Songs About The Wind, Vol. 1

Of all the themes I've featured in my 6+ years as a music blogger, I've never done this one. Which is surprising, considering I live in an incredibly hurricane-prone part of the country and strong winds are annually on my mind (as they are currently, for obvious reasons). So when I finally got around to it, I realized there were tons of good songs that qualified. So this will be part 1 of (at least) 2. Assuming you (and I) don't blow away in this storm, I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser  ~  "She's Like The Wind"

2)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

3)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"

4)  Bob Dylan & Joan Baez  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"

5)  Scorpions  ~  "Wind Of Change"

6)  Bette Midler  ~  "Wind Beneath My Wings"

7)  David Bowie  ~  "Wild Is The Wind"

8)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Blowing Kisses In The Wind"

9)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"

10)  Becky Hill  ~  "Caution To The Wind"

11)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Idiot Wind"  (You can, in fact, have too much Bob Dylan in one day. But two songs is probably not going to kill you.)

12)  Jefferson Starship  ~  "Winds Of Change"

13)  Rod Stewart & Ron Wood  ~  "Mandolin Wind"

14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Don't Listen To The Wind"

15)  Billy Joel  ~  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"

16)  Heart  ~  "Mistral Wind"

17)  John Anderson  ~  "Seminole Wind"

18)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Riders On The Wind"

19)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"

20)  Donovan & Crystal Gayle  ~  "Catch The Wind"

21)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Summer Wind"

22)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Kisses On The Wind"

23)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"  (Maybe you can have too many Kansas songs in one day, I dunno. But surely two is not too many.)

24)  Gogi Grant  ~  "The Wayward Wind"

25)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Against The Wind"

"Bummer" Songs

These songs, all bearing the word "Bummer" in their titles, are guaranteed to disappoint. Or at least you would think so by what they're called. In actuality, they're quite good. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Broken Baby  ~  "Bullets Or Bummer"

2)  Charmer  ~  "Bummer Summer"

3)  Rizha  ~  "Happy Bummer Day"

4)  Ty Herndon  ~  "Summer Was A Bummer"

5)  JEFF The Brotherhood  ~  "Bummer"

6)  No Vacation  ~  "Beach Bummer"

7)  Deerhoof  ~  "Oh Bummer"

8)  Harry Chapin  ~  "Bummer"

9)  The Grifters  ~  "Bummer"

10)  The Velvet Mornings  ~  "Bummer Beach"

11)  Guerilla  ~  "Bummer"

12)  Sparks  ~  "Bummer"

13)  Denton  ~  "Off The Wall" / "Bummer"

14)  Weezer  ~  "Endless Bummer"

15)  Youth XL  ~  "Summer Bummer"

16)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  "Star-Spangled Bummer"

17)  The Band In Heaven  ~  "Summer Bummer"

18)  A Skylit Drive  ~  "500 Days Of Bummer"

19)  Emily Adamson  ~  "Uptown Summer Bummer"

20)  Iggy Pop  ~  "Ordinary Bummer"

21)  Robert Plant  ~  "Bummer In The Summer"

22)  West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band  ~  "Not One Bummer"

23)  Viva Lion  ~  "Oh, Bummer!"

24)  Scarling.  ~  "Bummer"

25)  Alice Kristiansen  ~  "Summer Bummer"

"Flux" Songs

If you've ever felt like you were caught in between two things and couldn't move forward, backward, or sideways, then these songs are for you! If you haven't, they're still for you. Music is for everybody. So go ahead and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  LIGHTS  ~  "Flux And Flow"

2)  Bloc Party  ~  "Flux"

3)  Ellie Goulding  ~  "Flux"

4)  Northlane  ~  "Quantum Flux"  (Such a quiet, soothing song, this one is.)

5)  AEREN  ~  "Time Flux"

6)  Fitzroy North  ~  "Sunset Flux"

7)  Ålesund  ~  "Shift & Flux"

8)  Merge Factory  ~  "Flux"

9)  Michaela Slinger  ~  "Flux"

10)  Julian DeMarre  ~  "State Of Flux"

11)  ANIMA!  ~  "Flux And Stasis"

12)  Reelanderz x Etawdex  ~  "Flux"

13)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  "Particle Flux"

14)  Antoine Diligent  ~  "All Is Flux"

15)  SAMAD  ~  "End Of Flux"

16)  Ace Frehley  ~  "Quantum Flux"

17)  KUČKA  ~  "Flux 98"

18)  Without A Face  ~  "Flux Capacitor"

19)  Gareth Coker  ~  "Flux"

20)  Quicksails  ~  "Find Flux"

21)  Falling Up  ~  "The Sidewinder Flux"

22)  Kush  ~  "Red Flux"

23)  Metropol  ~  "Flux In A Box"

24)  Cosmic Arena  ~  "Life Is Flux"

25)  Magen Miller, Jonathan Jones, Colin Alexander, & Ryan Scott Brown  ~  "Flux"

More "Steam"-y Songs

If you thought the first set of "Steam"-y Sings was hot, wait'll you hear these! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alyssa Milano  ~  "Teen Steam"  (This is so awful! But gosh, wasn't she a cutie?!?!)

2)  Ty Herndon  ~  "Steam"

3)  Stables  ~  "Steam"

4)  John Lee Hooker  ~  "I Don't Need No Steam Heat"

5)  The Monkees  ~  "Steam Engine"

6)  Johnny Horton  ~  "Coal Smoke, Valve Oil, And Steam"

7)  Pete Doherty  ~  "The Steam"

8)  Wishbone Ash  ~  "Steam Town"

9)  The Kinks  ~  "Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains"

10)  Albert King  ~  "Running Out Of Steam"

11)  Deep Sea Arcade  ~  "Steam"

12)  The Guess Who  ~  "Rock And Roller Steam"

13)  Abney Park  ~  "Building Steam"

14)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Raising Steam"

15)  Murder By Death  ~  "Steam Rising"

16)  Daft Punk  ~  "Steam Machine"

17)  East 17  ~  "Steam"

18)  Scorpions  ~  "Steamrock Fever"

19)  Phish  ~  "Steam"

20)  Noble Jacks  ~  "Ramblers Steam"

21)  So Beast  ~  "Summer Steam"  (This is not particularly good music, but it's rather fascinating watching them making it.)

22)  The Lucksmiths  ~  "Columns O' Steam"

23)  Thelma and the Sleaze  ~  "Hot Steam"

24)  Grice  ~  "Steam"

25)  Andy Clockwise  ~  "Steam Dream"