Showing posts with label Nina Simone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nina Simone. Show all posts

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Songs "In The Dark"

These are songs with the phrase "In The Dark" in their titles. Next up, more of the same. After that, songs with the phrase "In The Light" in their titles. Because symmetry is everything. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Vök  ~  "In The Dark"




2)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shot In The Dark"




3)  Joji  ~  "Slow Dancing In The Dark"




4)  Camila Cabello  ~  "In The Dark"




5)  Xiu Xiu  ~  "Stupid In The Dark"




6)  John Legend  ~  "Conversations In The Dark"




7)  Throw The Fight  ~  "Wolves In The Dark"




8)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Dance In The Dark"




9)  AC/DC  ~  "Shot In The Dark"




10)  Break My F***ing Sky  ~  "Before We Meet In The Dark"  (AGAIN with this band? The one with the amazing sound, but the shockingly profane name? Yeah, I reckon so...)




11)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Dancing In The Dark"




12)  Charlie Puth  ~  "In The Dark"




13)  Within Temptation  ~  "Shot In The Dark"




14)  Billy Squier  ~  "In The Dark"




15)  iann dior ft. Trippie Redd  ~  "Shots In The Dark"




16)  Rihanna  ~  "Dancing In The Dark"




17)  Destery Smith  ~  "Dancing In The Dark"




18)  Flyleaf  ~  "In The Dark"




19)  Au/Ra  ~  "Dance In The Dark"




20)  The Isley Brothers  ~  "Footsteps In The Dark"




21)  Hoobastank  ~  "Crawling In The Dark"




22)  The Band Perry  ~  "Stay In The Dark"




23)  Blind Guardian  ~  "A Voice In The Dark"




24)  Nina Simone  ~  "In The Dark"




25) John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  "Alone In The Dark"




26)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "In The Dark"



Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Songs About Facing The Music

It's time to "Face The Music." Or rather, it's time to post a modest set of Songs About Facing The Music. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Diana Krall  ~  "Let's Face The Music And Dance"






2)  Burning Rain  ~  "Face The Music"






3)  Silvertung  ~  "Face The Music"






4)  Hoobastank  ~  "Face The Music"






5)  Nya  ~  "Face The Music"






6)  Casper & The Howling  ~  "Face The Music"






7)  NKOTB  ~  "Intro: Face The Music"






8)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  "Face The Music"






9)  Nina Simone  ~  "I Can't Face The Music"






10)  The Grass Roots  ~  "Face The Music"






11)  The Black Ghosts  ~  "Face"






11)  Prince  ~  "Race"




Friday, July 17, 2020

Songs About Mosquitoes

Because it's summer, and because I live in the South, there's this set of Songs About Mosquitoes. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  "Mosquito"





2)  The Wombats  ~  "Mosquito On The Wall"






3)  Opus Kink  ~  "Mosquito"






4)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  "Mosquito Song"






5)  Anne-Claire  ~  "Mosquitos"






6)  Nina Simone  ~  "Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter"






7)  Born Loser and the Hangers On  ~  "Mosquito Song"






8)  Red Velvet  ~  "Mosquito"






9)  Jeffrey Lewis  ~  "Mosquito Mass-Murderist"





10)  YNK  ~  "Mosquito"






11)  Natalia Corona  ~  "Pobre Mosquito"






12)  Vanessa Paradis  ~  "Mosquito"






13)  Rosie  ~  "Mosquito"






14)  Midnight Oil  ~  "Mosquito March"






15)  The 309s  ~  "Mosquito"






16)  Bomfunk MC's  ~  "Mosquito"






17)  Juke Royal  ~  "Mosquito"






18)  Horse In The Sea  ~  "Mosquito King"






19)  Days Gone By  ~  "Mosquito"






20)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Red Mosquito"






21)  Gene Caberra Band  ~  "Mosquito"






22)  The Doors  ~  "The Mosquito"






23)  Alexandros  ~  "Mosquito Bite"






24)  Al Simmons  ~  "Mosquito"






25)  Four Tet  ~  "No More Mosquitoes"






26)  Atomic Mosquitos  ~  "Flight Of The Mosquitos"




Friday, December 27, 2019

"Misunderstood" Songs


These songs don't ask much of you. They merely don't wish to be "Misunderstood." And maybe that's enough... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Misunderstood"




2)  AJ Michalka  ~  "Misunderstood"




3)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Misunderstood"




4)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  "Misunderstood"




5)  Eric Church  ~  "Mr. Misunderstood"




6)  Keri  ~  "Misunderstood"




7)  Santa Esmeralda  ~  "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"




8)  Seether  ~  "Misunderstood"




9)  Sloes  ~  "Misunderstood"




10)  Common  ~  "Misunderstood"




11)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Misunderstood"




12)  Riya ft. Hybrid Minds, BCee, & Bladerunner  ~  "Misunderstood"




13)  Wilco  ~  "Misunderstood"




14)  Carolyn Wonderland  ~  "Misunderstood"




15)  Carvin Winans  ~  "Misunderstood"




16)  Tynisha Keli  ~  "Misunderstood"




17)  Richie Kotzen  ~  "Misunderstood"




18)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Misunderstood"




19)  Jon Secada  ~  "Misunderstood"




20)  Nina Mahl  ~  "Misunderstood"**




21)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Misunderstood Man"




22)  The Muses  ~  "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"  (I try not to post multiple versions of the same song in posts like this, but...an electronica-infused, all-female string-quartet rendition was too unique not to pass up. So here it is...)




23)  D-Day  ~  "Misunderstood"




24)  Parker McCollum  ~  "Misunderstood"




25)  Dream Theater  ~  "Misunderstood"




26)  Liam Gallagher  ~  "Misunderstood"




27)  Richard Thompson  ~  "I Misunderstood"




28)  Micky & The Motorcars  ~  "Misunderstood"




29)  Lucy Licious  ~  "Misunderstood"




30)  Candye Kane & Albertine van Walsem  ~  "Misunderstood"




31)  Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane  ~  "Misunderstood"




32)  Nina Simone  ~  "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"  (Here goes that same song again! But honestly, can anybody beat Nina Simone? Nope! Not even The Animals, who had a hit with this song way back when.)


Monday, July 29, 2019

Songs About Kings

Remember that time I posted a set of Songs About Aces and told you it was going to be the first in a series of posts about playing cards? Well, I promise I told you. You must have forgotten. Anyway, here's the next installment. Songs About Kings. Hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Rain King"





2)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  "King And Lionheart"




3)  George Strait  ~  "King Of Broken Hearts"




4)  Taylor Swift  ~  "King Of My Heart"




5)  Tom Petty  ~  "It's Good To Be King"




6)  Love & The Outcome  ~  "King Of My Heart"




7)  Years & Years  ~  "King"




8)  Rush  ~  "A Farewell To Kings"




9)  King's X  ~  "King"




10)  First Aid Kit ft. Marcus Mumford  ~  "King Of The World"




11)  Nina Simone  ~  "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)"




12)  Cat Power  ~  "King Rides By"




13)  Metallica  ~  "King Nothing"




14)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "Kings And Queens"




15)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "King Of New Orleans"





16)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Kings & Queens"




17)  Newsies Cast  ~  "King Of New York"




18)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  "Kings & Queens"




19)  The Police  ~  "King Of Pain"




20)  Rainbow  ~  "Temple Of The King"




21)  Weezer  ~  "King Of The World"




22)  Deep Purple  ~  "Speed King"




23)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"




24)  Danny Kaye  ~  "The King's New Clothes"




25)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"