“Ending” Songs, Vol. 1

And now we begin with the "Ending." I say "begin," because there's one more "Ending" after this. Until then, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Happy Ending”

2)  Limahl  ~  “The NeverEnding Story”

3)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “As If The World Wasn’t Ending”

4)  Sugarland  ~  “Happy Ending”

5)  Jukebox The Ghost  ~  “Made For Ending”

6)  Mushroomhead  ~  “Embrace The Ending”

7)  Car Seat Headrest  ~  “The Ending Of Dramamine”

8)  Melissa Manchester  ~  “Happy Endings”

9)  New Found Glory  ~  “Ending In Tragedy”

10)  Cortex  ~  “Holy Ending”

11)  The Dodos  ~  “Goodbyes And Endings”

12)  Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty  ~  “Never Ending Song Of Love”

13)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “A Start With No Ending”

14)  White Denim  ~  “Cheer Up / Blues Ending”

15)  Colorblind  ~  “So This Is What My Ending Looks Like”

16)  Matilde Davoli  ~  “Summer Ending”

17)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Everybody Loves A Happy Ending”

18)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Happy Endings”

19)  MONO INC.  ~  “Never-Ending Love Song”

20)  Ward Thomas  ~  “Footnotes (Happy Endings)”

“Middle” Songs, Vol. 2

We're past the "Beginning," and now – with this post – we're done with the "Middle." All that's left is the "Ending." (Both of them, actually.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  “Middle Of Your Heart”

2)  China  ~  “Middle Of The Night”

3)  The Pretenders  ~  “Middle Of The Road”

4)  Tribal Theory  ~  “Stuck In The Middle”

5)  Bee Gees  ~  “Man In The Middle”

6)  Lilly Wood And The Prick  ~  “Middle Of The Night”

7)  Hot Hot Heat  ~  “Middle Of Nowhere”

8)  Black Country Communion  ~  “Man In The Middle”

9)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  “Left Of The Middle”

10)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “The Road’s My Middle Name”

11)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Middle Of Yesterday”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Stuck In The Middle”  (The falsetto is strong with this one.)

13)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  “In A Closet In The Middle Of The Night”

14)  Ry Cooder  ~  “Smack Dab In The Middle”

15)  Vertical Horizon  ~  “The Middle Ground”

“Middle” Songs, Vol. 1

Time to bring this series to the "Middle." Here's the 1st "Middle" songs post. After the next "Middle," we'll head to the "Ending." Enjoy the journey!  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “The Middle”

2)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  “The Middle Of Starting Over”

3)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Meet In The Middle”

4)  Milow  ~  “Little In The Middle”

5)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Middle Of The Bed”

6)  Stryper  ~  “Caught In The Middle”

7)  Chloe Foy  ~  “In The Middle Of The Night”

8)  Stealers Wheel  ~  “Stuck In The Middle With You”

9)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “In The Middle”

10)  The Replacements  ~  “I Hate Music / Stuck In The Middle”

11)  Brooke Annibale  ~  “Middle Of The Mess”

12)  Isaac Carree  ~  “The Middle”

13)  India.Arie  ~  “Caught In The Middle”

14)  Dishwalla  ~  “Somewhere In The Middle”

15)  Selena Gomez & The Scene  ~  “Middle Of Nowhere”

16)  William Beckett  ~  “Caught In The Middle”

17)  Betty Wright  ~  “In The Middle Of The Game”

18)  Sea Wolf  ~  “Middle Distance Runner”

19)  Fatine Thó  ~  “Middle Of The Night”

20)  Living Colour  ~  “Middle Man”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 2

This is part 2 in a 6-part series featuring "Beginning," "Middle," and "Ending" songs. We began with "Beginning." We conclude the "Beginning" today. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Beginning To Feel The Years”

2)  Black Sabbath  ~  “End Of The Beginning”

3)  Osmond Brothers  ~  “Before The Beginning”  (I'm the only person I know who would follow up a Black Sabbath song with one by the Osmond Brothers. I'm #smh at my own self!)

4)  Natalie Cole  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light”  (Yeah, it's the same song as the first Ella Fitzgerald song in the previous post, but both ladies performed it so excellently, I couldn't decide which to exclude. Besides, Natalie Cole just passed away a few months ago and I hadn't had a chance to include her in any posts since then – to my knowledge, at least – and she was certainly overdue for a tribute.)

5)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “In The Beginning, Darkness”

6)  The Stills  ~  “In The Beginning”

7)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “New Beginning”

8)  Chicago  ~  “Beginnings”

9)  Finch  ~  “New Beginnings”

10)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Beginning Again”

11)  Tyler Ward  ~  “Beginning Of A Bad Idea”

12)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “The Beginning And The End”

13)  Kalafina  ~  “To The Beginning”  (I don’t understand a word they’re singing, but it’s kind of fantastic!)

14)  David Phelps  ~  “End Of The Beginning”

15)  The Living End  ~  “The Ending Is Just The Beginning”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 3

Okay, here's one last set of Songs About "Things." If you think I missed your favorite song with "Things" in its title, hear this one out. Because it might very well be in here. If not, then let me know what gem I may have missed. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

2)  The Killers  ~  “All These Things That I’ve Done”

3)  Stockard Channing  ~  “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

4)  One Direction  ~  “Little Things”

5)  Lea Michele  ~  “My Favorite Things”  (OK, so it’s a commercial. But she does perform the song in its entirety, and sings it beautifully.)

6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Things Can Only Get Better”

7)  JJ Heller  ~  “True Things”

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Things Have Changed”

9)  Wild Child  ~  “Silly Things”

10)  The Temptations  ~  “The Way You Do The Things You Do”

11)  Pacha Massive  ~  “All Good Things”

12)  Passenger  ~  “Things You’ve Never Done”

13)  Annie Lennox  ~  “A Thousand Beautiful Things”

14)  Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

15)  Julia Stone  ~  “Let’s Forget All The Things That We Say”

16)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “So Much Things To Say”

17)  Against The Current  ~  “Running With The Wild Things”  (A fantastic song by a dynamic new band!)

18)  Fanfarlo  ~  “Shiny Things”

19)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “The Little Things”

20)  Andy Mineo  ~  “Wild Things”

21)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Things I’ll Never Say”

22)  Joe Cocker  ~  “The Simple Things”

23)   India.Arie  ~  “Little Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “1,000 Things”

25)  Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin  ~  “Things”