“Lift” Songs

Here's a sorta-kinda, two-part "Opposites" miniseries. These are songs with the word "Lift" in their titles," and next time there will be songs with the word "Drop" in their titles. Because...I dunno why. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hillsong Live  ~  “High And Lifted Up”

2)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Lift Me Up”

3)  Moby  ~  “Lift Me Up”

4)  Crowder ft. Tedashii  ~  “Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner”

5)  Geri Halliwell  ~  “Lift Me Up”

6)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “I Lift My Hands”

7)  Howard Jones  ~  “Lift Me Up”

8)  Reba McEntire  ~  “You Lift Me Up To Heaven / Only You”

9)  The Afters  ~  “Lift Me Up”

10)  Walk The Moon  ~  “I Can Lift A Car”

11)  Yes  ~  “Lift Me Up”

12)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Be Lifted High”

13)  Passion Pit  ~  “Lifted Up (1985)”

14)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You Wanna Give Me A Lift”

15)  Unspoken  ~  “Lift My Life Up”

16)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  “Love Lifted Me”

17)  Bobby Womack  ~  “Love Is Gonna Lift You Up”

18)  Hillsong United  ~  “Came To My Rescue (Be Lifted High)”

19)  Emmylou Harris & The Angel Band  ~  “If I Be Lifted Up”

20)  Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “Lifted”

21)  Rita Coolidge  ~  “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher”

22)  Dream Theater  ~  “Lifting Shadows Off A Dream”

23)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Lifting”

24)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Look How He Lifted Me”

25)  John Legend  ~  “Let’s Get Lifted”

“Haunt”-ing Songs

Not everything has to be an "Opposites" post or a series. Case in point, this one-off collection of songs with the word "Haunt(s)," "Haunted," or "Haunting" in their titles. Why? I don't know. But you might as well enjoy them anyway!  ~  JH

1)  Stone Sour  ~  “Say You’ll Haunt Me”

2)  Evanescence  ~  “Haunted”

3)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  “The Ghosts That Haunt Me”

4)  Tanya Stephens  ~  “Back To Haunt Me”

5)  Sir Sly  ~  “You Haunt Me”

6)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Haunted”

7)  The New Regime  ~  “Haunt My Mind”

8)  Poe  ~  “Haunted”

9)  Bastille  ~  “Haunt”

10)  Kamelot ft. Simone Simons  ~  "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)”

11)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “A Haunting”

12)  Sade  ~  “Haunt Me”

13)  Anberlin  ~  “Haunting”

14)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Old Haunts”

15)  Royal Bliss  ~  “It Haunts Me”

16)  Stars  ~  “I Died So I Could Haunt You”

17)  Deep Purple  ~  “Haunted”

18)  Spencer McGillicutty  ~  “You Haunt Me”

19)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Haunted Heart”

20)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  “Came Back Haunted”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 2

Here's the latest and last (for this year, at least) entry in the "Popular Songs Of..." series, this one being Part 2 (of 2) featuring songs from the year 1956. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Sixteen Tons”

2)  Pat Boone  ~  “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”

3)  Fats Domino  ~  “My Blue Heaven”

4)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Hound Dog”

5)  The Lennon Sisters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”

6)  Bill Doggett  ~  “Honky Tonk”

7)  Gogi Grant  ~  “The Wayward Wind”

8)  Bill Haley & His Comets  ~  “See You Later, Alligator”

9)  Perry Como  ~  “Juke Box Baby”

10)  Vic Damone  ~  “On The Street Where You Live / Let’s Take An Old-Fashioned Walk”

11)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Walk The Line”

12)  The Platters  ~  “You’ll Never Know”

13)  Eddie Heywood  ~  “Canadian Sunset”

14)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mr. Wonderful”

15)  Gale Storm  ~  “Ivory Tower”

16)  The Four Lads  ~  “No, Not Much”

17)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Love Me Tender”

18)  Little Richard  ~  “Long, Tall Sally”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I was done with these "Popular Songs Of..." posts for the year, didn't you? Well, I am...after this two-parter. But I couldn't neglect one of the biggest years in the early days of rock 'n' roll (as well as a solid year for traditional pop), could I? You don't have to answer that. You just have to listen (if you want to)...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

2)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

3)  Doris Day  ~  “Que Sera Sera”

4)  Dean Martin  ~  “Memories Are Made Of This”

5)  Morris Stoloff  ~  “Moonglow and Theme From Picnic”

6)  Pat Boone  ~  “I Almost Lost My Mind”

7)  Kay Starr  ~  “Rock And Roll Waltz”

8)  Carl Perkins  ~  “Blue Suede Shoes”  (Why would I not include Elvis’ version of this song? For one, I already have 5 Elvis songs lined up for these posts. And for another, Perkins released his version eight months earlier and became one of the biggest hits of Perkins’ long and distinguished career. So there!)

9)  Johnnie Ray  ~  “Just Walkin’ In The Rain / If I Had You”

10)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)”

12)  Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps  ~  “Be-Bop-A-Lula”

13)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blueberry Hill”

14)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

15)  Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly  ~  “True Love”

16)  Patti Page  ~  “Allegheny Moon”

17)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”

18)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”

Songs About Getting Shot

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past few years, it can be difficult to come up with new and exciting ideas. But not today! Today, I have for you a collection of Songs About Getting Shot. And that's anything BUT boring! Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Shot Through The Heart”  (Ironically, Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" – which is NOT in this group of songs – was the inspiration for this post. Turns out they have ANOTHER song with the iconic "Shot Through The Heart" lyric in it, this one in its title. Go figure!)

2)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Shot With His Own Gun”

3)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Shots”

4)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

5)  Nazareth  ~  “Shot Me Down”

6)  Eric Clapton  ~  “I Shot The Sheriff”

7)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

8)  Florrie  ~  “Shot You Down”

9)  Great White  ~  “Shot In The Dark”

10)  Moby  ~  “Shot In The Back Of The Head”

11)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

12)  The Rasmus  ~  “Shot”

13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Shot In The Heart”

14)  Protoje ft. Toian  ~  “Shot By Love”

15)  T-killah ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Shot”  (I'd heard this song was even better in its original language – Russian – and whaddyaknow, it is! Check it out here.)

"Flesh" & "Blood" Songs

You may or may not have noticed, but this will be the third post in just over a week featuring songs with "Blood" and some other word (or words) in their titles. That's because when I research for songs that fit a certain "theme," I am very thorough in so doing. And there are a heckuva lot of good songs with the word "Blood" in their titles. Thus the "Blood" and "Guts" post, then the "Blood," "Sweat," and "Tears" post, and now these "Flesh" and "Blood" songs. There won't be any more "Blood" songs for awhile. So enjoy these while they last!  ~  JH

1)  Blondie  ~  “In The Flesh”

2)  Supergrass  ~  “Bad Blood”

3)  The Pierces  ~  “Flesh And Bone”

4)  Eels  ~  “Fresh Blood”

5)  Leon Patillo  ~  “Flesh Of My Flesh”

6)  Sum 41  ~  “Blood In My Eyes”  (WARNING: This music video is exceptionally violent. Parental discretion is strongly advised.)

7)  Dillon  ~  “Your Flesh Against Mine”

8)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Blood Sings”

9)  The Killers  ~  “Flesh And Bone”

10)  Grimes  ~  “Flesh Without Blood / Life In The Vivid Dream”

11)  Radical Face  ~  “A Pound Of Flesh”

12)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “In The Blood”

13)  Santana  ~  “Spirits Dancing In The Flesh”

14)  Birdy  ~  “Young Blood”

15)  The Low Anthem  ~  “Smart Flesh”

16)  Bastille  ~  “Bad Blood”

17)  Wilson Phillips  ~  “Flesh And Blood”

18)  Bea Miller  ~  “Young Blood”

19)  Caitelen Schneeberger  ~  “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”

20)  Apocalyptica  ~  “Cold Blood”

21)  Calabrese  ~  “Flesh And Blood”

22)  All Sons & Daughters  ~  “Your Glory / Nothing But The Blood”

23)  Roesy  ~  “The Backbone, Flesh, And The Fruit”

24)  Saint Raymond  ~  “Young Blood”

25)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Flesh And Blood”