Thursday, August 31, 2017

"Just Because" Songs

Sometimes you don't need a reason to post some good songs. And sometimes, you realize that there are a lot of good songs with the phrase "Just Because" in their titles. The latter is specifically the impetus for this post. The former is always the impetus for any of these posts. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Ray Charles  ~  “Just Because”




2)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Just Because I’m A Woman”




3)  Jane’s Addiction  ~  “Just Because”




4)  Chalee Tennison  ~  “Just Because She Lives There”




5)  Ginuwine  ~  “Just Because”




6)  Krista Detor  ~  “Just Because”




7)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  “Just Because You’re Mine”




8)  Shayna Zaid  ~  “Just Because”




9)  Bear Lake  ~  “Just Because You Can”




10)  Anita Baker  ~  “Just Because”




11)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “Just Because I Do”




12)  Johnnie Taylor  ~  “Just Because”




13)  Lina Santiago  ~  “Just Because I Love You”




14)  War  ~  “Just Because”




15)  Merise  ~  “Just Because”




16)  Bernie Williams ft. David Benoit  ~  “Just Because”  (For any baseball fans who may tuning in: Yes, THAT Bernie Williams!)




17)  Selah Sue  ~  “Just Because I Do”




18)  Lloyd Price  ~  “Just Because”




19)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Just Because”




20)  Mathew Maokh  ~  “Just Because You're Breathing Doesn't Mean You're Alive”




21)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)”




22)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Just Because”




23)  Body Language  ~  “Just Because”




24)  Jackson 5  ~  “Just Because I Love You”




25)  Nikka Costa  ~  “Just Because”


Wednesday, August 30, 2017

More Songs About Statues & Monuments

Here you have it. More Songs About Statues & Monuments. That's it, though. If you want even more, you'll have to go and find them for yourself. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “Statue Of A Fool”





2)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Monuments”




3)  Jill Sobule  ~  “Statue Of Liberty”




4)  Efterklang  ~  “Monument”




5)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “Statues”




6)  Maximo Park  ~  “By The Monument”




7)  Moloko  ~  “Statues”




8)  Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)  ~  “An Idea Is A Greater Monument Than A Cathedral”




9)  Other Lives  ~  “Old Statues”




10)  Röyksopp & Robyn  ~  “Monument”




11)  The Light In The Piazza Cast  ~  “Statues And Stories”





12)  Sarah Kroger  ~  “Monument”






13)  Kishi Bashi  ~  “Statues In A Gallery”




14)  epic45  ~  “Monument”




15)  Larry Gatlin  ~  “Statues Without Hearts”




16)  Mutemath  ~  “Monument”




17)  Smith & Thell  ~  “Statue (The Pills Song)”




18)  Depeche Mode  ~  “My Monument”




19)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “The Statue Got Me High”




20)  Abysse  ~  “Forest Monument”


Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Songs About Statues & Monuments

I may be a bit late on this one, but seeing as there's been a lot of talk about Statues and Monuments the past couple of weeks, I decided to make a couple of posts chock full of songs about them. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nina Nesbitt  ~  “Statues”




2)  Incubus  ~  “Monuments & Melodies”




3)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Delaney Talks To Statues”




4)  Fates Warning  ~  “Monument”




5)  Lusitania Lights  ~  “Statues”




6)  A Day To Remember  ~  “Monument”




7)  XTC  ~  “Statue Of Liberty”




8)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “Monument In Green”




9)  Makola  ~  “Black Man Statues”




10)  The Frames  ~  “Monument”




11)  American Mantra  ~  “Shadow Of The Statue”




12)  Mirah  ~  “Monument”




13)  Laetitia Sadier  ~  “Statues Can Bend”




14)  Legacy Five  ~  “Monuments”




15)  The Eden Project ft. Leah Kelly  ~  “Statues”




16)  Yann Tiersen  ~  “Monuments”




17)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Ivan Parker  ~  “The Statue Of Liberty”




18)  Sea Wolf  ~  “Ses Monuments”




19)  Salad  ~  “Granite Statue”




20)  Jabee ft. Chuck D  ~  “Monument”


Monday, August 28, 2017

"Harmony" Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 featuring songs with the word "Harmony" in their titles. I saved some of the best for last. So enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Harmony In My Head”




2)  Raz Tilley  ~  “Mellow Harmony”




3)  Ian Thomas  ~  “Harmony”




4)  Shelby Blondell ft. B-Doe  ~  “Harmony”




5)  Old Californio  ~  “Harmony”




6)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  “Harmony”




7)  The Beloved  ~  “Sweet Harmony”




8)  Beebs & Her Money Makers  ~  “Harmony”




9)  The Early November  ~ “Harmony”




10)  Butterscotch  ~  “Perfect Harmony”




11)  Cliff Richard  ~  “Living In Harmony”




12)  Jordan Nicole  ~  “Let The Harmony Flow”




13)  Liquid  ~  “Sweet Harmony”




14)  Kim Wilde  ~  “World In Perfect Harmony”




15)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Endless Harmony”




16)  Ásgeir  ~  “In Harmony”  (I don’t need to speak Icelandic – though I wouldn’t mind learning – to understand that this is a gorgeously rendered song.)




17)  Elton John  ~  “Harmony”




18)  Born Cages  ~  “Perfect Harmony”




19)  Julie Gaulke  ~  “Harmony”




20)  Sol Cat  ~  “Harmony Safari”




BONUS TRACK:  Ray Conniff & The Singers  ~  “Harmony”  (This is the same song as the one by Artie Kaplan in the previous post. Kaplan did it first and arguably best, but Ray Conniff and company made it way more famous.)


Friday, August 25, 2017

"Harmony" Songs, Vol. 1

As promised, here's the first of two sets of songs with the word "Harmony" in their titles. Some good stuff here! So...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Hear Me In The Harmony”




2)  The New Seekers  ~  “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)”




3)  Smokey Robinson  ~  “Sweet Harmony”




4)  Public Property  ~  “Harmony”




5)  Artie Kaplan  ~  “Harmony”




6)  The Little Mermaid Cast  ~  “In Harmony”




7)  The Byrds  ~  “Natural Harmony”




8)  Ivana Raymonda  ~  “In Harmony”




9)  Frank Black & The Catholics  ~  “Bad Harmony”




10)  Anne Murray  ~  “Harmony”




11)  Steven Wilson  ~  “Harmony Korine”




12)  Belle Of The Fall  ~  “Sweet Harmony”




13)  Home Free  ~  “Good Ol’ Country Harmony”




14)  JoJo Desmond  ~  “Beautiful Harmony”




15)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Harmony”




16)  Alice Stuart  ~  “Harmony”




17)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Harmony”




18)  Susie Suh  ~  “Harmony”




19)  Hammer No More The Fingers  ~  “Black Harmony”  (These guys win Best Band Name of the Day – hands down! Pun fully intended.)




20)  Jillian Jensen  ~  “Perfect Harmony”