"Open" & "Close" Songs

Another "Opposites" music post, you ask? Yes and no. Yes, given the fact that some of the songs with "Close" in the title refer to the word "Close" (hard "s"), meaning the opposite of "Open."  While other songs with "Close" in the title refer to the word "Close" (soft "s"), meaning the opposite of "Far." Does that make sense? Anyway, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Eyes Open"

2)  Calvin Harris  ~  "Feel So Close"

3)  Creed  ~  "With Arms Wide Open"

4)  Lita Ford ft. Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Close My Eyes Forever"

5)  Journey  ~  "Open Arms"

6)  Alex Clare  ~  "Too Close"

7)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Wide Open Spaces"

8)  Fireflight  ~  "Stay Close"

9)  Gotye  ~  "Eyes Wide Open"

10)  Keith Whitley  ~  "Don't Close Your Eyes"

11)  Rhye  ~  "Open"

12)  Carpenters  ~  "Close To You"

13)  Living Colour  ~  "Open Letter To A Landlord"

14)  Common ft. Mary J. Blige  ~  "Come Close"

15)  Guano Apes  ~  "Open Your Eyes"  (Great name for a band – ha, ha!)

16)  Michael Bublé  ~  "Close Your Eyes"

17)  Alter Bridge  ~  "Open Your Eyes"

18)  Dierks Bentley  ~  "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"

19)  Europe  ~  "Open Your Heart"

20)  Adam Lambert  ~  "Never Close Our Eyes"

"Touch"-ing Songs

Here's an interesting collection of songs, both old and new, all containing the word "Touch" in their titles. I'll bet you're familiar with at least 6 of them. Will you take that bet?  ~  JH

1)  Carpenters  ~  "Touch Me When We're Dancing"

2)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

3)  Conway Twitty  ~  "Touch The Hand"

4)  The Platters  ~  "(You've Got) The Magic Touch"

5)  Stacy Clark  ~  "Touch And Go"

6)  Elvis Presley  ~  "He Touched Me"

7)  David Guetta & Chris Willis  ~  "Everytime We Touch"

8)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Touch Your Woman"

9)  Dan Hill  ~  "Sometimes When We Touch"

10)  Divinyls  ~  "I Touch Myself"  (I know, I know, this one's a bit inappropriate – but it fit the theme too well to exclude it)

11)  Genesis  ~  "Invisible Touch"

12)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

13)  Diana Ross  ~  "Touch Me In The Morning"

14)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Touch"

15)  The Doors  ~  "Touch Me"

Days Of The Week Songs

Here we have a collection of songs with the days of the week in their titles. Consider yourself lucky, dear Reader/Listener. I originally considered making individual posts for each day of the week – with 10 or so songs for each day – and posting them on the actual days that the songs covered. But that seemed excessive, and I lost interest in searching that long and hard anyway. So I ended up doing just two songs for each day of the week. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  U2  ~  "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

2)  No Doubt  ~  "Sunday Morning"

3)  The Bangles  ~  "Manic Monday"

4)  Carpenters  ~  "Rainy Days And Mondays"

5)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Tuesday's Gone"

6)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Ruby Tuesday"

7)  Crash Kings  ~  "It's Only Wednesday"

8)  Lisa Loeb  ~  "Waiting For Wednesday"

9)  Matt Costa  ~  "Sweet Thursday"

10)  Asobi Seksu  ~  "Thursday"

11)  Eric Paslay  ~  "Friday Night"

12)  The Cure  ~  "Friday I'm In Love"

13)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  "Me And My Baby (Saturday Night)"

14)  Chicago  ~  "Saturday In The Park"

Songs By Family Musical Groups

Okay, so today's theme is a little different than what I've been posting in my music blogs of late, but I think you'll find it to be a refreshing change of pace. All of the artists in this collection have one thing in common: family. Specifically, all of the musical acts represented here have at least two blood relatives in the group. Some are comprised of an entire group of siblings, while others are dynamic duos. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list – you'll notice groups like The Bee Gees and The Osmonds, to name two, are absent – but that's because I've either posted songs by them in the past or because I hate their music (or both). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cimorelli  ~  "Believe It"

2)  The Band Perry  ~   "If I Die Young"

3)  The Corrs  ~  "Dreams"

4)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  "All My Life"

5)  First Aid Kit  ~  "Ghost Town"

6)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  "The Proof Of Your Love"

7)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Paper Aeroplane"

8)  SHeDAISY  ~  "Little Good-Byes"

9)  Jonas Brothers  ~  "Lovebug"

10)  Meg & Dia  ~  "Monster"

11)  Hanson  ~  "Save Me"

12)  Carpenters  ~  "Superstar"

13)  The Proclaimers  ~  "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"  (It's almost creepy how identical these twins are!)

14)  HAIM  ~  "Falling"

15)  The Jackson 5  ~  "I'll Be There"

16)  BarlowGirl  ~  "Never Alone"

17)  The Veronicas  ~  "This Love"

18)  The Kinleys  ~  "Please"  (This one's for my wife, who absolutely loved this song back in the day)

19)  The Watson Twins  ~  "How Am I To Be"

20)  Tegan And Sara  ~  "Call It Off"

BONUS TRACK:  Sister Sledge  ~  "We Are Family"  (I couldn't leave this one off, could I?)

Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 4: WHERE?

By now, do these even need an introduction? Nevertheless, here's part four in a six-part miniseries featuring songs with questions in the titles. These 10 songs all include the word "WHERE?" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "Where Are You Now?"

2)  Paula Cole  ~  "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?"

3)  The Supremes  ~  "Where Did Our Love Go?"

4)  Nirvana  ~  "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"

5)  Rush  ~  "Where's My Thing?"

6)  Peter Sarstedt  ~  "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"

7)  Peter, Paul, And Mary  ~  "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"

8)  Yusuf Islam (f.k.a. Cat Stevens)  ~  "Where Do The Children Play?"

9)  Carpenters  ~  "Where Do I Go From Here?"

10)  David Bowie  ~  "Where Are We Now?"