"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"

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!)

Songs With Directions In The Title, Vol. 2: "Down" Songs

Part two in a five-part miniseries, this post features songs with "Down" in the title. If you were disappointed by the lack of familiar artists in part one, you may find that you recognize a larger number of artists in this particular collection. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Group 1 Crew  ~  "Goin' Down"

2)  Linkin Park  ~  "Burn It Down"

3)  Kimbra  ~  "Settle Down"

4)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Long Way Down"

5)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  "Down In It"

6)  Mikky Ekko  ~  "Pull Me Down"

7)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  "Get Down"

8)  Dash Berlin  ~  "Till The Sky Falls Down"

9)  Jack Johnson   ~  "Upside Down"

10)  Johnny Cash  ~  "God's Gonna Cut You Down"

11)  Cage The Elephant  ~  "Shake Me Down"

12)  Alice In Chains  ~  "Down In A Hole"

13)  Emmy Rossum  ~  "Slow Me Down"

14)  Amy MacDonald  ~  "Slow It Down"

15)  Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"

16)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "I Won't Back Down"

17)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "Bring Me Down"

18)  K.C. & The Sunshine Band  ~  "Get Down Tonight"

19)  David Jordan  ~  "Sun Goes Down"

20)  George Strait  ~  "Write This Down"