Songs About Lizards

What do Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Phish, Jimmy Buffett, and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Right: They're all highly accomplished musicians with long and successful careers in the music industry. What else do they have in common? Right: They all recorded Songs About Lizards. And that's just five of the artists who did. There's plenty other good ones to enjoy here – so git to gittin'!  ~  JH

1)  Pulled Apart By Horses  ~  “Lizard Baby”

2)  à l'aube fluorescente  ~  “Lizard”

3)  ZZ Top  ~  “Lizard Life”

4)  Antlers  ~  “Lizard Man The Holy Rider”

5)  The Mopeds  ~  “Lizard”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips”

7)  Robyn Hitchcock ft. Yo La Tengo  ~  “The Lizard”

8)  The August  ~  “Lizard King”

9)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Lounge Lizard”

10)  Phish  ~  “The Lizards”

11)  Atomic Shadows  ~  “Lizard’s Chord”

12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Off To See The Lizard”

13)  Van Der Graaf Generator  ~  “Lizard Play”

14)  Laura Doggett  ~  “Lizard Lady”

15)  Opiuo  ~  “Ginger Lizard”

16)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lizard Love”

17)  John June Year  ~  “Lounge Lizard”

18)  Saigon Kick  ~  “The Lizard”

19)  Magenta  ~  “The Lizard King”

20)  Vacuum  ~  “Lizard”

21)  Mermaidens  ~  “Lizard”

22)  Simpl3jack  ~  “Lizard Wash”

23)  London Elektricity  ~  “Telefunken Lizard Filter”

24)  Miss Kenichi  ~  “Lizard”

25)  American Dinosaur  ~  “Lizard Queen”

"Secret" Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not least, here's Vol. 3 in this miniseries featuring Songs About Secrets. I saved some really good ones for this post, and I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

2)  dodie  ~  “Secret For The Mad”

3)  Bee Gees  ~  “Secret Love”

4)  Katie Melua  ~  “In My Secret Life”  (Yes, I already posted the original version of this Cohen classic in Vol. 1 of this series. But, let’s be honest, Katie sings it so much more beautifully than Leonard ever could have.)

5)  Van Halen  ~  “Secrets”

6)  Doris Day  ~  “Secret Love”

7)  Passion Pit  ~  “Little Secrets”

8)  Roxette  ~  “Secrets That She Keeps”

9)  The Cure  ~  “Secrets”

10)  Phil Wickham ft. Madison Cunningham  ~  “The Secret Place”

11)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “The Secret’s In The Telling”

12)  Kat Graham ft. Babyface  ~  “Secrets”

13)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Secret”

14)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Secret”

15)  Rick Springfield  ~  “What’s Victoria’s Secret?”

16)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Secretly”

17)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Secrets”

18)  The Veronicas  ~  “Secret”

19)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Secret Garden”

20)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Secret (Take You Home)”  (For some reason, the video repeats without sound around the 3:25 mark. So you can probably just stop it there.)

21)  Pink Floyd  ~  “A Saucerful Of Secrets”

22)  Samantha Jade  ~  “Secret”

23)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Secret Door”

24)  Skillet  ~  “Best Kept Secret”

25)  James Taylor  ~  “Secret O’ Life”

Songs About Puppies & Kittens

And now we have this post. Because...puppies and kittens. HELLO!  ~  JH

1)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Hello Kitty”  (Umm...hi?)

2)  Primus  ~  “Too Many Puppies”  (Is that even possible?)

3)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Kitty”

4)  Mother Merey & The Black Dirt  ~  “6 Little Puppies & 12 Little Shaggy Hounds”

5)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles”  (What more could anyone ask for?)

6)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Puppy Love (Marilyn Monroe)”

7)  Bee Gees  ~  “Kitty Can”

8)  Falling Joys  ~  “Puppy Drink”  (No puppies were drunk in the making of this video.)

9)  Metric  ~  “Lost Kitten”

10)  Paul Anka  ~  “Puppy Love”  (No puppies were loved in the making of this video.)

11)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Leave My Kitten Alone”

12)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  “Puppy Dog Eyes”

13)  Beyoncé  ~  “Kitty Kat”

14)  Dream Theater  ~  “Puppies On Acid / Take The Time”  (No puppies were drugged in the making of this video.)

15)  Placebo  ~  “Kitty Litter”’

16)  Alex Sloane  ~  “Puppy Love”

17)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  “Kitty’s Back”

18)  Julian Marley  ~  “Craven Choke Puppy”  (No puppies were choked in the making of this video.)

19)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Hello Kitty Kat”

20)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “The Puppy Song”

21)  Rufus Wainwright & Pink Martini  ~  “Kitty Come Home”

22)  The Shivers  ~  “Puppy Dog”

23)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Kitten’s Got Claws”

24)  Advance Base  ~  “My Love For You Is Like A Puppy Underfoot”  (Well, that's a weird song title...)

25)  The Presets  ~  “Kitty In The Middle”

BONUS TRACK:  The Big Bang Theory Cast  ~  “Soft Kitty”  (I couldn't leave this "song" off, now could I?)

“Blank” Songs

Whether it's blank spaces, blank pages, blank tapes, blank babies (wait, what?), blank expressions, fill in the blanks, or something else entirely, it's probably represented in this collection of...you guessed it..."Blank" Songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Blank Space”

2)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “White Blank Page”

3)  Cherri Bomb  ~  “Drawing A Blank”

4)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Blank Page”

5)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Blank Page”

6)  From Indian Lakes  ~  “Blank Tapes”

7)  Epica  ~  “Blank Infinity”

8)  Failure  ~  “Blank”

9)  Le Prince Miiaou  ~  “Fill The Blank With Your Own Emptiness”

10)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Blank Baby”

11)  Loosie  ~  “Blank”

12)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Blank Sheet Of Paper”

13)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “Offspring Are Blank”

14)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Point Blank”

15)  Stove  ~  “Blank”

16)  Richard Hell and the Voidoids  ~  “Blank Generation”

17)  Zola Jesus  ~  “Go (Blank Sea)”

18)  Car Seat Headrest  ~  “Fill In The Blank”

19)  Lily Allen  ~  “Blank Expression”

20)  Dylan Joel  ~  “Blank”

21)  His Merry Men  ~  “Blank Book”

22)  Seafret  ~  “Blank You Out”

23)  Luthea Salom  ~  “Blank Piece Of Paper”

24)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “Blank File”

25)  Stories In Colours  ~  “Blank Page”