"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 2

It took me a few days, but as promised, here's another set of "Chinese" Songs, neither sung in Chinese nor performed by Chinese artists. Because...there were too many good ones for just one post, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  "Paper Cut, Chinese Burn"

2)  Jessica Mauboy  ~  "Chinese Whispers"

3)  Level 42  ~  "The Chinese Way"

4)  Peggy Lee  ~  "Chinese Love Poems: Going Rowing / Like The Moon / The Musicians"

5)  Travis  ~  "Chinese Blues" / "Eyes Wide Open"

6)  Australian Crawl  ~  "Chinese Eyes"

7)  The Trews  ~  "Chinese Kites" / "Beautiful & Tragic"

8)  John Cale  ~  "Chinese Envoy"

9)  Go West  ~  "Chinese Whispers"

10)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese Café / Unchained Melody"

11)  Sales  ~  "Chinese New Year"

12)  A Silent Film  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"

13)  The Howl & The Hum  ~  "Godmanchester Chinese Bridge"

14)  Cass McCombs  ~  "In A Chinese Alley"

15)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  "Scary Chinese Movie"

16)  Biz Markie  ~  "Chinese Food"

17)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  "10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar"

18)  Finch  ~  "Chinese Organ Thieves"

19)  The Temperance Movement  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"

20)  Scott Helman  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"

"Cool" Songs Also

These songs, like the set that preceded them, are "Cool." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Babyface  ~  "For The Cool In You"

2)  Josie Dunne  ~  "Cool With It"

3)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  "Hard To Be Cool (In A Minivan)"

4)  Joni Mitchell  ~  Be Cool"

5)  Squeeze  ~  "Cool For Cats"

6)  Pat Benatar  ~  "Cool Zero"

7)  Red Velvet  ~  "Cool Hot Sweet Love"

8)  Little Texas  ~  "She's Cool"

9)  Paul Simon  ~  "The Cool, Cool River"

10)  Chely Wright  ~  "Wouldn't It Be Cool"

11)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Shades Of Cool"

12)  Wang Chung  ~  "The Warmer Side Of Cool"

13)  Megan Nicole  ~  "Play It Cool"

14)  Sheena Easton  ~  "Cool Love"

15)  Lit  ~  "Everything's Cool"

16)  Hank Williams  ~  "Cool Water"

17)  Asaf Avidan  ~  "This Cool"

18)  The Misfits  ~  "Cough/Cool"

19)  John Prine  ~  "Everything Is Cool"

20)  Sarah Close  ~  "Cool"

21)  Kix  ~  "Cool Kids"

22)  Daniel Johns  ~  "Cool On Fire"

23)  Phoenix  ~  "Trying To Be Cool"

24)  Four Year Strong  ~  "It's Cool"

25)  Eric Benét  ~  "What If We Was Cool"

Songs About Main Street

Who'd have thought that there'd be enough good Songs About Main Street to more than fill a post? Obviously, that was me. Turns out I was correct. So, please...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Late Night Alumni  ~  "Main Street"

2)  Kurtis Blow  ~  "One-Two-Five (Main Street Harlem U.S.A.)"

3)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Mainstreet"

4)  Omar & The Howlers  ~  "Full Moon On Main Street"

5)  Deer Tick  ~  "Main Street"

6)  Outlaws  ~  "Nothin' Main About Main Street"

7)  Los Lobos  ~  "On Main Street"

8)  The Four Tops  ~  "Main Street People"

9)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "In France They Kiss On Main Street"

10)  Carole King  ~   "Main Street Saturday Night"

11)  Dion  ~  "Midtown American Main Street Gang"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  "Main Street Eyes"

13)  Gene Kelly & Vera-Ellen  ~  "When You Walk Down Main Street With Me"

14)  Bobby Bare  ~  "Waitress At The Main Street Cafe"

15)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Main Street"

16)  Roy Wood & Wizzard  ~  "Main Street"

17)  Cataldo  ~  "Literally Main Street"

18)  The Takeover UK  ~  "Main Street Crush"

19)  Hugh Blumenfeld  ~  "Main Street Sky"

20)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Going Down To Main Street"

21)  Cornflower  ~  "Monks On Main Street"

22)  O.C. Smith  ~  "Main Street Mission"

23)  Virginia Maestro  ~  "Main Street"

24)  Gretchen Peters Trio  ~  "Main Street"

25)  Deric Ruttan  ~  "Main Street, 1979"

26)  Japan  ~  "Lovers On Main Street"

27)  Time King  ~  "Main Street"

28)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Main Street Wizards"

29)  Mighty Ploughboys  ~  "Main Street"

30)  Ultravox  ~  "Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)"

"Grey" Songs

Here we have a lovely collection of songs about the color "Grey" (or "Gray," depending on whom you ask). Why, you might ask? Aside from the fact that it's one of my most favorite colors, there also happen to be quite a few good songs with that color in their titles. And I wanted them all in one place for safekeeping. Good enough reason? Great! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan  ~  "Grey Room"

2)  Katzenjammer  ~  "Lady Grey"

3)  Marion Raven  ~  "Colors Turn To Grey"

4)  Nickel Creek  ~  "Green And Grey"

5)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Grey"

6)  Bee Gees  ~  "The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey"  (I didn't know these guys started performing when they were still kids! Neither did I know that footage of their earliest history still existed.)

7)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Grey Street"

8)  Gary Moore  ~  "Long Grey Mare"

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Song In Red And Grey"

10)  Elton John  ~  "Grey Seal"

11)  Delilah  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

12)  AFI  ~  "Girl's Not Grey"

13)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "Storms Make Grey The Sea"

14)  EXES  ~  "Grey"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Grey Matter"

16)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Grey Skies"

17)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Two Grey Rooms"

18)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Grey Matter"

19)  Live  ~  "The Beauty Of Gray"

20)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Grey Gardens"

21)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

22)  Justin Nozuka  ~  "Gray"

23)  Billy Joel  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

24)  Bruce Hornsby  ~  "Fields Of Gray"

25)  BarlowGirl  ~  "Grey"