More “Forbidden” Songs

Every now and then, I have what I think is an original idea for a music post, then I go back into my “vault” of old posts and realize I’ve already done that topic before. Such is the case with this post, which features songs with the word “Forbidden” in their titles. I originally did a “Forbidden” Songs post over three years ago. However, upon recent reflection, I realized that post was comprised entirely of songs by artists that no one – myself included! – had ever heard of before. I knew I could do better. And so I did. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Madonna  ~  “Forbidden Love”

2)  Yanni  ~  “Forbidden Dreams”

3)  Chic  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

4)  This Century  ~  “Forbidden”

5)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Heaven’s What I Feel (Corazon Prohibido)”  (In case you don’t speak Spanish, the word “Prohibido” means “Forbidden.” So this one qualifies in two languages!)

6)  Leo James Conroy  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

7)  Nancy Wilson  ~  “Forbidden Lover”

8)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Forbidden”

9)  Selena  ~  “Amor Prohibido (Forbidden Love)”  (Yep, there’s that Spanish word again.)

10)  Andy Williams  ~  “Forbidden Love”

11)  Erja Lyytinen  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

12)  Martin Garrix  ~  “Forbidden Voices”

13)  Darlene Love  ~  “Forbidden Nights”

14)  Marty Friedman  ~  “Forbidden City”  (I don't think this is the whole song. But, wow, what a snippet!)

15)  Polina Gagarina  ~  “Forbidden Love”  (Apparently, Russia has their own Lady “Gaga.” So to speak.)

16)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Forbidden Jungle”

17)  Tapps  ~  “My Forbidden Lover”

18)  Lefty Frizzell  ~  “Forbidden Lovers”

19)  Heim  ~  “Forbidden Waltz”

20)  Paul van Dyk  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

21)  Fox.E & The Good Hands  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

22)  Be Bop Deluxe  ~  “Forbidden Lovers / Down On Terminal Street”

23)  Nik West  ~  “Forbidden Fruit”

24)  Electronic  ~  “Forbidden City”

25)  Storm Large  ~  “Forbidden”

Songs About Gasoline

If you're like me, you sometimes wonder strange things. Like whether or not there are any good Songs About Gasoline. And if you're like me, you then investigate this wondering and find yourself pleasantly surprised that there are, in fact, a plethora of good gasoline-related songs. But you're probably not like me. Lucky you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Silent Comedy  ~  “Gasoline”

2)  Sia  ~  “Fire Meet Gasoline”

3)   Rise Against  ~  “Black Masks And Gasoline”

4)  Shovels & Rope  ~  “Gasoline”

5)  Turnpike Troubadours  ~  “Diamonds & Gasoline”

6)  The Dead Weather  ~  “Gasoline”

7)  The Hollies  ~  “Gasoline Alley Bred”

8)  Alpine  ~  “Gasoline”

9)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Victory Lap / Smell Of Gasoline”

10)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Gasoline”

11)  Dead Sons  ~  “Gasoline”

12)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “Gasoline”

13)  LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, & Jeff Beck  ~  “Gasoline And Matches”

14)  Kicking Harold  ~  “Gasoline”

15)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Palm Trees, Helicopters, And Gasoline”

16)  Katie Melua  ~  “Gasoline Alley”

17)  Audioslave  ~  “Gasoline”

18)  Garrison Starr  ~  “Gasoline”

19)  Will And The Won’ts  ~  “Gasoline”

20)  Beverley Mahood  ~  “Hope And Gasoline”

21)  Skillet  ~  “Gasoline”

22)  Houndmouth  ~  “Gasoline”

23)  The Baboons  ~  “Drinkin’ Gasoline”

24)  Terri Clark  ~  “A Little Gasoline”

25)  DecembeRadio  ~  “Gasoline”

Songs By…With…Well, You Figure It Out!

The overall "theme" in this collection of songs is highly manufactured and rather absurd. The sole reason that this post exists is because there was a certain song I wanted to post and couldn't think of any other way to include it. Since this was basically a dumb excuse to group together a bunch of songs, I'm going to leave it to you, the reader/listener, to figure out what the "theme" is. There are actually two commonalities to all the songs in this group. If you think you've figured them out, comment and I'll let you know if you're right. Good luck!  ~  JH

1)  The Refreshments  ~  "Banditos"

2)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  "Beats To The Rhyme"  (Interesting factoid: This song contains the lyric: "As we wax the tracks all the DJ's play."  I hadn't even heard of this song when I came up with the name of this blog. Ironic, huh?)

3)  Roxette  ~  "The Big L"

4)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Breaking The Girl"

5)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Bless The Broken Road"

6)  RATT  ~  "Back For More"

7)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Beast Of Burden"

8)  Redbone  ~  "Beautiful Illusion"

9)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Bring It On Home To Me"

10)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  "Big Sky" / "Baddest Of The Bad"

11)  Relient K  ~  "Be My Escape"

12)  Reel Big Fish  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (Well, this is a fun, funky version of a classic song! Weird video, though.)

13)  The Ramones  ~  "Blitzkrieg Bop"

14)  Rammstein  ~  "Benzin"

15)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bang And Blame"

16)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  "Bulls On Parade"

17)  RED  ~  "Breathe Into Me"

Songs With "Spend" In The Title

As promised, here's the other half of yesterday's "Opposites" music post. Same deal, just with "Spend" songs this time. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Aaron Fresh  ~  "Spending All My Time"

2)  Slaughter  ~  "Spend My Life"

3)  Village People  ~  "Do You Wanna Spend The Night?"

4)  Roxette  ~  "Spending My Time"

5)  KI-YO  ~  "Spend My Life With You"

6)  Zach Cross  ~  "Spend Time"

7)  Surface  ~  "Can We Spend Some Time"

8)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  "Spend A Night In The Box"

9)  Melissa Allison  ~  "I Could Spend A Lifetime"

10)  Clint Black  ~  "Spend My Time"

11)  Tina Arena ft. Kane Alexander  ~  "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You"

12)  Eric Benet ft. Tamia  ~  "Spend My Life"

13)  Stan Kenton And His Orchestra ft. June Christy ~   "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening"

14)  Aly Cook  ~  "Spend It"

15)  Molly McKenna  ~  "Spend Forever With You"  (OK, so full disclosure here…this song's actual title is simply "Forever With You," but the word "spend" IS rampant throughout the lyrics and it's probably the best song I've ever heard that was written and sung by a 14-year-old girl! 14 years old! So it *had to* be included here.)