"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are not sung in Chinese. They are not by Chinese artists. They just have the word "Chinese" in their titles. Nothing more, nothing less. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Lake Malawi  ~  "Chinese Trees"

2)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Chinese Democracy"

3)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Chinese Satellite"

4)  M. Ward  ~  "Chinese Translation"

5)  Alison Gold  ~  "Chinese Food"  (Ladies and gentlemen, one of the stupidest "songs" ever written, and just as poorly performed. From the folks who brought us Rebecca Black's "Friday." So why should we expect any less?)

6)  Coldplay  ~  "Chinese Sleep Chant"

7)  Eric Idle  ~  "I Like Chinese"

8)  Philip Bailey  ~  "Walking On The Chinese Wall"

9)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Chinese Arithmetic"

10)  George Formby  ~  "Chinese Laundry Blues"

11)  Jedi Mind Tricks  ~  "Chinese Water Torture"

12)  Ramones  ~  "Chinese Rock"

13)  Blur  ~  "Chinese Bombs"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  MC Jin  ~  "Chinese New Year"

16)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"

17)  Queen  ~  "Chinese Torture"

18)  The Decemberists  ~  "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist"

19)  Baltimora  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"

20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

Songs About Heaven & Hell, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and get Vol. 2 (and final) out there, as it's a direct bookend to the previous post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Heaven"

2)  Pistol Annies  ~  "Hell On Heels"

3)  Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams  ~  "Heaven Knows"

4)  Pantera  ~  "Cowboys From Hell"

5)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Pennies From Heaven"

6)  Passenger  ~  "Hell Or High Water"

7)  Beyoncé  ~  "Heaven"

8)  George Strait  ~  "You Gotta Go Through Hell"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "Hurts Like Heaven"

10)  AC/DC  ~  "Hell's Bells"

11)  Warrant  ~  "Heaven"

12)  Stryper  ~  "No More Hell To Pay"

13)  The Cure  ~  "Just Like Heaven"

14)  Brandy Clark  ~  "Love Can Go To Hell"  (WOW! Okay then!)

15)  Eurythmics  ~  "Heaven"

16)  Cher  ~  "Hell On Wheels"

17)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

18)  The Who  ~  "Heaven And Hell"

19)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Tears In Heaven"

20)  The Jam  ~  "Private Hell"

21)  Maria McKee  ~  "Show Me Heaven"

22)  Eric Church  ~  "Hell On The Heart"

23)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Locked Out Of Heaven"

24)  Alice In Chains  ~  "Private Hell"

25)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Heaven And Hell"

Songs About November

In case you're not one of those people who notices little things like Daylight Savings Time, the changing of the seasons, or giant asteroids crashing into the earth, I'm happy to inform you that we are now living in the month of November. To celebrate that fact, here's a spectacular set of Songs About November for your listening pleasure. So...enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "November Rain"

2)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  "November"

3)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  "November"

4)  Azure Ray  ~  "November"

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "November Blue"

6)  Susanna Hoffs  ~  "November Sun"

7)  Tom Waits  ~  "November"

8)  Gemma Hayes  ~  "November"

9)  Emerson Drive  ~  "November"

10)  Chris Pureka  ~  "Song For November"

11)  Opeth  ~  "Dirge For November"

12)  Sandy Denny  ~  "Late November"

13)  The Waterboys  ~  "November Tale"

14)  Matt Costa  ~  "Early November"

15)  Carbon Leaf  ~  "November (makebelieve)"

16)  Miranda Lee Richards  ~  "Early November"

17)  Wyclef Jean ft. Canibus  ~  "Gone Till November"

18)  Carolin No  ~  "Year Of November"

19)  Big & Rich  ~  "8th Of November"

20)  Julie Doiron  ~  "Snowfalls In November"

21)  Morrissey  ~  "November Spawned A Monster"

22)  Heathers  ~  "November"

23)  Lydian Collective  ~  "November"

24)  Shannon Lay  ~  "November"

25)  Stolen Jars  ~  "Another November"

Songs About Queens

Here's a bunch of Songs About Queens for your entertainment. It's part of the continuing series of posts about playing cards that I've been telling you about. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sofi Tukker  ~  "Baby I'm A Queen"

2)  Sex Pistols  ~  "God Save The Queen"

3)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial"

4)  Nirvana  ~  "Hairspray Queen"  (Interesting early look at a seminal rock band. Not as polished, definitely not as radio-friendly, but clearly full of potential.)

5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancehall Queen"

6)  Queen  ~  "Killer Queen"

7)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Glycerine Queen"

8)  Mountain  ~  "Mississippi Queen"

9)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Might Have Been Queen"

10)  The Doors  ~  "Queen Of The Highway"

11)  Charli XCX  ~  "London Queen"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "The Queen Is Dead"

13)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Queen Of Peace" / "Long And Lost"

14)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Rocket Queen"

15)  Aurora  ~  "Queendom"

16)  Saxon  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

17)  RaeLynn  ~  "Queens Don't"

18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Queen Of Lower Chelsea"

19)  Jim Croce  ~  "Roller Derby Queen"

20)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Venice Queen"

21)  Juice Newton  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

22)  Loren Gray  ~  "Queen"

23)  Robert Plant  ~  "The May Queen"

24)  King Princess  ~  "Cheap Queen"

25)  The Dead Weather  ~  "Forever My Queen"