Songs About Swearing

If you think this is a bunch of songs with swear words in them, it's not what you think. If you think it's a bunch of songs with "Swear" (or one of its derivatives) in their titles, you're spot on. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  All-4-One  ~  “I Swear”

2)  John Mark McMillan  ~  “Love You Swore”

3)  Gladys Knight & The Pips  ~  “Daddy Could Swear, I Declare”

4)  Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners  ~  “This I Swear”

5)  Sheena Easton  ~  “Swear”

6)  Stars  ~  “Today Will Be Better, I Swear!”

7)  Kim Wilde  ~  “This I Swear”

8)  Denai Moore  ~  “I Swore”

9)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Swearin’ To God”

10)  Tep No  ~  “Swear Like A Sailor”

11)  Wyclef Jean ft. Young Thug  ~  “I Swear”

12)  Being As An Ocean  ~  “The Hardest Part Is Forgetting Those You Swore You Would Never Forget”  (This is not a style of music I normally enjoy, but this was really good.)

13)  Mayday Parade  ~  “I Swear This Time I Mean It”

14)  St. Grandson  ~  “I Swear, I Want”

15)  Westlife  ~  “Swear It Again”

16)  You Me At Six  ~  “Swear”

17)  Michael Peterson  ~  “Drink, Swear, Steal, & Lie”

18)  Kirsty MacColl  ~  “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis”

19)  Hellogoodbye  ~  “Swear You’re In Love”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 3 of 4 in my baseball-related songs series. These are "Catch" and "Throw" Songs. Next up, more of the same. Get your glove ready...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  “Catch In The Dark”  (This dude's voice just takes me to another place. I'm not sure where it is, but it's a happy place. In other words, I'm jealous.)

2)  Bee Gees  ~  “Don’t Throw It All Away”

3)  Avicii ft. Matisyahu & Wyclef Jean  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

4)  Hall & Oates  ~  “Throw The Roses Away”

5)  The Cure  ~  “Catch”

6)  Manafest  ~  “Throw It Away”

7)  Art Department  ~  “Catch You By Surprise”

8)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Love Throw A Line”

9)  Matt Simons  ~  “Catch & Release”

10)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Throwing My Heart Away”

11)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’”

12)  Candlebox  ~  “A Stone’s Throw Away”

13)  John Anderson  ~  “Would You Catch A Falling Star”

14)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Throw The ‘R’ Away”  (I don't believe I've ever heard a song entirely about someone's difficult-to-understand accent. Until now.)

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying”  (Not the same song as the Louis Jordan one above.)

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Throw It Away”

17)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Catch And Release”

18)  Default  ~  “Throw It All Away”

19)  Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Never Catch Me”

20)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Love’s A Word I Never Throw Around”

Songs About Lying

I don't know about you, but I've enjoyed this week's utterly-pointless-yet-somehow-still-fulfilling series of posts featuring Songs About Crying, Flying, and now Lying. (There are two more of these in store after today – Songs About Trying and Songs About Dying.) As always, I welcome your input as to which of your favorite songs I may have missed. Sometimes there may be a good reason for a song's omission, sometimes the song in question may have completely slipped my mind, and sometimes – and these are the best – I've never even heard of the song you suggest and thereby get to discover some wonderful new music (to me, at least). So, basically, it's a win-win situation for all parties involved. But enough preamble – enjoy it already!  ~  JH

1)  The Band Perry  ~  "You Lie"

2)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  "Don't Lie"

3)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Little Lies"

4)  Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean  ~  "Hips Don't Lie"

5)  Charles & Eddie  ~  "Would I Lie To You?"  (NOTE: Though it shares the same title as the Eurythmics song which I posted not too long ago, this is an entirely different song – albeit no less memorable a song.)

6)  Kimberly Anne  ~  "Liar"

7)  Michael Bolton  ~  "Said I Loved You…But I Lied"  (I really don't like Michael Bolton, but this song belonged in this collection.)

8)  En Vogue  ~  "Lies"

9)  Simple Plan  ~  "Your Love Is A Lie"

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  "You Lie"

11)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "A Beautiful Lie"

12)  Keaton Henson  ~  "Lying To You"

13)  Terri Clark  ~  "Girls Lie, Too"  (No, that's NOT really Johnny Depp, ladies!)

14)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Lie To Me"

15)  Gabriella Cilmi  ~  "Save The Lies"

16)  Linkin Park  ~  "Lies Greed Misery"

17)  Jonny Lang  ~  "Lie To Me"

18)  Cris Cab ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  "Liar, Liar"

19)  Restless Heart  ~  "A Tender Lie"

20)  Eagles  ~  "Lyin' Eyes"