"Rusty" Songs

These "Rusty" Songs seem to be out of practice. They need to whip themselves back into shape and get in the game again. Or something like that. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Soundgarden  ~  "Rusty Cage"

2)  Brenda Lee  ~  "Rusty Bells"

3)  The Script  ~  "Rusty Halo"

4)  Brad Cox  ~  "Rusty Strings"

5)  X Japan  ~  "Rusty Nail"

6)  The Broots  ~  "Rusty"

7)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  "Rusty Nail"

8)  Glenn Rouse  ~  "Rusty Tin"

9)  EELS  ~  "Rusty Pipes"

10)  7eventh Time Down  ~  "Rusty Nails"

11)  Amorphis  ~  "Rusty Moon"

12)  Hein Cooper  ~  "Rusty"

13)  Johnny Cage  ~  "Rusty Cage"  (I would certainly be remiss if I didn't include The Man In Black's classic cover of the already-posted-above Soundgarden song. It's a gem!)

14)  Honeydew  ~  "Little Rusty Lemon"

15)  Tyler, The Creator ft. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt  ~  "Rusty"  (For the aurally sensitive, they bleeped most of the "potty words" in this one, but they missed a couple toward the end. Be forewarned!)

16)  Lloyd Cole  ~  "Hey Rusty"

17)  Xavier Rudd & The United Nations  ~  "Rusty Hammer"

18)  Bobby Bare  ~  "Yard Full Of Rusty Cars"

19)  Perfume Genius  ~  "Rusty Chains"

20)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Rusty Angels"

21)  AndLove  ~  "Got A Little Rusty"

22)  B.B. King  ~  "Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)"

23)  Orochi's Lullaby  ~  "The Rusty Gate"

24)  Gene Autry  ~  "Rusty The Rocking Horse"

25)  Ziggy McNeill  ~  "Rusty"

26)  John Denver  ~  "Rusty Green"

27)  Moderat  ~  "Rusty Nails"

28)  Chris LeDoux  ~  "Rusty Spurs"

25 Different Renditions Of “Frosty The Snowman”

Every couple of years or so, I do one of these posts featuring a bunch of different versions of a beloved Christmas song. Well, here's another one for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to skip around to the ones that interest you most. Outside of the original version (#5) and the one made popular in the animated special (#1), my top picks are #3, #14, and #22. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites. ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Durante  (Animated)

2)  August Burns Red  (Metalcore)

3)  Fiona Apple  (Poppy)

4)  Puddles The Clown & Mr. Bigfoot  (Bizarre)

5)  Gene Autry  (Original)

6)  Grace VanderWaal  (Ethereal)

7)  BWC Christmas Orchestra  (Metal)

8)  Zee Avi  (Depressing)

9)  The Beach Boys  (Harmony)

10)  USC Bassoon Choir  (Woodwinds)

11)  The Jackson 5  (Motown)

12)  The Harry Connick Big Band  (Swingin’)

13)  The Reverend Horton Heat  (Rockabilly)

14)  Leon Redbone & Dr. John  (Bluesy)

15)  Bing Crosby  (Traditional)

16)  Pepper Proud  (Innovative)

17)  Ella Fitzgerald  (Jazzy)

18)  The Ronettes  (Girlgroup)

19)  The Wombats  (Alternative)

20)  Urbana Reggaeton  (Spanish)

21)  The Ventures  (Percussive)

22)  Willie Nelson  (Twangy)

23)  Los Straitjackets  (Instrumental)

24)  DJ Laz  (Thumpin’)

25)  Bowling For Soup  (Punk)

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 1

For the past several years, I've been accumulating playlists full of the most wonderfully weird Christmas-themed songs that have somehow made their way into recordings. While I've certainly found dozens of gems prior to now, I've never searched as high and low as I did this year seeking oddball holiday songs previously unknown to me. The result is a three-part series that begins right now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  If you happened to miss the previous "Weird Christmas Songs" posts, you can find them here, here, and here. In addition, you can check out some highly unusual songs about Santa Claus here and here.

1)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Sweatz”  (This is the first in a 3-video series of Christmas-themed songs by these folks. All of which will appear in these posts, and all of 'em weird, too.)

2)  Pond  ~  “All I Want For Xmas (Is A Tascam 388)”  (I looked it up. This is some kind of home studio recording device thingamajig.)

3)  Yogi Yorgesson  ~  “Yingle Bells”  (What's next, "Yingle Bell Rock"?)

4)  Anto Sharp  ~  “Let’s Put Christmas In Your Basket”  (Sure, why not?)

5)  Darlene Love  ~  “Christmastime For The Jews”  (No one gets left out this year.)

6)  Gene Autry & The Pinafores  ~  “He’s A Chubby Little Fellow”  (Way to fat-shame the gift-bringer, cowboy! Now you’ve ruined everything for all of us!)

7)  Christafari ft. Makamae Auwae  ~  “Angels We Have Heard On High”  (This is how to cover ALL the bases in one short video.)

8)  RuPaul  ~  “Nothing For Christmas”  (Aww, poor guy...well, sort of.)

9)  Augie Rios  ~  “Donde Está Santa Claus?"  (Yeah, where IS that jolly old elf?)

10)  Frank Sidebottom  ~  “Christmas Is Really Fantastic”  (Isn't it, though?)

11)  Half Man Half Biscuit  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla-Prague Away Kit”  (I didn't look this one up. But whatever it is, this guy wants one.)

12)  Billy Idol  ~  “Yellin’ At The Xmas Tree”  (I'm sure we've all done this at some point.)

13)  Bob Rivers Comedy Corp.  ~  “The Twelve Pains Of Christmas”  (Only 12???)

14)  Sia  ~  “Santa’s Coming For Us”  (That sounds vaguely menacing...)

15)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out”  (Don't say you weren't warned.)

16)  Destenee  ~  “Hello Kitty Christmas”  (I know people who celebrate in this manner.)

17)  The Maine  ~  “Ho Ho Hopefully”  (Clever title. Good song. Weird video.)

18)  Crystal Antlers  ~  “10,000 Watts”  (That's a lot of light bulbs!)

19)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Must Be Santa”  (Accordions were never put to such good use in a Christmas song before this.)

20)  Ivana Raymonda ~  “Christmas And Love”  (Two things I'm particularly fond of.)

21)  blink-182  ~  “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”  (It's alright. You guys weren't invited anyway.)

22)  Allo, Darlin’  ~  “Space Christmas”  (Far out, man!)

23)  NewSong  ~  “The Christmas Shoes”  (Some of you are probably frowning at your screen right now because I included this song here. But when you think about it, it truly is weird! I mean, it’s not like Mama can take the shoes with her where she’s going. Treacle, folks…pure treacle!)

24)  B-SHOC  ~  “Happy Hip-Hop Christmas”  (Ho-ho-homeboy!)

25)  Clarence Carter  ~  “Back Door Santa”  (I can't even...)

Songs About Cows

These are Songs About Cows. What else is there to say? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Strait  ~  “Milk Cow Blues”

2)  Dorothy Dandridge  ~  “Cow Cow Boogie”

3)  Elton John  ~  “Poor Cow”

4)  Rachele Lynae  ~  Party ’Til The Cows Come Home”

5)  Foo Fighters  ~  “For All The Cows”

6)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Cash Cow”

7)  Judy Garland  ~  “I Could Go On Singing (Till The Cows Come Home)”

8)  Seals & Crofts  ~  “Cows Of Gladness”

9)  Steely Dan  ~  “Black Cow”

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Gonna Love Ya (Till The Cows Come Home)”

11)  The Wonder Stuff  ~  “The Size Of A Cow”

12)  Anna Katt  ~  “Cows On The Moon”

13)  Elvin Bishop  ~  “Calling All Cows”

14)  Crowded House  ~  “Sacred Cow”

15)  Gene Autry & Mary Lee  ~  “I’m An Old Cow Hand (From The Rio Grande)”

16)  Joe Diffie  ~  “The Cows Came Home”

17)  Primus  ~  “Greet The Sacred Cow”

18)  Ashton Shepherd  ~  “More Cows Than People”

19)  George Strait & Asleep At The Wheel  ~  “Big Ball’s In Cowtown”  (Any post with two George Strait songs in it is automatically a good post.)

20)  Carly Simon  ~  “Cow Town”

21)  Scooter ft. Fatman Scoop  ~  “Behind The Cow”

22)  Judy Garland  ~  “A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow”  (Any post with two Judy Garland songs in it elevates its status all the way to "outstanding"!)

23)  Corb Lund  ~  “Cows Around”

24)  Brian Wilson  ~  “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow”

25)  mewithoutyou  ~  “Red Cow”

26)  Daniel Johnston  ~  "Walking The Cow"