What "We Are," According To These Artists

If you were wondering what "we are," these artists have the answer for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dua Lipa  ~  "We're Good"

2)  fun. ft. Janelle Monáe  ~  "We Are Young"

3)  U.S.A. for Africa  ~  "We Are The World"

4)  Queen  ~  "We Are The Champions"

5)  Empire Of The Sun  ~  "We Are The People"

6)  Sister Sledge  ~  "We Are Family"

7)  The Madden Brothers  ~  "We Are Done"

8)  The White Stripes  ~  "We're Going To Be Friends"

9)  Alicia Keys  ~  "We Are Here"

10)  Taylor Swift  ~  "We Are Never Getting Back Together"

11)  Kesha  ~  "We R Who We R"

12)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "We Are Alive"

13)  Thompson Twins  ~  "We Are Detective"

14)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  "We Are Fine"

15)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  "We're Off To See The Wizard!"

16)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "We Are Warriors"

17)  Rita Coolidge  ~  "We're All Alone"

18)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  "We're An American Band"

19)  The Calling  ~  "We Are Forgiven"

20)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "We're Gonna Groove"

21)  Twisted Sister  ~  "We're Not Gonna Take It"

22)  The Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "We Are The Normal"

23)  Iggy Pop  ~  "We Are The People"

24)  Steve Perry  ~  "We're Still Here"

25)  Billy Currington  ~  "We Are Tonight"

Songs About Nurses

It's National Nurses Week, and we here at Wax & Tracks ("we" meaning me and my dead bird) are celebrating it with a fresh batch of Songs About Nurses. Listen, share, tag people, and most importantly...Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The White Stripes  ~  “The Nurse”

2)  Bush  ~  “Nurse”

3)  Billy Bragg  ~  “A Nurse’s Life Is Full Of Woe”

4)  Cascada  ~  “Night Nurse”

5)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “She’s A Nurse”

6)  The Sugarcubes  ~  “Happy Nurse”

7)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Nursie”

8)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Dude Ranch Nurse”

9)  Katatonia  ~  “Sweet Nurse”

10)  Cherry Glazerr  ~  “Nurse Ratched”  (This video is unnecessarily brutal. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Well, actually, there is. Whatevs.)

11)  JJ Cale  ~  “Devil’s Nurse”

12)  Carolyn Rodriguez  ~  “Night Nurse”

13)  Failure  ~  “The Nurse Who Loved Me”

14)  Swift  ~  “Nurse”

15)  Gregory Isaacs  ~  “Night Nurse”

16)  Country Joe McDonald  ~  “Thank The Nurse”

17)  Oceansize  ~  “Music For A Nurse”

18)  SSgt. Barry Sadler  ~  “Salute To The Nurses”  (If you just happen to have been a nurse serving in Vietnam during the war, this song is specifically devoted to you.)

19)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Titus And Strident Wet Nurse”

20)  R.E.M.  ~  “Everybody Hurts”  (This song and the next few in this set are less ABOUT nurses but more about what nurses DO. Here, they help you when you’re hurt.)

21)  Evanescence  ~  “Bring Me To Life”  (Yep, they can do that, too.)

22)  Bette Midler  ~  “Wind Beneath My Wings”  (Any nurse who’s ever taken good care of you more than lives up to this song.)

23)  Coldplay  ~  “Fix You”  (Yup, that’s a big part of their job.)

24)  The Fray  ~  “How To Save A Life”  (Oh, they KNOW how!)

25)  Starflyer 59  ~  “Card Games & Old Friends”  (What every nurse does during their day-long breaks at work, right? Of course this song DOESN’T describe nurses, but references one of the most foolish statements ever to come out of the mouth of a politician. If you’re a nurse, or you love one, or you simply pay attention, you know what I’m talking about.)

Songs About Grabbing

Here's a bunch of Songs About Grabbing. Grabbing what, you might ask. All kinds of things, as it turns out: "Your Heart," "Thy Hand," "The Sunset," "A Girlfriend," "Your Gun," and so much MORE! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  “How Does That Grab You, Darlin’?”

2)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Grab It”

3)  Disclosure  ~  “Grab Her”

4)  Julia Lee  ~  “Snatch And Grab It”

5)  Smoking Popes  ~  “Grab Your Heart And Run”

6)  Chevelle  ~  “Grab Thy Hand”

7)  Hundreds  ~  “Grab The Sunset”

8)  Steel Pulse  ~  “Grab A Girlfriend”

9)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “Grab This Thing”

10)  Martha Jane & The Talisman  ~  “Grab It”

11)  Ric Ocasek  ~  “Something To Grab For”

12)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “Grab A Body”

13)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Grab A Hold”

14)  Anna Sage  ~  “Susan, Grab My Pants”  (I have no idea why this otherwise-innocuous song is called what it is. The phrase appears nowhere in the song’s lyrics.)

15)  Ratham Stone  ~  “Grab The Gold”

16)  Juliette & The Licks  ~  “Smash And Grab”

17)  AC/DC  ~  “Smash ’N’ Grab”

18)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Salamander / Taxi Grab”

19)  Nitty Gritty  ~  “Grab Your Gun”

20)  Buckethead  ~  “Binge And Grab”

21)  Ricardo Rebelo  ~  “Everybody Grab Somebody”

22)  Shotgun Betty  ~  “Grab Your Gun”

23)  Abbey Road Orchestra & USC Trojan Marching Band  ~  “Smash & Grab”

24)  Brian Courtney Wilson  ~  “Grab And Hold”

25)  The White Stripes  ~  “Cash Grab Complications On The Matter”

Songs About Tools

This...because I have strange ideas for blog posts all the time. And this is yet another one of those. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Rake It In"

2)  AJR  ~  "Pitchfork Kids"

3)  Queen  ~  "Hammer To Fall"

4)  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers  ~  "Small Axe"

5)  Paul Kelly  ~  "Song Of The Old Rake"

6)  Doomtree  ~  "Bolt Cutter"

7)  Kate Bush  ~  "Hammer Horror"

8)  White Gold  ~  "One Gallon Axe"  (Hilarious!)

9)  Whiskey Myers  ~  "Hard Row To Hoe"

10)  Katie Herzig  ~  "Shovel"

11)  The Breeders  ~  "Divine Hammer"

12)  Fifth Harmony  ~  "Sledgehammer"

13)  The White Stripes  ~  "Screwdriver"

14)  Strand Of Oaks  ~  "Diamond Drill"

15)  Avicii  ~  "Levels"

16)  Pete Seeger  ~  "If I Had A Hammer"

17)  The Sword  ~  "How Heavy This Axe"

18)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"

19)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Monkey Wrench"

20)  Mr. Big  ~  "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)"

21)  Indigo Girls  ~  "Hammer And A Nail"

22)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Crosscut Saw"

23)  Amy Grant  ~  "Shovel In Hand"

24)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Sledgehammer"

25)  Smash Mouth  ~  "Justin Bieber"  (What? He IS a "tool," ISN'T he?)

"Ugly" Songs

Well, I was able to scrounge up more than enough songs to make my previous blog entry ("Pretty" Songs) into an "Opposites" post after all. A natural counterpart to those, this is a collection of songs with "Ugly" in their titles. Most of the songs aren't ugly, in the purest sense of the word. (Although some might be.) Enjoy?  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  Each of these songs is unique (no repeats within the post), even though many of them have the same, one-word title of "Ugly."

1)  Sugababes   ~ "Ugly"

2)  The White Stripes  ~  "As Ugly As I Seem"

3)  Meg & Dia  ~  "My Ugly Mouth"

4)  Living Colour  ~  "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"

5)  Avery *Sunshine  ~  "Ugly  Part Of Me"

6)  Sevendust  ~  "Ugly"

7)  LeeLee  ~  "Ugly"

8)  The Exies  ~  "Ugly"

9)  Masha  ~  "Ugly"

10)  Senakah  ~  "Ugly"

11)  Juliana Hatfield  ~  "Ugly"

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12)  Raashan Ahmad  ~  "Beautiful Ugly"

13)  EELS  ~  "Ugly Love"

14)  Jason Mraz  ~  "The Beauty In Ugly"

15)  Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Ugly"

16)  Fulkultur  ~  "The Ugly Dance"

17)  The Muppets  ~  "Ugly Song"

18)  Razpy  ~  "Ugly People"

19)  Marco Machera  ~  "Ugly Song"

20)  Matthew Sweet  ~  "Ugly Truth Rock"

21)  Cold  ~  "Ugly"

22)   Lauren Aquilina  ~  "Ugly Truth"

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23)  Blue October  ~  "Ugly Side"

24)  SOKO  ~  "Destruction Of The Disgusting Ugly Hate"

25)   The Black Keys  ~  "Grown So Ugly"