Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 6: WHY?

Okay, folks, this is the final installment in a six-part miniseries featuring songs with questions in the titles. These 10 songs all feature the word "WHY?" in the title. Hope you've enjoyed the series.  ~  JH

1)  She & Him  ~  "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

2)  Sting  ~  "Why Should I Cry For You?"

3)  Santana ft. Alex Band  ~  "Why Don't You & I?"

4)  Benny Goodman ft. Peggy Lee  ~  "Why Don't You Do Right?"

5)  Fun.  ~  "Why Am I The One?"

6)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Why?"

7)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"

8)  Liz Phair  ~  "Why Can't I?"

9)  Josh Turner  ~  "Why Don't We Just Dance?"

10)  Restless Heart  ~  "Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right)?"

Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 5: HOW?

This one was almost too easy. There were way many more songs that could have fit this category, but I stuck with the program and limited it to just 10 songs with "HOW?" in the title. Apologies to any Michael Bolton or BeeGees fans who might be reading this – yes, I am aware both artists/bands have recorded at least two songs each with "HOW?" in the title, but I just couldn't bring myself to include any of them here...sorry about that. ~  JH

1)  Regina Spektor  ~  "How?"

2)  Third Eye Blind  ~  "How's It Going To Be?"

3)  Heart  ~  "How Can I Refuse?"

4)  Downhere  ~  "How Many Kings?"

5)  Alicia Keys  ~  "How Come You Don't Call Me?"

6)  Bombay Bicycle Club  ~  "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?"

7)  Feist  ~  "How Come You Never Go There?"

8)  The Young Rascals  ~  "How Can I Be Sure?"

9)  Orianthi  ~  "How Do You Sleep?"

10)  Toby Keith  ~  "How Do You Like Me Now?"

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?"

Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 3: WHEN?

Part three in a six-part miniseries featuring songs with questions in the titles. This edition includes 10 songs with "WHEN?" in the title. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Owl City  ~  "When Can I See You Again?"

2)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "When Will I Be Loved?"

3)  Bros  ~  "When Will I Be Famous?"

4)  The Three Degrees  ~  "When Will I See You Again?"

5)  Chris Rice  ~  "When Did You Fall?"

6)  Shania Twain  ~  "When?"

7)  Jackyl  ~  "When Will It Rain?"

8)  Dierks Bentley feat. Karen Fairchild  ~  "When You Gonna Come Around?"

9)  Ryan Adams  ~  "When Will You Come Back Home?"

10)  Incubus  ~  "If Not Now, When?"

Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 2: WHAT?

This is the second post in a six-part miniseries focusing on songs with questions in the titles. This volume features 10 different songs with "WHAT?" in the title. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Abigail Washburn featuring Bela Fleck  ~  "What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?"

2)  Daughtry  ~  "What About Now?"

3)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  "What Are You Doing Sunday?"

4)  Jimmy Ruffin  ~  "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?"

5)  The Smiths  ~  "What Difference Does It Make?"

6)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "What Have I Done?"

7)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "What Would You Say?"

8)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "What's The Matter Here?"

9)  Jerrod Niemann  ~  "What Do You Want?"

10)  R.E.M.  ~  "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"

Songs With Questions In The Titles, Vol. 1: WHO?

This is the first in what will be a six-part miniseries, each post featuring 10 different songs with a question in their titles. First up, songs with "WHO?" in the title. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Who  ~  "Who Are You?"

2)  Shania Twain  ~  "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"

3)  Jessie J  ~  "Who's Laughing Now?"

4)  Fred Figglehorn  ~  "Who's Ready To Party?"

5)  Jewel  ~  "Who Will Save Your Soul?"

6)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?"

7)  Lily Allen  ~  "Who'd Have Known?"

8)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Who Says You Can't Go Home?"

9)  Selena Gomez & The Scene  ~  "Who Says?"

10)  Men At Work  ~  "Who Can It Be Now?"

Story # 51: "The Terrible Things"

These things happen, but they don't have to. The terrible things pull us closer together, but if that's what it takes, then maybe we're better off apart.

Why, though, can't we find common ground in the face of no tragedy at all? Why can we not laugh with each other as well as grieve? There's certainly much about ourselves at which to laugh.

Instead we bash each other relentlessly, butting heads and locking horns with our fellow man, just for the sake of argument. What's so wrong with not being right all the time? What's so right with pointing out others' wrongs?

What happened was awful, and no amount of rhetoric or posturing or suppositions will change that fact. Yet no amount of harmony will make it go away. True, it may dull the pain, but can never completely heal it.

I don't have all the answers, but I do have more questions than usual. Like, when is it okay to take a life? Before birth, in self-defense, in times of war, or on a whim? Or never?

The terrible things make me question what's real, what's important, and what I can't live without. But why is it only in times like these that I make these considerations?

I'm not ashamed to say that I don't know.

Story # 50: "Making Sense"

Every now and then, I feel a good stream of consciousness flowing through me. That's when barely coherent nonsense like this flows from my fingers. The only theme here – there's really not a story – is that each sentence (or pair of sentences) contains one word in particular which then forms the basis of the next sentence (or pair of sentences). Nothing but that word ties the thoughts together. In the end, it all comes full circle. Sort of. So hang on and enjoy it if you can.  ~  JH

"MAKING SENSE"

I underestimated you. You cost much more than I originally thought. Thoughts should appear like speech balloons above our heads. Maybe then we wouldn't have to repent so much. As much as I'd like to believe that there is life on other planets, I find it hard to fathom that aliens could be any weirder than us. Weird things happen to good people, but they know how to deal with them better, fighting strange with strangers. You're much better off than you think you are – you ate breakfast, didn't you? I didn't think far enough ahead, and now I'm behind the times and counting the days. The day you realize that you're in over your head is the day I'll drag you out by your hair. So don't get a crew cut anytime soon. Anytime is better than never, which is usually when I arrive. Arrival and departure times don't mean as much as they used to. They're more like estimates – underestimates, at that.

Story # 49: "In All Likelihood"

I think you'll quickly figure out the inspiration for this one. It is a work of fiction, but I think there's a lot of truth in it. ~ JH

"IN ALL LIKELIHOOD"

We never found out who did it – the scoundrels got away with it! – though not through lack of trying on our part. We scoured the area thoroughly, not just for hours but for days, to no avail. It was hopeless.

Somewhere out there, in all likelihood now far away from here, they are alive and well, gloating in the fact that they've made their escape, from their capture and our punishment. We sincerely hope, unabashedly and unrepentantly, that their lives are short-lived.

Perhaps the abominable absconders will cross paths with a runaway truck or a falling piano at just the right moment. Perhaps, in a twist of divine irony, they will fall victim to a senseless crime much like the one they perpetrated. Or maybe there is no justice, and they will live to see their children and grandchildren grow up.

In all likelihood, they will carry on with their lives, however long the duration, without ever again reflecting on the ones they took. They will watch the harrowing news stories and smile silently. They will see the pictures of the victims and casually walk away. But they will not regret. In all likelihood, they will forget – not the event itself, never that, but the extent of the event, the extinction of innocence.

As for us, in a day or two, once a bigger story takes its place, perhaps when a familiar face from stage or screen gives birth, marries, or overdoses, we will stare transfixed, in wonder and amazement. And we will stop searching, we will stop remembering, we will stop grieving.

Perhaps that is the greatest tragedy of all.

Songs With "LOVE" In The Title (All By Christian Artists)

1)  The Afters  ~  "Beautiful Love"

2)  Audrey Assad  ~  "For Love Of You"

3)  BarlowGirl  ~  "I Need You To Love Me"

4)  Beckah Shae  ~  "#putyourloveglasseson"

5)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Love"

6)  Dara MacLean  ~  "What Love Looks Like"

7)  David Crowder*Band  ~  "How He Loves"

8)  An Epic, No Less  ~  "Echo Of Love"

9)  Esterlyn  ~  "Everyday Your Love Is New"

10)  Group 1 Crew  ~  "His Kind Of Love"

11)  Hawk Nelson  ~  "Crazy Love"

12)  Jason Gray  ~  "More Like Falling In Love"

13)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Forgiven And Loved"

14)  JJ Heller  ~  "What Love Really Means"

15)  Leeland  ~  "Love Is On The Move"

16)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Closer To Love"

17)  Matt Maher  ~  "My Only Love"

18)  Mikeschair  ~  "You Loved Me First"

19)  Phil Wickham  ~  "True Love"

20)  Sho Baraka  ~  "Higher Love"

21)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  "You Love Me Anyway"