Songs About Getting Shot

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past few years, it can be difficult to come up with new and exciting ideas. But not today! Today, I have for you a collection of Songs About Getting Shot. And that's anything BUT boring! Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Shot Through The Heart”  (Ironically, Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" – which is NOT in this group of songs – was the inspiration for this post. Turns out they have ANOTHER song with the iconic "Shot Through The Heart" lyric in it, this one in its title. Go figure!)

2)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Shot With His Own Gun”

3)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Shots”

4)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

5)  Nazareth  ~  “Shot Me Down”

6)  Eric Clapton  ~  “I Shot The Sheriff”

7)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

8)  Florrie  ~  “Shot You Down”

9)  Great White  ~  “Shot In The Dark”

10)  Moby  ~  “Shot In The Back Of The Head”

11)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

12)  The Rasmus  ~  “Shot”

13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Shot In The Heart”

14)  Protoje ft. Toian  ~  “Shot By Love”

15)  T-killah ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Shot”  (I'd heard this song was even better in its original language – Russian – and whaddyaknow, it is! Check it out here.)

It's About Time! Vol. 7: Years

The great thing about an entry like this one is that there are literally thousands of songs with "Year" or "Years" in their titles. So, instead of having to search the ends of the earth for enough songs to fit the "required" amount to match the other entries in this series (usually having to add a few really obscure songs), I get to hand-pick the songs I actually want to include. The result? A diverse, high-quality collection of tunes both new and old that I think most everyone will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Christina Perri  ~  "A Thousand Years"  (I simply adore this!)

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Wasted Years"  (This music video's not nearly as ghastly as the thumbnail below would make you believe.)

3)  Simply Red  ~  "Holding Back The Years"

4)  London Grammar  ~  "Wasting My Young Years"

5)  Noah And The Whale  ~  "5 Years' Time"

6)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  "The Living Years"

7)  Steely Dan  ~  "Reelin' In The Years"

8)  Tiësto ft. DBX  ~  "Light Years Away"

9)  Scorpions  ~  "A Moment In A Million Years"

10)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Light Years"

11)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Next 100 Years"

12)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago"

13)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Through The Years"

14)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Ten Years Gone"

15)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "The Hungry Years"

16)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~   "1,000 Years"

17)  Tori Amos  ~  "Silent All These Years"

18)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"  (Don't be scared off by their name…this is a good tune by a really good band! Pretty awesome video, too!)

19)  Dream Theater  ~  "Hollow Years"

20)  Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Rockin' Years"

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 12

Another one of these posts? Yep. And this may be the best grouping of songs I've put together in a while. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  "A Thousand Years"

Christina Perri

vs.

Sting

2)  "Mr. Jones"

Counting Crows

vs.

David Byrne

3)  "My Way"

Frank Sinatra

vs.

Alien Beat Club

vs.

Los Lonely Boys

4)  "The One That Got Away"

Jake Owen

vs.

Katy Perry

vs.

P!nk

vs.

The Civil Wars

5)  "Airplanes"

Local Natives

vs.

B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams

6)  "I'm Yours"

The Script

vs.

Jason Mraz

7)  "This Is Love"

George Harrison

vs.

PJ Harvey

8)  "Domino"

Jessie J

vs.

Lucy Schwartz & The Heartstrings

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9)  "Fireflies"

Leona Lewis

vs.

Owl City

10)  "Smile"

Lily Allen

vs.

Pearl Jam

vs.

Uncle Kracker

vs.

Gloria Estefan

"Human" Songs

I recently posted a bunch of songs with "People" in the title, so I figured why not a collection of "Human" songs as well. Besides that, one of my new favorite songs is called "Human" and I was actively looking for an excuse to post it here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Christina Perri  ~  "Human"  (Here's the song that inspired this post. And it's simply gorgeous!)

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Human Nature"

3)  Björk  ~  "Human Behavior"  (Call me a dork, but I love Björk!)

4)  The Killers  ~  "Human"

5)  ILSE  ~  "I Am Human"

6)  Kamelot  ~  "The Human Stain"  (I'm including this one for my friend Don, who's a big Kamelot fan. But also because it's a really good song!)

7)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Human Of The Year"  (I love, love, love Regina Spektor's music! That is all.)

8)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  "Human"

9)  Nico Vega  ~  "Human Animal"

10)  Manafest  ~  "Human"

11)  Ellie Goulding  ~  "Human"

12)  Billy Joel  ~  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"  (If you ever feel like jumping off a bridge, Billy Joel will be there to talk you down.)

13)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  "Human"

14)  The Human League  ~  "Human"  (Here's one of those ubiquitous songs we'll still be hearing in fifty years.)

15)  Divinyls  ~  "Human On The Inside"

16)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Human Touch"

17)  Beauty And The Beast Cast  ~  "Human Again"  (Apparently, this song was cut from the original film, but was later restored for either DVD or Blu-ray.)

18)  Scorpions  ~  "Humanity"

19)  Lady Sovereign  ~  "So Human"

20)  Sam Roberts Band  ~  "Human Heat"

21)  Seal  ~  "Human Beings"

22)  Civil Twilight  ~  "Human"

23)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Only Human"

24)  Switchfoot  ~  "New Way To Be Human"

25)  Betty Boop  ~  "Be Human"  (As if one cartoon song wasn't enough for one post…here's another. Apparently, Betty Boop was a card-carrying member of PETA. LOL!)