Songs About Bows & Arrows, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 in this miniseries featuring songs with "Bow" and/or "Arrow" in their titles. Don't ask why – just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John  ~  “One More Arrow”

2)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Tiny Little Bows”

3)  Steve Wariner  ~  “Arrows At Airplanes”

4)  Chris Rea  ~  “Bows And Bangles”

5)  Sarah Blasko  ~  “An Arrow”

6)  Xavier Rudd  ~  “Bow Down”

7)  Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds  ~  “AKA… Broken Arrow”

8)  Russ Taff  ~  “Not Gonna Bow”

9)  Fat Freddy’s Drop  ~  “Slings And Arrows”

10)  Muse  ~  “Take A Bow”

11)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Follow Your Arrow”

12)  The Smiths  ~  “Sheila, Take A Bow”

13)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Like An Arrow”

14)  Little May  ~  “Bow And Arrow”

15)  Nick Jonas & The Administration  ~  “Olive & An Arrow”

16)  R.E.M. ft. Patti Smith  ~  “E-Bow The Letter”

17)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Broken Arrow”

18)  Duncan Sheik  ~  “Take A Bow”

19)  Avicii ft. Zac Brown  ~  “Broken Arrows”

20)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Buttons And Bows”

21)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Bows & Arrows”

22)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Take A Bow”

23)  Geoff Rickly  ~  “Time’s Arrow”

24)  Cold Chisel  ~  “Bow River”

25)  Crowded House  ~  “Archer’s Arrows”

“Joke” Songs

You can take these songs seriously if you want to, but each one of them is truly a joke. Well, the word "Joke" (or one of its derivatives) appears in the title of each, so you can take that for whatever it's worth. Try not to laugh. (It's easy.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lifehouse  ~  “The Joke”

2)  Neon Indian  ~  “Local Joke”

3)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Worst Joke Ever”

4)  Bee Gees  ~  “I Started A Joke”

5)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Share A Little Joke (With The World)”

6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Get The Joke”

7)  Public Enemy  ~  “911 Is A Joke”

8)  Wilco  ~  “The Joke Explained”

9)  The Hold Steady  ~  “Joke About Jamaica”

10)   Snow  ~  “Joke Thing”

11)  The Smiths  ~  “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

12)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “A Joke Or A Lie”

13)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “I Ain’t No Joke”

14)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “The Joke’s On Us”

15)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Devil’s Holy Joke”

16)  Rod Stewart  ~  “I Was Only Joking”

17)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Joking”

18)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “The Joker”

19)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Some Kind Of Joke”

20)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “This Joke Sport Severed”

21)  Damien Jurado  ~  “The Joke Is Over”

22)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “January’s Little Joke”

23)  Fatima  ~  “Biggest Joke Of All”

24)  Cat Stevens  ~  “The Joke”

25)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “No Joke”

Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 1

It's playoff time for Major League Baseball, and I'm super-excited! In honor of that (and considering that I've already posted "Hit" and "Run" and "Catch" and "Throw" songs in recent months), here's a bunch of songs with the word "Ball" or "Strike" in their titles. Can't get enough of these? Just you wait, 'cuz Vol. 2 is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Great Balls Of Fire”

2)  The Smiths  ~  “Bigmouth Strikes Again”

3)  George Strait  ~  “Big Ball’s In Cowtown”

4)  Steve Aoki ft. NERVO & Tony Junior  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

5)  Listener  ~  “There Are Wrecking Balls Inside Us”  (Well, that was…different.)

6)  Yes  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

7)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

8)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

9)  Jack White  ~  “High Ball Stepper”

10)  All Saints  ~  “One Strike”

11)  R.E.M.  ~ “Beachball”

12)  Dirty Heads  ~  “Strike Gently”

13)  Grimes  ~  “Crystal Ball”

14)  Maroon 5  ~  “Lucky Strike”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Giant Balls Of Gold”

16)  Temple Of The Dog  ~  “Hunger Strike”

17)  Ryan Adams  ~  “My Wrecking Ball”

18)  Snow Patrol  ~  “The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)”

19)  Leon Bridges  ~  “Ball Of Confusion”

20)  Tower Of Power  ~  “You Strike My Main Nerve”

21)  Social Distortion  ~  “Ball And Chain”

22)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Clock Strikes Ten”

23)  Aubrey O’Day  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  “The Great Airplane Strike”

25)  Emmylou Harris ft. Neil Young  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

Remote Control Songs, Vol. 1: “Stop” & “Play"

Here begins a new 3-part series featuring songs with words commonly found on a TV, VCR, DVD, or BluRay remote control in their titles. First up, "Stop" and "Play" Songs. Next time, "Fast Forward" and "Pause" Songs. And because, apparently, it's such a common theme in popular songwriting, "Rewind" Songs will get their very own post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Krizz Kaliko  ~  “Stop The World”

2)  Wild Cherry  ~  “Play That Funky Music”

3)  OneRepublic  ~  “Stop And Stare”

4)  Neil Diamond & Shirley Bassey  ~  “Play Me”

5)  Fatback Band  ~  “(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop”

6)  iamamiwhoami  ~  “Play”

7)  The Glitch Mob  ~  “We Can Make The World Stop”

8)  Shannon  ~  “Let The Music Play”

9)  The Smiths  ~  “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”

10)  Björk  ~  “Play Dead”

11)  Radiohead  ~  “Stop Whispering”

12)  Kansas  ~  “Play The Game Tonight”

13)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Stop To Love”

14)  Miriam Bryant  ~  “Push Play”

15)  Don Henley ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “When I Stop Dreaming”

16)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”

17)  Eels  ~  “Last Stop: This Town”

18)  Paramore  ~  “Playing God”

19)  New Edition, Whitney Houston, LaToya Jackson, Herb Alpert, Toni Basil, Andraé Crouch, Nancy Reagan, et al.  ~  “Stop The Madness”

20)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Play”