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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Songs About Supper

As I'm posting this, I am hungry. Soon I will eat lunch and a few hours later, I will eat supper. Since I've already done "Breakfast," "Lunch," and "Dinner" songs previously, here's a sensational set of Songs About Supper. So what are you waiting for? Grab your fork, dive in, and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Mamas & The Papas  ~  "Sing For Your Supper"




2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Supper Time"




3)  Los Campesinos!  ~  "Sad Suppers"




4)  Mirah and Spectratone International  ~  "Supper"




5)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Carson's Last Supper"




6)  Everything Everything  ~  "Yuppie Supper"




7)  The Last Gang  ~  "Sing For Your Supper"




8)  A Minor Forest  ~  "So Jesus Was At The Last Supper"  (Well, duh!)



9)  Joey + Rory  ~  "Suppertime"




10)  Count Basie  ~  "After Supper"




11)  Greensky Bluegrass  ~  "Less Than Supper"




12)  Chely Wright  ~  "The Last Supper"




13)  Edens Edge  ~  "Last Supper"




14)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Burns' Supper"




15)  Grandpa Jones ft. Ramona Jones  ~  "Old Dan Tucker"




16)  Howard Jones  ~  "Last Supper"




17)  Grave Digger  ~  "The Last Supper"




18)  Larry Norman  ~  "The Last Supper"




19)  Krazy Madness  ~  "The Last Supper"




20)  My Bloody Valentine  ~  "The Last Supper"

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Songs About Pipes

I never knew there were so many enjoyable Songs About Pipes. But there are. And here they are. Please listen to them. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




2)  Mike Oldfield  ~  "Sailor's Horn Pipe"




3)  Four Year Strong  ~  "Bada Bing! Wit' A Pipe!"




4)  Joan McCracken  ~  "Pass That Peace Pipe"




5)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Rusted Pipe"




6)  John Prine  ~  "Spanish Pipedream"




7)  Project 86  ~  "Pipe Dream"  (Nice face, dude! LOL!)




8)  The Shadows  ~  "Peace Pipe"




9)  Travis  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




10)  Christina Aguilera ft. XNDA  ~  "Pipe"




11)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  "Pipe Knot"




12)  Turnpike Troubadours  ~  "Pipe Bomb Dream"




13)  Duke Ellington  ~  "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes)"




14)  Babyshambles  ~  "Pipedown"




15)  Murray Head  ~  "Only A Pipe Dream"




16)  Cry Of Love  ~  "Peace Pipe"




17)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet"




18)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Pipes Of Peace"




19)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Pipe Dream"




20)  Weezer  ~  "Hash Pipe"




21)  David Allan Coe  ~  "My Father Smoked His Pipe"




22)  MxPx  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




23)  Count Basie  ~  "Peace Pipe"




24)  EELS  ~ "Rusty Pipes"




25)  Asleep At The Wheel  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

"Strange," "Queer," & "Odd" Songs

Did you ever see or hear something that didn't sound quite right that caused you to furrow your brow in confusion? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Strange Fruit"




2)  Garbage  ~  “Queer"




3)  Boy Willows  ~  “So Odd"




4)  Anna Calvi & David Byrne  ~  “Strange Weather”




5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  “My Word! You Do Look Queer!”  (It's important to note here that the word "queer" both does and doesn't mean what it traditionally did, which is, something or someone that's atypical or different in some way.)




6)  Hey Violet  ~  “O.D.D.”




7)  John Grant  ~  “Is He Strange”




8)  Count Basie  ~  “Queer Street”




9)  Mariah Carey ft. Westlife  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”




10)  The Black Keys   ~ “Strange Times”




11)  STRFKR  ~  “Queer Bot”




12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Beatin’ The Odds”




13)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”




14)  Cait and the Critters  ~  “Queer”




15)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Slight The Odds”




16)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “Strange Changes”




17)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  “Camera (Queer Sound)”




18)  Julia Nunes  ~  “Odd”




19)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Strange Affair”




20)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Queer”




21)  Daniele Liverani  ~  “Odd Valley”




22)  Bic Runga  ~  “Suddenly Strange”




23)  Fletcher Henderson  ~  “Queer Notions”




24)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Odd Job Man”




25)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”




26)  Lazy Eye  ~  “Queer”




27)  Weezer  ~  “Odd Couple”




28)  Aqualung  ~  “Strange And Beautiful”




29)  Alison Rayner Quintet  ~  “Queer Bird”




30)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Against The Odds”

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Songs About Ponytails & Pigtails

My daughter is all about ponytails and pigtails of late. So here are a bunch of songs about them. Not that she'll listen to them. She rarely ever listens to anybody about anything. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Haschak Sisters  ~  “Ponytail”




2)  Wild Beasts  ~  “Ponytail”




3)  The Wiggles  ~  “Pigtail Polka”




4)  Count Basie  ~  “Pony Tail”




5)  The Defibulators  ~  “Let Me See That Ponytail Run”




6)  Fink  ~  “Pigtails”




7)  Badanamu  ~  “I Got A Ponytail”




8)  Rudy Currence  ~  “Weave Ponytail”




9)  Sean Magee  ~  “Pigtails”




10)  Devereaux  ~  “Ponytails”




11)  The Love Elektrik  ~  “Ponytail”




12)  Pins  ~  “Ponytail”




13)  Syd Matters  ~  “Pigtail Fairies”




14)  Lake Street Dive  ~  “Side Pony”  (The “tail” here is implied.)




15)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail”




16)  Pi Ja Ma  ~  “Ponytail”




17)  Phish  ~  “Pigtail”




18)  Emery  ~  “The Ponytail Parades”




19)  The Fireballs  ~  “Long, Long Ponytail”




20)  Silverlake  ~  “Shake Your Head (With Your Black Ponytail)”




21)  Corduroy  ~  “Ponytail”




22)  The Gluts  ~  “Ponytail”




23)  The Orphan  ~  “Pigtail Madness”




24)  K.Oh!  ~  “Ponytail”




25)  Panda Bear  ~  “Ponytail”