Showing posts with label Ray Charles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ray Charles. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Songs About Baskets

I got you a few good Songs About Baskets to listen to. You're extremely welcome. Enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Green Day  ~  "Basket Case"




2)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"




3)  Cake  ~  "She'll Hang The Baskets"




4)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "Basket Case"




5)  Ray Charles  ~  "Don't Put All Your Dreams In One Basket"




6)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket"




7)  Mia Carruthers  ~  "Bell And A Basket"




8)  CrazyEightEight  ~  "Bastard From A Basket"





9)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Basket Case"




10)  Jasmine Rae  ~  "Eggs In A Basket"




11)  Phil Ochs  ~  "Basket In The Pool"




12)  Michael Thomas Howard  ~  "Tiny Birch Basket"


Friday, August 21, 2020

"Seven" Songs

This post may be called "Seven" Songs, but there's actually 32 of them. That just means there's more of them to love. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Seven"




2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Seven"





3)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Seven Devils"





4)  Queen  ~  "Seven Seas Of Rhye"





5)  Alessia Cara  ~  "7 Days"





6)  Lukas Graham  ~  "7 Years"





7)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Seven Wonders"




8)  Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry  ~  "7 Seconds"





9)  Ariana Grande  ~  "7 Rings"  (This song is an absolute affront to the "Sound of Music" tune upon which it's based. It's an unabashed anthem to hedonism. So why is it here? 'Cuz it's really catchy, that's why.)





10)  Morgan Wallen  ~  "7 Summers"





11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  "7 Things"





12)  Dean Lewis  ~  "7 Minutes"





13)  Toni Braxton  ~  "Seven Whole Days"





14)  Prince & The New Power Generation  ~  "7"





15)  Mary J. Blige ft. George Benson  ~  "Seven Days"





16)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  "3's & 7's"





17)  Rosanne Cash  ~  "Seven Year Ache"





18)  Sting  ~  "Seven Days"





19)  Laura Veirs  ~  "Seven Falls"





20)  AWOLNATION  ~  "Seven Sticks Of Dynamite"





21)  Sirenia  ~  "Seven Widows Weep"





22)  The White Stripes  ~  "Seven Nation Army"





23)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  "7"





24)  Willie Nelson & Ray Charles  ~  "Seven Spanish Angels"





25)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  "Sailing On The Seven Seas"





26)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Seven Turns"





27)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  "Seven Seas"





28)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Seven Days In Sunny June"





29)  R.E.M.  ~  "7 Chinese Brothers"





30)  The Clash  ~  "The Magnificent Seven"





31)  Sunny Day Real Estate  ~  "Seven"





32)  The Fratellis  ~  "Seven Nights Seven Days"



Monday, December 9, 2019

“They,” “Them,” & “Their” Songs, Vol. 1


Today begins a multi-part series of posts featuring songs with personal pronouns in their titles. Since this "theme," as it were, could doubtless generate an infinite number of qualifying songs, I decided to narrow the scope to only songs that begin with one of these words. Even so, there's two posts worth of songs for the first set. Which, if you read the title of the post, should be self-evident. "They," "Them," and "Their" Songs, Vol. 1 begins...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Carpenters  ~  “(They Long To Be) Close To You”




2)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Them Bones”




3)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring”




4)  Joss Stone  ~  “They Won’t Believe It”




5)  Kate Bush  ~  “Them Heavy People”




6)  Girl In A Coma  ~  “Their Cell”




7)  Jem  ~  “They”




8)  Ray Charles  ~  “Them That Got”




9)  Their/They’re/There  ~  “Their/They’re/Therapy”




10)  Sting  ~  “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”




11)  Field Music  ~  “Them That Do Nothing”




12)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “Their Hearts Are Dancing”




13)  Tracey Ullman  ~  “They Don’t Know”




14)  Motörhead  ~  “Them Not Me”




15)  Quiet Hollers  ~  “Road Song / Their Dark Robes”




16)  Michael Jackson  ~  “They Don’t Care About Us”




17)  Dean Martin & Vikki Carr  ~  “Them There Eyes”




18)  Crystal Castles  ~  “Their Kindness Is Charade”




19)  Spoon  ~  “They Want My Soul”




20)  Slade  ~  “Them Kinda Monkeys Can’t Swing”




21)  The Residents  ~  “Their Early Years”




22)  Pulp  ~  “They Suffocate At Night”




23)  Jenna Raine  ~  “Them”




24)  Silverstein  ~  “Their Lips Sink Ships”




25)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  “They Killed Him”




26)  The Cranberries  ~  “Them”




27)  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  ~  “Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands”


Friday, September 27, 2019

"Fun" & "Games" Songs, Vol. 1

Are you ready for some "Fun" and "Games"? Well, I sure am. This is the first in a three-part series of songs featuring one or both of these words in their titles. And there are some really, really good ones here. Check 'em out! And enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "Die Fun"




2)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Games Without Frontiers"




3)  Paramore  ~  "Ain't It Fun"




4)  Cassie Steele  ~  "Games"




5)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  "She Looks Like Fun"




6)  Ryan Adams & The Cardinals  ~  "Games"




7)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"




8)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  "Animal Games"




9)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Good Clean Fun"




10)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  "War Games"




11)  Mara Connor  ~  "No Fun"




12)  Ray Charles & Andy Williams  ~  "Games People Play"




13)  P!nk  ~  "Funhouse"



14)  The Cardigans  ~  "My Favourite Game"




15)  Rend Co. Kids  ~  "Fun"




16)  Desiree  ~  "The Game"




17)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "Fun And Games"




18)  Claire  ~  "Games"




19)  Wang Chung  ~  "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"




20)  Dan Fogelberg  ~  "Beggar's Game"




21)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Fun"




22)  The Gamebenders  ~  "Game Of Love"




23)  Blondie  ~  "Fun"




24)  Daryl Hall & Patrick Stump  ~  "Guessing Games"  (If you want to skip all the pre-song stuff, jump ahead to about the 3:30 mark and you'll be all set.)




25)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Fun, Fun, Fun"


Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Songs About Jacks

Here's the next installment in the series of posts about playing cards. Songs About Jacks. You thought I forgot, didn't you? All is forgiven. And...you're welcome! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Rolling Stones  ~ "Jumpin' Jack Flash"




2)  Screaming Lord Sutch  ~  "Jack The Ripper"




3)  Dolly Parton ft. Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Apple Jack"



4)  Curtis Mayfield  ~  "Billy Jack"




5)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "Hey Jack Kerouac"




6)  Anna Soklich  ~  "Jack Of Speed"




7)  311  ~  "Sometimes Jacks Rule The Realm" 




8)  Raydio  ~  "Jack And Jill"




9)  Judy Garland & Gene Kelly  ~  "Ballin' The Jack"




10)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Jack-A-Roe"




11)  Sarah Darling  ~  "Jack Of Hearts"




12)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Jack Of All Trades"




13)  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy  ~  "Jumpin' Jack"




14)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Jack & Diane"



15)  Clint Black  ~  "Cadillac Jack Favor"




16)  Ray Charles  ~  "Hit The Road, Jack"




17)  Carole King  ~  "Smackwater Jack"




18)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "From A Jack To A King"




19)  Diana Krall  ~  "Hit That Jack, Jive"




20)  The Who  ~  "Happy Jack"




21)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Lil' Jack Slade"




22)  Morrissey  ~  "Jack The Ripper"






23)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  "One Eyed Jacks"




24)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Jack-In-The-Green"




25)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "The House That Jack Built"