Showing posts with label The Magnetic Fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Magnetic Fields. Show all posts

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Songs About Zebras & Jerks

These two topics have nothing to do with each other. Unless, of course, you happen to come in contact with a particularly ornery zebra. In which case…the two are related. Yeah, I know…Weirdsville. Who cares? Just enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Rhett & Link  ~  “Dope Zebra”




2)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  “Come On, Do The Jerk”




3)  The John Butler Trio  ~  “Zebra”




4)  The Bombpops  ~  “Jerk”




5)  Beach House  ~  “Zebra”




6)  Audio Push  ~  “Teach Me How To Jerk”




7)  Dreyma  ~  “Zebra”




8)  John Hiatt  ~  “She Loves The Jerk”




9)  The Deer Tracks  ~  “Red Eyed Zebra”




10)  Kelis  ~  “Jerk Ribs”




11)  Man Man  ~  “Zebra”




12)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Six Jerks In A Jeep”




13)  Rubber Duc  ~  “Zebra Horse”




14)  Kim Stockwood  ~  “You Jerk”




15)  Tori Amos  ~  “Mr. Zebra”




16)  The Time  ~  “Jerk Out”




17)  Scooter  ~  “Zebras Crossing The Street”




18)  Lunachicks  ~  “Jerk Of All Trades”




19)  Kiasmos & Högni  ~  “Zebra (1 + 1 = X)”




20)  Joyce Manor  ~  “The Jerk”




21)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “Zebra”




22)  The Go-Go’s  ~  “Cool Jerk ’90”




23)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Butterfly And Zebra”




24)  The Brobecks  ~  “Everyone’s A Jerk But Me”




25)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Zebras And Airplanes”




26)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Jerk”




27)  Jack White  ~  “Ice Station Zebra”




28)  The Larks  ~  “The Jerk”




29)  Cisco Houston  ~  “Zebra Dun”




30)  The Pretty Things  ~  “The Jerk”

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Songs About Evil Twins

They say everyone has a twin. Some of them are evil. These songs are about those. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  “Evil Twin”




2)  Scanners  ~  “Evil Twin”




3)  Thomas Dolby  ~  “My Evil Twin Brother”




4)  Corbin/Hanner  ~  “My Evil Twin”




5)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “My Evil Twin”




6)  Noise Box  ~  “My Evil Twin”




7)  Porcupine  ~  “Evil Twin”




8)  Rachel Bockover  ~  “My Evil Twin”




9)  Freaks On Floor  ~  “Evil Twin”




10)  Stephen EvEns  ~  “Evil Twin”




11)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Evil Twin”




12)  RatRace  ~  “Evil Twin”




13)  The High Dials  ~  “Evil Twin”




14)  Tom Larsen Band  ~  “Evil Twin”




15)  Buddy Guy ft. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, & Brad Whitford  ~  “Evil Twin”




16)  Six Weeks  ~  “Evil Twin”




17)  Falb  ~  “Evil Twin”




18)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “I Wish I Had An Evil Twin”




19)  George Montague  ~  “Evil Twin”




20)  Birdengine  ~  “The Evil Twin”


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

"Horrible" Songs

These songs are “Horrible”! Actually, they’re pretty good, for the most part. But, if their titles can be trusted, they are indeed about a variety of “Horrible” things. It seems inappropriate to say this, but…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Frente!  ~  “Horrible”




2)  Kurt Travis  ~  “Everything Is Horrible”




3)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “The Horrible Party”




4)  The Trainwrecks  ~  “Horrible, Terrible, Wonderful”




5)  Ayria  ~  “Horrible Dream”




6)  Set It Off  ~  “Horrible Kids”




7)  Adia Victoria  ~  “Horrible Weather”



8)  OAG  ~  “Horrible Adorable”




9)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Horrible Qualities”




10)  Heed The Thunder  ~  “Horrible Condition”




11)  Darwin  ~  “Horrible Cocoon”




12)  Combineharvester  ~  “Horrible Things”




13)  Barbara Nesbitt  ~  “Horrible Moon”




14)  The Rusties Blues Band  ~  “Horrible, Crazy Love”




15)  Vandettes  ~  “Horrible”




16)  Mansara  ~  “Horrible Bonheur”




17)  Doorbells  ~  “Horrible Youth”




18)  Dave Davison  ~  “The Ongoing Horrible”




19)  The Haymarket Squares  ~  “Horrible Inventions”




20)  Xander Smith  ~  “Horrible”


Thursday, December 8, 2016

Even More Weird Christmas Songs

Three Christmases ago, I posted a collection of Weird Christmas Songs. Last year around this time, I followed that up with More Weird Christmas Songs. And the hits just don't stop coming! Here's another set of oddities you're sure to enjoy, or cringe at, or both!  ~  JH



1)  Straight No Chaser ft. Kristen Bell  ~  “Text Me Merry Christmas”




2)  LCD Soundsystem  ~  “Christmas Will Break Your Heart”




3)  Grumpy Cat, Colonel Meow, Oskar the Blind Cat, Nala Cat, & Hamilton the Hipster Cat  ~  “Hard To Be A Cat At Christmas”




4)  National Lampoon  ~  “Kung Fu Christmas”




5)  Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew  ~  “A Pirate Christmas”




6)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Christmas Conga”




7)  Eels  ~  “Christmas Is Going To The Dogs”




8)  Listener & Dust  ~  “It’s Christmas Time Again, So Come On Home To The FIRE”




9)  The Original Five  ~  “Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)”




10)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree”




11)  The Futureheads  ~  “Christmas Was Better In The ‘80s”




12)  LilDeuceDeuce  ~  “Christmas Is Cancelled”




13)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Christmas At The Zoo”




14)  SpongeBob SquarePants  ~  “Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas)”




15)  The Goons  ~  “I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas”




16)  Okkervil River  ~  “Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas”




17)  Morning Parade  ~  “Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)”




18)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “That Was The Worst Christmas Ever”




19)  Dora Bryan  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle”




20)  Set It Off  ~  “This Christmas (I’ll Burn It To The Ground)”




21)  Slow Club  ~  “It’s Christmas, And You’re Boring Me”




22)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “I Won’t Decorate Your Christmas Tree”




23)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan”




24)  Elton John  ~  “Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d Be A Turkey At Christmas?)”




25)  Cheetah Girls  ~  “Cheetah-licious Christmas”




BONUS TRACK:  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree)”  (It felt wrong somehow to include two Sufjan Stevens songs in the post proper [especially considering that song # 17 was also written by him], but here’s another weird one from The Weird One. Great song, though, actually.)