Songs About Curtains

Yet another mundane idea for a post that turned out to be quite delightful. In my opinion, at least. I may be biased. Whatever. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Diana Krall ft. Steve Buscemi  ~  “When The Curtain Comes Down”

2)  Beirut  ~  “After The Curtain”

3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Curtain Call”

4)  Sum 41  ~  “Pull The Curtain”

5)  Rosi Golan  ~  “Curtain Call”

6)  Elton John  ~  “We All Fall In Love Sometimes / Curtains”

7)  Clare Bowen ft. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson  ~  “Curtain Call”

8)  Alan Jackson  ~  “A House With No Curtains”

9)  Danielle Ate The Sandwich  ~  “The Drawing Back Of Curtains”

10)  Matthew Mills  ~  “The Final Curtain”

11)  Bryan Rice ft. Julie  ~  “Curtain Call”

12)  Kevin Spacey  ~  “The Curtain Falls”

13)  Last Lynx  ~  “Curtains”

14)  Chronixx  ~  “Behind Curtain”

15)  Jessi Teich  ~  “The Curtain Call”

16)  Aiden Grimshaw  ~  “Curtain Call”

17)  Phish  ~  “The Curtain”

18)  Pigeon  ~  “Curtain Call”

19)  Billy Talent  ~  “Cut The Curtains”

20)  Timber Timbre  ~  “Curtains?!”

Songs About Explosives, Vol. 1

You want bombs? We got 'em! Hand grenades? Right here! Landmines, T.N.T., dynamite, and napalm? No problem! Step right up and enjoy this collection of songs about explosives! And since there were so many good ones to choose from, there will be a Volume 2! BOOM!!!!  ~  JH

1)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Grenade"

2)  St. Vincent  ~  "Landmines"

3)  Taio Cruz  ~  "Dynamite"

4)  Rancid  ~  "Time Bomb"

5)  AC/DC  ~  "T.N.T."

6)  The Almost  ~  "Hand Grenade"

7)  Billy Talent  ~  "Diamond On A Landmine"

8)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Bigger Than Dynamite"

9)  Oasis  ~  "Love Like A Bomb"

10)  Bedroom Eyes  ~  "Hand-In-Hand Grenade"

11)  Allyson Ezell  ~  "Landmine"

12)   Brenda Lee  ~  "Dynamite"

13)  Third Day  ~  "Hit Me Like A Bomb"

14)  All Time Low  ~  "Time-Bomb"

15)  Tenth Electric  ~  "Grenade"

16)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  "Dynamite"

17)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Cherry Bomb"

18)  R.E.M.  ~  "The Wake-Up Bomb"

19)  The Gap Band  ~  "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"

20)  AIR  ~  "Napalm Love"

"Wax" & "Tracks" Songs

You see what I did there? Well, of course you do! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Sponge  ~  "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)"

2)  The Civil Wars  ~  "Tracks In The Snow"

3)  Raashan Ahmad  ~  "In Love With Wax"

4)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tracks Of My Tears"

5)  No Americana  ~  "Wax Poetic"

6)  Gary Numan  ~  "Tracks"

7)  Charlotte Campbell  ~  "Feathers And Wax"

8)  Barbara McNair  ~  "The Other Side Of The Tracks"

9)  Loch Lomond  ~  "Wax & Wire"

10)  A Boy & His Kite  ~  "Cover Your Tracks"

11)  Alana Henderson  ~  "Wax And Wane"

12)  The Rapture  ~  "Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks"

13)  Whales In Cubicles  ~  "Wax & Feathers"

14)  Billy Talent  ~  "Runnin' Across The Tracks"

15)  Anamanaguchi  ~  "Space Wax America"

16)  The Tragically Hip  ~  "Frozen In My Tracks"

17)  Chairlift  ~  "Ceiling Wax"

18)  Jacobs Ladder  ~  "Scream (Railroad Tracks)"

19)  Beck  ~  "Hotwax"

20)  Stephen Simmons  ~  "Lay On The Tracks"

21)  Paul McCartney  ~  "House Of Wax"

22)  David Crosby  ~  "Tracks In The Dust"

23)  Thrice  ~  "The Melting Point Of Wax"

24)  Nils Lofgren  ~  "Across The Tracks"

Songs About Pins And Needles

Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Birthday Massacre  ~  "Pins And Needles"

2)  Mutemath  ~  "Pins And Needles"

3)  Sara Groves  ~  "Setting Up The Pins"

4)  Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, & Loretta Lynn  ~  "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"

5)  Smokie  ~  "Needles And Pins"

6)  Billy Talent  ~  "Pins & Needles"

7)  James Yuill  ~  "No Pins Allowed"

8)  Lea Michele  ~  "Thousand Needles"

9)  Life In Film  ~  "Needles & Pins"

10)  Reach  ~  "Pins & Needles"

11)  The Four Lads ~  "The Bus Stop Song (A Paper Of Pins)"

12)  Hawthorne Heights  ~  "Pens & Needles"

13)  Howth  ~  "Needles And Pins"

14)  Opshop  ~  "Pins And Needles"

15)  Kristina Train  ~  "Pins And Needles"

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16)  The Searchers  ~  "Needles And Pins"  (same song as #5 above, but by the original artist)

"Sit" & "Stand" Songs

Did it ever occur to me that people might get tired of all these "Opposites" music posts that I keep putting together? Yes.  ~  JH

1)  Lucius  ~  "Don't Just Sit There"

2)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "Stand By My Woman"

3)  Jake Miller  ~  "Sit Back And Relax"

4)  Superchick  ~  "Stand In The Rain"

5)  HEXTET  ~  "Sit Down My Friend"

6)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  "Couldn't Stand The Weather"

7)  The Graduate  ~  "Sit & Sink"

8)  Poison  ~  "Stand"

9)  The First  ~  "Sit Tight"

10)  Jewel  ~  "Stand"

11)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"

12)  Billy Talent  ~  "Stand Up And Run"

13)  AC/DC  ~  "Can I Sit Next To You, Girl?"

14)  Adelitas Way  ~  "Last Stand"

15)  Lene Marlin  ~  "Sitting Down Here"

16)  Stevie Nicks  ~  "Stand Back"

17)  Jack Johnson ft. Ben Harper  ~  "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"

18)  Days Of The New  ~  "Touch, Peel, And Stand"

19)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"

20)  Ben E. King  ~  "Stand By Me"