The Howie Carr Radio Network Shares the Songs that Stir Their Souls
Behold, the songs that stir the souls of our in-studio talent, behind-the-scenes crew, and sales department reps.
The Internet is exploding with a new viral trend, and we had to have in on it.
Last month, musician Nick Worrall invited X (formerly known as Twitter) users to share a list of songs that provide the best insight into their personality, hopes, dreams, and ambitions. Worrall put it, provide the songs that show others “what stirs your soul.”
What exactly does it mean to “stir” one’s “soul?” No idea.
On Wednesday, Politico released responses to the prompt from a very specific sliver of music listeners: GOP presidential candidates (sans everyone’s favorite president). Of course, some of the selections were politically predictable—take the Springsteen chart at the top of Chris Christie’s list or the girl-power anthems from Nikki Haley’s—but others raised the Howie Carr crew’s eyebrows. Who knew Vivek Ramaswamy was so into Imagine Dragons? And who knew Cornel West was campaigning for president?
Every member of the Howie Carr Radio Network felt strongly that he or she has a better taste in soul-stirring music than a washed-up governor vying for the White House.
Behold, the songs that stir the souls of our in-studio talent, behind-the-scenes crew, and sales department reps.
Associate Producer Matt
Highwayman — The Highwaymen
Thunderstruck — AC/DC
Don’t Stop Me Now — Queen
Regulate — Warren G, Nate Dogg
(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding
Jarred Diglio
Peace Frog — The Doors
The Man — The Killers
Home — Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Bright — Echosmith
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns — Mother Love Bone
Grace Curley
If I Can Dream — Elvis Presley
Just to See You Smile — Tim McGraw
Nothin Can Change This Love — Sam Cooke
Sweet Nothing — Taylor Swift
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing — Leo Sayer
It Won’t Be Like This for Long — Darius Rucker
Rockin’ Roll Baby — The Stylistics
Don’t Take the Girl — Tim McGraw
Proud Mary — Tina Turner
The Gambler — Kenny Rogers
9 to 5 — Dolly Parton
Lyin’ Eyes — Eagles
More Than My Hometown — Morgan Wallen
Stop This Train — John Mayer
More Than a Woman — The Bee Gees
He Stopped Loving Her Today — George Jones
La vie en rose — Louis Armstrong
Mark Steffen
Green Grass & High Tides — The Outlaws
I’d Rather Go Blind — Etta James
Fear Inoculum — TOOL
Shadow on the Sun — Audioslave
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor — Chopin
Emma Foley
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) — Stevie Wonder
Suspicious Minds — Elvis Presley
Under Pressure — Queen, David Bowie
I’m Shipping Up to Boston — Dropkick Murphys
Love Never Felt So Good — Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake
If I Should Fall from Grace with God — The Pogues
Can’t Hold Us — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Give Me Everything — Pitbull, Ne-Yo, et. al.
Something in the Water — Carrie Underwood
Little Bitty Pretty One — The Jackson 5
Somebody to Love — Queen
O Holy Night — Celine Dion
Different ‘Round Here — Riley Green
Home — Phillip Phillips
Taylor Cormier
Without A Song — Frank Sinatra
The Curtain Falls — Bobby Darin
25 Minutes to Go — Johnny Cash
I Find No Fault in Him — Tennessee Ernie Ford [NOT ON SPOTIFY]
The Star-Spangled Banner — Enrico Pallazzo [NOT ON SPOTIFY]
Silent Night (1991 Version) — Frank Sinatra [ARE YOU SENSING A THEME YET?]
Lost in the Stars — Tony Bennett
The Mailroom Manager
Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan
Just Like a Woman — Bob Dylan
Positively 4th Street — Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue — Bob Dylan
I Want You — Bob Dylan
Howie Carr
Burning Love — Elvis Presley
Life’s Been Good — Joe Walsh
Back in the U.S.A. — Chuck Berry
One for My Baby (Only the Lonely Version) — Frank Sinatra
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? — Buddy Clark
There you have it! Now that we’ve exposed our non-bought-out, non-politically advantageous driving jams and karaoke favorites, we hope you feel more of a connection to the people behind the mic at the Howie Carr Radio Network.
