Thursday, March 5, 2015

"37" Songs

As of today, my wife is 37 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's an unnecessarily large collection of 37 songs with the number "37" (or "Thirty-Seven") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  AFI  ~  "Rabbits Are Roadkill On Rt. 37"




2)  Drowning Pool  ~  "37 Stitches"




3)  Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan  ~  "This Is How We Roll"




4)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "Bonita Applebum"




5)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  "Ready Or Not"




6)  Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers  ~  "Guitar Town"




7)  Army Of Freshmen  ~  "Juliet"




8)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "Pensacola"




9)  The Velvet Underground & Nico  ~  "Femme Fatale"




10)  Ricky Nelson  ~  "Ain't Nothin' But Love"




11)  Architecture In Helsinki  ~  "B4 3D"




12)  Harry Chapin  ~  "Sniper"




13)  Rory Gallagher  ~  "Cruise On Out"




14)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  "We Real Cool"




15)  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "Home Again In My Heart"




16)  Rival Sons  ~  "Good Things"




17)  Fefe Dobson  ~  "Can't Breathe"




18)  Rodney Atkins  ~  "He's Mine"




19)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Travelin' Band"




20)  Liz Phair  ~  "Jealousy"




21)  King Kobra  ~  "Tough Guys"




22)  The Guess Who  ~  "Glamour Boy"




23)  Reggie And The Full Effect  ~  "37"




24)  Komputer  ~  "Valentina"




25)  Turin Brakes  ~  "Underdog (Save Me)"




26)  The Low Anthem  ~  "Boeing 737"




27)  Heaven 17  ~  Come Live With Me"




28)  Squeeze  ~  "853-5937"




29)  Alisa Vox  ~  "37"




30)  Marianne Faithfull  ~  "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan"




31)  Novel Nature  ~  "1937"




32)  August Burns Red  ~  "Thirty And Seven"




33)  DMA's  ~  "Feels Like 37"




34)  Icicle Works  ~  "What She Did To My Mind"




35)  Lizzy Borden  ~  "Red Rum"




36)  Sebastian Ciceri  ~  "Scorpio ThirtySeven"




37)  Nina Hagen  ~  "1985 Ekstasy Drive"


Planetary Songs, Vol. 4: "Uranus" & "Neptune"


Here's the fourth installment in my latest series of posts featuring songs with the names of the planets in their titles. And let me just tell you...it was really, really difficult to find 10 songs that weren't scatological or sexual in nature with the word "Uranus" in the title. (For obvious reasons.) I think I was mostly successful, though one of the songs may be borderline risque, at least from a visual standpoint. Oh yeah, and there's 10 songs about Neptune in here, too. You may think this is the last post in the series, but count me among the naysayers who still thinks Pluto is worthy of a spot amongst the planets, as it always was when I was growing up – so Pluto will get its own post tomorrow. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Argent  ~  "Cast Your Spell, Uranus"




2)  The Bad Sectors  ~  "Uranus Flowers"




3)  Vengaboys ft. Perez Hilton  ~  "Rocket To Uranus"




4)  London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox  ~  Gustav Holst's "The Planets, Op. 32: Uranus, The Magician"




5)  PV Nova  ~  "It Feels Like Uranus"




6)  Klaus Doldinger's Passport  ~  "Uranus"




7)  Kitaro  ~  "Uranus Wave"




8)  Ian Stephen  ~  "Jazz Club On Uranus"




9)  Leonis  ~  "Terminus Uranus"




10)  La Belle Bleue  ~  "Les Faubourgs d'Uranus"




11)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Valleys Of Neptune"




12)  Sammy  ~  "Neptune Ave."




13)  Cracker  ~  "Brides Of Neptune"




14)  Metropol  ~  "Neptune"




15)  Sleeping At Last  ~  "Neptune"




16)  Luna Green  ~  "Neptune"




17)  Death In Vegas  ~  "Neptune City"




18)  Nicole Atkins & The Sea  ~  "Neptune City"




19)  S.J. Tucker  ~  "Neptune"




20)  Taimane  ~  "Neptune's Storm"


Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Planetary Songs, Vol. 3: "Jupiter" & "Saturn"


I'm pretty proud of this installment in my latest series, which not only includes a wide variety of well-known and lesser-known artists in multiple genres as per usual, but also features arguably two of the most popular songs ever to include a planet's name in the title (thank you, Tori and Train). Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Earth, Wind, And Fire  ~  "Jupiter"




2)  Katy McAllister ft. Shannon McAllister  ~  "Jupiter"




3)  Jewel  ~  "Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)"




4)  Your Favorite Martian  ~  "Jupiter"




5)  Tori Amos  ~  "Hey Jupiter"




6)  Train  ~  "Drops Of Jupiter"




7)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Jupiter"




8)  The Cure  ~  "Jupiter Crash"




9)  Grant-Lee Phillips  ~  "Sun Shines On Jupiter"




10)  Blues Pills  ~  "Jupiter"




11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Saturn"




12)  Skillet  ~  "Saturn"




13)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "South Saturn Delta"




14)  Sleeping At Last  ~  "Saturn"




15)  Inspiral Carpets  ~  "Saturn 5"



16)  She Keeps Bees  ~  "Saturn Return"




17)  Dream Koala  ~  "Saturn Boy / Earth"




18)  Noir  ~  "Saturn Returns"




19)  Marilyn Jurman  ~  "Back To Saturn"




20)  Freddie Joachim  ~  "Saturn"


Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Planetary Songs, Vol. 2: "Earth" & "Mars"

Part 2 of this ongoing series brings things a little closer to home, then to our nearest neighbor. This snappy collection of songs about Earth and Mars is brought to you by the letter J and the number 4. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Earth Song"




2)  Duran Duran  ~  "Planet Earth"




3)  Björk  ~  "Earth Intruders"




4)  Deftones  ~  "Hole In The Earth"




5)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "Edge Of The Earth"




6)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Corner Of The Earth"




7)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  "Under The Earth"




8)  Within Temptation  ~  "Mother Earth"




9)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Back To The Earth"




10)  Melonie Cannon ft. Willie Nelson  ~  "Back To Earth"




11)  Coldplay  ~  "Moving To Mars"




12)  David Bowie  ~  "Life On Mars?"




13)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars"




14)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "I Don't Wanna Live On Mars"




15)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Man On Mars"




16)  Ash  ~  "Girl From Mars"




17)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Viva Life On Mars"




18)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Venus And Mars"




19)  Faith No More  ~  "Woodpecker From Mars"




20)  Marion Cotillard & Franz Ferdinand  ~  "Eyes Of Mars"


Monday, March 2, 2015

Planetary Songs, Vol. 1: "Mercury" & "Venus"


So...I'm starting yet another miniseries – this one involves songs with the names of the planets in our solar system within their titles. First up, Mercury and Venus. Next time, we'll explore Earth and Mars. Ready, set, blastoff!  ~  JH



1)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Mercury Blues"




2)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "The Crying Tree Of Mercury"




3)  Hank & Cupcakes  ~  "Liquid Mercury"




4)  Die So Fluid  ~  "Mercury"




5)  The Tricks  ~  "49 Mercury"




6)  Slip On Stereo  ~  "Mercury"




7)  Death Vessel  ~  "Mercury Dime"




8)  Adria Ramos  ~  "Mercury"




9)  Modern Colour  ~  "Mercury"




10)  Pieta Brown  ~  "Mercury"




11)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Venus"




12)  Bananarama  ~  "Venus"




13)  Björk  ~  "Venus As A Boy"




14)  Boney M.  ~  "Nightflight To Venus"




15)  The B-52's  ~  "53 Miles West Of Venus"




16)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Subway To Venus"




17)  Frankie Avalon ~   "Venus"




18)  Lord Yell ft. Azealia Banks  ~  "Venus"




19)  Turbo Goth  ~  "Venus Flytrap"




20)  Eliane  ~  "Venus & Mars"