Songs About Daytime

I promised you Songs About Daytime, and here they are. You should probably thank me, but I won't blame you if you dont. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Daytime Friends"

2)  EZTV  ~  "Daytime"

3)  Billy Idol  ~  "Daytime Drama"

4)  Bette Midler  ~  "Daytime Hustler"

5)  Funeral For A Friend  ~  "She Drove Me To Daytime Television"

6)  Ramones  ~  "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)"

7)  Emma Moore  ~  "Daytime Black"

8)  Cat Stevens  ~  "Daytime"

9)  Bee Gees  ~  "Day Time Girl"

10)  Tristesse Contemporaine  ~  "Daytime Nighttime"

11)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  "Daytime Nighttime Suffering"

12)  Regina Richards & Red Hot  ~  "Daytime Dream"

13)  Sen Morimoto  ~  "Daytime But Darker"

14)  Doris Day  ~  "Love Me In The Daytime"

15)  Lunar Vacation  ~  "Daytime"

16)  Janne Selo & Superfly   ~  "Nightmares In The Daytime"

17)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  "Daytime Friends"  (Not the same song as the Kenny Rogers classic above.)

18)  Jane  ~  "Daytime"

19)  Jimmy Webb  ~  "Sleepin' In The Daytime"

20)  Ginger Wildheart  ~  "Drinking In The Daytime"

21)  Partner  ~  "Daytime TV"

22)  Exotic Animal Petting Zoo  ~  "Kaspar Hauser Could See The Stars In The Daytime"

23)  Spazzkid ft. Neon Bunny  ~  "Daytime Disco (Kero Kero Bonito Flip)"

24)  Lake Avernus  ~  "Daytime Television"

25)  Fresh  ~  "Daytime"

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 1

I don't know about y'all, but this is the "Popular Songs Of" series I've been waiting for. These were the biggest hits of my last year as a preteen. And what a BUNCH of great songs they are! This is part 1 of what will end up being at least 5 posts. But if I run out of good songs before then, I promise I'll stop posting 'em. (Don't count on it, though.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MC Hammer  ~  "U Can't Touch This"

2)  Nelson  ~  "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection"  (So bad, it's good!)

3)  Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien  ~  "The Battle Hymn Of Love"

4)  Vanilla Ice  ~  "Ice Ice Baby"  (Talk about your so-bad-it's-good songs!)

5)  Stevie B.  ~  "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"

6)  Madonna  ~  "Vogue"

7)  Jane's Addiction  ~  "Been Caught Stealing"  (This song and video encourage shoplifting. I do not. You can get prosecuted for that. I'll pass.)

8)  LL Cool J  ~  "Around The Way Girl"

9)  Alannah Myles  ~  "Black Velvet"

10)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Hard To Handle"

11)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Friends In Low Places"

12)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Vision Of Love"

13)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  "Blaze Of Glory"

14)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Come Back To Me"

16)  The Kentucky Headhunters  ~  "Dumas Walker"

17)  Warrant  ~  "Cherry Pie"

18)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"

19)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"

20)  Maxi Priest  ~  "Close To You"

21)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  "All Around The World"

22)  Billy Idol  ~  "Cradle Of Love"

23)  Shenandoah  ~  "Ghost In This House"

24)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I'm Your Baby Tonight"

25)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Downtown Train"

“Whisper” & “Scream” Songs, Vol. 2

Because doing two posts on a subject is always better than one (depending on whom you ask), there's this follow-up set of Songs About Whispering and Screaming that you don't have to lower or raise your voice to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson  ~  “Scream”

2)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Warm Whispers”

3)  James Blake  ~  “The Wilhelm Scream”

4)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Whisper In The Night”

5)  Dizzee Rascal ft. Pepper  ~  “Scream”

6)  Chase Rice  ~  “Whisper”

7)  Deep Purple  ~  “Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming”

8)  Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  ~  “Whisper Not”

9)  Billy Idol  ~  “Scream”

10)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “Whispering Sea”

11)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “Touch Me I’m Going To Scream, Part 2”

12)  Skillet  ~  “Whispers In The Dark”

13)  Richard Marx  ~  “Silent Scream”

14)  Golden Earring  ~  “Whisper In A Crowd”

15)  Geri Halliwell  ~  “Scream If You Wanna Go Faster”

16)  Radiohead  ~  “Stop Whispering”

17)  Sebastian Bach  ~  “Kicking And Screaming”

18)  Hayley Westenra  ~  “Gabriel’s Oboe (Whispers In A Dream)”

19)  Mudvayne  ~  “Scream With Me”

20)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Whispers In The Dark”

21)  The Cure  ~  “The Baby Screams”

22)  Nanci Griffith  ~  “More Than A Whisper”

23)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  “Scream Aim Fire”

24)  Boy George  ~  “Whisper”

25)  Queensrÿche  ~  “Screaming In Digital”

26)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “Whispers In The Wind”

27)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  “Scream”

28)  Elton John  ~  “Whispers”

29)  P.O.D.  ~  “Lost In Forever (Scream)”

30)  Crowded House  ~  “Whispers And Moans”

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 1

For the past several years, I've been accumulating playlists full of the most wonderfully weird Christmas-themed songs that have somehow made their way into recordings. While I've certainly found dozens of gems prior to now, I've never searched as high and low as I did this year seeking oddball holiday songs previously unknown to me. The result is a three-part series that begins right now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  If you happened to miss the previous "Weird Christmas Songs" posts, you can find them here, here, and here. In addition, you can check out some highly unusual songs about Santa Claus here and here.

1)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Sweatz”  (This is the first in a 3-video series of Christmas-themed songs by these folks. All of which will appear in these posts, and all of 'em weird, too.)

2)  Pond  ~  “All I Want For Xmas (Is A Tascam 388)”  (I looked it up. This is some kind of home studio recording device thingamajig.)

3)  Yogi Yorgesson  ~  “Yingle Bells”  (What's next, "Yingle Bell Rock"?)

4)  Anto Sharp  ~  “Let’s Put Christmas In Your Basket”  (Sure, why not?)

5)  Darlene Love  ~  “Christmastime For The Jews”  (No one gets left out this year.)

6)  Gene Autry & The Pinafores  ~  “He’s A Chubby Little Fellow”  (Way to fat-shame the gift-bringer, cowboy! Now you’ve ruined everything for all of us!)

7)  Christafari ft. Makamae Auwae  ~  “Angels We Have Heard On High”  (This is how to cover ALL the bases in one short video.)

8)  RuPaul  ~  “Nothing For Christmas”  (Aww, poor guy...well, sort of.)

9)  Augie Rios  ~  “Donde Está Santa Claus?"  (Yeah, where IS that jolly old elf?)

10)  Frank Sidebottom  ~  “Christmas Is Really Fantastic”  (Isn't it, though?)

11)  Half Man Half Biscuit  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla-Prague Away Kit”  (I didn't look this one up. But whatever it is, this guy wants one.)

12)  Billy Idol  ~  “Yellin’ At The Xmas Tree”  (I'm sure we've all done this at some point.)

13)  Bob Rivers Comedy Corp.  ~  “The Twelve Pains Of Christmas”  (Only 12???)

14)  Sia  ~  “Santa’s Coming For Us”  (That sounds vaguely menacing...)

15)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out”  (Don't say you weren't warned.)

16)  Destenee  ~  “Hello Kitty Christmas”  (I know people who celebrate in this manner.)

17)  The Maine  ~  “Ho Ho Hopefully”  (Clever title. Good song. Weird video.)

18)  Crystal Antlers  ~  “10,000 Watts”  (That's a lot of light bulbs!)

19)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Must Be Santa”  (Accordions were never put to such good use in a Christmas song before this.)

20)  Ivana Raymonda ~  “Christmas And Love”  (Two things I'm particularly fond of.)

21)  blink-182  ~  “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”  (It's alright. You guys weren't invited anyway.)

22)  Allo, Darlin’  ~  “Space Christmas”  (Far out, man!)

23)  NewSong  ~  “The Christmas Shoes”  (Some of you are probably frowning at your screen right now because I included this song here. But when you think about it, it truly is weird! I mean, it’s not like Mama can take the shoes with her where she’s going. Treacle, folks…pure treacle!)

24)  B-SHOC  ~  “Happy Hip-Hop Christmas”  (Ho-ho-homeboy!)

25)  Clarence Carter  ~  “Back Door Santa”  (I can't even...)