"Free" & "Bound" Songs

You just had to know we were overdue for another "Opposites" post, right? This one's a bit of a stretch, in that the words "Free" and "Bound" both have multiple meanings, several of which are explored here. But technically they're still opposites. Some really good songs here, if I do say so myself. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Kid Rock  ~  "Born Free"

2)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Bound To You"

3)  Rudimental ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  "Free"

4)  Hammerfall  ~  "Bloodbound"

5)  Tom Petty  ~  "Free Fallin'"

6)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "Homeward Bound"

7)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  "To Be Free"

8)  Jerry Reed  ~  "Eastbound And Down"

9)  Graffiti6  ~  "Free"

10)  Paul Brandt  ~  "Alberta Bound"

11)  Haley Reinhart  ~  "Free"

12)  Local H  ~  "Bound For The Floor"

13)  En Vogue  ~  "Free Your Mind"

14)  dc Talk  ~  "Heaven Bound"  (Woooowwww…this is pretty bad! Way back when, you would've never known that TobyMac [the "rapper" here] was headed for bigger and better things if this is all you had to go on!)

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  "Free To Be Me"

16)  Indiana  ~  "Bound"

17)  Donavon Frankenreiter  ~  "Free"

18)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  "Bound For Glory"

19)  Daniel Powter  ~  "Free Loop"

20)  Gangstagrass  ~  "Bound To Ride"  (A bluegrass/hip-hop hybrid band? Yes, please!)

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21)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Love Is Free"

22)   Angry Anderson  ~  "Bound For Glory"  (Not the same as song #18 above.)

23)  Edgar Winter  ~  "Free Ride"

24)  Cake  ~  "Bound Away"

25)   Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Free Bird"

Songs By What-The-What Bands

Here's yet another music post born out of my desire to include a particular song and having no other good reason to do so. So I made something up. As it will quickly become obvious, all the bands represented here have a word (be it a verb, noun, or preposition), then the word "the", and another word in their names. For example, Foster The People, Minus The Bear, Cage The Elephant, etc. Apparently, this particular band-naming technique has been going on for quite some time yet has become more and more prevalent in recent years – so I had oodles of bands to choose from. These are the ones that made the cut. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Foster The People  ~  "Coming Of Age"

2)  Mott The Hoople  ~  "All The Young Dudes"

3)  Over The Rhine  ~  "The Laugh Of Recognition"

4)  Between The Trees  ~  "The Way She Feels"

5)  Cage The Elephant  ~  "Back Against The Wall"

6)  Walk The Moon  ~  "Tightrope"

7)  Said The Whale  ~  "Camilo (The Magician)"

8)  Minus The Bear  ~  "Hold Me Down"

9)  Saves The Day  ~  "Deranged & Desperate"

10)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  "All I Want"

11)  Young The Giant  ~  "Cough Syrup"

12)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Evil Friends"

13)  We Are The Fallen  ~  "Bury Me Alive"  (OK, so this one doesn't technically fit the theme [since both a subject and verb precede the "the"], but this post was short on female-fronted bands and this was a good song, so there ya go!)

14)  HORSE The Band  ~  "Shapeshift"

15)  Swallow The Sun ft. Anette Olzon  ~  "Cathedral Walls"

16)  Jukebox The Ghost  ~  "Somebody"

17)  Stone The Crows  ~  "Freedom Road"

18)  After The Fire  ~  "Der Kommissar"

19)  Bomb The Bass ft. The Battle Of Land And Sea  ~  "Up The Mountain"

20)  JEFF The Brotherhood  ~  "U Got The Look"

21)  Dry The River  ~  "No Rest"

22)   Donna The Buffalo  ~  "Locket And Key"

23)  Verb The Noun  ~  "Gary Busey Hairline"  (Great band name and song title! Ha, ha!)

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24)  Haste The Day  ~  "Stitches"

25)   Sound The Alarm  ~  "Suffocating"

"Release" Songs

Here's that other collection of songs I was telling you about. The one with all those songs with the word "Release" in the titles. The follow-up to all those songs with "Catch" in the titles, remember? Well, okay then, enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Release"

2)  Agnes  ~  "Release Me"

3)  Bob Dylan ft. Norah Jones  ~  "I Shall Be Released"

4)   Surrender Reality  ~  "Release Me"

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5)  Nomad Clientele  ~  "Release"

6)  Ashtray Electric & Gazelle  ~  "Release"

7)  Jack's Mannequin  ~  "Release Me"

8)  Vickie Winans  ~  "Release It"

9)  Leftfield  ~  "Release The Pressure"

10)  Kaya Jones  ~  "Release The Energy"

11)  Red  ~  "Release The Panic"

12)  Oh Laura  ~  "Release Me"

13)  Engelbert Humperdinck  ~  "Release Me"

14)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Release Me"

15)  Silversun Pickups  ~  "Catch And Release"

"Catch" Songs

Because I have nothing better to do with my time (yeah, right!), here's another two-part "Opposites" music collection for your listening pleasure. This is a set of songs with "Catch" in the title. Next up, a group of songs with "Release" in the title. Get it? "Catch" and "Release"? Catch and Release? Of course you get it! It's not rocket surgery! So, without further adieu, here they are. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Chuck Berry  ~  "You Can't Catch Me"

2)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Catch My Breath"

3)  Bart Claessen ft. Denise Rivera  ~  "Catch Me"

4)  Pretty Poison  ~  "Catch Me (I'm Falling)"

5)  Walking On Cars  ~  "Catch Me If You Can"

6)  Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell  ~  "Catch The Moon"

7)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Catch My Death"

8)  Jess Moskaluke  ~  "Catch Me If You Can"

9)  Rehab  ~  "Can't Catch Up"

10)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  "Catch You"

11)  Real Life  ~  "Catch Me I'm Falling"

12)  Fall Out Boy ft. Elvis Costello, Gabe Saporta, Travis McCoy, Brendon Urie, Doug Does, Alex DeLeon, & William Beckett  ~  "What A Catch, Donnie"

13)  Kosheen  ~  "Catch"

14)  Tech N9ne  ~  "Who Do I Catch"

15)  Newton Faulkner  ~  "Dream Catch Me"