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Showing posts with label Blue Oyster Cult. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

More “Celestial” Songs

These songs are just heavenly. Practically "Celestial" these songs are. Enjoy! ~ JH



1)  Mass Worship  ~  “Celestial”




2)  Beto Bustamante  ~  “La Celestial"




3)  Wild Beasts  ~  “Celestial Creatures”




4)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “Celestial The Queen”




5)  Nerve Quakes  ~  “Celestial”




6)  Finch  ~  “Celestial”




7)  Night Verses  ~  “Celestial Fires”




8)  Jim Brickman  ~  “Celestial Horizon”




9)  Quintessence  ~  “Celestial”




10)  Vangelis  ~  “Celestial Whispers”




11)  Retrovizor  ~  “My Celestial Friends"




12)  Alberto Rivera  ~  “Celestial”




13)  Trinity  ~  “Fiesta Celestial”




14)  MALiA  ~  “Celestial Echo”




15)  Disarmonia Mundi  ~  “Celestial Furnace”




16)  Kreator  ~  “Celestial Deliverance”


Sunday, March 14, 2021

Even More Songs About Monsters

I told you that you couldn't have too many Songs About Monsters, but did you believe me?NO! Regardless...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Monster"





2)  Lana del Rey  ~  "Gods And Monsters"





3)  Hit Like A Girl  ~  “Monsters”







4)  Imagine Dragons  ~  "Monster"





5)  Bebe Rexha  ~  "Monster Under My Bed"  (If this sounds similar to a song in Vol. 1, that's not a coincidence. The chorus for Rexha's original song formed the basis of the song "The Monster" by Eminem ft. Rihanna. And now you know!)





6)  Michael Jackson ft. 50 Cent  ~  "Monster"





7)  Eric Church  ~  "Monsters"





8)  KB ft. Aha Gazelle  ~  "Monster"





9)  Starset  ~  "Monster"





10)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Monsters"





11)  Penny & Sparrow  ~  "Heroes And Monsters"





12)  Disturbed  ~  "Legion Of Monsters"





13)  Seafret  ~  "Monsters"





14)  21 Savage ft. Childish Gambino  ~  "Monster"





15)  The Revivalists  ~  "Monsters"





16)  Little Mix  ~  "Monster In Me"





17)  Hazlett  ~  "Monsters"





18)  Meat Loaf  ~  "The Monster Is Loose"





19)  Sara Hartman  ~  "Monster Lead Me Home"





20)  10cc  ~  "Green Eyed Monster"



Friday, June 2, 2017

Songs About Being Abducted (Well, Sort Of)

Here's a delightful collection of Songs About Being Abducted. Well, not really. While the songs herein ARE about being taken away, carried away, spirited away, stolen, captured, kidnapped, and, yes, even abducted, most of the abductions are figurative and should be interpreted as such. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “Take Me Away”




2)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Stolen”




3)  Grace Jones  ~  “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game”




4)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”




5)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Carried Away”




6)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “I Will Steal You Back”




7)  Napoleon XIV  ~  “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!




8)  Passion Pit  ~  “Carried Away”




9)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Spirited Away”




10)  The Plot In You  ~  “Take Me Away”




11)  Dan Fogelberg & Fool’s Gold  ~  “Captured Angel”




12)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Stole”




13)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Take Me Away”




14)  Dash Berlin ft. Alexander Popov & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Steal You Away”




15)  Cults  ~  “Abducted”




16)  Wild Belle  ~  “Take Me Away”




17)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”  (The refrain “take me away” is sung repeatedly, and it’s the most memorable part of the song, so here it is.)




18)  The Nightmare Before Christmas Cast  ~  “Kidnap The Sandy Claws”




19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Captured”




20)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”




21)  The Digital Age  ~  “Captured”




22)  Simple Minds  ~  “Spirited Away”




23)  Katy McAllister  ~  “Take Me Away”




24)  Akala  ~  “Carried Away”




25)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Take Me Away”


Thursday, February 16, 2017

“Extra” Songs

Here's a modest collection of "Extra" Songs for your listening pleasure. Because you deserve something "Extra" today! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Extra Ordinary”




2)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)”




3)  Mel Tormé  ~  “Poor Little Extra Girl”




4)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Extra Savoir-Faire”




5)  The Au Brothers  ~  “Extra Gravy”




6)  Leaving Normal  ~  “Extra Mile”




7)  Emerson Drive  ~  “The Extra Mile”




8)  The Rin Tins  ~  “Extra, Extra!”




9)  Dial 8  ~  “Extra-Ordinary”




10)  The Winans  ~  “That Extra Mile”




11)  Black Heat  ~  “Something Extra”




12)  The Lucky Stars  ~  “I’ll Go The Extra Mile”




13)  Bobby Caldwell  ~  “Extra Mile”




14)  Hadrian’s Union  ~  “Extra Extra”




15)  Connie Russell  ~  “The Sky Is Extra Blue”




16)  Chet Baker Quintet  ~  “Extra Mild”




17)  Jacob Jeffries Band  ~  “Life As An Extra”




18)  Gregory Isaacs  ~  “Extra Classic”




19)  Theory Hazit  ~  “Extra Credit / Just Another Day”




20)  Climax Blues Band  ~  “Extra”


Thursday, July 2, 2015

Songs About Sharks


Since I like to stay topical whenever possible, and since right now there's a lot of talk about folks getting bitten by sharks – right here in my own backyard, actually (well, almost!) – there's this post. Enjoy! And be careful out there!  ~  JH



1)  V V Brown  ~  "Shark In The Water"




2)  Rhett & Link  ~  "Clown Shark"




3)  Carole Samaha  ~  "El Shark El Azim"




4)  Gruff Rhys  ~  "Shark Ridden Waters"




5)  Quilt  ~  "Arctic Shark"




6)  Wailing Souls  ~  "Shark Attack"




7)  Missy Higgins  ~  "Shark Fin Blues"




8)  Wolf  ~  "Shark Attack"




9)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Shooting Shark"




10)  Zibra  ~  "Great White Shark"




11)  Isobel Trigger  ~  "Tiger Shark"




12)  The Tragically Hip  ~  "Sharks"




13)  Crime & The City Solution  ~  "The Dolphins And The Sharks"




14)  House Of Lords  ~  "Swimming With The Sharks"




15)  Blondie  ~  "A Shark In Jet's Clothing"


Thursday, December 25, 2014

"27" Songs


Today is Christmas. Today also marks the beginning of Week 27 of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter, whose arrival seems much nearer than it once did. In honor of that, here's a collection of songs with the number "27" either in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Faith Hill  ~  "The Lucky One"




2)  Passenger  ~  "Twenty-Seven"




3)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  "Hard"




4)  Matt Redman & LZ7  ~  "Twenty-Seven Million"




5)  Doris Day  ~  "The Deadwood Stage"




6)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Let It Ride"




7)  GLEE Cast  ~  "Getting Married Today"




8)  Daughtry  ~  "Long Live Rock & Roll"




9)  Katy Perry  ~  "By The Grace Of God"




10)  Tenth Avenue North ft. Derek Minor & KB  ~  "For Those Who Can't Speak"




11)  The Cardigans  ~  "Communication"




12)  Sawyer Brown  ~  "Travelin' Band"




13)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Red Dirt Girl"




14)  Status Quo  ~  "Spinning Wheel Blues"




15)  Erasure  ~  "Breathe"




16)  Bob Dorough  ~  "Three Is A Magic Number"




17)  Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  "AF607105"




18)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "The Vigil"




19)  KB ft. Jasmine Le'Shea  ~  "Heart Song"




20)  Green Day  ~  "Amy"




21)   The Shins  ~  "Port Of Morrow"




22)  Johnny Cash  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"




23)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)"




24)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Tower Of Song"




25)  The Pogues & The Dubliners  ~  "The Irish Rover"




26)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  "Billy Austin"




27)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Lather"