Songs About Murder & Mayhem

This post is not nearly as violent or scandalous as it would seem. It is, however, exactly what it purports to be: a collection of songs either about "Murder" or "Mayhem," or which include one of those words within their titles. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

2)  Halestorm  ~  “Mayhem”

3)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Murder My Heart”

4)  Imelda May  ~  “Mayhem”

5)  AFI  ~  “Miss Murder”

6)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Miss Mayhem”

7)  PJ Harvey  ~  “The Words That Maketh Murder”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Mayhem Maybe”

9)  Jesca Hoop  ~  “Murder Of Birds”

10)  Kansas  ~  “Mysteries And Mayhem”

11)  Coldplay  ~  “Murder”

12)  Billy May and His Orchestra  ~  “Mayhem”

13)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

14)  Julissa Veloz  ~  “Mayhem”

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Murder Incorporated”

16)  Universal Sigh  ~  “Marcus Mayhem”

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “One More Murder”

18)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Mayhem”

19)  Counting Crows  ~  “A Murder Of One”

20)  Pop Will Eat Itself  ~  “Chaos And Mayhem”

"Familiar" Songs

Here's a small collection of songs with the word "Familiar" in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. While I'm not altogether "familiar" with most of the songs here, I do know and like the work of about half the artists here. And they're definitely worth a listen. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Halestorm  ~  "Familiar Taste Of Poison"

2)  Moloko  ~  "Familiar Feeling"

3)  CKY  ~  "Familiar Realm"

4)  The Cinematic Orchestra  ~  "Familiar Ground"

5)  Asaf Avidan  ~  "Subconscious Overly-Familiar Blues"

6)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Princes Familiar"

7)  Dean Martin  ~  "You Look So Familiar"

8)  Idlehour  ~  "My Familiar"

9)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling"

10)  We Arms  ~  "Familiar Songs"

11)  Breaks Co-op  ~  "Sounds Familiar"

12)  Greek National Road  ~  "So Familiar"

13)  Rosabella  ~  "So Familiar"

14)  My Father's Son  ~  "Familiar Friend"

15)  Milow  ~  "More Familiar"

Songs For The Senses, Vol. 2: Taste

Here's part 2 of my latest series, featuring songs with each of the five senses in their titles. Last time, it was "Touch" songs – this time, it's "Taste" songs. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "Need A Little Taste Of Love"

2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "How Does The Wine Taste?"

3)  Aerosmith  ~  "Taste Of India"

4)  Phish  ~  "Taste"

5)  Eartha Kitt  ~  "Champagne Taste"

6)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Taste The Pain"

7)  Placebo  ~  "Taste In Men"

8)  Joss Stone  ~  "First Taste Of Hurt"

9)  Jake Bugg  ~  "Taste It"

10)  Props!  ~  "The Taste Of Heaven"

11)  Fiona Apple  ~  "The First Taste"

12)  The Used  ~  "The Taste Of Ink"

13)  Halestorm  ~  "Familiar Taste Of Poison"

14)  P Square  ~  "Taste The Money (Testimony)"

15)  Something Sally  ~  "The Taste"

16)  Bellarive  ~  "Taste Of Eternity"

17)  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  ~  "Hate The Taste"

18)  Ball Park Music  ~  "Bad Taste Blues (Part II)"

19)  Alex Kunnari ft. Ben Andreas  ~  "Taste The Sun"

20)  Autumn In Disguise  ~  "What Makes Life Taste Better"

Songs With "Expect" In The Title

Another one of these posts where the title keywords rhyme with the title keywords of the previous posts. This is part five; there will be one final entry in the series. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lobo  ~  "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend"

2)  Halestorm  ~  "What Were You Expecting?"

3)  Jeff, Sheri, & Morgan Easter  ~  "Expecting Good Things"

4)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?"

5)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Great Expectations"

6)  Archers Of Loaf  ~  "What Did You Expect?"

7)  Jamie Lawson  ~  "Wasn't Expecting That"

8)  William McDowell ~  "Expecting"

9)  Girl's Day  ~  "Expectation"

10)  Soulsavers  ~  "No Expectations"

11)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  "Expecting To Fly"

12)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  "Expecting Rivers"

13)  Casual ft. Del The Funky Homosapien  ~  "Respect Game Or Expect Flames"

14)  Tame Impala  ~  "Expectation"

15)  Nazareth  ~  "Expect No Mercy"