Songs About Tantrums

These are Songs About Tantrums. But there are no actual tantrums involved. 'Cuz that would be annoying. And I would never post that. Well, maybe I should never say never. But it's highly unlikely. Anyway, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  XYLØ  ~  "Tears & Tantrums"

2)  Yanni  ~  "Temper Tantrum"

3)  Elsa Hewitt  ~  "Tantrum"

4)  Dark Tranquility  ~  "Tidal Tantrum"

5)  ZETA  ~  "Tantrum"

6)  A Lot Like Birds  ~  "Tantrum (Far From The Tree, The Apple Grew Rotten)"

7)  S.A.M. Site  ~  "Tantrum Of The Other Me"

8)  Warm In The Wake  ~  "Tantrum"

9)  Dwarves  ~  "Flesh Tantrum"

10)  Whitey  ~  "Tantrum"

11)  Pronoun  ~  "Temporary Tantrum"

12)  Celtic Frost  ~  "Phallic Tantrum"  (Curious title...)

13)  Naked Passion  ~  "Tantrum & Turmoil"

14)  Pastilan Dong!  ~  "Tantrum"

15)  Animal Collective  ~  "Working / Tantrum Barb"

16)  Ayo River  ~  "Tantrum, Pt. 1 & 2"

17)  Charlee Remitz  ~  "Valley Tantrums"

18)  The Velvet Teen  ~  "Four Story Tantrum"

19)  City Counselor  ~  "Commander Tantrum"

20)  Double Echo  ~  "Felix And Tantrum"

BONUS TRACK:  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  "Out Of My League"  (Couldn't let this post pass without adding my favorite tune by a band with the word "Tantrums" in their name – which there probably aren't that many of, to be honest.)

Songs About Walls

Over the past few years, there's been a lot of talk about walls. So logically, I decided to post a bunch of Songs About Walls. And it turned out pretty well, I think. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Walls (Circus)”

2)  Céline Dion  ~  “If Walls Could Talk”

3)  Sam Smith  ~  “Writing’s On The Wall”

4)  TABOR  ~  “White Walls”

5)  OK Go  ~  “The Writing’s On The Wall”

6)  Derek Minor ft. Urban Rescue  ~  “Walls”

7)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Fly On The Wall”

8)  Pelican  ~  “Dead Between The Walls”

9)  Krysten Winter  ~  “Walls”

10)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  “Wind And Walls”

11)  f(x)  ~  “4 Walls”

12)  Philip Bailey  ~  “Walking On The Chinese Wall”

13)  Katie Herzig  ~  “Walk Through Walls”

14)  Liam Gallagher  ~  “Wall Of Glass”

15)  Courage My Love  ~  “Walls”

16)  Horisont  ~  “Writing On The Wall”

17)  Aly Aleigha  ~  “Alabaster Walls”

18)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Walls”

19)  Martha Munizzi  ~  “Till The Walls Fall”

20)  Chris Brown  ~  “Wall To Wall”

21)  Foster The People  ~  “Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)”

22)  I Am Untitled  ~  “These Walls”

23)  soulDecision  ~  “Kiss The Walls”

24)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Break The Walls”

25)  Serj Tankian  ~  “Empty Walls”

Weird Songs About Santa Claus

As if my ongoing series of Weird Christmas Songs weren't enough, here's a set of oddball tunes specifically about That Jolly Old Elf. If you like 'em, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't click on the follow-up post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Yogscast  ~  “Does Santa Claus (Visit Zombie Pig-Men Kids In The Nether In Minecraft At Christmas Time)?”

2)  De La Soul  ~  “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa”

3)  Aurelio Voltaire  ~  “Santa Claus Is Satan”

4)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Get Behind Me, Santa!”

5)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”

6)  Fitz and the Tantrums  ~  “Santa Stole My Lady”

7)  B2K  ~  “Santa Hooked Me Up”

8)  Alan Jackson & The Chipmunks  ~  “Santa’s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck”

9)  Relient K  ~  “Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town”

10)  Nerf Herder  ~  “Santa Has A Mullet”

11)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney”

12)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Death May Be Your Santa Claus”

13)  Captain Beefheart  ~  “There Ain’t So Santa Claus On The Evening Stage”

14)  Louis Prima  ~  “What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a four-part series of songs with whistling (of the human variety, not the musical instrument) in them. Some of these are well-known as whistling songs, while others are popular songs that just happen to have some momentary whistling in them (in some cases, you may have never even noticed it). Thanks, Tim W., for suggesting this topic. This should be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”

2)  Paul Simon  ~  “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard”

3)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Angel And The Fool”

4)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”

5)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  “Young Folks”

6)  The Bridge On The River Kwai Cast  ~  “Colonel Bogey March”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

8)  Maria McKee  ~  “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)”

9)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “The Walker”

10)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “Simple Girl”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments”

12)  Mallu Magalhães  ~  “Make It Easy”

13)  John Lennon  ~  “Jealous Guy”

14)  Brother Bones And His Shadows  ~  “Sweet Georgia Brown”  (Better known as the Harlem Globetrotters theme song.)

15)  Phish  ~  “Guyute”

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Made Of Glass”

17)  Kyu Sakamoto  ~  “Sukiyaki”

18)  Bobby Bloom  ~  “Montego Bay”

19)  Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza  ~  “Beautiful Life”

20)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

21)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

22)  Status Quo  ~  “Rock ’N’ Roll”

23)  Rock Mafia  ~  “The Big Bang”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Lovely Head”

25)  Father John Misty  ~  “The Suburbs”

“Break” Songs

After yesterday's songs with "Fix" in the title post, here's the logical "Opposites" follow-up – a small collection of songs with the word "Break" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Three Days Grace  ~  “Break”

2)  Laura Welsh  ~  “Break The Fall”

3)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Break Me Down”

4)  You+Me  ~  “Break The Cycle”

5)  Mutemath  ~  “Break The Same”

6)  Ariana Grande ft. Zedd  ~  “Break Free”

7)  James Bay  ~  “Need The Sun To Break”

8)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Break It To You Gently”

9)  Keane  ~  “Bend & Break”

10)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Give Your Heart A Break”

11)  The Fray  ~  “We Build Then We Break”

12)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Break The Walls”

13)  The Black Keys  ~  “So He Won’t Break”

14)  India.Arie  ~  “Break The Shell”

15)  U2  ~  “Every Breaking Wave”