“Cruel” & “Unusual” Songs

Here's a refreshing one-off – no "Opposites," no multi-part series. Just a regular-old collection of songs with the words "Cruel" and/or "Unusual" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Cruel Summer”

2)  Tom Jones  ~  “It’s Not Unusual”

3)  The Veronicas  ~  “Cruel”

4)  Chiodos  ~  “I’m Awkward & Unusual”

5)  Nick Lowe  ~  “Cruel To Be Kind”

6)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Unusual”

7)  St. Vincent  ~  “Cruel”

8)  Eli Lieb  ~  “Unusual You”

9)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

10)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “An Unusual Kiss”

11)  U2  ~  “So Cruel”

12)  Gail Farrell, Ralna English, Sandi Griffiths, & Sally Flynn  ~  “It’s A Most Unusual Day”

13)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Cruel”

14)  Nicole Kidman  ~  “Unusual Way”

15)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Slow Cruel Hands Of Time”

16)  Mary Costa & Bill Shirley  ~  “An Unusual Prince/Once Upon A Dream”

17)  Foxes  ~  “Cruel”

18)  Front 242  ~  “Quite Unusual”

19)  Tori Amos  ~  “Cruel”

20)  Helen Kane  ~  “He’s So Unusual”  (Bonus Track: “The Prep Step”)

“Do” Or “Die” Songs, Vol. 4

Last but not least, this collection of "Do" or "Die" songs. You know you're curious to see which ones I left out in the first three editions. So go ahead...click and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beach Boys  ~  “Do You Wanna Dance?”

2)  Keaton Henson  ~  “If I’m To Die”

3)  Jessie Ware  ~  “What You Won’t Do For Love”

4)  PM Dawn  ~  “I’d Die Without You”

5)  ABBA  ~  “The Way Old Friends Do”

6)  Wang Chung  ~  “To Live And Die In L.A.”

7)  CHVRCHES  ~  “What Do You Mean?”

8)  Townes Van Zandt  ~  “Waitin’ Around To Die”

9)  Angel Taylor  ~  “Like You Do”

10)  The Human League  ~  “Do Or Die”

11)  OK Go  ~  “Do What You Want”

12)  Morrissey  ~  “First Of The Gang To Die”

13)  Garbage  ~  “Why Do You Love Me?”

14)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Live And Die”

15)  Only The Young  ~  “I Do”

16)  Shelby Lynne  ~  “I Won’t Die Alone”

17)  Caro Emerald  ~  “Dr. Wanna Do”

18)  Steve Winwood  ~  “John Barleycorn (Must Die)”

19)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “All I Wanna Do”

20)  Katherine Jenkins  ~  “Love Never Dies”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 1

As I often do, I came up with a new "Opposites" post that I haven't explored previously. And as I often do, I went a bit overboard. This collection – featuring songs with the words "Heavy" or "Light" in their titles – will span three separate posts. Hang with me, 'cuz there's some good songs in here. Ready... steady...go!  ~  JH

1)  The Hollies  ~  “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”

2)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Turn Off The Light”

3)  U.D.O.  ~  “Heavy Rain”

4)  Birdy  ~  “Light Me Up”

5)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”

6)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  “Yellow Light”

7)  Peter Green  ~  “Heavy Heart”

8)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Red Morning Light”

9)  Dire Straits  ~  “Heavy Fuel”

10)  The Green Children  ~  “Feel The Light”

11)  Bachman  ~  “Heavy Blues”

12)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Night Light”

13)  Rollins Band  ~  “Love’s So Heavy”

14)  Santana ft. Everlast  ~  “Put Your Lights On”

15)  Collective Soul  ~  “Heavy”

16)  Annie Lennox  ~  “Shining Light”

17)  Paul Weller  ~  “Heavy Soul”

18)  U2  ~  “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)”

19)  Alabama Shakes  ~  “Heavy Chevy”

20)  Phil Collins  ~  “Dance Into The Light”

21)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Heavy Heart”

22)  3 Doors Down  ~  “One Light”

23)  Status Quo  ~  “Heavy Traffic”

24)  Disturbed  ~  “The Light”

25)  Sting  ~  “Heavy Cloud, No Rain”

“Oil” & “Water” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final group of songs that don't mix well together. Because they're "Oil" and "Water" songs. If you don't get it, I can't explain it to you. You're hopeless. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Incubus  ~  “Oil And Water”

2)  Adele  ~  “Water Under The Bridge”

3)  Kelly Joe Phelps  ~  “Beggar’s Oil”

4)  Brooke Fraser  ~  “Something In The Water”

5)  Petra  ~  “Midnight Oil”

6)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Washed By The Water”

7)  The Delines  ~  “The Oil Rigs At Night”

8)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Bring Me Some Water”

9)  Jethro Tull  ~  “North Sea Oil”

10)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Don’t Drink The Water”

11)  Ziggy & Stephen Marley  ~  “Water & Oil”

12)  Randy Travis  ~  “He Walked On Water”

13)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones  ~  “Royal Oil”

14)  Feist  ~  “The Water”

15)  Nathan Jess  ~  “Give Me Oil In My Lamp”

16)  VV Brown  ~  “Shark In The Water”

17)  Kathleen Edwards  ~  “Oil Man’s War”

18)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Taking In Water”

19)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “The Midnight Oil”

20)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “Allergic To Water”

“Bits” & “Pieces” Songs, Vol. 2

Like I said earlier, I picked too many good "Bits" & "Pieces" songs for just one post. Here's the second (and final) group of them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jeff Bridges  ~  “What A Little Bit Of Love Can Do”

2)  Amanda Cook  ~  “Pieces”

3)  Robin Trower  ~  “Little Bit Of Sympathy”

4)  George Jones  ~  “Things Have Gone To Pieces”

5)  Dr. Hook  ~  “A Little Bit More”

6)  The Wreckers  ~  “Leave The Pieces”

7)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)”

8)  Andrew Belle  ~  “Pieces”

9)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  “A Little Bit”

10)  Meredith Andrews  ~  “Pieces”

11)  Sara Evans  ~  “A Little Bit Stronger”

12)  Jack White  ~  “Missing Pieces”

13)  Patty Loveless  ~  “A Little Bit In Love”

14)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

15)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out Of Hand?”

16)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Pieces”

17)  Suzi Quatro  ~  “I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew”

18)  Newsboys  ~  “Million Pieces (Kissin’ Your Cares Goodbye)”

19)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of Me”

20)  Fitz & The Tantrums ft. Daryl Hall  ~  “Pickin’ Up The Pieces”

21)  múm  ~  “A Little Bit, Sometimes”

22)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Pieces”

23)  Jay And The Americans  ~  “Come A Little Bit Closer”

24)  Foreigner  ~  “In Pieces”

25)  Grandjean  ~  “In Bits And Pieces”