Songs About Monkeys

By now, you should come to expect the unexpected from these posts. So you shouldn't be surprised that I'm now blogging a bunch of Songs About Monkeys. Why even ask why? Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tones And I  ~  "Dance Monkey"

2)  George Michael  ~  "Monkey"

3)  Low  ~  "Monkey"

4)  Coal Chamber ft. Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (Music purists, take note: The original version of this Peter Gabriel song appears elsewhere in the post, but these guys' rendition was too unique and interesting to exclude here.)

5)  Catfish  ~  "King Of Monkeys"

6)  Beastie Boys  ~  "Brass Monkey"

7)  T'Pau  ~  "Monkey House"

8)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Monkey Wrench"

9)  Margot Day  ~  "Fire Monkey"

10)  Pixies  ~  "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

11)  The Kills  ~  "Monkey 23"

12)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (See, I told ya!)

13)  Ella Hooper ft. Robin Waters  ~  "Monkey Mind"

14)  Aldo Nova  ~  "Monkey On Your Back"

15)  PJ Harvey  ~  "The Orange Monkey"

16)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

17)  Leo Moracchioli ft. Rabea & Hannah  ~  "Dance Monkey"  (Yeah, we've already heard this song before. But not a kick-butt heavy metal version of it. So...yay!)

18)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Steel Monkey"

19)  Beth Gibbons  ~  "Spider Monkey"

20)  B.B. King  ~  "Sell My Monkey"

21)  Amy Winehouse  ~   "Monkey Man"

22)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Tweeter And The Monkey Man"

23)  Bette Midler  ~  "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "The Monkey's Tale"

25)  The Beach Boys & Annette Funicello  ~  "The Monkey's Uncle"

Songs About Clues

Think you know what these songs are all about? You don't have a "Clue"! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Into The Great Wide Open"  (Obviously, the word "Clue" doesn't appear in the title here, but anyone familiar with this classic will recall that the phrase "a rebel without a clue" is repeated often throughout the lyrics.)

2)  Boz Scaggs  ~  "A Clue"

3)  Frente!  ~  "Clue"

4)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  "Rebel Without A Clue"

5)  Halestorm  ~  "No Clue"

6)  Melanie  ~  "I Never Had A Clue"

7)  Paul Weller  ~  "Clues"

8)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Haven't Got A Clue"

9)  Robert Palmer  ~  "Looking For Clues"

10)  Molly Tuttle  ~  "Clue"

11)  Dramarama  ~  "Haven't Got A Clue"

12)  Röyksopp  ~  "You Don't Have A Clue"

13)  Emily Yacina  ~  "Clue"

14)  Sweet Wednesday  ~  "Lost Without A Clue"

15)  Matthew Perryman Jones  ~  "Without A Clue"

16)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  "Rebels Without A Clue"

17)  The Dø  ~  "No Clue"

18)  Deep Sea Peach Tree  ~  "Clue"

19)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "Too Many Clues In This Room"

20)  Altar Boys  ~  "Have A Clue"  (What is this bargain-basement popcrap? A Christian knockoff of The Beach Boys? I'm really confused and dismayed at the results.)

21)  The 1978ers  ~  "Without A Clue"

22)  Godley & Creme  ~  "Clues"  (I don't really get the point of the album artwork here, but whatever.)

23)  Mannequin Pussy  ~  "Clue Juice"  (Weird band name. But they've got a great punk-rock sound!)

24)  Katie Melua  ~  "Looking For Clues"  (Yes, I know this is the same song as #9 above. But I LOVE Katie Melua, and her version is distinctive enough from the original to merit inclusion here. I'm sure you don't care either way.)

25)  Billy Joe Royal  ~  "Searchin' For Some Kind Of Clue"

Songs About Walls

Over the past few years, there's been a lot of talk about walls. So logically, I decided to post a bunch of Songs About Walls. And it turned out pretty well, I think. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Walls (Circus)”

2)  Céline Dion  ~  “If Walls Could Talk”

3)  Sam Smith  ~  “Writing’s On The Wall”

4)  TABOR  ~  “White Walls”

5)  OK Go  ~  “The Writing’s On The Wall”

6)  Derek Minor ft. Urban Rescue  ~  “Walls”

7)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Fly On The Wall”

8)  Pelican  ~  “Dead Between The Walls”

9)  Krysten Winter  ~  “Walls”

10)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  “Wind And Walls”

11)  f(x)  ~  “4 Walls”

12)  Philip Bailey  ~  “Walking On The Chinese Wall”

13)  Katie Herzig  ~  “Walk Through Walls”

14)  Liam Gallagher  ~  “Wall Of Glass”

15)  Courage My Love  ~  “Walls”

16)  Horisont  ~  “Writing On The Wall”

17)  Aly Aleigha  ~  “Alabaster Walls”

18)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Walls”

19)  Martha Munizzi  ~  “Till The Walls Fall”

20)  Chris Brown  ~  “Wall To Wall”

21)  Foster The People  ~  “Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)”

22)  I Am Untitled  ~  “These Walls”

23)  soulDecision  ~  “Kiss The Walls”

24)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Break The Walls”

25)  Serj Tankian  ~  “Empty Walls”

"Lucky" Songs, Vol. 1

I was surprised to find that I had never posted a collection of "Lucky" Songs before now. I was less surprised to find that there were dozens of good songs with that fortuitous word in their titles. Here's part 1 of 2... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat  ~  “Lucky”

2)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “You Got Lucky”

3)  Britney Spears  ~  “Lucky”

4)  Dokken  ~  “Just Got Lucky”

5)  Cardinale  ~  “If I’m Lucky”

6)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Get Lucky”

7)  Alba  ~  “Lucky”

8)  Waterparks  ~  “Lucky People”

9)  New Young Pony Club  ~  “Get Lucky”

10)  Radiohead  ~  “Lucky”

11)  SHeDAISY  ~  “Lucky 4 You (Tonight I’m Just Me)”

12)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Lucky Now”

13)  Moksi & Chace ft. Yade Lauren  ~  “Lucky”

14)  Loverboy  ~  “Lucky Ones”

15)  Fazerdaze  ~  “Lucky Girl”

16)  Joe Walsh  ~  “Lucky That Way”

17)  Basia  ~  “Third Time Lucky”

18)  The Luckies  ~  “Happy-Go-Lucky”

19)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “I Feel Lucky”

20)  John Lee Hooker ft. Robert Cray  ~  “Mr. Lucky”

21)  Taylor Swift  ~  “The Lucky One”

22)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “My Lucky Day”

23)  Speedy Ortiz  ~  “Lucky 88”

24)  The Verve  ~  “Lucky Man”

25)  Kat Edmonson  ~  “Lucky”