"Cheer"-y Songs

I'm posting this on a Monday, which automatically means that I (and probably you, if you're honest) need some cheering up. Which is precisely why these "Cheer"-y Songs exist. Hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ARIA  ~  "Cheer Me Up"

2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  "Cheer You On"

3)  Victoria Justice  ~  "Cheer Me Up"

4)  A Great Big World  ~  "Cheer Up!"

5)  Gary Portnoy  ~  "Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)"

6)  Tom Waits  ~  "Town With No Cheer"

7)  OMI  ~  "Cheerleader"

8)  Bad Cop/Bad Cop  ~  "Cheers"

9)  Petra  ~  "Be Of Good Cheer"

10)  Playa  ~  "Cheers 2 U"

11)  George Harrison  ~  "Cheer Down"

12)  Chic  ~  "Chic Cheer"

13)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Makeup Is Running)"

14)  Leslie Odom, Jr.  ~  "Cheer Up, Charlie"

15)  White Denim  ~  "Cheer Up/Blues Ending"

16)  Andra Day  ~  "Cheers To The Fall"

17)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Chin Up, Cheer Up"

18)  Tramaine Hawkins  ~  "Cheer Up"

19)  St. Vincent  ~  "Cheerleader"

20)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Cheer Up"

21)  Bananarama  ~  "Cheers Then"

22)  Charlie Parker  ~  "Cheers"

23)  Mayday Parade  ~  "Three Cheers For Five Years"

24)  Twice  ~  "Cheer Up"

25)  Lin-Manuel Miranda  ~  "Cheering For Me Now"

Songs About Celebrity

In pop culture, we get more than our fair share of celebrity "news" which most of us don't even care about. These Songs About Celebrity are not that. They are simply songs about celebrity itself. Or, more specifically, they are songs with that word in their titles, whatever the context. And most of them are darned good. So give' em a whirl. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Hole  ~  “Celebrity Skin”

2)  Charlie Parker  ~  “Celebrity”

3)  Alyssa Shouse  ~  “Overnight Celebrity”

4)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Celebrity”

5)  Keep Shelly In Athens  ~  “Celebrity”

6)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Celebrity”

7)  Ruby Jane  ~  “Celebrity (Empire Of Emptiness)”

8)  Eddie Murphy  ~  “James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party”

9)  HillaryJane ft. Thi’sl  ~  “Celebrity”

10)  Marianas Trench  ~  “Celebrity Status”

11)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Celebrity”

12)  Jon Shabaglian  ~  “Celebrity”

13)  The Subways  ~  “Celebrity”

14)  Marijana Celar  ~  “Celebrity”

15)  Foxboro Hot Tubs  ~  “She’s A Saint, Not A Celebrity”

16)  Small Lake City  ~  “Celebrity”

17)  CAVO  ~  “Celebrity”

18)  Killing Heidi  ~  “Class Celebrities”

19)  Queen + Paul Rodgers  ~  “C-lebrity”

20)  Rouge  ~  “Celebrity”

21)  Plastic Penny  ~  “Celebrity Ball”

22)  Terrorvision  ~  “Celebrity Hitlist”

23)  NSYNC  ~  “Celebrity”

24)  Snarky Puppy  ~  “Celebrity”

25)  Black Orchid Empire  ~  “Celebrity Summer”

Songs About Squirrels

And now for the blog post you've all been waiting for. Well, maybe not ALL of you. But some of you have, you're just too ashamed to admit it. Ladies and gentlemen, a bunch of Songs About Squirrels. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Ray Stevens  ~  “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival”  (This is the quintessential song about squirrels. In case you were wondering.)

2)  Muddy Waters  ~  “Fox Squirrel”

3)  Marcy Playground  ~  “Secret Squirrel”

4)  Metallica  ~  “Black Squirrel”

5)  Chris Thile  ~  “The Squirrel Of Possibility”  (You may not know this guy by name, but he’s a band member of both Nickel Creek and The Punch Brothers. Assuming you’re familiar with either of them, of course.)

6)  Texas Gypsies  ~  “Coco And The Squirrel”

7)  Sesame Street  ~  “The Silly Squirrel Dance”

8)  Dick Dale and His Del-Tones  ~  “The Squirrel”

9)  Rhett & Link  ~  “Squirrel Rights”

10)  Eric Burdon & War  ~  “Bird & The Squirrel”

11)  Idgy Dean  ~  “The Indian Squirrel Dance”

12)  River Raisin Ragtime Revue  ~  “The Squirrel Rag Slow Drag”

13)  Zanilonia  ~  “Squirrel World”  (Well, this was…different. And not at all what I expected after its rather benign beginning.)

14)  Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra  ~  “Pink Squirrel”

15)  Phineas and Ferb  ~  “S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)”

16)  Cream  ~  “Cat’s Squirrel”

17)  Stackridge  ~  “Red Squirrel”

18)  Jeff Watson  ~  “Squirrels & Kerosene”  (This guy is best-known as the lead guitarist for the hard-rock band, Night Ranger.)

19)  Pink Martini  ~  “The Flying Squirrel”

20)  Charlie Parker & Chet Baker  ~  “The Squirrel”

21)  Outerview  ~  “A Pigeon And A Squirrel”  (Well, that was…also quite unique. Oddly enough, it was exactly what I expected from the title.)

22)  Corn Potato String Band  ~  “Squirrel Heads And Gravy”  (Fear not, squirrel lovers! No actual squirrels were decapitated in the making of this song.)

23)  Ott & The All-Seeing I  ~  “Squirrel And Biscuits”

24)  Billy Corgan  ~  “Squirrels With Tails”  (Avid fans may recognize Corgan as the frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins.)

25)  The Travelin’ McCourys  ~  “The Squirrel Hunters”