"High" & "Low" Songs

Another "Opposites" music post? Really? Yep. Get over it!  ~  JH

1)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Red High Heels"

2)  The Wanted  ~  "All Time Low"

3)  James Blunt  ~  "High"

4)  Middle Class Rut  ~  "New Low"

5)  Radiohead  ~  "High & Dry"

6)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Low"

7)  Tal Bachman  ~  "She's So High"

8)  a-ha  ~  "Hunting High And Low"

9)  Kodaline  ~  "High Hopes"

10)  Cracker  ~  "Low"

11)  John Denver  ~  "Rocky Mountain High"

12)  Tony Bennett & Norah Jones  ~  "Speak Low"

13)  Damn Yankees  ~  "High Enough"  (Don't give me that look – it's the name of their band!)

14)  Augustana  ~  "Sweet And Low"

15)  Survivor  ~  "High On You"

16)  Sara Evans  ~  "Low"

17)  Tiffany Houghton  ~  "High"

18)  Freshlyground  ~  "Fire Is Low"

19)  Steve Winwood  ~  "Back In The High Life Again"

20)  War  ~  "Low Rider"

"Touch"-ing Songs

Here's an interesting collection of songs, both old and new, all containing the word "Touch" in their titles. I'll bet you're familiar with at least 6 of them. Will you take that bet?  ~  JH

1)  Carpenters  ~  "Touch Me When We're Dancing"

2)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

3)  Conway Twitty  ~  "Touch The Hand"

4)  The Platters  ~  "(You've Got) The Magic Touch"

5)  Stacy Clark  ~  "Touch And Go"

6)  Elvis Presley  ~  "He Touched Me"

7)  David Guetta & Chris Willis  ~  "Everytime We Touch"

8)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Touch Your Woman"

9)  Dan Hill  ~  "Sometimes When We Touch"

10)  Divinyls  ~  "I Touch Myself"  (I know, I know, this one's a bit inappropriate – but it fit the theme too well to exclude it)

11)  Genesis  ~  "Invisible Touch"

12)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

13)  Diana Ross  ~  "Touch Me In The Morning"

14)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Touch"

15)  The Doors  ~  "Touch Me"

"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"

Songs By Noteworthy New Zealanders

Okay, so here's a post that I manufactured for the express purpose of having an excuse to post the second song in this list, with which I am currently obsessed. That being said, I discovered several heretofore unknown-to-me singers here and was pleasantly surprised to find that a couple of singers I was already familiar with just happened to hail from New Zealand. So, yeah...enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Elliot Brown  ~  "Shiloh"

2)  Lorde  ~  "Royals"

3)  Glenn Aitken  ~  "Ordinary People"

4)  Brooke Fraser  ~  "Something In The Water"

5)  Vince Harder  ~  "Far From Here"

6)  Flip Grater  ~  "Ring Around The Rosie"

7)  Lakyn Heperi  ~  "Are You There"

8)  Ladyhawke  ~  "Blue Eyes"

9)  Matt Joe Gow  ~  "Come What May"

10)  Kimbra  ~  "Cameo Lover"

11)  Princess Chelsea  ~  "The Cigarette Duet"

12)  Stan Walker  ~  "Take It Easy"

13)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "Man Like That"

14)  Anna Coddington  ~  "Bird In Hand"

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"