Songs About Swallowing

These songs aren’t all about the act of allowing food or drink to pass down one’s throat. Some of them are about the metaphorical swallowing of intangible things, like pride and such. Still others are about swift-flying, migratory songbirds. Just call it Triple-Meaning Friday. Which isn’t a catchy phrase at all, actually. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bush  ~  “Swallowed”

2)  Rhys  ~  “Swallow Your Pride”

3)  NewSong  ~  “Swallow The Ocean (Coming Alive)”

4)  The Hearing  ~  “Swallow”

5)  Bombay Bicycle Club  ~  “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?”

6)  Jewel  ~  “Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)”

7)  The National  ~  “Don’t Swallow The Cap”

8)  Yo-Yo Ma & Wu Tong  ~  “Yanzi (Swallow Song)”

9)  Wailin’ Jennys  ~  “Swallow”

10)  Coldplay  ~  “Swallowed In The Sea”

11)  Crystal Fighters  ~  “Swallow”

12)  Toni Gibson  ~  “She’s Like The Swallow”

13)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Swallowed Whole”

14)  Judy Collins & The Muppets  ~  “Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”

15)  morgxn  ~  “Hard Pill To Swallow”

16)  Wolf Alice  ~  “Swallowtail”

17)  Ramones  ~  “Swallow My Pride”

18)  brokeMC  ~  “Swallow You Whole”

19)  The Lennon Sisters  ~  “When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano”

20)  The Autumn Defense  ~  “The Swallows Of London”

21)  Souleen  ~  “Swallow”

22)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Pride’s Not Hard To Swallow”

23)  Teach Me Equals  ~  “Swallow The Smoke”

24)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”  (Nope, the word “swallow” doesn’t appear in the title of this song. But it’s all over the place in the chorus, which is repeated multiple times, of course. So here it is…)

25)  Della Lupa   ~ “Storm Of Swallows”

26)  Brandon Flowers  ~  “Swallow It”

27)  Lorena B  ~  “Swallow My Gum”

28)  Lorena B  ~  “Swallow My Gum 2”  (Rarely if ever have I posted a “sequel” to a song, especially within the same post. But frankly, they’re fairly unusual, so I suppose it’s no real wonder after all.)

29)  Billy Bragg  ~  “Swallow My Pride”

30)  Hilary Grist  ~  “Swallow Me Up”

31)  Ólafur Arnalds  ~  “Gleypa Okkur (Swallow Us)”

32)  Shreddy Krueger  ~  “The Sky Will Swallow Us Whole”  (I don’t usually go for songs in the “screamo” genre – or whatever they’re calling it these days – but this was really well-done. Nice mix of “clean” and “unclean” vocals.)

33)  Laura Gibson  ~  “Crow/Swallow”

34)  Teenage Wrist  ~  “Swallow”

35)  Katie Melua & Gori Women’s Choir  ~  “The Little Swallow”  (You may hear the tune of this song and correctly recognize it as identical to the “Carol of the Bells.” However, this Ukrainian-language version came first. An American songwriter penned English lyrics to the tune sometime later.)

36)  Postcards From Mars  ~  “Swallow”

Songs About Feelings, Vol. 2

Y'all feeling these "Feelings"? Well, good, 'cuz here's another set of songs about them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paramore  ~  “Feeling Sorry”

2)  Flo Rida  ~  “Good Feeling”

3)  McKenzie Small  ~  “Caught Feelings”

4)  Journey  ~  “Feeling That Way”

5)  Justin Bieber ft. Halsey  ~  “The Feeling”

6)  Eels  ~  “Fresh Feeling”

7)  Tennis  ~  “I Miss That Feeling”

8)  Scorpions ft. Dimitra Kokkori  ~  “Born To Touch Your Feelings”

9)  Alabama Shakes  ~  “This Feeling”

10)  Morris Albert  ~  “Feelings”

11)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Feelings Show”

12)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Can’t Fight This Feeling”

13)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Feelings”

14)  Eagles  ~  “Peaceful Easy Feeling”

15)  Allison Moorer  ~  “When You Wake Up Feeling Bad”

16)  Social Distortion  ~  “Cold Feelings”

17)  Regina Spektor  ~  “One More Time With Feeling”

18)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again”

19)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “4th Street Feeling”

20)  Nazareth  ~  “Carry Out Feelings”

21)  Avicii ft. Audra Mae  ~  “Feeling Good”

22)  Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty  ~  “Feelin’s”

23)  Feeder  ~  “Feeling A Moment”

24)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Feeling Of Falling”

25)  Moloko  ~  “Familiar Feeling”

Songs About Feelings, Vol. 1

"Feelings." Everybody's got 'em. Some people write songs about them. Actually, a lot of people do. Here's part one of two. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Irene Cara  ~  “Flashdance (What A Feeling)”

2)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Catching Feelings”

3)  Alison Krauss  ~  “I’ve Got That Old Feeling”

4)  Babyface  ~  “And Our Feelings”

5)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Cut To The Feeling”

6)  Tom Jones  ~  “Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings”

7)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Finer Feelings”

8)  Blue Swede  ~  “Hooked On A Feeling”

9)  Tinashe  ~  “This Feeling”

10)  Justin Timberlake  ~  “Can’t Stop The Feeling!”

11)  Dagny  ~  “That Feeling When”

12)  Boston  ~  “More Than A Feeling”

13)  Tiffany  ~  “Feelings Of Forever”

14)  Maze ft. Frankie Beverly  ~  “Happy Feelin’s”

15)  Patty Loveless ft. John Denver  ~  “Feelings Of Love”

16)  Man Overboard  ~  “How To Hide Your Feelings”

17)  BB Diamond  ~  “Feeling”

18)  Feeder  ~  “Just The Way I’m Feeling”

19)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “I Gotta Feeling”

20)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “No Hard Feelings”

21)  Best Coast  ~  “Feeling Ok”

22)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Feelings”

23)  Kellie Pickler  ~  “Feeling Tonight”

24)  Avicii ft. Conrad Sewell  ~  “Taste The Feeling”  (R.I.P. Avicii. This guy could make a catchy song about anything, up to and including Coca-Cola.)

25)  Josephina  ~  “Feelings”

Songs About California, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 (of 2) featuring Songs About California. These are the ones by all the guys. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Dani California”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “California Girls”  (The first 3 minutes or so are where you’ll hear the song. The rest of the video is a rather halfhearted comedy routine that didn’t make me laugh even once. Maybe you’ll have better luck, though.)

3)  Weezer  ~  “California Kids”

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “California”

5)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre  ~  “California Love”

6)  Paper Tongues  ~  “Ride To California”

7)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “California Waiting”

8)  Delta Spirit  ~  “California”

9)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

10)  Peace  ~  “California Daze”

11)  John Mayer  ~  “Queen Of California”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “It Never Rains In Southern California”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “California”

14)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “California”

15)  R.E.M.  ~  “I Remember California”

16)  Carolina Liar  ~  “California Bound”

17)  Roy Orbison  ~  “California Blue” 

18)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “California Wasted”

19)  Ramones  ~  “California Sun”

20)  Shawn Mullins  ~  “California”

21)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “California”

22)  Phantom Planet  ~  “California”

23)  Big & Rich  ~  “California”

24)  Noah Gundersen  ~  “California”

25)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “California English”