Monday, May 21, 2018

"Copycat" Songs

Here's a small collection of Songs About Copycats. 'Cuz there's always that one person who tries to be just like everybody else...probably because they don't like themselves the way they are. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Copycat”




2)  Copycat  ~  “Copycat”  (This song was probably taken from their self-titled "Copycat" album. Talk about your copycats...)




3)  Orange Caramel  ~  “My Copycat”




4)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Copycat”




5)  Healthy Junkies  ~  “Copycat”  (This band's name sounds quite oxymoronic to me.)




6)  You Bred Raptors?  ~  “Copycat”




7)  Emma Longard  ~  “Copycat”




8)  Cut Out  ~  “Copycat”  (This guy's vocals are nothing to write home about, but the music’s good.)




9)  The Cranberries  ~  “Copycat”




10)  The New Division  ~  “Copycat”




11)  The Coathangers  ~  “Copycat”




12)  Matthew Fisher Band  ~  “Copycat”




13)  Melissa James  ~  “Copycat (Girlfriend)”



14)  Deconbrio  ~  “Copycat”




15)  Sarah Göthling  ~  “Copycat”


Friday, May 18, 2018

"Now Or Never" Songs

You hear it all the time. "It's now or never." It's a phrase used to denote that you must do something immediately, even if you're apprehensive about it, because you may never have another chance. There's a sense of urgency in the phrase. And apparently, it makes good fodder for songwriters. Because all kinds of artists in a variety of genres and from various parts of the world have written songs with the phrase "Now Or Never" in their titles. Here are some of the best of those. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Halsey  ~  “Now Or Never”




2)  Elvis Presley  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”




3)  Sllash  ~  “Now Or Never”




4)  Splendid  ~  “Now Or Never”




5)  Orianthi  ~  “Now Or Never”




6)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Now Or Never”




7)  Blair St. Clair  ~  “Now Or Never”




8)  Ian Walsh  ~  “Now Or Never”




9)  Bananarama  ~  “Now Or Never”




10)  Jorge Fernandez  ~  “Now Or Never”




11)  Lisa Ekdahl  ~  “Now Or Never”




12)  Josh Groban  ~  “Now Or Never”




13)  Emilia de Poret  ~  “Now Or Never”




14)  Jason Koiter  ~  “Now Or Never”




15)  Tritonal ft. Phoebe Ryan  ~  “Now Or Never”




16)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Now Or Never Land”




17)  Ventus Band  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”




18)  Outasight  ~  “Now Or Never”




19)  AiWiNK  ~  “Now Or Never”




20)  Nick Mellow  ~  “Now Or Never”




21)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Now Or Never”




22)  CNBLUE  ~  “Now Or Never”




23)  Jodie Connor ft. Wiley  ~  “Now Or Never”




24)  Zebrahead  ~  “Now Or Never”




25)  Marie Chain  ~  “Now Or Never”


Thursday, May 17, 2018

Songs About Lizards

What do Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Phish, Jimmy Buffett, and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Right: They're all highly accomplished musicians with long and successful careers in the music industry. What else do they have in common? Right: They all recorded Songs About Lizards. And that's just five of the artists who did. There's plenty other good ones to enjoy here – so git to gittin'!  ~  JH



1)  Pulled Apart By Horses  ~  “Lizard Baby”




2)  à l'aube fluorescente  ~  “Lizard”




3)  ZZ Top  ~  “Lizard Life”




4)  Antlers  ~  “Lizard Man The Holy Rider”




5)  The Mopeds  ~  “Lizard”




6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips”




7)  Robyn Hitchcock ft. Yo La Tengo  ~  “The Lizard”




8)  The August  ~  “Lizard King”




9)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Lounge Lizard”




10)  Phish  ~  “The Lizards”




11)  Atomic Shadows  ~  “Lizard’s Chord”




12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Off To See The Lizard”




13)  Van Der Graaf Generator  ~  “Lizard Play”




14)  Laura Doggett  ~  “Lizard Lady”




15)  Opiuo  ~  “Ginger Lizard”




16)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lizard Love”




17)  John June Year  ~  “Lounge Lizard”




18)  Saigon Kick  ~  “The Lizard”




19)  Magenta  ~  “The Lizard King”




20)  Vacuum  ~  “Lizard”




21)  Mermaidens  ~  “Lizard”




22)  Simpl3jack  ~  “Lizard Wash”




23)  London Elektricity  ~  “Telefunken Lizard Filter”




24)  Miss Kenichi  ~  “Lizard”




25)  American Dinosaur  ~  “Lizard Queen”


Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”




2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”




3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”




4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”




5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”




6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”




7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”




8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”




9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”




10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”




11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”




12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”




13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”




14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”




15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”




16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”




17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”




18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”




19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”




20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”




21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”



22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”




23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”




24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”




25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”


Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Songs About Living & Learning

Sometimes you have to make mistakes in order not to make the same mistakes in the future. As the phrase goes, "you live, you learn." That's generally what these songs are all about. A few of them just happen to have both the words "Live" and "Learn" (in some form or another) in their titles. They're all good ones, though! So enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “You Learn”  (The refrain is “You live, you learn…” which may as well be its official title anyway.)




2)  Marshall Crenshaw  ~  “Live And Learn”




3)  Elle Carpenter  ~  “Learning How To Live”




4)  Joe Public  ~  “Live And Learn”




5)  Idina Menzel  ~  “You Learn To Live Without”




6)  Private Line  ~  “Live, Learn, And Grow Apart”




7)  Clannad  ~  “Live And Learn”




8)  Jonathan Jackson  ~  “How You Learn To Live Alone”




9)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Live And Learn”




10)  Dream Theater  ~  “Learning To Live”




11)  Sondr ft. Peg Parnevik  ~  “Live Love Learn”



12)  Clint Black  ~  “Live And Learn”




13)  Beth Hart  ~  “Learning To Live”




14)  Ben Folds  ~  “Learn To Live With What You Are”




15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Live And Learn”




16)  Architects  ~  “Learn To Live”




17)  Kesha  ~  “Learn To Let Go”  (Nope, the word “live” doesn’t appear in the title, but the phrase “live and learn” is repeated several times throughout.)




18)  Billy Squier  ~  “Learn How To Live”




19)  Cyndi Lauper & France Gall  ~  “You Have To Learn To Live Alone”




20)  The Silks  ~  “Live And Learn”




21)  Lady Lush & The Vinyls  ~  “Learn How To Live”




22)  Bill Murray  ~  “When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God?”  (Yes, THAT Bill Murray!)