Songs About Pinching (Or Being Pinched)

Because, let's face it, I can never truly run out of ideas (good or otherwise) for music posts, there's this. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Pinch Me”  (Now this song’s going to linger in your head for the rest of the day, as it has in mine for the past few days. You’re welcome.)

2)  Valentine  ~  “Pinch Of Rebellion”

3)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Mr. Penny Pincher”

4)  Shayna Zaid & The Catch  ~  “Pinched”

5)  Kasabian  ~  “Pinch Roller”

6)  Ohio Express  ~  “Pinch Me (Baby, Convince Me)”

7)  Shilpa Narayan  ~  “Pinch Me”

8)  Ocean Colour Scene  ~  “Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days”

9)  Alison Moyet  ~  “Reassuring Pinches”

10)  Albert King  ~  “The Pinch Paid Off (Part 1)”†  (This man’s method of dealing with adverse situations is decidedly NOT recommended. My, how times have changed!)

11)  Oliver Wilde  ~  “Pinch”

12)  Popjoy  ~  “Pinch Me”

13)  Primo Nelson  ~  “Pinch”

14)  Crystal Nicole  ~  “Pinch Me”

15)  Four Year Strong  ~  “Only The Meek Get Pinched. The Bold Survive”

16)  Sally Ironmonger  ~  “Pinch Me”

17)  Kettel  ~  “Pinch Of Peer”

18)  Sparrohs  ~  “Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming”

19)  Forest Floors  ~  “Pinches And Bites”

20)  The Supremes  ~  “Penny Pincher”

“Typical” Songs

These songs are SO "Typical" – of what, I'm not exactly sure. But they sure sound nice. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Typical Situation”

2)  Kinsey Rose  ~  “Typical Man”

3)  Mutemath  ~  “Typical”

4)  Lira  ~  “Typical”

5)  Amazing Rhythm Aces  ~  “Typical American Boy”

6)  Liz Williams  ~  “Typical Hey Day”

7)  The Moffatts  ~  “Typical”

8)  ANE  ~  “Typical Day”

9)  Chuck Ragan  ~  “Non Typical”

10)  Coda  ~  “Typical”

11)  Eric Lichter  ~  “Typical”

12)  Krishane  ~  “Typical”

13)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Typical Average”  (This is a REALLY early Sheeran song, back when he was still a teenager. The difference in style and songwriting quality is obvious, but it’s certainly not a bad offering from a future superstar.)

14)  Dekadens  ~  “Typical”

15)  Austin Cobb Band  ~  “Typical”

16)  Emily White  ~  “Typical”

17)  Frazier Chorus  ~  “Typical”

18)  Hunter Valentine  ~  “Typical”

19)  The Daylights  ~  “Typical”

20)  Kevin Sharp  ~  “Typical”

21)  Tina Turner  ~  “Typical Male”

22)  We The Living  ~  “Typical”

23)  Danica Hunter  ~  “Typical”

24)  The Bootleg Honeys  ~  “Typical Season”

25)  A+ Dropouts  ~  “Typical”

“Delicate” Songs

These songs are "Delicate." Please handle with care. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Uncluded  ~  “Delicate Cycle”

2)  Damien Rice  ~  “Delicate”

3)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Delicate”  (After the 3:10 mark, the song is over. The rest is just shameless self-promotion by the artist. And who can blame her? It’s her livelihood!)

4)  Pelican  ~  “A Delicate Sense Of Balance”

5)  Terence Trent D’Arby ft. Des’ree  ~  “Delicate”

6)  Against Me!  ~  “Delicate, Petite, & Other Things I’ll Never Be”

7)  Exposure ft. Sula Mae  ~  “Delicate Lives”

8)  O.A.R.  ~  “Delicate Few”

9)  Sarah Kendall  ~  “Delicate”

10)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Delicate Sound Of Thunder”

11)  Eatliz  ~  “Violently Delicate”

12)  Spoon  ~  “The Delicate Place”

13)  Shana Halligan  ~  “Delicate Dream”

14)  Les Claypool’s Fancy Band  ~  “Delicate Tendrils”

15)  Social Studies  ~  “Delicate Hands”

16)  Planet Of The Stereos  ~  “Delicate Girl”

17)  Haley Dreis  ~  “Delicate”

18)  Hawksley Workman  ~  “Oh, You Delicate Heart”

19)  Janet Devlin  ~  “Delicate”

20)  Talib Kweli  ~  “Delicate Flowers”

21)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  “Delicate Soul”

22)  The Long Winters  ~  “Delicate Hands”

23)  Kristin Hersh  ~  “Delicate Cutters”

24)  Schiller ft. Kim Sanders  ~  “Delicately Yours”

25)  Fauntella Crow  ~  “Delicate”

“Heartless” Songs

No matter which way you spin it, these songs are utterly "Heartless." At least, their titles seem to indicate that they are. Some really good songs here. One of them in triplicate. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Heartless Land”

2)  Kanye West  ~  “Heartless”

3)  Heart  ~  “Heartless”

4)  Broken Bells  ~  “Heartless Empire”

5)  Anthony B  ~  “Mr. Heartless”

6)  Låpsley  ~  “Heartless”

7)  Sandyland  ~  “Heartless”

8)  Teaze  ~  “Heartless World”

9)  Milo Greene  ~  “Heartless”

10)  The Fray  ~  “Heartless”  (Yes, it’s a cover of the Kanye West song above, but distinctive enough in its own right to merit inclusion here.)

11)  Jim Sturgess  ~  “Heartless”

12)  Baillie & The Boys  ~  “Heartless Night”

13)  Joel Plaskett  ~  “Heartless, Heartless, Heartless”

14)  Opine  ~  “Heartless”

15)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  “Heartless”

16)  Tomorrows Bad Seeds  ~  “Heartless / Ain’t No Sunshine (Medley)”

17)  Vision  ~  “Heartless”

18)  Alela Diane  ~  “Heartless Highway”

19)  Nasty Habit  ~  “Heartless”

20)  My Politic  ~  “Heartless”

21)  Justin Nozuka ft. Zaho  ~  “Heartless (La Promesse)”

22)  Mick Flannery  ~  “Heartless Man”

23)  Neon Waltz  ~  “Heavy Heartless”

24)  Bright Lights  ~  “Heartless”  (An industrial/EDM cover of the Kanye song above. Again, distinctive enough from the original to justify a spot here.)

25)  Cry To The Blind  ~  “Heartless”

Songs About Being Abducted (Well, Sort Of)

Here's a delightful collection of Songs About Being Abducted. Well, not really. While the songs herein ARE about being taken away, carried away, spirited away, stolen, captured, kidnapped, and, yes, even abducted, most of the abductions are figurative and should be interpreted as such. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “Take Me Away”

2)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Stolen”

3)  Grace Jones  ~  “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game”

4)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

5)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Carried Away”

6)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “I Will Steal You Back”

7)  Napoleon XIV  ~  “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”

8)  Passion Pit  ~  “Carried Away”

9)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Spirited Away”

10)  The Plot In You  ~  “Take Me Away”

11)  Dan Fogelberg & Fool’s Gold  ~  “Captured Angel”

12)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Stole”

13)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Take Me Away”

14)  Dash Berlin ft. Alexander Popov & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Steal You Away”

15)  Cults  ~  “Abducted”

16)  Wild Belle  ~  “Take Me Away”

17)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”  (The refrain “take me away” is sung repeatedly, and it’s the most memorable part of the song, so here it is.)

18)  The Nightmare Before Christmas Cast  ~  “Kidnap The Sandy Claws”

19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Captured”

20)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”

21)  The Digital Age  ~  “Captured”

22)  Simple Minds  ~  “Spirited Away”

23)  Katy McAllister  ~  “Take Me Away”

24)  Akala  ~  “Carried Away”

25)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Take Me Away”