Men And Monsters

Another m batch of songs on 'what's on your iPod?'

Men of Faith - Robin Mark
Mercy - Duffy
Mercy Endures - Hillsong
Message of the Cross - Delirious?
Mighty is the Power of the Cross - Chris Tomlin
Mighty to Save - Hillsong
Minority Report Theme - John Williams
Miracle in my Heart - Robin Mark
Miserere - Katherine Jenkins
Misfit - Amy Studt
Mission's Flame - Matt Redman
Mmmbop - Hanson
Monster - Automatic

Favourite of the batch might just be the retro song mmmbop by Hanson. Reminds me of younger days and hearing it on Cool FM over and over!

Maria May

mmm here's some more mmm songs in 'what's on your iPod?'

Maria - Ricky Martin
Maria - Vittorio Grigolo
(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley
Marvellous - The Lightning Seeds
Marvellous Light - Charlie Hall at Passion
Mary Did You Know? - Christmas Heart of Worship
Mary Goes To Jesus - The Passion of the Christ Soundtrack
Mary's Boy Child - Christmas Heart of Worship
Masculine Eclipse - The Beautiful South
Master of the House - Les Miserables Soundtrack
Matchbox - The Kooks
May It Be / Fellowship of the Ring - Hayley Westenra
May Your Wonders Never Cease - Third Day

With Mary coming within the batch, there's a few Christmas songs in there - not be long until they're being played again. I even have my Christmas playlist ready to go nearer the time! Favourite song in the batch is probably Master of the House:

Mad Man

We've reached M as we trail the alphabet asking 'what's on your iPod?' So here are some from mad to man:

Mad - Ne-Yo
Magic Love - Bent
Magnificent - Hillsong
Main Theme (Beetlejuice) - Danny Elfman
Main Title (Braveheart) - James Horner
Majesty - Heart of Worship
Make You Mine - The Corrs
Makeover - Christina Aguilera
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
Making Melody - Matt Redman
Making Plans / Gathering the Clans - Braveheart Soundtrack
Mama - Spice Girls
Mambo Number 5 - Bob The Builder
The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
A Man of Sorrows - Summer Madness
Maneater - Nelly Furtado

Favourite song without a doubt is The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash:

Love, Love, Love

We're coming to the Love section of my iPod, so here goes on a lovefest:

Love - Rosey
Love Can Build A Bridge - Cher, Chrissie Hynd and Neneh Cherry
Love Etc - Pet Shop Boys
Love Gives Love Takes - The Corrs
Love Guaranteed - Damage
Love Is All Around - Wet, Wet, Wet
Love Is The Law - Seahorses
Love Machine - Girls Aloud
Love Me And Leave Me - Seahorses
Love Me For A Reason - Boyzone
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Love On A Real Train - Williams
Love Rendezvous - M People
Love Shy - Kristine Blond
Love So Amazing - Paul Oakley
Love Song - Hillsong
Love Song - Thirs Day
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Love To Love You - The Corrs
Love U 4 Life - Jodeci
Love's Embrace - Christina Aguilera
Love's Sweet Victory - Heart of Worship
Lovefool - The Cardigans
Lovely Ladies - Les Miserables Soundtrack
The Lover's Bits - Teannaich
Lovesong - The Cure
The Loving Kind - Girls Aloud
Loving Me 4 Me - Christina Aguilera

Lots of love songs there! My favourite in the batch is probably The Lover's Bits, from the Ceilidh band, Teannaich.

Lords

The next step in the 'what's on your iPod' series, and we're onto the Lords... not long now til the love songs!

Lord (I don't know) - Newsboys
The Lord Gave The Word - Handel's Messiah
Lord Have Mercy - Eoghan Heaslip
Lord I Come To You - Robin Mark
The Lord Is My Shepherd - Katherine Jenkins
Lord It's Your Mercy - Eoghan Heaslip
Lord Let Your Glory Fall - Summer Madness
Lord Of All Creation - New Irish Choir and Orchestra
Lord of the Dance - Summer Madness
Lord You Are My Righteousness - Ian Hannah
Lord You Have My Heart - Heart of Worship
Lord, I Lift Your Name On High - Sonicflood
The Lord's My Shepherd - Summer Madness

The favourite in this batch is the last one - The Lord's My Shepherd. Simple tune, great harmony, and high part for the ladies in the chorus.

A Little Update

This week's 'what's on your iPod' will be little. Not wee, tiny or small, but little:

Little Drummer Boy - Christmas Heart of Worship
A Little Fall of Rain - Les Miserables soundtrack
Little L - Jamiroquai
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley (JXL remix)
A Little Night Music - Mozart
Little People - Les Miserables soundtrack
A Little Respect - Wheatus
A Little Time - The Beautiful South
Little Town - Christmas Heart of Worship
Little Wing - The Corrs

Favourite little song? Little People from Les Miserables:

Liars to Lions

Another L batch of songs from the Whats on your iPod series that runs most Fridays...

Liars' Bar - The Beautiful South
Libertango - Bond
The Life of Riley - The Lightning Seeds
Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates - Handel's Messiah
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates Of Brass - Hymnmakers
Light of Foot - Newtownards Melody Flute Band
Light of the World - Matt Redman
Light of the World - Robin Mark
Like the Starlight - New Irish Hymns
Lillibulero - Newtownards Melody Flute Band
Lion of Judah - Summer Madness
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) - The Tokens

The last two songs are my favourite two from this batch - could I even say I like The Lion Sleeps Tonight best of all? What's your favourite song from the list?

Let, Let, Let

With a full house of lettings this week in 'what's on your iPod?' here we go:

Let Every Voice - Paul Oakley
Let Everything That Has Breath - Matt Redman
Let Everything That Has Breath - Robin Mark
Let Go With The Flow - The Beautiful South
Let It Rain - Summer Madness
Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
Let Love Speak Up Itself - The Beautiful South
Let Me Bleed - Booley
Let My Words Be Few - Matt Redman
Let Your Name Be Glorified - Eoghan Heaslip
Let's Dance - Five
Let's Push Things Forward - The Streets

Favourite in this batch is probably Let My Words Be Few - based on Ecclesiastes 5.

La Le

As we begin the L songs in the What's on your iPod, here's a batch from La to Le:

La Festive - Pride of the Raven
La Tambour Majour - Pride of the Raven
Ladder In My Tights - Amy Studt
Lamb of God - The Passion
Land of My Fathers -
The Lark Ascending - Smooth Classics
Last Night - Orson
Last of the Great Whales - Band of the Royal Irish Regiment
Last Post / Auld Lang Syne - The Royal Highlanders
Last Request - Paolo Nutini
Lately - David Gray
Le Onde - Smooth Classics
Le Patron Est Devenu Fou! -

Quite a few marching bands here, but my favourite in this section is probably Land of My Fathers.

Kings and a Queen

Another batch of songs in What's on your iPod? A line of Kings, and then to redress the balance, one Queen.

King Cotton - Pride of the Raven Flute Band
King of Glory - Chris Tomlin
King of Glory - Third Day
King of Love - Delirious?
The King of Love - Keswick 2008
The King of Love - Summer Madness 1999
King of the Ages - Kingsway Music
King of This Heart - Matt Redman
Kingdom Come - Summer Madness
The King's Review - Pride of the Raven Flute Band
Queen of Hollywood - The Corrs

A very royal repertoire! However, seeing we're on kings, I have to link to this great video:

Jigs and Jumps: Just Dance

The remainder of the J's for this week's what's on your iPod? Hopefully we're back to the usual Friday service...

Jigs: Tripping up the Stairs - Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
Jimmy Ward Set - Haste to the Wedding
Joseph All The Time - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Soundtrack
Joseph's Dreams - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Soundtrack
Jump - Girls Aloud
Jump Around - House of Pain
Jurassic Park Suite - John Williams
Jus' a Rascal - Dizzee Rascal in Radio One's Live Lounge
Just A Few Things That I Ain't - The Beautiful South
Just A Little Girl - Amy Studt
Just Can't Get Enough - The Saturdays
Just Dance - Lady GaGa

Jesus, All Jesus

Regular readers may have missed a regular Friday feature from the last two Fridays. Busyness and holidays combined to prevent me from the normal What's on your iPod but here's a special one, strangely appropriate for the end of New Horizon week. It's all about you, Jesus, to quote a line from a Matt Redman song...

Jesus Arrested - The Passion Of The Christ Soundtrack
Jesus Be The Centre - Summer Madness 2001
Jesus Born on This Day - Mariah Carey
Jesus Christ (Once Again) - Heart Of Worship The Passion
Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer - Margaret Becker, Máire Brennan & Joanne Hogg
Jesus Ever Abiding Friend - Kingsway Music
Jesus Is Carried Down - The Passion Of The Christ
Jesus Is The Name We Honour - Keswick Live 2008
Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross - William McCrea & Friends
Jesus Loves Me - Summer Madness
Jesus Loves The Little Children - Various Artists
Jesus My Desire - Andy Park
Jesus Paid It All - Kristian Stanfill At Passion
Jesus The Name High Above All - Keswick Live 2008
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam - Hymns And Songs For Children
Jesus We Celebrate You Victory - Heart Of Worship The Passion
Jesus Will Always Be - Hymns And Songs For Children
Jesus, Lover of My Soul - Shelley Nirider Jennings at Passion
Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child - Mariah Carey
Jesus, Saviour, I am thine - Bach: St Matthew Passion
Jesus, Your Love - Andy Flannagan
Jesus' Blood - Delirious?

Favourite hymn here is Jesus the name high over all:

Jesus! the Name high over all,
In hell or earth or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.

Jesus! the Name to sinners dear,
The Name to sinners giv’n;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
It turns their hell to Heav’n.

Jesus! the prisoner’s fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan’s head;
Power into strengthless souls it speaks,
And life into the dead.

O that mankind might taste and see
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all the world embrace.

His only righteousness I show,
His saving grace proclaim;
’Tis all my business here below
To cry “Behold the Lamb!”

Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His Name,
Preach Him to all and cry in death,
“Behold, behold the Lamb!”

Jacob to Jenny

Some J songs in what's on your iPod?

Jacob and Sons / Joseph's Coat - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Soundtrack
Jacob in Egypt - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Soundtrack
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
James Bond Suite - John Barry
James Bond Theme - Moby
Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Jon Bon Jovi
Javert's Suicide - Les Miserables
Jaws Theme - The City of Prague Orchestra
JCB Song - Nizlopi
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - The Killers

A smaller batch than normal, but these are all the songs in this section - the next song opens a new (huge) batch of songs about Jesus, which will come next week! Favourite song in this batch is maybe Moby's take on the James Bond Theme.

If In

Moving on to a batch of I songs. Back at the start, we did a batch of I, so we're onto the if's and in's.

If - YFriday
If God Be For Us - Handel's Messiah
If I Have Not Love - Matt Redman
If Only - Amy Studt
If There's Any Justice - Lemar
If You Come Back - Blue
If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield
In All The Right Places - Lisa Stansfield
In Christ Alone - Margaret Becker
In Christ Alone - Newsboys
In Christ Alone - Summer Madness
In Da Club - 50 Cent
In My Arms - Mylo
In Pursuit of Happiness - The Divine Comedy
In The Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg

Favourite in this section is In Christ Alone by Newsboys. Best version of the three on my iPod of one of the songs from our wedding!

Heaven's Hold

Another block of H songs in What's on your iPod? (Or should that be what's on your iPhone?)

Heaven - DJ Sammy and Yanou
Heavyweight Champion of the World - Reverend and the Makers
Hello - Evanescence
Here I Am To Worship - Summer Madness
Here is our King - David Crowder*Band
Hey Boy Hey Girl - Chemical Brothers
Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas
Hey Ya - Will Young
Highland Cathedral - The Band of the Royal Irish Regiment
Highly Strung - Bond
Hips Don't Lie - The Fray
His Nibs - The Neil Cowley Trio
His Yoke Is Easy - Handel's Messiah
History Maker - Delirious?
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2

It's harder to pick a favourite in this batch - Hold Me, Thrill Me reminds me of the summer when Neil and I were playing bike polo / football, and the ball jammed my wheel and I went flying over the handlebars and cut the face off myself. The Batman Forever movie was out that year, and I got teased because of the character Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones). However, I think His Nibs is my favourite - it was my introduction to the Neil Cowley Trio and is a good relaxer.

Have a Heart

An H block of songs from my iPod.

Have You Met Miss Jones? - Robbie Williams
He Doesn't Know Why - Fleet Foxes
He Is Yahweh - Summer Madness
He Reigns - Newsboys
He That Dwelleth in Heaven - Handel's Messiah
He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living - Handel's Messiah
He Was Despised - Handel's Messiah
Hear All Creation - Margaret Becker
Hear The Call of the Kingdom - Keswick 2008
Hear the Music of my Heart - Matt Redman
Heard Them Stirring - Fleet Foxes
Heart As Your Home - Mel Wiggins
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
Heart Of Worship - Matt Redman
Heartbeats - José González
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Heartless - Kanye West

Quite a number of Handel's Messiah included here, although my favourite song in this batch has to be 'He Reigns' by Newsboys. A great reminder of the worldwide church, and that He Reigns!

Half Happy

We're moving into the first part of the H batch in What's on your iPod?

Half the Fun - Snow Patrol
Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Hallelujah - Newsboys
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel's Messiah
Hallelujah Song - Matt Redman
The Hands That Built America - U2
Hanging on Too Long - Duffy
Happiness - Orson
Happiness is a Warm Gun - U2
Happy - Max Sedgley
Happy People - Static Revenger
The Happy Song - Summer Madness
The Happy Song - Delirious

My favourite here has to be the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. No question about it!

Glorious Grace

It's Friday and time for another alphabetical musical selection. We'll do some more G's today:

Glorious - Chris Tomlin/Christy Nockels at Passion
Glory - Jonny Parks at Summer Madness
Glory to God in the highest - Handel's Messiah
Go, Go, Go Joseph - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
God Bless The Child - Eva Cassidy
God In My Living / Everything - Tim Hughes at Summer Madness
God Of Wonders - Piano Chill
God on Your Side - Booley
God We Praise You - Summer Madness
Going Missing - Maxïmo Park
Going Under - Evanescence
Gold Digger - The Automatic
The Golden Path - The Chemical Brothers/The Flaming Lips
Golden Skans - Klaxons
Golden Touch - Razorlight
Gone - U2
Good King Wenceslas - Tonus Peregrinus
Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley/The Jordanaires
Goodbye Brother - Prince of Egypt Soundtrack
Got No Love - The Kooks
Grace Flows Down - Christy Nockels
Grace Kelly - Mika

Glory, God, Gold, and Grace. Quite a combination for this week's episode. Favourite song in the batch is Glory by Jonny Parks, although Grace Kelly comes a close second.

What songs should be added to my list? What have I missed that you would recommend?

Gabriel's Glamorous

We're onto the G's in What's on your iPod?

Gabriel's Oboe - The Mission Soundtrack
Galway Girl - Sharon Shannon with Mundy
Gay Gordons - Haste to the Wedding
Generation Sex - The Divine Comedy
Generator - The Holloways
George's Welcome - Teannaich
Get on Your Boots (Sexy Boots) - U2
Gifted Response - Matt Redman
Gin Soaked Boy - The Divine Comedy
Ginger Sheep - The Neil Cowley Trio
Girlfriend - The Pigeon Detectives
The Girls - Calvin Harris
Give Me a Reason - The Corrs
Glamorous Indie Rock and Rock - The Killers

Face the Fear

Moving on to the F's in What's on your iPod?

Facedown - Matt Redman
Faithful One - Piano Chill
Faithful to the End - Hillsong
Falling Away With You - Muse
Falling Down - Muse
Family Portrait - Pink (Radio 1 Live Lounge)
Famous One - Chris Tomlin
Fans - Kings of Leon (Radio 1 Live Lounge)
Fantasia on an Irish Hymn - Band of the Royal Irish Regiment
Father of Life - Andy Flannagan
Father We Dedicate Our Lives - David Morris at New Horizon
Father We Have Sinned - Kingsway
Father, Blessed Father - Newsboys
The Father's Song - Matt Redman
The Fear - Lily Allen

Seems like Muse like Falling as a song title - two songs from two albums start that way. Lots of Father songs, as you might expect. Favourite song in this batch is The Father's Song.