Showing posts with label Captain Beefheart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Captain Beefheart. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

More Songs About Flavors

You didn't think I could stop at just one Songs About Flavors post, did you? Two is always better than one. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Craig Mack  ~  "Flava In Ya Ear"




2)  The Sundays  ~  "Another Flavour"




3)  Red Velvet  ~  "Red Flavor"




4)  Tammy Binns  ~  "My Favorite Flavor"




5)  NKOTB  ~  "You Got The Flavor"




6)  Captain Beefheart  ~  "Flavor Bud Living"




7)  Trevor Hall  ~  "31 Flavors"




8)  DaBaby  ~  "Flavor"




9)  Hikaru Utada  ~  "Flavor Of Life"




10)  The Early Mornings  ~  "Artificial Flavour"




11)  The Flavor Unit MC's  ~  "Roll With That Flava"




12)  Regal Degal  ~  "Flavor"




13)  Empire Of The Sun  ~  "Old Flavours"




14)  Black Sheep  ~  "Flavor Of The Month"




15)  Nerina Pallot  ~  "57 Flavours"




16)  LL Cool J  ~  "Favorite Flavor"




17)  Beverley Knight  ~  "Flavour Of The Old School"


Friday, November 30, 2018

Songs About Electricity

This powerful collection of Songs About Electricity is sure to give you a charge! So plug in...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Silk City & Dua Lipa ft. Diplo & Mark Ronson  ~  “Electricity”




2)  Elton John  ~  “Electricity”




3)  Motörhead  ~  “Electricity”




4)  Delain  ~  “Electricity”  (It’s a shame her vocals don’t come through very good on this one, because she’s really quite a talented singer.)




5)  Midnight Star  ~  “Electricity”




6)  Schoolhouse Rocks!  ~  “Electricity, Electricity”




7)  Hello Kelly  ~  “Electricity”




8)  Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band  ~  “Electricity”




9)  Something For Kate  ~  “Electricity”  (My right ear enjoyed this. Apparently, stereo sound was not available when this was broadcast.)




10)  Julian Casablancas + The Voidz  ~  “Father Electricity”




11)  Weather Pending  ~  “Electricity”




12)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “Electricity”




13)  Spiritualized  ~  “Electricity”




14)  Nonpoint  ~  “Electricity”




15)  Anathema  ~  “Electricity”




16)  311  ~  “Electricity”




17)  Karianne Larson  ~  “Electricity”




18)  Suede  ~  “Electricity”




19)  Elisa  ~  “Electricity”




20)  Culture Code ft. Michael Zhonga  ~  “Electricity”




21)  Joni Mitchell  ~  “Electricity”




22)  Chick Corea Elektric Band  ~  “Elektric City”  (Electricity…”Elektric City”...close enough!)




23)  Paul Liddell  ~  “Electricity”




24)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Electricity Is In My Soul”




25)  Black Oak Arkansas  ~  “When Electricity Came To Arkansas”


Friday, December 16, 2016

Weird Songs About Santa Claus

As if my ongoing series of Weird Christmas Songs weren't enough, here's a set of oddball tunes specifically about That Jolly Old Elf. If you like 'em, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't click on the follow-up post. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Yogscast  ~  “Does Santa Claus (Visit Zombie Pig-Men Kids In The Nether In Minecraft At Christmas Time)?”




2)  De La Soul  ~  “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa”




3)  Aurelio Voltaire  ~  “Santa Claus Is Satan”




4)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Get Behind Me, Santa!”




5)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”




6)  Fitz and the Tantrums  ~  “Santa Stole My Lady”




7)  B2K  ~  “Santa Hooked Me Up”




8)  Alan Jackson & The Chipmunks  ~  “Santa’s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck”




9)  Relient K  ~  “Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town”




10)  Nerf Herder  ~  “Santa Has A Mullet”




11)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney”




12)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Death May Be Your Santa Claus”




13)  Captain Beefheart  ~  “There Ain’t So Santa Claus On The Evening Stage”




14)  Louis Prima  ~  “What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)”


Monday, August 15, 2016

Beans & Franks Songs

This may seem like a fairly straightforward, albeit odd, subject for a blog post, but it's actually a bit more nuanced than at first it seems. Herein lies a collection of songs with the word "Bean" (or "Beans") and/or "Frank" (or "Frankie") somewhere in the name of the artists OR the titles of the songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bean  ~  “Cops And Robbers”




2)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “For Once In My Life”




3)  Sunflower Bean  ~  “Easier Said”




4)  Frank Ocean  ~  “Swim Good”




5)  Weezer  ~  “Pork And Beans”




6)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”




7)  Shoshana Bean  ~  “Cold Turkey”




8)  Cake  ~  “Frank Sinatra”




9)  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  ~  “Big-Eyed Beans From Venus”




10)  Frank Turner  ~  “Recovery”




11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Sprout And The Bean”




12)  Frank Black  ~  “Headache”




13)  Sashi and the Wild Beans  ~  “True To Yourself”




14)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Venus”




15)  Khalil Fong  ~  “Red Bean”  (I don’t know what he’s singing about, but it sure sounds nice.)




16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Muffin Man”




17)  Carla Bean  ~  “Magic Box”




18)  Frank Stallone  ~  “Far From Over”




19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Look At Them Beans”




20)  Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush  ~  “I’m A King Bee”




21)  Celtic Woman  ~  “Bean Phaidin”




22)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”  (Shall we call this “research,” then?)




23)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Day In, Day Out / Boston Beans”




24)  To Be Frank  ~  “Somebody Like You”




25)  Beanie Sigel ft. Melissa Jay  ~  “Feel It In The Air”


Friday, February 26, 2016

Songs About Blue Jeans

This post may or may not have been inspired by a recent comment thread on my pastor’s Facebook page (he’s currently doing a series called “The Gospel In Blue Jeans”). That being said, the songs and artists expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views or musical preferences of my pastor (who I am intentionally not naming here). But I'll bet he’s going to looovvveee the first song in this list. Haha! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Forever In Blue Jeans”




2)  Granger Smith  ~  “Bury Me In Blue Jeans”




3)  Train  ~  “Angel In Blue Jeans”




4)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Blue Jean Blues”




5)  Ladytron  ~  “Blue Jeans”




6)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans”




7)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Venus In Blue Jeans”




8)  David Bowie  ~  “Blue Jean”




9)  The Heathens  ~  “Dirty Jeans”




10)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “Walking In My Blue Jeans”




11)  David Dundas  ~  “Jeans On”




12)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Blue Jean Bop”




13)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Blue Jean Girl”




14)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”




15)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Blue Jeans”




16)  Peerless Quartet  ~  “Blue Jeans”




17)  Grace  ~  “Boyfriend Jeans”




18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts”




19)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Blue Denim”




20)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  ~  “Bluejeans And Moonbeams”