Songs About Gypsies, Vol. 1

 The sheer number of different songs about gypsies is astounding! That most of these "Gypsy" songs are actually good is even more astonishing! Needless to say, this is going to be a multi-parter. I don't even know how many installments yet. Let's just say "several." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Morgan Wade  ~  "Other Side"  (This is the song that inspired this series, and it doesn't even have the word "gypsy" in the title. Go figure!)

2)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Gypsy"

3)  Santana  ~  "Gypsy Queen"

4)  Shakira  ~  "Gypsy"

5)  Dio  ~  "Gypsy"

6)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Gypsy"

7)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "Gypsy"

8)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Gypsy Eyes"

9)  The Waterboys  ~  "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"

10)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Gypsy"

11)  Cinderella  ~  "Gypsy Road"

12)  Aerosmith  ~  "Gypsy Boots"

13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Gypsy Biker"

14)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Gypsy Rose"

15)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Gypsy, Joe, and Me"

16)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Gypsy"

17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Gypsy"

18)  Jan & Dean  ~  "The Gypsy Cried"

19)  Terri Clark  ~  "Gypsy Boots"

20)  Iya Terra  ~  "Gypsy Girl"

21)  Toto  ~  "Gypsy Train"

22)  Chris Norman  ~  "Gypsy Queen"

23)  Van Morrison  ~  "Gypsy in My Soul"

24)  Renaissance  ~  "Ocean Gypsy"

25)  George Strait  ~  "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"

Days of the Week Songs: "Tuesday"

 So...I just realized that it's been 492 days since I last posted to this blog!!! Guess I've been a little distracted. In case you forgot (and how could you NOT?), I'd been posting a series of "Days of the Week" songs and had only gotten through Sunday and Monday. Logically, I decided to pick up right where I left off and move forward from there. Never mind that today isn't even a Tuesday. Does it really matter? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Tuesday's Gone"

2)  Counting Crows  ~  "On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago"

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Tuesday Afternoon"

4)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Tuesday Heartbreak"

5)  The Pogues  ~  "Tuesday Morning"

6)  Neutral Milk Hotel  ~  "Tuesday Moon"

7)  Migos  ~  "Taco Tuesday"

8)  Steve Perry  ~  "Tuesday Heartache"

9)  John Anderson ft. Blake Shelton  ~  "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"

10)  Kesha  ~  "c u next tuesday"

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Ruby Tuesday"

12)  Sugarland  ~  "Tuesday's Broken"

13)  Badfinger ~  "Sweet Tuesday Morning"

14)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Church on Tuesday"

15)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "Tuesday Morning"

16)  The Band of Heathens  ~  "Nashville Tuesday Morning"

17)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning"

18)  Count Basie & His Orchestra  ~  "Tuesday at Ten"

19)  Josh Abbott Band  ~  "Tuesday Night"

20)  T-Bone Walker  ~  "They Call It Stormy Monday, But Tuesday's Just As Bad"

21)  David Bowie  ~  "Love You Till Tuesday"

22)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  "Hurry, Tuesday Child"

23)  The Smithereens ft. Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms)  ~  "Groovy Tuesday"

24)  Counting Crows  ~  "Barely Out of Tuesday"  (An unreleased song that I've never heard before by one of my favorite bands? Yes, please!)

25)  Cat Stevens (Yusuf)  ~  "Tuesday's Dead"

26)  Trey Anastasio Band  ~  "Tuesday"

27)  Five for Fighting  ~  "Tuesday"

Songs About Watching (Or Being Watched)

Ever feel like you're being watched? Or, conversely, ever feel like watching (whether it's people, things, or etc.)? Me too! And that's what these songs are all about: "Watching." So what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH


1)  Delphi Freeman  ~  "Always Watching"

2)  Rodney Atkins  ~  "Watching You"

3)  Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson  ~  "Somebody's Watching Me"

4)  John Lennon  ~  "Watching The Wheels"

5)  Armin van Buuren ft. Nadia Ali  ~  "Who's Watching"

 6)  Deep Purple  ~  "Watching The Sky"

7)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Watching The Detectives"

8)  Natalia Kills  ~  "Watching You"

 9)  Thompson Twins  ~  "Watching"

 10)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "Watching The River Run" / "Danny's Song"

11)  Two Door Cinema Club  ~  "The World Is Watching"

12)  Eric Hutchinson  ~  "Watching You Watch Him"

13)  Mandy Moore  ~  "When I Wasn't Watching"

14)  Mac DeMarco  ~  "Watching Him Fade Away"

15)  Saara Aalto  ~  "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"

16)  Joe Cocker  ~  "Watching The River Flow"

17)  Funeral For A Friend  ~  "Owls (Are Watching)"

18)  Charm Of Finches  ~  "Sky Watching"

19)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Watching And Waiting"

20)  Within Temptation ft. Dave Pirner  ~  "Whole World Is Watching"

21)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  "Watching Over You"

22)  Air Traffic Controller  ~  "People Watching"

23)  Gary Allan  ~  "Watching Airplanes"

24)  Greta Van Fleet  ~  "Watching Over"

25)  The Cure  ~  "Watching Me Fall"

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 3

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1967, here's Vol. 3 of 4. The hits just keep on coming! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Petula Clark  ~  “Don’t Sleep In The Subway”

2)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Nights In White Satin”

3)  George Jones  ~  “Walk Through This World With Me”

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Never Loved A Man”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Hello, Goodbye”

6)  The Association  ~  “Windy”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Your Precious Love”

8)  The Monkees  ~  “I’m A Believer”

9)  The Turtles  ~  “Happy Together”

10)  Lesley Gore  ~  “California Nights”

11)  The Young Rascals  ~  “How Can I Be Sure”

12)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

13)  Peter, Paul, And Mary  ~  “I Dig Rock And Roll Music”

14)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Was Made To Love Her”

15)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’”

16)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “The Beat Goes On”

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Tonight Carmen”

18)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “I Think We’re Alone Now”

19)  Vikki Carr  ~  “It Must Be Him / All The Time”  (Only the first of these two songs was a 1967 hit. But they came as a package deal, so…)

20)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

21)  The Box Tops  ~  “The Letter”

22)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  “Jimmy Mack”

23)  The Who  ~  “I Can See For Miles”

24)  Tom Jones  ~  “Green, Green Grass Of Home”

25)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”

Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 4

Alright, let's finish this thing! One last batch of tunes, for old time's sake...literally. Without further ado, here's the final score of Popular Songs of 1986. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  “Take Me Home”

2)  Anita Baker  ~  “Sweet Love”

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Your Wildest Dreams”

4)  Run-DMC & Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Nikita”

6)  Heart  ~  “Never”

7)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “If You Leave”

8)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Love Will Conquer All”

9)  Toto  ~  “I’ll Be Over You”

10)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “West End Girls”

11)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “Just In Case”

12)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Higher Love”

13)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Silent Running”

14)  Madonna  ~  “True Blue”

15)  Billy Ocean  ~  “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”

16)  Alabama  ~  “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”

17)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Sledgehammer”

18)  James Brown  ~  “Living In America”

19)  Starship  ~  “Sara”

20)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Secret Lovers”

"See" + "Saw" Songs

Rare is the occasion – okay, make that never – when I have come up with an idea for a post for the express purpose of including a Wiz Khalifa song. It hasn't happened before, and probably will never happen again. But it's a good song, and so are the other ones I found, all of which include either the word "See" or "Saw" – or both – in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Seether  ~  "See You At The Bottom"

2)  Chanté Moore  ~  "Guess Who I Saw Today"

3)  Five Finger Death Punch  ~  "Hard To See"

4)  David Crowder  ~  "I Saw The Light" / "I'll Fly Away"

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "I See You, You See Me"

6)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

7)  Passenger  ~  "I See Love"

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I Saw A Man"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "How You See The World"

10)  The Beatles  ~  "I Saw Her Standing There"

11)  Mika  ~  "I See You"

12)  Sara Groves  ~  "I Saw What I Saw"

13)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

14)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  "I Saw The Light"

15)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth  ~  "See You Again"

16)  Warrant  ~  "I Saw Red"

17)  The Kooks  ~  "See Me Now"

18)  Roberta Flack  ~  "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

19)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "See Saw"

20)  Ray Stevens  ~  "I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O."

21)  The Script  ~  "If You See Kay"

22)  Gary Barlow  ~  "Since I Saw You Last"

23)  Dido  ~  "See The Sun"

24)  Beth Orton  ~  "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

25)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Ride My See-Saw"