Friday, September 22, 2017

“Purple” & “Gold” Songs

OK, ECU Pirates fans, I know it's been a tough season already and we're only three weeks in. But you can't abandon your team (like those in charge have seemingly done to their fans) that quickly. Show some love for the Pirates by taking a listen to these "Purple" and "Gold" themed songs. The first one may be *somewhat* familiar to those of you who attend the games in person. Oh, and there's one more set of these songs on the way in short order. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  “Purple Haze”




2)  twenty one pilots  ~  “House Of Gold”




3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Purple People”




4)  Chet Faker  ~  “Gold”




5)  Donnie McClurkin  ~  “Purple”




6)  Kiiara  ~  “Gold”




7)  Sheb Wooley  ~  “Purple People Eater” 




8)  Metric  ~  “Gold Guns Girls”




9)  Puddle Of Mudd  ~  “Purple Heart”




10)  Victoria Justice  ~  “Gold”




11)  Gogol Bordello  ~  “Start Wearing Purple”




12)  Soul Asylum  ~  “Black Gold”




13)  The Dodos  ~  “Red And Purple”




14)  Bea Miller  ~  “Fire N Gold”




15)  California Wives  ~  “Purple”




16)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Gold”




17)  nobigdyl.  ~  “Purple Dinosaur”




18)  Owl City  ~  “Gold”




19)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Purple Toupee”




20)  Christina Perri  ~  “Burning Gold”


Thursday, September 21, 2017

Songs About Praying, Vol. 4

Last but not least, there's this set of Songs About Praying. I hope you have enjoyed listening to these songs as much as I did when compiling them. If that's possible!  ~  JH



1)  Madonna  ~  “Like A Prayer”




2)  Manafest  ~  “Pray”




3)  Dan + Shay  ~  “When I Pray For You”




4)  K. Michelle  ~  “A Mother’s Prayer”




5)  Billy Joel  ~  “Travelin’ Prayer”




6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Through My Prayers”




7)  Casting Crowns  ~  “What If His People Prayed”




8)  The Cure  ~  “Prayers For Rain”




9)  Wyclef Jean  ~  “I Pray”



10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Let Us Pray”




11)  Otis Redding  ~  “My Lover’s Prayer”




12)  Alabama 3  ~  “Too Sick To Pray”




13)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  “Won’t Stop Praying”




14)  Rise Against  ~  “Prayer Of The Refugee”




15)  Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli  ~  “The Prayer”




16)  Jaron And The Long Road To Love  ~  “Pray For You”




17)  Tina Cousins  ~  “Pray”




18)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “Praying To A God”




19)  Ricky Skaggs & Patty Loveless  ~  “Daniel Prayed”




20)  Seal  ~  “Prayer For The Dying”


Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Songs About Praying, Vol. 3

Continuing with this surprisingly popular miniseries, here's Vol. 3 (of 4) featuring Songs About Praying. Plenty of good stuff here, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Garth Brooks  ~  “Unanswered Prayers”




2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Empty Prayers”




3)  A.R. Rahman ft. Blaaze  ~  “Pray For Me, Brother”




4)  Little Boots  ~  “Every Night I Say A Prayer”




5)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Pray”




6)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Prayer In C”




7)  Deftones  ~  “Prayers/Triangles”




8)  Eshon Burgundy  ~  “Pray”




9)  Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop  ~  “One Way To Pray”




10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Junkie’s Prayer”




11)  VersaEmerge  ~  “Past Praying For”




12)  Percy Sledge  ~  “My Special Prayer”




13)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Makes Me Wanna Pray”




14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Mama Prayed”




15)  Loretta Lynn & Geraldine Wilburn  ~  “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”




16)  Petra  ~  “Praying Man”




17)  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Vince Gill  ~  “All Prayed Up”




18)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “Prayer For The Dying”




19)  The Platters  ~  “My Prayer”




20)  Charlie Daniels  ~  “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’”


Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Songs About Praying, Vol. 2

Here's another rousing set of Songs About Prayer. If you liked yesterday's songs, you'll probably like these, too (some true classics here). And the set after that. And the set after that. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Livin’ On A Prayer”




2)  MC Hammer  ~  “Pray”




3)  Keith & Kristyn Getty ft. Moya Brennan  ~  “A Mother’s Prayer”




4)  Zakk Wylde  ~  “Lost Prayer”




5)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”




6)  Cliff Richard  ~  “The Millennium Prayer”




7)  Lee Hazlewood  ~  “Pray Them Bars Away”




8)  CeCe Winans  ~  “Pray”




9)  Adelitas Way  ~  “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)”




10)  Bebe Rexha  ~  “Pray”




11)  Chris Stapleton  ~  “Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore”




12)  Rebecca St. James  ~  “Pray”




13)  Bishop Briggs  ~  “Pray (Empty Gun)”




14)  John Denver  ~  “Poems, Prayers, And Promises”




15)  Saosin  ~  “Control And The Urge To Pray”




16)  Calvin Harris ft. HAIM  ~  “Pray To God”




17)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Praying To The Wrong God”




18)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Praying For Time”




19)  Lecrae  ~  “Prayin’ For You”




20)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “Down To The River To Pray”


Monday, September 18, 2017

Songs About Praying, Vol. 1

Here begins the first in a four-part series featuring Songs About Praying. Some of the prayers herein are literal, while some are figurative. Some are by Christian artists, and some are by "secular" artists. In other words, these songs completely run the gamut. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Kesha  ~  “Praying”




2)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Pray”





3)  Duran Duran  ~  “Save A Prayer”





4)  Regina Spektor  ~  “The Prayer Of François Villon”




5)  Blaenavon  ~  “Let’s Pray”




6)  Metal Church  ~  “Watch The Children Pray”




7)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “A Living Prayer”




8)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  “Pray For Grace”




9)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Too Late For Praying”




10)  Nneka  ~  “Pray For You”




11)  Petra  ~  “Prayer”




12)  Rick Astley  ~  “Pray With Me”




13)  Red House Glory  ~  “Pray Now”



14)  Big & Rich  ~  “That’s Why I Pray”




15)  The Katinas  ~  “Praying For You”




16)  Laura Marling  ~  “Pray For Me”




17)  All-4-One  ~  “I Prayed 4 U”




18)  Kodaline  ~  “Pray”




19)  Haelos  ~  “Pray”




20)  Steve Vai  ~  “Whispering A Prayer”