"Rise" & "Fall" Songs

Oh, look! Another "Opposites" music post. Yeah. What's your point? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MIKESCHAIR  ~  "Let The Waters Rise"

2)  The Donnas  ~  "Fall Behind Me"

3)  Shawn McDonald  ~  "Rise"

4)  Banks  ~  "Fall Over"

5)  The Skints  ~  "Rise Up"

6)  Juris  ~  "I Don't Want To Fall"

7)  Redlight King  ~  "Born To Rise"

8)  Brendan James  ~  "The Fall"

9)  Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins  ~  "Rise Up With Fists"

10)  Razorlight  ~  "Before I Fall To Pieces"

11)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Rise To The Sun"

12)  Gin Blossoms  ~  "Until I Fall Away"

13)  Eddie Vedder  ~  "Rise"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Fall On Me"

15)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "I Will Rise"

16)  Chromeo ft. Solange Knowles  ~  "When The Night Falls"

17)  Dido ft. A. R. Rahman  ~  "If I Rise"

18)  Clay Walker  ~  "Fall"

19)  Flobots  ~  "Rise"

20)  Rise Against  ~  "Ready To Fall"

"Push" & "Pull" Songs

Okay, so maybe there aren't as many popular artists in this collection of songs, but that doesn't mean the quality of this post is diminished in any way. In fact, it might make it even better. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Push"

2)  Mikky Ekko  ~  "Pull Me Down"

3)  Kurt Nilsen  ~  "Push Push"

4)  Secondhand Heart  ~  "Pull Out My Stitches"

5)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "Push"

6)  Nikka Costa  ~  "Push & Pull"

7)  Lupe Fiasco  ~  "Kick Push"

8)  Kaki King  ~  "Pull Me Out Alive"

9)  No Doubt ft. Busy Signal & Major Lazer  ~  "Push And Shove"

10)  Grace Jones  ~  "Pull Up To The Bumper"

11)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  "Push"

12)  Angelique Sabrina  ~  "Pull Up"

13)  Garbage  ~  "Push It"

14)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Don't Pull Me Over"

15)  Jackyl  ~  "Push Comes To Shove"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Feeling Gravity's Pull"

17)  Miriam Bryant  ~  "Push Play"

18)  Dream Theater  ~  "Pull Me Under"

19)  The Parlotones  ~  "Push Me To The Floor"

20)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  "When My Train Pulls In"

"Happy" & "Sad" Songs

Yep, I've still got a few more "Opposites" music posts to get out of my system. At the very least, there's this one, another one that's ready to go, and one more I'm working on right now. You'll find a pretty good mix of songs here. I'll bet you're familiar with a few of them. You may even know all the words to one or two. So go ahead, hear 'em while they're hot, since I slaved over 'em for so long. Or something like that.  ~  JH




1)  Blood Sweat & Tears  ~  "You've Made Me So Very Happy"

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?"

3)  Garbage  ~  "Only Happy When It Rains"

4)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Summertime Sadness"

5)  Sting  ~  "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"

6)  Toni Braxton  ~  "Another Sad Love Song"

7)  Michelle Branch  ~  "Are You Happy Now?"

8)  Elton John  ~  "Sad Songs Say So Much"

9)  Norah Jones  ~  "Happy Pills"

10)  Au Revoir Simone  ~  "Sad Song"

11)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Happy"

12)  Sky Ferreira  ~  "Sad Dream"

13)  R.E.M. ft. Kate Pierson  ~  "Shiny Happy People"

14)  Fredo Viola  ~  "The Sad Song"

15)  ABBA  ~  "Happy New Year"

16)  Blake Lewis  ~  "Sad Song"

17)  Britney Spears  ~  "Born To Make You Happy"

18)  Randy Rogers Band  ~  "One More Sad Song"

19)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

20)  Jamie Cullum ft. Laura Mvula  ~  "Sad, Sad World"

Onomatopoeia Songs

Merriam Webster defines onomatopoeia as "the creation of words that imitate natural sounds," or "the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it," or "the use of words whose sound suggests the sense." Common examples include "buzz," "hiss," or "hiccup." All the songs in this collection contain at least one word of onomatopoeia in their titles. I've highlighted the word (or words) in italics in the the title of each song. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crash Into Me"

2)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  "Boom Boom Pow"

3)  Architecture In Helsinki  ~  "That Beep"

4)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bang And Blame"

5)  Katy Perry  ~  "Roar"

6)  LL Cool J  ~  "Mama Said Knock You Out"

7)  Dionne Bromfield ft. Mz Bratt  ~  "Ouch"

8)  Beyoncé  ~  "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

9)  Ludacris  ~  "Slap"  (I think we all have days where we feel like slapping somebody – Ludacris wrote a whole song about it)

10)  Devo  ~  "Whip It"

Songs About "Everybody" & "Nobody"

Okay, so the whole abstaining-from-doing-"Opposites"-music-posts-for-a-while resolution didn't last so long after all. Oh, well! Hope you enjoy this star-studded (along with a few more-obscure artists) collection of songs with "Everybody" and "Nobody" in their titles.  ~  JH

1)  Evanescence  ~  "Everybody's Fool"

2)  The Tony Rich Project  ~  "Nobody Knows"

3)  Keane  ~  "Everybody's Changing"

4)  Celeste Buckingham  ~  "Nobody Knows"

5)  Neon Trees  ~  "Everybody Talks"

6)  Clare Maguire  ~  "Ain't Nobody"

7)  R.E.M.  ~  "Everybody Hurts"

8)  Jessie J  ~  "Nobody's Perfect"

9)  Tears For Fears  ~  "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

10)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Nobody's Home"

11)  John Legend  ~  "Everybody Knows"

12)  P!nk  ~  "Nobody Knows"

13)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "Everybody's Talkin'"

14)  Carly Simon  ~  "Nobody Does It Better"

15)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

16)  Deborah Cox  ~  "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here"

17)  The Main Ingredient  ~  "Everybody Plays The Fool"

18)  Wonder Girls  ~  "Nobody"

19)  Wang Chung  ~  "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"

20)  The Weepies  ~  "Nobody Knows Me At All"