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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Life Side (Week 11)

Tonic 🎶 Take Me As I Am 🎶 Knock Down Walls…

Hey yall 🤠 hope all is well…

We’re still digging into Tonic — and there is so much gold left to be found..
You know how it is… you’ve got to get to know someone before you marry them — believe you me 💯

So I’ve got two more sweet ones for you today…

🎶 “Take Me As I Am”
Year released: 2o02
Album.. Head on Straight (Tonic’s third studio album)
Album release date.. September 24.. 2o02

🎶 “Knock Down Walls”
Year released.. 1999
Album.. Sugar (Tonic’s second studio album)
Album release date.. November 9.. 1999

And just a cool little fact about me…
Pretty much every song I’ve ever shared with yall on this blog —
I also play and sing myself…
me and my guitar 🎸

Hope you enjoy… I truly appreciate you…

This song has the F word in it.. just once.. at the 1:37 mark.. it’s not bad.. it’s quick.. 👇

💔🚶‍♀️➡️🛣️
🗣️🙂👌
👗💍👩‍❤️‍👨🚫
🎭😔
🔄😵‍💫
🔥🔌❄️🔌                  
🧒📢🚫
🛣️🧪
💸❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🔥❤️
🤏🫴🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️
🎮♟️
🍀🔄
🔁🔁⬇️⬇️
🧠❌
🫵🔧🧍‍♂️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🔥❤️
💔🧍‍♂️⬇️
❤️🪓
🐾⬇️
🎭🚫❤️
🛣️🧪
💸❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🙏❤️
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵🫵
🙏❤️…….. Knock Down Walls… lyric tower..

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© 2026 Bryan H. All rights reserved.  

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side — Faith Side (Week 10)

Sidewalk Prophets 🎶 You Love Me Anyway 🎶 Keep Making Me…

Some bands don’t start on stages…
they start in small rooms… borrowed amps… quiet prayers… and long drives…

Sidewalk Prophets began in 2003 on a college campus in Indiana… just a few friends writing songs about faith doubt and grace while playing worship nights and whatever doors opened…
They toured in vans… played churches and coffee shops… and learned how to carry songs into real lives before anyone was listening…

That slow road mattered… because when their music finally reached the wider world… it already knew how to sit with people…

Two songs from that journey still hit me deep…
and honestly… I think these are two of the greatest Christian songs ever…
I know… that’s saying a lot…
hey… it’s just my opinion… 😁

🎶 You Love Me Anyway
(These Simple Truths 2009 — single 2011)

🎶 Keep Making Me
(Live Like That 2012)

I hope yall enjoy… thank you for your time… have a blessed Sunday…

…….💔→🤲→❤️→✝️→🩹→🕊️
…….🪨→💧→🔥→🫀→🙏
…….🏃‍♂️→✝️→🤍→🌬️→💨
…….🫙→⬇️→✨→⬆️→❤️
…….🌑→🤲→🌟→🛐
…….❤️→✝️→❤️→∞
…….🌬️→🫁→🔥→🕊️
…….🔄→⚒️→🤍→✝️

📖 Romans 5:8
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners… Christ died for us…”

© 2026 Bryan H. All rights reserved.

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Life Side (Week 10)

Tonic 🎶 Future Says Run 🎶 Sugar…

Sup my people…
I’m sticking with Tonic this week… just too many great songs to leave behind…
Thought I’d let you experience them on a deeper level…
They’ve always been such an underrated deal…
except for those of us who know…

So I’ve got two more for you…

🎵 Future Says Run
Album… Sugar
Release year… 1998

🎵 Sugar
Album… Sugar
Release year… 1998

I hope yall enjoy…
So press play…
and let’s go over this midweek hump together…

…….⏳<3→👀→✅…💬”im right”…🙏<3…🚫⏸️…🌙⚡<3’…….<3~⏳~→?→=…”:;=;”…<3→/→!→…~NOW~’…….<3~⏳~…👁…”:;right?;”…<3…~no fear~…🌙’

© Bryan H. 2026 — All Rights Reserved

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Faith Side (Week 9)

Big Daddy Weave 🎶 I’ve Just Seen Too Much 🎶 Redeemed…

Hey yall… happy happy Sunday…
So I’m sticking with Big Daddy Weave a little longer — I’ve got two more good ones for you today…

🎵 I’ve Just Seen Too Much
Album: Let It Begin
Release Year: 2o25

🎵 Redeemed
Album: Love Come to Life
Release Year: 2o12

As a former worship leader I’ve performed many of their songs over the years… so I’ve been blessed to see firsthand how different songs affect people in different seasons of life…

One of the most powerful songs I’ve ever witnessed in that way… is Redeemed…
There’s just something about it…

I used to perform it often for the residents at a psychiatric hospital — people at rock bottom… battling depression… anxiety… addiction… lost and hurting…

And every time… it brought tears…
It brought healing…

It’s powerful…
It meets you exactly where you are…

I hope you enjoy… thank you for listening…

John 3:16 (AMP)
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave His One and only begotten Son so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish but have eternal life…

John 3:17 (AMP)
For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world that is to initiate the final judgment of the world but that the world might be saved through Him…

© 2026 Bryan H. All Rights Reserved.

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Life Side (Week 9)

Tonic 🎶 Head On Straight 🎶 Lemon Parade…

Hey yall… so I have two more great songs from Tonic for you…

“Head on Straight”
• Album: Head on Straight
• Year: 2o02

“Lemon Parade”
• Album: Lemon Parade
• Year: 1996

And here’s some cool facts about the band…

• The name “Tonic” comes from music theory — the tonic is the home note of a scale.. They chose it because they wanted their songs to feel grounded.. centered.. and real…

• “If You Could Only See” became one of the most-played rock songs of the late ’90s.. but the band actually thought deeper tracks like “Lemon Parade” better represented who they really were…

• Emerson Hart (lead singer) wrote many of their songs while dealing with personal struggles — addiction.. recovery.. and relationships — which is why their lyrics hit with that raw… honest edge….

• They turned down being over-polished… Labels wanted them slicker… but Tonic pushed to keep their sound emotional and imperfect — part of why they connect so well with listeners who love real feeling over radio gloss…

• They reunited after a long break because fans never stopped asking for them — and when they came back… they kept the same heart instead of chasing modern trends…

I hope you enjoy 😉 `.°~

© 2026 Bryan H. All Rights Reserved.

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Faith Side (Week 8)

Big Daddy Weave 🎶 Overwhelmed 🎶 My Story…

Hey yall… happy Sunday… I have two more for you from Big Daddy Weave…


My Story… released 2o15… from the album Beautiful Offerings….


Overwhelmed… released 2o12… from the album Love Come to Life…


I found this out about them and thought it was so cool…


Pre-show ritual
Before every concert.. the band has a quiet devotional time together.. then they literally walk through the venue and touch every seat.. praying for the specific person who will sit there that night
After shows.. instead of disappearing backstage.. they routinely stay for an hour or more to pray individually with people.. making them some of the last to leave the building


Press play and enjoy… 😎 `.°~

I see the work of Your hands…
Galaxies spin… in a Heavenly dance… oh God… All that You are… is so overwhelming…

If I told you my story… you would hear Love… that never gave up…

© 2026 Bryan H. All Rights Reserved.

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Life Side (Week 8)

Tonic 🎶 Open Up Your Eyes 🎶 Mr. Golden Deal…

Hey yall… I got two more songs from Tonic for you…

Open Up Your Eyes — from their 1996 debut album Lemon Parade —
It’s a great one… I like the video too… how they start dancing on the skates at the end… lol

Mr. Golden Deal… also from Lemon Parade (1996)… I love this one… it’s like poetry…

easy to skip past…
worth stopping for…

Hidden gems… I think..
I hope yall enjoy them…

…….💎🎶~→💿🎶’…….<¤>~→||→=||~’

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year in 2o26… here’s to turning pages — not running from them…

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Faith Side (Week 7)

Big Daddy Weave 🎶 Revive Us Again 🎶 What Life Would Be Like…

Hey y’all… happy Sunday… it’s good to be here with you… it’s good to be alive…

Today’s Hidden Gems come from Big Daddy Weave… both songs off the album What Life Would Be Like 2o08…

First is “Revive Us Again.”
An old hymn… a living prayer… and one that holds a special place in my story… I used to play this one on my guitar at a nursing home… surrounded by friends… surrounded by voices… surrounded by hope… those were good times..

Second is the title track “What Would Life Be Like…”All the songs on this album are special to me… they are from my ministry days… with my friends… with Beavis… with myself… I spent much time learning this album on my guitar… praising… worshipping… my King…

I also included a bonus video of Mike Weaver sharing a short story about his friend being healed of cancer… it’s beautiful and worth the watch…

So press play… take it in… life is short… and oh so beautiful… 😎’

…….🤔→🌱→🌍✨→✝💓→↔️👫’…….❤️❤️❤️→🔥🔥🔥→💓🔥💓→🌌→🕊→✨→🙏’

All our hearts… they burn within us…
All our lives… we’ve longed for more…

“You make known to me the path of life… in Your presence… there is fullness of joy…” Psalm 16:11 💥

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Hidden Gems From The B-Side.. Life Side (Week 5)

Our Lady Peace 🎶 4am 🎶 Supermans Dead…

Hey y’all… welcome…
So we’ve got two songs today — and as a bonus.. a live cut too… that’s always a good day 😎

“4am” and “Superman’s Dead” both debuted in 1997 on the album Clumsy..
This entire record affected me deeply… it moved me.. I spent hours alone in my room back then.. learning all these songs on my guitar… great times..

Also… the lead singer of Our Lady Peace has one of the most unique voices — and names — in music…
His name is Raine Maida… pronounced Rain 🌧 MAY-duh…

So anyways… here ya go…
hope you enjoy… 🎶

Love this.. beautiful..👇💯💥🤟❤️‍🔥 The End Is Where We Begin…