Wednesday, September 13, 2017

“Taboo” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Taboo" Songs for your listening pleasure. No, there's nothing to be found here that's prohibited or restricted by social custom. Nothing forbidden, illegal, illicit, unmentionable, or unspeakable, either. Nonetheless, the word "taboo" – which, of course, means what all of the aforementioned terms and phrases describe – does appear in the title of each tune. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  September  ~  “Taboo”




2)  Santana ft. Derek Trucks  ~  “Taboo / The Calling”




3)  There Is No Mountain  ~  “Wave Of Taboo”




4)  CocoRosie  ~  “Smokey Taboo”




5)  Karne Murta  ~  “Swingin’ Taboo”




6)  Bloom Twins  ~  “Taboo”




7)  Alena Toymintseva  ~  “Taboo To Love”




8)  Don Omar  ~  “Taboo”




9)  Good Lovelies  ~  “Taboo”




10)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Is It Taboo?”




11)  Arthur Lyman Group  ~  “Taboo”




12)  Hannah Trigwell  ~  “Taboo”




13)  Jimi Sobara  ~  “Taboo”




14)  Emma van Heyn  ~  “Taboo”




15)  White Heart  ~  “No Taboo”




16)  Phy  ~  “Taboo”




17)  Flamingods  ~  “Taboo Groves”




18)  Sade  ~  “The Sweetest Taboo”




19)  Hugh Cornwell  ~  “Totem & Taboo”




20)  Connie Francis  ~  “Taboo”




21)  House Of Wallenberg ft. Ari Up  ~  “Sunshine Taboo”




22)  Sandra  ~  “No Taboo”




23)  Palladium Electric Band  ~  “Taboo”




24)  Tristan Prettyman  ~  “Taboo”




25)  Black Sugar Transmission  ~  “Taboo”


Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”




2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”




3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”




4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”




5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”




6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”




7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”




8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”




9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”




10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”




11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”




12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”




13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”




14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”





15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”




16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”




17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”




18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”




19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”




20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”




21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”




22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”




23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”




24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”





25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”





BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)


Monday, September 11, 2017

“Beloved” Songs

Everybody wants to be loved. But these songs want to be "Beloved." At least, their titles would lead you to think so. Some top-notch tunes to be listened to here. So get at 'em! And...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Kiesza  ~  “Dearly Beloved”




2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  “Beloved”




3)  Maureen O’Hara  ~  “And This Is My Beloved”




4)  Eels  ~  “My Beloved Monster”




5)  Bethel Music ft. Kalley Heiligenthal & William Matthews  ~  “My Beloved”




6)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Beloved Infidel”




7)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Beloved”




8)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Nearly Beloved”




9)  Garbage  ~  “Beloved Freak”




10)  Passion ft. Crowder  ~  “My Beloved”




11)  Natalie Merchant  ~  “Beloved Wife”




12)  Brigades  ~  “Dearly Beloved”




13)  Emily Jane White  ~  “My Beloved”




14)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Beloved”




15)  Minnie Driver  ~  “My Beloved”




16)  Alex Clare  ~  “Relax My Beloved”




17)  Kari Jobe  ~  “My Beloved”




18)  Anathema  ~  “The Beloved”




19)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Lover Beloved”




20)  Darlene Zschech ft. Pati Telea  ~  “Beloved (When I Survey)”




21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “John My Beloved”




22)  Ixchel Prisma  ~  “Beloved”




23)  Say Lou Lou  ~  “Beloved”




24)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tremble For My Beloved”




25)  Jo Burgess  ~  “Beloved”

Friday, September 8, 2017

"Obscure" Songs

You can't get any more "Obscure" than these songs...seeing as the word – in one form or another – appears in the title of each tune in this collection. Don't ask why – just enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Obscured”




2)  Solitude Aeturnus  ~  “Haunting The Obscure”




3)  Matt Berry  ~  “Obsessed And So Obscure”




4)  Lioness  ~  “Tastefully Obscure”




5)  Igor Prochazka Trio  ~  “Obscure Blues”




6)  Pariah  ~  “Blaze Of Obscurity”




7)  Markize  ~  “In The Obscure / Believe”




8)  Flowers For Bodysnatchers  ~  “The Obscure You Deserve"




9)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “Obscurity Knocks”




10)  Myon  ~  “Illusion Of Obscurity”




11)  The Black Orchids  ~  “Obscure Vision”




12)  Ash  ~  “Obscure Thing”




13)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Obscured By Clouds”




14)  Love Mason  ~  “Words Obscure The Truth”




15)  Andrin Haag  ~  “Obscurity”




16)  The Dirty Projectors  ~  “Obscure Wisdom”




17)  Annika Strand  ~  “Obscure"




18)  Cruel Season  ~  “Obscured”


Wednesday, September 6, 2017

“Pointless” Songs

These songs are not pointless! And yet they are. The point is, each of the songs in this collection contains the word "Pointless" somewhere in its title. Get the point? Now point, click, and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Pointless”




2)  Twin Danger  ~  “Pointless Satisfaction”




3)  Jordan Sweeto  ~  “Pointless”




4)  The Brilliant Things  ~  “Pointless”




5)  Light FM  ~  “Pointless”




6)  Hollie Stephenson  ~  “Pointless Rebellion”




7)  Ironyc  ~  “Pointless Battle”




8)  PJ Harvey & John Parish  ~  “Passionless, Pointless”




9)  Boyinaband  ~  “Pointless Fast Rap”




10)  Armor For Sleep  ~  “Pointless Forever”




11)  Tammin Sursok  ~  “Pointless Relationship”




12)  Antifreeze  ~  “Pointless Emotion”




13)  Conya Doss  ~  “Pointless”




14)  Alex Davies  ~  “Pointless Things”




15)  Gareth Skinner  ~  “Yer Pointless Life”




16)  Ben Lee  ~  “Pointless Beauty”




17)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Pointless Drinking”




18)  See This Through  ~  “Pointless Pursuit”




19)  Melanie Johnson  ~  “Pointless”




20)  Born Ruffians  ~  “When Things Get Pointless, I Roll Away”




21)  LoLo  ~  “Pointless”




22)  Headless Circus  ~  “Pointless Funk”




23)  Jamie Cullum  ~  “Pointless Nostalgic”




24)  Amber Norgaard  ~  “Pointless”




25)  Rodrigo Flausino  ~  “Pointless Race”