Whistling Songs, Vol. 4

Now we've come to the end of this miniseries. This set of songs is less of the ooh-ooh-I've-been-waiting-to-hear-that-one variety, and more of the I-like-that-song-but-I-never-realized-it-had-whistling-in-it or I've-never-heard-that-song-but-that's-some-darn-fine-whistling type. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Over My Shoulder”

2)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong”

3)  De La Soul  ~  “Eye Know”

4)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

5)  Roger Miller  ~  “Whistle Stop”

6)  Focus  ~  “Hocus Pocus”

7)  Commodores  ~  “Brick House”

8)  Madonna  ~  “Gambler”

9)  Annibale E I Cantori Moderni  ~  “Trinity (Titoli)”

10)  Fallulah  ~  “Work Song”

11)  Gigi D’Agostino  ~  “The Riddle”

12)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”

13)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Go Gentle”

14)  Bruce Johnston  ~  “Disney Girls”

15)  Björk  ~  “Isobel”

16)  Roger Whittaker  ~  “Finnish Whistler”

17)  Bernard Herrmann  ~  “Twisted Nerve”

18)  Wilco  ~  “Dawned On Me”

19)  Meg Myers  ~  “Go”

20)  Daedelus  ~  “Bright Stars”

21)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Workin’ On A Dream”

22)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

23)  Reubens Accomplice  ~  “Field Science”

24)  The Walkmen  ~  “On The Water”

25)  Ace Of Base  ~  “All That She Wants”

"Beach" Songs

It's summer. Beach season. So...there's these songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Owl City  ~  “Umbrella Beach”

2)  Django Django  ~  “Life’s A Beach”

3)  San Cisco  ~  “Beach”

4)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold”

5)  The Drifters  ~  “Down On The Beach Tonight”

6)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Brighton Beach”

7)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “At The Beach”

8)  Israel Kamakawiwo’ole  ~  “White Sandy Beach Of Hawai’i”

9)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Beach Shack”

10)  Niki & The Dove  ~  “The Beach”

11)  a-ha  ~  “Memorial Beach”

12)  Palma Violets  ~  “Girl, You Couldn’t Do Much Better On The Beach”

13)  Blake Shelton  ~  “Some Beach”

14)  Ramones  ~  “Rockaway Beach”

15)  Wavves  ~  “King Of The Beach”

16)  Survival Reggae  ~  “Bondi Beach”

17)  The Go-Go’s  ~  “Beatnik Beach”

18)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

19)  Chris Rea  ~  “On The Beach”

20)  Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts  ~  “Beach Pop”

21)  Cliff Richard  ~  “On The Beach”

22)  The Growlers  ~  “Beach Rats”

23)  Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds  ~  “(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach”

24)  Martha & The Muffins  ~  “Echo Beach”

25)  Jane’s Addiction  ~  “Up The Beach”

BONUS TRACK:  The Avett Brothers  ~  “If It’s The Beaches”  (What do you do when you have two Avett Brothers songs that are way too good to exclude one? You include both, of course. Thus, this bonus track…)

Songs About Coffee

Start your day off with the beverage of choice for countless sleepyheads and non-morning-people. And while you're sipping away, enjoy this collection of Songs About Coffee.  ~  JH

1)  Blur  ~  “Coffee And TV”

2)  Sylvan Esso  ~  “Coffee”

3)  Landon Pigg  ~  “Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Coffee”

5)  All Saints  ~  “Black Coffee”

6)  Squeeze  ~  “Black Coffee In Bed”

7)  Copeland  ~  “Coffee”

8)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Another Cup Of Coffee”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Cup Of Coffee”

10)  All Time Low  ~  “Coffee Shop Soundtrack”

11)  Ryan Calhoun  ~  “Coffee”

12)  Humble Pie  ~  “Black Coffee”

13)  The Cranberries  ~  “Wake Up And Smell The Coffee”

14)  Kim Hoorweg  ~  “Black Coffee”

15)  Eric Burdon  ~  “One More Cup Of Coffee”

16)  Caught A Ghost  ~  “No Sugar in My Coffee” 

17)  Kate Bush  ~  “Coffee Homeground”

18)  Jesper Munk  ~  “Morning Coffee”

19)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Cold Coffee”

20)  Ailbhe Reddy  ~  “Coffee”

21)  Prince  ~  “Starfish & Coffee”  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: All the songs in this post, including this one, were selected prior to Prince's death a few days ago. Its inclusion herein is merely fortuitous. While the entire video is fun to see and hear, the actual song starts in earnest around the 4:50 mark.)

22)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “(Coffee’s For Closers)”

23)   Osibisa  ~  “The Coffee Song”

24)  Marlene Dietrich  ~  “You’re The Cream In My Coffee”

25)  Lacy J. Dalton  ~  “Black Coffee”

It's About Time! Vol. 7: Years

The great thing about an entry like this one is that there are literally thousands of songs with "Year" or "Years" in their titles. So, instead of having to search the ends of the earth for enough songs to fit the "required" amount to match the other entries in this series (usually having to add a few really obscure songs), I get to hand-pick the songs I actually want to include. The result? A diverse, high-quality collection of tunes both new and old that I think most everyone will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Christina Perri  ~  "A Thousand Years"  (I simply adore this!)

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Wasted Years"  (This music video's not nearly as ghastly as the thumbnail below would make you believe.)

3)  Simply Red  ~  "Holding Back The Years"

4)  London Grammar  ~  "Wasting My Young Years"

5)  Noah And The Whale  ~  "5 Years' Time"

6)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  "The Living Years"

7)  Steely Dan  ~  "Reelin' In The Years"

8)  Tiësto ft. DBX  ~  "Light Years Away"

9)  Scorpions  ~  "A Moment In A Million Years"

10)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Light Years"

11)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Next 100 Years"

12)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago"

13)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Through The Years"

14)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Ten Years Gone"

15)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "The Hungry Years"

16)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~   "1,000 Years"

17)  Tori Amos  ~  "Silent All These Years"

18)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"  (Don't be scared off by their name…this is a good tune by a really good band! Pretty awesome video, too!)

19)  Dream Theater  ~  "Hollow Years"

20)  Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Rockin' Years"