Songs About Being Tied Up

"Tied up" can mean a number of things. It can mean that you're occupied and unable to do whatever it is whoever it is wants you to do. It can mean a metaphorical entanglement in a situation or with a specific person. It can also mean being physically bound in some way. These songs offer a balanced mix of all three of these meanings, and maybe even a couple more. Who knows? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cold War Kids ft. Bishop Briggs  ~  “So Tied Up”

2)  Robin Thicke  ~  “All Tied Up”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Tie It Up”

4)  Julian Perretta & The Magician  ~  “Tied Up”

5)  Voodoo Vegas  ~  “Tied Up”

6)  Yello  ~  “Tied Up”

7)  Toni Braxton  ~  “Hands Tied”

8)  Level & Tyson  ~  “Tied Up”

9)  Yaniza  ~  “All Tied Up”

10)  Hard-Fi  ~  “Tied Up Too Tight”

11)  Party Asylum  ~  “(Sorry) I’m All Tied Up”

12)  Rival Sons  ~  “Tied Up”

13)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Tied Up”

14)  The Dig  ~  “All Tied Up”

15)  Major Lazer ft. Mr. Eazi, Raye, & Jake Gosling  ~  “Tied Up”

16)  Ted Nugent  ~  “Tied Up In Love”

17)  Earnest Pugh  ~  “Wrapped Up, Tied Up, Tangled Up”

18)  Starsailor  ~  “Tie Up My Hands”

19)  Anna Nalick  ~  “Knots”

20)  Seether  ~  “Tied My Hands”

21)  Tove Styrke  ~  “Sway”

22)  Parcels  ~  “Tieduprightnow”

23)  Samantha Sang ft. Bee Gees  ~  “Emotion”

24)  San Cisco  ~  “SloMo”

25)  TEEN  ~  “Tied Up, Tied Down”

“Melody” Songs, Vol. 1

Odd that I've never thought of this "theme" before now. But...here's a collection of songs with the word "Melody" (or "Melodies") somewhere in their titles. One more set of these is coming tomorrow. And then..."Harmony" Songs, of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kate Earl  ~  “Melody”

2)  Butch Walker  ~  “Pretty Melody”

3)  Sixpence None The Richer  ~  “Melody Of You”

4)  Caribou  ~  “Melody Day”

5)  Blonde Redhead  ~  “Melody”

6)  The Grass Roots  ~  “A Melody For You”

7)  Oliver Heldens  ~  “Melody”

8)  Beck  ~  “Dead Melodies”

9)  Madison Beer  ~  “Melodies”

10)  Kendall Schmidt  ~  “Memories And Melodies”

11)  Katie Sky  ~  “Sweet Sweet Melody”

12)  The Osborne Brothers  ~  “Bluegrass Melodies”

13)  Paramore  ~  “Stop This Song (Lovesick Melody)”

14)  Alphaville  ~  “Sounds Like A Melody”

15)  India.Arie  ~  “Complicated Melody”

16)  Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings  ~  “Melody”

17)  Brenda Lee  ~  “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody”

18)  Righteous Brothers  ~  “Unchained Melody”

19)  Anna Nalick  ~  “More Than Melody”

20)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Stranger With The Melodies”

Songs About "Singers"

In previous entries, I've done "Songs About Songs," "Songs About Music," and the like. But I've never done a post featuring Songs About Singers. Or, more specifically, songs with the word "Singer" (or its plural) in their titles. Well, now is as good a time as any, so let's go! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cake  ~  “Opera Singer”

2)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  “The Singer”

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)”

4)  Anna Nalick  ~  “The Lullaby Singer”

5)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Pop Singer”

6)  Bee Gees  ~  “The Singer Sang His Song”

7)  The Decemberists  ~  “The Singer Addresses His Audience”

8)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer”

9)  Teitur  ~  “The Singer”

10)  Animal Collective  ~  “Another White Singer”

11)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  “Singers”

12)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Mary Tom Speer-Reid  ~  “When All God’s Singers Get Home”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “The Singer”

14)  Califone  ~  “Funeral Singers”

15)  David Phelps  ~  “The Singer”

16)  Miranda Colchester  ~  “The Singer”

17)  Jimi Jamison  ~  “It’s The Singer, Not The Song”

18)  Vince Freeman  ~  “The Singer”

19)  Kevin Max  ~  “Return Of The Singer”

20)  Elkie Brooks  ~  “Pearl’s A Singer”

"Rough" & "Smooth" Songs

At it again, eh? Yep. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Anna Nalick  ~  "In The Rough"

2)  Santana ft. Rob Thomas  ~  "Smooth"

3)  Bananarama  ~  "Rough Justice"

4)  Big Daddy Kane  ~  "Smooth Operator"

5)  Dreams So Real  ~  "Rough Night In Jericho"

6)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Smooth Criminal"

7)  ZZ Top  ~  "Rough Boy"

8)  Lake Street Dive  ~  "You Go Down Smooth"

9)  Paulini  ~  "Rough Day"

10)  Sade  ~  "Smooth Operator"

11)  Endangered Speeches  ~  "The City Is Rough"

12)  Shara Nelson  ~  "Rough With The Smooth"

13)  June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, & The Stafford Sisters  ~  "Treat Me Rough"

14)  David Garrett  ~  "Smooth Criminal"  (Two versions of the same song in one post? Yep, this is MJ's song, too – but violinist Garrett gives it a whole different sound and feel in his instrumental version.)

15)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "Diamond In The Rough"

Songs By Ladies Named Anna

Sometimes there's a distinct reason for the particular group of songs that I gather, and sometimes there's not. Sometimes I just feel like "discovering" new music, and so I engineer a way to randomly find new-to-me artists. Such is the case with this collection of songs. I enjoyed hearing some of these artists for the first time, and hearing again a couple of them with whom I was already familiar. Hope you'll enjoy them as well.  ~  JH

1)  Anna Eriksson  ~  "Mad Girl's Love Song"

2)  Anna Bergendahl  ~  "The Army"

3)  Anna Ternheim  ~  "Girl Laying Down"

4)  Anna F  ~  "Most Of All"

5)  Anna David  ~  "Something To Nothing"

6)  Anna Tatangelo  ~  "Averti Qui"  (Hope you are fluent in Italian – I'm not, but I still enjoyed the song. I had the lyrics translated online – they're good, too.)

7)  Anna Von Hausswolff  ~  "Funeral For My Future Children"  (Bleak title, cool song)

8)  Anna Tsuchiya  ~  "Black Tears"  (You speak Japanese, right? Great! Then you'll understand this song a little better than I did.)

9)  Anna Abreu  ~  "End Of Love"

10)  Anna Nalick  ~  "Breathe (2 AM)"

11)  Anna Vissi  ~  "Eleni"  (Being of Greek heritage myself, I wish I could speak the language of my ancestors. But alas, I can't, so I don't know what this song's talking about. But I like it.)

12)  Anna Graceman  ~  "So Complicated"  (This is a good song – but it seems weird that it was written and is being sung by a 10-year-old girl. I mean, good for her, but what does she know about the pain of love lost? Really…)

13)  Anna Blue  ~  "So Alone"

14)  Anna Kendrick  ~  "Cups (When I'm Gone)"  (I've posted this one here before – well, on my original blog – but it's too good not to repeat here)

15)  Anna Calvi  ~  "Blackout"

16)  Anna Waronker  ~  "Beautiful"

17)  Anna Fegi-Brown  ~  "I Thought I Knew Him So Well"

18)  Anna Rossinelli  ~  "In Love For A While"