“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 1

Several weeks ago, I did a miniseries of posts featuring "Real" and "Fake" songs. In the end, I had way too many solid "Real" songs left over to waste. So there's this post, and the one that follows it. Good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Imaginary Lover”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Real Love”

3)  Evanescence  ~  “Imaginary”

4)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

5)  Telekinesis  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Real World”

7)  Soup  ~  “Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend”

8)  Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne  ~  “Real Love”

9)  Circa Survive  ~  “Imaginary Enemy”

10)  Van Morrison  ~  “Real Real Gone”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Three Imaginary Boys”

12)  Florrie  ~  “Real Love”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “Imaginary Person”

14)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Real Love”

15)  Jack Bruce  ~  “Theme For An Imaginary Western”

16)  Hozier  ~  “Like Real People Do”

17)  Kaitlin Riegel  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

18)  Frank Sinatra & The Quincy Jones Big Band  ~  “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”

19)  IAMX  ~  “Song Of Imaginary Beings”

20)  Hillsong Young & Free  ~  “Real Love”

21)  Mocca  ~  “Imaginary Girlfriend”

22)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Here In The Real World”

23)  The New Velvet  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

24)  George Michael ft. Mutya Buena  ~  “This Is Not Real Love”

25)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Imaginary Friends”

Songs About Tickling

This...because, why the heck not? (Who knew there'd be enough of these to fill a post?) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taj Mahal  ~  “Satisfied ’N’ Tickled Too”

2)  Johnny Flynn  ~  “Tickle Me Pink”

3)  Kriss Mincey  ~  “Tickle Me Love”

4)  Squeeze  ~  “Slap And Tickle”

5)  Color Theory  ~  “The Rule Of Tickles”

6)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Ticklish”

7)  Eyes Lips Eyes  ~  “Tickle”

8)  Ragga Dee  ~  “Tickle Me”

9)  Lily Shea  ~  “Tickle My Body”

10)  Jesse Winchester  ~  “You Tickle Me”

11)  Peter Black  ~  “Tickle”

12)  4Minute  ~  “Tickle Tickle Tickle”

13)  Ceili Rain  ~  “It Only Tickles When You Do It”

14)  The Fabulous McCleverty Brothers  ~  “Tickle, Tickle”

15)  Jo Ann Castle  ~  “Tickle The Ivories Rag”

16)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”

17)  Arlo Guthrie  ~  “St. Louis Tickle”

18)  Carly Simon  ~  “Are You Ticklish?”

19)  John Grant  ~  “Grey Tickles, Black Pressure”

20)  Shel Silverstein  ~  “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too”

21)  Candy Hearts  ~  “Ticklish”

22)  Seafog  ~  “Ticklish Feelings”

23)  Buck Owens  ~  “It Tickles”

24)  Sandy Hill ~   “I’m Tickled Pink”

25)  Blind Melon  ~  “Tickled Pink”

“Interesting” Songs

These songs – at least, if their titles are to be believed – are "Interesting." And for the most part, they're just as advertised. Even the ones by artists I've never heard of. Maybe especially those. It's a small set of songs. So...enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Morrissey  ~  “Interesting Drug”

2)  Chester French  ~  “Interesting Times”

3)  Tony Schofield’s Vanity Project ft. Sophie Armstrong  ~  “Interesting Stranger”

4)  Sam Outlaw  ~  “Keep It Interesting”

5)  Posse  ~  “Interesting Thing No. 2”

6)  Asonat  ~  “Rather Interesting”

7)  Dead Shed Jokers  ~  “Interesting Point, But…”

8)  Was (Not Was)  ~  “Semi-Interesting Week”

9)  Carole Bayer Sager  ~  “You’re Interesting”

10)  Ideamen  ~  “Interesting Times”

11)  Andreas Florin  ~  “Interesting Appearance”

12)  Tom Kubis  ~  “An Interesting Choice”

13)  American Anymen  ~  “Destroy Interesting”

14)  One Horse Land  ~  “Interesting Times”

15)  Peter Allen  ~  “Interesting Changes”

"Relief" Songs

After weeks of speculation, anxiety, uncertainty, and the like, I can now breathe a huge sigh of relief. (If you know me personally, you'll know to what I'm referring.) In light of that, here's a bunch of songs with the word "Relief" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sixx:A.M.  ~  “Relief”

2)  Chris Garneau  ~  “Relief”

3)  Mason Jennings  ~  “No Relief”

4)  Grendel  ~  “Bitter Days Of Relief”

5)  Kimbra  ~  “Sweet Relief”

6)  The Radio Dept.  ~  “Always A Relief”

7)  Michaila Jacobson  ~  “Cosmic Relief”

8)  Wolves At The Gate  ~  “Relief”

9)  Vivid Recollection  ~  “Relief”

10)  The Dodos ft. Stargaze Orchestra  ~  “Relief”

11)  Johnny Miles  ~  “Sweet Sigh Of Relief”

12)  Mariah Wester  ~  “Relief”

13)  Switch Violet  ~  “Can’t Get No Relief”

14)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Relief Next To Me”

15)  Ola Podrida  ~  “Some Sweet Relief”

16)  Delirium Cordia ft. Marcela Bovio  ~  “Getting No Relief”

17)  RDZJB  ~  “Rectangle Relief”

18)  Me Not You  ~  “Relief”

19)  Chris and Thomas  ~  “Dreaming Of Relief”

20)  Picastro  ~  “Mountain Relief”

21)  DAWA  ~  “Relief”

22)  MIRA  ~  “Relief”

23)  Coastal Cities  ~  “Relief”

24)  The Family Of Man  ~  “Bittersweet Relief”

25)  The Aristocrats  ~  “Pressure Relief”

"Songs About" Songs

Here's a bunch of "Songs About" Songs. Which tells you, basically, nothing. Okay, let's try again. Here's a bunch of songs that, by their titles, claim to be "Songs About" (or a "Song About") something. Within, you'll find "Songs About" love, your girlfriend, space, dying, an angel, a priest, trucks, your car, rain, and another song about rain, just to name a few. Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  Trace Adkins  ~  “Songs About Me”

2)  Jake Bugg  ~  “A Song About Love”

3)  Los Campesinos!  ~  “Songs About Your Girlfriend”

4)  Alana Henderson  ~  “Song About A Song”

5)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “Joy Will Find A Way (A Song About Dying)”

6)  Reese Lansangan  ~  “A Song About Space”

7)  Gary Allan  ~  “Songs About Rain”

8)  Cracker  ~  “Another Song About The Rain”

9)  Sunny Day Real Estate  ~  “Song About An Angel”

10)  Bastian Baker  ~  “Song About A Priest”

11)  Wade Bowen  ~  “Songs About Trucks”

12)  Frank Hamilton & Danica Hunter  ~  “Song About A Weekend”

13)  Mike Doughty  ~  “I Wrote A Song About Your Car”

14)  Glen Campbell ft. Brenda Lee, Seals & Crofts, & Lonnie Shorr  ~  “Let’s All Sing A Song About It”

15)  Olly Murs  ~  “This Song Is About You”

16)  Wheatus  ~  “I’d Never Write A Song About You”

17)  Eric Paslay  ~  “Song About A Girl”

18)  Deer Tick  ~  “Song About A Man”

19)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “A Song About Love”

20)  MNEK  ~  “Wrote A Song About You”