"Gloom" & "Doom" Songs

Here's a lovely little collection of "Gloom" & "Doom" Songs to brighten up this otherwise uneventful Friday. Don't read TOO much into the theme – just enjoy! Well, as much as one CAN enjoy "Gloom" & "Doom" Songs. But I digress...  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Doom And Gloom”

2)  Clutch  ~  “The Profits Of Doom”

3)  Pat Benatar  ~  “7 Rooms Of Gloom”

4)  Melvins  ~  “We Are Doomed”

5)  The Like  ~  “June Gloom”

6)  Garbage  ~  “Even Though Our Love Is Doomed”

7)  Kashmir  ~  “Gloom”

8)  The Tiger Lillies  ~  “Crack Of Doom”

9)  Björk  ~  “Gloomy Sunday”

10)  My Personal Murderer  ~  “Singing For A Doomed Youth”

11)  Quinn Sullivan  ~  “Mr. Gloom”

12)  Cadaveria  ~  “Carnival Of Doom”

13)  Low Leaf  ~  “June Gloom”

14)  The Diamonds  ~  “She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)”

15)  eleanor  ~  “In Gloom…”  (The song’s rather pretty. No clue what she’s singing about. I don’t speak Japanese!)

16)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Automatic Doom”

17)  Creeper  ~  “Gloom”

18)  The Good, The Bad, And The Queen  ~  “Kingdom Of Doom”

19)  Hee Haw Cast  ~  “Gloom, Despair, And Agony On Me”

20)  Sepultura  ~  “Troops Of Doom”

"Trick" Or "Treat" Songs, Vol. 1

Just in time for Halloween, a fresh batch of songs with "Trick" or "Treat" or both in their titles. A second and final volume will follow shortly. So grab your jack-o-lantern, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Garbage  ~  “The Trick Is To Keep Breathing”

2)  Shawn Mendes  ~  “Treat You Better”

3)  Royal Blood  ~  “One Trick Pony”

4)  Lion Babe  ~  “Treat Me Like Fire”

5)  Genesis  ~  “A Trick Of The Tail”

6)  Soko  ~  “Treat Your Woman Right”

7)  Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  “Trick Pony”

8)  Grace Potter and the Nocturnals  ~  “Treat Me Right”

9)  Interpol  ~  “Pace Is The Trick”

10)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Treat Me Right”

11)  Dire Straits  ~  “Your Latest Trick”

12)  Céline Dion ft. Diana King  ~  “Treat Her Like A Lady”

13)  Lonely The Brave  ~  “Trick Of The Light”

14)  Patti Rothberg  ~  “Treat Me Like Dirt”

15)  Jamie Cullum  ~  “Mind Trick”

16)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “Treat Him Right”

17)  Paul Simon  ~  “One Trick Pony”

18)  Indigo Girls  ~  “No Way To Treat A Friend”

19)  Dr. Dog  ~  “Do The Trick”

20)  Five Star  ~  “Treat Me Like A Lady”

21)  ††† (Crosses)  ~  “This Is A Trick”

22)  Prince  ~  “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?”

23)  Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl, & Joshua Homme  ~  “A Trick With No Sleeve”

24)  The Dead Weather  ~  “Treat Me Like Your Mother”

25)  Fastway  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a four-part series of songs with whistling (of the human variety, not the musical instrument) in them. Some of these are well-known as whistling songs, while others are popular songs that just happen to have some momentary whistling in them (in some cases, you may have never even noticed it). Thanks, Tim W., for suggesting this topic. This should be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”

2)  Paul Simon  ~  “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard”

3)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Angel And The Fool”

4)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”

5)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  “Young Folks”

6)  The Bridge On The River Kwai Cast  ~  “Colonel Bogey March”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

8)  Maria McKee  ~  “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)”

9)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “The Walker”

10)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “Simple Girl”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments”

12)  Mallu Magalhães  ~  “Make It Easy”

13)  John Lennon  ~  “Jealous Guy”

14)  Brother Bones And His Shadows  ~  “Sweet Georgia Brown”  (Better known as the Harlem Globetrotters theme song.)

15)  Phish  ~  “Guyute”

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Made Of Glass”

17)  Kyu Sakamoto  ~  “Sukiyaki”

18)  Bobby Bloom  ~  “Montego Bay”

19)  Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza  ~  “Beautiful Life”

20)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

21)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

22)  Status Quo  ~  “Rock ’N’ Roll”

23)  Rock Mafia  ~  “The Big Bang”

24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Lovely Head”

25)  Father John Misty  ~  “The Suburbs”

Songs Of Belonging, Vol. 1

If we're honest, we all feel a sense of belonging. Our heart's desire is to belong to someone, to something – to be part of and not apart from. These songs, and the songs that follow in Vol. 2, speak to that feeling. While each song has the word "Belong" or some  form of it in its title, the overarching theme of belonging is also ever-present. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Building 429  ~  “Where I Belong”

2)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Belong To You”

3)  Joshua Radin  ~  “Belong”

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  “You Belong With Me”

5)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  “Belong”

6)  Beth Hart  ~  “Tell Her You Belong To Me”

7)  R.E.M.  ~  “Belong”

8)  Pat Benatar  ~  “We Belong”

9)  Plain White T’s  ~  “You Belong”

10)  Aqua  ~  “We Belong To The Sea”

11)  Bryan Adams  ~  “You Belong To Me”

12)  Faith Hill  ~  “Baby You Belong”

13)  Glenn Frey  ~  “You Belong To The City”

14)  Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”

15)  Jack Savoretti  ~  “Back Where I Belong”

16)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Where I Belong / Expensive”

17)  Linkin Park  ~  “Somewhere I Belong”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “I Belong To You”

19)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “I Belong To You”

20)  Anita Baker  ~  “You Belong To Me”

21)  Derek Johnson  ~  “I Belong To You”

22)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “What Doesn’t Belong To Me”

23)   Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “You Belong To Me”

24)  Kim Wilde  ~  “The Light Of The Moon (Belongs To Me)”

25)  Switchfoot  ~  “Where I Belong”

Songs About Getting Shot

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past few years, it can be difficult to come up with new and exciting ideas. But not today! Today, I have for you a collection of Songs About Getting Shot. And that's anything BUT boring! Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Shot Through The Heart”  (Ironically, Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" – which is NOT in this group of songs – was the inspiration for this post. Turns out they have ANOTHER song with the iconic "Shot Through The Heart" lyric in it, this one in its title. Go figure!)

2)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Shot With His Own Gun”

3)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Shots”

4)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

5)  Nazareth  ~  “Shot Me Down”

6)  Eric Clapton  ~  “I Shot The Sheriff”

7)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

8)  Florrie  ~  “Shot You Down”

9)  Great White  ~  “Shot In The Dark”

10)  Moby  ~  “Shot In The Back Of The Head”

11)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

12)  The Rasmus  ~  “Shot”

13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Shot In The Heart”

14)  Protoje ft. Toian  ~  “Shot By Love”

15)  T-killah ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Shot”  (I'd heard this song was even better in its original language – Russian – and whaddyaknow, it is! Check it out here.)