These songs aren’t all about the act of allowing food or drink to pass down one’s throat. Some of them are about the metaphorical swallowing of intangible things, like pride and such. Still others are about swift-flying, migratory songbirds. Just call it Triple-Meaning Friday. Which isn’t a catchy phrase at all, actually. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Bush ~ “Swallowed”
2) Rhys ~ “Swallow Your Pride”
3) NewSong ~ “Swallow The Ocean (Coming Alive)”
4) The Hearing ~ “Swallow”
5) Bombay Bicycle Club ~ “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?”
6) Jewel ~ “Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)”
7) The National ~ “Don’t Swallow The Cap”
8) Yo-Yo Ma & Wu Tong ~ “Yanzi (Swallow Song)”
9) Wailin’ Jennys ~ “Swallow”
10) Coldplay ~ “Swallowed In The Sea”
11) Crystal Fighters ~ “Swallow”
12) Toni Gibson ~ “She’s Like The Swallow”
13) Pearl Jam ~ “Swallowed Whole”
14) Judy Collins & The Muppets ~ “Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”
15) morgxn ~ “Hard Pill To Swallow”
16) Wolf Alice ~ “Swallowtail”
17) Ramones ~ “Swallow My Pride”
18) brokeMC ~ “Swallow You Whole”
19) The Lennon Sisters ~ “When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano”
20) The Autumn Defense ~ “The Swallows Of London”
21) Souleen ~ “Swallow”
22) Hank Williams, Jr. ~ “Pride’s Not Hard To Swallow”
23) Teach Me Equals ~ “Swallow The Smoke”
24) Eve 6 ~ “Inside Out” (Nope, the word “swallow” doesn’t appear in the title of this song. But it’s all over the place in the chorus, which is repeated multiple times, of course. So here it is…)
25) Della Lupa ~ “Storm Of Swallows”
26) Brandon Flowers ~ “Swallow It”
27) Lorena B ~ “Swallow My Gum”
28) Lorena B ~ “Swallow My Gum 2” (Rarely if ever have I posted a “sequel” to a song, especially within the same post. But frankly, they’re fairly unusual, so I suppose it’s no real wonder after all.)
29) Billy Bragg ~ “Swallow My Pride”
30) Hilary Grist ~ “Swallow Me Up”
31) Ólafur Arnalds ~ “Gleypa Okkur (Swallow Us)”
32) Shreddy Krueger ~ “The Sky Will Swallow Us Whole” (I don’t usually go for songs in the “screamo” genre – or whatever they’re calling it these days – but this was really well-done. Nice mix of “clean” and “unclean” vocals.)
33) Laura Gibson ~ “Crow/Swallow”
34) Teenage Wrist ~ “Swallow”
35) Katie Melua & Gori Women’s Choir ~ “The Little Swallow” (You may hear the tune of this song and correctly recognize it as identical to the “Carol of the Bells.” However, this Ukrainian-language version came first. An American songwriter penned English lyrics to the tune sometime later.)
When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Chainsmokers ft. Daya ~ “Don’t Let Me Down”
2) Eve 6 ~ “Inside Out”
3) Halsey ~ “Hold Me Down”
4) Bruce Springsteen ~ “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”
5) Sam Smith ~ “Lay Me Down”
6) twenty one pilots ~ “Stressed Out”
7) Sanctus Real ~ “Lay It Down”
8) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force ~ “All Cried Out”
9) David Bowie ~ “Never Let Me Down”
10) LL Cool J ~ “Mama Said Knock You Out”
11) OneRepublic ~ “All Fall Down”
12) Pixie Lott ~ “Cry Me Out”
13) Pillar ~ “Bring Me Down”
14) The Riptide Movement ~ “All Works Out”
15) The Band ~ “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
16) Feist ~ “Inside And Out”
17) Sheryl Crow ~ “Anything But Down”
18) REO Speedwagon ~ “Ridin’ The Storm Out”
19) Echo and the Bunnymen ~ “Don’t Let It Get You Down”
