Songs About The Good Old Days

Did you ever wish you could go back to the "good old days"? Yeah, me, too. These artists, too – so much so that they wrote songs about it and I found them. So take a listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Macklemore ft. Kesha  ~  “Good Old Days”

2)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Good Old Days”

3)  Joe Bataan  ~  “Good Ole Days / Muchacho Ordinario”

4)  blink-182  ~  “Good Old Days”

5)  Dolly Parton  ~  “In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

6)  To Kill A King  ~  “The Good Old Days”  (This is a profoundly odd video. But the song is good, so I’m willing to appreciate the weirdness.)

7)  The Features  ~  “Good Old Days”

8)  Nia Ekanem  ~  “Good Old Days”

9)  The Judds  ~  “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days)”

10)  Ray Walston  ~  “Those Were The Good Old Days”

11)  Roger Miller  ~  “The Good Old Days”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “These Are The Good Old Days”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Good Old Days”

14)  Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird  ~  “Good Old Bad Old Days”  (I’ve never heard of this guy or his band, but this song is quite good. And quite relevant for these times.)

15)  The Script  ~  “Good Old Days”

16)  Al Green  ~  “One Of These Good Old Days”

17)  Laura Cox Band  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

18)  Eels  ~  “The Good Old Days”

19)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Those Good Good Old Days”

20)  Spencer Lord  ~ “Good Old Days”

21)  Toby Beard  ~  “Good Old Days”

22)  Clint Black  ~  “The Good Old Days”

23)  The Libertines  ~  “The Good Old Days”

24)  Our Gang Theme Song  ~  “Good Old Days”

25)  Smithfield  ~  “Good Ol’ Days”

BONUS TRACK:  twenty one pilots  ~  "Stressed Out"  (No, the phrase "good old days" doesn't appear in any form in the title of this song. But it does appear in the lyrics and is, in fact, repeated many, many times. Plus, it's a fantastic tune! So there ya go...)

Songs About Ice Cream

In honor of National Ice Cream Month (yes, that's actually a thing!), here's an exceptionally eclectic (that's not bad, by the way) collection of Songs About Ice Cream. There's plenty to see, hear, and lick – I mean, LIKE! – here. So what are you waiting for? Keep cool and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Marion Harper  ~  “Ice Cream”

2)  The Time  ~  “Ice Cream Castles”

3)  Red Velvet  ~  “Ice Cream Cake”

4)  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  ~  “Ice Cream For Crow”

5)  The Salty Caramels  ~  “Jeni’s Ice Cream”

6)  Battles ft. Matias Aguayo  ~  “Ice Cream”

7)  Hannah Montana  ~  “Ice Cream Freeze (Let’s Chill)”

8)  Chris Barber Band  ~  “Ice Cream”

9)  Aquaaerobika  ~  “Ice Cream”  (Why, yes, that IS an inflatable wig!)

10)  CYclone  ~  “Ice Cream Truck”

11)  Sandy Dane  ~  “Peace, Love, & Ice Cream”

12)  Fox Chapel  ~  “Ice Cream”

13)  Dilly Dally  ~  “Ice Cream”

14)  Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers  ~  “Ice Cream Man”

15)  New Young Pony Club  ~  “Ice Cream”

16)  Pink Fairies  ~  “Waiting For The Ice Cream To Melt”

17)  Slow Skies  ~  “Ice Cream"

18)  The Moon Kids  ~  “Ice Cream”

19)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Ice Cream”

20)  Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters  ~  “Ice Cream Man”

21)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Ice Cream City”

22)  Martha  ~  “Ice Cream And Sunscreen”

23)  Soundopamine  ~  “Ice Cream”

24)  Veronica King  ~  “Ice Cream Sundae”

25)  Hyuna  ~  “Ice Cream”

BONUS TRACK:  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “I Love Rocky Road”  (Nope, this one doesn’t have the words “Ice Cream” in the title, but it’s fairly hilarious and, let’s face it, belongs here.)

“Lousy” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Lousy" Songs for your listening...umm...pleasure? Actually, they're all pretty good, considering. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Knack   ~  “Another Lousy Day In Paradise”

2)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Lousy Pretender”

3)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Lousy Truth”

4)  Naomi Hooley  ~  “Lousy Lover”

5)  Alaska  ~  “Lousy Night”

6)  Shivaree  ~  “Daring Lousy Guy”

7)  Walter Etc.  ~  “Every Lousy Paradise”

8)  Destrends  ~  “Lousy Lover”

9)  Queens Of Everything  ~  “Lousy Saturday”

10)  The Wailing Walls  ~  “Lousy Excuse”

11)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Lousy Reputation”

12)  Alex Khaskin  ~  “Lousy Thief”

13)  Happy Camper ft. Helge Slikker  ~  “All These Lousy Conversations”

14)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Lousy Haircut”

15)  Redline Addiction  ~  “He’s Not A Bad Friend, Just A Lousy Lover”

16)  Picture  ~  “Lousy Lady”

17)  Cheap Girls  ~  “Lousy”

18)  Julia Kahn  ~  “Cupid Is A Lousy Shot”

19)  Wolf Parade  ~  “Lousy Pictures”

20)  The Murder Of My Sweet  ~  “Kind Of Lousy”

Songs About Potatoes

In case you ever wondered if there were enough good Songs About Potatoes to fill a blog post, wonder no more. This one's worth the price of admission (FREE!) for the Weird Al song alone. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Couch Potato”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”

3)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Mrs. Potato Head”

4)  Shawn Amos  ~  “Diggin’ My Potatoes”

5)  All Rights Reserved Band  ~  “Couch Potato”

6)  LaToya Jackson  ~  “Hot Potato”

7)  The Wiggles  ~  “Hot Potato”  (I hate myself for even posting this song. I truly expected better from myself than this. *sigh*)

8)  Cracker  ~  “Sweet Potato”

9)  The New Main Street Singers  ~  “Potato’s In The Paddy Wagon”

10)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Potato Girl”

11)  LiveWire  ~  “Tater Fed”

12)  Molly Reeves & The World’s Finest Apples  ~  “All That Meat And No Potatoes”

13)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”

14)  Paul Gilbert  ~  “Potato Head”

15)  Glenn Miller Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Potato Piper”

16)  Shinyribs  ~  “Sweet Potato”

17)  Wynton Marsalis  ~  “Potato Head Blues”

18)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Charlie Big Potato”

19)  Little Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Take An Old Cold Tater And Wait”

20)  The Ross Sisters  ~  “Solid Potato Salad”

Songs About Idiots

This... Because who doesn't love a good song about an idiot? Much less, twenty of em! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  “American Idiot”

2)  La-Ventura  ~  “Song For An Idiot”

3)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Idiot Wind”

4)  Neil Innes  ~  “How Sweet To Be An Idiot”

5)  Jimmy Fallon  ~  “Idiot Boyfriend”

6)  Nonpoint  ~  “Generation Idiot”

7)  Meat Puppets  ~  “I’m A Mindless Idiot”

8)  Mike Doughty  ~  “The Idiot Kings”

9)  Frank Turner  ~  “Reasons Not To Be An Idiot”

10)  Sille Nilsson  ~  “Idiot”

11)  Paul Dempsey  ~  “Idiot Oracle”

12)  The :Egocentrics  ~  “Blissful Idiot”

13)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Museum Of Idiots”

14)  So Much Light  ~  “Idiot Soul”

15)  TV On The Radio  ~  “Happy Idiot”

16)  Jack & Jill  ~  “I’m An Idiot”

17)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Idiot Boy”

18)  Heavy Hand  ~  “Idiot”

19)  The Hives  ~  “Walk Idiot Walk”

20)  Goldheart Assembly  ~  “The Idiot”

BONUS TRACK:  “Weird Al” Yankovic ft. Portugal. The Man  ~  “Canadian Idiot”