Songs About Music, Vol. 1

I'm not trying to read your mind or anything, but you may be wondering right now what I mean by "Songs About Music." Well, basically, this is a collection of songs with the word "Music" in their titles. Turns out there are tons of these, so I had to break it up into two separate posts in order to include all the good ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Joss Stone  ~  "Music"

2)  Blur  ~  "Music Is My Radar"

3)  Diana Vickers  ~  "Music To Make Boys Cry"

4)  James Morrison  ~  "Slave To The Music"

5)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  "Let's Face The Music And Dance"

6)  The Verve  ~  "This Is Music"

7)  Shannon  ~  "Let The Music Play"

8)  The Who  ~  "Music Must Change"

9)  The Kiki Dee Band  ~  "I've Got The Music In Me"

10)  Aerosmith  ~  "Let The Music Do The Talking"

11)  Jennifer Hudson  ~  "Bring Back The Music"

12)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "Listen To The Music"

13)  Rihanna  ~  "Don't Stop The Music"

14)  Beck  ~  "Elevator Music"

15)  Britney Spears ft. Madonna  ~ " Me Against The Music"

16)  Randy Travis  ~  "A Horse Called Music"

17)  Kate Bush  ~  "Eat The Music"

18)  The O'Jays  ~  "I Love Music"

19)  Joan Jett  ~  "Good Music"

20)  Brad Paisley  ~  "This Is Country Music"

21)  Michelle Branch  ~  "Loud Music"

22)  George Strait & Alan Jackson  ~  "Murder On Music Row"

23)  The Pipettes  ~  "Stop The Music"

24)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Rocky Mountain Music"

25)  Amanda Palmer  ~  "Strength Through Music"

Things These Artists Are Not (Vol. 1)

Here's a bunch of tunes about things that the singers/bands are NOT. Among these songs, you'll find artists that are not your heroes, not in love, not in the mood, not on drugs, and not sorry, just to name a few. There were so many of these "NOT" songs that I had to split the post into two parts. For those of you who care, I have included a smidgen of snarky commentary for each song. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "I'm Not Your Hero"  (Or your heroine either, for that matter.)

2)  Meiko  ~  "I'm Not Sorry"  (Unapologetic, however, she definitely is.)

3)  Sam Smith  ~  "I'm Not The Only One"  (Nope, there are definitely others, Sam.)

4)  Payton Rae  ~  "Not Your Cinderella"  (I wasn't confused. She doesn't look like Cinderella.)

5)  La Roux  ~  "I'm Not Your Toy"  (So don't treat her like one!)

6)  10cc  ~  "I'm Not In Love"  (Methinks he doth protest too much.)

7)  Stacie Orrico  ~  "I'm Not Missing You"  (That's what they all say…)

8)  Britney Spears  ~  "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman"  (So…I'm confused. What else does that leave for her to be?)

9)  Brandon Heath  ~  "I'm Not Who I Was"  (That's all well and good, but how do I stop being who I am now?)

10)  Halestorm  ~  "I'm Not An Angel"  (Maybe not, but her voice soars like it's sprouted wings!)

11)  K's Choice  ~  "Not An Addict"  (Well, not anymore, at least…)

12)  Mark Lanegan  ~  "I'm Not The Loving Kind"  (He's not the smiling kind either, it would seem.)

13)  Jennifer Hudson  ~  "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"  (And I think she means it, too!)

14)  Shania Twain  ~  "I'm Not In The Mood (To Say No!)"  (Wait, isn't that a double negative? No?)

15)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "I'm Not Yours"  (This is heartbreakingly sad! Cats falling out of love. *sigh*)

16)  Tove Lo  ~  "Not On Drugs"  (Apparently, drugs and love display similar symptoms...)

17)  Gloria Estefan  ~  "I'm Not Giving You Up"  (Good for you, Gloria. Get that man back!)

18)  Lil Wayne  ~  "I Am Not A Human Being"  (There are so many mute-bleeps on this song that it's impossible to discern what he's rapping about. Something tells me it wouldn't make much sense unedited, either.)

19)  Natalie Merchant  ~  "I'm Not Gonna Beg You"  (And you shouldn't have to, Natalie!)

20)  Idina Menzel  ~  "I'm Not That Girl"  (Nope, she's definitely some other girl.)

"Trouble"-ing Songs

Ya got trouble? I do. Right here. Twenty-five songs about trouble, in fact. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson  ~  "Trouble"

2)  Coldplay  ~  "Trouble"

3)  Taylor Swift  ~  "I Knew You Were Trouble"

4)  Ray LaMontagne  ~  "Trouble"

5)  Lenka  ~  "Trouble Is A Friend"

6)  Bob Marley  ~  "War/No More Trouble"

7)  Tori Amos  ~  "Trouble's Lament"

8)  P!nk  ~  "Trouble"

9)  American Authors  ~  "Trouble"

10)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Trouble With My Baby"

11)  Seth MacFarlane  ~  "Ya Got Trouble"

12)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "The Trouble With Love Is"

13)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Trouble"

14)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "I Got Trouble"

15)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "Trouble Me"

16)  Dave Matthews  ~  "Trouble"

17)  Natalia Kills  ~  "Trouble"

18)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Little Trouble Girl"

19)  Whitesnake  ~  "Trouble"

20)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "There's Your Trouble"

21)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  "Into Trouble"

22)  Travis Tritt  ~  "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"

23)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  "Trouble Sleeping"

24)  Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions  ~  "Trouble"

25)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Trouble"