"Should" & "Shouldn't" Songs, Vol. 1

Another "Opposites" post, apparently. One I actually haven't done before. Imagine that! Part 1 of 2 – a miniseries? Huge surprise there! Watch, now I'm going to say what I always say at the end...Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jack White  ~  “I Guess I Should Go To Sleep”

2)  Fra Lippo Lippi  ~  “Shouldn’t Have To Be Like That”

3)  Nathaniel Rateliff  ~  “You Should’ve Seen The Other Guy”

4)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Why Shouldn’t We”

5)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Should Be Higher”

6)  Wilco  ~  “Shouldn’t Be Ashamed”

7)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Should’ve Said No”

8)  The Tourist Company  ~  “Shouldn’t Believe”

9)  Andy Grammer  ~  “You Should Know Better”

10)  Ira Losco  ~  “Shouldn’t Have To Bother”

11)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Should’ve Been The One”

12)  Toby Keith  ~  “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This”

13)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “I Should Be So Lucky”

14)  Plug In Stereo  ~  “Everything I Shouldn’t Say”

15)  Blondie  ~  “A Girl Should Know Better”

16)  Young Chinese Dogs  ~  “Shouldn’t Be Missing”

17)  Elton John & Leon Russell  ~  “I Should Have Sent Roses”

18)  Rosemary Clooney  ~  “Why Shouldn’t I?”

19)  The Marshall Tucker Band  ~  “I Should Have Never Started Loving You”

20)  All-Star Group  ~  “Love Shouldn’t Hurt”  (In case you’re curious, the All-Star Group’s lineup consists of All-4-One, Michael Bolton, Olivia Newton-John, Jordan Hill, Tamia, Stephen Stills, Chris Stills, Bobby Caldwell, Stephen Bishop, Richard Stites, Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson, Laura Davis, Gregory Curtis, Owen Elliott, and Emmanuel Officer.)

Songs About Murder & Mayhem

This post is not nearly as violent or scandalous as it would seem. It is, however, exactly what it purports to be: a collection of songs either about "Murder" or "Mayhem," or which include one of those words within their titles. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

2)  Halestorm  ~  “Mayhem”

3)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Murder My Heart”

4)  Imelda May  ~  “Mayhem”

5)  AFI  ~  “Miss Murder”

6)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Miss Mayhem”

7)  PJ Harvey  ~  “The Words That Maketh Murder”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Mayhem Maybe”

9)  Jesca Hoop  ~  “Murder Of Birds”

10)  Kansas  ~  “Mysteries And Mayhem”

11)  Coldplay  ~  “Murder”

12)  Billy May and His Orchestra  ~  “Mayhem”

13)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

14)  Julissa Veloz  ~  “Mayhem”

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Murder Incorporated”

16)  Universal Sigh  ~  “Marcus Mayhem”

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “One More Murder”

18)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Mayhem”

19)  Counting Crows  ~  “A Murder Of One”

20)  Pop Will Eat Itself  ~  “Chaos And Mayhem”

"Wonderful" Songs

Every so often, there is truth in advertising. While the point of this post was to gather a group of songs with the word "Wonderful" in their titles (a follow-up to my previous "Terrible" songs post), the resulting songs themselves are, for the most part, actually quite wonderful. So enjoy them already!  ~  JH

1)  Angel  ~  "Wonderful"

2)  Gary Go  ~  "Wonderful"

3)  Estelle  ~  "Wonderful Life"

4)  Chris Tomlin & Matt Redman  ~  "The Wonderful Cross"

5)  Black  ~  "Wonderful Life"

6)  Janet Devlin  ~  "Wonderful"

7)  Louis Armstrong  ~  "What A Wonderful World"

8)  Hurts  ~  "Wonderful Life"

9)  Poison Ivory  ~  "Mr. Wonderful"

10)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Wonderful Tonight"

11)  James Morrison  ~  "Wonderful World"

12)  Erakah  ~  "Wonderful"

13)  Everclear  ~  "Wonderful"

14)  Michael Bolton  ~  "Love Is A Wonderful Thing"

15)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Wonderful Unknown"

16)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Life Is Wonderful"

17)  Sam Cooke  ~  "Wonderful World"

18)  Sandi Patty & Larnelle Harris  ~  "More Than Wonderful"

19)  Eels  ~  "Wonderful, Glorious"

20)  Desperation Band  ~  "Wonderful"

21)  Diana Krall  ~  " 'S Wonderful"

22)  Don McLean  ~  "Wonderful Baby"

23)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Wonderful"

24)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "You're A Wonderful One"

25)  Joss Stone  ~  "Some Kind Of Wonderful"

"Said" & "Done" Songs

Here's some songs with either the word "Said" or "Done" – or both – in their titles. Being a rather wide-open "topic," there were lots to choose from for this. So you'll probably find a higher number of songs by artists you're more familiar with here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Bolton ~   "Said I Loved You…But I Lied"

2)  The Band Perry  ~  "DONE."

3)  Metallica  ~  "Mama Said"

4)  Moriah Peters  ~  "Well Done"

5)  Simple Minds  ~  "All The Things She Said"

6)  Billy Currington  ~  "Love Done Gone"

7)  LL Cool J  ~  "Mama Said Knock You Out"

8)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "It's All Been Done"

9)  Group 1 Crew ft. Chris August  ~  "He Said"

10)  Jessie J  ~  "Ain't Been Done"

11)  Neil Diamond  ~  "I Am… I Said"

12)  Linkin Park  ~  "What I've Done"

13)  Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey  ~  "Words I Never Said"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Until The Day Is Done"

15)  Aqua  ~  "My Mamma Said"

16)  Joan Jett  ~  "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

17)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  "When I Said I Do"

18)  The Madden Brothers  ~  "We Are Done"

19)  The Isley Brothers ft. Jill Scott  ~  "Said Enough"

20)  ABBA  ~  "When All Is Said And Done"

21)  Matt Maher  ~  "All The People Said Amen"

22)  Janet Jackson  ~  "What Have You Done For Me Lately?"

23)  Collective Soul  ~  "She Said"

24)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield  ~  "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"

25)  Geoff Moore  ~  "When All Is Said And Done"

Songs About Lying

I don't know about you, but I've enjoyed this week's utterly-pointless-yet-somehow-still-fulfilling series of posts featuring Songs About Crying, Flying, and now Lying. (There are two more of these in store after today – Songs About Trying and Songs About Dying.) As always, I welcome your input as to which of your favorite songs I may have missed. Sometimes there may be a good reason for a song's omission, sometimes the song in question may have completely slipped my mind, and sometimes – and these are the best – I've never even heard of the song you suggest and thereby get to discover some wonderful new music (to me, at least). So, basically, it's a win-win situation for all parties involved. But enough preamble – enjoy it already!  ~  JH

1)  The Band Perry  ~  "You Lie"

2)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  "Don't Lie"

3)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Little Lies"

4)  Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean  ~  "Hips Don't Lie"

5)  Charles & Eddie  ~  "Would I Lie To You?"  (NOTE: Though it shares the same title as the Eurythmics song which I posted not too long ago, this is an entirely different song – albeit no less memorable a song.)

6)  Kimberly Anne  ~  "Liar"

7)  Michael Bolton  ~  "Said I Loved You…But I Lied"  (I really don't like Michael Bolton, but this song belonged in this collection.)

8)  En Vogue  ~  "Lies"

9)  Simple Plan  ~  "Your Love Is A Lie"

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  "You Lie"

11)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "A Beautiful Lie"

12)  Keaton Henson  ~  "Lying To You"

13)  Terri Clark  ~  "Girls Lie, Too"  (No, that's NOT really Johnny Depp, ladies!)

14)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Lie To Me"

15)  Gabriella Cilmi  ~  "Save The Lies"

16)  Linkin Park  ~  "Lies Greed Misery"

17)  Jonny Lang  ~  "Lie To Me"

18)  Cris Cab ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  "Liar, Liar"

19)  Restless Heart  ~  "A Tender Lie"

20)  Eagles  ~  "Lyin' Eyes"