Songs About Karate

Random idea alert! Here's a modest collection of Songs About Karate for your listening enjoyment. Because, why not?  ~  JH

1)  Anne-Marie  ~  "Karate"

2)  The Lonely Island  ~  "Karate Guy"

3)  David Seeger & Holly Whitstock Seeger  ~  "The Karate Rap"  (Fair warning: This "song" is painfully BAD!)

4)   Babymetal  ~  "Karate"

5)  Future ft. Lil Wayne  ~  "Karate Chop"

6)  Kimiko  ~  "Karate"

7)  Brad Paisley  ~  "Karate"

8)  Kennedy  ~  "Karate"

9)  The Fuzillis  ~  "Karate"

10)  Julie Bergan  ~  "Karate"

11)  The Dirty Youth  ~  "Bedroom Karate"

12)  Gracen Hill ft. Lukr  ~  "Emotional Karate"

13)  Sizzla  ~  "Karate"

14)  Tiburones  ~  "Karate Breath"

15)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "Circular Karate Chop"

"Russian Roulette" Songs, Vol. 2

These are also Songs About Russian Roulette. Same disclaimer as before. No actual dead people. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Velvet  ~  "Russian Roulette"

2)   Lil Wayne  ~  "Russian Roulette"

3)  Byte The Bullet  ~  "Russian Roulette"

4)   Joan Armatrading  ~  "Russian Roulette"

5)  Sadistik ft. Cage & Yes Alexander  ~  "Russian Roulette"

6)  Edwin McCain  ~  "Russian Roulette"

7)  PrimetimeVega  ~  "Russian Roulette"

8)   The Amorettes  ~  "White Russian Roulette"

9)  Sub Blue ft. Incisive & Caleb Femi  ~  "Russian Roulette"

10)  The Lord's Of The New Church  ~  "Russian Roulette"

11)   Alessandro Casillo  ~  "Russian Roulette"

12)   Stalked By Scarlet  ~  "Russian Roulette"

13)   Skye's World  ~  "Russian Roulette"

14)  Fleisch  ~  "Russian Roulette"

"Wow" Songs

Oh, wow! I don't really know what to say. Other than the fact that these songs are...like..."Wow." By which I mean that they all have the word "Wow" in their titles. So...yeah...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  INNA  ~  "WOW"

2)  Post Malone  ~  "Wow."

3)  Beck  ~  "Wow"

4)  Prince  ~  "Betcha By Golly Wow!"

5)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "WOW"

6)  Tiësto  ~  "WOW"

7)  Victoria Duffield  ~  "WOW"

8)  April Smith and The Great Picture Show  ~  "Wow And Flutter"

9)  Snow Patrol  ~  "WOW"

10)  Kate Bush  ~  "Wow"

11)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Bigger Wow"

12)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Flutter And Wow"

13)  AJR  ~  "Wow, I'm Not Crazy"

14)  Meghan Patrick  ~  "Bow Chicka Wow Wow"

15)  Architecture In Helsinki  ~  "W.O.W."

16)  Lovelyz  ~  "WoW!"

17)  BROODS  ~  "Everything Goes (Wow)"

18)  Green Day  ~  "Wow! That's Loud"

19)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  "Like Wow Wipeout"

20)  The Kills  ~  "No Wow"

21)  Ruslana  ~  "WOW"

22)  Leyya  ~  "Oh Wow"

23)  Siriusmo  ~  "Wow"

24)  Zara Larsson  ~  "WOW"

25)  The Ex-Bombers  ~  "Oh. Wow."

26)  Mike Posner ft. Lil Wayne  ~  "Bow Chicka Wow Wow"

Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I dredge up the best and most popular songs of years past, a decade ago at a time. First up, the year 2009. As usual, there's more good songs than can fit in one post. This is part 1 of 3. How many of these do you remember, fondly or otherwise? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

2)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”

4)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Big Green Tractor”

5)  Addison Road  ~  “Hope Now”

6)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”

7)  Justin Bieber  ~  “One Time”  (This is a horrible song, but it was very popular that year, so here it is.)

8)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Poker Face”

9)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

10)  Jonny Diaz ft. Audrey Assad  ~  “More Beautiful You”

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “The Climb”

12)  T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake  ~  “Dead & Gone”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”

14)  Shinedown  ~  “Second Chance”

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Free To Be Me”

16)  Kristinia DeBarge  ~  “Goodbye”

17)  Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem  ~  “Forever”

18)  Lily Allen  ~  “The Fear”

19)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Gives You Hell”

20)  Kid Cudi  ~  “Day ’N’ Nite”

21)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fallin’ For You”

22)  Linkin Park  ~  “New Divide”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “The Lost Get Found”

24)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “I Hate This Part”

25)  The Fray  ~  “You Found Me”

26)  Rihanna ft. Jay-Z & Kanye West  ~  “Run This Town”

27)  Daughtry  ~  “No Surprise”

28)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Revelation Song”

Songs About Loyalty

To whom or to what are you loyal, and why? If you aren't loyal, why not? That's what these Songs About Loyalty are all trying to find out. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Nina Nesbitt  ~  "Loyal To Me"

2)  Kendrick Lamar  ~  "Loyalty."

3)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Loyal"

4)  Odesza  ~  "Loyal"

 5)  Alice Smith  ~  "Loyalty"

 6)  Lincoln Brewster  ~  "Loyal"

7)    D. Clea  ~  "Loyal"

 8)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "I Was Once A Loyal Lover"

9)  Laura Mam  ~  "Not Loyal"

10)  Tiger Lou  ~  "The Loyal"

11)  Major Lazer ft. Kizz Daniel & Kranium  ~  "Loyal"

12)  Sleigh Bells  ~  "Loyal For"

13)  Blue Scholars  ~  "Loyalty"

14)  Dropkick Murphys  ~ "Loyal To No One"

15)  Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga  ~ "Loyal

16)  Stephanie Alessi  ~  "Loyal Love"

17)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "Loyal"

18)  Sabina Ddumba  ~  "Loyal Royal"

19)  Foster The People  ~  "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"

20)  Nicole Jaye ft. JF  ~  "Loyal"

Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops

On a couple of isolated occasions in the past, I have posted songs featuring two different – and completely unrelated – words in their titles. The first was Ninjas & Yo-Yo's, the second was Lobsters & Comic Books. Since those were so well-received, and because I recently had inspiration for other completely unrelated posts, there's this collection of Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Archive  ~  “Hatchet”

2)  The Chordettes  ~  “Lollipop”

3)  Father John Misty  ~  “This Is Sally Hatchet”

4)  BigBang & 2NE1  ~  “Lollipop”  (I have no idea what they’re singing about, but it’s awfully catchy!)

5)  Adam Torres  ~  “Hatchet”

6)  Aasha Marie ft. Point Ash & CW Allen  ~  “Lollipop”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet”

8)  Margaret  ~  “Lollipop”

9)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”

10)  Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass  ~  “Lollipops And Roses”

11)  Movements  ~  “Hatchet”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Lollipop”

13)  Deke Dickerson  ~  “Hatchet Man”

14)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows”

15)  Swim Good  ~  “Hatchet”

16)  Alvvays  ~  “Lollipop (Ode To Jim)”

17)  federation X  ~  “The Hatchet Man”

18)  Aqua  ~  “Lollipop (Candyman)”

19)  Perry Como  ~  “A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails”

20)  Shirley Temple  ~  “On The Good Ship Lollipop”

21)  As We Ascend  ~  “Hatchet”

22)  Bryan Loren  ~  “Lollipop Luv”

23)  The King Street Giants  ~  “One Hatchet, One Pitchfork”

24)  Seya  ~  “Lollipop”  (I’m not as fluent in Spanish as I used to be, but I think she’s saying she wants a lollipop. Repeatedly.)

25)  Low  ~  “Hatchet”

26)  The Lollipops  ~  “Lollipop Lips”

27)  Oh Captain!  ~  “Hatchet”

28)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “We Represent The Lollipop Guild”

29)  The Safety Fire  ~  “Red Hatchet”

30)  Lil Wayne  ~  “Lollipop”  (This is the instrumental version, by the way. You didn’t think I was going to post the actual song here, did you? ‘Cuz it’s garbage. But hey, this has a nice beat and you can dance to it, so here it is.)