"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are not sung in Chinese. They are not by Chinese artists. They just have the word "Chinese" in their titles. Nothing more, nothing less. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Lake Malawi  ~  "Chinese Trees"

2)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Chinese Democracy"

3)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Chinese Satellite"

4)  M. Ward  ~  "Chinese Translation"

5)  Alison Gold  ~  "Chinese Food"  (Ladies and gentlemen, one of the stupidest "songs" ever written, and just as poorly performed. From the folks who brought us Rebecca Black's "Friday." So why should we expect any less?)

6)  Coldplay  ~  "Chinese Sleep Chant"

7)  Eric Idle  ~  "I Like Chinese"

8)  Philip Bailey  ~  "Walking On The Chinese Wall"

9)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Chinese Arithmetic"

10)  George Formby  ~  "Chinese Laundry Blues"

11)  Jedi Mind Tricks  ~  "Chinese Water Torture"

12)  Ramones  ~  "Chinese Rock"

13)  Blur  ~  "Chinese Bombs"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  MC Jin  ~  "Chinese New Year"

16)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"

17)  Queen  ~  "Chinese Torture"

18)  The Decemberists  ~  "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist"

19)  Baltimora  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"

20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

“Joke” Songs

You can take these songs seriously if you want to, but each one of them is truly a joke. Well, the word "Joke" (or one of its derivatives) appears in the title of each, so you can take that for whatever it's worth. Try not to laugh. (It's easy.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lifehouse  ~  “The Joke”

2)  Neon Indian  ~  “Local Joke”

3)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Worst Joke Ever”

4)  Bee Gees  ~  “I Started A Joke”

5)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Share A Little Joke (With The World)”

6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Get The Joke”

7)  Public Enemy  ~  “911 Is A Joke”

8)  Wilco  ~  “The Joke Explained”

9)  The Hold Steady  ~  “Joke About Jamaica”

10)   Snow  ~  “Joke Thing”

11)  The Smiths  ~  “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

12)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “A Joke Or A Lie”

13)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “I Ain’t No Joke”

14)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “The Joke’s On Us”

15)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Devil’s Holy Joke”

16)  Rod Stewart  ~  “I Was Only Joking”

17)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Joking”

18)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “The Joker”

19)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Some Kind Of Joke”

20)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “This Joke Sport Severed”

21)  Damien Jurado  ~  “The Joke Is Over”

22)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “January’s Little Joke”

23)  Fatima  ~  “Biggest Joke Of All”

24)  Cat Stevens  ~  “The Joke”

25)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “No Joke”

Songs About Arithmetic

Last but not least in this "3 R's" miniseries, here's a small set of Songs About Arithmetic. Apparently, arithmetic is not nearly as popular a subject for songs as the other two, because there's only ten of these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brooke Fraser  ~  “Arithmetic”

2)  Jónsi  ~  “Animal Arithmetic”

3)  Lettice Rowbotham  ~  “Arithmetic Of Love”

4)  The Camerawalls  ~  “My Life’s Arithmetic Means”

5)  David Ramirez  ~  “Arithmetic”

6)  dEUS  ~  “Little Arithmetics”

7)  Girls In Trouble  ~  “New Arithmetic”

8)  Victorian Hardware  ~  “Purple Arithmetic”

9)  Birdfeeder  ~  “Hidden Hand Arithmetic”

10)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “Chinese Arithmetic”

"Blood," "Sweat," & "Tears" Songs

Here's a bunch of songs with the words "Blood," "Sweat," and/or "Tears" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mutemath  ~  “Blood Pressure”

2)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “Bleed American / Salt Sweat Sugar”

3)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Tears In Heaven”

4)  NONONO  ~  “Pumpin’ Blood”

5)  Simple Minds  ~  “Sweat In Bullet”

6)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  “Tears Of A Clown”

7)  Morcheeba  ~  “Blood Like Lemonade”

8)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “Don’t Sweat The Technique”

9)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Tracks Of My Tears”

10)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “My Blood”

11)  Ween  ~  “Don’t Sweat It”

12)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Out Of Tears”

13)  Ron Pope  ~  “Tears Of Blood”

14)  C + C Music Factory  ~  “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”

15)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Tears Dry On Their Own”

16)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Blood And Fire”

17)  Inner Circle  ~  “Sweat (A La La Long)”

18)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Tears On My Pillow”

19)  Joey + Rory  ~  “Are You Washed In The Blood?”

20)  Lowkey ft. Klashnekoff  ~  “Blood, Sweat, & Tears”

21)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Tears Always Win”

22)  Norah Jones  ~  “Young Blood”

23)  Meiko  ~  “Deep Sweat”

24)  Leeland  ~  “Tears Of The Saints”

25)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Blood, Sweat, And Tears”

Songs With "Follow" In The Title

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 in the latest entry of my endless series of "Opposites" music posts: a collection of songs with the word "Follow" in their titles. Hope you enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Mute  ~  "Follow Me"

2)  Benjah & Dillavou  ~  "Come Follow"

3)  Lykke Li  ~  "I Follow Rivers"

4)  Leeland ft. Brandon Heath  ~  "Follow You"

5)  Gin Blossoms  ~  "Follow You Down"

6)  Deloris & The Sisters  ~  "I Will Follow Him"

7)  Uncle Kracker  ~  "Follow Me"

8)  Shinedown  ~  "I'll Follow You"

9)  Anna Ternheim  ~  "I'll Follow You Tonight"

10)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Follow Through"

11)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Follow The Leader"

12)  Maïa Vidal  ~  "Follow Me"

13)  The Maccabees  ~  "Feel To Follow"

14)  Genesis  ~  "Follow You, Follow Me"

15)  Do  ~  "Follow Me"