Start your day off with the beverage of choice for countless sleepyheads and non-morning-people. And while you're sipping away, enjoy this collection of Songs About Coffee. ~ JH
1) Blur ~ “Coffee And TV”
2) Sylvan Esso ~ “Coffee”
3) Landon Pigg ~ “Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop”
4) Yuna ~ “Coffee”
5) All Saints ~ “Black Coffee”
6) Squeeze ~ “Black Coffee In Bed”
7) Copeland ~ “Coffee”
8) Mike & The Mechanics ~ “Another Cup Of Coffee”
9) Garbage ~ “Cup Of Coffee”
10) All Time Low ~ “Coffee Shop Soundtrack”
11) Ryan Calhoun ~ “Coffee”
12) Humble Pie ~ “Black Coffee”
13) The Cranberries ~ “Wake Up And Smell The Coffee”
14) Kim Hoorweg ~ “Black Coffee”
15) Eric Burdon ~ “One More Cup Of Coffee”
16) Caught A Ghost ~ “No Sugar in My Coffee”
17) Kate Bush ~ “Coffee Homeground”
18) Jesper Munk ~ “Morning Coffee”
19) Ed Sheeran ~ “Cold Coffee”
20) Ailbhe Reddy ~ “Coffee”
21) Prince ~ “Starfish & Coffee” (BLOGGER'S NOTE: All the songs in this post, including this one, were selected prior to Prince's death a few days ago. Its inclusion herein is merely fortuitous. While the entire video is fun to see and hear, the actual song starts in earnest around the 4:50 mark.)
22) Fall Out Boy ~ “(Coffee’s For Closers)”
23) Osibisa ~ “The Coffee Song”
24) Marlene Dietrich ~ “You’re The Cream In My Coffee”
How many songs are in this post? Answer: "Too Many." What kinds of songs are in this post? Answer: "Too Many." How many of these songs are you likely to enjoy? Answer: "Too Many." ~ JH
1) Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan ~ “One Too Many Mornings”
2) Placebo ~ “Too Many Friends”
3) Paul McCartney ~ “Too Many People” / “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
4) Karmin ~ “Too Many Fish”
5) Jackson Browne ft. David Lindley ~ “Too Many Angels”
6) The Kelly Family ~ “Too Many Ways”
7) Genesis ~ “Many Too Many”
8) Arc Angels ~ “Too Many Ways To Fall”
9) Cathy Dennis ~ “Too Many Walls”
10) Primus ~ “Too Many Puppies”
11) Bette Midler ~ “Too Many Fish In The Sea”
12) Patrick Sweany ~ “Too Many Hours”
13) K’s Choice ~ “Too Many Happy Faces”
14) Badly Drawn Boy ~ “Too Many Miracles”
15) Sick Puppies ~ “Too Many Words”
16) Brenda Lee ~ “Too Many Rivers”
17) Phoenix ~ “One Time Too Many”
18) The Last Carnival ~ “Too Many Dreams Have Gone”
19) Cherri Bomb ~ “Too Many Faces”
20) Crystal Gayle ~ “Too Many Lovers”
21) Blur ~ “There Are Too Many Of Us”
22) Roy Gaines & His West Coast Blues Band ~ “Too Many Miles Between Us”
I'm not trying to read your mind or anything, but you may be wondering right now what I mean by "Songs About Music." Well, basically, this is a collection of songs with the word "Music" in their titles. Turns out there are tons of these, so I had to break it up into two separate posts in order to include all the good ones. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Joss Stone ~ "Music"
2) Blur ~ "Music Is My Radar"
3) Diana Vickers ~ "Music To Make Boys Cry"
4) James Morrison ~ "Slave To The Music"
5) Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga ~ "Let's Face The Music And Dance"
6) The Verve ~ "This Is Music"
7) Shannon ~ "Let The Music Play"
8) The Who ~ "Music Must Change"
9) The Kiki Dee Band ~ "I've Got The Music In Me"
10) Aerosmith ~ "Let The Music Do The Talking"
11) Jennifer Hudson ~ "Bring Back The Music"
12) The Doobie Brothers ~ "Listen To The Music"
13) Rihanna ~ "Don't Stop The Music"
14) Beck ~ "Elevator Music"
15) Britney Spears ft. Madonna ~ " Me Against The Music"
16) Randy Travis ~ "A Horse Called Music"
17) Kate Bush ~ "Eat The Music"
18) The O'Jays ~ "I Love Music"
19) Joan Jett ~ "Good Music"
20) Brad Paisley ~ "This Is Country Music"
21) Michelle Branch ~ "Loud Music"
22) George Strait & Alan Jackson ~ "Murder On Music Row"
Here's part 3 of 3 in my latest miniseries of pointless posts that I'll hope you enjoy despite their inanity. First, there was Songs About Girls, then Songs About Boys, and now Songs About Boys AND Girls. Ready, set, go! ~ JH
1) Ingrid Michaelson ~ "Girls Chase Boys"
2) Blur ~ "Girls And Boys"
3) Pixie Lott ~ "Boys And Girls"
4) Good Charlotte ~ "Girls & Boys"
5) Terri Clark ~ "When Boy Meets Girl"
6) The Subways ~ "Girls & Boys"
7) Fefe Dobson ~ "Don't Go (Girls And Boys)"
8) Evan Taubenfeld ~ "Boy Meets Girl"
9) Alabama Shakes ~ "Boys And Girls"
10) Chlöe Howl ~ "Girls And Boys"
11) Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette ~ "Boys & Girls"
Pardon my redundancy in the title of this post, but have you ever noticed the preponderance of songs with the word "Song" in the title? Being the neurotic that I am, I've certainly noticed. There's tons of them! But I only picked 20. And they're good ones. I think so, at least. For those of you who like commentary with your songs, I've included it here. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Cure ~ "Lovesong" (The crazy hair and goth makeup of the band notwithstanding, this is a hauntingly beautiful song that hasn't aged a bit in the 25 years since its release.)
2) Weezer ~ "Undone – The Sweater Song" (This is one of those stupid songs that just gets in your head for a couple of decades and won't go away. Not that that's a bad thing. I couldn't include the original music video here, because of a choice word that was unfortunately included and not edited. So here's a live version on TV, minus the offending expletive.)
3) Selena Gomez & The Scene ~ "Love You Like A Love Song" (For catchy pop songs like this one – which really has no substance, but is fun nonetheless – I can ALMOST forgive Selena Gomez for dating Justin Bieber. Almost.)
4) Michael Jackson ~ "Earth Song" (What about this, what about that, and this, and that, asks M.J. How many years later, and most of these questions remain unanswered.)
5) Taylor Swift ~ "Our Song" (Taylor haters, you're on the wrong website. I like this chick and almost all of her music. So what if she dates a bunch of jerks who break her heart – at least she cashes in on those heartbreaks by writing good songs about them.)
6) Blur ~ "Song 2" (Apparently, Blur wrote this song at the height of the "grunge rock" mania to unabashedly poke fun at the genre. Instead, they created a great "grunge rock" song themselves. Woo-hoo!)
7) T-Pain ft. Chris Brown ~ "Best Love Song" (Where would T-Pain be without AutoTune? Probably nowhere. But this is still a pretty good song. I apologize for the appearance of the utterly reprehensible Chris Brown in this song and video.)
8) Sara Bareilles ~ "Love Song" (Sara wrote this catchy love song in order to inform you, the listener, that she is not in fact going to write you a love song. Clever!)
9) Eric Paslay ~ "Song About A Girl" (This song is about exactly what its title would indicate. Eric reminds you of this fact throughout the song.)
10) Florence + The Machine ~ "Drumming Song" (No drums were harmed in the making of this song.)
11) Jake Bugg ~ "A Song About Love" (After you get past the somewhat grating sound of this guy's voice in the first couple of lines, you realize that the song – and its singer – are quite brilliant.)
12) Carrie Underwood ~ "Mama's Song" (No Mamas were harmed in the making of this music video.)
13) blink-182 ~ "Adam's Song" (Contrary to popular belief, this is an ANTI-suicide song. According to the band, "the heart of the song is about having hard times in your life, being depressed, and going through a difficult period, but then finding the strength to go on and finding a better place at the other side of that.")
14) Morgan Heritage ~ "Perfect Love Song" (And now for something completely different...a smooth, mellow reggae tune.)
15) Julianne Hough ~ "That Song In My Head" (Well, I DIDN'T have that song in my head, but now I do. Thanks, Julianne!)
16) Seether ~ "Country Song" (It's not exactly, but the video IS set in the Wild, Wild West. Which is something, I suppose.)
17) Alan Jackson ~ "Sissy's Song" (Jackson wrote this song about his housekeeper, who died in a motorcycle accident. Not his sister. Sad but good song!)
18) Ellie Goulding ~ "Your Song" (I know, it's an Elton John song, and I could have just as easily included Elton's version here. But I happen to absolutely adore Ellie's version, and I *might* just like it better than the original.)
19) Matchbox Twenty ~ "Our Song" (This is your basic Matchbox Twenty song – not spectacular, but not bad either. They've managed to maintain their signature sound since they arrived on the scene nearly twenty years ago.)
20) Earth, Wind, & Fire ~ "Sing A Song" (As the lyrics state: "When you feel down and out, sing a song. It'll make your day!" I couldn't agree more!)
