Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”

3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”

4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”

7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”

10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”

12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”

14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”

15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”

17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”

18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”

19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”

20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”

21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”

22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”

23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”

24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”

25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”

BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)

“Beloved” Songs

Everybody wants to be loved. But these songs want to be "Beloved." At least, their titles would lead you to think so. Some top-notch tunes to be listened to here. So get at 'em! And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kiesza  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  “Beloved”

3)  Maureen O’Hara  ~  “And This Is My Beloved”

4)  Eels  ~  “My Beloved Monster”

5)  Bethel Music ft. Kalley Heiligenthal & William Matthews  ~  “My Beloved”

6)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Beloved Infidel”

7)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Beloved”

8)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Nearly Beloved”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Beloved Freak”

10)  Passion ft. Crowder  ~  “My Beloved”

11)  Natalie Merchant  ~  “Beloved Wife”

12)  Brigades  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

13)  Emily Jane White  ~  “My Beloved”

14)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Beloved”

15)  Minnie Driver  ~  “My Beloved”

16)  Alex Clare  ~  “Relax My Beloved”

17)  Kari Jobe  ~  “My Beloved”

18)  Anathema  ~  “The Beloved”

19)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Lover Beloved”

20)  Darlene Zschech ft. Pati Telea  ~  “Beloved (When I Survey)”

21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “John My Beloved”

22)  Ixchel Prisma  ~  “Beloved”

23)  Say Lou Lou  ~  “Beloved”

24)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tremble For My Beloved”

25)  Jo Burgess  ~  “Beloved”

"Obscure" Songs

You can't get any more "Obscure" than these songs...seeing as the word – in one form or another – appears in the title of each tune in this collection. Don't ask why – just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Obscured”

2)  Solitude Aeturnus  ~  “Haunting The Obscure”

3)  Matt Berry  ~  “Obsessed And So Obscure”

4)  Lioness  ~  “Tastefully Obscure”

5)  Igor Prochazka Trio  ~  “Obscure Blues”

6)  Pariah  ~  “Blaze Of Obscurity”

7)  Markize  ~  “In The Obscure / Believe”

8)  Flowers For Bodysnatchers  ~  “The Obscure You Deserve"

9)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “Obscurity Knocks”

10)  Myon  ~  “Illusion Of Obscurity”

11)  The Black Orchids  ~  “Obscure Vision”

12)  Ash  ~  “Obscure Thing”

13)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Obscured By Clouds”

14)  Love Mason  ~  “Words Obscure The Truth”

15)  Andrin Haag  ~  “Obscurity”

16)  The Dirty Projectors  ~  “Obscure Wisdom”

17)  Annika Strand  ~  “Obscure"

18)  Cruel Season  ~  “Obscured”

“Pointless” Songs

These songs are not pointless! And yet they are. The point is, each of the songs in this collection contains the word "Pointless" somewhere in its title. Get the point? Now point, click, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Pointless”

2)  Twin Danger  ~  “Pointless Satisfaction”

3)  Jordan Sweeto  ~  “Pointless”

4)  The Brilliant Things  ~  “Pointless”

5)  Light FM  ~  “Pointless”

6)  Hollie Stephenson  ~  “Pointless Rebellion”

7)  Ironyc  ~  “Pointless Battle”

8)  PJ Harvey & John Parish  ~  “Passionless, Pointless”

9)  Boyinaband  ~  “Pointless Fast Rap”

10)  Armor For Sleep  ~  “Pointless Forever”

11)  Tammin Sursok  ~  “Pointless Relationship”

12)  Antifreeze  ~  “Pointless Emotion”

13)  Conya Doss  ~  “Pointless”

14)  Alex Davies  ~  “Pointless Things”

15)  Gareth Skinner  ~  “Yer Pointless Life”

16)  Ben Lee  ~  “Pointless Beauty”

17)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Pointless Drinking”

18)  See This Through  ~  “Pointless Pursuit”

19)  Melanie Johnson  ~  “Pointless”

20)  Born Ruffians  ~  “When Things Get Pointless, I Roll Away”

21)  LoLo  ~  “Pointless”

22)  Headless Circus  ~  “Pointless Funk”

23)  Jamie Cullum  ~  “Pointless Nostalgic”

24)  Amber Norgaard  ~  “Pointless”

25)  Rodrigo Flausino  ~  “Pointless Race”

Songs About "Junk"

Here's a bunch of Songs About "Junk" that you're sure to listen to, or not. Some good stuff here, despite what the songs' titles would indicate. In case you're worried, there are no "in the trunk" songs or the like to be found here.  ~  JH

1)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Junk”

2)  The Kooks  ~  “Junk Of The Heart (Happy)”

3)  The Auteurs  ~  “Junk Shop Clothes”

4)  Colleen Dauncey, Rebecca Perry, & Sarite Harris  ~  “My Junk”

5)  Larry Groce  ~  “Junk Food Junkie”

6)  Skyhooks  ~  “Keep The Junk In America”  (Thanks a lump, Skyhooks!)

7)  Sesame Street Cast  ~  “Oscar’s Junk Band”

8)  The Cardigans  ~  “Junk Of The Hearts”

9)  Keith Green  ~  “Keep All That Junk To Yourself”

10)  Diesel  ~  “Love Junk”

11)  Frontier Ruckus  ~  “Junk-Drawer Sorrow”

12)  Emily  ~  “Junkyard”

13)  Milky Chance  ~  “Flashed Junk Mind”

14)  Paul Westerberg  ~  “Hillbilly Junk”

15)  Jam Alker  ~  “Junkyard”

16)  10cc  ~  “Flying Junk”

17)  The Neville Brothers  ~  “Junk Man”

18)  Winger  ~  “Junkyard Dog”

19)  Dead Sons  ~  “Junk Room”

20)  Elska ft. Mikael Jorgensen  ~  “Too Much Junk”

21)  Elliott Smith  ~  “Junk Bond Trader”

22)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “Junkyard”

23)  Tarantella Fall  ~  “Junk”

24)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “That Don’t Make It Junk”

25)  Wang Chung  ~  “Space Junk”