Thursday, May 19, 2016

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 2

If you liked the first volume of this miniseries of Songs About "Things," there's lots more to entertain you in this set. If you missed the first post, you can tune in here. But we're not done yet. One final set of "Things" songs tomorrow. Enjoy! ~  JH



1)  10cc  ~  “The Things We Do For Love”




2)  Gungor  ~  “Beautiful Things”




3)  Babyface  ~  “Sorry For The Stupid Things”




4)  Meiko  ~  “Bad Things”




5)  Ben Howard  ~  “Small Things”




6)  Terri Clark  ~  “Better Things To Do”




7)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Little Things”




8)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “1,000 Things”




9)  Elevation Worship  ~  “All Things New”




10)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”




11)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Things That Hide Away”




12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “The Things I Regret”




13)  Yankee Grey  ~  “All Things Considered”




14)  Amy Grant  ~  “Simple Things” 




15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Seeing Things”




16)  Anastacia  ~  “Stupid Little Things”




17)  Relient K  ~  “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, & Things Like Chemistry”




18)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Beautiful Things”




19)  Tired Pony  ~  “All Things At Once”




20)  t.A.T.u.  ~  “All The Things She Said”



21)  Robin Thicke  ~  “The Stupid Things”




22)  Mavis Staples  ~  “I Like The Things About Me”




23)   Dawes  ~  “Things Happen”




24)  Rosi Golan  ~  “A Lot Of Things”




25)  dc Talk  ~  “Things Of This World”


Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 1

How could such a simple idea – such as gathering a collection of songs with the word "Things" (not "Thing," mind you) in their titles – turn out to be so much fun? I don't know, but it did. There were so many good songs I had to break it up into three posts. Stick with me on these – you won't regret it. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Wild Things”




2)  blink-182  ~  “All The Small Things”




3)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Mountains O’ Things”




4)  George Harrison  ~  “All Things Must Pass”




5)  Lily Allen  ~  “Little Things”




6)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, & Other Things”




7)  Sarah McMillan  ~  “Glorious Things”




8)  Bastille  ~  “Things We Lost In The Fire”




9)  Little Boots  ~  “Get Things Done”




10)  Bush  ~  “Little Things”




11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Things”




12)  Neon Trees  ~  “First Things First”




13)  Emmy Rossum  ~  “These Foolish Things”




14)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  “Things Are Changin’”




15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Terrible Things”




16)  Jamison Ross Band  ~  “These Things You Are To Me”




17)  Hayley Westenra  ~  “All Things Bright And Beautiful”




18)  Blue October  ~  “Things We Don’t Know About”




19)  Simple Minds ft. Sarah Brown  ~  “Book Of Brilliant Things”




20)  Counting Crows  ~  “Kid Things”




21)  Pebbles  ~  “Love Makes Things Happen”




22)  Gary Moore  ~  “Shapes Of Things”




23)   Eisley  ~  “Marvelous Things”




24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “3 Things”




25)  San Cisco  ~  “Wild Things”


Tuesday, May 17, 2016

“Amateur” & “Professional” Songs

We're back to doing "Opposites" posts again? Yep. So...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nada Surf  ~  “Amateur”



2)  Tori Amos  ~  “Professional Widow”




3)  Hallelujah The Hills  ~  “Amateurs”




4)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “He Was A Professional”




5)  Aimee Mann  ~  “Amateur”




6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Professional Jealousy”




7)  The DDP Project  ~  “Amateur”




8)  Looptroop Rockers  ~  “Professional Dreamers”




9)  Sparks  ~  “Amateur Hour”




10)  The Looters  ~  “Join The Professionals”




11)  The Eyes In The Heat  ~  “Amateur”




12)  Emika  ~  “Professional Loving”




13)  Molotov  ~  “Amateur (Rock Me Amadeus)”




14)  The Ropes  ~  “Professional Outsiders”




15)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Amateur Hour”




16)  The ACBs  ~  “Be Professional”




17)  Slim Whitman  ~  “An Amateur In Love”




18)  The Weeknd  ~  “Professional / What You Need”




19)  Joris Roelofs ft. Matt Penman & Ted Poor  ~  “Amateur Dentist”




20)  Muppet Treasure Island Cast  ~  “Professional Pirate”


Monday, May 16, 2016

Songs Of Belonging, Vol. 2

What's that you say? Still don't feel a sense of belonging, even after my last post? Well, here's a second (and final) dose of Songs of Belonging. What are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Longing To Belong”




2)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “I Belong To Me”




3)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “I Know Where I Belong”




4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “We Belong Together”




5)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  “We Belong Together”




6)  Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes  ~  “Up Where We Belong”




7)  R.E.M.  ~  “We All Go Back To Where We Belong”




8)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  “You’re Where I Belong”




9)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “You Belong To Me”




10)  Holly Dunn  ~  “As Long As You Belong To Me”




11)  B.J. Thomas  ~  “Home Where I Belong”




12)  Chairlift  ~  “I Belong In Your Arms”




13)  Michael McDonald  ~  “You Belong To Me”




14)  Caro Emerald  ~  “I Belong To You”




15)  Groucho Marx  ~  “Stay Down Here Where You Belong”




16)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Together We Belong”




17)  Buddy Greene  ~  “I Don’t Belong (Sojourner’s Song)”




18)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “Back Where You Belong”




19)  Emerson Drive  ~  “Belongs To You”




20)  Dorothy Dandridge  ~  “My Heart Belongs To Daddy”




21)  Air Supply  ~  “This Heart Belongs To Me”




22)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Ev’rything I’ve Got (Belongs To You)”




23)   Bee Gees  ~  “Someone Belonging To Someone”




24)  Kathryn Scott  ~  “I Belong”




25)  38 Special  ~  “Back Where You Belong”


Friday, May 13, 2016

Songs Of Belonging, Vol. 1

If we're honest, we all feel a sense of belonging. Our heart's desire is to belong to someone, to something – to be part of and not apart from. These songs, and the songs that follow in Vol. 2, speak to that feeling. While each song has the word "Belong" or some  form of it in its title, the overarching theme of belonging is also ever-present. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Building 429  ~  “Where I Belong”




2)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Belong To You”




3)  Joshua Radin  ~  “Belong”




4)  Taylor Swift  ~  “You Belong With Me”




5)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  “Belong”




6)  Beth Hart  ~  “Tell Her You Belong To Me”




7)  R.E.M.  ~  “Belong”




8)  Pat Benatar  ~  “We Belong”




9)  Plain White T’s  ~  “You Belong”




10)  Aqua  ~  “We Belong To The Sea”




11)  Bryan Adams  ~  “You Belong To Me”




12)  Faith Hill  ~  “Baby You Belong”




13)  Glenn Frey  ~  “You Belong To The City”




14)  Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”




15)  Jack Savoretti  ~  “Back Where I Belong”




16)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Where I Belong / Expensive”




17)  Linkin Park  ~  “Somewhere I Belong”




18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “I Belong To You”




19)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “I Belong To You”




20)  Anita Baker  ~  “You Belong To Me”




21)  Derek Johnson  ~  “I Belong To You”




22)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “What Doesn’t Belong To Me”




23)   Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “You Belong To Me”




24)  Kim Wilde  ~  “The Light Of The Moon (Belongs To Me)”




25)  Switchfoot  ~  “Where I Belong”