




5)  Geri Halliwell  ~  “Lift Me Up”




6)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “I Lift My Hands”




7)  Howard Jones  ~  “Lift Me Up”




8)  Reba McEntire  ~  “You Lift Me Up To Heaven / Only You”




9)  The Afters  ~  “Lift Me Up”




10)  Walk The Moon  ~  “I Can Lift A Car”




11)  Yes  ~  “Lift Me Up”




12)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Be Lifted High”




13)  Passion Pit  ~  “Lifted Up (1985)”




14)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You Wanna Give Me A Lift”




15)  Unspoken  ~  “Lift My Life Up”




16)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  “Love Lifted Me”




17)  Bobby Womack  ~  “Love Is Gonna Lift You Up”




18)  Hillsong United  ~  “Came To My Rescue (Be Lifted High)”




19)  Emmylou Harris & The Angel Band  ~  “If I Be Lifted Up”




20)  Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “Lifted”




21)  Rita Coolidge  ~  “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher”




22)  Dream Theater  ~  “Lifting Shadows Off A Dream”




23)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Lifting”




24)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Look How He Lifted Me”




25)  John Legend  ~  “Let’s Get Lifted”