It's About Time! Vol. 8: Decades, Centuries, Millenniums, & Eternity

And now for the "dramatic conclusion" to this rather long-running series of songs about units of time. Here's a collection with 5 songs each about decades, centuries, millenniums, and eternity. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Decade And One"

2)  David Bowie  ~  "Art Decade"

3)  Goldheart Assembly  ~   "Last Decade"

4)  Laibach  ~  "Decade Null"

5)  Gackt  ~  "Journey Through The Decade"

6)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Centuries"

7)  The Tragically Hip  ~  "Ahead By A Century"

8)  Willow Smith  ~  "21st Century Girl"

9)  Timo Tolkki's Avalon ft. Floor Jansen  ~  "Design The Century"

10)  Brad  ~  "20th Century"

11)  Dream Theater  ~  "New Millennium"

12)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Millennium Prayer"

13)  Britney Spears  ~  "New Millennium"

14)  Ravenscry  ~  "Third Millennium Man"

15)  Oslo Gospel Choir  ~  "In The New Millennium"

16)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Eternity"

17)  Paul van Dyk ft. Adam Young  ~  "Eternity"

18)  Bellarive  ~  "Taste Of Eternity"

19)  Imelda May  ~  "Eternity"

20)  Sheena Easton  ~  "Eternity"

It's About Time! Vol. 7: Years

The great thing about an entry like this one is that there are literally thousands of songs with "Year" or "Years" in their titles. So, instead of having to search the ends of the earth for enough songs to fit the "required" amount to match the other entries in this series (usually having to add a few really obscure songs), I get to hand-pick the songs I actually want to include. The result? A diverse, high-quality collection of tunes both new and old that I think most everyone will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Christina Perri  ~  "A Thousand Years"  (I simply adore this!)

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Wasted Years"  (This music video's not nearly as ghastly as the thumbnail below would make you believe.)

3)  Simply Red  ~  "Holding Back The Years"

4)  London Grammar  ~  "Wasting My Young Years"

5)  Noah And The Whale  ~  "5 Years' Time"

6)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  "The Living Years"

7)  Steely Dan  ~  "Reelin' In The Years"

8)  Tiësto ft. DBX  ~  "Light Years Away"

9)  Scorpions  ~  "A Moment In A Million Years"

10)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Light Years"

11)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Next 100 Years"

12)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago"

13)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Through The Years"

14)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Ten Years Gone"

15)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "The Hungry Years"

16)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~   "1,000 Years"

17)  Tori Amos  ~  "Silent All These Years"

18)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"  (Don't be scared off by their name…this is a good tune by a really good band! Pretty awesome video, too!)

19)  Dream Theater  ~  "Hollow Years"

20)  Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Rockin' Years"

It's About Time! Vol. 6: Months

We're back to this "Time" series again, are we? Yes. We are. And we're beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, believe it or not. This collection of songs includes tunes with "Month" or "Months" in their titles. Next up, "Years." After that, the DRAMATIC CONCLUSION! But I won't spoil that one for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Vern Gosdin  ~  "A Month Of Sundays"

2)  Bloc Party  ~  "One Month Off"

3)  Yellowcard  ~  "One Year, Six Months"

4)  Portishead  ~  "Seven Months"

5)  Alpha Rev  ~  "Colder Months"  (Skip to 2:05 if you don't want to hear the backstory behind the song.)

6)  The New Basement Tapes ft. Elvis Costello  ~  "Six Months In Kansas City"

7)  Split Enz  ~  "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"

8)  Neck Deep  ~  "I Couldn't Wait To Leave 6 Months Ago"

9)  Falling Here  ~  "Three Months"

10)  Liza Anne  ~  "The Colder Months"

11)  Kaleb Nation  "Four Months"

12)  Tinyfish  ~  "Nine Months On Fire"

13)  Don Henley  ~  "A Month Of Sundays"

14)  Fever Dreamer  ~  "A Month Of Sunshine"

15)  Nazareth  ~  "This Month's Messiah"

16)  Death From Above 1979  ~  "Black History Month"

17)  Arcade Fire  ~  "Month Of May"

18)  The Posies  ~  "Plastic Paperbacks" / "Flavor Of The Month"

19)  Vanessa Redgrave  ~  "Lusty Month Of May"

20)  James Blake  ~  "Give Me My Month"

"38" Songs

And the countdown is ON! Today, my wife is 38 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's a collection of songs with the number "38" somewhere in their lyrics. I opted for quality over quantity this time around, which explains the presence of a "mere" 19 songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Saturday Night Special"

2)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Valley Of Tomorrow"

3)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Radio"

4)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Wreck Of The Old '97"

5)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Downtown Money Waster"

6)  The Cranberries  ~  "I Just Shot John Lennon"

7)  Counting Crows  ~  "Goodnight L.A."  (This is a strange concert video. It's beautifully and professionally shot in black-and-white, but there's not a single shot of the band's iconic lead singer! Still a great performance though!)

8)  Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris  ~  "Donkey Town"

9)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Grim Facts"

10)  Travis Tritt  ~  "Honky Tonk History"

11)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  "Red Dragon Tattoo"

12)  Maggie Rose  ~  "Looking Back Now"

13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Incident On 57th Street"

14)  Lyle Lovett  ~  "Cowboy Man"

15)  Journey  ~  "Dead Or Alive"

16)  Warren Zevon  ~  "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"

17)  Hot Tuna  ~  "99 Year Blues"

18)  Martina McBride  ~  "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

19)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "Too Bad You're No Good"

"Normal" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to my previous post. It's a collection of songs with "Normal" in their titles. And some of these are anything but! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing"

2)  Don Tetto  ~  "Una Noche Normal"

3)  Screaming Females  ~  "Normal"

4)  No Relax  ~  "Persona Normal"

5)  Arcade Fire  ~  "Normal Person"

6)  Grupo Revelação  ~  "Além Do Normal"

7)  Lower Than Atlantis  ~  "Normally Strange"

8)  Espinazo Paz  ~  "Un Hombre Normal"

9)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "We Are The Normal"

10)  Ximena Sariñana  ~  "Normal"

11)  Perfume Genius  ~  "Normal Song"  (I would suggest listening to this video and not actually watching it. This guy's facial expressions are almost painful to watch.)

12)  Donkeyboy  ~  "Crazy Something Normal"

13)  Victor & Leo  ~  "Nada Es Normal"

14)  Paper Wolves  ~  "Normal After All"

15)  Barely Blind  ~  "Panic Attacks Are Normal"

16)  Peterpan  ~  "Diatas Normal"

17)  Chiodos  ~  "I Am Everything That's Normal"

18)  July For Kings  ~  "Normal Life"

19)  Porcupine Tree  ~  "Normal"

20)  The Gorgeous Colors  ~  "It's OK To Be Normal"