Songs With Abbreviations In The Title, Vol. 2

Since the first installment of this "series" went over so well, I figured I'd add a Vol. 2. (Actually, that was the plan all along, but it sounds much more impressive if I make it seem like popular demand drives everything I post. Which it most certainly does not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AC/DC  ~  “T.N.T.”  (“Trinitrotoluene.” But you already knew that, right?)

2)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)”  (It’s Morse code, yo! Google that junk!)

3)  Flo Rida ft. Sage The Gemini & Lookas  ~  “G.D.F.R.”  (“Going Down For Real”)

4)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “V.I.P.”  (Usually means “Very Important Person.” But with Sinéad, you never know…)

5)  Yeasayer  ~  “O.N.E.”  (“One’s Not Enough.” Apparently, it's about addiction, which makes sense.)

6)  Rihanna  ~  “SOS”  (See #2 above.)

7)  Village People  ~  “Y.M.C.A.”  (“Young Men’s Christian Association”)

8)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (This one's not technically an abbreviation, either. C’mon, people!)

9)  The Lonely Island ft. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar  ~  “YOLO”  (“You Only Live Once”…or, “You Oughta Look Out,” depending on which verse you’re listening to.)

10)  Daphne & Celeste  ~  “U.G.L.Y.”  (Now that’s just mean-spirited! Also…not an actual abbreviation.)

11)  Naughty By Nature  ~  “O.P.P.”  (“Other People’s Property.” Basically…)

12)  ABBA  ~  “SOS”  (See #6 above.)

13)  Blur  ~  “M.O.R.”  (“Middle Of The Road”)

14)  Broods  ~  “L.A.F.”  (This one’s a bit of a mystery. Neither these initials nor a phrase that they might stand for are present in the lyrics.)

15)  OutKast  ~  “B.O.B”  (“Bombs Over Baghdad”)

16)  Katy Perry  ~  “E.T.”  (“Extra Terrestrial.” Duh!)

17)  Lee Greenwood  ~  “I.O.U.”  (This one seems self-explanatory, but…“I Owe You.”)

18)  Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah  ~  “R.I.P.”  (“Rest In Peace”)

19)  Pearl Jam  ~  “W.M.A.”  (“White Male American”)

20)  OneRepublic  ~  “A.I.”  (“Artificial Intelligence”)

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 3 of 4 in my baseball-related songs series. These are "Catch" and "Throw" Songs. Next up, more of the same. Get your glove ready...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  “Catch In The Dark”  (This dude's voice just takes me to another place. I'm not sure where it is, but it's a happy place. In other words, I'm jealous.)

2)  Bee Gees  ~  “Don’t Throw It All Away”

3)  Avicii ft. Matisyahu & Wyclef Jean  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

4)  Hall & Oates  ~  “Throw The Roses Away”

5)  The Cure  ~  “Catch”

6)  Manafest  ~  “Throw It Away”

7)  Art Department  ~  “Catch You By Surprise”

8)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Love Throw A Line”

9)  Matt Simons  ~  “Catch & Release”

10)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Throwing My Heart Away”

11)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’”

12)  Candlebox  ~  “A Stone’s Throw Away”

13)  John Anderson  ~  “Would You Catch A Falling Star”

14)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Throw The ‘R’ Away”  (I don't believe I've ever heard a song entirely about someone's difficult-to-understand accent. Until now.)

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying”  (Not the same song as the Louis Jordan one above.)

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Throw It Away”

17)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Catch And Release”

18)  Default  ~  “Throw It All Away”

19)  Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Never Catch Me”

20)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Love’s A Word I Never Throw Around”

Songs With Alliterative Titles – From A to Z

Every now and then (read: EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE!), my inner "word nerd" makes a cameo appearance, and as a result a post like this one happens. Don't ask why. Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Ava Adore”

2)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

3)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Cat’s In The Cradle”

4)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Dirty Diana”

5)  Judas Priest  ~  “Electric Eye”

6)  Tom Petty  ~  “Free Fallin’”

7)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Got To Give It Up”

8)  Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

9)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)”

10)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Jump Jive An’ Wail”

11)  Culture Club  ~  “Karma Chameleon”  (“K”… “Ch”… Close enough!) 

12)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Lush Life”

13)  Usher  ~  “Moving Mountains”

14)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Never Knew I Needed”  

15)  Patti Labelle ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “On My Own”

16)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Pretty Penny”

17)  Carla Bruni  ~  “Quelqu'un m'a dit”  (Please don’t ask me to pronounce this title.)

18)  Rihanna  ~  “Russian Roulette”

19)  A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Say Something”

20)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Take Your Time”

21)  Alvvays  ~  “Underneath Us”  (Not the best song in the bunch, but it’s the best I could come up with for a “U” song.)

22)  Coldplay  ~  “Viva La Vida”

23)  Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

24)  MØ  ~  “XXX 88”  (Okay, maybe this title’s a bit of a stretch, but I’ll challenge you to come up with a better “X” song. Because I can’t.)

25)  The Coasters  ~  “Yakety Yak”

26)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ft. The Count  ~  “Zig Zag Dance”

“Blood” & “Guts” Songs

Chill out, it's not as gruesome as it sounds. For the most part, at least. Here you have a collection of songs with either the word "Blood" or "Guts" (or "Gut") in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. Check 'em out!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Elisha Bones  ~  “Guts”

3)  The Cure  ~  “The Blood”

4)  DEVO  ~  “Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy”

5)  Incubus  ~  “Blood On The Ground”

6)  Chela  ~  “Guts”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Blood On Blood”

8)  Versus You  ~  “Guts”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Blood For Poppies”

10)  Artis Family Band  ~  “Gut Bucket Texas Blues”  (Holy moly, this is good stuff!!!)

11)  Holly Brook  ~  “Like Blood, Like Honey”

12)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Gut Reaction”

13)  Foals  ~  “Blue Blood”

14)  Misty Miller  ~  “Gut”

15)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Power In The Blood”

16)  Pandra Vox  ~  “Got Guts”

17)  Coldplay  ~  “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

18)  That One Guy  ~  “Bring Me A Bucket Of Guts”  (Hands down, the weirdest performance I’ve seen/heard all year. Granted, the year is young…)

19)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood”

20)  Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones  ~  “Guts & Steel”

21)  Peter Gabriel ft. Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Blood Of Eden”

22)  Bella Ruse  ~  “Gumption & Guts”

23)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

24)  Liv Austen  ~  “The Guts You Always Had”

25)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Bad Blood”