Songs About Ghosts, Vol. 2

This is a blog post featuring Songs About Ghosts. It's the second in a series of four. There are lots of good songs here. Please enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Ghosts”

2)  Nightwish  ~  “Ghost River”

3)  Crowder  ~  “Ghost”

4)  Mt. Wolf  ~  “Life Size Ghosts”

5)  Rush  ~  “Ghost Rider”

6)  Birdeatsbaby  ~  “Ghosts”

7)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

8)  August Eve  ~  “Ghost”

9)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Ghost On The Canvas”

10)  Lianne La Havas  ~  “Ghost”

11)  Blur  ~  “Ghost Ship”

12)  Melodi  ~  “Ghost”

13)  Captives  ~  “Ghost Like You”

14)  St. Vincent  ~  “Dancing With The Ghost / Slow Disco”

15)  Josh Abbott Band  ~  “Ghosts”

16)  Dessa  ~  “Call Off Your Ghost”

17)  Extreme  ~  “Ghost”

18)  Trentemøller  ~  “Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!”

19)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

20)  Kristin Hersh ft. Michael Stipe  ~  “Your Ghost” 

21)  Mike Shinoda  ~  “Ghosts”

22)  Matilda  ~  “Ghost”

23)  Just Loud  ~  “Ghost”

24)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Ghost”

25)  New Empire  ~  “Ghosts”

Songs About Being Abducted (Well, Sort Of)

Here's a delightful collection of Songs About Being Abducted. Well, not really. While the songs herein ARE about being taken away, carried away, spirited away, stolen, captured, kidnapped, and, yes, even abducted, most of the abductions are figurative and should be interpreted as such. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “Take Me Away”

2)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Stolen”

3)  Grace Jones  ~  “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game”

4)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

5)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Carried Away”

6)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “I Will Steal You Back”

7)  Napoleon XIV  ~  “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”

8)  Passion Pit  ~  “Carried Away”

9)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Spirited Away”

10)  The Plot In You  ~  “Take Me Away”

11)  Dan Fogelberg & Fool’s Gold  ~  “Captured Angel”

12)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Stole”

13)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Take Me Away”

14)  Dash Berlin ft. Alexander Popov & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Steal You Away”

15)  Cults  ~  “Abducted”

16)  Wild Belle  ~  “Take Me Away”

17)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”  (The refrain “take me away” is sung repeatedly, and it’s the most memorable part of the song, so here it is.)

18)  The Nightmare Before Christmas Cast  ~  “Kidnap The Sandy Claws”

19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Captured”

20)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”

21)  The Digital Age  ~  “Captured”

22)  Simple Minds  ~  “Spirited Away”

23)  Katy McAllister  ~  “Take Me Away”

24)  Akala  ~  “Carried Away”

25)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Take Me Away”

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”

Songs With Years In Their Titles, Vol. 2: 1980-2000

Here's the second and final installment in a two-part miniseries featuring songs with historical years in their titles. You may wonder why I stopped at the year 2000, not continuing till the present. That's because there were virtually no songs with post-2000 years in their titles that were worth including. Quality over quantity, folks. You're welcome!  ~  JH

1)  Darren Hayes  ~  "Crush (1980 Me)"

2)  Ash  ~  "True Love 1980"

3)  Estelle  ~  "1980"

4)  Joanna Newsom  ~  "'81"

5)  Randy Travis  ~  "1982"

6)  John Mayer  ~  "'83"

7)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)"

8)  Neon Trees  ~  "1983"

9)  Eurythmics  ~  "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"

10)  Passion Pit  ~  "Lifted Up (1985)"

11)  Bowling For Soup  ~  "1985"

12)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five"

13)  Owl City  ~  "January 28, 1986 / Galaxies"

14)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Expo '86"

15)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "1989"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Pop Song '89"

17)  Travis  ~  "Tied To The '90s"

18)  Kimbra  ~  "'90s Music"

19)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  "'91"

20)  The Wombats  ~  "1996"

21)  Saint Motel  ~  "1997"

22)  Shout Out Louds  ~  "1999"

23)  Silverchair  ~  "Anthem For The Year 2000"

24)  Gorillaz  ~  "19-2000"

25)  Erykah Badu  ~  "A.D. 2000"