Songs About Venom & Flies

Remember when I used to post sets of songs with two different themes that had basically nothing to do with each other whatsoever? Yeah, me, too. This is one of those. Try it – you'll like it!  ~  JH

1)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "Venom"

2)  Deftones  ~  "Change (In The House Of Flies)"

3)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Venom"

4)  The Judds  ~  "Flies On The Butter"

5)  Richie Kotzen  ~  "Venom"

6)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Halo Of Flies"

7)  My Chemical Romance  ~  "Thank You For The Venom"

8)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Lord Of The Flies"

9)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Vengeance Venom"

10)  Ben Howard  ~  "Black Flies"

11)  Ted Nugent  ~  "Venom Soup"

12)  The Joy Formidable  ~  "While The Flies"

13)  Deadlights  ~  "Bathed In Venom"

14)  Nada Surf  ~  "Fruit Fly"

15)  Junior Brown  ~  "Venom Wearin' Denim"

16)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Fly On The Windscreen"

17)  Icarus Falls  ~  "Venom"

18)  Beck  ~  "Lazy Flies"

19)  Impellitteri  ~  "Venom"

20)  AlunaGeorge  ~  "Attracting Flies"

21)  Löve Razër  ~  "Venom"

22)  Benjamin Bates  ~  "Two Flies"

23)  Finn Andrews  ~  "One By The Venom"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Eagle When She Flies"  (OK, so it's not the proper context of "flies," but are you really gonna argue with my including a Dolly Parton classic here?)

25)  Swollen Members  ~  "Venom"

26)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Vasoline"  (When I first got the idea for the post, this was the first song that came to mind. Even though the word "flies" doesn't appear in the title – nor does "venom," for that matter – the phrase "flies in the vasoline" [sic] is sung often throughout.)

27)  Eminem  ~  "Venom"

28)  Cherry Blind  ~  "House Of Flies"

29)  Disturbed  ~  "This Venom"

30)  Soundgarden  ~  "Drawing Flies"

Songs About Bursting

Have you ever been so full (with food, or pride, or excitement, etc.) that you just felt like you would burst? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bic Runga  ~  "Bursting Through"

2)  Scandinavianz  ~  "Sunburst"

3)  Magazine  ~  "Burst"

4)  Callie Moore  ~  "Burst"

5)  Primus  ~  "Extinction Burst"  (You can't hear the vocals very well in this video – but honestly, with Primus the real draw is their outstanding instrumentation. So you aren't missing much.)

6)  Carmen McRae  ~  "Burst In With The Dawn"

7)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "Hearts Burst Into Fire"

8)  ALTIMA  ~  "Burst The Gravity"

9)  The Claypool Lennon Delirium  ~  "Bubbles Burst"

10)  Kaki King  ~  "Close Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames"

11)  We Were Promised Jetpacks  ~  "Short Bursts"

12)  Lynda Carter  ~  "Cloud Burst"

13)  Anne Clark  ~  "Bursting"

14)  Admiral Fallow  ~  "Tree Bursts"

15)  Vonavi ft. Run Rivers  ~  "Sunburst"

16)  Mondays ft. Paulina Froling  ~  "Burst And Pop"

17)  Onion Rings  ~  "Sunburst"

18)  Daniel Amos  ~  "The Bubble Bursts"

19)  PictureHouse  ~  "Sunburst"

20)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith  ~  "In The River"

21)  Kishi Bashi  ~  "It All Began With A Burst"

22)  Citipointe Live  ~  "Bursting With Love"

23)  Ten Fé  ~  "Burst"

24)  Tobu & Itro  ~  "Sunburst"

Songs About Choking

Here the first in what – knowing me! – will probably be an ongoing series of posts featuring Things You Would Never Want To Happen To You. Case in point, this set of Songs About Choking. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Choke”

2)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Choke It”

3)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  “4 Words (To Choke Upon)”

4)  Heirsound  ~  “Choke”

5)  Joss Stone  ~  “The Chokin’ Kind”

6)  Madilan  ~  “Choke”

7)  Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Choke”

8)  King Charles  ~  “Choke”

9)  OneRepublic  ~  “Choke”

10)  Serene  ~  “Choke”

11)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Toys Toys Toys Choke, Toys Toys Toys”

12)  Not Katies  ~  “The Hope You Choke”

13)  Austra  ~  “The Choke”

14)  Headwires  ~  “Choke”

15)  Ryan Bingham  ~  “All Choked Up Again”

16)  Allen Tate  ~  “Don’t Choke”

17)  Sepultura  ~  “Choke”

18)  Potet  ~  “Choke”

19)  Bif Naked  ~  “Choking On The Truth”

20)  The Hall Effect  ~  “Choke”

21)  AKS ft. Selah Sue  ~  “Choke”

22)  Seratones  ~  “Choking On Your Spit”

23)  Skinny Puppy  ~  “The Choke”

24)  All The Right Moves  ~  “Choke”

25)  ChocQuibTown ft. Ñejo   ~  “Salsa & Choke”

"Fight" Songs

This is part 1 of 2 of a kinda-sorta "Opposites" music post. I say kinda-sorta because the 2nd part will be "Flight" songs. While "Fight" and "Flight" aren't technically opposites, they are the main two choices you have when you are confronted by someone who wishes to do you harm. Choose wisely...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  REO Speedwagon  ~   "Can't Fight This Feeling"

2)  Elliott Yamin  ~  "Fight For Love"

3)  Rachel Platten  ~  "Fight Song"

4)  Turisas  ~  "Stand Up And Fight"

5)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "The Last Fight"

6)  Cheryl Cole  ~  "Fight For This Love"

7)  Cloud Control  ~  "There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight"

8)  Velvet Revolver  ~  "The Last Fight"

9)  Morgan Page ft. Lissie  ~  "Fight For You"

10)  Decyfer Down  ~  "Fight Like This"

11)  Switchfoot  ~  "Love Alone Is Worth The Fight"

12)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "Can't Fight The Moonlight"

13)  Warren Barfield  ~  "Love Is Not A Fight"

14)  Racoon  ~  "Don't Give Up The Fight"

15)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Don't Wanna Fight"

16)  Nada Surf  ~  "Let The Fight Do The Fighting"

17)  For Today  ~  "Fight The Silence"

18)  Sia  ~  "The Fight"

19)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Fight Test"

20)  Lee DeWyze  ~  "Fight"

21)  Thompson Square  ~  "Let's Fight"

22)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  "Fight For Your Mind"

23)  Anthem Lights  ~  "Fight Forever"

24)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Don't Wanna Fight"

25)  Fishbone  ~  "Fight The Youth"