“Do” Or “Die” Songs, Vol. 1

Because my modus operandi is to come up what I think is a great idea for a post and then proceed to get utterly carried away with it, here's part 1 of what will be a 4-part series of posts featuring songs with the words "Do" or "Die" in their titles. Why ask why? Just listen and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Love Me Like You Do”

2)  Alicia Keys & Jack White  ~  “Another Way To Die”

3)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Do I Wanna Know?”

4)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “Live And Let Die”

5)  Bryan Adams  ~  “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”

6)  Boyce Avenue  ~  “When The Lights Die”

7)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Do I”

8)  Jann Arden  ~  “I Would Die For You”

9)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “I Do”

10)  The Band Perry  ~  “If I Die Young”

11)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)”

12)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “(Forever) Live And Die”

13)  Kutless  ~  “What Faith Can Do”

14)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “About To Die”

15)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “What’ll I Do”

16)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)”

17)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Do It Anyway”

18)  Tarja  ~  “Die Alive”

19)  Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren  ~  “Loving You’s A Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)”

20)  TobyMac ft. NF  ~  “’Til The Day I Die”

21)  Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin  ~  “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?”

22)  Thomas Rhett  ~  “Die A Happy Man”

23)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “I Do”

24)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Let It Die”

25)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Do Everything”

“Shock” & “Awe” Songs

By jove, it's not another miniseries! Or an "Opposites" post! What gives? Who cares? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oasis  ~  “The Shock Of The Lightning”

2)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith  ~  “In Awe Of You”

3)  Green Day  ~  “State Of Shock”

4)  Hillsong Live  ~  “Stand In Awe”

5)  The Psychedelic Furs  ~  “Shock”

6)  Mizan  ~  “Awe”

7)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Shock To Your System”

8)  Heritage Singers  ~  “In Awe”

9)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Shock The Monkey”

10)  Rey Fresco  ~  “All In Awe”

11)  Yes  ~  “Shock To The System”

12)  Annabel Soh  ~  “I Stand In Awe”

13)  The Souljazz Orchestra  ~  “Shock And Awe”

14)  B. Reith  ~  “Awe-Struck”

15)  The Motels  ~  “Shock”

16)  DeLooze  ~  “Moon Of Awe”

17)  Ramones  ~  “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”

18)  Jon Thurlow  ~  “Stand In Awe”

19)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Shock To My System”

20)  The Outsiders  ~  “In Awe”

Songs About The Jungle

Stylistically speaking, I went way diverse with this dynamic selection of songs. Each of them has the word "Jungle" somewhere in its title, but no two songs are even remotely alike. Well, except for the Bonus Track...but even that's only "remotely" similar. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bob Marley  ~  “Concrete Jungle”

2)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Jungle Love”

3)  John Fogerty  ~  “Run Through The Jungle”

4)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Jungle Boogie”

5)  Herbie Mann, Dave Valentin, Paquito d’Rivera, Ray Mantilla, & Tito Puente  ~  “Jungle Fantasy”

6)  New York Dolls  ~  “Stranded In The Jungle”

7)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “It’s A Jungle Out There”

8)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”

9)  Mike Oldfield  ~  “Jungle Gardenia”

10)  Santana  ~  “Jungle Strut”

11)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Jungle Work”

12)   Emma Louise  ~  “Jungle”

13)  NONONO  ~  “Jungle”

14)  X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons  ~  “Jungle”

15)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  “Jungle Drum”

16)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “George Of The Jungle”

17)  The Tragically Hip  ~  “Greasy Jungle”

18)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Jungletime”

19)  Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears  ~  “Livin’ In The Jungle”

20)  Panama  ~  “Jungle”

BONUS TRACK:  2Cellos  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”  (This dynamic instrumental rendition of the G N’ R song above was far too fantastic not to include here.)

“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 3

Last but certainly not last, a third collection of "Sick" and "Tired" songs. I promise, there will be no more of them. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paramore  ~  “Stop This Song (Lovesick Melody)”

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Tired Of You”

3)  Lifehouse  ~  “Sick Cycle Carousel”

4)  The Kinks  ~  “Tired Of Waiting For You”

5)  In This Moment  ~  “Sick Like Me”

6)  Mountain Sounds  ~  “Tired Birds”

7)  Brandi Carlile ft. Punch Brothers, Sarah Jarosz, Ben Folds, & Richard Dworsky  ~  “Lovesick Blues”

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)”

9)  CAKE  ~  “Sick Of You”

10)  Texas  ~  “Tired Of Being Alone”  (Yes, I know I’ve already posted the Al Green version of this song within this very miniseries. But this rendition was so terrific that I couldn’t resist including it as well.)

11)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  “Sick”

12)  K’s Choice  ~  “Tired”

13)  MercyMe  ~  “Homesick”

14)  Heather Maloney  ~  “Oh Hope, My Tired Friend”

15)  ChianoSky  ~  “Sick Sick”

16)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now)”

17)  Bif Naked  ~  “Sick”

18)  Lily Burns  ~  “If You’re Tired”

19)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

20)  Robben Ford and the Blue Line  ~  “Tired Of Talking”

21)  Incubus  ~  “Sick, Sad Little World”

22)  Amani Starnes  ~  “Tired”

23)  Train  ~  “Homesick”

24)  We Have Band  ~  “Tired Of Running”

25)  Cross Canadian Ragweed ft. Lee Ann Womack  ~  “Sick And Tired”

"Least" Songs

Yesterday, I gave you the "Most" songs. So it's only fair that the songs I give you today should be the "Least" ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Least Complicated”

2)  David Wax Museum  ~  “The Least I Can Do”

3)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  “At Least It Was”

4)  Jonas Peker  ~  “The Least I Can Do”

5)  The Posies  ~  “At Least For Now”

6)  The Insomniacs  ~  “At Least I’m Not With You”

7)  Saint Motel  ~  “At Least I Have Nothing”

8)  Kristi Hoopes  ~  “At Least It’s Something”

9)  Lera Lynn  ~  “My Least Favorite Life”

10)  Pollution  ~  “At Least It’s Not A Lovesong”

11)  Wilco  ~  “At Least That’s What You Said”

12)  Camille Parkman  ~  “The Least Of These”

13)  Tower Of Power  ~  “(To Say The Least) You’re The Most”

14)  Katie Buchanan  ~  “At Least I”

15)  Daytona Lights  ~  “At Least I Know I Tried”

16)  Gold Motel  ~  “At Least We Tried”

17)  fun.  ~  “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)”

18)  Christy Moore  ~  “The Least We Can Do”

19)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Everybody Has The Right To Be Wrong (At Least Once)”

20)  Rachel Scott  ~  “The Least Of These”

BONUS TRACK:  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Kings & Queens”  (And then there’s this song, which I really like, but always think of as being titled “The Least Of These” instead of its actual title. Whatever. I’m in charge here, so I say it stays.)