“Blood” & “Guts” Songs

Chill out, it's not as gruesome as it sounds. For the most part, at least. Here you have a collection of songs with either the word "Blood" or "Guts" (or "Gut") in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. Check 'em out!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Elisha Bones  ~  “Guts”

3)  The Cure  ~  “The Blood”

4)  DEVO  ~  “Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy”

5)  Incubus  ~  “Blood On The Ground”

6)  Chela  ~  “Guts”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Blood On Blood”

8)  Versus You  ~  “Guts”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Blood For Poppies”

10)  Artis Family Band  ~  “Gut Bucket Texas Blues”  (Holy moly, this is good stuff!!!)

11)  Holly Brook  ~  “Like Blood, Like Honey”

12)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Gut Reaction”

13)  Foals  ~  “Blue Blood”

14)  Misty Miller  ~  “Gut”

15)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Power In The Blood”

16)  Pandra Vox  ~  “Got Guts”

17)  Coldplay  ~  “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

18)  That One Guy  ~  “Bring Me A Bucket Of Guts”  (Hands down, the weirdest performance I’ve seen/heard all year. Granted, the year is young…)

19)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood”

20)  Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones  ~  “Guts & Steel”

21)  Peter Gabriel ft. Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Blood Of Eden”

22)  Bella Ruse  ~  “Gumption & Guts”

23)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

24)  Liv Austen  ~  “The Guts You Always Had”

25)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Bad Blood”

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 in what will be a 3-part miniseries featuring songs with nationalities (or demonyms) in their titles. This time, it's "Italian," French," "German," "Russian," "Indian," and "Chinese" songs, plus a few one-off songs with other nationalities in the titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  "Mambo Italiano"

2)  Billy Joel  ~  "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"

3)  Fergie  ~  "Be Italian"

4)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Excuse My French"

5)  Camera Obscura  ~  "French Navy"

6)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  "The French Song"

7)  The Passions  ~  "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"

8)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "German Motor Car"

9)  Rihanna  ~  "Russian Roulette"

10)  Sting  ~  "Russians"

11)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "A Perfect Indian"

12)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  "Indian Summer"

13)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody"

16)  Neon Indian  ~  "Polish Girl"

17)  The Beatles  ~  "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

18)  Frankie Smith  ~  "Double Dutch Bus"

19)  Chris De Burgh ft. Elissa  ~  "Lebanese Night"

20)  The Bangles  ~  "Walk Like An Egyptian"

21)  The Vapors  ~  "Turning Japanese"

22)  Ernest Tubb  ~  "Filipino Baby"

23)  The Seekers  ~  "I Am Australian"

24)  Dream Theater  ~  "Peruvian Skies"

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Liberian Girl"

"33" Songs

Well, whaddyaknow! As it turns out, there are a ton of songs with the number "33" (or "Thirty-Three") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Accordingly, I was able to gather 33 songs here in honor of the fact that my wife is 33 weeks pregnant with our daughter today. Enjoy it, okay?  ~  JH

1)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  "33"

2)  Five For Fighting  ~  "100 Years"

3)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts"

4)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "33"

5)  Demon Hunter  ~  "Not Ready To Die"

6)  Sanctus Real  ~  "33"

7)  Counting Crows  ~  "All My Friends"

8)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "What About Georgia?"

9)  Iron & Wine  ~  "Peng! 33"

10)  Blue October  ~  "Hate Me"

11)  Flame ft. Lecrae & John Reilly  ~  "Joyful Noise"  (Does that opening riff sound familiar? It probably should. Katy Perry allegedly "hijacked" it without permission and tweaked it a bit for her hit song, "Dark Horse." There's even a lawsuit over this – look it up.)

12)  G. Hannelius  ~  "4:45"

13)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33"

14)  TobyMac  ~  "Thankful For You"

15)  J. Moss  ~  "Operator"

16)  Little Big Town  ~  "Vapor"

17)  Heartland  ~  "Mustache"  (I can't believe this is even a real song. Hilarious!)

18)  Petra  ~  "Enter In"

19)  John Cage  ~  "4'33""  (This is the dumbest "music" I've ever [not] heard in my entire life. And I've heard a lot.)

20)  The Pretenders  ~  "Middle Of The Road"

21)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"

22)  Gov't Mule  ~  "Slow Happy Boys"

23)  Randy Travis  ~  "Raise Him Up"

24)  Nanci Griffith  ~  "I Wish It Would Rain"

25)  Vince Gill & Guy Clark  ~  "Almost Home"

26)  The Clarks  ~  "Irene"

27)  Elvis Costello  ~  "45"

28)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  "Valentine"

29)  Lonnie Donegan  ~  "The Grand Coulee Dam"

30)  Rancid  ~  "Collision Course"

31)  Shovels & Rope  ~  "Hail Hail"

32)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Thirty-Three"

33)  Judy Garland  ~  "The Boy Next Door"

Songs About Church…But Not Really

Here's a collection of songs that at first glance appear to be about church, but for the most part really aren't. Where do I get all these strange ideas from? I don't know. It's probably best not to ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  "Take Me To Church"

2)  T-Pain ft. Teddy Verseti  ~  "Church"

3)  Little Big Town  ~  "Little White Church"

4)  The Dear Hunter  ~  "The Church And The Dime"

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  "Get Me To The Church On Time"

6)  Culture Club  ~  "Church Of The Poison Mind"

7)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "Take Me To Church"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Church Of Your Heart"

9)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Church Clothes"

10)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Church Mouth"

11)  Lyle Lovett and His Large Band  ~  "Church"

12)  Green Day  ~  "Church On Sunday"

13)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "Mother Church"

14)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Electric Church Red House"

15)  Alan Jackson & Patty Loveless  ~  "Monday Morning Church"

16)  Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern  ~  "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)"

17)  The Miracles Club  ~  "Church Song"

18)  The Streets  ~  "Never Went To Church"

19)  The Willows  ~  "Church Bells May Ring"

20)  Ben Harper and The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  "Church House Steps"