Songs About Thorns & Thistles

Here's a bunch of Songs About Thorns & Thistles. Because...well, I don't really know why. It seemed like a good idea at the time? (And it was!) If you happen to think of an iconic song with either of these words in the title that you don't see here, be patient. It might be in the follow-up to this post. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Poison  ~  “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”

2)  Howl At The Moon  ~  “Russian Thistle”

3)  Namoli Brennet  ~  “Thorn In Your Side”

4)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Thistle & Weeds”

5)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Thorn In My Pride”

6)  Mean Mary  ~  “Dance Of The Thistledown”

7)  Janet Devlin  ~  “Crown Of Thorns”

8)  Jack Cookson  ~  “Thistles”

9)  Alela Diane  ~  “Rose And Thorn”

10)  The Dependence Band  ~  “Thistles”

11)  Lo Moon  ~  “Thorns”

12)  String Quartet  ~  “A Gift Of A Thistle”

13)  Twila Paris  ~  “This Thorn”

14)  Jeffrey Foucault  ~  “Thistledown Tears”

15)  The Smiths  ~  “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

16)  Hundred Waters  ~  “Thistle”

17)  Amber Wolfe  ~  “No Thorn”

18)  The Abbey Skyway  ~  “Thistles”

19)  Savatage  ~  “Edge Of Thorns”

20)  Nora Jane Struthers  ~  “Thistle”

21)  Alex Hepburn  ~  “Crown Of Thorns”

22)  Greg Mashinter  ~  “Thorns & Thistles”

23)  Being As An Ocean  ~  “Thorns”

24)  Paper Bird  ~  “Boxcars & Thistles”

25)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “The Path Of Thorns (Terms)”

Songs About Hopscotch & Labyrinths

If there's one that Hopscotch has absolutely nothing to do with, it's Labyrinths. And that's exactly the point of this post – that there is no point. But there are plenty of good songs. So listen to 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Missing Persons  ~  “Mental Hopscotch”

2)  The Cure  ~  “Labyrinth”

3)  CocoRosie  ~  “Hopscotch”

4)  Smallman  ~  “Labyrinth Of Present”

5)  Fiction & Fables  ~  “Hopscotch Parade”

6)  Asaf Avidan  ~  “The Labyrinth Song”

7)  Eric Lewis  ~  “Hopscotch”

8)  Elisa  ~  “Labyrinth”

9)  Alan Gogoll  ~  “Hopscotch”

10)  BLR  ~  “Labyrinth”

11)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Optical Hopscotch”

12)  Genevieve  ~  “Labyrinth Of Me”

13)  Maya Angelou  ~  “Harlem Hopscotch”

14)  Savatage  ~  “Labyrinths”

15)  Emmelie de Forest  ~  “Hopscotch”

16)  Carole King  ~  “Labyrinth”

17)  Miles Davis  ~  “Hopscotch”

18)  Briana Nadeau  ~  “Labyrinth Of Love”

19)  Waldo  ~  “Hopscotch”

20)  Steve Howe   ~  “Labyrinth”

21)  Gwen Guthrie  ~  “Hopscotch”

22)  Julia Graye  ~  “Labyrinth”

23)  Bastelbande  ~  “Hopscotch”

24)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  “The Labyrinth”

25)  One Girl Shy  ~  “Hopscotch Man”

26)  Toro y Moi  ~  “Labyrinth”

27)  King Of Hawaii  ~  “Hopscotch”

28)  Have I Lost My Mind  ~  “Labyrinth”

29)  Woodpigeon  ~  “Love In The Time Of Hopscotch”

30)  Alesana  ~  “Labyrinth”

"Edge"-y Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs resting on the precipice of...something or other. In truth, the tunes' primary commonality is that the word "Edge" appears somewhere in all of their titles. There's some really good stuff here. So much so that there had to be a Part 2 (as there so often is). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lady Gaga  ~  “The Edge Of Glory”

2)  AC/DC  ~  “The Razor’s Edge”

3)  Tonight Alive  ~  “The Edge”

4)  Sheppard  ~  “Edge Of The Night”

5)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “Song From The Edge Of The World”

6)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Water’s Edge”

7)  Bella Elysee  ~  “On The Edge”

8)  Aerosmith  ~  “Livin’ On The Edge”

9)  Jessi Malay  ~  “The Edge”

10)  Manafest  ~  “Edge Of My Life”

11)  Within Temptation  ~  “Where Is The Edge?”

12)  Goanna  ~  “Razor’s Edge”

13)  Dezi  ~  “The Edge”

14)  Savatage  ~  “Edge Of Thorns”

15)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Edge Of Evolution”

16)  MC Jin ft. Dawen  ~  “Over The Edge”

17)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “Over The Edge”

18)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Edge Of A Dream”

19)  Vixen  ~  “Edge Of A Broken Heart”

20)  Duran Duran  ~  “The Edge Of America”

"Gutter" Music

Does this one really need an explanation? Nah, I didn't think so. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Medina  ~  “Gutter”

2)  Overkill  ~  “Hello From The Gutter”

3)  Paper Route  ~  “Gutter”

4)  Yann Tiersen  ~  “The Gutter”

5)  LILI  ~  “Gutter”

6)  Savatage  ~  “Gutter Ballet”

7)  Ideomotor  ~  “The Gutter”

8)  Hank Williams III  ~  “Gutter Town”

9)  Kina  ~  “Girl From The Gutter”

10)  The Answer  ~  “Into The Gutter”

11)  Bhi Bhiman  ~  “Guttersnipe”

12)  The Lonesome Trio  ~  “River In The Gutter”

13)  Hot Flash Heat Wave  ~  “Gutter Girl”

14)  Wastefall  ~  “Hearts In The Gutter”

15)  The Clowns  ~  “In The Gutter”

16)  Hello Sailor  ~  “Gutter Black”

17)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Gutter Cat vs. The Jets”

18)  Tortoise  ~  “Swung From The Gutters / Don’t Look Down”

19)  Marc Almond  ~  “Gutter Hearts”

20)  Dent May  ~  “Face Down In The Gutter Of Your Love”