All The "Feels", Vol. 1

There's a lot of talk about "Feels" these days. In case you're not familiar with the term, an Urban Dictionary user defines "feels" (or specifically, "the feels") as "a wave of emotions that sometimes cannot be adequately explained." That suits this set of songs – and the three sets that will follow it in the next few days – to a T. True, these songs have but one thing in common – the word "Feels" in their titles – but the emotions conveyed throughout them truly run the gamut. So, don't be afraid to catch "feels"...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “Feels”

2)  Reba McEntire  ~  “I Know How He Feels”

3)  Fiction Factory  ~  “(Feels Like) Heaven”

4)  Bonnie Raitt ft. Randy Newman  ~  “Feels Like Home”

5)  Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three  ~  “Feels So Good”

6)  Kelly Marie  ~  “Feels Like I’m In Love”

7)  The City Harmonic  ~  “I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)”

8)  Thompson Square  ~  “It Just Feels Good”

9)  Armin van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie  ~  “This Is What It Feels Like”

10)  Sophie Zelmani  ~  “How It Feels”

11)  Chuck Mangione  ~  “Feels So Good”

12)  Madonna  ~  “What It Feels Like For A Girl”

13)  Between The Trees  ~  “The Way She Feels”

14)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Feels Like The First Time”

15)  The Hold Steady  ~  “How A Resurrection Really Feels”

16)  Kiiara  ~  “Feels”

17)  Volumes  ~  “Feels Good”

18)  Sonique  ~  “It Feels So Good”

19)  Richard Ashcroft  ~  “This Is How It Feels”

20)  Jewel  ~  “Till It Feels Like Cheating”  (Don’t judge a song by its title. Listen and you’ll understand.)

21)  Kenn Colt ft. Michael McCrae  ~  “Feels Like A River”

22)  Marissa Nadler  ~  “Nothing Feels The Same”

23)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Feels Like Forever”

24)  Jocelyn Alice  ~  “Feels Right”

25)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Without You Feels”

More “Forbidden” Songs

Every now and then, I have what I think is an original idea for a music post, then I go back into my “vault” of old posts and realize I’ve already done that topic before. Such is the case with this post, which features songs with the word “Forbidden” in their titles. I originally did a “Forbidden” Songs post over three years ago. However, upon recent reflection, I realized that post was comprised entirely of songs by artists that no one – myself included! – had ever heard of before. I knew I could do better. And so I did. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Forbidden Love”

2)  Yanni  ~  “Forbidden Dreams”

3)  Chic  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

4)  This Century  ~  “Forbidden”

5)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Heaven’s What I Feel (Corazon Prohibido)”  (In case you don’t speak Spanish, the word “Prohibido” means “Forbidden.” So this one qualifies in two languages!)

6)  Leo James Conroy  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

7)  Nancy Wilson  ~  “Forbidden Lover”

8)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Forbidden”

9)  Selena  ~  “Amor Prohibido (Forbidden Love)”  (Yep, there’s that Spanish word again.)

10)  Andy Williams  ~  “Forbidden Love”

11)  Erja Lyytinen  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

12)  Martin Garrix  ~  “Forbidden Voices”

13)  Darlene Love  ~  “Forbidden Nights”

14)  Marty Friedman  ~  “Forbidden City”  (I don't think this is the whole song. But, wow, what a snippet!)

15)  Polina Gagarina  ~  “Forbidden Love”  (Apparently, Russia has their own Lady “Gaga.” So to speak.)

16)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Forbidden Jungle”

17)  Tapps  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

18)  Lefty Frizzell  ~  “Forbidden Lovers”

19)  Heim  ~  “Forbidden Waltz”

20)  Paul van Dyk  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

21)  Fox.E & The Good Hands  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

22)  Be Bop Deluxe  ~  “Forbidden Lovers / Down On Terminal Street”

23)  Nik West  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

24)  Electronic  ~  “Forbidden City”

25)  Storm Large  ~  “Forbidden”

"Elevator" Music

Apparently, this past Thursday was Talk In An Elevator Day. And I missed it! Didn't even have the opportunity to be in an elevator, as a matter of fact. To make up for it, here's a bunch of songs about elevators – or at least, with the word "Elevator" in their titles. Some surprisingly good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beck  ~  “Elevator Music”

2)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Elevator”

3)  Erin McCarley  ~  “Elevator”

4)  Aerosmith  ~  “Love In An Elevator”

5)  Dot Hacker  ~  “Elevator”

6)  Stars  ~  “Elevator Love Letter”

7)  Outkast  ~  “Elevators (Me & You)”

8)  The Apples In Stereo  ~  “Hey Elevator”

9)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “Elevator”

10)  House Of Heroes  ~  “Elevator”

11)  David Archuleta  ~  “Elevator”

12)  Jess Moskaluke  ~  “Elevator”

13)  Mr. Coldstone  ~  “Elevator”

14)  Incubus  ~  “Crowded Elevator”

15)  LABtrio  ~  “Elevator”

16)  Mads Langer  ~  “Riding Elevators”

17)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Elevator Man”

18)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Elevator Operator”

19)  Group 1 Crew  ~  “Elevator Doors”

20)  I Am Empire  ~  “The Elevator”

21)  Monique Bingham  ~  “Elevator (Going Up)”

22)  Sesame Street  ~  “The Elephant Elevator Operator”

23)  Mixtapes  ~  “Elevator Days”

24)  Guy Sebastian  ~  “Elevator Love”

25)  Earth Girl Helen Brown  ~  “Earth Elevator”

“Mad” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 featuring songs with the word "Mad" in the title. Don't get mad...just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart  ~  “Mad World”  (Mmkay, so this is the same root song as the Tears For Fears classic in Vol. 1, but it's completely different when performed in a neo-vaudeville style. Especially when the singers are a seven-foot-tall clown with golden pipes and a feisty young songstress with exemplary lungs of her own.)

2)  Bush  ~  “Mad Love”

3)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Mad About You”

4)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Mad”

5)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Mad Love”

6)  Thrice  ~  “All The World Is Mad”

7)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “We’re All Mad”

8)  Neil Finn & Friends  ~  “Driving Me Mad”

9)  My Baby  ~  “Mad Mountain Thyme”

10)  Elton John  ~  “Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters”

11)  The Veronicas  ~  “Mad Love”

12)  The Waterboys  ~  “Mad As The Mist & Snow”

13)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Mad World”  (Yes, this is another version of the Tears For Fears song, and no, I didn't run out of good songs to pick. I just liked all three versions for different reasons, and couldn't leave any one of them out.)

14)  Neon Trees  ~  “Mad Love”

15)  Jessica Biel  ~  “Mad About The Boy”

16)  Weezer  ~  “Mad Kow”

17)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Mad Season”

18)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”

19)  Preservation Hall Jazz Band  ~  “Mad”

20)  U2  ~  “Love You Like Mad”