Songs About Flowers

This could easily be an extremely boring post full of happy little tunes about flowers. But that's not how I roll. Sure, there are a couple of predictable choices here, but there are even more "outside-the-box" songs to give you all kinds of feels. Most by really well-known artists, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bruno Mars  ~  “When I Was Your Man”  (This song might as well be called “I Should Have Bought You Flowers” – it’s not, but it easily could be.)

2)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Dead Flowers”

3)  Radiohead  ~  “Lotus Flower”

4)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Flower”

5)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “Flowers On The Wall”

6)  Roxette  ~  “Fading Like A Flower”

7)  Soundgarden  ~  “Flower”

8)  Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand  ~  “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”

9)  5 After Midnight  ~  “Flowers”

10)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  “Carrion Flowers”

11)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Supermarket Flowers”

12)  Talking Heads ft. Kirsty MacColl  ~  “(Nothing But) Flowers”

13)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Dead Flowers”

14)  The Lumineers  ~  “Flowers In Your Hair”

15)  Amos Lee  ~  “Flower”

16)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Life Is A Flower”

17)  The Cult  ~  “Wild Flower”

18)  Ward Thomas  ~  “Guilty Flowers”

19)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Automatic Flowers”

20)  Company Of Thieves  ~  “Nothing’s In The Flowers”

21)  Thom Yorke  ~  “Last Flowers”  (Two Thom Yorke sightings in one post? Enjoy, Radiohead fans, as this may never happen again.)

22)  Moby ft. Ingyang Bassey  ~  “Flower”

23)  Erik Hassle  ~  “Don’t Bring Flowers”

24)  Mazzy Star  ~  “Flowers In December”

25)  Cody Simpson  ~  “Flower”

"Naughty" & "Nice" Songs

It's almost that time of year again! He's making his lists, and he's checking them twice – he's gonna find out who's "Naughty" or "Nice." Which list are YOU on? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Naughty”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

3)  John Denver  ~  “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me”

4)  Filter  ~  “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

5)  Miriam Makeba  ~  “The Naughty Little Flea”

6)  The Small Faces  ~  “Here Comes The Nice”

7)  Holly Valance  ~  “Naughty Girl”

8)  Lyfe Jennings  ~  “Must Be Nice”

9)  Peter Smith, Alex Frank, & John Storie  ~  “Naughty Angeline”

10)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Be Nice To Me”

11)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Naughty Children Of Bluesville”

12)  Radiohead  ~  “Nice Dream”

13)  Matilda Cast  ~  “Naughty”

14)  St. Ange  ~  “Nice Guy Lullaby”

15)  McKenna Wells  ~  “Naughty Baby”

16)  The Left Banke  ~  “Nice To See You”

17)  Samantha Fox  ~  “Naughty Girls Need Love, Too”  (This song/video could not be any more stereotypically ’80s if it tried!)

18)  Divine Fits  ~  “Would That Not Be Nice”

19)  Sherrié Austin ft. Shane Stevens  ~  “Naughty Or Nice”

20)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “It’s Nice To Be Out In The Morning”

21)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “Nice”

23)  The Sunny Cowgirls  ~  “Naughty Side”

24)  Mass Gothic  ~  “Nice Night”

25)  John Parr  ~  “Naughty Naughty”  (WOW, this is a cheeseball video! Also extremely ‘80s, in this case to its detriment.)

26)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Treat Me Nice”

27)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “The Naughty Waltz”

28)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice ’N’ Easy”

29)  Phi Phi O'Hara  ~  “Naughty Or Nice”

30)  The English Beat  ~  “Too Nice To Talk To”

Songs About Not Worrying, Vol. 1

So, apparently...there's no need to worry? That's what these songs will tell you, at least. One more set of these to come next time. Meanwhile, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

2)  St. Vincent  ~  “What, Me Worry?”

3)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”

4)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

5)  Dire Straits  ~  “Why Worry”

6)  Johnny Cash ft. The Statler Brothers  ~  “No Need To Worry”

7)  Gotye  ~  “Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You”

8)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry”

9)  Eddie Money  ~  “Don’t Worry”

10)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “It’s Too Late To Worry”

11)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me”

12)  Bess Rogers  ~  “I Don’t Worry”

13)  Van Morrison  ~  “Don’t Worry About A Thing” / “Moondance” 

14)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Don’t Worry”

15)  FOXOS  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

16)  Janie Fricke  ~  “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, Baby”

17)  Langhorne Slim  ~  “Worries”

18)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Don’t Worry Now”

19)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Worry”

20)  Alexis Keegan  ~  “Worry No More”

Popular Songs Of 1966, Vol. 3

One more round of the most Popular Songs of 1966, and then we'll move on. These may be last, but they're certainly not least. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Supremes  ~  “My World Is Empty Without You”

2)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?”

3)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Homeward Bound”

4)  Robert Parker  ~  “Barefootin’”

5)  The Marvelettes  ~  “Don’t Mess With Bill”

6)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Cherry, Cherry”

7)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Message To Michael”

8)  Lee Dorsey  ~  “Working In The Coal Mine”

9)  The Sandpipers  ~  “Guantanamera”

10)  Wilson Pickett  ~  “Land Of 1,000 Dances”

11)  The Turtles  ~  “You, Baby”

12)  The Vogues  ~  “Five O’Clock World”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Nowhere Man”

14)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “Dandy”

15)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  “She’s Just My Style”

16)  Bobby Fuller Four  ~  “I Fought The Law”

17)  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  ~  “Zorba The Greek”

18)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “Flowers On The Wall”

19)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing”

20)  SSgt. Barry Sadler  ~  “Ballad Of The Green Berets”