More "Contagious" Songs

You know you wanted/needed/craved for More "Contagious" Songs. And I am more than happy to oblige! So...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bush  ~  "Cold Contagious"

2)  Beverly Girl  ~  "Contagious"

3)  Pierce The Veil  ~  "I Don't Care If You're Contagious"

4)  Maya Rose  ~  "Contagious"

5)  You Me At Six  ~  "Contagious Chemistry"

6)  Fiona Sit  ~  "Contagious"

7)  Arena  ~  "Contagious"

8)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Us"  (True, the word "Contagious" doesn't appear in the title of this gem of a song, but it does appear often throughout the lyrics.)

9)  Echostream  ~  "Contagious"

10)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "Love's Contagious"

11)  Banoffee  ~  "Contagious"

12)  Muse  ~  "Thought Contagion"

13)  Taja Sevelle  ~  "Love Is Contagious"

14)  Bella Thorne & Zendaya  ~  "Contagious Love"

15)  Acceptance  ~  "So Contagious"

16)  Basia  ~  "Promises"  (Here's another one that doesn't have the word "Contagious" in the title but that features it prominently throughout the lyrics.)

17)  Of  Mice & Men  ~  "Contagious"

18)  Grant & RUNN  ~  "Contagious"

19)  Kris Angelis  ~  "Heartbreak Is Contagious"

20)  WurlD  ~  "Contagious"

21)  5thGen  ~  "Contagious"

22)  Haywyre  ~  "Contagious"

23)  The Motet  ~  "Contagious"

24)  The Badsongs  ~  "Contagious"

25)  Sera  ~  "Contageous"  (The misspelled title is the artist's choice, not my typo.)

Songs About Appetite

What are you hungry for, literally or figuratively or otherwise? These Songs About Appetite may give you some ideas, if you need a little inspiration. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  N.W.A.  ~  "Appetite For Destruction"

2)  Prefab Sprout  ~  "Appetite"

3)  Camera2  ~  "Appetite"

4)  Fine Fine Titans  ~  "Appetite"

5)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "Devil's Appetite"

6)  The Staves & yMusic  ~  "Appetite"

7)  Melanie  ~  "Bon Appetit"

8)  Meadowlark  ~  "Appetite"

9)  Ella Hardy  ~  "Appetite"

10)  Mount Eerie  ~  "Appetite"

11)  Huxlee  ~  "Appetite"

12)  Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "Big Appetite"

13)  Katharine McPhee  ~  "Appetite"

14)  Chin Chin  ~  "Appetite"

15)  Kajagoogoo  ~  "Your Appetite"

16)  Steve Hackett  ~  "Vampire With A Healthy Appetite"

17)  Split Enz  ~  "Working Up An Appetite"

18)  James Iha  ~  "Appetite"

19)  Natalia  ~  "Appetite For Love"

20)  The Gracious Few  ~  "Appetite"

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another cacophonous collection of Weird Christmas Songs to baffle, befuddle, and boggle the mind. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Christmas  ~  “It’s Christmas Everyday!”  (Not a bad song, actually. But he is one weird guy!)

2)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “Crime-Free Christmas”  (It’s the least any of us could wish for, right?)

3)  Leroy Carr  ~  “Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain?”  (Yeah, I can imagine that it would be.)

4)  Manila Luzon & Alaska  ~  “Working Holiday”  (Anyone who’s ever worked in retail can relate to this one.)

5)  Advance Base   ~  “Christmas In Nightmare City”  (Well, that certainly puts me in the Christmas spirit…)

6)  The Merry Macs  ~  “Christmas Cha Cha Cha”  (Put on your dancing shoes!)

7)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Sweet Christmas”  (This almost doesn’t qualify as weird enough, but it’s awfully close so here it is.) 

8)  Ryland Adams  ~  “A Clickbait Christmas”  (Made ya look!)

9)  Christmas In The Stars  ~  “R2-D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas”  (Droids need Christmas love, too.)

10)  Jon Lajoie  ~  “The Best Christmas Song”  (There’s a bit of false advertising going on here...)

11)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Face”  (These just keep getting better!)

12)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Minnie And Santa”  (Too much information, Cyndi…)

13)  CeeLo Green & The Muppets  ~  “All I Need Is Love”  (Kermit trying to speak hip-hop to CeeLo is everything.)

14)  The Marcels  ~  “Merry Twistmas”  (Well, why not?)

15)  H.E.R.  ~  “Psychedelic Christmas”  (Trippy!)

16)  Portland Youth Philharmonic  ~  “Bassoon It Will Be Christmas”  (This is, essentially, an instrumental medley of well-known Christmas songs. What's unique is that the featured instrument here is a bassoon. While quite beautiful to listen to, it’s still pretty darn weird if you ask me!)

17)  Wengie  ~  “Ugly Christmas Sweater”  (An ode to ugly. I love it!)

18)  The Kinks  ~  “Father Christmas”  (You have to see it to believe it!)

19)  T. Rex  ~  “Christmas Bop”  (Hope you still have your dancing shoes on…)

20)  Basshunter  ~  “Jingle Bells (Bass)”  (Merry Bassmas to all, and to all a good beat.)

21)  Pearl Bailey  ~  “C’est Magnifique” / “Five Pound Box Of Money”  (The second song here – which is the Christmas-themed one – starts around the 4:15 mark. But the whole video is golden!)

22)  Johnny Bower ft. Little John & The Rinky Dinks  ~  “Honky The Christmas Goose”  (This may be the only time the word “honky” will ever appear on my blog without being followed by the word “tonk.”)

23)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “A Spaceman Came Traveling”  (Let’s take the traditional Christmas story and set it out in outer space, they said. It’ll be great, they said. And actually, it kinda is…)

24)  Showaddywaddy  ~  “Hey, Mr. Christmas”  (The greatest thing about this song might very well be the name of the artist.)

25)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “I Want An Alien For Christmas”  (Ooh, me too, me too!)

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 1

Recently, I found myself craving some island flavor. And the best way I could figure to do that would be to listen to some good reggae music. I also noticed an appalling lack of representation of the genre on this blog over the past...well, forever, actually. So I enlisted the help of my friend Eric Murphy, a diehard reggae fan, to pick some of his favorite tunes/artists (all of which are included in this set), and added a lot more on my own that I liked and/or discovered along the way. The result is a 50-song collection (split up into two posts) of smooth jams that I had lots of fun compiling. I hope you'll enjoy them, too!  ~  JH

1)  Chronixx  ~  "Smile Jamaica"

2)  New Kingston  ~  "Life"

3)  Tribal Seeds  ~  "Moonlight"

4)  Stephen Marley ft. Capleton & Sizzla  ~  "Rock Stone"

5)  Sister Nancy  ~  "Bam Bam"

6)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "She's Royal"

7)  Peter Tosh  ~  "Downpressor Man"

8)  Eek-A-Mouse  ~  "Rude Boy Jamaican"

9)  Buju Banton  ~  "Murderer"

10)  Kabaka Pyramid  ~  "Worldwide Love"

11)  Protoje ft. Chronixx  ~  "Who Knows"

12)  Freddie McGregor  ~  "Push Comes To Shove"

13)  The Abyssinians  ~  "Satta Massagana"

14)  Johnny Clarke  ~  "Warrior"

15)  Bob Marley  ~  "No Woman, No Cry"

16)  Sara Lugo ft. Protoje  ~  "Really Like You"  (This is a fairly "poppy" reggae song, but it technically qualifies and I like it, so it's here.)

17)  Burning Spear  ~  "Slavery Days"

18)  Dennis Brown  ~  "Rocking Time"

19)  Max Romeo  ~  "Chase The Devil"

20)  Tanya Stephens ft. Sanjay  ~  "Corners Of My Mind"

21)   Gregory Isaacs  ~  "Tune In"

22)  Lady G  ~  "'Nuff Respect"

23)  Inner Circle ft. Junior Reid  ~  "Blood-A-Run"

24)  Chaka Demus & Pliers  ~  "Murder She Wrote"

25)  Shabba Ranks  ~  "Ting-A-Ling"