Songs About Favors

Please do me a favor, and listen to these Songs About Favors. Thanks...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Billie Eilish  ~  "Party Favor"

2)  Pitbull & Fifth Harmony  ~  "Por Favor"  (Yes, I know it means "please," but I don't care.)

3)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  "A Favor House Atlantic"

4)  Eben  ~  "Favour Favour"

5)  Jake Rose  ~  "Favor"

6)  Stone Sour  ~  "Do Me A Favor"

7)  John P. Kee & New Life  ~  "Life & Favor"

8)  James Fortune & FIYA ft. Zacardi Cortez  ~  "Favor Of God"

9)  Cali Rodi  ~  "Party Favor"

10)  We Are Scientists  ~  "Return The Favor"

11)  Carrie: The Musical Cast  ~  "Do Me A Favor"

12)  Ohemaa Mercy  ~  "Favour"

13)  John P. Kee & New Life  ~  "Walking In Favor"

14)  Adventures In Bluesland  ~  "One Kind Favor"

15)  Kirk Franklin  ~  "F.A.V.O.R."

16)  Master Don  ~  "Favor"

17)  Hope Johnway  ~  "Favour"

18)  Rocco DeLuca & The Burden  ~  "Favor"

19)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Your Favor"

20)  All Time Low  ~  "Return The Favor"

21)  Kim Carnes  ~  "Begging For Favors (Learning How Things Work)"

22)  A-ha  ~  "Don't Do Me Any Favours"

23)  Steve Goodman  ~  "Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore"

24)  For Against  ~  "Don't Do Me Any Favors"

25)  Billy Dean  ~  "Small Favors"

26)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  "Small Favors"

“Cemetery” Songs

While we’re on a dead people kick (is that what this blog has come to?), why not throw in a batch of “Cemetery” Songs for good measure? They’re not as bad as you think. I’m sure you will…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pantera  ~  “Cemetery Gates”

2)  Silverchair  ~  “Cemetery”

3)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Cemetery”

4)  COIN  ~  “Cemetery”

5)  Woods Of Ypres  ~  “I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery”

6)  Tierra Whack  ~  “Pet Cemetery”

7)  Strung Out  ~  “Cemetery”

8)  Ramones  ~  “Pet Sematary”

9)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “Sleepy Towns And Cemeteries”

10)  Coldplay  ~  “Cemeteries Of London”

11)  Umphrey's McGee  ~  “Cemetery Walk”

12)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Pretty Little Cemetery”

13)  Bessie Smith  ~  “Cemetery Blues”

14)  Tom Waits  ~  “Cemetery Polka”

15)  Say Anything  ~  “Cemetery”

16)  Isles & Glaciers  ~  “Cemetery Weather”

17)  Tab  ~  “Cemetery Shakedown”

18)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Cemetery Guns”

19)  Squirrel Nut Zippers  ~  “St. Louis Cemetery Blues”

20)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Cemetery In My Mind”

21)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “Cemetery Drive”

22)  Charlie Simpson  ~  “Cemetery”

23)  Son Volt  ~  “Cemetery Savior”

24)  mewithoutyou  ~  “Cleo’s Ferry Cemetery”

25)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Historic Cemetery”

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another cacophonous collection of Weird Christmas Songs to baffle, befuddle, and boggle the mind. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Christmas  ~  “It’s Christmas Everyday!”  (Not a bad song, actually. But he is one weird guy!)

2)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “Crime-Free Christmas”  (It’s the least any of us could wish for, right?)

3)  Leroy Carr  ~  “Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain?”  (Yeah, I can imagine that it would be.)

4)  Manila Luzon & Alaska  ~  “Working Holiday”  (Anyone who’s ever worked in retail can relate to this one.)

5)  Advance Base   ~  “Christmas In Nightmare City”  (Well, that certainly puts me in the Christmas spirit…)

6)  The Merry Macs  ~  “Christmas Cha Cha Cha”  (Put on your dancing shoes!)

7)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Sweet Christmas”  (This almost doesn’t qualify as weird enough, but it’s awfully close so here it is.) 

8)  Ryland Adams  ~  “A Clickbait Christmas”  (Made ya look!)

9)  Christmas In The Stars  ~  “R2-D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas”  (Droids need Christmas love, too.)

10)  Jon Lajoie  ~  “The Best Christmas Song”  (There’s a bit of false advertising going on here...)

11)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Face”  (These just keep getting better!)

12)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Minnie And Santa”  (Too much information, Cyndi…)

13)  CeeLo Green & The Muppets  ~  “All I Need Is Love”  (Kermit trying to speak hip-hop to CeeLo is everything.)

14)  The Marcels  ~  “Merry Twistmas”  (Well, why not?)

15)  H.E.R.  ~  “Psychedelic Christmas”  (Trippy!)

16)  Portland Youth Philharmonic  ~  “Bassoon It Will Be Christmas”  (This is, essentially, an instrumental medley of well-known Christmas songs. What's unique is that the featured instrument here is a bassoon. While quite beautiful to listen to, it’s still pretty darn weird if you ask me!)

17)  Wengie  ~  “Ugly Christmas Sweater”  (An ode to ugly. I love it!)

18)  The Kinks  ~  “Father Christmas”  (You have to see it to believe it!)

19)  T. Rex  ~  “Christmas Bop”  (Hope you still have your dancing shoes on…)

20)  Basshunter  ~  “Jingle Bells (Bass)”  (Merry Bassmas to all, and to all a good beat.)

21)  Pearl Bailey  ~  “C’est Magnifique” / “Five Pound Box Of Money”  (The second song here – which is the Christmas-themed one – starts around the 4:15 mark. But the whole video is golden!)

22)  Johnny Bower ft. Little John & The Rinky Dinks  ~  “Honky The Christmas Goose”  (This may be the only time the word “honky” will ever appear on my blog without being followed by the word “tonk.”)

23)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “A Spaceman Came Traveling”  (Let’s take the traditional Christmas story and set it out in outer space, they said. It’ll be great, they said. And actually, it kinda is…)

24)  Showaddywaddy  ~  “Hey, Mr. Christmas”  (The greatest thing about this song might very well be the name of the artist.)

25)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “I Want An Alien For Christmas”  (Ooh, me too, me too!)

Songs About Hills & Valleys, Vol. 3

Last but definitely not least (because there's an Ed Sheeran song here – hello!), Vol. 3 (of 3) in my Songs About Hills & Valleys series. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Castle On The Hill”

2)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls”

3)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “Hills Of Morning”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  U2  ~  “One Tree Hill”

6)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Valley Of Tomorrow”

7)  Kate Bush  ~  “Running Up That Hill”

8)  Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters  ~  “Tin Pan Valley”

9)  The Decemberists  ~  “Grace Cathedral Hill”

10)  LP  ~  “Death Valley”

11)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blueberry Hill”

12)  k.d. lang  ~  “The Valley”

13)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Solsbury Hill”

14)  House Of Heroes  ~  “In The Valley Of The Dying Sun”

15)  Celtic Thunder ft. Damian McGinty  ~  “Come By The Hills”

16)  The Veils  ~  “Out From The Valley”

17)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Sugar Hill”

18)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “The Valley Road”

19)  Thao Nguyen  ~  “Hills”

20)  Christafari  ~  “Valley Of Decision”

21)  Kevin Costner & Modern West ft. Sara Beck  ~  “I Know These Hills”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “The Valley”

23)  Katie Melua  ~  “Gold In Them Hills”  (Yes, this is the same song as the Ron Sexsmith one in Vol 2. But this version was far too gorgeous not to double-list.)

24)  The Stranglers  ~  “Valley Of The Birds”

25)  PJ Harvey  ~  “On Battleship Hill”

Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 2)

As a follow-up to yesterday's "Songs For The Seasons" post, and in honor of the Winter Solstice (which is apparently actually today, and not yesterday), here's another set of songs to celebrate the (theoretically) chilliest of seasons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enya  ~  “Trains And Winter Rains”

2)  Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan  ~  “For Now I Am Winter”

3)  Daughter  ~  “Winter”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Winter Song”

6)  Sting  ~  “The Hounds Of Winter”

7)  Emily Barker  ~  “In The Winter I Return”

8)  Said The Whale  ~  “This Winter I Retire”

9)  Broadcast  ~  “Winter Now”

10)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Your Winter”

11)  Jo Hamilton  ~  “Winter Is Over”

12)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  “Bird Of Winter Prey”

13)  TORRES  ~  “When Winter’s Over”

14)  K’s Choice  ~  “Winter”

15)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Song For A Winter’s Night”

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Winter”

17)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

18)  Opeth  ~  “The Throat Of Winter”

19)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Winter Sun”

20)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  “Half A Week Before The Winter”