Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The “Look” & “Feel” Of Songs, Vol. 1

In my 6+ years of music blogging, I have posted Songs About Feelings, The Feels, and Feeling It. But since the subject of "feelings" is utterly ubiquitous in music, here's a new variation of previously unposted "Feel" Songs, this time paired with "Look" Songs as well. Because, I mean, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Look What You Made Me Do”




2)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Feel”




3)  Metronomy  ~  “The Look”




4)  Chicago  ~  “Feel”




5)  Roxette  ~  “The Look”




6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Feel”




7)  Poison  ~  “Look What The Cat Dragged In”




8)  Selah Sue  ~  “Feel”




9)  Galantis  ~  “Mama Look At Me Now”




10)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “I Feel Like I’m Falling”




11)  ABC  ~  “The Look Of Love”




12)  Tonight Alive  ~  “How Does It Feel?”




13)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Tonight Looks Good On You”




14)  Calvin Harris  ~   “Feel So Close”




15)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Look To You”




16)  Toto  ~  “How Does It Feel?”




17)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Look What I Found”




18)  Naughty By Nature  ~  “Feel Me Flow”




19)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “You Look Good”




20)  Rhye  ~  “Feel Your Weight”




21)  Larkin Poe  ~  “Look Away”




22)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Feel That Fire”




23)  Paramore  ~  “Looking Up”




24)  The Weeknd  ~  “Can’t Feel My Face”




25)  Sade  ~  “Keep Looking”


Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Songs About Towns & Villages

Cities get all the attention these days, but towns and villages are really where it's at! So I put together a collection of Songs About Towns & Villages as a meager yet sincere tribute to them. I trust you shall...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Old Town Road”




2)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Village Ghetto Land”




3)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "The Boys Are Back In Town"




4)  Alpine  ~  “Villages”




5)  The Kooks  ~  “Around Town”




6)  The Kinks  ~  “Village Green Preservation Society”




7)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Break Up In A Small Town”




8)  Blackmore’s Night  ~  “The Village In The Sand”




9)  Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna  ~  “Run This Town”




10)  Cam  ~  “Village”




11)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town”




12)  Andy Williams  ~  “Village Of St. Bernadette”




13)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Famous In A Small Town”




14)  New Order  ~  “The Village”




15)  Adam Lambert  ~  “Ghost Town”




16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Village Of The Sun”




17)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Goodbye Town”




18)  Bizzle ft. Jin, Sho Baraka, & V. Rose  ~  “It Takes A Village”




19)  Dream Academy  ~  “Life In A Northern Town”




20)  Wrabel  ~  “The Village”




21)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Poor Side Of Town”




22)  Pete Yorn  ~  “Crystal Village”




23)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Small Town”




24)  Andy Gullahorn  ~  “Village”




25)  Bronski Beat  ~  "Smalltown Boy"


Monday, April 8, 2019

Songs About Happy Endings

My wife refuses to watch a movie or read a book if it most definitely does NOT have a "happily ever after" ending . With that in mind, here are a bunch of songs that are guaranteed to end well for all parties involved. Well, sort of anyway. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “My Happy Ending”




2)  MIKA  ~  “Happy Ending”




3)  Sugarland  ~  “Happy Ending”




4)  Mayday Parade  ~  “Happy Endings Are Stories That Haven’t Ended Yet”




5)  Matt The Electrician  ~  “Happy Ending”




6)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Happy Ending”




7)  Tobu ft. Cassandra Kay  ~  “Happy Ending”




8)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Everybody Loves A Happy Ending”




9)  Galavant Cast  ~  “A Happy Ending For Us”




10)  Johnny Rodriguez  ~  “We Believe In Happy Endings”




11)  Ashford & Simpson  ~  “Happy Endings”




12)  Nils Lofgren  ~  “Happy Ending Kids”




13)  Ward Thomas  ~  “Footnotes (Happy Endings)”




14)  Parov Stelar  ~  “Happy End”




15)  Melissa Manchester  ~  “Happy Endings”




16)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Happy Endings”




17)  Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band  ~  “We Deserve A Happy Ending”




18)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Happy Endings”




19)  Sara Melson  ~  “Happy Endings”




20)  The Strokes  ~  “Happy Ending”




21)  Final Child  ~  “Happy Ending”




22)  Spies Like Us  ~  “Happy Endings Only Happen In Movies”




23)  Joe Jackson & Elaine Caswell  ~  “Happy Ending”




24)  [insert:sound]  ~  “After The Happy Ending"




25)  Caylana  ~  “No Happy Ending”



Friday, April 5, 2019

More Songs About Thorns & Thistles

A second and final set of Songs About Thorns & Thistles starts NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bristletongue  ~ “Thistle Among Roses”




2)  The White Stripes  ~  “Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn”




3)  Cracker  ~  “Sweet Thistle Pie”




4)  Katie Brianna  ~  “Thorn In Your Side”




5)  Flobots  ~  “The Rose And The Thistle”




6)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Thorn In My Side”




7)  Poor Rich Boy  ~  “Thistle”




8)  Liliac  ~  “Chain Of Thorns”




9)  Conor Oberst  ~  “Milk Thistle”




10)  Eurythmics  ~  “Thorn In My Side”




11)  TAD  ~  “Thistle Suit”




12)  Tremble  ~  “Thorns”




13)  The Decemberists  ~  “The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle The Thistles Undone)”




14)  CeeLo Green  ~  “Thorns”




15)  Zero 7 ft. Sia  ~  “Thistles”




16)  Echo & The Bunnymen  ~  “Thorn Of Crowns”




17)  Wolf People  ~  “Thistles”




18)  Gregg Allman  ~  “Thorn And A Wild Rose”




19)  Bang On The Ear  ~  “Thistle & A Rose”




20)  Charley Pride  ~  “Thorns Of Life”




21)  Buckethead  ~  “Sow Thistle”




22)  Gary Numan  ~  “Bed Of Thorns”




23)  Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies  ~  “Thistle”




24)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Blessing In The Thorn”




25)  Vincent & A Secret  ~  “Thistle”