More Songs About Waiting

Approximately three months ago, I posted a set of Songs About Waiting. While I didn't tell you that there would eventually be more of these, there actually are. If you were waiting all this time for them, your wait is over. If you weren't waiting for them at all, consider this post an unexpected pleasure. Or something like that. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Waiting For The Night”

2)  Kian  ~  “Waiting”

3)  Bananarama  ~  “Robert De Niro’s Waiting”

4)  Zack Hemsey  ~  “Waiting Between Worlds”

5)  Chris Norman  ~  “Waiting”

6)  MonaLisa Twins ft. John Sebastian  ~  “Waiting For The Waiter”

7)  Jake Bugg ft. Noah Cyrus  ~  “Waiting”

8)  Vök  ~  “Waiting”

9)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Waitin’ On A Woman”

10)  Kelela  ~  “Waitin’”

11)  Buck Owens & The Buckaroos  ~  “Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line”

12)  Nadro ft. Veronica Bravo & Timmy Commerford  ~  “Waiting For You”

13)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Waitin’ For Superman (Is It Getting Heavy?)"

14)  Nickless  ~  “Waiting”

15)  Heavy D & The Boyz  ~  “Got Me Waiting”

16)  Remady & Manu L  ~  “Waiting For”

17)  Wye Oak  ~  “Watching The Waiting”

18)  Kris Menace ft. Black Hills  ~  “Waiting For You”

19)  Future Islands  ~  “Seasons (Waiting On You)”

20)  Me & My  ~  “Waiting”

21)  New Order  ~  “Waiting For The Sirens Call”

22)  Oliver Heldens & Throttle  ~  “Waiting”

23)  Greyson Chance  ~  “Waiting Outside The Lines”

24)  Unlike Pluto ft. Joanna Jones  ~  “Waiting For You”

25)  Cr3on x Lost Capital  ~  “Are You Waiting”

A Song For Every Word In The Preamble To The Constitution

This is exactly what it sounds like it is. Yay, democracy!  ~  JH

Click on each underlined portion of the Preamble to hear a song with that word (or phrase) in its title. The full playlist of songs is included below.

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


PLAYLIST:
A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "We The People"
Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"
Arrested Development  ~  "United Front"
Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "States Of Friction"
Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"
Curtis Mayfield  ~  "New World Order"
Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"
Everything Everything  ~  "Final Form"
Titus Andronicus  ~  "A More Perfect Union"
Modico  ~  "Ah, Establish"
Flyleaf  ~  "Justice & Mercy"
Nuell  ~  "Insure"
John Conlee  ~  "Domestic Life"
Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Sea Of Tranquility"
Ekolu  ~  "Provide For You"
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down  ~  "We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)"
Freddie Mercury  ~  "In My Defence"
Honey Wilson  ~  "Leaders Don't Promote Hate"
Dispatch  ~  "The General"
Buck Owens  & The Buckaroos  ~  "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
The Beatles  ~  "And I Love Her"
Indigo Girls  ~  "Secure Yourself"
Ellie Goulding  ~  "The Writer"
Laura Story  ~  "Blessings"
XTC  ~  "Statue Of Liberty"
Anberlin  ~  "We Owe This To Ourselves"
Babyface  ~  "And Our Feelings"
Soft Bullets  ~  "Posterity"
Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"
Pontifex  ~  "Ordained"
Kate Bush  ~  "And Dream Of Sheep"
Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, & Frank Sinatra  ~  "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)"
Darius Rucker  ~  "This"
The Stationary Set  ~  "Constitution Of Love"
Ray Price  ~  "For The Good Times"
Judas Priest  ~  "United"
Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "United States"
Will Hoge  ~  "Middle Of America"

Songs About Tickling

This...because, why the heck not? (Who knew there'd be enough of these to fill a post?) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taj Mahal  ~  “Satisfied ’N’ Tickled Too”

2)  Johnny Flynn  ~  “Tickle Me Pink”

3)  Kriss Mincey  ~  “Tickle Me Love”

4)  Squeeze  ~  “Slap And Tickle”

5)  Color Theory  ~  “The Rule Of Tickles”

6)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Ticklish”

7)  Eyes Lips Eyes  ~  “Tickle”

8)  Ragga Dee  ~  “Tickle Me”

9)  Lily Shea  ~  “Tickle My Body”

10)  Jesse Winchester  ~  “You Tickle Me”

11)  Peter Black  ~  “Tickle”

12)  4Minute  ~  “Tickle Tickle Tickle”

13)  Ceili Rain  ~  “It Only Tickles When You Do It”

14)  The Fabulous McCleverty Brothers  ~  “Tickle, Tickle”

15)  Jo Ann Castle  ~  “Tickle The Ivories Rag”

16)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”

17)  Arlo Guthrie  ~  “St. Louis Tickle”

18)  Carly Simon  ~  “Are You Ticklish?”

19)  John Grant  ~  “Grey Tickles, Black Pressure”

20)  Shel Silverstein  ~  “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too”

21)  Candy Hearts  ~  “Ticklish”

22)  Seafog  ~  “Ticklish Feelings”

23)  Buck Owens  ~  “It Tickles”

24)  Sandy Hill ~   “I’m Tickled Pink”

25)  Blind Melon  ~  “Tickled Pink”

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 4

One last round of Things These Artists Have "Got," and we're through. Herein, you'll find artists who have got the world on a string, ants in their pants, a lovely bunch of coconuts, a tiger by the tail, and the shaft – just to name a few. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chance The Rapper  ~  “All We Got”

2)  Michael Bublé  ~  “I’ve Got The World On A String”

3)  Ethel Merman  ~  “I’ve Got The Sun In The Morning”

4)  James Brown  ~  “I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance)”

5)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “I’ve Got Friends”

6)  Leona Lewis  ~  “I Got You”

7)  Heavy D & The Boyz  ~  “We Got Our Own Thang”

8)  Merv Griffin  ~  “I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts”

9)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “I’ve Got My Eyes On You”

10)  Buck Owens & His Buckaroos  ~  “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”

11)  Fats Waller  ~  “I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed”

12)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “I’ve Got A Song For You”

13)  The Academy Is…  ~  “We’ve Got A Big Mess On Our Hands”

14)  Ray Charles  ~  “I Got A Woman”

15)  The Black Keys  ~  “I Got Mine”

16)  Kiki Dee Band  ~  “I’ve Got The Music In Me”

17)  Wilco  ~  “I Got You”

18)  Marc Anthony  ~  “I’ve Got You”

19)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”

20)  Pinocchio Cast  ~  “I’ve Got No Strings”

21)  Billy Currington  ~  “I Got A Feelin’”

22)  Passion Pit  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number”

23)  Jerry Reed  ~  “She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)”

24)  Thompson Square  ~  “I Got You”

25)  Craig Morgan  ~  “I Got You”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 1

It was the Summer of Love. The Vietnam War was in full swing. The Apollo 1 spacecraft exploded on the launchpad, killing all three of its occupants. And these were the songs that folks were listening to. Psychedelic rock was all the rage, but Beatlemania and Motown weren't going away anytime soon. A unique time in American (and world) history, but one that was absolutely chock full of great tunes. Part 1 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 begins now... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Penny Lane”

2)  The Doors  ~  “Light My Fire”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Respect”

4)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Kind Of A Drag”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Branded Man”

6)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls”

7)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Silence Is Golden”

8)  Arthur Conley  ~  “Sweet Soul Music”

9)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “White Rabbit”

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Ruby Tuesday”

11)  The Casinos  ~  “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”

12)  Lulu  ~  “To Sir With Love”

13)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  “I Second That Emotion”

14)  Spencer Davis Group  ~  “Gimme Some Lovin’” 

15)  Peaches & Herb  ~  “Close Your Eyes”

16)  Jackie Wilson  ~  “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”

17)  Buck Owens & The Buckaroos  ~  “Your Tender Loving Care”

18)  Petula Clark  ~  “This Is My Song”  (Fun fact about this lovely song: It was written by none other than the great silent-film comic actor, Charlie Chaplin.)

19)  Engelbert Humperdinck  ~  “Release Me”

20)  Brenton Wood  ~  “Gimme Little Sign”

21)  Spanky & Our Gang  ~  “Sunday Will Never Be The Same”

22)  Strawberry Alarm Clock  ~  “Incense & Peppermints”

23)  Keith  ~  “98.6”

24)  Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra, Jr.  ~  “Somethin’ Stupid”  (The hit song was actually sung by Nancy and her father, Frank Sr. But I couldn’t find a video of them singing it together, so there’s this.)

25)  Aaron Neville  ~  “Tell It Like It Is”