Showing posts with label Cocteau Twins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cocteau Twins. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Songs About Edible Chicken Parts, Vol. 1

Did you ever wonder how many good songs there are with the names of various edible chicken parts in their titles? No, I didn't think so. But fortunately for you, I did wonder and now I know. There are 40 of them. Here's the first 20 songs, in no particular order. You are SO welcome!  ~  JH



1)  Mr. Mister  ~  “Broken Wings”




2)  Queen  ~  “Death On Two Legs”




3)  Cocteau Twins  ~  “Wolf In The Breast”




4)  Couch Jackets  ~  “Thigh Tattoo”




5)  Bette Midler  ~  “Wind Beneath My Wings”




6)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Get A Leg Up”




7)  Emilia Ali  ~  “Thick Thighs”




8)  The Pirates Of Penzance  ~  “Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast”




9)  Little Mix  ~  “Wings”




10)  Simian Mobile Disco  ~  “Gizzard”




11)  Deana Carter  ~  “Did I Shave My Legs For This?”




12)  Candice Night  ~  “Robin Redbreast”




13)  Symfobia  ~  “Bloody Wings”




14)  Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women  ~  “There’s Lightning In These Thunder Thighs”




15)  Dragonette  ~  “My Legs”




16)  AMFMS  ~  “Bare Breast”




17)  Bry  ~  “Thighs”




18)  Armand Van Helden  ~  “Wings”




19)  Doomtree  ~  “Drumsticks”




20)  Oh Land  ~  “Doubt My Legs”


Thursday, October 13, 2016

Songs About Squeezing

Maybe you could use a good squeeze today. Maybe you just like the word "Squeeze." Or maybe you simply love good music. Whichever it is, this post has got you covered! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Soul To Squeeze”




2)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “Hug You, Squeeze You”




3)  N.E.R.D.  ~  “Squeeze Me”




4)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Just Squeeze Me”




5)  Morrissey  ~  “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”




6)  Andy Frasco & The U.N.  ~  “Main Squeeze”




7)  Maxwell Mud  ~  “Squeeze”




8)  Fifth Harmony  ~  “Squeeze”




9)  Phil Kennemore  ~  “Squeeze”




10)  38 Special  ~  “The Squeeze”




11)  Ralph Covert and the Acoustic Army  ~  “Squeezing The Puzzle Together”




12)  Cocteau Twins  ~  “Squeeze-Wax”




13)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Squeeze Play”




14)  Delbert McClinton  ~  “Squeeze Me In”




15)  Mother Ton  ~  “Squeeze”




16)  Forest Sun  ~  “Big Big Squeeze"




17)  The Who  ~  “Squeeze Box”




18)  Kraak & Smaak  ~  “Squeeze Me”




19)  New Birth ft. Leslie Wilson  ~  “Squeezing Too Much Living”




20)  Ayla Brown  ~  “Squeeze”




21)  Fats Waller  ~  “Squeeze Me”




22)  The Blue Grooves  ~  “You’re My Main Squeeze”




23)  Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps  ~  “Put The Squeeze On Me”




24)  David Goldman ft. Kristin Hoffmann  ~  “Put Your Squeeze On Me”




25)  The Reversals  ~  “Squeeze”


Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Songs About Sneezing

What if I told you I could fill an entire post with songs devoted to the fine art of sneezing? Some about the actual act of sneezing, and some simply with the word "Sneezing" (or one of its forms) in the title? And what if I told you that these songs not only existed, but were all – surprisingly – enjoyable? Would you believe me? Find out for yourself!  ~  JH



1)  Tori Amos  ~  “Caught A Lite Sneeze”




2)  Ben Lee  ~  “Trying To Sneeze”




3)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  “Aching To Sneeze”




4)  Tonéx  ~  “Sneeze”




5)  VeggieTales  ~  “Sneeze If You Need To”




6)  argonaut&wasp  ~  “The Sneeze”




7)   Todd Congelliere  ~  “Sneeze”




8)  Stu Gardner / NGFOOT  ~  “Sneeze”




9)  Stone City Band  ~  “South American Sneeze”




10)  Ou  ~  “Destiny Sneezed”




11)  Emmett Elvin  ~  “Jupiter Sneezed”




12)  Rolf Fabian  ~  “Atishoo! Sneezed Hank W”




13)  Frank Wakefield  ~  “The Old Cat Sneezed”




14)  Dump Chip  ~  “Sneezing”




15)  Laura More  ~  “Sneezing”




16)  Focus  ~  “Sneezing Bull”




17)  Myo Awig  ~  “Sneezing Young”




18)  Mixxbowl  ~  “Sneezing Pigs”




19)  Meredith Willson And His Orchestra  ~  “Sneezing Violins”




20)  David Rivera  ~  “Flowers Sneezing”




21)  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins  ~  “Shut Your Mouth When You Sneeze”




22)  Sesame Street  ~  “The Sneeze Song”




23)  Chris Ronald  ~  “The Sneeze”




24)  Ciorras  ~  “The Expensive Sneeze”




25)  Cocteau Twins  ~  “Five Ten Fiftyfold”  (No, it doesn’t have any form of the word “Sneeze” in its title, but as much as the phrase is repeated throughout the song its title might as well be “Wheezing And Sneezing.”)


Wednesday, June 24, 2015

"Crush"-ing Songs


Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Crush" in their titles. No, it's not an "Opposites" post. It's just an entertaining collection of tunes (hopefully entertaining). Nothing more, nothing less. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Paramore  ~  "crushcrushcrush"




2)  Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas  ~  "Instant Crush"




3)  Obama Girl  ~  "I Got A Crush On…Obama"




4)  R.E.M.  ~  "Orange Crush"




5)  The Jets  ~  "Crush On You"




6)  David Archuleta  ~  "Crush"




7)  Rosette  ~  "Crushed"




8)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crush"




9)  Jennifer Paige  ~  "Crush"




10)  Punch Brothers  ~  "Packt Like Sardines In A Crush'd Tin Box"




11)  Taryn Southern  ~  "Crush"




12)  Megadeth  ~  "Crush 'Em"




13)  Ballet School  ~  "Crush"




14)  Paul van Dyk  ~  "Crush"




15)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "I've Got A Crush On You"




16)  Darren Hayes  ~  "Crush (1980 Me)"




17)  Zhané  ~  "Crush"




18)  Outshyne  ~  "Moonlight Crush"




19)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Instant Crush"




20)  Lulu Lewe  ~  "Crush"




21)  R.E.M.  ~  "Crush With Eyeliner"




22)  Little Big Town  ~  "Girl Crush"




23)  Mandy Moore  ~  "Crush"




24)  O.M.D.  ~  "Crush"




25)  Cocteau Twins  ~  "Crushed"


Monday, August 25, 2014

Songs About Fingers

Sometimes you get a crazy idea, and even though it's crazy you decide to run with it anyway. Usually, those ideas fall flat and result in bland, uninteresting posts. But in this case, it actually turned out quite nicely...because apparently, there have been a great number of quality songs with the word "Finger" or "Fingers" in their titles. Here's but a sampling of them. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Police  ~  "Wrapped Around Your Finger"




2)  Laura Marling  ~  "Cross Your Fingers / Crawled Out Of The Sea"




3)  AC/DC  ~  "I Put The Finger On You"




4)  Above & Beyond ft. Alex Vargas  ~  "Sticky Fingers"




5)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands"




6)  Ween  ~  "I Can't Put My Finger On It"




7)  Beady Eye  ~  "Flick Of The Finger"




8)  Allison Weiss  ~  "Fingers Crossed"




9)  Charley Pride  ~  "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger?"




10)  Neil Young  ~  "Powderfinger"




11)  Donna Summer  ~  "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"




12)  Yeasayer  ~  "Fingers Never Bleed"




13)  honeyhoney  ~  "Turn That Finger Around"




14)  Crowded House  ~  "Fingers Of Love"




15)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?"





16)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Crazy Fingers"




17)  ABBA  ~  "Slipping Through My Fingers"




18)  Chet Atkins  ~  "Dizzy Fingers"




19)  St. Vincent  ~  "Severed Crossed Fingers"




20)  Dean Martin  ~  "The Tip Of My Fingers"




21)  The Bar-Kays  ~  "Soul Finger"




22)  donkeyboy  ~  "Triggerfinger"




23)  Erasure  ~  "Fingers And Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)"




24)  Cocteau Twins  ~  "Carolyn's Fingers"




25)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Six-Fingered Man"