Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”

Songs About The Sea

Apparently, today is National Maritime Day. (Who knew? Except maybe some sailors.) In honor of that, here's a dazzling collection of songs about the sea. Many of these are lovely if lesser-known songs by well-known artists, while others are delightful tunes by not-so-notable artists. All of them are hidden gems – well…hidden no more, I suppose. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Coldplay  ~  "Swallowed In The Sea"

2)  Morcheeba  ~  "The Sea"

3)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "Tenerife Sea"

4)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Mountain And The Sea"

5)  Alice In Chains  ~  "Sea Of Sorrow"

6)  The Wailin' Jennys  ~  "Across The Sea"

7)  Thrice  ~  "Digital Sea"

8)  In This Moment  ~  "Lost At Sea"

9)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Sea Of Air"

10)  Above & Beyond  ~  "Sirens Of The Sea"

11)  The Lumineers  ~  "Dead Sea"

12)  Aqua  ~  "We Belong To The Sea"

13)  Keane  ~  "Sea Fog"

14)  Melanie C  ~  "The Sea"

15)  The Temper Trap  ~  "The Sea Is Calling"

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Silent Sea"

17)  Lydia  ~  "I Woke Up Near The Sea"

18)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  "Sea Song"

19)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Lost At Sea"

20)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  "The Sea"

21)  Bobby Darin  ~  "Beyond The Sea"

22)  Kutless  ~  "Sea Of Faces"

23)  Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør  ~  "Running To The Sea"

24)  Tyrone Wells  ~  "Sea Breeze"

25)  Celtic Thunder  ~  "Home From The Sea"

Songs About Turning

It's Friday, the end of a long work week. I decided to keep it simple. Here's a dozen songs with either the word "Turn" or "Turning" in the titles. All the songs are by well-known artists or are fairly well-known songs in their own right. No fillers, no fluff. That is all. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Conor Maynard ft. Ne-Yo  ~  "Turn Around"

2)  Adele  ~  "Turning Tables"

3)  The Vapors  ~  "Turning Japanese"

4)  Rihanna  ~  "Wait Your Turn"

5)  The Black Keys  ~  "Turn Blue"

6)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "I Turn To You"

7)  Cher  ~  "If I Could Turn Back Time"

8)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Turn Off The Light"

9)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Turn On The Radio"

10)  Drowning Pool  ~  "Turn So Cold"

11)  Aqua  ~  "Turn Back Time"

12)  The Byrds  ~  "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

Songs By Bands With Four-Letter Names, Vol. 2

Here's another entry in my latest series of posts which are, at least partly, your fault. (You know who you are.) Or to your credit. Depending on how well you like the songs within. Volume 2 consists of another 20 songs by bands with four letters in their names. If your favorite band/artist didn't make this list, perhaps it was in Volume 1. (If you missed that one, you can read it here. If you submitted a 4-letter solo artist (not a band), those will be in a third and final post, which is also on the horizon. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Korn  ~  "Shoots And Ladders"

2)  Muse  ~  "Madness"

3)  t.A.T.u.  ~  "Sparks"

4)  Aqua  ~  "Cartoon Heroes"

5)  Tool  ~  "Vicarious"

6)  W.A.S.P.  ~  "I Wanna Be Somebody"

7)  SOiL  ~  "Halo"

8)  Chic  ~  "Le Freak"

9)   T-Rex  ~  "Children Of The Revolution"

10)  Cold  ~  "Wicked World"

11)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

12)  Ween  ~  "Push Th' Little Daisies"

13)  Hole  ~  "Malibu"

14)  Nero  ~  "Must Be The Feeling"

15)  MGMT  ~  "Your Life Is A Lie"

16)  Sade  ~  "By Your Side"

17)  Them  ~  "Gloria"

18)  Dada  ~  "Dizz Knee Land"

19)  Nena  ~  "99 Luftballons"

20)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"