Okay, so none of these songs are specifically "Thanksgiving" songs. But all of them have the words "Thank You" in the title, which is something I suppose. I'm thankful for a lot of things, and I might go to the trouble of listing them here later – perhaps today, or maybe tomorrow. But for now, I want to thank you – whomever you are – for taking the time to indulge me and actively cooperate in my insanity daily, weekly, or however often you visit this blog. If you didn't consistently check out what I have to say, or what music I'm posting, or revel in the things that fascinate me, I would probably still blog, but not nearly as often. Thank you, Loyal Readers. And Happy Thanksgiving to you all! ~ JH
1) Boyz II Men ~ "Thank You"
2) Alanis Morissette ~ "Thank U"
3) Sly & The Family Stone ~ "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Yeah, you read that right – that's the official name of the song, spelled exactly as the band intended it to be)
4) Dido ~ "Thank You"
5) Bon Jovi ~ "Thank You For Loving Me"
6) Estelle ~ "Thank You"
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Seriously, I'm not gonna tell you the theme this time. It's not that hard, really. ~ JH
1) ABBA ~ "The Winner Takes It All"
2) Keane ~ "Crystal Ball"
3) Secondhand Serenade ~ "Your Call"
4) B.o.B. ~ "Don't Let Me Fall"
5) Robin Sparkles ~ "Let's Go To The Mall"
6) Classified ~ "3 Foot Tall" (NOTE: The words on the screen are labels that people are unfairly given by bullies and the like – if you take offense, you're missing the point!)
7) Oasis ~ "Wonderwall"
8) The Cyrkle ~ "Red Rubber Ball"
9) Kings Of Leon ~ "On Call"
10) John Mellencamp ~ "Walk Tall"
11) Bat For Lashes ~ "A Wall"
12) Mariah Carey ~ "Whenever You Call"
13) Miley Cyrus ~ "Wrecking Ball" (FYI: This "Director's Cut" is the family-friendly version)
Yep, I've still got a few more "Opposites" music posts to get out of my system. At the very least, there's this one, another one that's ready to go, and one more I'm working on right now. You'll find a pretty good mix of songs here. I'll bet you're familiar with a few of them. You may even know all the words to one or two. So go ahead, hear 'em while they're hot, since I slaved over 'em for so long. Or something like that. ~ JH
1) Blood Sweat & Tears ~ "You've Made Me So Very Happy"
2) Eric Clapton ~ "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?"
3) Garbage ~ "Only Happy When It Rains"
4) Lana Del Rey ~ "Summertime Sadness"
5) Sting ~ "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
6) Toni Braxton ~ "Another Sad Love Song"
7) Michelle Branch ~ "Are You Happy Now?"
8) Elton John ~ "Sad Songs Say So Much"
9) Norah Jones ~ "Happy Pills"
10) Au Revoir Simone ~ "Sad Song"
11) Leona Lewis ~ "Happy"
12) Sky Ferreira ~ "Sad Dream"
13) R.E.M. ft. Kate Pierson ~ "Shiny Happy People"
14) Fredo Viola ~ "The Sad Song"
15) ABBA ~ "Happy New Year"
16) Blake Lewis ~ "Sad Song"
17) Britney Spears ~ "Born To Make You Happy"
18) Randy Rogers Band ~ "One More Sad Song"
19) Bobby McFerrin ~ "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
20) Jamie Cullum ft. Laura Mvula ~ "Sad, Sad World"
This is another one of those I-heard-a-song-on-the-radio-that-I-really-liked-and-wanted-to-find-a-way-to-fit-it-into-a-music-post kind of posts. It turned out to be a good idea, as I was able to find a good number of songs about not only princes (the first song in this list inspired the post), but princesses, kings, and queens as well. One of these was actually the theme song of a TV show, and two of them are from Disney animated movies. The rest are from...wherever. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Spin Doctors ~ "Two Princes"
2) Queen ~ "Princes Of The Universe" (If I were including artists with "royalty" names, this would be a two-for-one!)
3) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ~ "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air"
4) Aladdin Cast ~ "Prince Ali"
5) Adriana Caselotti (as Snow White) ~ "Someday My Prince Will Come"
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I'd love to be able to say – "You asked for it, and here it is!" – but who am I kidding? I'm probably more excited about these random collections of songs connected only by a common word in the titles than any of you, dear readers, are. That being said, I'm even fonder of this collection of songs than I was of the "Give" songs I posted last time around. There are songs for pretty much all musical tastes here. Unless you like reggae. There's no reggae. No rap, either, for that matter. Come to think of, there's also no blues music here. Well, let's just say there are songs for almost all musical tastes. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) A-ha ~ "Take On Me"
2) Rihanna ~ "Take A Bow"
3) The Police ~ "Every Breath You Take"
4) Carrie Underwood ~ "Jesus, Take The Wheel"
5) ABBA ~ "Take A Chance On Me"
6) MIKA ~ "Relax, Take It Easy"
7) Mary J. Blige ~ "Take Me As I Am"
8) Passion Pit ~ "Take A Walk"
9) Twisted Sister ~ "We're Not Gonna Take It"
10) JLS ~ "Take A Chance On Me" (Not the same as the ABBA song!)
