He Does Love Us

This song comes as a request from my girlfriend. It's definitely one of our favorites.

How He Loves by David Crowder Band (http://youtu.be/TCunuL58odQ)

Now just to warn you, this song, like many other songs by Christian artists (more so by Christian artists than other genres I think), has seen many versions. In fact, the song How He Loves in particular has had at least six different covers. The version I have here is simply the most well known version.

The song itself was written and released in 2005 by John Mark McMillan as a commemoration of the death of his best friend. If you listen to his version, you can definitely feel his anguish. It's just a lovely song all around, no matter what version!

Here's the John Mark McMillan version: (http://youtu.be/U0luHiWwi08)

More info: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_He_Loves)

Give Me Some Respect

It's time to get down with the First Lady of American Soul!

Respect by Aretha Franklin (http://youtu.be/6FOUqQt3Kg0)

This ballad of a strong, confident woman was released in 1965 and became Aretha's hit song in 1967. It earned her two Grammy awards in 1968 and is also now listed as number five on the Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Go on now, show this woman some of that R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Here's a video of Aretha Franklin performing the song, but FYI, the sound quality is kind of poor: (http://youtu.be/cSdFTVhFyyc)

More info: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_(song))

Over the End of the World

What do you get when you cross German pop rock with punk style? This great band! :P

Übers Ende der Welt by Tokio Hotel (http://youtu.be/eJ2zsclf93Q)

Tokio Hotel got their start in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 as a teen punk band consisting of twin brothers and their two friends. Since then, they've had much success, with four number one singles in their country alone! They've also released English versions of several of their songs, including the one I have here. English version: (http://youtu.be/0ODdhNH0n8U)

More info: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokio_Hotel)