"Faint" Songs

These are "Faint" Songs. Next up will be "Strong" Songs. See, they're opposites? Neat, huh? No, it's not a novel idea. I've been doing these for five-plus years now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

2)  The Loom  ~  “A Song Of Faint Praise”

3)  Jenny & Tyler  ~  “Faint Not”

4)  Vince Gill  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

5)  Trixie Whitley  ~  “Faint Mystery”

6)  Relient K  ~  “For Moments I Feel Faint”

7)  She’sophi  ~  “Faint”

8)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “The Velorium Camper I: Faint Of Hearts”

9)  Jenn Bostic  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

10)  Linkin Park  ~  “Faint”

11)  Kat Frankie  ~  “The Faint-Hearted Ones”

12)  Unbunny  ~  “Swans Are Fainting”

13)  Sister C  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

14)  Tilian  ~  “A Faint Illusion”

15)  The Strike  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

16)  Rise Against  ~  “Faint Resemblance”

17)  The Colour Field  ~  “Faint Hearts”

18)  Sleep Party People  ~  “Fainting Spell”

19)  Azure Ray  ~  “Just A Faint Line”

20)  We Are The Grand  ~  “Faint”

21)  Matt Mays  ~  “Faint Of Heart”

22)  Serenity Broken  ~  “Faint Slit”

Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”

2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”

3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”

5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”

6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”

7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”

8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”

10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”

11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”

12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”

13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”

14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”

15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”

16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”

17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”

18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”

19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”

20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”

21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”

22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”

23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”

24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”

25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”

“Right” & “Wrong” Songs, Vol. 3

Here it is...the post you haven't been waiting for. Part 3 of 4 in the "Right" & "Wrong" Songs series. Still plenty of good songs to explore here. Hope you'll enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Meat Loaf  ~  “You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)”

2)  Alison Krauss  ~  “So Long, So Wrong”

3)  Luther Ingram  ~  “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right”

4)  The Pretenders  ~  “Don’t Get Me Wrong”

5)  Olly Murs  ~  “Right Place, Right Time”

6)  HAIM  ~  “Nothing’s Wrong”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Must Have Done Something Right”

8)  Eleanor McEvoy  ~  “Wrong, So Wrong”

9)  Lee Brice  ~  “She Ain’t Right”

10)  Bree Sharp  ~  “Everything Feels Wrong”

11)  Billy Gibbons  ~  “Treat Her Right”

12)  MS MR  ~  “Wrong Victory”

13)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Get Me Right”

14)  Kaki King  ~  “Doing The Wrong Thing”  (Wow, this lady can flat-out play a guitar!)

15)  OneRepublic  ~  “All The Right Moves”

16)  Martina McBride  ~  “Wrong Baby Wrong”

17)  Hot Chip  ~  “Started Right”

18)  Majk Spirit & Celeste Buckingham  ~  “I Was Wrong”  (I can’t understand a word that this guy is rapping…because it’s in another language. I hope it’s not anything dirty!)

19)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

20)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Wrong”

21)  Rodney Atkins  ~  “Doin’ It Right”

22)  Waxahatchee  ~  “Never Been Wrong”

23)  Clay Walker  ~  “She’s Always Right”

24)  Markéta Irglová  ~  “I Have Loved You Wrong”

25)  The Black Keys  ~  “Run Right Back”

“Real” & “Fake” Songs, Vol. 2

These songs are "Real." They're also "Fake." You take the good with the bad. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers  ~  “Real Love”

2)  Jeremy?  ~  “Fake Fruits”

3)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “You’re So Real”

4)  The Lone Bellow  ~  “Fake Roses”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Real Love”

6)  Relient K  ~  “Faking My Own Suicide”

7)  Frank Turner  ~  “The Real Damage”

8)  Geraldine Hunt  ~  “Can’t Fake The Feeling”

9)  Trip Lee ft. Tedashii  ~  “Real Vision”

10)  James Bay  ~  “Best Fake Smile”

11)  Of Mice & Men  ~  “Real”

12)  Simply Red  ~  “Fake”

13)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Find The Real”

14)  Lostprophets  ~  “The Fake Sound Of Progress”

15)  Bloc Party  ~  “So Real”

16)  Black Cherry  ~  “Fake Blood”

17)  Russell Morris  ~  “The Real Thing”

18)  Phora  ~  “Fake Smiles”

19)  Joan As Police Woman  ~  “Real Life”

20)  CRX  ~  “Ways To Fake It”

21)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  “I’m Not Living In The Real World”

22)  Allen Stone  ~  “Fake Future”

23)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  “Real Live Woman”

24)  K. Sparks  ~  “Fake Is The New Real”

25)  Phoenix  ~  “The Real Thing”

Weird Songs About Santa Claus

As if my ongoing series of Weird Christmas Songs weren't enough, here's a set of oddball tunes specifically about That Jolly Old Elf. If you like 'em, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't click on the follow-up post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Yogscast  ~  “Does Santa Claus (Visit Zombie Pig-Men Kids In The Nether In Minecraft At Christmas Time)?”

2)  De La Soul  ~  “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa”

3)  Aurelio Voltaire  ~  “Santa Claus Is Satan”

4)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Get Behind Me, Santa!”

5)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”

6)  Fitz and the Tantrums  ~  “Santa Stole My Lady”

7)  B2K  ~  “Santa Hooked Me Up”

8)  Alan Jackson & The Chipmunks  ~  “Santa’s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck”

9)  Relient K  ~  “Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town”

10)  Nerf Herder  ~  “Santa Has A Mullet”

11)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney”

12)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Death May Be Your Santa Claus”

13)  Captain Beefheart  ~  “There Ain’t So Santa Claus On The Evening Stage”

14)  Louis Prima  ~  “What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)”