Songs About Being Surrounded

You ever feel like you're completely surrounded, with no way of escape? Yeah? These songs totally get that. They've been there. They ARE there. Good luck, Houdini. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Surrounded”

2)  Dream Theater  ~  “Surrounded”

3)  Eisley  ~  “They All Surrounded Me”

4)  Hooray For Earth  ~  “Surrounded By Your Friends”

5)  Echosmith  ~  “Surround You”

6)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Sister Surround”

7)  Erland & The Shelter  ~  “Surrounded”

8)  BT & Aqualung  ~  “Surrounded”

9)  Julia Holter  ~  “Horns Surrounding Me”

10)  Scott Stapp  ~  “Surround Me”

11)  Delta Rae  ~  “Surrounded”

12)  Erasure  ~  “You Surround Me”

13)  Cilla Black  ~  “Surround Yourself With Sorrow”

14)  Bebo Norman  ~  “You Surround Me”

15)  Craig Finn  ~  “Sarah, I’m Surrounded”

16)  Amon Duul II  ~  “Surrounded By The Stars”

17)  The Chills  ~  “Surrounded”

18)  Ryan Hemsworth ft. Kotomi & DOSS  ~  “Surrounded”

19)  Evermore  ~  “Light Surrounding You”

20)  Charly McClain  ~  “Surround Me With Love”

21)  Julien-K  ~  “Surrounded By Cowards”

22)  Noughts And Exes  ~  “Surrounded”

23)  Geoff Moore  ~  “Surrounded”

24)  The Boxer Rebellion  ~  “We Have This Place Surrounded”

25)  Overtone  ~  “Surrounded”

"Show" & "Tell" Songs, Vol. 2

Here's the other half of those "Show" and "Tell" songs I started yesterday. Some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Echosmith  ~  "Tell Her You Love Her"

2)  Seal  ~  "Show Me"

3)  Keira Knightley  ~  "Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home"

4)  Peter Frampton  ~  "Show Me The Way"

5)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Tell Me Why"

6)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Show Me The Place"

7)  The B-52's  ~  "Tell It Like It T-I-IS"

8)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Lady Picture Show"

9)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  "Love Will Tell Us Where To Go"

10)  Audioslave  ~  "Show Me How To Live"

11)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Tell Me No"

12)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Show Me Your Soul"

13)  Joss Stone  ~  "Tell Me 'Bout It"

14)  Styx  ~  "Show Me The Way"

15)  Chlöe Howl  ~  "I Wish I Could Tell You"

16)  Three Dog Night  ~  "The Show Must Go On"

17)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  "Too Soon To Tell"

18)  Colbie Caillat  ~  "Feelings Show"

19)  Lecrae ft. Mali Music  ~  "Tell The World"

20)  Clean Bandit  ~  "Show Me Love"

21)  Eagles  ~  "I Can't Tell You Why"

22)  Ethel Merman, Judy Garland, & Barbra Streisand  ~  "There's No Business Like Show Business"

23)  Billy Joel  ~  "Tell Her About It"

24)  The Pretenders  ~  "Show Me"

25)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  "You Never Can Tell"  (It's fascinating to watch this song come together so sporadically and organically.)

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Triangles

Well, this is the last planned "Songs About Shapes" post in the series, unless I change my mind later. Although a cursory search lets me know that most of the other shapes haven't had nearly as many good songs written about them as Squares, Circles, and Triangles have. So this might be it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Luke Kelly & The Dubliners  ~  "The Auld Triangle"

2)  Weezer  ~  "Pink Triangle"

3)  Fever Ray  ~  "Triangle Walks"

4)  Hardwell  ~  "Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)"

5)  Logistics  ~  "Triangles"

6)  RaeLynn  ~  "Love Triangle"

7)  Jetstream  ~  "Triangle"

8)  Martial Solal ft. Daniel Humair & Jean-François Jenny-Clark  ~  "Triangle"

9)  Echosmith  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"

10)  Colours In The Street  ~  "Triangle"

11)  Test Icicles  ~  "Circle Square Triangle"

12)  Norma Jean, George McCormick, & Mack Magaha  ~  "Game Of Triangles"

13)  Prehistoric Friends  ~  "Bermuda Triangle"

14)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "I Love My Triangle"

15)  Diana King  ~  "Love Triangle"

16)  Sesame Street Cast  ~  "Triangle Song"

17)  Aqueous  ~  "Triangle"

18)  Philomena Begley  ~  "Tra Le La Le La Triangle"

19)  Dredg  ~  "Triangle"

20)  Evergrey  ~  "Mark Of The Triangle"

21)  HTRK  ~  "Love Triangle"

22)  The Brandos  ~  "The Triangle Fire"

23)  Felix Martin  ~  "The Triangle Tune"

24)  The Pillows  ~  "Paper Triangle"

25)  The Computers  ~  "Love Triangles, Hate Squares"

BONUS TRACK:  Frente!  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"  (This, to me, is the iconic version of this song, even though New Order [not featured here] was the original artist and up-and-coming band Echosmith – song #9 above – did an outstanding cover of it. But I couldn't NOT include Frente! here.)

"Bright" Songs

Yay, another "Opposites" music post! Oh, goody, goody, gumdrops! Here's a collection of "Bright" songs. Next time, some "Dim" ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Echosmith  ~  "Bright"

2)  The Used  ~  "Together Burning Bright"

3)  Shinedown  ~  "Burning Bright"

4)  Switchfoot  ~  "Burn Out Bright"

5)  Rebelution  ~  "Bright Side Of Life"

6)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  "Bright Lights"

7)  Cloud Cult  ~  "You'll Be Bright"

8)  Placebo  ~  "Bright Lights"

9)  Cee Lo Green & Daryl Hall  ~  "Bright Lights, Bigger City"

10)  Garbage  ~  "Big Bright World"

11)  The Killers  ~  "Mr. Brightside"

12)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "Bright Lights And Cityscapes"

13)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Star Bright"

14)  Natalie Grant  ~  "Burn Bright (You Were Made To Shine)"

15)  Underoath  ~  "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear"

16)  Casey Abrams ft. Orchestra Of People  ~  "Great Bright Morning"  (This is simply gorgeous!)

17)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  "Heaven's Bright Shore"

18)  Timbuk 3  ~  "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)"

19)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  "Bright Lights"

20)  Jackson Browne & Eagles  ~  "Your Bright Baby Blues"

More Songs With No Particular Theme

Awhile back I did a post of songs with no particular theme, and it wasn't particularly well clicked-on, until I mentioned later that there was a hidden message in it – which, incidentally, no one ever cracked without a clue. Go figure – I guess everybody loves a cypher. I just enjoy music and compiling a bunch of good songs, whether I can always come up with an appropriate theme or not. So here you go...  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "Thinking Out Loud"

2)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Eet"

3)  Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora  ~  "Black Widow"

4)  Avicii ft. Adam Lambert  ~  "Lay Me Down"

5)  Lorde  ~  "Yellow Flicker Beat"

6)  Charli XCX  ~  "Boom Clap"

7)  Hawk Nelson ft. Bart Millard  ~  "Words"

8)  Trip Lee  ~  "Shweet"

9)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Maybe"

10)  Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd  ~  "Really Don't Care"

11)  Ella Henderson  ~  "Ghost"

12)  Adele  ~  "Chasing Pavements"

13)  Nicole Scherzinger  ~  "Run"

14)  Nickel Creek  ~  "When You Come Back Down"

15)  Emma Blackery  ~  "Perfect"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bad Day"

17)  Birdy  ~  "Wings"

18)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Blank Space"

19)  Echosmith  ~  "Talking Dreams"

20)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Make A Move"

21)   Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Out Of The Game"

22)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  "Even If I Don't"

23)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Complicated"

24)  HAIM  ~  "If I Could Change Your Mind"