Friday, June 16, 2017

“Clever” Songs

Like your music a bit on the "Clever" side? Look no further. These tunes are 100% "Clever," through and through. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Angels & Airwaves  ~  “Clever Love”




2)  Kat Frankie  ~  “Born Clever”




3)  Ian Dury & The Blockheads  ~  “Clever Trevor”




4)  We Are Carnivores  ~  “Pretty Clever”




5)  Beverley Knight  ~  “Whatever’s Clever”




6)  The Cave Singers  ~  “Clever Creatures”




7)  The Carousels  ~  “So Clever”




8)  Dreamhouse  ~  “Clever”




9)  Thornley  ~  “Clever”




10)  Art Brut  ~  “Clever, Clever Jazz”




11)  Nova Borgers  ~  “Never Be Clever”




12)  Hawksley Workman  ~  “Clever Not Beautiful”




13)  Jill Sobule  ~  “Clever”




14)  The Rockats  ~  “Never So Clever”




15)  Whale Tooth  ~  “Clever” 




16)  Nathan Beaver  ~  “Clever”




17)  Pentimento  ~  “Clever Reason”




18)  Thea Gilmore  ~  “Not So Clever Now”




19)  Alex Clare  ~  “Hands Are Clever”




20)  The Moon And You  ~  “Clever Worms”




21)  Qwirk  ~  “Clever Penelope”




22)  The Ragamuffins  ~  “Acting Clever”




23)  Isis Vasconcellos  ~  “Clever Meals”  (The video title is a bit misleading. This is Vasconcellos’ cover of a song by Tegan and Sara.)




24)  Wasthead  ~  “Clever”




25)  Eliza Gilkyson  ~  “Clever Disguise”


Thursday, June 15, 2017

Songs With "Attitude"

The post's title pretty much speaks for itself, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Patti LaBelle  ~  “New Attitude”




2)  Deep Purple  ~  “Bad Attitude”




3)  Alien Ant Farm  ~  “Attitude”




4)  Fireflight  ~  “Attitude”




5)  Tower Of Power  ~  “Attitude Dance”




6)  Chris Farren  ~  “Holy Attitude”




7)  Laura Branigan  ~  “Bad Attitude”




8)  38 Special  ~  “Trooper With An Attitude”




9)  The Tiger Lillies  ~  “Wrong Attitude”




10)  Lisa Germano  ~  “Bad Attitude”




11)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Honky Tonk Attitude”




12)  Steve Vai  ~  “The Attitude Song”




13)  Hardknox  ~  “Attitude”




14)  Suede  ~  “Attitude”




15)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Attitude”




16)  Trashmonkeys  ~  “Attitudes In Stereo”




17)  Wynonna  ~  “Attitude”




18)  Timbuk 3  ~  “Hairstyles And Attitudes”




19)  Galneryus  ~  “Attitude To Life”  (I don’t understand a word he’s singing, but both the vocals and music are breathtakingly beautiful!)




20)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes”




21)  Darwin Deez  ~  “Kill Your Attitude”




22)  Troop  ~  “That’s My Attitude”




23)  Oolluu  ~  “Attitude”  (I’ve never heard of this band, but they’re fantastic!)




24)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Bad Attitude”




25)  Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour  ~  “Early Morning Attitude”




Wednesday, June 14, 2017

"Embarrass"-ing Songs

These songs are SOOO "Embarrassing"!!! Well, sort of. Their song titles are, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Sky Ferreira  ~  “Everything Is Embarrassing”




2)  Sage Francis ft. Eyedea & Slug  ~  “Embarrassed”



3)  Half-Handed Cloud  ~  “You Wouldn’t Embarrass Me, Would You?”




4)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Don’t Embarrass Me, Baby”




5)  Toy  ~  “Hopelessly Embarrassed”




6)  Doug & The Slugs  ~  “(Just A Little Bit) Embarrassed”




7)  Michael Hermiston  ~  “An Embarrassment Of Riches”




8)  alice.  ~  “You Embarrass Me”




9)  Hello Bear  ~  “We Held Hands Once, But Then She Got Embarrassed”




10)  Ben Smith  ~  “I’ve Embarrassed The Piano Again”




11)  Foals  ~  “Public Embarrassment Blues”




12)  Songs To Wear Pants To  ~  “You Love Her So Much It’s Embarrassing”




13)  Madness  ~  “Embarrassment”




14)  The Port Huron Statement  ~  “When The Dust Has Settled On This Embarrassing Affair”




15)  Becky Schlegel  ~  “You’re So Embarrassing”


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

"Horrible" Songs

These songs are “Horrible”! Actually, they’re pretty good, for the most part. But, if their titles can be trusted, they are indeed about a variety of “Horrible” things. It seems inappropriate to say this, but…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Frente!  ~  “Horrible”




2)  Kurt Travis  ~  “Everything Is Horrible”




3)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “The Horrible Party”




4)  The Trainwrecks  ~  “Horrible, Terrible, Wonderful”




5)  Ayria  ~  “Horrible Dream”




6)  Set It Off  ~  “Horrible Kids”




7)  Adia Victoria  ~  “Horrible Weather”



8)  OAG  ~  “Horrible Adorable”




9)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Horrible Qualities”




10)  Heed The Thunder  ~  “Horrible Condition”




11)  Darwin  ~  “Horrible Cocoon”




12)  Combineharvester  ~  “Horrible Things”




13)  Barbara Nesbitt  ~  “Horrible Moon”




14)  The Rusties Blues Band  ~  “Horrible, Crazy Love”




15)  Vandettes  ~  “Horrible”




16)  Mansara  ~  “Horrible Bonheur”




17)  Doorbells  ~  “Horrible Youth”




18)  Dave Davison  ~  “The Ongoing Horrible”




19)  The Haymarket Squares  ~  “Horrible Inventions”




20)  Xander Smith  ~  “Horrible”


Monday, June 12, 2017

“Foreign” Songs

These songs are not from around here. Well, some of them are, and some of them aren’t. But they all have one thing in common – the word “foreign” appears somewhere in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Kacy Hill  ~  “Foreign Fields”




2)  Van Morrison & Bob Dylan  ~  “Foreign Window”




3)  Tina Turner  ~  “Foreign Affair”




4)  Fatherson  ~  “Foreign Waters”




5)  Sylver  ~  “Foreign Affair”




6)  Darren Hanlon  ~  “Two Days In A Foreign City”




7)  Red Molly  ~  “Foreign Lander”




8)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Foreign Object”




9)  This Old Ghost  ~  “Foreign Language”




10)  Roger Taylor & Yoshiki  ~  “Foreign Sand”




11)  Amelie McCandless  ~  “Foreign Waters”




12)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Foreign Land”




13)  Diana  ~  “Foreign Installation”




14)  Sleep For Sleepers  ~  “Foreign”




15)  The Matthew Herbert Big Band  ~  “Foreign Bodies”




16)  Seryn  ~  “Foreign Fields”




17)  First You Get The Sugar  ~  “Foreign Lands”




18)  Dirtcaps ft. Eleni Drake  ~  “Foreign Tongues”




19)  Telekinesis  ~  “Foreign Room”




20)  Radiation City  ~  “Foreign Bodies”




21)  Rue Royale  ~  “Foreign Night”




22)  There Will Be Fireworks  ~  “Foreign Thoughts”




23)  Lost At Sea  ~  “Foreign Hopes”




24)  Peppermint Heaven  ~  “Foreign Feeling”




25)  Hold Your Horses!  ~  “Foreign Lands”