“In” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 5

Last but not least... "In" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 5...and GO! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Veronicas  ~  “In My Blood”

2)  Elton John  ~  “Turn The Lights Out When You Leave”

3)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Moon In Your Mouth”

4)  Kaki King  ~  “Pull Me Out Alive”

5)  The Smiths  ~  “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

6)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Breakout”

7)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Big Day In A Small Town”

8)  Chely Wright  ~  “Hang Out In Your Heart”

9)  Gossip  ~  “Move In The Right Direction”

10)  Dodie  ~  “Burned Out”

11)  Queen  ~  “I’m In Love With My Car”

12)  Blondie  ~  “Out In The Streets”

13)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “In Or Out”

14)  Screaming Females  ~  “Lights Out”

15)  Shamir  ~  “In For The Kill”

16)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  “You Want In, I Want Out”

17)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “In Private”

18)  Siouxsie And The Banshees  ~  “Love Out Me”

19)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)”

20)  Morrissey  ~  “Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?”

21)  Village People  ~  “In The Navy”

22)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Cut It Out”

23)  Queen  ~  “Let Me In Your Heart Again”

24)  Conchita Wurst  ~  “Put That Fire Out”

25)  Beth Ditto  ~  “In And Out”

26)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Out Here On My Own”

27)  Gossip  ~  “Standing In The Way Of Control”

28)  Amy Ray  ~  “Out On The Farm”

29)  Siouxsie And The Banshees  ~  “Cities In Dust”

30)  The Veronicas  ~  “Let Me Out”

“In” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 4

You didn't think I'd forgotten about this series, did you? Of course not! And there's one more post to go after this one. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  La Roux  ~  “In For The Kill”

2)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Out Of The Woodwork”

3)  The Smiths  ~  “Girlfriend In A Coma”

4)  Anna Calvi  ~  “Blackout”

5)  Mary Gauthier  ~  “Drag Queens In Limousines”

6)  David Bowie  ~  “Blackout”

7)  Blondie  ~  “In The Flesh”

8)  Judas Priest  ~  “Out In The Cold”

9)  The Breeders  ~  “Wait In The Car”

10)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Get Out The Map”

11)  OTEP  ~  “In Cold Blood”

12)  Neon Hitch  ~  “Out Of This World”

13)  Village People  ~  “In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)”

14)  Erasure  ~  “All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love”

15)  Elton John  ~  “The Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes”

16)  St. Vincent  ~  “Actor Out Of Work”

17)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Beautiful In My Eyes”

18)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “G.N.O. (Girls’ Night Out)”

19)  Adam Lambert  ~  “Kickin’ In”

20)  Kesha  ~  “Out Alive”

21)  David Bowie & Mick Jagger  ~  "Dancing In The Street”

22)  Hurray For The Riff Raff  ~  “Look Out Mama”

23)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “I Have Friends In Holy Spaces”

24)  RuPaul  ~  “Workout”

25)  Freddie Mercury  ~  “In My Defence”

26)  The Feeling & Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Leave Me Out Of It”

27)  Neon Trees  ~  “Text Me In The Morning”

28)  Jenny Owen Youngs  ~  “Keys Out, Lights On”

29)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “I Want To Be In Love”

30)  Chely Wright  ~  “She Went Out For Cigarettes”

Songs About Aces

This is the first installment in a multi-part series featuring songs with the names of playing cards in their titles. Because I'm full of ideas, and occasionally some of them are good, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Strait  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

2)  Alexandra Stan  ~  "Holding Aces"

3)  Saint Motel  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "You Got All The Aces"

5)  Paul Simon  ~  "The Late Great Johnny Ace"

6)  Lita Ford  ~  "Aces & Eights"

7)  Suzy Bogguss  ~  "Aces"

8)  Everclear  ~  "Aces"

9)  Ladytron  ~  "Ace Of Hz"

10)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

11)  Ween  ~  "Stroker Ace"

12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  "Ace"

13)  Struggle Jennings & Brianna Harness ft. Jessi Colter & Jenni Eddy Jennings  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

14)  Empire Cast ft. Serayah  ~  "Aces High"

15)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  "Aces And Twos"

16)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Aces High"

17)  MxPx  ~  "Aces Up"

18)  Bailey Tomkinson  ~  "Hey Ace"

19)  Zella Day  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

20)  Grinspoon  ~  "Just Ace"

21)  Sugababes  ~  "Ace Reject"

22)  Chris Rea  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

23)  Carole Bayer Sager  ~  "Aces"

24)  Paul Simon  ~  "Ace In The Hole"  (Rare is the occasion when Paul Simon appears twice in one of my posts. But this is one of those occasions.)

25)  John Hiatt  ~  "Aces Up Your Sleeve"

"Grey" Songs

Here we have a lovely collection of songs about the color "Grey" (or "Gray," depending on whom you ask). Why, you might ask? Aside from the fact that it's one of my most favorite colors, there also happen to be quite a few good songs with that color in their titles. And I wanted them all in one place for safekeeping. Good enough reason? Great! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan  ~  "Grey Room"

2)  Katzenjammer  ~  "Lady Grey"

3)  Marion Raven  ~  "Colors Turn To Grey"

4)  Nickel Creek  ~  "Green And Grey"

5)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Grey"

6)  Bee Gees  ~  "The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey"  (I didn't know these guys started performing when they were still kids! Neither did I know that footage of their earliest history still existed.)

7)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Grey Street"

8)  Gary Moore  ~  "Long Grey Mare"

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Song In Red And Grey"

10)  Elton John  ~  "Grey Seal"

11)  Delilah  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

12)  AFI  ~  "Girl's Not Grey"

13)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "Storms Make Grey The Sea"

14)  EXES  ~  "Grey"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Grey Matter"

16)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Grey Skies"

17)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Two Grey Rooms"

18)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Grey Matter"

19)  Live  ~  "The Beauty Of Gray"

20)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Grey Gardens"

21)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

22)  Justin Nozuka  ~  "Gray"

23)  Billy Joel  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

24)  Bruce Hornsby  ~  "Fields Of Gray"

25)  BarlowGirl  ~  "Grey"