"Strong" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to yesterday's post, "Strong" being a common opposite of "Faint" and all. Because I am striving to raise my daughter to be a strong, independent woman (at just three years old, she's already got the independent bit down pat), each of these "Strong" Songs is primarily sung and/or performed by "Strong" women. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”

2)  London Grammar  ~  “Strong”

3)  Cher  ~  “Strong Enough”

4)  Alice Russell  ~  “Hard & Strong”

5)  Jewel  ~  “Stronger Woman”

6)  CHVRCHES  ~  “Strong Hand”

7)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Strong Enough”

8)  Kiesza  ~  “Stronger”

9)  Moriah Peters  ~  “Stand Strong”

10)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Strong Enough”

11)  Paula Cole  ~  “Strong Beautiful Woman”

12)  Sugababes  ~  “Stronger”

13)  Sara Evans  ~  “A Little Bit Stronger”

14)  Karmin  ~  “Coming Up Strong”

15)  Britney Spears  ~  “Stronger”

16)  Stacie Orrico  ~  “Strong Enough”

17)  Pixie Geldof  ~  “So Strong”

18)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Big And Strong”

19)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Stronger”

20)  Clean Bandit ft. Alex Newell & Sean Bass  ~  “Stronger”

21)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Stronger Than Me”

22)  Judy Collins & Glen Campbell  ~  “Four Strong Winds”

23)  Mandisa  ~  “Stronger”

24)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Stronger Than Me”

25)  Vertical Worship  ~  “Strong God”

"Faint" Songs

These are "Faint" Songs. Next up will be "Strong" Songs. See, they're opposites? Neat, huh? No, it's not a novel idea. I've been doing these for five-plus years now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

2)  The Loom  ~  “A Song Of Faint Praise”

3)  Jenny & Tyler  ~  “Faint Not”

4)  Vince Gill  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

5)  Trixie Whitley  ~  “Faint Mystery”

6)  Relient K  ~  “For Moments I Feel Faint”

7)  She’sophi  ~  “Faint”

8)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “The Velorium Camper I: Faint Of Hearts”

9)  Jenn Bostic  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

10)  Linkin Park  ~  “Faint”

11)  Kat Frankie  ~  “The Faint-Hearted Ones”

12)  Unbunny  ~  “Swans Are Fainting”

13)  Sister C  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

14)  Tilian  ~  “A Faint Illusion”

15)  The Strike  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

16)  Rise Against  ~  “Faint Resemblance”

17)  The Colour Field  ~  “Faint Hearts”

18)  Sleep Party People  ~  “Fainting Spell”

19)  Azure Ray  ~  “Just A Faint Line”

20)  We Are The Grand  ~  “Faint”

21)  Matt Mays  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

22)  Serenity Broken  ~  “Faint Slit”

"Greater" Songs

Yesterday, I posted “Lesser” Songs. Shortly thereafter, a coalition of “Greater” Songs presented me a signed petition requesting equal time on the blog. Coincidentally, all the petitioners were Christian artists. So there’s this… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Greater”

2)  Blanca  ~  “Greater Is He”

3)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “Greater Than All”

4)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Greater”

5)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Never Been A Greater Love”

6)  Matthew West  ~  “Something Greater”

7)  Fred Hammond  ~  “No Greater Love”

8)  MercyMe  ~  “Greater”

9)  Central Live  ~  “Greater”

10)  Vashawn Mitchell  ~  “Nobody Greater”

11)  Bill Gaither  ~  “Grace Greater Than Our Sin”

12)  Mack Brock  ~  “Greater Things”

13)  Christafari  ~  “He Is Greater Than I”

14)  Rachael Lampa  ~  “No Greater Love”

15)  Planetshakers  ~  “Even Greater”

16)  Brian & Jenn Johnson  ~  “Greater Than All Other Names”

17)  Smokie Norful  ~  “No Greater Love”

18)  NewSpring Worship  ~  “No Greater Love”

19)  Point Of Grace  ~  “There Is Nothing Greater Than Grace”  (The song ends at the 3:15 mark. The rest is just blah-blah-blah talking.)

20)  Colton Dixon  ~  “No Greater Love”

21)  Martha Munizzi ft. Israel Houghton  ~  “Your Latter Will Be Greater”

22)  Greg Sykes  ~  “No Greater Love (How Marvelous)”

23)  The Hoppers  ~  “Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin”

24)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Greater Is He”  (Yes, this is a second Aaron Shust sighting within the same post. But when both songs qualify and they're this good...)

25)  Austin Stone Worship  ~  “No Greater Aim”

"Lesser" Songs

I'm of the philosophy that it's always better to under-promise and over-deliver. Sure, if you live up to those expectations, someone's going to be disappointed. But if you exceed those expectations, everyone's surprised and impressed. Case in point: I told you yesterday, upon publishing the "Equal" Songs post, that I wasn't sure if I could find enough good "Lesser" Songs to do that follow-up post. And yet, here it is. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Toyah  ~  “Lesser God”

2)  Barcelona  ~  “Lesser Things”

3)  Dokken  ~  “Lesser Of Two Evils”

4)  Bottomline  ~  “Lesser Me”

5)  Gygax  ~  “Lesser Magick”

6)  Marlene Mendoza ft. John Price  ~  “A Battle Between Two Lesser Evils”

7)  Matthew Good  ~  “In A Place Of Lesser Men”

8)  Flogging Molly  ~  “Us Of Lesser Gods”

9)  Hotel Books  ~  “Lesser”

10)  Dirty Elvis  ~  “The Lesser Of Two”

11)  Jars Of Clay  ~  “Lesser Things”

12)  The Wedding  ~  “The Lesser Worth”

13)  Kerbdog  ~  “Lesser Shelf”

14)  Gena Rowlands Band  ~  “Love, For Want Of A Lesser Word”

15)  Brian Eno  ~  “Lesser Heaven”

16)  Soil  ~  “The Lesser Man”

17)  The Apologist  ~  “The Lesser Gods”

18)  Aijalon Church  ~  “Lesser Loves”

19)  Lennex  ~  “A Lesser None”

20)  Corrington Wheeler ft. Jeremy Gilmore  ~  “The Lesser Key”

"Equal" Songs

Here's the first part of what may or may not be a two-part miniseries. These are "Equal" Songs. If I can find enough "Lesser" Songs, those'll be next. But there seem to be far fewer "Lesser" songs than "Equal" ones. For whatever that's worth. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Peter Tosh  ~  “Equal Rights”

2)  Peta And The Wolves  ~  “Equal Measure”

3)  Joseph Arthur  ~  “Travel As Equals”

4)  After Forever  ~  “Equally Destructive”

5)  Maximo Park  ~  “What Equals Love?”

6)  Blackslash  ~  “Separate But Equal”

7)  Beach House  ~  “Equal Mind”

8)  Tramcar Revolution  ~  “Equal”

9)  Violents & Monica Martin  ~  “Equal Powers”

10)  The Abrahams  ~  “Everything Is Equal To Nothing”

11)  Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook ft. Alison Limerick ~  “Equal Ways”

12)  Khristian Mizzi  ~  “We Ain’t All Equal”

13)  Sullom Voe  ~  “Equal Bleeding Parts”

14)  The Awful Truth  ~  “Equal”

15)  Anaís Azul  ~  “Equal”

16)  Mutemath  ~  “Equals”

17)  Bhi Bhiman  ~  “Equal In My Tea”

18)  Kamasi Washington  ~  “Fair As Equal”

19)  In Dynamics  ~  “Equal Ground”

20)  Howard Jones  ~  “Equality”