Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Songs About "Lolita"

Some literature is so iconic that notable phrases, character names, or even book titles can become a part of our culture. Over the next who-knows-how-many days, weeks, etc., I'm going to explore some of these iconic novels, stories, and/or phrases and make song posts out of them. Why? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time. (Which would be right now, I suppose.) First up, "Lolita." For what it's worth, I've never read Nabokov's novel, and what little I know of it is merely by its reputation, which is admittedly a mixed bag depending on whom you ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Dream Wife  ~  “Lolita”




2)  Throw Me The Statue  ~  “Lolita”




3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Lolita”




4)  ABsynthium  ~  “Lolita”




5)  Jane Birkin  ~  “Lolita Go Home”




6)  Les Specimen  ~  “Lolita”




7)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Gothic Lolita”




8)  Voxlight  ~  “Lolita”




9)  Valentina Polinori  ~  “Lolita”




10)  Young Gun Silver Fox  ~  “Lolita”




11)  Honey & The 45’s ft. Kamani Raqs  ~  “Lolita’s Lament”




12)  Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Lolita Ya Ya”




13)  Girl Blue  ~  “Lolita”




14)  Solmeister  ~  “Lolita”




15)  Belinda  ~  “Lolita”




16)  Paw  ~  “Lolita”




17)  Catacombe  ~  “Lolita”




18)  Jan Plestenjak  ~  “Lolita”




19)  Céline Dion  ~  “Lolita”




20)  Stereophonics  ~  “Lolita”




21)  Alizée  ~  “Moi…Lolita”




22)  Krystof  ~  “Lolita”




23)  The Veronicas  ~  “Lolita”




24)  Fin  ~  “Lolita”




25)  Go West  ~  “Lolita”




26)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Lolita"


Monday, October 1, 2018

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 2

If you liked Vol. 1 of this series, then you'll probably like this one as well. More "Heart" & "Soul" Songs for your listening pleasure. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Phil Collins  ~  “You’ll Be In My Heart”




2)  Anita Baker  ~  “Soul Inspiration”




3)  The Cult  ~  “Painted On My Heart”




4)  Planetshakers  ~  “Sings My Soul”




5)  Culture Club  ~  “Time (Clock Of The Heart)”




6)  JoJo  ~  “Save My Soul”




7)  Extreme  ~  “Hole Hearted”




8)  Gin Wigmore  ~  “Singin’ My Soul”




9)  Billy Corgan  ~  “One Diamond, One Heart”




10)  Valerie June  ~  “Got Soul”




11)  Rixton  ~  “Me And My Broken Heart”




12)  TobyMac ft. Kirk Franklin & Mandisa  ~  “Lose My Soul”




13)  Sting  ~  “Shape Of My Heart”




14)  Vonda Shepard  ~  “Searchin’ My Soul”




15)  Survivor  ~  “Burning Heart”




16)  Grouplove  ~  “Love Will Save Your Soul”




17)  James Blunt  ~  “Bonfire Heart”




18)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Troubled Soul”




19)  Serpentwithfeet  ~  “bless ur heart”




20)  Jewel  ~  “Who Will Save Your Soul?”




21)  Elton John  ~  “A Good Heart”




22)  Spiritualized  ~  “Soul On Fire”




23)  NoMBe  ~  “Young Hearts”




24)  John Mellencamp ft. Carlene Carter  ~  “My Soul’s Got Wings”




25)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Tell Your Heart To Beat Again”




26)  Lights  ~  “Drive My Soul”




27)  R.E.M.  ~  “Oh My Heart”




28)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range ft. Shawn Colvin  ~  “Lost Soul”



29)  Jack Johnson  ~  “You And Your Heart”




30)  Air Traffic Controller  ~  “What You Do To My Soul”


Sunday, September 30, 2018

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 1

I recently got in my head that it'd be a brilliant idea to post songs with the words "Heart" and/or "Soul" in their titles. And it was. But there were SO MANY good songs to choose from, and this thing quickly ballooned from a probable two-parter, to maybe a three-parter, but definitely no more than a four-parter. Yeah, right! This series is going to be six posts in total, with 30 songs each time! So that you don't get too tired of these (even though they're chock full of good tunes), I'll post 'em a couple days in a row, then post something completely different for a couple of days before returning to the series. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Kim Petras  ~  “Heart To Break”




2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Soul To Squeeze”




3)  Sia  ~  “Elastic Heart”




4)  The Album Leaf  ~  “New Soul”




5)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”




6)  Rhodes  ~  “Your Soul”




7)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Put Your Hearts Up”




8)  Santana  ~  “Soul Sacrifice”




9)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Bleeding Heart”




10)  Sticky Fingers  ~  “Caress Your Soul”




11)  Björk  ~  “Triumph Of A Heart”  (I’ve seen and heard a lot of plenty of über-weird Björk songs and videos over the years, but this one has got them all topped…by a landslide! Just…wow!)




12)  Oasis  ~  “Meaning Of Soul”




13)  Love & The Outcome  ~  “King Of My Heart”




14)  Slaves  ~  “Running Through The !6! With My Soul”




15)  Adele  ~  “Melt My Heart To Stone”




16)  Tower Of Power  ~  “On The Soul Side Of Town”




17)  Madonna  ~  “Open Your Heart”




18)  Modern Talking  ~  “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”




19)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Knocking On Your Heart”




20)  You Me At Six  ~  “Heavy Soul”




21)  Indiana  ~  “Heart On Fire”




22)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Souls Of The Departed”




23)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “2 Hearts”




24)  The Temptations  ~  “Soul To Soul”




25)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Hold My Heart”




26)  Trash Boat  ~  “Old Soul”




27)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Diving For Hearts”




28)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Soothe My Soul”




29)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”




30)  Spoon  ~  “Rhthm & Soul”  (Yes, it’s misspelled, but apparently that’s how Spoon prefers it. Go figure…)


Saturday, September 29, 2018

Songs About Devotion, Vol. 2

Here's some more Songs About Devotion. Because, who cares why? Just enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH


1)  Christafari ft. Dillavou & Avion Blackman  ~  “Devotion”




2)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Devotion”




3)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Devoted To You”




4)  Catch The Fire ft. Laura Woodley Osman  ~  “I Choose Devotion”




5)  Papa San ft. Nichole Salmon  ~  “Devotion”




6)  Otilia  ~  “Devocion”




7)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  “Devotion”




8)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Devoted”




9)  AfterSound  ~  “Beautiful Devotion”




10)  Samantha Fox  ~  “True Devotion”




11)  Ohio Players  ~  “Devoted”




12)  Denai Moore  ~  “Desolately Devoted”




13)  Brook Benton  ~  “Devoted”




14)  SilverCast  ~  “In Devotion”




15)  Life.Church Worship  ~  “Fully Devoted”




16)  Melody Joy  ~  “Devoted”




17)  Bayside  ~  “Devotion And Desire”




18)  Elli De Mon  ~  “Devote”




19)  Wang Chung  ~  “Devoted Friends”




20)  Viva Voce  ~  “Devotion”




21)  Worship Central  ~  “Devotion”




22)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Hopelessly Devoted To You”




23)  Tristam  ~  “Devotion”




24)  Duffy  ~  “Delayed Devotion”




25)  Hurts  ~  “Devotion”