These are Songs About Being Unattractive. If this is a sensitive issue for you, as it is for me, consider this your trigger warning. Otherwise, enjoy! ~ JH
1) Jessia ~ "I'm Not Pretty "
2) Daphne & Celeste ~ "U.G.L.Y."
3) Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid ~ "Beautiful People"
4) Deb Never ~ "Ugly"
5) Kasey Chambers ~ "Not Pretty Enough"
6) Nora Collins ~ "Plain Jane"
7) Bubba Sparxxx ft. Timbaland & Missy Elliott ~ "Ugly"
8) Teddy Geiger ~ "Not So Pretty Anymore"
9) Lorde ~ "Team"
10) The Chi-Lites ~ "Homely Girl"
11) The Dickies ~ "Hideous"
12) Jewel ~ "Plain Jane"
13) Sugababes ~ "Ugly"
14) Band Of Skulls ~ "You're Not Pretty But You Got It Goin' On"
This is me attempting to do something interesting for President's Day. Each song in this set bears the surname of a U.S. President in its title. I didn't do anything crazy, like post a song for each of our 45 pPresidents. But I found as many as I could, and you're going to have to be okay with that. Enjoy?~JH
1) Counting Crows ~ "Washington Square"
2) Aerosmith ~ "Adam's Apple" ("Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)
3) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ~ "Jefferson Jericho Blues"
4) George Thorogood ft. Albert Collins ~ "Madison Blues"
5) Pharrell Williams ft. Kelly Osbourne ~ "Marilyn Monroe"
6) blink-182 ~ "Adam's Song" (Again, "Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)
7) Johnny Cash & June Carter ~ "Jackson"
8) The Toadies ~ "Tyler"
9) Elvis Presley ~ "Polk Salad Annie"
10) Jack Johnson ~ "Taylor"
11) Dinosaur Jr. ~ "Pierce The Morning Rain"
12) PJ Harvey ~ "Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln"
13) Mick Flavin ~ "Jennifer Johnson And Me"
14) Bob Dylan ~ "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
15) John Prine & Sara Watkins ~ "Late John Garfield Blues"
16) Christopher Cross ~ "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
17) Jewel ~ "Cleveland"
18) The Presidents Of The United States Of America ~ "Cleveland Rocks" (Remember, Cleveland served as President twice in nonconsecutive terms. So he counts as two Presidents.)
19) Conor Oberst ~ "Roosevelt Room"
20) Hozier ~ "Jackie And Wilson"
21) Sufjan Stevens ~ "Tonya Harding"
22) Elvis Costello ~ "Hoover Factory"
23) Joywave ~ "Like A Kennedy"
24) INXS ~ "Johnson's Aeroplane"
25) Elton John ~ "Postcards From Richard Nixon"
26) Jerry Reed ~ "Lord, Mr. Ford"
27) Tor Miller ~ "Carter & Cash"
28) Violent Femmes ~ "Old Mother Reagan"
29) Traffic ~ "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush"
30) Wakey! Wakey! ~ "Clinton St. Girl"
31) Bruce Dickinson ~ "Laughing In The Hiding Bush"
32) Moby & The Homeland Choir ~ "Trump Is On Your Side" (The sarcasm is strong with this one. And I tend to agree with the sentiments.)
OK, so we've covered Songs About Pleasure and Songs About Pain. But what about all those great songs about both Pleasure AND Pain? Here they are! Enjoy! ~ JH
1)Divinyls~“Pleasure & Pain”
2)Queen~“Pain Is So Close To Pleasure”
3)112~“Pleasure & Pain"
4)Gemini Syndrome~“Pleasure And Pain”
5)Josephina~“Pleasure And Pain”
6)Farhan~“Pain Or Pleasure”
7)Lenny Kravitz~“The Pleasure And The Pain”
8)Ilkay Sencan~“Pleasure & Pain”
9)Judas Priest~“Pain And Pleasure”
10)Tokyo Taboo~“No Pleasure Only Pain”
11)Fearless Vampire Killers~“Pleasure Of The Pain”
12)ådå~“This Pleasure Needs Pain (Unsympathy)”
13)Christie~“Pleasure & Pain”
14)DesiSlava~“My Pleasure My Pain”
15)Michael Bolton~“Pleasure Or Pain”
16)Tender Prey~“Pleasure Pain Principle”
17)Brian O’Brien~“Pleasure Pain”
18)Sweet Sensation~“Pleasure And Pain”
19)Malik Harris~“Pleasure & Pain”
20)Jewel~“His Pleasure Is My Pain”
21)Mint Condition~“Is This Pain Our Pleasure?”
22)Marty Stuart~“Sometimes The Pleasure’s Worth The Pain”
23)Whitney Lyman~“Pleasure/Pain”
24)Black Atlass~“Pain & Pleasure”
25)Citna~“Pleasure & The Pain”
26)The Chameleons~“Pleasure And Pain”
27)Lathan Warlick~“Pain & Pleasure”
28) Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ "Aeroplane"(Nope, this song doesn't have either the word "Pleasure" or "Pain" in its title, but both figure prominently – together – in the chorus. So...yeah.)
