Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH

1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”

2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”

3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”

4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”

5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”

6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”

7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”

8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”

9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”

10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”

12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”

14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”

15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”

17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”

18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”

19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”

20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”

21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"

22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”

23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”

24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”

25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”

Songs About Getting Shot

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past few years, it can be difficult to come up with new and exciting ideas. But not today! Today, I have for you a collection of Songs About Getting Shot. And that's anything BUT boring! Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Shot Through The Heart”  (Ironically, Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" – which is NOT in this group of songs – was the inspiration for this post. Turns out they have ANOTHER song with the iconic "Shot Through The Heart" lyric in it, this one in its title. Go figure!)

2)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Shot With His Own Gun”

3)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Shots”

4)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

5)  Nazareth  ~  “Shot Me Down”

6)  Eric Clapton  ~  “I Shot The Sheriff”

7)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

8)  Florrie  ~  “Shot You Down”

9)  Great White  ~  “Shot In The Dark”

10)  Moby  ~  “Shot In The Back Of The Head”

11)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

12)  The Rasmus  ~  “Shot”

13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Shot In The Heart”

14)  Protoje ft. Toian  ~  “Shot By Love”

15)  T-killah ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Shot”  (I'd heard this song was even better in its original language – Russian – and whaddyaknow, it is! Check it out here.)

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Squares

Well, whaddyaknow? I'm starting a new music post series. Imagine that! This will be a short, but hopefully sweet, series featuring songs with geometric shapes in their titles. First up, songs about "Squares." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Coldplay  ~  "Square One"

2)  Bloc Party  ~  "Ion Square"

3)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  "Hip To Be Square"

4)  Flobots  ~  "The Circle In The Square"

5)  Counting Crows  ~  "Washington Square"

6)  Deaf Havana  ~  "Boston Square"

7)  Jessie J  ~  "Square One"

8)  Tom Paxton  ~  "Central Square"

9)  Elvis Presley  ~  "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"

10)  Abby Lee  ~  "Square One"

11)  Mason Jennings  ~  "Jackson Square"

12)  Rachel Row  ~  "L Square"

13)  Teena Marie  ~  "Square Biz"

14)  Marillion  ~  "Market Square Heroes"

15)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Square One"

16)  Nomads  ~  "Cleaveland On The Square"

17)  Marianne Faithfull  ~  "Times Square"

18)  Hannah Belle  ~  "Little Town Square"

19)  Bing Crosby  ~  "When The Moon Comes Over Madison Square"

20)  Katie Heath  ~  "Square One"

21)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "Tompkins Square Park"

22)  The Beta Band  ~  "Squares"

23)  Great White  ~  "Congo Square"

24)  We Were Promised Jetpacks  ~  "Circles And Squares"

25)  XTC  ~  "She's So Square"

"Shy" Songs

Here's another "Opposites" music post – well, the first half of one. As if it weren't self-explanatory at this point, these are songs with the word "Shy" in their titles. Next time, we'll explore songs with the word "Bold" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tristan Prettyman & Jason Mraz  ~  "Shy That Way"

2)  Sonata Arctica  ~  "Shy"

3)  Katie Melua  ~  "Shy Boy"

4)  Grizzly Bear  ~  "Gun-Shy"

5)  Diana King  ~  "Shy Guy"

6)  Great White  ~  "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"

7)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "He's So Shy"

8)  Yusuf Islam  ~  "Don't Be Shy"

9)  Bananarama  ~  "Shy Boy"

10)  Nat King Cole Trio  ~  "I'm A Shy Guy"

11)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "Gun Shy"

12)  Kajagoogoo  ~  "Too Shy"

13)  Diana Ross  ~  "Too Shy To Say"

14)  Jai Waetford  ~  "Shy"

15)  DCUP ft. Mereki  ~  "Don't Be Shy"

16)  Seaway  ~  "Shy Guys"

17)  Stacey Solomon  ~  "Shy"

18)  General Fiasco  ~  "Ever So Shy"

19)  Ana  ~  "Shy Boys"

20)  Secret  ~  "Shy Boy"