Songs About Freedom, Vol. 1

This is the first post in a four-part series, all of which will be released back-to-back-to-back-to-back. I meant to post them on July 4th – Independence Day and all – but I got busy for a few weeks. So, here they are! ~ JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “Freedom! ‘90”

2)  Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley  ~  “Freedom Was A Highway”

3)  Jon Batiste  ~  “Freedom”

4)  Sampa The Great  ~  “Freedom”

5)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “ Freedom”

6)  Hippie Sabotage  ~  “Dreaming Of Freedom”

7)  Jordan Hart  ~  “Freedom”

8)  Matisyahu  ~  “Fire Of Freedom”

9)  Allen Stone  ~  “Freedom”

10)  EMM  ~  “Freedom”

11)  Payton Howie  ~  “Freedom”

12)  MYDY  ~  “Freedom”

13)  Beyoncé  ~  “Freedom”

14)  Bethel Music Kids  ~  “Freedom”

15)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  “Freedom”

16)  Rose Bartu  ~  “Freedom”

17)  Ween  ~  “Freedom Of ‘76"

18)  Bryan & Katie Torwalt  ~  “Freedom Is Coming”

19)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Freedom”

20)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Simple Song Of Freedom”

21)  Taiacore  ~  “Freedom”

22)  New Build  ~  “Luminous Freedom”

23)  Gangstagrass  ~  “Freedom”

24)  Epica  ~  “Freedom – The Wolves Within”

25)  ENISA  ~  “Freedom”

“Cock” & “Bull” Songs

You may not believe it's true, but these "Cock" & "Bull" Songs are merely a collection of tunes with one or both of these words in their titles. And they are all, surprisingly, quite enjoyable. But I'm sure you're not buying that flimsy excuse. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Mitzi Gaynor  ~  “A Cock-Eyed Optimist”

2)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  “Bulls On Parade”

3)  Foghorn Leghorn  ~  “Cock O’ The Walk”

4)  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  ~  “The Lonely Bull”

5)  Bird Radio  ~  “Who Killed Cock Robin?”

6)  Jenny Lewis  ~  “Red Bull & Hennessy”

7)  The Wiggles  ~  “Ride A Cock-Horse”

8)  Switchfoot  ~  “Bull In A China Shop”

9)  Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks  ~  “Bangkok Cock Fight”

10)  Merle Haggard & Leona Williams  ~  “The Bull And The Beaver”

11)  Da Camera  ~  “Cock Up Your Beaver”  (I feel the need to clarify this title. The beaver in this phrase refers to a hat made from felted beaver fur, and cocking refers to the turning up of the brim, often on three sides, as was popular in 18th century America.)

12)  Kip Moore  ~  “The Bull”

13)  Odd Hugo - Can You Tell The Difference Between A Cock & A Hen?”

14)  k.d. lang & The Reclines  ~  “Got The Bull By The Horns”

15)  Manfred Mann  ~  “Cock-A-Hoop”

16)  Atreyu  ~  “Becoming The Bull”

17)  Minus The Bear  ~  “I Lost All My Money At The Cock Fights”

18)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Bull In The Heather”

19)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Cock Of Nothing”

20)  A Day To Remember  ~  “Bullfight”

21)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “The Great Cock & Seagull Race”

22)  Wilco  ~  “Bull Black Nova”

23)  LooLoo Kids  ~  “Cock-A-Doodle-Doo”

24)  Pierce The Veil  ~  “Bulls In The Bronx”

25)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Cock O’ The Walk”

26)  Chevelle  ~  “Hats Off To The Bull”

27)  Jim Campilongo Trio  ~  “Cock And Bull Story”

28)  Pretty Maids  ~  “Bull’s Eye”

29)  Brian Setzer  ~  “Cock-A-Doodle Don’t”

30)  Paul Weller  ~  “Bull Rush”

“Calm” Songs

I was working on this post during the most recent hurricane, since we never ended up losing power. Wishful thinking about calmer times, I suppose. Now that the storm has passed, even though significant recovery efforts are still well underway, it seemed appropriate to proceed with the post. "Calm" Songs launching in 5...4...3...2...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Sarah Ross  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

2)  Skip Marley  ~  “Calm Down”

3)  The Common Linnets  ~  “Calm After The Storm”

4)  The Last Shadow Puppets  ~  “Calm Like You”

5)  Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt  ~  “Calm Down”

6)  Downhere  ~  “Calmer Of The Storm”

7)  High Hi  ~  “Calm Down Sir”

8)  Israel Vibration  ~  “Cool And Calm”

9)  Truckfighters  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

10)  Sparks  ~  “The Calm Before The Storm”

11)  Artoour ft. Johanna Renman  ~  “Kindly Calm Me Down”

12)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “The Calm And The Crying Wind"

13)  Nightwish  ~  “Rest Calm”

14)  I See Stars  ~  “Calm Snow”

15)  Carson  ~  “Keep Calm”

16)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  “Calm Like A Bomb”

17)  The Love Language  ~  “Calm Down”

18)  fun.  ~  “Be Calm”

19)  Killing Heidi  ~  “Calm Down”

20)  Vistas  ~  “Calm”

21)  Whiskey Myers  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

22)  Watermark  ~  “Calm The Waters”

23)  Sonny  ~  “Calm Down”

24)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Calm The Fire”

25)  Shor  ~  “Calm Of The Sea”

Songs By…With…Well, You Figure It Out!

The overall "theme" in this collection of songs is highly manufactured and rather absurd. The sole reason that this post exists is because there was a certain song I wanted to post and couldn't think of any other way to include it. Since this was basically a dumb excuse to group together a bunch of songs, I'm going to leave it to you, the reader/listener, to figure out what the "theme" is. There are actually two commonalities to all the songs in this group. If you think you've figured them out, comment and I'll let you know if you're right. Good luck!  ~  JH

1)  The Refreshments  ~  "Banditos"

2)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  "Beats To The Rhyme"  (Interesting factoid: This song contains the lyric: "As we wax the tracks all the DJ's play."  I hadn't even heard of this song when I came up with the name of this blog. Ironic, huh?)

3)  Roxette  ~  "The Big L"

4)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Breaking The Girl"

5)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Bless The Broken Road"

6)  RATT  ~  "Back For More"

7)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Beast Of Burden"

8)  Redbone  ~  "Beautiful Illusion"

9)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Bring It On Home To Me"

10)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  "Big Sky" / "Baddest Of The Bad"

11)  Relient K  ~  "Be My Escape"

12)  Reel Big Fish  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (Well, this is a fun, funky version of a classic song! Weird video, though.)

13)  The Ramones  ~  "Blitzkrieg Bop"

14)  Rammstein  ~  "Benzin"

15)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bang And Blame"

16)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  "Bulls On Parade"

17)  RED  ~  "Breathe Into Me"