Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Songs And Artists With Books Of The Bible In Their Names, Vol. 2

In case you missed it, this is part two of a three-part miniseries, featuring songs and artists with books of the Bible in their names. Last time, I covered Genesis through Song of Solomon. So we'll pick up this time with the book of Isaiah and go forward through the book of Acts. As I mentioned before, it's pretty difficult to track down a song or artist for all 66 books in the Bible. But I've given it my best effort, and these are what I came up with. Again, not all the songs/artists in this collection are specifically Christian groups. In fact, it's likely that there's more of them that are not than are. But I found what I could find, and that's all I can do. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Derek Levendusky & Isaiah Six  ~  "I Will Go"




2)  Jonathan Jeremiah  ~  "Gold Dust"




3)  S.O.  ~  "Lamentations"




4)  Ezekiel Ox And The Fury  ~  "We'll Never Know"




5)  Daniel Merriweather  ~  "Red"




6)  Hosea Hargrove And The RoadRunners  ~  "Woke Up This Morning"

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7)  Billy Joel  ~  "The Longest Time"




8)  Tori Amos  ~  "Cornflake Girl"

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9)  Obadiah Jones  ~  "Beautiful Someone"

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10)  Chasing Jonah  ~  "Run"  (WOW, that voice!)




11)  Micah Stampley  ~  "Never Let You Go"




12)  Nahum Corona  ~  "The Prophet's Presage (Nineveh's Fall)"  (Beautiful jazz instrumental)




13)  Habakkuk  ~  "Thank You Lord"  (These Zambian brothers – no, really, I think they're actually brothers – can harmonize like nobody's business!)




14)  Benjamin Zephaniah  ~  "Rong Radio"




15)  Haggai Cohen Milo Quartet  ~  "For You"  (Another excellent jazz instrumental)




16)  Zechariah Lloyd  ~  "A Change Is Coming"




17)  Carolyn Malachi  ~  "Beautiful Dreamer"




18)  Matthew Sweet  ~  "Sick Of Myself"




19)  Mark Salling  ~  "Illusions"  (Yes, that's "Puck" from GLEE)





20)  Luke Bryan  ~  "Do I"




21)  John Mayer  ~  "Daughters"




22)  Frightened Rabbit  ~  "Acts Of Man"

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Songs And Artists With Books Of The Bible In Their Names, Vol. 1


I've been working on this miniseries of music posts off and on for quite awhile. For one thing, I've been practically obsessed with compiling "Opposites" posts for who-knows-how-long and this one's been on the back burner. For another, it's pretty hard to find a song or artist for every book in the Bible (there are 66 in all). But I've given it my best effort, and these are what I came up with. This will be a three-part series, of which this is (obviously) part one. Not all the songs/artists in this collection are specifically Christian groups. In fact, it's likely that there's more of them that are not than are. But, again, I found what I could find, and that's all I can do. Parts two and three are coming soon. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Genesis  ~  "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"




2)  Exodus  ~  "A Good Day To Die"

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3)  Leviticus  ~  "Love Is Love" / "I Got Power"

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4)  Art By Numbers  ~  "Best Laid Plans"




5)  Cats Cast  ~  "Old Deuteronomy"




6)  Joshua Radin  ~  "Closer"




7)  Dyst  ~  "Judges And Butchers"  (A fairly horrible song – musically speaking – but the only one I could find with "Judges" in the song title or band name)




8)  Ruth Lorenzo  ~  "Burn"




9)  Samuel James  ~  "Nineteen"




10)  Samuel  ~  "I Heart NY"




11)  Kings Of Convenience  ~  "Mrs. Cold"




12)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "Use Somebody"




13)  audiomachine  ~  "Life Chronicles"

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14)  Good Charlotte  ~  "The Chronicles Of Life And Death"

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15)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Absolutely Still"




16)  Nehemiah ft. Rachel  ~  "Building Block"




17)  Esther Bertram  ~  "Lily's Debut"




18)  Mali Music  ~  "The Job Experience"




19)  Naomi Psalm & The Blue Cinema  ~  "Ink"





20)  ProVerb ft. The Soil  ~  "Blessed And Highly Favoured"

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21)  Me'Shell Ndegeocello  ~  "Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart"




22)  Tosin Abasi  ~  "Song Of Solomon"  (Wow, this man is an amazing guitarist! Where's he been hiding?)

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Monday, November 25, 2013

"Need" & "Want" Songs

Will this "Opposites" music post madness ever end? I hope not. Because if it does, it probably means that I am "no longer with us." Enjoy? ~  JH



1)  OneRepublic  ~  "Something I Need"




2)  Cher Lloyd  ~  "Want U Back"




3)  Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding  ~  "I Need Your Love"




4)  Journey  ~  "Any Way You Want It"




5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Need You Now"




6)  Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra  ~  "Want It Back"




7)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Anytime You Need A Friend"




8)  Vertical Horizon  ~  "Everything You Want"




9)  Maverick Sabre  ~  "I Need"




10)  Spice Girls  ~  "Wannabe"




11)  Within Temptation  ~  "All I Need"




12)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  "All I Want"

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13)  Plumb  ~  "Need You Now (How Many Times)"




14)  The Human League  ~  "Don't You Want Me?"




15)  Third Day  ~  "I Need A Miracle"




16)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "What A Girl Wants"




17)  Matt Maher ft. Audrey Assad  ~  "Lord, I Need You"
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18)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "I Don't Want To Be"




19)  Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill  ~  "I Need You"




20)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"


Friday, November 22, 2013

OTHER Famous People Who Died On November 22nd


Blackbeard  (1680 - 1718)
Notable Pirate



Walter Reed  (1851 - 1902)
Physician
(The military hospital in D.C.
is named after him)



Jack London  (1876 - 1916)
Author
(He wrote The Call Of The
Wild, among other books)



Shemp Howard  (1895 - 1955)
Actor
(One of the Three – and 
sometimes Four – Stooges)



Aldous Huxley  (1894 - 1963)
Author
(He wrote Brave New World, just to name
one; he passed on the same day as JFK)



C. S. Lewis  (1898 - 1963)
Author/Theologian
(That Chronicles Of Narnia guy; his death was
also overshadowed by JFK's the same day)



Mae West  (1893 - 1980)
Actress



Scatman Crothers  (1910 - 1986)
Actor



Sterling Holloway  (1905 - 1992)
Actor
(The original voice of Winnie The Pooh)



Anthony Burgess  (1917 - 1993)
Author
(He wrote A Clockwork Orange)



Michael Hutchence  (1960 - 1997)
Singer/Songwriter
(He was the frontman for INXS)



Mary Kay Ash  (1915 - 2001)
Businesswoman
(She founded Mary Kay cosmetics)