"Room" & "Board" Songs, Vol. 1

I might have gotten a little carried away with these, but here they are nonetheless. Part 1 of a 3-part miniseries featuring songs with the words "Room" or "Board" in their titles. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  John Mayer  ~  "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room"

2)  Friendly Fires  ~  "On Board"

3)  Au/Ra  ~  "Panic Room"

4)  Sugar Ray  ~  "Boardwalk"

5)  You Me At Six  ~  "Room To Breathe"

6)  The Wombats  ~  "Circuitboard City"

7)  Kim Walker-Smith  ~  "Throne Room"

8)  Elton John  ~  "The Diving Board"

9)  Ailee  ~  "Room Shaker"

10)  The Drifters  ~  "Under The Boardwalk"

11)  Cream  ~  "White Room"

12)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  "Baby On Board"

13)  Asking Alexandria  ~  "Alone In A Room"

14)  The Features  ~  "Drawing Board"

15)  Jessie J  ~  "Big White Room"

16)  Baroness  ~  "Board Up The House"

17)  Klymaxx  ~  "Meeting In The Ladies' Room"

18)  Morrissey  ~  "Ouija Board, Ouija Board"

19)  There For Tomorrow  ~  "No More Room To Breathe"

20)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  "Cutting Board"

21)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "Living Room"

22)  Guano Apes  ~  "Lords Of The Boards"

23)  Black Label Society  ~  "Room Of Nightmares"

24)  The Morning Benders  ~  "Boarded Doors"

25)  Heffron Drive  ~  "Living Room"

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not best but certainly not least, here's part 3 of 3 in the "Busy" and "Idle" Songs series. You're welcome!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Latimore  ~  "Never Too Busy"

2)  Outkast  ~  "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)"

3)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight"

4)  Kelly Derrickson  ~  "Idle No More"

5)  Silversun Pickups  ~  "Busy Bees"

6)  Peggy Sue  ~  "Idle"

7)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Busy”

8)  Hollow Graves  ~  "Idle"

9)  Ugly Kid Joe  ~  "Busy Bee"

10)  Com Truise  ~  “Idle Withdrawal”

11)  Garbage  ~  "Get Busy With The Fizzy"

12)  Skyharbor  ~  “Idle Minds”

13)  Billy Bragg  ~  "Busy Girl Buys Beauty"

14)  The Sadies  ~  “Idle Tomorrows”

15)  Guano Apes  ~  "Get Busy"

16)  Grant Green  ~  “Idle Moments”

17)  Single Jo  ~  "Busy"

18)  Eydie Gorme  ~  “Idle Conversation”

19)  Norra  ~  "Busy"

20)  The Futureheads  ~  “Idle Hands”

21)  The Bats  ~  "Busy"

22)  The Gutter Twins  ~  "Idle Hands"

23)  Robbie Fulks  ~  "Busy Not Crying"

24)  Amy Speace  ~  "Idle Hands"

25)  Alexandria Rhea  ~  "Busy"

Songs About Allies

It's always nice to know you have someone who's on your side, who supports you, and has your back no matter what. That's where these Songs About Allies are coming from. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  We The Kings  ~  "Ally"

2)  Victoria Williams & Dave Pirner  ~  "My Ally"

3)  Will Fontaine & The Vital Signs  ~  "Allies"

4)  Heart  ~  "Allies"

5)  According To Plan  ~  "Allies"

6)  The Crane Wives  ~  "Allies Or Enemies"

7)  Mutemath  ~  "Allies"

8)  The Experimental Warrior  ~  "Allies"

9)  Guano Apes  ~  "Allies"

10)  Light Asylum  ~  "Dark Allies"

11)  Sinead Harnett  ~  "Ally"

12)  Heart Of A Ghost  ~  "Allies"

13)  Sarah Eden Davis  ~  "Ally"

14)  Fellow Creatures  ~  "Allies"

15)  Danny Padilla  ~  "Ally"  (I realized after the fact that this song is actually about the singer's friend whose name is "Ally." But it's such a heartbreakingly beautiful song – and I needed 15 songs to make a nice round number for this post – so here it is.)

“Real” & “Fake” Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not least, this rousing set of "Real" and "Fake" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bastille  ~  “Fake It”

2)  Angela Winbush  ~  “It’s The Real Thing”

3)  Joyce Manor  ~  “Fake I.D.”

4)  The Higgins  ~  “Real Thing”

5)  Status Quo  ~  “Fakin’ The Blues”

6)  Sarah Connor  ~  “Real Love”

7)  Sticky Fingers  ~  “Fake A Smile”

8)  Jill Scott  ~  “The Real Thing”

9)  Hockey  ~  “Too Fake”

10)  Derek Johnson  ~  “Real Love”

11)  Husky  ~  “Fake Moustache”

12)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Real Life”

13)  Alexander O’Neal  ~  “Fake”

14)  The Cure  ~  “The Real Snow White”

15)  Guano Apes  ~  “Fake”

16)  Jeff Buckley  ~  “So Real”

17)  Foreign Fields  ~  “Fake Arms”

18)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  “The Real Thing”

19)  Pete Townshend  ~  “Fake It”

20)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Real”

21)  HRVRD  ~  “Kids With Fake Guns”

22)  Skyy  ~  “Real Love”

23)  Deleted Scenes  ~  “Fake IDs”

24)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Real Love”

25)  Fair Weather Friends  ~  “Fake Love”