Songs About Skulls

Continuing with what is apparently an Halloween/fall-related theme of late, here's a set of Songs About Skulls. As it turns out, there aren't a whole lot of good songs with the word "Skull" (or "Skulls") in their titles. But there are fifteen of them...and here they are. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Morrissey  ~  “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”

2)  Röyksopp  ~  “Skulls”

3)  Cloakroom  ~  “Starchild Skull”

4)  Hiatus Kaiyote  ~  “Lace Skull”

5)  Bastille  ~  “Skulls”

6)  Sky-Line  ~  “Skull Thumper”

7)  Frightened Rabbit  ~  “Backyard Skulls”

8)  Guerilla Toss  ~  “Skull Pop”

9)  Megadeth  ~  “The Skull Beneath The Skin”

10)  Kiites  ~  “Indian Skull”

11)  Envy On The Coast  ~  “Sugar Skulls”

12)  Kíruma  ~  “Silver Skull”

13)  Astrid  ~  “Plastic Skull”

14)  Skating Polly  ~  “Cosmetic Skull”

15)  Moon Duo  ~  “Free The Skull”

Songs About Pumpkins

It must be both fall and almost Halloween, since I have pumpkins on the brain. Here's a rousing set of songs about them for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kate Nash  ~  “Pumpkin Soup”

2)  John Prine  ~  “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin”

3)  Devendra Banhart  ~  “Pumpkin Seeds”

4)  Tricky ft. Alison Goldfrapp  ~  “Pumpkin”

5)  The California Honeydrops  ~  “Pumpkin Pie”

6)  Black Mamba  ~  “Posture Pumpkin”  (No, this is not a song by former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant! This band simply stole his alter ego – or he stole theirs.)

7)  A Crucifying Feeling  ~  “The Pumpkin Method”

8)  The Castros  ~  “Pumpkin Pie”

9)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Gimme A Smile (The Pumpkin Song)”

10)  Chikune  ~  “Pumpkin”

11)  Frankie Yankovic  ~  “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

12)  Jay & The Techniques  ~  “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”  (Oddly enough, this is not the same song as the one by Frankie Yankovic above!)

13)  Slothrust  ~  “Rotten Pumpkin”

14)  Patrick Wolf  ~  “Pumpkin Soup”

15)  Freda Payne  ~  “Sweet Pumpkin”

16)  Helloween  ~  “Pumpkins United"

17)  Islands  ~  “Pumpkin”

18)  NEØV  ~  “Woolen Pumpkin Shirt”

19)  Ini Kamoze  ~  “Hole In The Pumpkin”

20)  XTC  ~  “The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead”

"Scary" Songs

How many music blogs do you know of where you can find songs by Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Björk, Skrillex, Belinda Carlisle, Will Smith, Steam Powered Giraffe, and Witches In Bikinis all in the same post? Yeah…I didn’t think so. Sounds pretty “Scary” to me, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”

2)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Big Scary Animal”

3)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Is It Scary?”

4)  Jessica Mauboy  ~  “Scariest Part”

5)  Dokken  ~  “Mr. Scary”

6)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  “Scary Love”

7)  McFly  ~  “Silence Is A Scary Sound”

8)  Leila Adu  ~  “Scary Love Monster”

9)  Colors And Carousels  ~  “Scary”

10)  Björk  ~  “Scary”

11)  Will Smith  ~  “Scary Story”

12)  George Lynch  ~  “Son Of Scary”

13)  Witches In Bikinis  ~  “A Scary Kind Of Love”

14)  Villagers  ~  “Hot Scary Summer”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Spooky, Scary Skeletons”

17)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Scary Fragile”

18)  Skrillex  ~  “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites”

19)  Peter Lara  ~  “Scary Love”

20)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Scary World”

21)  Grace Jones  ~  “Scary But Fun”

22)  The Lobbyists  ~  “Scary Night”

23)  The 1975  ~  “Scary Monsters”

24)  Lindbergh Palace  ~  “Scary”

25)  Romain Virgo  ~  “Scary Movie”

Songs About Not Giving Up, Vol. 2

As promised, here's another set of Songs About Not Giving Up. You should definitely take their advice and NOT do that, either. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rick Astley  ~  “Never Gonna Give You Up”

2)  Jana Kramer  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”

3)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

4)  Lucie Jones  ~  “Never Give Up On You”

5)  Ben Harper  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me Now”

6)  Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

7)  Gerry Rafferty  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

8)  Sia  ~  “Never Give Up”

9)  Sean Paul  ~  “Never Give Up”

10)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Giving You Up”

11)  Milo Greene  ~  “Don’t You Give Up On Me”

12)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

13)  Craig David & Sigala  ~  “Ain’t Giving Up”

14)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “I’m Not Giving You Up”

15)  Shawn McDonald  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

16)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

17)  Washed Out  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

18)  The Saturdays  ~  “Not Giving Up”

19)  Third Day  ~  “Don’t Give Up Hope”

20)  Blinkie ft. Alahna  ~  “Don’t Give Up (On Love)”

Songs About Not Giving Up, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of Songs About Not Giving Up. Because what could be a more admirable thing NOT to do than to give up? There were too many good ones of these to fit into one post, so a second (and final) set of them will follow tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”

2)  Lissie  ~  “Don’t You Give Up On Me”

3)  The Maine  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

4)  Birdy  ~  “Never Give Up”

5)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

6)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up”

7)  Colony House  ~  “Won’t Give Up”

8)  Noisettes  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

9)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In)”

10)  Armin van Buuren ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Not Giving Up On Love”

11)  Racoon  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

12)  Regine Velasquez  ~  “Never Give Up”

13)  Josh Groban  ~  “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up)”

14)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Not Giving Up”

15)  David Soul  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

16)  Papa San ft. Jael Wiafe  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

17)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “I’m Not Giving Up Yet”

18)  Veronica Ballestrini  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

19)  Barry White  ~  “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”

20)  Yolanda Adams  ~  “Never Give Up”