At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
Honestly – we just picked this song because the vintage style is banging.
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
This song, originally performed by Simon and Garfunkel is covered with skill and passion by Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas. I can’t tell you how much passion it stirs up in me.
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
NEEDTOBREATHE’s song BROTHER featuring Gavin DeGraw is this week’s pick for Manly Music Friday.
This song speaks to brotherhood, and casting aside our differences so that we can stand together stronger!
“Brother”Ramblers in the wilderness we can’t find what we need
We get a little restless from the searching
Get a little worn down in between
Like a bull chasing the matador is the man left to his own schemes
Everybody needs someone beside em’ shining like a lighthouse from the sea
Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Face down in the desert now there’s a cage locked around my heart
I found a way to drop the keys where my failures were
Now my hands can’t reach that far
I ain’t made for a rivalry, I could never take the world alone
I know that in my weakness I am stronger
It’s your love that brings me home
Brother let me be your shelter
I’ll never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re feeling low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
I know I’ve said before that the Avett Brothers is one of my favorite bands…
This song off their latest album is fantastic, and I love watching them play live.
I can imagine that a few years ago, this song would have misunderstood and they would have been labeled as “devil-worshippers”
But the lyrics here speak of the struggle we all face with making the right choice when temptation pulls us another direction.
“Satan Pulls The Strings”
Baby’s in the cradle, Mama’s in the bed
Sparrow’s on the windowsill and the devil’s in my head.
Devil’s in my head mama, devil’s in my head
Baby’s in the cradle and the devil’s in my head
When the winter yields to summertime
The whip-poor-will she sings
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings
Satan pulls the strings mama, Satan pulls the strings
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings
Well the front beat’s in my brother, Lord
And the back beat’s in me
God is in the song and the devil’s in my feet
Lord, devil’s in our feet, mama devil’s in our feet
God is in the song and the devil’s in our feet
Mama’s cooking something up, serving to us all
Satan’s ringing in now and I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys, gotta take the call
Satan’s ringing in now and I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys, gotta take the call
Satan’s ringing in now and I gotta take the call
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
Chris Cornell of Soundgarten and Audioslave is one of my favorite musicians. I’ve always loved his smooth bluesy grunge voice, and when he partners with country’s Zac Brown Band – look out. this song is fantastic
“Heavy Is The Head”
(feat. Chris Cornell)
[Chris Cornell:]
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
[Zac Brown:]
Black dog
Drinks from the water
Trying to cool his tongue
Like the king
Finds no peace
His work is never done
Night falls
Smoke on the water
Darkness closes in
Cold white hand, in the deep
Will drown you for your sins
[Zac Brown:]
It’s a lifelong expedition
Second-guessing your decisions
Trying to find out what’s been missing
Pages keep on filling
[Zac Brown:]
Crying out
Ooh go and wake the king
Call to arms
For those who kiss the ring
Stand your ground
The walls are coming down
It’s do or die
Do or die
[Chris Cornell:]
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
[Zac Brown:]
Mad man
Blood on the altar
The Queen will have his head
His ghosts will shake those rattling chains
Long after he’s dead
No soul knows his trouble
High upon his throne
Loved by few and judged by many
He bares that weight alone
[Chris Cornell:]
It’s a lifelong expedition
Second-guessing your decisions
Trying to find out what’s been missing
And the pages keep on filling
[Chris Cornell:]
Crying out
Ooh go and wake the king
Call to arms
For those who kiss the ring
Stand your ground
Yeah the walls are coming down
It’s do or die
Do or die
[Chris Cornell:]
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
Old war songs are very manly. They often tell the stories of bravery and courage. They might not be your typical listening on a Pandora playlist, but it’s definitely worth listening to some of these old stories. Songs like this are slice of living history.
My name is Andrew Tozier, a child of Lichfield Maine
I left my only family for sea, and salt, and rain
When Lincoln called the banners in 1861
I joined the union army for the land I’m from
We were baptized by fire, at the battle of Bull Run
And we fought our southern brothers, in the wind, the snow, and sun
And when our time was over, we heard our Governor say
Keep fighting for the union, for just another day
So we joined the lion of Bowdoin, Chamberlain his name
and we marched back into battle as the 20th of Maine
If we should die today, dream a dream of heaven
Take your northern heart with you to the grave
Be proud and true you are a union soldier
Stand fast, ye are the boys of Maine
Well, our western flank was missing
As the confederates pushed on
And we fought them tooth and nail
Our ammunition all but gone
Alone I stood with colors
Flying proud and true
For to let my northern brothers know
the battle was not through
Then appeared our lion roaring bayonets
Charging down the mountain with what soldiers we had left
We were steadfast as katahdin, hard as winters rain
Take that rebel yell with you to hell
We are the 20th Maine
If we should die today, dream a dream of heaven
Take your northern heart with you to the grave
Be proud and true you are a union soldier
Stand fast, ye are the boys of Maine
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
The Avett Brothers are one of my favorite acts. Their hard rock sensibilities when coupled with their hillbilly anthems and sweet balladry are poignant and haunting.
This song has a fantastic message though – a simple reminder that no other man is meant to be our hope or our strength. Personally, I think this points us to someone of a Higher Authority – but whether or not that’s the other’s intent doesn’t matter as much as the simple fact that too often we are looking for saviors when we should be the ones offering love and hope.
“Ain’t No Man”
There ain’t no man can save me
There ain’t no man can enslave me
Ain’t no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in
There ain’t nobody here who can cause me pain or raise my fear
Cause I got only love to share
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there
You got to serve something, ain’t that right?
I know it gets dark, but there’s always a light
You don’t have to buy in to get into the club
Trade your worries
You gotta show up if you wanna be seen
If it matters to you ma, it matters to me
I’m going to fall hard, yeah I know I am
When the crowds crack up, I laugh with them
There ain’t no man can save me
There ain’t no man can enslave me
Ain’t no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in
There ain’t nobody here who can cause me pain or raise my fear
Cause I got only love to share
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there
You say you look funny, I say you’re a star
I say you’re whatever you think you are
Watch the naysayers fall right in line
If we believe that they’ll say, “She is so pretty, he is so fine”
There ain’t no man can save me
There ain’t no man can enslave me
There ain’t no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in
There ain’t nobody here who can cause me pain or raise my fear
Cause I got only love to share
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there
You got to go somewhere, ain’t that true?
Not a whole lotta time for me or you
Got a whole lotta reasons to be mad, let’s not pick one
I live in a room at the top of the stairs
I got my windows wide open and nobody cares
And I got no choice but to get right up when the song comes through
There ain’t no man can save me
There ain’t no man can enslave me
There ain’t no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in
(That can change the shape my soul is in)
There ain’t nobody here who can cause me pain or raise my fear
Cause I got only love to share
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
This Friday’s selection is from Glen Hansard – if you aren’t familiar with him – you should be. His music is honest and gripping, and it slaps you silly and asks you to love it.
At Manlihood.com our mission is to educate, equip and entertain men in an engaging way. Fridays, we focus a bit on the entertainment, offering #manlymusicfriday – where we feature songs from a variety of genres that reflect the values of true masculinity. Want more ManlyMusic? Check out our playlist on Spotify!
Who knows if Muddy Waters is definitely representing himself as a mannish boy or a boyish man – or if he’s making a commentary on men not growing up the way they should.
Hard to say with the blues.
He speaks of a confidence here in dealing with women – though I can’t say it’s as manly as it ought to be…. the blues is still fun to jam out.