“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 2

I promised I'd spread these "Sick" and "Tired" songs posts out so you wouldn't get sick and tired of them, and so I have. Here's part 2 of 3. Look for the other one in the coming days, but don't hold your breath! Just...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Evanescence  ~  “Sick”

2)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Tired”

3)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song)”

4)  Ludo  ~  “Too Tired To Wink”

5)  Field Mob  ~  “Sick Of Being Lonely”

6)  Default  ~  “Sick & Tired”

7)  Erin McCarley ft. KS Rhoads  ~  “Lovesick Mistake”

8)  Toby Keith  ~  “Tired”

9)  Ne-Yo  ~  “So Sick”

10)  The Trews  ~  “Tired Of Waiting”

11)  Matisyahu  ~  “Sick For So Long”

12)  Soul Scratch  ~  “Tired Of Wasting”

13)  Wye Oak  ~  “Sick Talk”

14)  Adele  ~  “Tired”

15)  Led Zeppelin  ~  “Sick Again”

16)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Tired Of Sleeping”

17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Sick Man Of Europe”

18)  Hurricane Roses  ~  “Heart Grows Tired”

19)  The Letter Black  ~  “Sick Charade”

20)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Tired”

21)  Broken Social Scene  ~  “World Sick”

22)  The Wife  ~  “Tired”

23)  Radiohead  ~  “Subterranean Homesick Alien”

24)  AOF  ~  “So Tired Of Trying”

25)  Anastacia  ~  “Sick And Tired”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 3

One more round for old time's sake. "Heavy" & "Light" songs. Aaannnddd... Go!  ~  JH

1)  Zac Brown Band ft. Chris Cornell  ~  “Heavy Is The Head”

2)  Lauren Daigle  ~  “Light Of The World”

3)  Mali Music  ~  “Heavy Love”

4)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Light Up The Dark”

5)  Local Natives  ~  “Heavy Feet”

6)  Mutemath  ~  “Light Up”

7)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “It’s So Heavy”

8)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “I Saw The Light”

9)  Lacey Sturm ft. Geno Lenardo  ~  “Heavy Prey”

10)  The City Harmonic  ~  “Let There Be Light”

11)  Gossip  ~  “Heavy Cross”

12)  The Black Keys  ~  “Everlasting Light”

13)  Madi Diaz  ~  “Heavy Heart”

14)  Newworldson  ~  “Learning To Be The Light”

15)  The Joy Formidable  ~  “A Heavy Abacus”

16)  The Afters  ~  “Light Up The Sky”

17)  Styx  ~  “Heavy Water”

18)  Trace Adkins  ~  “Every Light In The House”

19)  Wolfmother  ~  “Heavy Weight”

20)  Matisyahu  ~  “I Will Be Light”

Songs With Asian Capitals In Their Titles

A few weeks ago, I did a collection of songs with the names of European capital cities in their titles. Asia got jealous, so this happened. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Kate Bush  ~  "Kashka From Baghdad"

2)  Murray Head  ~  "One Night In Bangkok"

3)  Patrick Watson  ~  "Beijing"

4)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Honeymoon In Beirut"

5)  The Cure  ~  "Fire In Cairo"

6)  Big Country  ~  "Driving To Damascus"

7)  Matisyahu  ~  "Jerusalem (Out Of Darkness Comes Light)"

8)  The Mountain Goats  ~  "Downtown Seoul"

9)  65DAYSOFSTATIC  ~  "Taipei"

10)  Owl City ft. Sekai No Owari  ~  "Tokyo"

"Search" Songs

Yet another two-part, quasi-"Opposites" music post (but not really) for your listening pleasure. First up, a collection of songs with the word "Search" in their titles. Next time, a bunch of "Rescue" songs. "Search" and "Rescue" – get it? Yeah, I know – SO not rocket science. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hillsong United  ~  "Search My Heart"

2)  Survivor  ~  "The Search Is Over"

3)  Iggy & The Stooges  ~  "Search And Destroy"

4)  Katy Hudson  ~  "Search Me"  (Yes, that IS Katy Perry – six years before her mega-successful mainstream pop debut – performing a decidedly Christian-themed song  under her given name.)

5)  Son Volt  ~  "The Search"

6)  Santana  ~  "Searching"

7)  Damian Marley  ~  "Still Searching"

8)  Katie Melua  ~  "Call Off The Search"

9)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Searching"

10)  American Analog  ~  "Search Party"

11)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Searching"

12)  Anouk  ~  "Searching"

13)  INXS  ~  "Searching"

14)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Searchin' For A Heart"

15)  Kitty Wells  ~  "Searching (For Someone Like You)"

16)  Soundgarden  ~  "Searching With My Good Eye Closed"

17)  Matisyahu  ~  "Searchin'"

18)  M People  ~  "Search For The Hero"

19)  Luther Vandross  ~  "Searching"

20)  Carl Smith  ~  "I Overlooked An Orchid (While Searching For A Rose)"

21)  Vonda Shepard  ~  "Searchin' My Soul"

22)  Del Shannon  ~  "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)"

23)  Chicago  ~  "I've Been Searching So Long"

24)  The Marshall Tucker Band  ~  "Searching For A Rainbow"

25)  Heartless Bastards  ~  "Searching For The Ghost"

"34" Songs

A day late – and about 16 songs short – here's a collection of songs with the number "34" (or "Thirty-Four") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics, in honor of the 34th week of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Jarrell  ~  "Almost Love (24/7)"

2)  Travie McCoy  ~  "Superbad (11:34)"

3)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Dixie Highway"

4)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Skipper Dan"

5)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  "Learning How To Love You"

6)  Aaron Carter  ~  "That's How I Beat Shaq"  (Man...this song sucks!)

7)  Matisyahu  ~  "Watch The Walls Melt Down"

8)  The Kinks  ~  "Low Budget"

9)  Pam Tillis  ~  "All The Good Ones Are Gone"

10)  Randy Newman  ~  "In Germany Before The War"

11)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Slit Skirts"

12)  Arkells  ~  "11:11"

13)  Sara Evans  ~  "Coalmine"

14)  Junior Boys  ~  "Count Souvenirs"

15)  Sara Groves  ~  "What Do I Know"

16)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "#34"

17)  Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, & Jonny Lang  ~  "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"

18)  Mississippi Mass Choir  ~  "Psalm 34"

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 17

Back by popular demand*, here's yet another "Same Name, Different Song" post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  "Amnesia"

KMFDM

vs.

5 Seconds Of Summer

2)  "Riptide"

Sick Puppies

vs.

Vance Joy

3)  "Hideaway"

The Weepies

vs.

Kiesza

4)  "Later On"

The Swon Brothers

vs.

Kate Nash

5)  "Youth"

Matisyahu

vs.

Daughter

vs.

Foxes

6)  "Bad Blood"

Bastille

vs.

Neil Sedaka

7)  "Until It's Gone"

Monica

vs.

Linkin Park

8)  "Photograph"

The Verve Pipe

vs.

Ringo Starr

vs.

Def Leppard

9)  "Paranoid"

Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson

vs.

Black Sabbath

10)  "Naked"

Spice Girls

vs.

Goo Goo Dolls

* Not really, but it makes for a more interesting intro.