I've always been fascinated with bleak subjects, so this post featuring Songs About Death shouldn't really come as much of a surprise. Nor should the follow-up post it precedes. Enjoy? ~ JH 1) Powfu ft. beabodoobee ~ "Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head)"
2) Stars ~ "Death To Death"
3) The Pretty Reckless ~ "Death By Rock And Roll"
4) Hozier ~ "Angel Of Small Death & The Codeine Scene"
5) Alexa Harley ~ "Death Of A Loved One"
6) Deftones ~ "This Place Is Death"
7) Taylor Swift ~ "Death By A Thousand Cuts"
8) The Kills ~ "Doing It To Death"
9) Panic! At The Disco ~ "Death Of A Bachelor"
10) Sum 41 ~ "Fake My Own Death"
11) blink-182 ~ "Bored To Death"
12) Brandon Jenner ~ "Death Of Me"
13) Slimebby ~ "Love & Death"
14) Motörhead ~ "Killed By Death"
15) Kamelot ft. Amanda Somerville ~ "Love You To Death"
I haven't done any "opposites" posts in about a month. So why not compile a coupla sets of "Right" and "Left" Songs! Don't let the theme fool you – these songs aren't political in nature. They're just good songs. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Maxine Nightingale ~ “Right Back Where We Started From”
2) Mat Kearney ~ “Nothing Left To Lose”
3) Melanie Fiona ~ “Give It To Me Right”
4) Imagine Dragons ~ “Nothing Left To Say / Rocks”
5) HAIM ~ “Right Now”
6) Flume & Chet Faker ~ “Left Alone”
7) Macy Gray ~ “She Ain’t Right For You”
8) Daryl Hall & John Oates ~ “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”
9) The Script ~ “It’s Not Right For You”
10) Mickey Guyton ~ “Better Than You Left Me”
11) Graham Nash & David Crosby ~ “Right Between The Eyes”
12) Natalie Imbruglia ~ “Left Of The Middle”
13) Hawk Nelson ft. MDSN ~ “Right Here With You”
14) The Pretty Reckless ~ “Nothing Left To Lose”
15) Bubba Sparxxx ft. Rodney Atkins ~ “Right”
16) RaeLynn ~ “If You Left It Up To Me”
17) Eurythmics ~ “Right By Your Side”
18) Weezer ~ “The World Has Turned And Left Me Here”
19) Sarah Reeves ~ “Right Where You Want Me”
20) The Alan Parsons Project ~ “Nothing Left To Lose”
21) Ariana Grande ft. Childish Gambino ~ “Break Your Heart Right Back”
22) The Avett Brothers ~ “Left On Laura, Left On Lisa”
In every lifetime, there are hills and valleys – high point and low points. This set of songs, and the ones in the two volumes to come, will cover all the bases. Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Tauren Wells ~ “Hills And Valleys”
2) Nneka ~ “Valley”
3) Led Zeppelin ~ “Over The Hills And Far Away”
4) Marina And The Diamonds ~ “Valley Of The Dolls”
5) The Weeknd ~ “The Hills”
6) The Head And The Heart ~ “Down In The Valley”
7) Julie Andrews ~ “The Sound Of Music” (The memorable refrain goes: “The hills are alive with the sound of music…” Close enough for government work.)
8) Caedmon’s Call ~ “Valleys Fill First”
9) Mark Knopfler ~ “Hill Farmer’s Blues”
10) Jimi Hendrix ~ “Valleys Of Neptune”
11) Celtic Woman ~ “Hills Of Ireland”
12) The Civil Wars ~ “From This Valley”
13) Passenger ~ “House On A Hill”
14) Big Country ~ “Thirteen Valleys”
15) Nightwish ~ “Over The Hills And Far Away”
16) Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak ~ “Red River Valley”
17) The Tallest Man On Earth ~ “Over The Hills”
18) The Monkees ~ “Pleasant Valley Sunday”
19) Emmylou Harris & Mary Black ~ “Green Rolling Hills”
20) Widespread Panic ft. Derek Trucks ~ “Surprise Valley”
21) Coldplay ~ “Violet Hill”
22) Elvis Presley ~ “Peace In The Valley”
23) David Bowie ~ “Up The Hill Backwards”
24) Mississippi John Hurt ~ “You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley”
You probably shouldn't be surprised anymore about what topics I come up with for music blog posts. Even so, this one is a bit farther in left field than the norm. Don't think too much – just enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Cranberries ~ “Zombie”
2) Thom Yorke ~ “A Brain In A Bottle”
3) Jamie T ~ “Zombie”
4) MØ ~ “Love On The Brain” (This is a cover of a popular Rihanna song. However, the original version contains unfortunate “potty words.” But this one’s clean as a whistle!)
5) Audio Adrenaline ~ “Some Kind Of Zombie”
6) Ramones ~ “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down”
7) The Asteroids Galaxy Tour ~ “Zombies”
8) Kidd Funkadelic ~ “Maggot Brain”
9) The Aquabats ~ “Fashion Zombies”
10) BANKS ~ “Brain”
11) Maître Gims ~ “Zombie”
12) Alice In Chains ~ “Check My Brain”
13) The Pretty Reckless ~ “Zombie”
14) The Black Keys ~ “Bullet In The Brain”
15) Family Force 5 ~ “Zombie”
16) Ray Bolger & Judy Garland ~ “If I Only Had A Brain”
17) Misfits ~ “Astro Zombies”
18) Justin Timberlake ~ “Still On My Brain”
19) Imelda May ~ “Zombie”
20) N.E.R.D. ~ “Brain”
21) C.W. Stoneking ~ “Zombie”
22) Enigma ~ “T.N.T. For The Brain”
23) Adam Ant ~ “Cool Zombie”
24) Our Lady Peace ~ “Monkey Brains”
25) Sufjan Stevens ~ “They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!”
