Friday, November 4, 2016

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”


Thursday, November 3, 2016

"Sinister" Songs

By now, you know the drill. These are "Sinister" Songs, but they're not really sinister. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”




2)  The Breeders  ~  “Sinister Foxx”  (This may very well be the best song you’ll ever hear with the oft-repeated refrain: “Has anyone seen the iguana?” It may also be the only one that exists.)




3)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “If You’re Feeling Sinister”




4)  Modern Sons  ~  “Sinister Romance”




5)  Loney Dear  ~  “Sinister, In A State Of Hope”




6)  The Coffin Daggers  ~  “The Sinister Urge”




7)  Bad Religion  ~  “Overture / Sinister Rouge”




8)  Eternal Tears Of Sorrow  ~  “Sinister Rain”




9)  Pavement  ~  “Sinister Purpose”




10)  Nude Furniture  ~  “Sinister Sweat”




11)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Sinister Footwear II”




12)  Reverb Galaxy  ~  “Sinister Island”




13)  No-Man  ~  “Sinister Jazz”




14)  Jessie J  ~  “Sinister”




15)  Powerwolf  ~  “Mr. Sinister”




16)  The Breakes  ~  “Sinister Games”




17)  Frankie Cosmos  ~  “Sinister”




18)  The Moon-Rays  ~  “Sinister Surf”




19)  Relinquished  ~  “Sinister Dreams”




20)  Jerry Vayne  ~  “A Sideshow So Sinister…”




21)  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones  ~  “The Sinister Minister”




22)  Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers  ~  “Sinister Woman”




23)  Cinemascape  ~  “Sinister”




24)  Silent Rumor  ~  “Sinister”




25)  Resistance 13  ~  “Profound Sinister Brown”


Wednesday, November 2, 2016

“Cleveland” “Indians” Songs

All things being equal, here's a bunch of songs with either the word "Cleveland" or "Indians" (or "Indian") in their titles. Go team! Whichever team it is you may be pulling for! And...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jewel  ~  “Cleveland”




2)  Anthrax  ~  “Indians”




3)  Lily Holbrook  ~  “Cowboys And Indians”




4)  Frankie Yankovic  ~  “Cleveland The Polka Town”




5)  Elton John  ~  “Indian Sunset”




6)  Lana Cantrell  ~  “Give It Back To The Indians”




7)  Forlorn Strangers  ~  “Cleveland”




8)  Karen O  ~  “Indian Summer”




9)  Run-D.M.C.  ~  “Three Little Indians”




10)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Let’s Move To Cleveland”  (WARNING: This song is more than 16 minutes in length. Just so you know.)




11)  Stereophonics  ~  “Indian Summer”




12)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  “When The Indians Cry”




13)  Dave Thomas ft. Wallace Coleman  ~  “Going To Cleveland”




14)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “Indian Summer”




15)  Blood, Sweat, & Tears  ~  “Cowboys And Indians”




16)  Edwin McCain  ~  “Cleveland Park”




17)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “A Perfect Indian”




18)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Big Indian”




19)  Scott Weiland  ~  “Missing Cleveland”




20)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  “Indian Summer”




21)  State Radio  ~  “Indian Moon”




22)  Handsome Devils  ~  “Cleveland Co.”




23)  David Bazan  ~  “Indian Summer”




24)  Roger Whittaker  ~  “Indian Lady”




25)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Indian Outlaw”


“Chicago” “Cubs” Songs

In honor of tonight's sure-to-be-exciting Game 7 World Series tiebreaker, here's a lively collection of songs with either the word "Chicago" or "Cubs" (sometimes "Cub") in their titles. Don't worry, Indians fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, John Mayer, Hubert Sumlin, & Jimmie Vaughan  ~  “Sweet Home Chicago”




2)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Chicago”




3)  Tom Waits  ~  “Chicago”  (This song would have been SO much better if Tom had never started singing! I’m pretty sure he gargles with razorblades on the regular.)




4)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Cubs In Five”




5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Sidewalks Of Chicago”




6)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Chicago”




7)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)”




8)  Steve Goodman  ~  “Go, Cubs, Go!”




9)  Jason Isbell  ~  “Chicago Promenade”




10)  Ethan Leinwand  ~  “East Chicago Blues”




11)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Born In Chicago”




12)  Thundercat  ~  “Lone Wolf And Cub”




13)  Former Belle  ~  “I Woke Up In Chicago”




14)  Bee Gees  ~  “Living In Chicago”




15)  Count Basie ft. Joe Williams  ~  “Going To Chicago”




16)  The Wooden Birds  ~  “Folly Cub”




17)  Paper Lace  ~  “The Night Chicago Died”




18)  Buddy Guy  ~  “Meet Me In Chicago”




19)  Arek Religa  ~  “Chicago Guitar Knight”




20)  Mew  ~  “Fox Cub”




21)  Screaming Orphans  ~  “City Of Chicago”




22)  Spoon  ~  “Chicago At Night”




23)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Little Joe From Chicago”




24)  Steve Goodman  ~  “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request”




25)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Chicago”


Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Deplorable Songs

Here's a small collection of "Deplorable" Songs for your listening pleasure (or listening disgust...whatever). The songs, of course, aren't deplorable in and of themselves, but they do contain that word (or one of its derivatives) in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Pixx  ~  “Deplore”




2)  Chelydra  ~  “Tiempos Deplorables”




3)  Brassica  ~  “Deplore”




4)  Zwerg  ~  “In The Deplorable Dream”




5)  Uglyhead  ~  “Deplore”




6)  Christopher Bissonnette  ~  “A Deplorable Corruption”




7)  Omit  ~  “Deplore”  (Just a quick heads up. While quite beautiful, this song is also quite long, clocking in at just over 26 minutes.)




8)  Brook Lee  ~  “Deplorable Wealths”




9)  Lottie Berry  ~  “Deplorable”




10)  DJ Gueta  ~  “Deplorable”




11)  Katalin Szvorák  ~  “Siralmas Ez Világ (This World Is Deplorable)”




12)  Holly Gwinn Graham  ~  “Mariah, Who Made Faces And A Deplorable Marriage”