"Peaceful" / " Protest" Songs

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Peaceful" or "Protest" in their titles. Because, current events. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Eagles  ~  "Peaceful Easy Feeling"

2)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Doth I Protest Too Much"

3)  Mavis Staples  ~  "Peaceful Dream"

4)  Harry Chapin  ~  "Basic Protest Song"

5)  Kansas  ~  "Peaceful And Warm"

6)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  "Surrender Under Protest"

7)  Natalie Cole  ~  "Peaceful Living"

8)  Anthrax  ~  "Protest And Survive"

9)  Gladys Knight & The Pips  ~  "Where Peaceful Waters Flow"

10)  Downhere  ~  "From Protest To Praise"

11)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Peaceful Valley"

12)  Anti-Flag  ~  "You Can Kill The Protester, But You Can't Kill The Protest"

13)  Big Mountain  ~  "Peaceful Revolution"

14)  Broken Social Scene  ~  "Protest Song"

15)  Level 42  ~  "Love In A Peaceful World"

16)  Phil Lynott  ~  "Ode To Liberty (The Protest Song)"

17)  John Mellencamp ft. India.Arie  ~  "Peaceful World"

18)  Matthew Good Band  ~  "Sort Of A Protest Song"

19)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Peaceful Feeling"

20)  Donovan  ~  "The Voice Of Protest"

21)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Power To The Peaceful"

22)  Nico Vega  ~  "The Protest Song"

23)  Ilse DeLange  ~  "Peaceful In Mine"

24)  Cold War Kids  ~  "Wilshire Protest"

25)  Helen Reddy  ~  "Peaceful"

26)  To Kill A King ft. Emily Wood  ~  "We Used To Protest / Gamble"

27)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "I'll Be Peaceful Then"

28)  Flying Lotus  ~  "The Protest"

29)  Noah and the Whale  ~  "Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down"

30)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "Love Is The Protest"

"Bummer" Songs

These songs, all bearing the word "Bummer" in their titles, are guaranteed to disappoint. Or at least you would think so by what they're called. In actuality, they're quite good. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Broken Baby  ~  "Bullets Or Bummer"

2)  Charmer  ~  "Bummer Summer"

3)  Rizha  ~  "Happy Bummer Day"

4)  Ty Herndon  ~  "Summer Was A Bummer"

5)  JEFF The Brotherhood  ~  "Bummer"

6)  No Vacation  ~  "Beach Bummer"

7)  Deerhoof  ~  "Oh Bummer"

8)  Harry Chapin  ~  "Bummer"

9)  The Grifters  ~  "Bummer"

10)  The Velvet Mornings  ~  "Bummer Beach"

11)  Guerilla  ~  "Bummer"

12)  Sparks  ~  "Bummer"

13)  Denton  ~  "Off The Wall" / "Bummer"

14)  Weezer  ~  "Endless Bummer"

15)  Youth XL  ~  "Summer Bummer"

16)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  "Star-Spangled Bummer"

17)  The Band In Heaven  ~  "Summer Bummer"

18)  A Skylit Drive  ~  "500 Days Of Bummer"

19)  Emily Adamson  ~  "Uptown Summer Bummer"

20)  Iggy Pop  ~  "Ordinary Bummer"

21)  Robert Plant  ~  "Bummer In The Summer"

22)  West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band  ~  "Not One Bummer"

23)  Viva Lion  ~  "Oh, Bummer!"

24)  Scarling.  ~  "Bummer"

25)  Alice Kristiansen  ~  "Summer Bummer"

"Strange," "Queer," & "Odd" Songs

Did you ever see or hear something that didn't sound quite right that caused you to furrow your brow in confusion? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Strange Fruit"

2)  Garbage  ~  “Queer"

3)  Boy Willows  ~  “So Odd"

4)  Anna Calvi & David Byrne  ~  “Strange Weather”

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  “My Word! You Do Look Queer!”  (It's important to note here that the word "queer" both does and doesn't mean what it traditionally did, which is, something or someone that's atypical or different in some way.)

6)  Hey Violet  ~  “O.D.D.”

7)  John Grant  ~  “Is He Strange”

8)  Count Basie  ~  “Queer Street”

9)  Mariah Carey ft. Westlife  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

10)  The Black Keys   ~ “Strange Times”

11)  STRFKR  ~  “Queer Bot”

12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Beatin’ The Odds”

13)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

14)  Cait and the Critters  ~  “Queer”

15)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Slight The Odds”

16)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “Strange Changes”

17)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  “Camera (Queer Sound)”

18)  Julia Nunes  ~  “Odd”

19)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Strange Affair”

20)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Queer”

21)  Daniele Liverani  ~  “Odd Valley”

22)  Bic Runga  ~  “Suddenly Strange”

23)  Fletcher Henderson  ~  “Queer Notions”

24)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Odd Job Man”

25)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

26)  Lazy Eye  ~  “Queer”

27)  Weezer  ~  “Odd Couple”

28)  Aqualung  ~  “Strange And Beautiful”

29)  Alison Rayner Quintet  ~  “Queer Bird”

30)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Against The Odds”

“Sounds Like” Songs

Here's a bunch of songs that "Sound Like"...well, you'll have to listen for yourself to find out what they sound like. Spoiler alert: It's a bunch of different sounds. A shocker, I know. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  “I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like)”

2)  Darryl Worley  ~  “Sounds Like Life”

3)  Alphaville  ~  “Sounds Like A Melody”

4)  Marina Kaye ft. Lindsey Stirling  ~  “Sounds Like Heaven”

5)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Sounds Like Hallelujah”

6)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  “Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me”

7)  The Partridge Family  ~  “It Sounds Like You’re Saying Hello”

8)  Amy Shark  ~  “You Think I Think I Sound Like God”

9)  Bessie Banks  ~  “It Sounds Like My Baby”

10)  Lee Brice  ~  “That Don't Sound Like You”

11)  Bobby Glenn  ~  “Sounds Like A Love Song”

12)  Jenny & The Scalawags  ~  “Sounds Like Maybe”

13)  Ramones  ~  “You Sound Like You’re Sick”  (Their sung words are nearly unintelligible in this live performance. Then again, their sung words are nearly unintelligible in most studio recordings I’ve heard as well. So there ya go…)

14)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Sounds Like America To Me”

15)  Broken Records  ~  “If Eilert Løvborg Wrote A Song, It Would Sound Like This”

16)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Sounds Like Somewhere”

17)  Graham Parker  ~  “Sounds Like Chains”

18)  Jesus Culture  ~  “What Does It Sound Like?”

19)  P.O.D.  ~  “Sounds Like War”

20)  Paper Bird  ~  “Sounds Like Rain”

21)  Matt Nathanson  ~  “Everything You Say Sounds Like Gospel”

22)  Prince  ~  “When Doves Cry”  (Nope, the words “Sounds Like” – in any form – don’t appear in the title of this iconic song. But the phrase “this is what it sounds like” is repeated multiple times throughout, thus becoming an integral part of the song.)

23)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “My Head Sounds Like That”

24)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “Sounds Like A Movie”

25)  Whosoever South  ~  “Sounds Like Home”