"Primary" Songs

Here's a moderately conservative collection of songs with the word "Primary" in their titles. As always, I liberally interspersed a variety of different genres and styles into the mix. Hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Cure  ~  "Primary"

2)  MAGIC!  ~  "Primary Colours"

3)  Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes  ~  "Primary Explosive"

4)  VNV Nation  ~  "Primary"

5)  Teenage Fanclub  ~  "Primary Education"

6)  Spoon  ~  "Primary"

7)  FACS  ~  "Primary"

8)  The Horrors  ~  "Primary Colours"

9)  Black Moth Super Rainbow  ~  "The Primary Color Movement"

10)  The True Blue  ~  "Primary Colors"

11)  Hardware To Halo  ~  "Primary Key"

12)  SOHN  ~  "Primary"

13)  He Is Legend  ~  "The Primarily Blues"

14)  OK Go  ~  "Three Primary Colors"

"Letdown" Songs

Judging by the title of this post, you might expect to be disappointed by the selection of songs. True, these "Letdown" Songs are mostly about being let down by someone or letting someone else down. Which can, of course, be disappointing for the "letdown" party. But the songs themselves are golden! I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  "Don't Let Me Down"

2)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  "Don't Let Me Down"

3)  Toby Keith  ~  "I Won't Let You Down"

4)  Woodkid ft. Elle Fanning  ~  "Never Let You Down"

5)  NF  ~  "Let You Down"

6)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Don't Let Me Down"

7)  OK Go  ~  "I Won't Let You Down"

8)  Jorja Smith  ~  "Let Me Down"

9)  Radiohead  ~  "Let Down" / "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"

10)  Rita Ora  ~  "I Will Never Let You Down"

11)  George Michael  ~  "Let Her Down Easy"

12)  Colbie Caillat  ~  "Never Gonna Let You Down"

13)  Dead By Sunrise  ~  "Let Down"

14)  Sabrina Claudio ft. Khalid  ~  "Don't Let Me Down"

15)  Seether  ~  "Let You Down"  (Fair warning: If you're not a fan of horror movies, you probably won't like this video. It's slightly terrifying.)

16)  The Subways  ~  "I Won't Let You Down"

17)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Never Let Me Down Again"

18)  La Roux  ~  "Let Me Down Gently"

19)  HRVY  ~  "I Won't Let You Down"

20)  Paolo Nutini  ~  "Let Me Down Easy"

21)  Bif Naked  ~  "Let Down"

22)  Hawk Nelson ft. Hunter and Tara  ~  "Never Let You Down"

23)  Alec Benjamin ft. Alessia Cara  ~ "Let Me Down Slowly"

24)  Blackberry Smoke ft. Amanda Shires  ~  "Let Me Down Easy"

25)  Hollie Col  ~  "Let Yourself Down"

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first in what will be a two-part miniseries of posts featuring songs with either the phrase "Don't Ask" or "Don't Tell" in their titles (or, in a few cases, just prominently featured in the lyrics.) Because they're good songs, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eurythmics  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

2)  Rush  ~  “Show Don’t Tell”

3)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Don't Ask Me To Choose”

4)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  OK Go  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

6)  Una Healy  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Laura Marling  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why” / “Salinas”

8)  Ruel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

9)  John Farnham  ~  “Please Don't Ask Me”

10)  Ava Gardner  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

11)  Jasmine Rae  ~  “Just Don’t Ask Me How I Am”

12)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

13)  Flary  ~  “Don't Ask Me”

14)  Joan Osborne ft. Dan Tyminski  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends”

15)  Sponge  ~  “Molly (16 Candles)”  (Wondering what this song is doing here? The phrase “Don’t ask why” is repeated throughout. So there ya go…)

16)  Colour Me Wednesday  ~  “Don’t Tell Anyone”

17)  The Emotions  ~  “Don’t Ask My Neighbors”

18)  No Doubt  ~  “Don’t Speak”  (“Don’t tell me ‘cuz it hurts…” is a memorable refrain in this one.)

19)  Graham Parker & The Rumour  ~  “Don't Ask Me Questions”

20)  Alecia Nugent  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

“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”

Songs About Writing

Here's part 2 of 3 in a miniseries of posts featuring songs with the famously misnamed "3 R's" (Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic). In the first of the "3 R's" which does not actually start with an "R," we have a set of songs with the word "Write" or "Writing" (or some other derivative) in their titles. Ready... set... enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Hollies  ~  “Write On”

2)  John Legend & The Roots  ~  “I Can’t Write Left-Handed”

3)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Everyday I Write The Book”

4)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Write Your Story”

5)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  “I’ll Write A Song For You”

6)  George Strait  ~  “Write This Down”

7)  Barry Manilow  ~  “I Write The Songs”

8)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Write It In The Sky”

9)  Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit  ~  “The Last Song I Will Write”

10)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “Write It On Your Skin”

11)  Ron Pope  ~  “Writing Letters”

12)  Helen Reddy  ~  “Think I’ll Write A Song”

13)  Hugh Grant  ~  “Don’t Write Me Off”

14)  Sam Smith  ~  “Writing’s On The Wall”

15)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “I Could Write A Book”

16)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “Write About Love”

17)  OK Go  ~  “The Writing’s On The Wall”

18)  The Low Anthem  ~  “To The Ghosts Who Write History Books”

19)  Father John Misty  ~  “I’m Writing A Novel”

20)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues / Walkin’ Blues”