Here's a bunch of Songs About Crybabies. Because we certainly don't see enough of that kind of behavior going on in real life. (Sarcasm fully intended.) Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Melanie Martinez ~ “Crybaby”
2) Cee Lo Green ~ “Cry Baby”
3) Frida ~ “Baby, Don’t You Cry No More”
4) Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone ~ “Cry Baby Cry”
5) Demi Lovato ~ “Cry Baby” (Audio isn’t the greatest, but the video quality is stellar.)
20) Carolyn Dawn Johnson ~ “Crybaby” (At the 3:42 mark, the song ends and the interview begins. If you really want to listen to three-and-a-half minutes of some guy interviewing some singer you’ve never heard of, feel free. I’d just as soon not.)
I guess talent truly does run in the family, as the following artists can attest. Each of the artists and/or bands in this collection contains a set of twins, and mostly identical ones at that. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Madden Brothers ~ “We Are Done”
2) HelenaMaria ~ “Easy”
3) The Proclaimers ~ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
4) Tegan and Sara ~ “Closer”
5) The Breeders ~ “Safari”
6) Alessi Brothers ~ “Oh Lori”
7) The Kinleys ~ “I’m In”
8) Ward Thomas ~ “Carry You Home”
9) The Watson Twins ~ “How Am I To Be”
10) Tokio Hotel ~ “Monsoon”
11) Harp Twins ~ “One” (Why, yes, this IS a cover of a classic Metallica song by two girls and a harp…and nothing more!)
12) The Veronicas ~ “Take Me On The Floor”
13) The Hager Twins ~ “When Will I Be Loved?”
14) NERVO ~ “You’re Gonna Love Again”
15) Merrell Twins ~ “Runner Runner”
16) Bee Gees ~ “Stayin’ Alive” (In case you were wondering, and you probably weren't, Robin and Maurice Gibb are the twins. They aren't triplets.)
17) Nina Sky ~ “Move Ya Body”
18) Cherie & Marie Currie ~ “Since You’ve Been Gone”
19) Nelson ~ “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection”
20) Say Lou Lou ~ “Nothing But A Heartbeat”
21) Biffy Clyro ~ “Howl”
22) Shook Twins ~ “Awhile”
23) Steam Powered Giraffe ~ “I Don’t Have A Name For It”
These songs aren’t all about the act of allowing food or drink to pass down one’s throat. Some of them are about the metaphorical swallowing of intangible things, like pride and such. Still others are about swift-flying, migratory songbirds. Just call it Triple-Meaning Friday. Which isn’t a catchy phrase at all, actually. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Bush ~ “Swallowed”
2) Rhys ~ “Swallow Your Pride”
3) NewSong ~ “Swallow The Ocean (Coming Alive)”
4) The Hearing ~ “Swallow”
5) Bombay Bicycle Club ~ “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?”
6) Jewel ~ “Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)”
7) The National ~ “Don’t Swallow The Cap”
8) Yo-Yo Ma & Wu Tong ~ “Yanzi (Swallow Song)”
9) Wailin’ Jennys ~ “Swallow”
10) Coldplay ~ “Swallowed In The Sea”
11) Crystal Fighters ~ “Swallow”
12) Toni Gibson ~ “She’s Like The Swallow”
13) Pearl Jam ~ “Swallowed Whole”
14) Judy Collins & The Muppets ~ “Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”
15) morgxn ~ “Hard Pill To Swallow”
16) Wolf Alice ~ “Swallowtail”
17) Ramones ~ “Swallow My Pride”
18) brokeMC ~ “Swallow You Whole”
19) The Lennon Sisters ~ “When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano”
20) The Autumn Defense ~ “The Swallows Of London”
21) Souleen ~ “Swallow”
22) Hank Williams, Jr. ~ “Pride’s Not Hard To Swallow”
23) Teach Me Equals ~ “Swallow The Smoke”
24) Eve 6 ~ “Inside Out” (Nope, the word “swallow” doesn’t appear in the title of this song. But it’s all over the place in the chorus, which is repeated multiple times, of course. So here it is…)
25) Della Lupa ~ “Storm Of Swallows”
26) Brandon Flowers ~ “Swallow It”
27) Lorena B ~ “Swallow My Gum”
28) Lorena B ~ “Swallow My Gum 2” (Rarely if ever have I posted a “sequel” to a song, especially within the same post. But frankly, they’re fairly unusual, so I suppose it’s no real wonder after all.)
29) Billy Bragg ~ “Swallow My Pride”
30) Hilary Grist ~ “Swallow Me Up”
31) Ólafur Arnalds ~ “Gleypa Okkur (Swallow Us)”
32) Shreddy Krueger ~ “The Sky Will Swallow Us Whole” (I don’t usually go for songs in the “screamo” genre – or whatever they’re calling it these days – but this was really well-done. Nice mix of “clean” and “unclean” vocals.)
33) Laura Gibson ~ “Crow/Swallow”
34) Teenage Wrist ~ “Swallow”
35) Katie Melua & Gori Women’s Choir ~ “The Little Swallow” (You may hear the tune of this song and correctly recognize it as identical to the “Carol of the Bells.” However, this Ukrainian-language version came first. An American songwriter penned English lyrics to the tune sometime later.)
Since there seems to be a lot of blurring the lines between what's "Real" and what's "Fake" these days (even our President has problems with this!), there's this collection of songs. Because this phenomenon is so rampant in today's world, there will be two more volumes of these. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Who ~ “The Real Me”
2) twenty one pilots ~ “Fake You Out”
3) Unspoken ~ “Real Thing”
4) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ~ “Fake Friends”
5) Alan Parsons Project ~ “In The Real World”
6) The National ~ “Fake Empire”
7) Megadeth ~ “The Threat Is Real”
8) Olivia Noelle ~ “Faking It”
9) Kenny Loggins ~ “The Real Thing” (There’s a fair bit of talking at the beginning of this clip. The song starts at the 3:07 mark. You’re welcome.)
10) Lecrae ft. Thi’sl ~ “Fakin”
11) Christina Aguilera ~ “The Real Thing”
12) Radiohead ~ “Fake Plastic Trees”
13) Billy Dean ~ “Real Man”
14) Shawn Mendes ~ “Fake Love”
15) Jody Watley ~ “Real Love”
16) Korn ~ “Fake”
17) Faith No More ~ “The Real Thing”
18) The Frames ~ “Fake”
19) Vanessa Williams ~ “The Real Thing”
20) Arctic Monkeys ~ “Fake Tales Of San Francisco”
