"Loose" & "Tight" Songs

Here we have a collection of songs with either the word "Loose" or "Tight" (or both) in their titles. Why? Because that's just the kind of guy that I am, that's why. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Loose Ends"

2)  The First  ~  "Sit Tight"

3)  The Rescues  ~  "Let Loose The Horses"

4)  The Creepshow ft. Sarah Blackwood  ~  "Sleep Tight"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3YIWr-dP04&index=2

5)  Son Volt  ~  "Loose String"

6)  Snakadaktal  ~  "Hung On Tight"

7)  Loverboy  ~  "Turn Me Loose"

8)  Solomon Burke & De Dijk  ~  "Hold On Tight"

9)  Agnetha Fältskog  ~  "Can't Shake Loose"

10)  Luke Sital-Singh ~  "Bottled Up Tight"

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "I Can't Turn You Loose"

12)  Marlango ft. Jorge Drexler  ~  "Hold Me Tight"

13)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

14)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?)"

15)  Vince Gill  ~  "Turn Me Loose"

16)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Hold On Tight"

17)  Neil Finn  ~  "Loose Tongue"

18)  Tara Kemp  ~  "Hold You Tight"

19)  Amos Lee  ~  "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight"

20)  Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis  ~  "(Baby) Hold Me Tight"

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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfTYcH2-54&index=2

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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxEQiJxHoxA

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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2o_Go4QWI&index=2

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"