Songs About Discovery

Listen to these songs and you might just discover a thing or two. I'm not sure what exactly, but in any piece of music there is much to be discovered. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Madsun  ~  "Discovery"

2)  Kailee Morgue  ~  "Discovery"

3)  Lecrae  ~  "Self Discovery"

4)  Freaks & Geeks ft. Ruth Royall  ~  "Discovery"

5)  Overself  ~  "Discovery"

6)  Syn Cole & Victor Crone  ~  "Discovery"

7)  Brian McKnight  ~  "Discovery"

8)  Ocean Districts  ~  "Discovery"

9)  Dio  ~  "Discovery"  (Well, that was...weird!)

10)  Mike Oldfield  ~  "Discovery"

11)  The Crane Wives  ~  "New Discovery"

12)  Elton John  ~  "The Greatest Discovery"

13)  Liza Anne  ~  "Terrible Discovery"

14)  Chris de Burgh  ~  "Discovery"

15)  Evergrey  ~  "Dark Discovery"

16)  Simple Minds  ~  "Sense Of Discovery"

17)  Smog  ~  "Cold Discovery"

18)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Joy.Discovery.Invention"

19)  Ayreon  ~  "Phase 1: Singularity: The Teacher's Discovery"

20)  OK/NO  ~  "Discovery"  (This dude's live vocals aren't the best, but the instrumentation is 🔥, which more than makes up for it.)

21)  BoA  ~  "Discovery"

22)  Rivers & Robots  ~  "Discovery"

23)  Anna von Hausswolff  ~  "Discovery"

24)  Warpaint  ~  "Disco/Very" / "Keep It Healthy"

25)  Sandra Kolstad  ~  "Discovery (Every Part A Part Of The Picture)"

Songs About Attraction

The title pretty much speaks for itself, doesn't it? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Five Star  ~  "Physical Attraction"

2)  Chris de Burgh  ~  "Tourist Attraction"

3)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Main Attraction"

4)  Kelly Hannon  ~  "Law Of Attraction"

5)  Nicci Canada  ~  "Attraction"

6)  The Cure  ~  "Strange Attraction"

7)  Diana  ~  "Strange Attraction"

8)  Darren Hayes  ~  "Love And Attraction"

9)  Carol Mae Whittick  ~  "Attraction"

10)  Quiet Riot  ~  "Main Attraction"

11)  Paula Abdul ft. The Wild Pair  ~  "Opposites Attract"

12)  Juris  ~  "Opposites Attract"

13)  The New Pornographers  ~  "High Ticket Attractions"

14)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Coming Attractions"

15)  Anjulie  ~  "Fatal Attraction"

16)  Matt Corby  ~  "Empires Attraction"

17)  Natalia Lesz  ~  "Power Of Attraction"

18)  Joe Brooks  ~  "Rules Of Attraction"

19)  Bleona  ~  "Opposites Attract"

20)  Freedom Fry  ~  "Strange Attraction"

21)  Stephanie Mabey  ~  "The Main Attraction"

22)  EVRYWHR  ~  "Fatal Attraction"

23)  Bananarama  ~  "Rules Of Attraction"

24)  Breantonia  ~  "Attraction"

25)  Paula Abdul  ~  "State Of Attraction"  (Yes, two Paula Abdul songs in one post! And honestly, what's wrong with that?)

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another cacophonous collection of Weird Christmas Songs to baffle, befuddle, and boggle the mind. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Christmas  ~  “It’s Christmas Everyday!”  (Not a bad song, actually. But he is one weird guy!)

2)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “Crime-Free Christmas”  (It’s the least any of us could wish for, right?)

3)  Leroy Carr  ~  “Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain?”  (Yeah, I can imagine that it would be.)

4)  Manila Luzon & Alaska  ~  “Working Holiday”  (Anyone who’s ever worked in retail can relate to this one.)

5)  Advance Base   ~  “Christmas In Nightmare City”  (Well, that certainly puts me in the Christmas spirit…)

6)  The Merry Macs  ~  “Christmas Cha Cha Cha”  (Put on your dancing shoes!)

7)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Sweet Christmas”  (This almost doesn’t qualify as weird enough, but it’s awfully close so here it is.) 

8)  Ryland Adams  ~  “A Clickbait Christmas”  (Made ya look!)

9)  Christmas In The Stars  ~  “R2-D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas”  (Droids need Christmas love, too.)

10)  Jon Lajoie  ~  “The Best Christmas Song”  (There’s a bit of false advertising going on here...)

11)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Face”  (These just keep getting better!)

12)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Minnie And Santa”  (Too much information, Cyndi…)

13)  CeeLo Green & The Muppets  ~  “All I Need Is Love”  (Kermit trying to speak hip-hop to CeeLo is everything.)

14)  The Marcels  ~  “Merry Twistmas”  (Well, why not?)

15)  H.E.R.  ~  “Psychedelic Christmas”  (Trippy!)

16)  Portland Youth Philharmonic  ~  “Bassoon It Will Be Christmas”  (This is, essentially, an instrumental medley of well-known Christmas songs. What's unique is that the featured instrument here is a bassoon. While quite beautiful to listen to, it’s still pretty darn weird if you ask me!)

17)  Wengie  ~  “Ugly Christmas Sweater”  (An ode to ugly. I love it!)

18)  The Kinks  ~  “Father Christmas”  (You have to see it to believe it!)

19)  T. Rex  ~  “Christmas Bop”  (Hope you still have your dancing shoes on…)

20)  Basshunter  ~  “Jingle Bells (Bass)”  (Merry Bassmas to all, and to all a good beat.)

21)  Pearl Bailey  ~  “C’est Magnifique” / “Five Pound Box Of Money”  (The second song here – which is the Christmas-themed one – starts around the 4:15 mark. But the whole video is golden!)

22)  Johnny Bower ft. Little John & The Rinky Dinks  ~  “Honky The Christmas Goose”  (This may be the only time the word “honky” will ever appear on my blog without being followed by the word “tonk.”)

23)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “A Spaceman Came Traveling”  (Let’s take the traditional Christmas story and set it out in outer space, they said. It’ll be great, they said. And actually, it kinda is…)

24)  Showaddywaddy  ~  “Hey, Mr. Christmas”  (The greatest thing about this song might very well be the name of the artist.)

25)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “I Want An Alien For Christmas”  (Ooh, me too, me too!)

More Songs About Rainbows

A couple or three years ago, I posted a bunch of Songs About Rainbows. Apparently, I missed more than a few good ones. Since that time, a number of new songs have been released that also merit inclusion. So there’s this incredibly belated follow-up. I hope it was worth the wait. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Sia  ~  “Rainbow”

2)  Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole  ~  “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”

3)  Sofi Lapina  ~  “Crystal Rainbows”

4)  Saxon  ~  “Frozen Rainbow”

5)  Jessie J  ~  “Rainbow”

6)  Chris de Burgh  ~  “Riding On A Rainbow”

7)  Vanessa Paradis  ~  “Lonely Rainbows”

8)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “She’s A Rainbow”

9)  Sea + Air  ~  “The Heart Of The Rainbow”

10)  ELOY  ~  “Rainbow”

11)  Bette Midler  ~  “Rainbow Sleeves”

12)  The Zombies  ~  “Edge Of The Rainbow”

13)  Emilie Simon  ~  “Rainbow”

14)  Morris Day  ~  “Over That Rainbow”

15)  Jenny Wilson  ~  “Like A Fading Rainbow”

16)  The Box Tops  ~  “Neon Rainbow”

17)  Patti LuPone  ~  “Rainbow High”

18)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Every Fool Has A Rainbow”

19)  Cloud Control  ~  “Rainbow City”

20)  America  ~  “Chasing The Rainbow”

21)  Steel Magnolia  ~  “Rainbow”

22)  Pretty Lights  ~  “Rainbows & Waterfalls”

23)  Kesha  ~  “Rainbow”

24)  South Border  ~  “Rainbow”

25)  Damien Jurado  ~  “Over Rainbows And Rainier”

"Old Fashioned" Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of "Old Fashioned" Songs. Hey, it's not even Throwback Thursday! What's up with that? Who cares! Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Old-Fashioned Love”

2)  Ethel Merman  ~  “Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please”

3)  Commodores  ~  “Old Fashion Love”

4)  Sasha & The Starlight  ~  “I’m Old-Fashioned”

5)  Jaydee Bixby  ~  “Old-Fashioned Girl”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Give Me A Little Old-Fashioned Love”

7)  Anaïs Mitchell  ~  “Old-Fashioned Hat”

8)  The Bama Band  ~  “Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart”

9)  The Strokes ft. Regina Spektor  ~  “Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men”

10)  Niamh Lynn  ~  “Sing Me An Old-Fashioned Song”

11)  Little River Band  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Man”

12)  Babyface  ~  “A Bit Old-Fashioned”

13)  Emmylou Harris ft. Kate & Anna McGarrigle  ~  “Like An Old-Fashioned Waltz”

14)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “Old-Fashioned People”

15)  Shirley Bassey ft. Charles Aznavour  ~  “Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way / Yesterday, When I Was Young”

16)  Jason Reeves  ~  “Old-Fashioned Letters”

17)  Craig Morgan  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Goodness”

18)  Matt and Kim  ~  “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare”

19)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “That’s Old-Fashioned (The Way Love Should Be)”

20)  Bradley Walker  ~  “Call Me Old-Fashioned”