Friday, April 29, 2016

“Unknown” Songs, Vol. 1

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Here's part 3 of 4 in my ongoing-but-almost-done miniseries featuring "Known" and "Unknown" songs. With this post, we enter the realm of the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Wonderful Unknown”




2)  Conor Oberst  ~  “Night At Lake Unknown”




3)  Josephine & The Artizans  ~  “The Unknown”




4)  Modern Day Babylon  ~  “Unknown Guest”




5)  Neil Young  ~  “Unknown Legend”




6)  Amanda Palmer  ~  “On An Unknown Beach”




7)  The Material  ~  “The Great Unknown”




8)  Jacob Banks  ~  “Unknown”




9)  The Doors  ~  “Unknown Soldier”




10)  Pseudo Echo  ~  “Destination Unknown”




11)  Sons Of Bill  ~  “Big Unknown”




12)  Bewilder  ~  “The Unknown”




13)  Hudson Arc  ~  “Depths Unknown”




14)  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  “No Unknown Soldiers”




15)  Clem Snide  ~  “I Love The Unknown”




16)  Man or Astro-man?  ~  “Principles Unknown”




17)  Madeline Juno  ~  “The Unknown”




18)  Roy Harper  ~  “The Unknown Soldier”




19)  Benjamin Verdoes  ~  “Unknown Fears”




20)  Shaun Bartlett  ~  “Saviour Unknown”


Thursday, April 28, 2016

"Broken" Songs

Seeing as I recently broke my ankle and am currently hobbling around everywhere I go, it only makes sense that I should incorporate that fact into my music blog at some point. Since I've done a "Heartbreak Songs" post in the past, and have included my fair share of other songs with "Broken" in their titles in various posts, I challenged myself to find "Broken" songs that didn't have much to do with hearts and ones that I'd never posted previously. And by jove, I do believe I was successful. Enjoy!  ~  "Hopalong"



1)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “I Will Not Be Broken”




2)  Metallica  ~  “Broken, Beat, & Scarred”




3)  Norah Jones  ~  “Broken”




4)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Broken Together”




5)  Tift Merritt  ~  “Broken”




6)  Charlie Worsham  ~  “You Can’t Break What’s Broken”




7)  Katy Perry & The Matrix  ~  “Broken”




8)  Janine and the Mixtape  ~  “When I’m Broken”



9)  George Ezra  ~  “Broken”




10)  The Veronicas  ~  “Heavily Broken”




11)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Broken”




12)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “The Broken”




13)  Marina Lin  ~  “Broken”




14)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Broken”




15)  Ours  ~  “Broken”




16)  Elisa  ~  “Broken”




17)  Sevendust  ~  “Broken Down”




18)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Everybody’s Broken”




19)  Paramore  ~  “We Are Broken”




20)  Blue October  ~  “Not Broken Anymore”




21)  Keane  ~  “Won’t Be Broken”




22)  Twin Forks  ~  “Can’t Be Broken / Something We Just Know”




23)   Daley  ~  “Broken”




24)  Everlast  ~  “Broken”




25)  MÃ¥ns Zelmerlöw  ~  “Broken Parts”





BONUS TRACK:  Madilyn Bailey ft. Jake Coco  ~  “Broken”  (Great cover of a song by Seether ft. Amy Lee which I have featured on the blog a couple of times previously. But never this version.)



“Known” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 4 in my latest "Opposites" miniseries. These songs, like the last set, are "Known." Next, we are on to the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever”




2)  Nickel Creek  ~  “I Should’ve Known Better”




3)  Explosions In The Sky  ~  “Last Known Surroundings”




4)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “I Should Have Known It”




5)  Worship Central  ~  “Let It Be Known”




6)  Hotel Cinema  ~  “All You’ve Ever Known”




7)  The White Stripes  ~  “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known”




8)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Should Have Known Better”




9)  Leahy  ~  “A Love Never Known”




10)  Juice Newton  ~  “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)”




11)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  “Should Have Known Better”




12)  Swim Bird Fly  ~  “You Should Have Known”




13)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Had I Known You Better Then”




14)  RES  ~  “I’ve Known The Garden”




15)  Donovan  ~  “Well-Known Has-Been”


Wednesday, April 27, 2016

“Known” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the latest round of "Opposites" posts, the first in what will be a 4-part miniseries. These songs are "Known," as will be the next set. After that, the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Foo Fighters  ~  “I Should Have Known”




2)  JJ Heller  ~  “Fully Known”




3)  DIIV  ~  “How Long Have You Known”




4)  The Beatles  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”




5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Who Would Have Known”




6)  Brooke Eden  ~  “If I Would Have Known”




7)  Lily Allen  ~  “Who’d Have Known”




8)  Chester See  ~  “I Should Have Known”




9)  Saint Solitaire  ~  “I Woulda Known”




10)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Nothing Like You’ve Ever Known”




11)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”




12)  Spirit Family Reunion  ~  “Sorrow I Have Known”




13)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Unthought Known”




14)  Aimee Mann  ~  “I Should’ve Known”




15)  Jim Diamond  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”




16)  Sigrid Raabe  ~  “Known You Forever”




17)  Soluna Samay  ~  “Should’ve Known Better”




18)  Reba McEntire  ~  “If I Had Only Known”




19)  The Soonest  ~  “Should’ve Known”




20)  Richard Marx  ~  “Should’ve Known Better”


Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Songs About Tea

Yesterday I did a post featuring Songs About Coffee. Shortly after posting it, I got a call from Tea demanding equal time, its claim backed up by the fact that its popularity as a preferred beverage is worldwide, whereas coffee tends to be popular in only certain regions of the world. So there's this... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nirvana  ~  “Pennyroyal Tea”




2)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Strange Cup Of Tea”




3)  Angel Taylor  ~  “Chai Tea Latte”




4)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”




5)  Liberace  ~  “Tea For Two”




6)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  “Tea & Toast”




7)  The Verve Pipe  ~  “Cup Of Tea”




8)  Buckshot LeFonque  ~  “Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)”




9)  Maty Soul  ~  “Herbal Tea”




10)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Lulu Selling Tea”




11)  The Police  ~  “Tea In The Sahara”




12)  Oh Pep!  ~  “Tea, Milk, & Honey”




13)  Jim Noir  ~  “Tea”




14)  The Lancashire Hotpots  ~  “Chippy Tea”




15)  Shelby Lynne & Tony Joe White  ~  “Iced Tea”




16)  Paul McCartney  ~  “English Tea”




17)  The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  ~  “Boston Tea Party”




18)  Katzenjammer  ~  “Tea With Cinnamon”




19)  The Who  ~  “Tea & Theatre”




20)  Seagull  ~  “Tea”




21)  Chelsea Tavares  ~  “Tea Party”




22)  Robert Plant & Jimmy Page  ~  “Tea For One”




23)  Angus Gill ~  “Tea And Biscuits”




24)  Eva Livina  ~  “Lemon Flavoured Tea”




25)  Chadwick Stokes  ~  “Pine Needle Tea”