Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Songs With "Title" In The Title


From the Department of Redundancy Department, I present a collection of songs with the word "Title" in their titles. Don't ask why – just enjoy some good songs. And the occasional mediocre one, too.  ~  JH



1)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Title And Registration"




2)  Butch Walker  ~  "Temporary Title"




3)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Working Titles"




4)  Canadian Softball  ~  "The Distance Between You And Me Is Longer Than The Title Of This Song"




5)  Brian Eno  ~  "Another Title"




6)  Acollective  ~  "Working Title"




7)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Title Song"




8)  AndrĂ© Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra  ~  "Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)"




9)  Snowclone  ~  "Working Title"




10)  Vestal Goodman, Michael English, & Johnny Minick  ~  "I Hold A  Clear Title"




11)  Case Mayfield  ~  "The Title"




12)  Romans  ~  "Working Title"




13)  Jonathan Rowden Group  ~  "Title"




14)  The New Christy Minstrels  ~  "No Title"




15)  Bleach Blonde  ~  "Working Title"




16)  Darrell Scott  ~  "Title Of The Song"




17)  Browsing Collection  ~  "Working On The Title"




18)  Ray Sharp  ~  "Title Wave"




19)  Shaun Cromwell  ~  "Working Title"




20)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Title Track"


Friday, June 19, 2015

"Naked" Songs

Merriam-Webster provides a wide variety of definitions for the word "naked." The most common meaning is "not covered by clothing." However, "naked" can also mean "lacking embellishment," "unarmed [or] defenseless," "devoid of concealment or disguise," as well as "unaided by any optical device or instrument." These secondary definitions of "naked" abound in the lyrics of these songs. Indeed, despite its title, this post is about as "PG" as it gets. Sorry to disappoint some of you. And I'm glad I didn't let the rest of you down. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Naked Eye"




2)  DEV ft. Enrique Iglesias  ~  "Naked"




3)  Iron and Wine  ~  "Naked As We Came"




4)  Tully On Tully  ~  "Naked"




5)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Naked"




6)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Naked"




7)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Naked"




8)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Naked Without You"




9)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Naked And Famous"




10)  Chynna Phillips  ~  "Naked And Sacred"




11)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Naked In The Rain"




12)  Van Morrison  ~  "Naked In The Jungle"




13)  Sera Cahoone  ~  "Naked"




14)  Leonie Meijer  ~  "Naked"




15)  James Bonamy  ~  "Naked To The Pain"



16)  Jenny May  ~  "Naked"




17)  E.M.P.  ~  "The Naked I"




18)  Melanie Lynx  ~  "Naked Heart"




19)  Jennifer Love Hewitt  ~  "BareNaked"


Thursday, June 18, 2015

Songs For The Seasons: Spring


I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but now that spring is almost over, it seems like a good time. I'll do a post for each of the seasons, but not until the season officially changes to the next one. In other words, "Summer" songs won't be far behind these. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  John Butler Trio  ~  "Spring To Come"




2)  Morcheeba  ~  "I Am The Spring"




3)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring"




4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Spring"




5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  "A Father's First Spring"




6)  Chairlift  ~  "Frigid Spring"




7)  Status Quo  ~  "(April) Spring, Summer, And Wednesdays"




8)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "Tall Tales For Spring"




9)  Biz Markie  ~  "Spring Again"




10)  Donna Summer  ~  "Spring Affair"




11)  Chris Rea  ~  "Fires Of Spring"




12)  Tori Amos  ~  "Spring Haze"




13)  Greg Brown  ~  "Spring Wind"




14)  Court Yard Hounds ft. Jakob Dylan  ~  "See You In The Spring"




15)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Can't Stop The Spring"




16)  Shirley Jones  ~  "It Might As Well Be Spring"




17)  Tony Bennett  ~  "You Must Believe In Spring"




18)  k.d. lang  ~  "I Dream Of Spring"




19)  Erland & The Carnival ~  "Springtime"




20)  Carly Simon & Jimmy Webb  ~  "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year"




21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Younger Than Springtime"




22)  Zero 7 ft. Only Girl  ~  "The Colour Of Spring"




23)  Johnny Horton  ~  "When It's Springtime In Alaska"




24)  Manhattan Transfer  ~  "Sing Joy Spring"




25)  Aphrodite's Child  ~  "Spring, Summer, Winter, & Fall"


Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Triangles


Well, this is the last planned "Songs About Shapes" post in the series, unless I change my mind later. Although a cursory search lets me know that most of the other shapes haven't had nearly as many good songs written about them as Squares, Circles, and Triangles have. So this might be it. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Luke Kelly & The Dubliners  ~  "The Auld Triangle"




2)  Weezer  ~  "Pink Triangle"




3)  Fever Ray  ~  "Triangle Walks"




4)  Hardwell  ~  "Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)"




5)  Logistics  ~  "Triangles"




6)  RaeLynn  ~  "Love Triangle"




7)  Jetstream  ~  "Triangle"




8)  Martial Solal ft. Daniel Humair & Jean-François Jenny-Clark  ~  "Triangle"




9)  Echosmith  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"




10)  Colours In The Street  ~  "Triangle"




11)  Test Icicles  ~  "Circle Square Triangle"




12)  Norma Jean, George McCormick, & Mack Magaha  ~  "Game Of Triangles"




13)  Prehistoric Friends  ~  "Bermuda Triangle"




14)  Jars Of Clay  ~  "I Love My Triangle"




15)  Diana King  ~  "Love Triangle"




16)  Sesame Street Cast  ~  "Triangle Song"




17)  Aqueous  ~  "Triangle"




18)  Philomena Begley  ~  "Tra Le La Le La Triangle"




19)  Dredg  ~  "Triangle"




20)  Evergrey  ~  "Mark Of The Triangle"




21)  HTRK  ~  "Love Triangle"




22)  The Brandos  ~  "The Triangle Fire"




23)  Felix Martin  ~  "The Triangle Tune"




24)  The Pillows  ~  "Paper Triangle"




25)  The Computers  ~  "Love Triangles, Hate Squares"




BONUS TRACK:  Frente!  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"  (This, to me, is the iconic version of this song, even though New Order [not featured here] was the original artist and up-and-coming band Echosmith – song #9 above – did an outstanding cover of it. But I couldn't NOT include Frente! here.)


Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Shape-ly Music: Songs About Circles


Here's the second installment in my current series, which features songs with the names of shapes in their titles. This one, as if it weren't abundantly clear, is a bunch of songs about circles. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Elton John  ~  "Circle Of Life"




2)  Marques Houston  ~  "Circle"




3)  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians  ~  "Circle"




4)  Half Moon Run  ~  "Full Circle"




5)  Bond  ~  "Nothing Fits (Fictitious Circle)"




6)  Miley Cyrus  ~   "Full Circle"




7)  I See MONSTAS  ~  "Circles"




8)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"




9)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  "Circle In The Sand"




10)  Incubus  ~  "Circles"




11)  David Bowie  ~  "Width Of A Circle"




12)  Hooverphonic  ~  "Circles"




13)  R.E.M.  ~  "Perfect Circle"




14)  Love And Theft  ~  "Dancing In Circles"




15)  Feist  ~  "The Circle Married The Line"




16)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Spin The Black Circle"




17)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Full Circle"




18)  Katie Melua  ~  "Perfect Circle"




19)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  "Circle"




20)  Blackmore's Night  ~  "The Circle"




21)  Aaron Lewis  ~  "Vicious Circles"




22)  Snow Ghosts  ~  "Circles Out Of Salt"




23)  Cavo  ~  "Circles"




24)  Serena Ryder  ~  "Circle Of The Sun"




25)  Passenger  ~  "Circles"