Another fresh batch of "Have" & "Hold" songs in part 2 of a 4-part miniseries. I have to tell you, these are only going to get better and better. Sometimes I save the best for last. Stay tuned...and enjoy! ~ JH
1) Hootie And The Blowfish ~ “Hold My Hand”
2) John Hiatt ~ “Have A Little Faith In Me”
3) Antonique Smith ~ “Hold Up, Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)” (This is a much better song than its ridiculous subtitle would suggest.)
Here begins another 4-part series, this one featuring songs with "Have" & "Hold" in their titles. Inspired by the classic marriage vows, I suppose. As you can probably imagine, songs with these words in the titles are legion. So I limited myself to only those where "Have" or "Hold" was the first word in the title. And it's STILL a 4-parter! The good thing about having lots of songs to choose from is that the songs that make the cut are generally higher in quality than when I do a smaller post of songs with a rather obscure word in the title. In other words, there're probably going to be a lot of songs you'll like. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”
2) Thompson Twins ~ “Hold Me Now”
3) Eryn Allen Kane ~ “Have Mercy”
4) Fleetwood Mac ~ “Hold Me”
5) A Day To Remember ~ “Have Faith In Me”
6) Argent ~ “Hold Your Head Up”
7) Brandy ~ “Have You Ever”
8) James Bay ~ “Hold Back The River”
9) Benjamin Booker ~ “Have You Seen My Son?”
10) Paul Anka ~ “Hold Me Till The Morning Comes”
11) Leo Sayer ~ “Have You Ever Been In Love?”
12) Janine And The Mixtape ~ “Hold Me”
13) The Rolling Stones ~ “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?”
14) Red ~ “Hold Me Now”
15) Marit Larsen ~ “Have You Ever”
16) Duran Duran ~ “Hold Back The Rain”
17) Freddie Jackson ~ “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?”
18) Derek Ryan ft. Sharon Shannon ~ “Hold On To Your Hat”
19) Rod Stewart ~ “Have I Told You Lately”
20) Jess Glynne ~ “Hold My Hand”
21) The Honeycombs ~ “Have I The Right?”
22) Michael Jackson ft. Akon ~ “Hold My Hand”
23) Bethel Music ft. Brian Johnson ~ “Have It All”
I hadn’t planned on a follow-up post to yesterday’s Songs About Heathens – it just sort of came about naturally. For what it’s worth, I found twice as many good “Believer” songs as “Heathen” ones. And one group here had two hit songs with that word in their titles. Go figure! Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Monkees ~ “I’m A Believer”
2) American Authors ~ “Believer”
3) twenty one pilots ~ “Oh, Ms. Believer”
4) Morcheeba ~ “Make Believer”
5) Neil Young ~ “The Believer”
6) Giant ~ “I’m A Believer”
7) Ronnie Milsap ~ “True Believer”
8) Chantal Kreviazuk ~ “Believer”
9) The Black Crowes ~ “Walk, Believer, Walk”
10) Bill Anderson ~ “Liars One, Believers Zero”
11) Christina Milian ~ “Believer”
12) Level 42 ~ “Believers”
13) B.B. King ~ “Midnight Believer”
14) Phil Keaggy ~ “True Believers”
15) Nanci Griffith ~ “The Last Of The True Believers”
16) Freemasons ft. Wynter Gordon ~ “Believer”
17) Darius Rucker ~ “True Believers”
18) The Cult ~ “True Believers”
19) 38 Special ~ “Stone Cold Believer”
20) Jazzanova ~ “Believer”
21) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ~ “Dear Believer”
22) Tonéx ~ “Believer”
23) Mark Chesnutt ~ “Thank God For Believers”
24) Audio Adrenaline ~ “Believer”
25) Iron Butterfly ~ “Stone Believer”
26) Michael Schenker Group ~ “Rock & Roll Believer”
27) The Monkees ~ “Daydream Believer”
28) Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius ~ “Born Believer”
"What will he come up with next?" I like to keep you guessing. Here's a small but potent collection of Songs About Heathens. Mostly, I'm posting these because I really like the first song. But the rest of the tunes ain't half bad, either. Enjoy! ~ JH
Here's the natural follow-up to yesterday's post, this one featuring Things These Artists WON'T do. Snarky song commentary is included at no extra charge. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Tom Petty ~ “I Won’t Back Down” (Tom Petty plus TWO former Beatles in the video? Yes, please!)
2) Jason Mraz ~ “I Won’t Give Up” (I think he means it, too. Just listen to the earnestness in his voice.)
3) Rascal Flatts ~ “I Won’t Let Go” (This guy’s voice is almost good enough to ignore those Guy-Fieri-inspired frosted tips. Almost.)
4) Charlie Puth ~ “I Won’t Tell A Soul” (His lips are sealed.)
5) Selah Sue ~ “I Won’t Go For More” (And we won’t stay for less. Deal?)
6) James Morrison ~ “I Won’t Let You Go” (I bet there were a lot of ticked-off drivers in the immediate area during the filming of this video.)
7) Tanya Tucker ft. Paul Overstreet & Paul Davis ~ “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love” (That hair. Those clothes. Must be ‘80s country music. Heaven, help us!)
8) Carpenters ~ “I Won’t Last A Day Without You” (Okay, Richard, we get it. You have a lot of money, and you can afford as many cars as you want. Can we please just keep the focus on Karen next time? You, sir, are extraneous!)
9) A Great Big World ~ “Won’t Stop Running” (Nah, I just have something in my eye. You, too?)
10) Jane Monheit & Michael Bublé ~ “I Won’t Dance” (Sorry, I can’t help but ask. Even if she vows not to, and I’m not able to. #thatgorgeousvoice #JanesnotMichaels #hesokaytooiguess)
11) Anouk ~ “I Won’t Play That Game” (Which game? Monopoly? Clue? Candy Crush? Pokémon Go? Twister?)
12) Maroon 5 ~ “Won’t Go Home Without You” (Does anyone really believe that a woman would actually reject this guy? If my wife were typing this, she would probably say “nope.” So we’ll go with that.)
13) Sophie Ellis-Bextor ~ “I Won’t Change You” (That’s good, ‘cuz I’m pretty happy with myself the way I am. Mostly. Actually, not really all that much. On second thought, go ahead and change me!)
14) Reba McEntire ~ “I Won’t Mention It Again” (Thanks, Reba. I hate it when people keep bringing up the same old thing over and over again. Let it go, people!)
15) Lacuna Coil ~ “I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)” (That’s fine. Just don’t mention it again, ‘kay?)
16) OK Go ~ “I Won’t Let You Down” (Every OK Go music video is a true work of art. Always entertaining! The music ain’t bad, either!)
17) Poison ~ “I Won’t Forget” (That hair. Those clothes. Must be ‘80s rock music. Heaven, help us!)
18) Sarah Blasko ~ “We Won’t Run” (She sings well, and she’s inside of a giant eyeball. That about sums it up.)
19) Building 429 ~ “We Won’t Be Shaken” (The band may not be shaken, but that small percussion instrument the guy was wielding at the beginning of the song sure was taking a shaking.)
20) Melissa Etheridge ~ “I Won’t Be Alone Tonight” (Of course you won’t, Melissa. There’s an audience right there in front of you.)
21) Princessa ~ “I Won’t Forget You” (“Any more no more” is a double negative. So…she’s saying that she’s totally going to forget you. Sorry, dude.)
22) Slade ~ “We Won’t Give In” (I was going to make some pithy comment about the song itself, but that jaunty red hat of the singer’s has got me so distracted that I’m dumbstruck.)
23) Big Head Todd And The Monsters ~ “We Won’t Go Back” (I don’t think they’re going back. Not to the way it was, at least.)
24) The Who ~ “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (I think this song is about politics, but I could be wrong. I hate songs about politics.)
25) The Colourist ~ “We Won’t Go Home” (You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.)
