Thursday, November 19, 2015

"Hopeful" & "Hopeless" Songs

Here's an all-in-one (imagine that?) "Opposites" music post featuring songs with the words "Hopeful" and "Hopeless" in their titles. Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, that's why. And it still does, for that matter. Enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Hopeless”




2)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Hopeful”




3)  Train  ~  “Hopeless”




4)  Bear Mountain  ~  “Hopeful”




5)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Hopeless Wanderer”




6)  Cord Of 3  ~  “Broken But Undeniably Hopeful”




7)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Hopeless Opus”




8)  This Century  ~  “Hopeful Romantic”




9)  The Corrs  ~  “Hopelessly Addicted”




10)  M’lissa  ~  “Hopefully”




11)  Good Charlotte  ~  “The Young & The Hopeless”




12)  FoxVille  ~  “Hopeful Serenade”




13)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Hopeless Kids”




14)  The Sheriff  ~  “The Hopeful Bluebird”




15)  Widespread Panic  ~  “Hope In A Hopeless World”




16)  Ahad Abid  ~  “Hopeful Silence”




17)  Lee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss  ~  “Hopelessly Yours”




18)  Infidelities  ~  “Hopeful Kind Of Sad”




19)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Hopelessly Devoted To You”




20)  Emirsian  ~   “Hopeful”




21)  Journey  ~  “The Party Is Over (Hopelessly In Love)”




22)  Hannah Grace  ~  “Hopeful”




23)  Jessica Andrews  ~  “Helplessly, Hopelessly”




24)  Livia Ferri  ~  “Hopefully”




25)  Rick Astley  ~  “Hopelessly”

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

“Puzzle”-ing Songs

Here's a curious bunch of songs which you may find "Puzzle"-ing. Primarily because each tune in this collection contains the word "Puzzle" (or one of its derivatives) in its title. So furrow your brow and enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH


1)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Puzzle Piece”




2)  Saint Motel  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”




3)  Ane Brun  ~  “The Puzzle”




4)  Slash’s Snakepit  ~  “Jigsaw Puzzle”




5)  Wizzy  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”




6)  Pretty City  ~  “Piece Of The Puzzle”




7)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “Puzzle Me”




8)  Justin Young ft. Colbie Caillat  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”




9)  Lina Ohta  ~  “Puzzle-Riddle”




10)  Tobbe Daun  ~  “Puzzle”




11)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Stuck On The Puzzle”




12)  Friends Electric  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”




13)  Erin & The Wildfire  ~  “Puzzles”




14)  Copious Jones  ~  “Puzzle Box”




15)  Brequette  ~  “Puzzle Together”




16)  Lou Barlow  ~  “Puzzle”




17)  Sarah Bowman  ~  “Puzzle”




18)  Joseph Myers  ~  “Puzzles And Places”




19)  Brittany Ann  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”




20)  Hus Hodja  ~  “Puzzle”



Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Songs About Paris

And now there's this post...for obvious reasons. Vive la France!  ~  JH



1)  Yael Naïm  ~  “Paris”




2)  Morrissey  ~  “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”




3)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Paris Nights / New York Mornings”




4)  Bénabar  ~  “Paris By Night”




5)  Rupa & the April Fishes  ~  “Une américaine a Paris”




6)  Florence Coste & Julien Dassin  ~  “Sous Le Ciel De Paris”




7)  Karen Souza  ~  “Paris”




8)  Mickey 3d  ~  “Paris T’es Belle”




9)  Little Dragon  ~  “Paris”




10)  Ben Rector  ~  “Paris”




11)  The Hot Sardines  ~  “I Love Paris”




12)  John Denver  ~  “A Country Girl In Paris”




13)  St. Vincent  ~  “Paris Is Burning”




14)  Chris de Burgh  ~  “A Rainy Night In Paris”




15)  Joni Mitchell  ~  “Free Man In Paris”




16)  Swervedriver  ~  “Cars Converge On Paris”




17)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “April In Paris”




18)  Raúl Di Blasio  ~  “Luna de Paris”




19)  Ladyhawke  ~  “Paris Is Burning”




20)  Riff Cohen  ~  “A Paris”



Monday, November 16, 2015

Songs About "Singers"

In previous entries, I've done "Songs About Songs," "Songs About Music," and the like. But I've never done a post featuring Songs About Singers. Or, more specifically, songs with the word "Singer" (or its plural) in their titles. Well, now is as good a time as any, so let's go! Enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Cake  ~  “Opera Singer”




2)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  “The Singer”




3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)”




4)  Anna Nalick  ~  “The Lullaby Singer”




5)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Pop Singer”




6)  Bee Gees  ~  “The Singer Sang His Song”




7)  The Decemberists  ~  “The Singer Addresses His Audience”




8)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer”




9)  Teitur  ~  “The Singer”




10)  Animal Collective  ~  “Another White Singer”




11)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  “Singers”




12)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Mary Tom Speer-Reid  ~  “When All God’s Singers Get Home”




13)  Ty Segall  ~  “The Singer”




14)  Califone  ~  “Funeral Singers”




15)  David Phelps  ~  “The Singer”




16)  Miranda Colchester  ~  “The Singer”




17)  Jimi Jamison  ~  “It’s The Singer, Not The Song”




18)  Vince Freeman  ~  “The Singer”




19)  Kevin Max  ~  “Return Of The Singer”




20)  Elkie Brooks  ~  “Pearl’s A Singer”



Friday, November 13, 2015

Christian Songs With Body Parts In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here's a few more Christian songs with body parts in their titles. Ready, steady, go! ...And enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  JJ Heller  ~  “Your Hands”




2)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Jeff & Sheri Easter and Ben Speer  ~  “Jesus, Hold My Hand"




3)  Natalie Grant  ~  “In Better Hands”




4)  Hillsong Church ft. Darlene Zschech  ~  “The Potter’s Hand”




5)  Passion ft. Matt Redman  ~  “The Heart Of Worship”




6)  Love & The Outcome  ~  “King Of My Heart”




7)  Geoff Moore & Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Listen To Our Hearts”




8)  Hillsong United  ~  “Take Heart”




9)  Passion ft. Crowder  ~  “Here’s My Heart”




10)  Jaci Velasquez  ~  “On My Knees”




11)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Find You On My Knees”




12)  Gaither Vocal Band and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  “Sitting At The Feet Of Jesus”




13)  Hillsong United  ~  “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”




14)  Bethel Music ft. Steffany Gretzinger  ~  “Tips Of My Toes / I Have Found My Joy”




15)  Casting Crowns  ~  "If We Are The Body"