Thursday, February 9, 2023

Songs About Gypsies, Vol. 2

Here's another set of Songs About Gypsies. Please enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  "Gypsy in Me"



2)  Townes Van Zandt  ~  "Gypsy Friday"



3)  Rosi Golan  ~  "The Drifter and the Gypsy"



4)  The Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "Dance Gypsy Dance"



5)  Hilary Duff  ~  "Gypsy Woman"



6)  Blackmore's Night  ~  "Sister Gypsy"



7)  Neon Hitch  ~  "Gypsy Star"



8)  Colbie Caillat ~ "Gypsy Heart"



9)  Crystal Waters  ~  "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"



10)  Ringo Starr ~ "Gypsies in Flight"



11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Gypsy"



12)  John Hiatt ~ "Wild-Eyed Gypsies"



13)  Hannah Wright  ~  "Like a Gypsy"



14)  Sawyer Brown ~ "Gypsies on Parade"



15)  Marianne Faithfull ft. Nick Cave  ~  "The Gypsy Faerie Queen"



16)  Bob Dylan ~ "Went to See the Gypsy"



17)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Gypsy"



18)  Steven Tyler ~ "Gypsy Girl"



19)  Cher  ~  "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"



20)  Dokken ~ "Cry of the Gypsy"



21)  Little Big Town  ~  "God-Fearing Gypsies"



22)  Van Morrison ~ "Gypsy"



23)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Little Bit Gypsy"



24)  Dan Fogelberg ~ "Gypsy Wind"



25)  Amanda Marshall  ~  "The Gypsy"



Friday, February 3, 2023

Songs About Gypsies, Vol. 1

 The sheer number of different songs about gypsies is astounding! That most of these "Gypsy" songs are actually good is even more astonishing! Needless to say, this is going to be a multi-parter. I don't even know how many installments yet. Let's just say "several." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Morgan Wade  ~  "Other Side"  (This is the song that inspired this series, and it doesn't even have the word "gypsy" in the title. Go figure!)



2)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Gypsy"



3)  Santana  ~  "Gypsy Queen"



4)  Shakira  ~  "Gypsy"



5)  Dio  ~  "Gypsy"



6)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Gypsy"



7)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "Gypsy"



8)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Gypsy Eyes"



9)  The Waterboys  ~  "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"



10)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Gypsy"



11)  Cinderella  ~  "Gypsy Road"



12)  Aerosmith  ~  "Gypsy Boots"



13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Gypsy Biker"



14)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Gypsy Rose"



15)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Gypsy, Joe, and Me"



16)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Gypsy"



17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Gypsy"



18)  Jan & Dean  ~  "The Gypsy Cried"



19)  Terri Clark  ~  "Gypsy Boots"



20)  Iya Terra  ~  "Gypsy Girl"



21)  Toto  ~  "Gypsy Train"



22)  Chris Norman  ~  "Gypsy Queen"



23)  Van Morrison  ~  "Gypsy in My Soul"



24)  Renaissance  ~  "Ocean Gypsy"



25)  George Strait  ~  "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"


Thursday, February 2, 2023

Songs About Foundations

 Here's a bunch of Songs About Foundations. Because...well, I don't know why, just because I felt like it, I suppose. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Kate Nash  ~  "Foundations"



2)  Aaron Shust  ~  "Firm Foundation"



3)  Years & Years  ~  "Foundation"



4)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Love Is the Foundation"



5)  Xzibit  ~  "The Foundation"



6)  Midtown  ~  "A Faulty Foundation"



7)  Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Cody Carnes  ~  "Firm Foundation (He Won't)"



8)  Diana Ross  ~  "This House"



9)  AC/DC  ~  "Shake Your Foundations"



10)  Pat Barrett ft. Chris Tomlin  ~  "Build My Life"



11)  The Reminders  ~  "Foundation"



12)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  "One Foundation"




13)  Archive  ~  "The False Foundation"



14)  Dennis Brown  ~  "To the Foundation"




15)  My Chemical Romance  ~  "Foundations of Decay"



16)  Uriah Heep  ~  "Rock the Foundation"




17)  Rootz Underground  ~  "Foundation"



18)  Dandy Livingstone  ~  "Build Your Love on a Solid Foundation"



19)  Michael Neale  ~  "Foundation"



20)  Slaves  ~  "As the Light Cracks the Foundation"



21)  Chelsea Moon ft. The Franz Brothers  ~  "How Firm a Foundation"



22)  Spandau Ballet  ~  "Foundation"



23)  Selah  ~  "Firm Foundation"



24)  The Band of Heathens  ~  "Shake the Foundation"



25)  The Worship Initiative ft. Robbie Seay  ~  "Jesus, Firm Foundation"


Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Days of the Week Songs: "Saturday" – Vol. 2

Well, it only took a couple of years, but we've finally come to the end of the "Days of the Week Songs" series. Take a listen, and hopefully, you will enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Chicago  ~  "Saturday in the Park"




2)  Eagles  ~  "Saturday Night"



3)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Saturday Night Special"




4)  Wade Bowen  ~  "Saturday Night"



5)  The Drifters  ~  "Every Nite's a Saturday Night"



6)  Natalia Kills  ~  "Saturday Night"



7)  Frank Sinatra ft. Harry James & His Orchestra  ~  "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)"



8)  Mel McDaniel  ~  "Louisiana Saturday Night / Big Ole Brew"



9)  The Cure  ~  "10:15 Saturday Night"



10)  Spice Girls  ~  "Saturday Night Divas"



11)  Lecrae ft. Jozzy  ~  "Saturday Night"



12)  John Fogerty  ~  "Almost Saturday Night"



13)  The Runaways  ~  "Saturday Night Special"



14)  Sam Hunt  ~  "Saturday Night"



15)  Grateful Dead  ~  "One More Saturday Night"



16)  John Denver  ~  "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio"



17)  Soundgarden  ~  "Black Saturday"



18)  De La Soul  ~  "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"



19)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  "Saturday Morning"



20)  Old Crow Medicine Show  ~  "Mississippi Saturday Night"



21)  Commodores  ~  "Saturday Night"



22)  Van Morrison  ~  "Deadbeat Saturday Night"



23)  Journey  ~  "On a Saturday Night"



24)  The Neighbourhood  ~  "Sadderdaze"



25)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon"



26)  Louis Jordan  ~  "Saturday Night Fish Fry"


Friday, January 27, 2023

Days of the Week Songs: "Saturday" – Vol. 1

Next to last but certainly not next to least, here's a satisfying set of songs about Saturday. In case the Vol. 1 designation didn't give it away, there will be a Vol. 2 due to the fact that there were too many good songs for one post. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  twenty one pilots  ~  "Saturday"




2)  Brad Paisley  ~  "American Saturday Night"




3)  Sam Cooke  ~  "Another Saturday Night"




4)  All The Damn Vampires  ~  "Saturday"




5)  Khalid & Kane Brown  ~  "Saturday Nights (Remix)"




6)  Fishbone  ~  "Sunless Saturday"




7)  Rebecca Black & Dave Days  ~  "Saturday"




8)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"




9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Saturday"




10)  Hal Ketchum  ~  "Small Town Saturday Night"




11)  Twin Shadow ft. HAIM  ~  "Saturdays"




12)  IDER  ~  "Saturday"




13)  Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle  ~  "Saturday Love"




14)  Aaron Watson  ~  "Silverado Saturday Night"




15)  Vance Joy  ~  "Saturday Sun"




16)  Bay City Rollers  ~  "Saturday Night"




17)  Metric  ~  "Dark Saturday"




18)  Eels  ~  "Saturday Morning"




19)  Chris Young ft. Vince Gill  ~  "Sober Saturday Night"




20)  Elton John  ~  "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"




21)  Marcy Playground  ~  "It's Saturday"




22)  Jon Pardi  ~  "Mr. Saturday Night"




23)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "Say Amen (Saturday Night)"




24)  David Bowie  ~  "Drive-In Saturday"




25)  Cole Swindell  ~  "Single Saturday Night"




26)  Ashley Cooke  ~  "Sunday Morning Kinda Saturday Night"



Days of the Week Songs: "Friday"

 Here's a bunch of songs about Friday to liven up your Friday. You're extremely welcome!  ~  JH


1)  The Cure  ~  "Friday I'm In Love"




2)  Dean Brody ft. Great Big Sea  ~  "It's Friday"




3)  Katy Perry  ~  "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"




4)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Good Friday"




5)  Rebecca Black  ~  "Friday"  (Hey, I didn't say they'd be good songs about Friday!)




6)  The Darkness  ~  "Friday Night"




7)  High Valley  ~  "Every Week's Got a Friday"




8)  Craig Morgan  ~  "Every Friday Afternoon"




9)  Kelis  ~  "Friday Fish Fry"




10)  Khruangbin  ~  "Friday Morning"




11)  The Easybeats  ~  "Friday on My Mind"




12)  Allison Iraheta  ~  "Friday I'll Be Over U"




13)  Luke Combs  ~  "Any Given Friday Night"




14)  We The Kings  ~  "Friday Is Forever"




15)  The Specials  ~  "Friday Night, Saturday Morning"




16)  Love & Kisses  ~  "Thank God It's Friday"




17)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "Friday's Child"




18)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "Another Friday Night"




19)  Eric Paslay  ~  "Friday Night"




20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Friday Night"




21)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  "Good Friday"




22)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  "Friday Let Me Down"




23)  Joe Jackson  ~  "Friday"




24)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Friday"




25)  Arabesque  ~  "Friday Night"




26)  George Jones  ~  "Finally Friday"



Thursday, January 26, 2023

Days of the Week Songs: "Thursday"

It's Thursday, which seems like as good a time as any to resume my "Days of the Week" series featuring songs about...well, Thursday! Here's hoping you'll enjoy 'em!  ~  JH


1)  Jess Glynne  ~  "Thursday"




2)  The Weeknd  ~  "Thursday"




3)  David Bowie  ~  "Thursday's Child"




4)  Steve Cole  ~  "Thursday"




5)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Example  ~  "Thursday"




6)  Jude Barclay  ~  "Another Thursday Night"




7)  Rollins Band  ~  "Thursday Afternoon"




8)  Jim Croce  ~  "Thursday"




9)  Morphine  ~  "Thursday"




10)  Donovan  ~  "Jersey Thursday"




11)  Matt Costa  ~  "Sweet Thursday"




12)  Eartha Kitt  ~  "Thursday's Child"




13)  The ChameleonsVox  ~  "Thursday's Child"




14)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "(Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today"




15)  The Futureheads  ~  "Thursday (A Cappella)"




16)  Johnny Mathis  ~  "Sweet Thursday"




17)  Lostboycrow  ~  "Thursday"




18)  Country Joe and the Fish  ~  "Thursday"  (I'm not sure what to make of the little ditty that precedes the song here, but I wholeheartedly do NOT endorse it!)




19)  Run the Jewels  ~  "Thursday in the Danger Room"




20)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "I Lost Thursday"




21)  Mitski  ~  "Thursday Girl"




22)  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  ~  "Suite Thursday"






23)  Charlie Hunter Trio  ~  "Thursday the 12th"




24)  Giles, Giles, & Fripp  ~  "Thursday Morning"





25)  Olivia Barton  ~  "Thursday"




26)  Townes Van Zandt  ~  "Like a Summer Thursday"