Songs About Explosives, Vol. 1

You want bombs? We got 'em! Hand grenades? Right here! Landmines, T.N.T., dynamite, and napalm? No problem! Step right up and enjoy this collection of songs about explosives! And since there were so many good ones to choose from, there will be a Volume 2! BOOM!!!!  ~  JH

1)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Grenade"

2)  St. Vincent  ~  "Landmines"

3)  Taio Cruz  ~  "Dynamite"

4)  Rancid  ~  "Time Bomb"

5)  AC/DC  ~  "T.N.T."

6)  The Almost  ~  "Hand Grenade"

7)  Billy Talent  ~  "Diamond On A Landmine"

8)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Bigger Than Dynamite"

9)  Oasis  ~  "Love Like A Bomb"

10)  Bedroom Eyes  ~  "Hand-In-Hand Grenade"

11)  Allyson Ezell  ~  "Landmine"

12)   Brenda Lee  ~  "Dynamite"

13)  Third Day  ~  "Hit Me Like A Bomb"

14)  All Time Low  ~  "Time-Bomb"

15)  Tenth Electric  ~  "Grenade"

16)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  "Dynamite"

17)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Cherry Bomb"

18)  R.E.M.  ~  "The Wake-Up Bomb"

19)  The Gap Band  ~  "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"

20)  AIR  ~  "Napalm Love"

"Crooked" Songs

Here's the follow-up to that "Straight" songs post from the other day. In case you care to check it out. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Crooked Teeth"

2)  OTEP  ~  "Crooked Spoons"

3)  Soundgarden  ~  "By Crooked Steps"

4)  Tenille  ~  "Pictures On A Crooked Wall"

5)  Therapy?  ~  "Crooked Timber"

6)  The Dixie Bee Liners  ~  "Down On The Crooked Road"

7)  The Acorn ~  "Crooked Legs"

8)  Annie Bosko  ~  "Crooked Halo"

9)  J. Cole  ~  "Crooked Smile"

10)  Wussy  ~  "Crooked"

11)  Gas Huffer  ~  "Crooked Bird"

12)   Helen Boulding  ~  "Crooked Tooth"

13)  Derek Webb  ~  "Crooked Deep Down"

14)  Black Prairie  ~  "Crooked Little Heart"

15)  Darrell Scott  ~  "A Crooked Road"

16)  Megan Landry  ~  "Crooked Lullaby"

17)  Radical Face  ~  "The Crooked Kind"

18)  Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands  ~  "The Crooked Miles"

19)  The Vatican Cellars  ~  "The Same Crooked Worm"

20)  Dana Falconberry  ~  "Crooked River"

"Straight" Songs

Yes, indeedy! Another "Opposites" music post, up in here, up in here! Here we have a collection of songs with the word "Straight" in their titles. And thank you for asking, but no, the follow-up post will not be "Gay" songs. It will be "Crooked" ones.  Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tonic  ~  "Head On Straight"

2)  Silverchair  ~  "Straight Lines"

3)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Straight Lines"

4)  David Sanborn  ~  "Straight To The Heart"

5)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Straight From The Heart"

6)  Dawn Landes  ~  "Straight Lines"

7)  Toto  ~  "Straight For The Heart"

8)  John Hiatt  ~  "Straight Outta Time"

9)  Crystal Gayle  ~  "Straight To The Heart"

10)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Straight Into Darkness"

11)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Straight Time"

12)  Heart  ~  "Straight On"

13)  Mikeschair  ~  "Straight To Your Heart"

14)  Richard Marx  ~  "Straight From My Heart"

15)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Straight Up"

16)  Bad English  ~  "Straight To Your Heart"

17)  The Mamas And The Papas  ~  "Straight Shooter"

18)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Run Straight Down"

19)  Indica  ~  "Straight And Arrow"

20)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Straight From The Heart"

What "Life Is"...According To These Artists, At Least

Depending on the artist, you either should or should not take their word for "what life is." Here's a mixed bag of the good, the bad, and the ugly things that  life can be. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Stellar Kart  ~  "Life Is Good"

2)  The Afters  ~  "Life Is Beautiful"

3)  Beth Hart  ~  "Life Is Calling"  (That dude [?] at the beginning is Creepsville!)

4)  Greeley Estates  ~  "Life Is A Garden"

5)  Ronan Keating  ~  "Life Is A Rollercoaster"

6)  Ayo  ~  Life Is Real"

7)  Sixx:A.M.  ~  "Life Is Beautiful"

8)  Coldplay  ~  "Life Is For Living"

9)  Ace Of Base  ~  "Life Is A Flower"

10)  Tom Cochrane  ~  "Life Is A Highway"

11)  Noah And The Whale  ~  "Life Is Life"

12)  Natalie Merchant  ~  "Life Is Sweet"

13)  Faber Drive  ~  "Life Is Waiting"

14)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  "Life Is Hard"

15)  Carly Simon  ~  "Life Is Eternal"  (You'd think she'd be rich enough to buy a coat that fits! Sheesh!)

16)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  "Life Is Better With You"

17)  The Band  ~  "Life Is A Carnival"

18)  Chaka Khan  ~  "Life Is A Dance"

19)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Life Is A Long Song"

20)  Forgive Durden  ~  "Life Is Looking Up"

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "Life Is A River"

22)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  "Life Is A Song Worth Singing"

23)  Jason Castro  ~  "Life Is Beautiful"

24)  10cc  ~  "Life Is A Minestrone"  (Really? A minestrone? #smh)

25)  Dean Martin & Gisele MacKenzie  ~  "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries"

"See" + "Saw" Songs

Rare is the occasion – okay, make that never – when I have come up with an idea for a post for the express purpose of including a Wiz Khalifa song. It hasn't happened before, and probably will never happen again. But it's a good song, and so are the other ones I found, all of which include either the word "See" or "Saw" – or both – in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Seether  ~  "See You At The Bottom"

2)  Chanté Moore  ~  "Guess Who I Saw Today"

3)  Five Finger Death Punch  ~  "Hard To See"

4)  David Crowder  ~  "I Saw The Light" / "I'll Fly Away"

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "I See You, You See Me"

6)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

7)  Passenger  ~  "I See Love"

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I Saw A Man"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "How You See The World"

10)  The Beatles  ~  "I Saw Her Standing There"

11)  Mika  ~  "I See You"

12)  Sara Groves  ~  "I Saw What I Saw"

13)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

14)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  "I Saw The Light"

15)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth  ~  "See You Again"

16)  Warrant  ~  "I Saw Red"

17)  The Kooks  ~  "See Me Now"

18)  Roberta Flack  ~  "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

19)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "See Saw"

20)  Ray Stevens  ~  "I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O."

21)  The Script  ~  "If You See Kay"

22)  Gary Barlow  ~  "Since I Saw You Last"

23)  Dido  ~  "See The Sun"

24)  Beth Orton  ~  "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

25)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Ride My See-Saw"