Friday, April 28, 2017

“Bought” & “Sold” Songs, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and post these now. A few more "Bought" & "Sold" Songs for your enjoyment. That's it, just a two-parter this time around.  ~  JH



1)  David Bowie  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”  (You might be wondering: Why did David Bowie cover a Nirvana song? And didn't you already post that version of it in Vol. 1? Answers: Bowie wrote the song, and Nirvana covered it. And both versions are awesome. So...yeah.)




2)  Bubbles Brown  ~  “Bought & Sold”




3)  Naive Thieves  ~  “Sold Short”




4)  The Rag Dolls  ~  “Bought And Sold”




5)  Grifters & Shills  ~  “Bought & Sold”




6)  Kim Young Ones  ~  “I Bought It”




7)  John Michael Montgomery  ~  “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)”




8)  Nancy Harmon  ~  “The Blood-Bought Church”




9)  Nick Santino and the Northern Wind  ~  “Sold My Soul”




10)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “I Bought The Shoes”




11)  The Alarm  ~  “Sold Me Down The River”




12)  10cc  ~  “I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor”




13)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Sold My Mind To The Kremlin”




14)  Cosmic Bloom  ~  “Bought”




15)  Dallas Crane  ~  “Sold Me”




16)  The Raconteurs  ~  “Store Bought Bones”




17)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Who Sold Her Out”




18)  Ty Segall  ~  “I Bought My Eyes”




19)  Van Morrison  ~  “They Sold Me Out”  (Bonus track for all you diehard Morrison fans… “Celtic New Year” is sung right after the “Sold” song here.)




20)  Robert Sims  ~  “I Bought Me A Cat”




21)  Bette Midler  ~  “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”




22)  WolfGang  ~  “Bought And Sold”




23)  Two Wolves  ~  “Sold Soul”




24)  Nickelback  ~  “Money Bought”




25)  Boy George  ~  “Sold”




26)  Faron Young  ~  “I Bought The Shoes On Your Feet”




27)  Ruby Flipper  ~  “Sold My Rock ’N’ Roll”




28)  Natalia Zukerman  ~  “Bought And Sold”




29)  The Grizzled Mighty  ~  “Sold”




30)  Phankl  ~  “I Bought A Ticket”


"Bought" & "Sold" Songs, Vol. 1

This, because...well, let's just say "because." Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Never Bought It”




2)  Laura Wilde  ~  “Sold My Soul”




3)  Sparks  ~  “I Bought The Mississippi River”




4)  Capital Cities  ~  “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo”




5)  Samantha Fish  ~  “My Baby Bought A Ticket”




6)  Nirvana  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”




7)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Bought And Sold”




8)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Sold Out”




9)  Brand New  ~  “Bought A Bride”




10)  Black Label Society  ~  “Sold My Soul”




11)  Mercury Heart  ~  “The Devil You Bought”




12)  Damien Jurado  ~  “Static To Be Sold”




13)  Craig Campbell  ~  “I Bought It”




14)  Apsley  ~  “Sold”




15)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly  ~  “I Bought A Wooden Whistle”




16)  Kinky Friedman  ~  “Sold American”




17)  Honey Creek  ~  “Heaven Can’t Be Bought”




18)  TAB The Band  ~  “Bought And Sold”




19)  Adam Bomb  ~  “Bought The Farm”




20)  Doria Roberts  ~  “Nothing Sold, Nothing Bought”




21)  Evan Chapman & Sean McFarland  ~  “You Broke It, You Bought It”




22)  Belleruche  ~  “Bought & Sold”




23)  Jimmy Swaggart  ~  “He Bought My Soul”




24)  Daphne Nichols  ~  “Bought And Sold”



25)  The Kinks  ~  “She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina”




26)  Stone Cold Fox  ~  “Sold”




27)  Neko Case  ~  “Bought And Sold”




28)  Prince  ~  “The Greatest Romance Ever Sold”




29)  Farewell Milwaukee  ~  “You Bought A Ticket Out”




30)  Joe Henry  ~  “Sold”


Thursday, April 27, 2017

“Lousy” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Lousy" Songs for your listening...umm...pleasure? Actually, they're all pretty good, considering. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Knack   ~  “Another Lousy Day In Paradise”




2)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Lousy Pretender”




3)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Lousy Truth”




4)  Naomi Hooley  ~  “Lousy Lover”




5)  Alaska  ~  “Lousy Night”




6)  Shivaree  ~  “Daring Lousy Guy”




7)  Walter Etc.  ~  “Every Lousy Paradise”




8)  Destrends  ~  “Lousy Lover”




9)  Queens Of Everything  ~  “Lousy Saturday”




10)  The Wailing Walls  ~  “Lousy Excuse”




11)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Lousy Reputation”




12)  Alex Khaskin  ~  “Lousy Thief”




13)  Happy Camper ft. Helge Slikker  ~  “All These Lousy Conversations”




14)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Lousy Haircut”




15)  Redline Addiction  ~  “He’s Not A Bad Friend, Just A Lousy Lover”




16)  Picture  ~  “Lousy Lady”




17)  Cheap Girls  ~  “Lousy”




18)  Julia Kahn  ~  “Cupid Is A Lousy Shot”




19)  Wolf Parade  ~  “Lousy Pictures”




20)  The Murder Of My Sweet  ~  “Kind Of Lousy”


Wednesday, April 26, 2017

“Mysterious” Songs

I like to keep you guessing. And so do these songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  U2  ~  “Mysterious Ways”




2)  Nina  ~  “Love Moves In Mysterious Ways”




3)  Wire  ~  “I Feel Mysterious Today”




4)  Eva & The Heartmaker  ~  “Mysterious Ways”




5)  Jeff Lorber Fusion  ~  “Mysterious Traveller”




6)  Set It Off  ~  “Miss Mysterious”




7)  The Crash Kings  ~  “Ms. Mysterious”




8)  Amy Grant  ~  “God Moves In A Mysterious Way”




9)  2 Unlimited  ~  “Mysterious”




10)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Mysterious Ways”




11)  The Sword  ~  “Seriously Mysterious”




12)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Mysterious Days”




13)  Tribal Seeds  ~  “Beautiful Mysterious”




14)  Ezra Furman and the Harpoons  ~  “Mysterious Power”




15)   Sash! ft. Tina Cousins  ~  “Mysterious Times”




16)  Marc Cohn  ~  “Girl Of Mysterious Sorrow”




17)  Talisman  ~  “Mysterious”




18)  Scorpions  ~  “Mysterious”




19)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  “Mr. Mysterious”




20)  Hank Snow  ~  “The Mysterious Lady From St. Martinique”




21)  Hellovenus  ~  “Mysterious”




22)  Peter Andre  ~  “Mysterious Girl”




23)  ELOY  ~  “Mysterious Monolith”




24)  The Coco’nuts  ~  “Mysterious Lady”




25)  Burnin’ The Rules  ~  “Mysterious Girls”