“Wild” & “Crazy” Songs, Vol. 1

I've posted "Wild" Songs before. And "Crazy" ones, too. But never "Wild" & "Crazy" Songs together. And none of these songs appeared in either of those posts. So here they are...oh, and there were lots. So this'll be a three-parter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Wild Things”

2)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Crazy”

3)  Gloriana  ~  “Wild At Heart”

4)  Robin Thicke  ~  “Still Madly Crazy”

5)  Birdy  ~  “Wild Horses”

6)  Milow  ~  “We Must Be Crazy”

7)  for King & Country ft. Andy Mineo  ~  “Run Wild”

8)  Nicole Atkins  ~  “A Little Crazy”

9)  Lissie  ~  “Wild Wild West”

10)  Paul Simon  ~  “Still Crazy After All These Years”

11)  Kat Cunning  ~  “Wild Poppies”

12)  Mark Morrison  ~  “Crazy”

13)  Troye Sivan  ~  “Wild”

14)  Charlotte Church  ~  “Crazy Chick”

15)  Beach House  ~  “Wild”

16)  The Vaselines  ~  “Crazy Lady”

17)  Hinder  ~  “Born To Be Wild”  (Some classics don’t need to be remade, and this song was certainly one of them. But I have to admit that this band did a really good job of staying faithful to the original while also putting their own distinctive mark on it.)

18)  Heart  ~  “Crazy On You”

19)  Faul & Wad  ~  “Wild Love”

20)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Crazy”  (Only one other person can sing Patsy Cline like Patsy Cline and that’s LeAnn Rimes. Case in point, this flawless cover.)

21)  MVNDA  ~  “Wild And Free”

22)  Sam Smith  ~  “Baby, You Make Me Crazy”

23)  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  ~  “Little Thing Gone Wild”

24)  Ólöf Arnalds  ~  “Crazy Car”

25)  Anika Nilles  ~  “Wild Boy”

26)  Newsboys  ~  “Crazy”

27)  John Denver ft. Pat Hawk  ~  “Wild Montana Skies”

28)  Aerosmith  ~  “Crazy”

29)  Ladyhawke  ~  “Wild Things”

30)  The Osmonds  ~  “Crazy Horses”  (I’m kind of at a loss as to what to think of this song. Is it a precursor to heavy metal and therefore highly innovative? Or is it a pitiful, even comical attempt to be “cool” after establishing a reputation of only producing disposable bubblegum pop? Either way, here it is…)

31)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Love Is A Wild Thing”

32)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “When The Crazy Kicks In”

33)  Escape Club  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

“Easy” & “Hard” Songs, Vol. 2

Second and final batch of "Easy" and "Hard" Songs right here. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Love Me Harder”

2)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  “Easy Come, Easy Go”

3)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself”

4)  Paolo Nutini  ~  “Let Me Down Easy”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Hard Sun”

6)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Easy”

7)  Fink  ~  “Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us”

8)  Cover Drive  ~  “Love Isn’t Easy”

9)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Life Is Hard”

10)  Victoria Reed  ~  “Make It Easy”

11)  Tower Of Power  ~  “So Very Hard To Go”

12)  Louise Carver ft. JR  ~  “You Think You Got It Easy”

13)  Chicago  ~  “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”

14)  Emilíana Torrini  ~  “Easy”

15)  Matisyahu  ~  “Hard Way”

16)  Johnny Marr  ~  “Easy Money”

17)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “The Hardest Of Hearts”

18)  Lime Cordiale  ~  “Wakin’ Up Easy”

19)  Lorde  ~  “Hard Feelings”

20)  Tokio Hotel  ~  “Easy”

21)  Needtobreathe ft. Andra Day  ~  “Hard Love”

22)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Easy”

23)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Hard To Concentrate”

24)  MIKA  ~  “Relax, Take It Easy”

25)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)”

“Easy” & “Hard” Songs, Vol. 1

A long time ago, I'm not sure exactly when, on my original blog I posted a set of "Easy" and "Hard" Songs. But since then, a) I've gotten better at finding a good variety of quality songs by people you've actually heard of; b) new songs have come out that also merit inclusion; and c) I just felt like doing this theme all over again. And there were plenty of good ones, so this is part 1 of 2. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Eight Easy Steps”

2)  Queen  ~  “It’s A Hard Life”

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

4)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

5)  MiMi & The Mad Noise Factory  ~  “Easy”

6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “No Hard Feelings”

7)  Dragonette  ~  “Easy”

8)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Hard To Imagine”

9)  Rag’n’Bone Man  ~  “Die Easy”

10)  Donna Summer  ~  “She Works Hard For The Money”

11)  Lauv  ~  “Easy Love”

12)  Lykke Li  ~  “Hard Rain”

13)  Max Frost  ~  “Let Me Down Easy”

14)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  “Hard”

15)  Haroula Rose  ~  “So Easy”

16)  Coldplay  ~  “The Hardest Part”

17)  Phil Collins & Philip Bailey  ~  “Easy Lover”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Harder To Forgive”

19)  Oriana  ~  "Love Me Down Easy"

20)  DC Talk  ~  “The Hard Way”

21)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  “Easy For Me To Say”

22)  The National  ~  “Hard To Find”

23)  GJan  ~  “Wasn’t Easy”

24)  Cloves  ~  “Hit Me Hard”

25)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Easy To Love”

"Coming Out" Songs

Apparently, today is National Coming Out Day. Well, here’s a bunch of Songs About Coming Out. Herein you’ll find songs about coming out of hiding, the dark, the shade, the woods, and the rain; songs urging the listener to come out and play, as well as to come out, come out, wherever you are; songs about the wolves, stars, and the sun coming out (tomorrow); there’s even one about fire coming out of the monkey’s head – whatever that means. So…enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Offspring  ~  “Come Out And Play”

2)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are”

3)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”

4)  Pamala Stanley  ~  “Coming Out Of Hiding”

5)  Night Ranger  ~  “Eddie’s Comin’ Out Tonight”

6)  Aileen Quinn  ~  “Tomorrow”  (“The sun’ll come out, tomorrow…” You know you want to sing along!)

7)  Josh Rouse  ~  “Julie (Come Out Of The Rain)”

8)  Chris Stapleton ft. Morgane Stapleton  ~  “When The Stars Come Out”

9)  Gorillaz ft. Dennis Hopper  ~  “Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head”

10)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  “Come On, Come Out”

11)  Frank Sinatra & Gloria DeHaven  ~  “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are”  (This is not the same as The Wizard Of Oz song above.)

12)  NateWantsToBattle  ~  “Until The Wolves Come Out”

13)  Kate O’Connor & Maggie O’Connor  ~  “Buffalo Gals”  (“Won’tcha come out tonight, and dance by the light of the moon?” Yep, some of you are singing along again!)

14)  Twisted Sister  ~  “Come Out And Play”

15)  Diana Ross  ~  “I’m Coming Out”

16)  The Perishers  ~  “Come Out Of The Shade”

17)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Coming Out Of The Dark”

18)  Future ft. The Weeknd  ~  “Comin’ Out Strong”

19)  Matthew And The Atlas  ~  “Come Out Of The Woods”

20)  Ruen Brothers  ~  “Genevieve, Come Out Tonight”

21)  Pomplamoose  ~  “Come Out To Play”

22)  Manafest  ~  “When The Truth Comes Out”

23)  Zedd ft. Heather Bright  ~  “Stars Come Out”

24)  Whodini  ~  “Freaks Come Out At Night”

25)  Judy Garland  ~  “When The Sun Comes Out”  (Two Judy Garland sightings in one post? You're welcome!)