“Truth” Or “Dare” Songs, Vol. 1

I've been sitting on this series for a while now, waiting for a good time to post it. Now is as good a time as any, I suppose. Part 1 of what will be a 4-parter, featuring songs with the words "Truth" or "Dare" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  India.Arie  ~  “The Truth”

2)  Boyce Avenue  ~  “Dare To Believe”

3)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Our Truth”

4)  Commissioned  ~  “Dare To Believe”

5)  Lucinda Williams  ~  “Ugly Truth”

6)  Switchfoot  ~  “Dare You To Move”

7)  Bamboo  ~  “Truth”

8)  Rebecca Newman  ~  “Dare To Dream (Always Believe)”

9)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  “Truth Be Known”

10)  Tina Arena  ~  “Dare You To Be Happy”

11)  Amos Lee  ~  “Truth”

12)  I.D.A.  ~  “Fight Me If You Dare”

13)  The Police  ~  “Truth Hits Everybody”

14)  GENTRI  ~  “Dare”

15)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  “Honky Tonk Truth”

16)  Vanessa Paradis  ~  “I Wouldn’t Dare”

17)  The Oh Hellos  ~  “The Truth Is A Cave / The Valley (Reprise)”

18)  The Hooters  ~  “Until You Dare”

19)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Lousy Truth”

20)  Rachael Lynn   ~  “Dare To Be Different”

“Finding,” “Keeping,” “Losing,” & “Weeping” Songs, Vol. 1

I warned you there'd be more miniseries of posts coming, and this is the first installment. Herein you'll find a wildly diverse set of songs about "Finding," "Keeping," "Losing," and "Weeping." If you like these, there's three more posts where they came from. If you don't like these...what's wrong with you? Just kidding. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Finding Out”

2)  Birdy  ~  “Keeping Your Head Up”

3)  John Newman  ~  “Losing Sleep”

4)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow”

5)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”

6)  Babyface  ~  “Keeping Secrets”

7)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

8)  The Verve  ~  “Weeping Willow”

9)  Aztec Two-Step  ~  “Finding Somebody New”

10)  L D R U ft. Paige IV  ~  “Keeping Score”

11)  Rush  ~  “Losing It”

12)  Steve Vai  ~  “Weeping China Doll”

13)  Louis XIV  ~  “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”

14)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Keeping The Faith”

15)  The Naked And Famous  ~  “Losing Control”

16)  The Sweet Lillies  ~  “Weeping Willow”

17)  Sleeping Romance  ~  “Finding My Way”

18)  Linda Ronstadt ft. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Keeping Out Of Mischief Now”  (The video messes up at first but rights itself around the :30 mark.)

19)  Keane  ~  “The Lovers Are Losing”

20)  Múm  ~  “Weeping Rock Rock”

21)  Teske  ~  “Finding Neverland”

22)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

23)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Losing You”

24)  Alanna Story  ~  “Weeping”

25)  Caitlin Crosby  ~  “Finding Feelings”

26)  The Who  ~  “Love Ain’t For Keeping”

27)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Losing Friends Over Love”

28)  The Dramatics  ~  “Stop Your Weeping”

"Down" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 1

When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  “Don’t Let Me Down”

2)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”

3)  Halsey  ~  “Hold Me Down”

4)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”

5)  Sam Smith  ~  “Lay Me Down”

6)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Stressed Out”

7)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Lay It Down”

8)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  ~  “All Cried Out”

9)  David Bowie  ~  “Never Let Me Down”

10)  LL Cool J  ~  “Mama Said Knock You Out”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “All Fall Down”

12)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Cry Me Out”

13)  Pillar  ~  “Bring Me Down”

14)  The Riptide Movement  ~  “All Works Out”

15)  The Band  ~  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

16)  Feist  ~  “Inside And Out”

17)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Anything But Down”

18)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

19)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  “Don’t Let It Get You Down”

20)  The Beatles  ~  “We Can Work It Out”

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “As I Lay Me Down”

22)  The Police  ~  “Fall Out”

23)  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Face Down”

24)  Flyleaf  ~  “Call You Out”

25)  Bob Dylan  ~  “When The Deal Goes Down”

Songs About Murder & Mayhem

This post is not nearly as violent or scandalous as it would seem. It is, however, exactly what it purports to be: a collection of songs either about "Murder" or "Mayhem," or which include one of those words within their titles. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

2)  Halestorm  ~  “Mayhem”

3)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Murder My Heart”

4)  Imelda May  ~  “Mayhem”

5)  AFI  ~  “Miss Murder”

6)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Miss Mayhem”

7)  PJ Harvey  ~  “The Words That Maketh Murder”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Mayhem Maybe”

9)  Jesca Hoop  ~  “Murder Of Birds”

10)  Kansas  ~  “Mysteries And Mayhem”

11)  Coldplay  ~  “Murder”

12)  Billy May and His Orchestra  ~  “Mayhem”

13)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

14)  Julissa Veloz  ~  “Mayhem”

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Murder Incorporated”

16)  Universal Sigh  ~  “Marcus Mayhem”

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “One More Murder”

18)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Mayhem”

19)  Counting Crows  ~  “A Murder Of One”

20)  Pop Will Eat Itself  ~  “Chaos And Mayhem”

Songs About Tea

Yesterday I did a post featuring Songs About Coffee. Shortly after posting it, I got a call from Tea demanding equal time, its claim backed up by the fact that its popularity as a preferred beverage is worldwide, whereas coffee tends to be popular in only certain regions of the world. So there's this... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Pennyroyal Tea”

2)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Strange Cup Of Tea”

3)  Angel Taylor  ~  “Chai Tea Latte”

4)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”

5)  Liberace  ~  “Tea For Two”

6)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  “Tea & Toast”

7)  The Verve Pipe  ~  “Cup Of Tea”

8)  Buckshot LeFonque  ~  “Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)”

9)  Maty Soul  ~  “Herbal Tea”

10)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Lulu Selling Tea”

11)  The Police  ~  “Tea In The Sahara”

12)  Oh Pep!  ~  “Tea, Milk, & Honey”

13)  Jim Noir  ~  “Tea”

14)  The Lancashire Hotpots  ~  “Chippy Tea”

15)  Shelby Lynne & Tony Joe White  ~  “Iced Tea”

16)  Paul McCartney  ~  “English Tea”

17)  The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  ~  “Boston Tea Party”

18)  Katzenjammer  ~  “Tea With Cinnamon”

19)  The Who  ~  “Tea & Theatre”

20)  Seagull  ~  “Tea”

21)  Chelsea Tavares  ~  “Tea Party”

22)  Robert Plant & Jimmy Page  ~  “Tea For One”

23)  Angus Gill ~  “Tea And Biscuits”

24)  Eva Livina  ~  “Lemon Flavoured Tea”

25)  Chadwick Stokes  ~  “Pine Needle Tea”