Ukrainian Pop/Rock Songs, Vol. 2

This is part 2 of 2 of a collection of pop/rock songs by Ukrainian artists. You're welcome. Enjoy!  ~  JH

RECYCLED BLOGGER'S NOTE FROM PREVIOUS POST: Most of the songs here are sung in either Ukrainian or Russian. So if you don't understand what they're saying, it's understandable. For your convenience, I have Google-translated the song titles into English so you can sort of get an idea what they're talking about. But you really don't have to understand the language to appreciate the diversity of musical styles represented here.

16)  Skryabin  ~  "Old Photos"

17)  Mariana Sadovska  ~  "Zozulya"

18)  S.K.A.Y.  ~  "String"

19)  nikitA  ~  "This Feeling"

20)  Robots Don't Cry  ~  "Confetti And Feelings"

21)  Burning Hearts  ~  "Into The Wilderness"

22)  TNMK  ~  "I Have To Go"

23)  Fakultet  ~  "I Don't Sleep"

24)  VIKA  ~  "I'm Not Alone"

25)   GreenJolly  ~  "Together We Are Many"

26)  Kryhitka Tsakhes  ~  "Money"

27)  7M  ~  "Poles"

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28)  Loony Pelen  ~  "Incarnation"

29)  Kremp  ~  "Zlamay Mene Navpil"

30)  LESYA  ~  "Nestor"

Ukrainian Pop/Rock Songs, Vol. 1

In recent weeks and months, the Ukraine has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. So I decided to find something positive to post about this troubled country. This being a music-themed blog, of course, that can only mean one thing. Yep, you got it! Here's a collection of pop/rock songs by Ukrainian artists. There's some pretty good stuff here, too. So much so that I had to break the post up into two parts. Vol. 2 will follow shortly. Enjoy!  ~  JH


BLOGGER'S NOTE:  Most of the songs here are sung in either Ukrainian or Russian. So if you don't understand what they're saying, it's understandable. For your convenience, I have Google-translated the song titles into English so you can sort of get an idea what they're talking about. But you really don't have to understand the language to appreciate the diversity of musical styles represented here.

1)  Sofia Rotaru  ~  "One Viburnum"

2)  Komu Vnyz  ~  "Somewhere, Somehow, Someday"

3)  Ruslana  ~  "Sha-la-la"

4)  Okean Elzy  ~  "The Way I Want"

5)  Svetlana Loboda  ~  "Under The Ice"

6)  Verka Serduchka  ~  "All Will Be Well"

7)  VIA Gra  ~  "Peremyrye"

8)  Green Grey  ~  "Beneath It In The Rain"

9)  neAngely  ~  "Roman"

10)  Vopli Vidoplyasova  ~  "Shedrik"  (You'll probably recognize the melody of this song – it's "Carol Of The Bells." That popular Christmas song's lyrics were written to the tune of this Ukrainian folk song.)

11)  Natalka Karpa  ~  "Summer Is Over"

12)  Potap & Kamenskikh  ~  "Crazy Spring"

13)  Natalia Mogilevskaya  ~  "Sent A Message"

14)  Plach Yeremiyi  ~  "She"

15)  Ani Lorak  ~  "Orange Dreams"

"Lift' & "Drag" Songs

Not exactly "opposites" are these two words, but definitely related, especially when it comes to the physics of aerodynamics. That being said, the songs in this collection have little or nothing to do with aerodynamics. There's a disproportionately high number of lesser-known artists/singers in this one, but don't let that dissuade you from taking a listen. Some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madrugada ft. Ane Brun  ~  "Lift Me"

2)  The Apples in stereo  ~  "Same Old Drag"

3)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  "Lift"

4)  The Only  ~  "Drag Me Down"

5)  Keith & Kristyn Getty  ~  "Lift High The Name Of Jesus"

6)  Lynch Mob  ~  "Slow Drag"

7)  GIZMO ft. Nick Hakim  ~  "Lift Me Up"

8)  Lush & Simon ft. Rico & Miella  ~  "Drag Me To The Ground"

9)  The Benjamin Gate  ~  "Lift Me Up"

10)  Storm Corrosion  ~  "Drag Ropes"

11)  Trin-i-tee 5:7  ~  "I Will Lift"

12)  The Buckinghams  ~  "Kind Of  A Drag"

13)  Shannon Noll  ~  "Lift"

14)  With Beating Hearts  ~  "Drag Me Down"

15)  Mree  ~  "Lift Me Up"

16)  Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty  ~  "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

17)  Lena Katina  ~  "Lift Me Up"

18)  Anberlin  ~  "Feel Good Drag"

19)  Third Day  ~  "Lift Up Your Face"  (I've always liked Third Day. I've even seen them in concert a few times. But they're getting awfully clichéd and watered-down in their lyrics. Case in point: This song.)

20)  Tommy James  ~  "Draggin' The Line"

"Kind" Songs

Here's the follow-up to yesterday's "Mean" songs post. While not technically an "Opposites" music post (a few different definitions of the word "Kind" are employed here), it's as close to one as I could get based on what I had to work with. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  "A Kind Of Magic"

2)  Carpenters  ~  "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)"

3)  Emerson Drive  ~  "She's My Kind Of Crazy"

4)  BRAIDS  ~  "In Kind"

5)  Tyler Ward ft. Lindsey Stirling  ~  "Some Kind Of Beautiful"

6)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "All Kinds Of Kinds"

7)  Bigbang  ~  "One Of A Kind"  (This song is from the early '00s, but it has a distinctly '70s "classic rock" sound – nice!)

8)  Mama Cass  ~  "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"

9)  Robert Plant  ~  "Hurting Kind"

10)  Letters To Cleo  ~  "Cruel To Be Kind"

11)  Phil Collins  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"

12)  Girls Aloud  ~  "The Loving Kind"

13)  Mint Condition  ~  "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?"

14)  No Doubt  ~  "Simple Kind Of Life"

15)  Metallica  ~  "Some Kind Of Monster"

16)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "My Kind Of Love"  (WARNING: There are a few instances in this video when a potentially offensive word appears on the screen in close-up – however, after watching the video you'll understand that the use of this word is condemned here, and not glorified.)

17)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  "She's Not The Cheatin' Kind"

18)  Anastacia  ~  "Not That Kind"

19)  Nick Lowe  ~  "Cruel To Be Kind"

20)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Our Kind Of Love"

21)  Shealeigh  ~  "Be Kind"

22)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Some Kind Of Bliss"

23)  Confederate Railroad  ~  "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"

24)  Patty Loveless  ~  "I'm That Kind Of Girl"

25)  Group 1 Crew  ~  "His Kind Of Love"