"On" & "Off" Songs

Apparently, my on-again, off-again affair with "Opposites" music posts continues. (Pun fully intended.) There're some really good songs here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  "Love On Top"

2)  Chevelle  ~  "Hats Off To The Bull"

3)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Girl On Fire"

4)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Off With Her Head"

5)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Teardrops On My Guitar"

6)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  "Off & On"

7)  Nirvana  ~  "On A Plain"

8)  Tori Amos  ~  "Bouncing Off Clouds"

9)  Imagine Dragons  ~  "On Top Of The World"

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Get Off Of My Cloud"

11)  Boyz II Men  ~  "On Bended Knee"

12)  Scissor Sisters  ~  "Kiss You Off"

13)  Samantha Barks  ~  "On My Own"

14)  Phanatik  ~  "Show 'Em Off"

15)  Willie Nelson  ~  "On The Road Again"

16)  Lucas  ~  "Lucas With The Lid Off"

17)  George Benson  ~  "On Broadway"

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18)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Turn Off The Light"

19)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Livin' On A Prayer"

20)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"

"Front" & "Back" Songs

Yet another "Opposites" music post. I know, I know, this is getting old. But good music never gets old – and there's plenty of it to be found here. Gripe if you feel the need, but I hope you'll still....enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Strait  ~  "Ocean Front Property"

2)  Taylor Swift  ~  "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

3)  Underoath  ~  "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door"  (I'm not really a fan of the "screamo" genre, but these guys are better than most when it comes to that kind of music)

4)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "Back To Black"

5)  Forever The Sickest Kids  ~  "Shut The Front Door (Too Young For This)"

6)  Oasis  ~  "Don't Look Back In Anger"

7)  Archers Of Loaf  ~  "Web In Front"

8)  Savage Garden  ~  "To The Moon & Back"

9)  Laura Welsh  ~  "Cold Front"

10)  AC/DC  ~  "Back In Black"

11)  Metric  ~  "Front Row"

12)  Utada  ~  "Come Back To Me"

13)  The Who  ~  "Eminence Front"

14)  Brian McKnight  ~  "Back At One"

15)  Lauren Harding  ~  "Front Of The Line"

16)  Easton Corbin  ~  "I Can't Love You Back"

17)  Pillar  ~  "Frontline"

18)  Darius Rucker  ~  "Come Back Song"

19)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "Front Door"

20)  Céline Dion  ~  "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"

Songs With Four-Letter Words In The Titles

It's not what you think. Unless you were thinking this is a collection of songs with titles that are exactly four letters long. In that case, it's exactly what you think. There may be a Vol. 2 to this one, since I found some more good ones after putting this post together. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Mean"

2)  Anna Kendrick  ~  "Cups"  (aka "Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone'")

3)  Dara MacLean  ~  "Free"

4)  Skillet  ~  "Hero"

5)  Beyoncé  ~  "Halo"

6)  Christina Perri  ~  "Arms"

7)  Edens Edge  ~  "Amen"

8)  Krystal Meyers  ~  "Fire"

9)  Kina Grannis  ~  "Gone"

10)  Britt Nicole  ~  "Gold"

11)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Dive"

12)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Howl"  (Twice in one day for F+TM??? Yep.)

13)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Hurt"

14)  Kari Jobe  ~  "Here"

15)  Stacy Clark  ~  "Sign"

"Everything" & "Nothing" Songs

Yep, I'm still doing the "Opposites" themed music posts. Probably better just get used to it. What follows is an extremely diverse collection of songs from a variety of genres. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran  ~  "Everything Has Changed"

2)  The Script  ~  "Nothing"

3)  Lights  ~  "Timing Is Everything"

4)  Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch  ~  "Sweet Nothing"

5)  Boys Like Girls  ~  "Be Your Everything"

6)  Dire Straits  ~  "Money For Nothing"

7)  Sky Ferreira  ~  "Everything Is Embarrassing"

8)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I Have Nothing"

9)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Everything Is Sound"

10)  Metallica  ~  "Nothing Else Matters"

11)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"

12)  The Pretty Reckless  ~  "Miss Nothing"

13)  Bryan Adams  ~  "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"

14)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"

15)  The Veronicas  ~  "Everything I'm Not"

16)  Sinéad O'Connor  ~  "Nothing Compares 2 U"

17)  Soluna Samay  ~  "Everything You Do"

18)  B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mars  ~  "Nothin' On You"

19)  Fefe Dobson  ~  "Everything"

20)  Rebecca Ferguson  ~  "Nothing's Real But Love"

A Song For Each Month Of The Year

Not much preamble necessary here. It is exactly what it sounds like it is. Please enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Same Old Story  ~  "The Norm In January"

2)  Josh Groban  ~  "February Song"

3)  Jane Monheit  ~  "Rivers Of March"  (Monheit's my personal favorite among all the jazz singers I've ever heard)

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "April Fools"

5)  Blue Rodeo  ~  "5 Days In May"

6)  Lucy Schwartz  ~  "June"  (One of the best singers in pop music today that nobody other than me has ever heard of...wow, that sounded kinda hipster...sorry!)

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7)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "4th Of July"

8)  Abandon All Ships  ~  "August"

9)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  "September"  (How have I blogged this long and never put an EW&F song in the mix?)

10)  Jet Tangerine  ~  "Something About October"

11)  Miranda Lee Richards  ~  "Early November"

12)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Back To December"