“Joke” Songs

You can take these songs seriously if you want to, but each one of them is truly a joke. Well, the word "Joke" (or one of its derivatives) appears in the title of each, so you can take that for whatever it's worth. Try not to laugh. (It's easy.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lifehouse  ~  “The Joke”

2)  Neon Indian  ~  “Local Joke”

3)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Worst Joke Ever”

4)  Bee Gees  ~  “I Started A Joke”

5)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Share A Little Joke (With The World)”

6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Get The Joke”

7)  Public Enemy  ~  “911 Is A Joke”

8)  Wilco  ~  “The Joke Explained”

9)  The Hold Steady  ~  “Joke About Jamaica”

10)   Snow  ~  “Joke Thing”

11)  The Smiths  ~  “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

12)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “A Joke Or A Lie”

13)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “I Ain’t No Joke”

14)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “The Joke’s On Us”

15)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Devil’s Holy Joke”

16)  Rod Stewart  ~  “I Was Only Joking”

17)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Joking”

18)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “The Joker”

19)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Some Kind Of Joke”

20)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “This Joke Sport Severed”

21)  Damien Jurado  ~  “The Joke Is Over”

22)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “January’s Little Joke”

23)  Fatima  ~  “Biggest Joke Of All”

24)  Cat Stevens  ~  “The Joke”

25)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “No Joke”

“Down” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 3

I promised you a break (of at least one day) from these, and you got one. Now back to our regularly scheduled "Down" & "Out" Songs series. One more round after this one. Enjoy!  ~  JH7

1)  Marina Kaye  ~  “Freeze You Out”

2)  Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo  ~  “Knock You Down”

3)  Oasis  ~  “Go Let It Out”

4)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”

5)  Diana Ross  ~  “I’m Coming Out”

6)  Foals  ~  “What Went Down”

7)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Steppin’ Out”

8)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “Fall Down”

9)  Young Guns  ~  “I Want Out”

10)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Breaking Down"

11)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Let It Out”

12)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Hand Me Down”

13)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  “Inside Looking Out”

14)  Lorde  ~  “Biting Down”

15)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “Give Out”

16)  Public Enemy  ~  “Shut ‘Em Down”

17)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Sold Out”

18)  Sylvan Esso  ~  “Come Down”

19)  Mat Kearney  ~  “Breathe In, Breathe Out”

20)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Bring You Down”

21)  This Wild Life  ~  “Pull Me Out”

22)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Slow Down”

23)  Tinie Tempah  ~  “Pass Out”

24)  Atreyu  ~  “Falling Down”

25)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  “One Way Out”

Remote Control Songs, Vol. 2: "Fast Forward" & "Pause"

Here's part 2 of 3 in my continuing series featuring songs with words commonly found on a remote control in their titles. This time, it's "Fast Forward" and "Pause" songs. Admittedly, there are fewer well-known artists among the "Fast Forward" songs here, and there are even a few audio-only tunes among the "Pause" songs. But I hope you'll find that I didn't sacrifice song quality for artist notoriety or video excitability. (Or something like that.) Next up, we press "Rewind." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Living In Fast Forward”

2)  Plain White T’s  ~  “Pause”

3)  Twintapes  ~  “Fast Forward”

4)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  “Pause”

5)  Drew Chambers  ~  “Fast Forward”

6)  Kjwan  ~  “Pause”

7)  The Specktators ft. JYoung The General  ~  “Fast Forward”

8)  Ed Sheeran ft. Alonestar  ~  “Pause”

9)  MAiAK  ~  “Fast Forward”

10)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  “Pause The Tragic Ending”

11)  ReVamp  ~  “Fast Forward”

12)  Jill Scott  ~  “Pause (Interlude)”

13)  VVN  ~  “Fast Forward”

14)  Klymaxx  ~  “The Men All Pause”

15)  The Ocean Blue  ~  “Fast Forward Reverse”

16)  SafetySuit  ~  “Pause”

17)  Sphere  ~  “Fast Forward”

18)  As Tall As Lions  ~  “A Break, A Pause”

19)  Jaicko  ~  “Fast Forward”

20)  Public Enemy  ~  “Rebel Without A Pause”

"Noise" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to my previous post ("Silence" Songs). This lot features a wide variety of songs with one thing in common: the word "Noise" in their titles. Why ask why? Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Neil Diamond  ~  "Beautiful Noise"

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2)  Rival Sons  ~  "White Noise"

3)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Signal To Noise"

4)  The Runaways  ~  "Queens Of Noise"

5)  Beady Eye  ~  "Standing On The Edge Of The Noise"

6)  David Bowie  ~  "Black Tie, White Noise"

7)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Makin' Some Noise"

8)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Blood Makes Noise"

9)  Katie Herzig  ~  "Make A Noise"

10)  Anthrax & Public Enemy  ~  "Bring The Noise"

11)  Flame ft. Lecrae & John Reilly  ~  "Joyful Noise"

12)  Derek Trucks Band  ~  "Joyful Noise"

13)  David Crowder*Band  ~  "Make A Joyful Noise / I Will Not Be Silent"

14)  Buzzcocks  ~  "Noise Annoys"

15)  Cutting Crew  ~  "Big Noise"

16)  Quiet Riot  ~  "Cum On Feel The Noize"

17)  The Verve  ~  "Love Is Noise"

18)  The Bobcats  ~  "Big Noise From Winnetka"

19)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "I Hear Noises"

20)  Murder By Death  ~  "White Noise"

21)  James Vincent McMorrow  ~  "Hear The Noise That Moves So Soft And Low"

22)  Ben Hazlewood  ~  "Noises"

23)  Salvador  ~  "Make Some Noise"

24)  PVRIS  ~  "White Noise"

25)  Ex Cops  ~  "White Noise"

Songs About Explosives, Vol. 2

Didn't get enough songs about bombs, fireworks, T.N.T., or dynamite last time around? Well, here's more of the same...just in different songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Public Enemy  ~  "Louder Than A Bomb"

2)  Spoon  ~  "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"

3)  Katy Perry  ~  "Firework"

4)  Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors  ~  "Fire And Dynamite"

5)  The Killers  ~  "Miss Atomic Bomb"

6)  Enigma  ~  "T.N.T. For The Brain"

7)  Roxette  ~  "Fireworks"

8)  The Presidents Of The United States of America  ~  "Tiger Bomb"

9)  Aloe Blacc  ~  "Ticking Bomb"

10)  Kelis  ~  "4th Of July (Fireworks)"

11)  Demi Lovato  ~  "Got Dynamite"

12)  Joan Jett And The Blackhearts  ~  "Cherry Bomb"

13)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Cherry Bomb"

14)  Sky Ferreira  ~  "Dynamite State"

15)  Siouxsie & The Banshees  ~  "Fireworks"

16)  Dawn Richard  ~  "Bombs"

17)  Alexia Rodriguez  ~  "Ticking Bombs"

18)  Karise Eden  ~  "Dynamite"

19)  Whitney McClain  ~  "Bombs Away"

20)  Eels  ~  "Bombs Away"

BONUS TRACK:  Sheppard  ~  "Geronimo"  (While the name of an explosive device does not appear in its title, there are several times throughout this song when one of the singers croons, "Bombs away! Bombs away!" Besides that, it's a good song, and I can't figure out any other way to include it in a post, so there ya go...)