"Now" Songs

In case you're wondering, yes, this is going to be another miniseries of "Opposites" music blog entries. I'm posting the "Now" songs now. Later, I will post the "Later" songs. If I left your favorite "Now" song out, I'm very sorry. I would say I'll go back and add it later, but by then I'll be posting "Later" songs and it will be too late for new "Now" songs. Ya follow me? Good! Then enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  "What Now"

2)  The Script  ~  "If You Could See Me Now"

3)  Jessie J  ~  "Who's Laughing Now"

4)  Simply Red  ~  "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

5)  Paramore  ~  "Now"

6)  KONGOS  ~  "Come With Me Now"

7)  Marianas Trench  ~  "By Now"

8)  Orianthi  ~  "Now Or Never"

9)  PSY  ~  "Right Now"

10)  The Maine  ~  "Don't Stop Now"

11)  London Grammar  ~  "Hey Now"

12)  New Edition  ~  "Cool It Now"

13)  Queen  ~  "Now I'm Here"

14)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Speak Now"

15)  116 ft. Lecrae, Andy Mineo, KB, Tedashii, & Derek Minor  ~  "Now They Know"

"Dry" And "Weary" Songs

This is what happens when you get finished putting together a post of "High" and "Dry" songs, but you have too many good "Dry" songs and you hate to just not include them, so you come up with some cockamamie scheme to put them in a separate post and – surprise, surprise! – you discover lots more good music along the way. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "Home And Dry"

2)  Ryan Bingham  ~  "The Weary Kind"

3)  Redemption  ~  "Bleed Me Dry"

4)  Thrice  ~  "Come, All You Weary"

5)  Diego Stocco  ~  "Music From A Dry Cleaner"  (This is beyond innovative! Awesome stuff!)

6)  The Cox Family ft. Suzanne Cox  ~  "I Am Weary, Let Me Rest"

7)  Jungle Doctors  ~  "Dry"

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8)  Langston Hughes ft. The Doug Parker Band  ~  "The Weary Blues"  (Yes, this is that Langston Hughes, the esteemed African-American poet, reciting one of his pieces here to a lovely jazz accompaniment)

9)  Jade Wessel  ~  "Dry My Tears"

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10)  Michael Paynter  ~  "Weary Stars"

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11)  King Eider  ~  "Drink Me Dry"

12)  KAY  ~  "Weary Heart"

13)  Meat Loaf  ~  "Not A Dry Eye In The House"

14)  Alexa Woodward  ~  "Weary"

15)  PREY  ~  "Running Dry"

16)  Melody Michalski  ~  "Weary Heart"

17)  Robbie Reay  ~  "Tears Roll Dry"

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18)  Jon Tierney And The Truth  ~  "Weary"

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19)  Laura Marling  ~  "Bleed Me Dry"

20)  Row Cook  ~  "Weary Eyes"

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21)  Texas  ~  "Dry Your Eyes"

22)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  "Weary Blues From Waitin'"

23)  Stephen Simmonds  ~  "Tears Never Dry"

24)  Stormy Montana  ~  "Weary Angel"

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"High" & "Dry" Songs

What's a music blogger to do when he starts running out of "Opposites" to make posts out of? He starts making posts involving two "Related" words instead. Sure, it's a dumb idea – but these are some really good songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blondie  ~  "The Tide Is High"

2)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "Tears Dry On Their Own"

3)  Cults  ~  "High Road"

4)  Cold War Kids  ~  "Hang Me Up To Dry"

5)  Three Days Grace  ~  "The High Road"

6)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Dry County"

7)  John Legend  ~  "So High"

8)  Befriend The Bears  ~  "Bone Dry"

9)  Broken Bells  ~  "The High Road"

10)  The Control  ~  "Out To Dry"

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11)  HiRemedy  ~  "Sugar High"

12)  Ben Saunders  ~  "Dry Your Eyes"

13)  Vince Gill  ~  "Go Rest High On That Mountain"

14)  Maisie Berry  ~  "Dry Your Eyes"

15)  Megadeth  ~  "High Speed Dirt"

16)  Gungor  ~  "Dry Bones"

17)  Ben Folds Five  ~  "Sky High"

18)  Armada Of Secrets  ~  "Bleeding Me Dry"

19)  Ella Hooper  ~  "Low High"

20)  Amanda Jenssen  ~  "Dry My Soul"

21)  Alabama  ~  "High Cotton"

22)  Owl Eyes  ~  "Love Run Dry"

23)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "High Hopes"

24)  Ruarri Joseph  ~  "Until The Luck Runs Dry"

25)  Gentlemen Roosevelt  ~  "High & Dry"

"Mother" Songs

It would be inaccurate to say that this is a collection of songs about mothers in honor of Mother's Day this Sunday. While most of the songs in this collection are about someone's actual mother, some are using the word "mother" metaphorically to represent a matriarchal idea. So what we actually have here is an eclectic collection of songs which just happen to have the word "mother" in their titles. That being said, there's some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  CHVRCHES  ~  "The Mother We Share"

2)  Tracy Bonham  ~  "Mother Mother"

3)  Era  ~  "Mother"

4)  Mr. T  ~  "Treat Your Mother Right"  (I know I just posted this "classic" song back in January, but it's worth a repeat!)

5)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Oh Mother"

6)  The Dead Weather  ~  "Treat Me Like Your Mother"

7)  ABBA  ~  "Does Your Mother Know?"

8)  Lauren Alaina  ~  "Like My Mother Does"

9)  Bon Jovi  ~  "If I Was Your Mother"

10)  Journey  ~  "Mother, Father"

11)  Lil' Mo  ~  "Mother Of Your Child"  (Oh, snap! She told HIM!)

12)  Blondie  ~  "Mother"

13)  Pretty Maids  ~  "Mother Of All Lies"

14)  Kingsfoil  ~  "What Your Mother Taught You"

15)  Lita Ford  ~  "Mother"

16)  Terri Small  ~  "From Mother To Daughter"

17)  Vern Gosdin  ~  "Mother Country Music"

18)  Fat Freddy's Drop  ~  "Mother Mother"

19)  The Beatles  ~  "Your Mother Should Know"

20)  Anneke van Giersbergen  ~  "My Mother Said"