Songs That Try To Tell You What NOT To Do

I'm not a bossy person by nature. Nor do I particularly enjoy being bossed around. But apparently some singers and songwriters are, how shall we say, more bossily inclined. These artists have the audacity to try to tell me what NOT to do. They're like, "Don't this..." and "Don't that..." and frankly, I'm tired of it. The nerve of some people! Well, I'll show them. I'll respond to each "bossy" title with my own snarky comments. That'll teach 'em a lesson! (Yeah. Right.)  ~  JH

1)  Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin  ~  "Don't You Worry Child"  (I'll worry if I feel like it. And I do feel like worrying. So there! And BTW, I'm not a child.)

2)  No Doubt  ~  "Don't Speak"  (You just try and shut me up, lady!)

3)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"  (I'll stop whenever I feel like it, thank you very much!)

4)  Nicole Scherzinger  ~  "Don't Hold Your Breath"  (You're lucky that I wasn't planning on it – a person could turn blue doing that.)

5)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Don't Cry"  (Give me a break. I already don't cry!)

6)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  "Please Don't Say You Love Me"  (Can I at least say I love your voice? Sorry, my snark ran out on this one.)

7)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Don't Come Around Here No More"  (I'll come around here whenever the notion strikes me, ya weirdo!)

8)  P!nk  ~  "Don't Let Me Get Me"  (Oh, I couldn't stop you anyway.)

9)  Lecrae ft. Cam  ~  "Don't Waste Your Life"  (Okay, that's some advice I don't mind taking.)

10)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"  (Is it bad that I sing this song to my kid when he's crying for irrational reasons? Seriously, that wasn't a rhetorical question.)

11)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "Don't Blink"  (Too late. I just did.)

12)  Madonna  ~  "Don't Tell Me"  (Who's gonna stop me? You've probably heard it all before anyway.)

13)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Don't Make Me"  (I wouldn't even try it. That's God's job.)

14)  Thelma Houston  ~  "Don't Leave Me This Way"  (Okay, I'll muss up your hair a bit, then I'll leave.)

15)  Blackstreet  ~  "Don't Leave Me"  (Tough noogies, I ain't stayin'!)

16)  The Band Perry  ~  "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"  (That's what Match.com is for, isn't it?)

17)  The Police  ~  "Don't Stand So Close To Me"  (No problem there, fella. You have body odor.)

18)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "Don't Tell Me That It's Over"  (Okay, I won't tell you. But it is.)

19)  Creed  ~  "Don't Stop Dancing"  (Fuhgeddaboutit – as long as there's a beat, I'm dancing! At least, in my head I am.)

20)  Liz Lawrence  ~  "Don't You Dare"  (While I previously had no intentions of daring, now I can think of nothing that I want to do more. Than to dare.)

BONUS TRACK:  Journey  ~  "Don't Stop Believin'"  (And the Kings of Bossiness are...Journey!)

"Young" & "Old" Songs

Here's something new – well, not really. It's another "Opposites" music post. But I've never done these particular opposites before, so there ya go. Sorry, One Direction fans – you won't find the "Live While We're Young" video here. Mainly because the song, despite the fact that it has more than 250 million views on YouTube, is fairly horrible. In this blogger's opinion, at least. Hopefully you'll enjoy the good songs that are collected here, though.  ~  JH

1)  Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe  ~  "We Are Young"

2)  The Judds  ~  "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)"

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Young And Beautiful"

4)  The Civil Wars  ~  "Same Old Same Old"

5)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Young Blood"

6)  Queen  ~  "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

7)  Hollywood Undead  ~  "Young"

8)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "The Old Apartment"

9)  Brandon Flowers  ~  "Only The Young"

10)  Rednex  ~  "Old Pop In An Oak"

11)  3 Doors Down  ~  "When You're Young"

12)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Ol' Red"  (Ol', not Old – close enough)

13)  Lucy Schwartz  ~  "When We Were Young"

14)  Four Tops  ~  "It's The Same Old Song"

15)  Peter Bjorn And John ft. Victoria Bergsman  ~  "Young Folks"

16)  George Strait  ~  "The Seashores Of Old Mexico"

17)  Laleh  ~  "Some Die Young"

18)  Anna Cate  ~  "This Old Radio"

19)  Slick Rick  ~  "Hey Young World"

20)  Lenka  ~   "We Will Not Grow Old"

"Over" Songs

Okay, so yet another "Opposites" music post. This one was going to include both "Over" and "Under" songs, but I ended up finding too many good ones for each, so I've split it up into two posts. "Under" songs will be posted tomorrow. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Over"

2)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "Over You"  (You see what I did there? If not, let me explain: the artist in song #1 is married to the artist in song #2 – aha!)

3)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Dog Days Are Over"

4)  RED  ~  "Already Over"

5)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "Gonna Get Over You"

6)  Nelly ft. Tim McGraw  ~  "Over And Over"

7)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Head Over Feet"

8)  The Doors  ~  "When The  Music's Over"

9)  Sugar Ray  ~  "When It's Over"

10)  The Fray  ~  "Over My Head (Cable Car)"

11)  Testament  ~  "Over The Wall"  (I don't care much for the "singing," but they certainly play well)

12)  Toto  ~  "I'll Be Over You"

13)  Daughtry  ~  "Over You"

14)  R. Kelly  ~  "The Storm Is Over Now"

15)  Disciple  ~  "The Wait Is Over"

16)  The Saturdays  ~  "Forever Is Over"

17)  Pixie Lott  ~  "Can't Make This Over"

18)  Crowded House  ~  "Don't Dream It's Over"

19)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Over The Hills And Far Away"

20)  Jon McLaughlin ft. Sara Bareilles  ~  "Summer Is Over"  (Yes, I put two songs featuring Sara Bareilles in one post – what's your point?)