Songs About Drowning

Does there need to be a reason?  ~  JH

1)  The Crystal Method ft. Matisyahu  ~  "Drown In The Now"

2)  Ringo Starr  ~  "Drowning In The Sea Of Love"

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3)  Bad Wolf  ~  "Drowning Beautiful"

4)  Ephraim Lewis  ~  "Drowning In Your Eyes"

5)  Thursday  ~  "For The Workforce, Drowning"

6)  Corrosion Of Conformity  ~  "Drowning In A Daydream"

7)  Carolina Liar  ~  "Drown"

8)  Saving Abel  ~  "Drowning (Face Down)"

9)  Brittany Presser  ~  "Drown"

10)  Sarah Blackwood  ~  "Drowning"

11)  Street Light  ~  "Drowning"

12)  argonaut&wasp ~   "In The Drown"

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13)  Son Volt  ~  "Drown"

14)  Backstreet Boys  ~  "Drowning"  ("Boy band" enthusiasts: You're welcome. Everyone else: I'm truly sorry!)

15)  Tora  ~  "Drown"

16)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Drown"

17)  Three Days Grace  ~  "Drown"

18)  The Smithereens  ~  "Drown In My Own Tears"

19)  Coone & Substance One  ~  "Drowning"

20)  Ray Charles  ~  "Drowning In My Own Tears"

Songs By Scottish Artists

There is, again, a method to my madness. I was listening to a song by one of my favorite female singers the other day, and I remembered that she was Scottish. Then, off the top of my head, I recalled several other singers/bands that I liked who were also from Scotland. And so I thought, why not gather a bunch of good songs by well-known (and a few lesser-known) Scottish artists. Why not indeed? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Simple Minds  ~  "She's A River"

2)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Why"

3)  The Jesus And Mary Chain  ~  "Head On"

4)  Sheena Easton  ~  "For Your Eyes Only"

5)  Big Country  ~  "In A Big Country"

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6)  Camera Obscura  ~  "French Navy"

7)  The Proclaimers  ~  "I'm On My Way"

8)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  "Funny Little Frog"

9)  Primal Scream  ~  "It's Alright, It's OK"

10)  Rebecca Shearing  ~  "Paper Lung"

11)  Teenage Fanclub  ~  "Star Sign"

12)  Horse  ~  "Careful"

13)  Mogwai  ~  "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead"

14)  Emeli Sandé  ~ "Next To Me"

15)  Franz Ferdinand  ~  "Take Me Out"

16)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree"

17)  Paolo Nutini  ~  "Coming Up Easy"  (Weird video…and this is ME saying that. Think about THAT!)

18)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "This Is The Life"

19)  Del Amitri  ~  "Roll To Me"

20)  Rachel Sermanni  ~  "The Fog"

BONUS TRACK:  Susan Boyle  ~  "I Dreamed A Dream"  (Couldn't forget about her now, could I?)

Songs By Ladies Named Anna

Sometimes there's a distinct reason for the particular group of songs that I gather, and sometimes there's not. Sometimes I just feel like "discovering" new music, and so I engineer a way to randomly find new-to-me artists. Such is the case with this collection of songs. I enjoyed hearing some of these artists for the first time, and hearing again a couple of them with whom I was already familiar. Hope you'll enjoy them as well.  ~  JH

1)  Anna Eriksson  ~  "Mad Girl's Love Song"

2)  Anna Bergendahl  ~  "The Army"

3)  Anna Ternheim  ~  "Girl Laying Down"

4)  Anna F  ~  "Most Of All"

5)  Anna David  ~  "Something To Nothing"

6)  Anna Tatangelo  ~  "Averti Qui"  (Hope you are fluent in Italian – I'm not, but I still enjoyed the song. I had the lyrics translated online – they're good, too.)

7)  Anna Von Hausswolff  ~  "Funeral For My Future Children"  (Bleak title, cool song)

8)  Anna Tsuchiya  ~  "Black Tears"  (You speak Japanese, right? Great! Then you'll understand this song a little better than I did.)

9)  Anna Abreu  ~  "End Of Love"

10)  Anna Nalick  ~  "Breathe (2 AM)"

11)  Anna Vissi  ~  "Eleni"  (Being of Greek heritage myself, I wish I could speak the language of my ancestors. But alas, I can't, so I don't know what this song's talking about. But I like it.)

12)  Anna Graceman  ~  "So Complicated"  (This is a good song – but it seems weird that it was written and is being sung by a 10-year-old girl. I mean, good for her, but what does she know about the pain of love lost? Really…)

13)  Anna Blue  ~  "So Alone"

14)  Anna Kendrick  ~  "Cups (When I'm Gone)"  (I've posted this one here before – well, on my original blog – but it's too good not to repeat here)

15)  Anna Calvi  ~  "Blackout"

16)  Anna Waronker  ~  "Beautiful"

17)  Anna Fegi-Brown  ~  "I Thought I Knew Him So Well"

18)  Anna Rossinelli  ~  "In Love For A While"

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.)

Songs With "Save" In The Title

And we're back with more "Opposites" music posts. This installment: "Save" songs. Its followup: "Spend" songs. Ready, steady, go!  ~  JH

1)  Matthew West  ~  "Save A Place For Me"

2)  Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin  ~  "Save The World"

3)  The Fray  ~  "How To Save A Life"

4)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Save Me From Myself"

5)  Simple Plan  ~  "Save You"

6)  R. Kelly  ~  "U Saved Me"

7)  HAIM  ~  "Don't Save Me"

8)  Hillsong LIVE  ~  "Mighty To Save"  (As much as I like this song, this video could've been about half its current length if they hadn't repeated the bridge and chorus so many times. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing!)

9)  Jewel  ~  "Who Will Save Your Soul?"

10)  Eurythmics  ~  "I Saved The World Today"

11)  Gotye  ~  "Save Me"

12)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "You Save Me"

13)  Eagle-Eye Cherry  ~  "Save Tonight"

14)  Shinedown  ~  "Save Me"

15)  The Fixx  ~  "Saved By Zero"