“Blood” & “Guts” Songs

Chill out, it's not as gruesome as it sounds. For the most part, at least. Here you have a collection of songs with either the word "Blood" or "Guts" (or "Gut") in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. Check 'em out!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Elisha Bones  ~  “Guts”

3)  The Cure  ~  “The Blood”

4)  DEVO  ~  “Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy”

5)  Incubus  ~  “Blood On The Ground”

6)  Chela  ~  “Guts”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Blood On Blood”

8)  Versus You  ~  “Guts”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Blood For Poppies”

10)  Artis Family Band  ~  “Gut Bucket Texas Blues”  (Holy moly, this is good stuff!!!)

11)  Holly Brook  ~  “Like Blood, Like Honey”

12)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Gut Reaction”

13)  Foals  ~  “Blue Blood”

14)  Misty Miller  ~  “Gut”

15)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Power In The Blood”

16)  Pandra Vox  ~  “Got Guts”

17)  Coldplay  ~  “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

18)  That One Guy  ~  “Bring Me A Bucket Of Guts”  (Hands down, the weirdest performance I’ve seen/heard all year. Granted, the year is young…)

19)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood”

20)  Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones  ~  “Guts & Steel”

21)  Peter Gabriel ft. Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Blood Of Eden”

22)  Bella Ruse  ~  “Gumption & Guts”

23)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

24)  Liv Austen  ~  “The Guts You Always Had”

25)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Bad Blood”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 3

One more round for old time's sake. "Heavy" & "Light" songs. Aaannnddd... Go!  ~  JH

1)  Zac Brown Band ft. Chris Cornell  ~  “Heavy Is The Head”

2)  Lauren Daigle  ~  “Light Of The World”

3)  Mali Music  ~  “Heavy Love”

4)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Light Up The Dark”

5)  Local Natives  ~  “Heavy Feet”

6)  Mutemath  ~  “Light Up”

7)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “It’s So Heavy”

8)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “I Saw The Light”

9)  Lacey Sturm ft. Geno Lenardo  ~  “Heavy Prey”

10)  The City Harmonic  ~  “Let There Be Light”

11)  Gossip  ~  “Heavy Cross”

12)  The Black Keys  ~  “Everlasting Light”

13)  Madi Diaz  ~  “Heavy Heart”

14)  Newworldson  ~  “Learning To Be The Light”

15)  The Joy Formidable  ~  “A Heavy Abacus”

16)  The Afters  ~  “Light Up The Sky”

17)  Styx  ~  “Heavy Water”

18)  Trace Adkins  ~  “Every Light In The House”

19)  Wolfmother  ~  “Heavy Weight”

20)  Matisyahu  ~  “I Will Be Light”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Heavy" and "Light" songs. Aren't you excited? No? Well, listen to 'em anyway. It'll do you some good. Or at least it'll pass the time enjoyably. Whichever.  ~  JH

1)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Ain’t It Heavy?”

2)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Light Years Away”

3)  Golden Earring  ~  “Something Heavy Going Down”

4)  Ellie Holcomb  ~  “Marvelous Light”

5)  Phish  ~  “Heavy Things”

6)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Blue Light, Red Light”

7)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Heavy Horses”

8)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “Blinded By The Light”

9)  Kyla La Grange  ~  “Heavy Stone”

10)  Bethel Music ft. Jeremy Riddle  ~  “In Your Light”

11)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  “Heavydirtysoul”

12)  Orianthi  ~  “Light Of Manos”

13)  The Black Keys  ~  “Heavy Soul”

14)  Rita Ora  ~  “Lover Of The Light”

15)  Andy Grammer  ~  “The Heavy And The Slow”

16)  Joey + Rory  ~  “Turning To The Light”

17)  Damon Albarn  ~  “Heavy Seas Of Love”

18)  Debby Boone  ~  “You Light Up My Life”

19)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Heavy In Your Arms”

20)  Beck  ~  “Waking Light”

21)  Blake Shelton  ~  “Heavy Liftin’”

22)  Madonna  ~  “Ray Of Light”

23)  Anastacia  ~  “Heavy On My Heart”

24)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up)”

25)  First Aid Kit  ~  “Heavy Storm”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 1

As I often do, I came up with a new "Opposites" post that I haven't explored previously. And as I often do, I went a bit overboard. This collection – featuring songs with the words "Heavy" or "Light" in their titles – will span three separate posts. Hang with me, 'cuz there's some good songs in here. Ready... steady...go!  ~  JH

1)  The Hollies  ~  “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”

2)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Turn Off The Light”

3)  U.D.O.  ~  “Heavy Rain”

4)  Birdy  ~  “Light Me Up”

5)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”

6)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  “Yellow Light”

7)  Peter Green  ~  “Heavy Heart”

8)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Red Morning Light”

9)  Dire Straits  ~  “Heavy Fuel”

10)  The Green Children  ~  “Feel The Light”

11)  Bachman  ~  “Heavy Blues”

12)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Night Light”

13)  Rollins Band  ~  “Love’s So Heavy”

14)  Santana ft. Everlast  ~  “Put Your Lights On”

15)  Collective Soul  ~  “Heavy”

16)  Annie Lennox  ~  “Shining Light”

17)  Paul Weller  ~  “Heavy Soul”

18)  U2  ~  “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)”

19)  Alabama Shakes  ~  “Heavy Chevy”

20)  Phil Collins  ~  “Dance Into The Light”

21)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Heavy Heart”

22)  3 Doors Down  ~  “One Light”

23)  Status Quo  ~  “Heavy Traffic”

24)  Disturbed  ~  “The Light”

25)  Sting  ~  “Heavy Cloud, No Rain”

Songs With Celebrities’ Name In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here you have the second and final installment in a series of Songs With Celebrities' Names In The Titles. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Don McLean  ~  “Vincent”  (Van Gogh, that is)

2)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “Marilyn Monroe”

3)  Dire Straits  ~  “Calling Elvis”

4)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Sylvia Plath”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

6)  Warpaint  ~  “Billie Holiday”

7)  Saint Motel  ~  “Benny Goodman”

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Night Hank Williams Came To Town”

9)  CAKE  ~  “Frank Sinatra”

10)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  “Hey Jack Kerouac”

11)  Phantogram  ~  “Bill Murray”

12)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Brian Wilson”

13)  Bananarama  ~  “Robert De Niro’s Waiting”

14)  Sleeping With Sirens  ~  “If I’m James Dean, Then You’re Audrey Hepburn”  (Two for the price of one! Too bad the song's only halfway decent.)

15)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”