Songs About “Things”, Vol. 2

If you liked the first volume of this miniseries of Songs About "Things," there's lots more to entertain you in this set. If you missed the first post, you can tune in here. But we're not done yet. One final set of "Things" songs tomorrow. Enjoy! ~  JH

1)  10cc  ~  “The Things We Do For Love”

2)  Gungor  ~  “Beautiful Things”

3)  Babyface  ~  “Sorry For The Stupid Things”

4)  Meiko  ~  “Bad Things”

5)  Ben Howard  ~  “Small Things”

6)  Terri Clark  ~  “Better Things To Do”

7)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Little Things”

8)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “1,000 Things”

9)  Elevation Worship  ~  “All Things New”

10)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

11)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Things That Hide Away”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “The Things I Regret”

13)  Yankee Grey  ~  “All Things Considered”

14)  Amy Grant  ~  “Simple Things” 

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Seeing Things”

16)  Anastacia  ~  “Stupid Little Things”

17)  Relient K  ~  “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, & Things Like Chemistry”

18)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Beautiful Things”

19)  Tired Pony  ~  “All Things At Once”

20)  t.A.T.u.  ~  “All The Things She Said”

21)  Robin Thicke  ~  “The Stupid Things”

22)  Mavis Staples  ~  “I Like The Things About Me”

23)   Dawes  ~  “Things Happen”

24)  Rosi Golan  ~  “A Lot Of Things”

25)  dc Talk  ~  “Things Of This World”

Songs About Losers

Unlike yesterday's "Songs About Winners" post, here's some tunes I can actually relate to. Because, of course, these are Songs About Losers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  3 Doors Down  ~  “Loser”

2)  Beck  ~  “Loser”

3)  Dolores O’Riordan  ~  “Loser”

4)  Grateful Dead  ~  “Loser”

5)  BigBang  ~  “Loser”

6)  The Beatles  ~  “I’m A Loser”

7)  Meiko  ~  “Good-Looking Loser”

8)  Little River Band  ~  “Lonesome Loser”

9)  Me In Motion  ~  “Losers”

10)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Three-Time Loser”

11)  The Weeknd  ~  “Losers”

12)  Cracker  ~  “Loser”

13)  Morcheeba  ~  “Everybody Loves A Loser”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Better Class Of Losers”

15)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “Even The Losers”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Loser Like Me”

17)  Mutual Friends  ~  “Sorry I’m A Loser”

18)  The Dears  ~  “You And I Are A Gang Of Losers”

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.)

Songs About Boys

Here we have a bunch of Songs About Boys. Well, at least they all have the word "boy" or "boys" in their titles. I think you'll recognize quite a few of these, though admittedly it's far from a comprehensive list. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Black Keys  ~  "Lonely Boy"

2)  Meiko  ~  "Boys With Girlfriends"

3)  Dropkick Murphys  ~  "The Boys Are Back"

4)  Beyoncé  ~  "If I Were A Boy"

5)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "A Country Boy Can Survive"

6)  Miami Sound Machine  ~  "Bad Boy"

7)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "Playing With The Boys"

8)  Zara Larsson  ~  "Bad Boys"

9)  The Beatles  ~  "Boys"

10)  Brandy & Monica  ~  "The Boy Is Mine"

11)  Inner Circle  ~  "Bad Boys"

12)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "And The Boys"

13)  Gary Allan  ~  "Tough Little Boys"

14)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Nasty Boys"

15)  Don Henley  ~  "The Boys Of Summer"

16)  Mariah Carey ft. Cam'Ron  ~  "Boy (I Need You)"

17)  Woodkid  ~  "Run Boy Run"

18)  The Dresden Dolls  ~  "Coin Operated Boy"

19)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Smokin' In The Boys' Room"

20)  Nina Nesbitt  ~  "Boy"

21)  Living Colour  ~  "Glamour Boys"

22)  Emma Hewitt  ~  "Foolish Boy"

23)  Traffic  ~  "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys"

24)  John Lennon  ~  "Beautiful Boy"

25)  Celtic Woman  ~  "Danny Boy"