Songs About Logs

Can it get any more random than this? I mean, really! What's more ridiculous than that I thought this would be a good idea for a post is the fact that there were more than enough good songs to fill up a post. About LOGS! Let that sink in for a moment. Then...by all means, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "An Old Log Cabin For Sale"

2)  Randy Travis  ~  "Ants On A Log"

3)  Johnnie Davis & Mabel Todd  ~  "Easy As Rollin' Off A Log"

4)  Hank Williams  ~  "The Log Train"

5)  Split Enz  ~  "Log Cabin Fever"

6)  Tracey Thorn  ~  "Falling Off A Log"

7)  Robert Plant  ~  "Big Log"

8)  Cat Stevens  ~  "Come On Baby (Shift That Log)"

9)  Tompall Glaser  ~  "Put Another Log On The Fire"

10)  The Carter Family  ~  "The Little Log Hut In The Lane"  (A variation of this song – one that's probably closer to the original source – can be seen and heard in Track #15 below.)

11)  T-ARA  ~  "Log-In"

12)  Suzzy Roche  ~  "Two Bumps On A Log"

13)  B.B. King  ~  "Lay Another Log On The Fire" / "When Love Comes To Town"

14)  The Creekdippers  ~  "Thirty Miles Of Petrified Logs"

15)  Uncle John Scruggs  ~  "Little Log Cabin 'Round The Lane"

16)  World Party  ~  "Rolling Off A Log"

17)  Phish  ~  "Dog Log"

18)  Buffy Sainte-Marie  ~  "Rollin' Log Blues"

19)  Ren & Stimpy  ~  "The Log Song"

20)  Spirogyra   ~  "Captain's Log"

21)  The Incredible String Band  ~  "Log Cabin Home In The Sky"

22)  Mount Eerie  ~  "Log In The Waves"

23)  Bettie Serveert  ~  "Log 22"

24)  Sun Ra & His Arkestra ft. John Gilmore  ~  "Fall Off The Log"

25)  Chris Thile & Michael Daves  ~  "Rabbit In The Log"

Songs About The Wind, Vol. 2

Mmkay, so I accidentally lied. This isn't, in fact, merely a 2-part series. There's such an abundance of great Songs About The Wind that I can't bear to leave out so many good ones. So there will be a Vol. 3. But for now, enjoy these great tunes!  ~  JH

1)  Alela Diane & Wild Divine  ~  "The Wind"

2)  Zac Brown Band  ~  "The Wind"

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Hasten Down The Wind"

4)  Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)  ~  "The Wind"

5)  Doris Day  ~  "Any Way The Wind Blows"

6)  Randy Travis  ~  "Wind In The Wire"

7)  Gretchen Parlato  ~  "Winter Wind"

8)  Demis Roussos  ~  "My Friend The Wind"

9)  Kathy Mattea  ~  "Walk The Way The Wind Blows"

10)  Neil Young  ~  "Prairie Wind"

11)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Hickory Wind"

12)  Saxon  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"

13)  Maren Morris  ~  "Second Wind" / "Halo"

14)  Poison  ~  "Ride The Wind"

15)  Emmy Rossum  ~  "Summer Wind"  (Why should Willie Nelson have all the fun? Other than the fact that he is the one, the only Willie Nelson, of course. Anyway...his version of this song appeared in Vol. 1, but Rossum's is, if not better, at least classier.)

16)  Chicago  ~  "Chasin' The Wind"

17)  Doe Paoro  ~  "The Wind"

18)  Greta Van Fleet  ~  "The Cold Wind"

19)  Lisa Gerrard  ~  "The Wind That Shakes The Barley"

20)  Pharrell Williams  ~  "Gust Of Wind"

21)  Jessie Baylin  ~  "The Winds"

22)  Mr. Big  ~  "Goin' Where The Wind Blows"

23)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "Ride Against The Wind"

24)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "Will Of The Wind"

25)  Serena Ryder  ~  "Blown Like The Wind At Night"

Songs About Donuts

Because donuts are good, and songs about them are almost as good, there's this post. What else is there to say? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  J Dilla  ~  "Last Donut Of The Night"

2)  Roseanne Barr  ~  "Down On The Donut Farm"

3)  Mogwai  ~  "Donuts"

4)  Ginger Red  ~  "Donuts And Coffee"

5)  The Dickies  ~  "Donut Man"

6)  Burl Ives  ~  "The Donut Song"

7)  Royal Southern Brotherhood  ~  "Sweet Jelly Donut"

8)  Palma Violets  ~  "Johnny Bagga' Donuts"

9)  Andy Mineo ft. Phonte & Christon Gray  ~  "Donuts"

10)  2Scoops  ~  "Donuts"

11)  Hilary Gardner & Ehud Asherie  ~  "Sweetheart / Waitress In A Donut Shop"

12)  Willis Brothers  ~  "Diesel Drivin' Donut Dunkin' Man"

13)  Caspar Babypants  ~  "A Thousand Tiny Doughnuts"

14)  Danny Elfman  ~  "Weepy Donuts"

15)  Recess Monkey  ~  "Time To Make The Donuts"

16)  Cat Stevens  ~  "Was Dog A Doughnut?"

17)  Parenthetical Girls  ~  "Doughnut"

18)  Barry Louis Polisar  ~  "I Need You Like A Donut Needs A Hole"

19)  Tori Amos  ~  "Doughnut Song"

20)  VeggieTales  ~  "Donuts For Benny"

Songs About Laughing

It's Monday, and that's hard on everybody. So why not have a laugh? Or at least have a listen to a bunch of Songs About Laughing. Some of which will probably make you laugh. Makes perfect sense to me. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Laughing With”

2)  Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton  ~  “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”

3)  Bastille ~  “Laughter Lines”

4)  Jessie J  ~  “Who’s Laughing Now”

5)  Donald O’Connor  ~  “Make ‘Em Laugh”

6)  Over The Rhine  ~  “The Laugh Of Recognition”

7)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Laughter In The Rain”

8)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Laugh Till I Cry”

9)  Mary Poppins Cast ft. Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews, & Dick Van Dyke  ~  “I Love To Laugh”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Laughing”

11)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Laugh About It”

12)  Neil Young  ~  “The Old Laughing Lady”

13)  Nathaniel Rateliff  ~  “Laughing”

14)  Mark Wills  ~  “Don’t Laugh At Me”

15)  Norah Jones  ~  “Once I Had A Laugh”

16)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nancy (With The Laughing Face)”

17)  Jason Gray  ~  “Laugh Out Loud”

18)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”  (I know I just posted this song a few weeks ago for an unrelated theme, but it was a perfect fit for this set and far too good to exclude.)

19)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “It’s A Laugh”

20)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  “The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me”

21)  The Guess Who  ~  “Laughing”

22)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Laughed Until We Cried”

23)  Chelsea Jade  ~  “Laugh It Off”

24)  Quiet Riot ft. Randy Rhoads  ~  “Laughing Gas”

25)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “They All Laughed”

26)  Clay Walker  ~  “Live Laugh Love”

27)  Mark Knopfler  ~  “Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes”

28)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Laughter”

29)  Cat Stevens  ~  “If I Laugh”

30)  Paper Route  ~  “Laugh About It”