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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Songs About Hopscotch & Labyrinths

If there's one that Hopscotch has absolutely nothing to do with, it's Labyrinths. And that's exactly the point of this post – that there is no point. But there are plenty of good songs. So listen to 'em already!  ~  JH



1)  Missing Persons  ~  “Mental Hopscotch”




2)  The Cure  ~  “Labyrinth”




3)  CocoRosie  ~  “Hopscotch”




4)  Smallman  ~  “Labyrinth Of Present”




5)  Fiction & Fables  ~  “Hopscotch Parade”




6)  Asaf Avidan  ~  “The Labyrinth Song”




7)  Eric Lewis  ~  “Hopscotch”




8)  Elisa  ~  “Labyrinth”




9)  Alan Gogoll  ~  “Hopscotch”




10)  BLR  ~  “Labyrinth”




11)  Guided By Voices  ~  “Optical Hopscotch”




12)  Genevieve  ~  “Labyrinth Of Me”




13)  Maya Angelou  ~  “Harlem Hopscotch”




14)  Savatage  ~  “Labyrinths”




15)  Emmelie de Forest  ~  “Hopscotch”




16)  Carole King  ~  “Labyrinth”




17)  Miles Davis  ~  “Hopscotch”




18)  Briana Nadeau  ~  “Labyrinth Of Love”




19)  Waldo  ~  “Hopscotch”




20)  Steve Howe   ~  “Labyrinth”




21)  Gwen Guthrie  ~  “Hopscotch”




22)  Julia Graye  ~  “Labyrinth”




23)  Bastelbande  ~  “Hopscotch”




24)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  “The Labyrinth”




25)  One Girl Shy  ~  “Hopscotch Man”




26)  Toro y Moi  ~  “Labyrinth”




27)  King Of Hawaii  ~  “Hopscotch”




28)  Have I Lost My Mind  ~  “Labyrinth”




29)  Woodpigeon  ~  “Love In The Time Of Hopscotch”




30)  Alesana  ~  “Labyrinth”


Wednesday, September 13, 2017

“Taboo” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Taboo" Songs for your listening pleasure. No, there's nothing to be found here that's prohibited or restricted by social custom. Nothing forbidden, illegal, illicit, unmentionable, or unspeakable, either. Nonetheless, the word "taboo" – which, of course, means what all of the aforementioned terms and phrases describe – does appear in the title of each tune. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  September  ~  “Taboo”




2)  Santana ft. Derek Trucks  ~  “Taboo / The Calling”




3)  There Is No Mountain  ~  “Wave Of Taboo”




4)  CocoRosie  ~  “Smokey Taboo”




5)  Karne Murta  ~  “Swingin’ Taboo”




6)  Bloom Twins  ~  “Taboo”




7)  Alena Toymintseva  ~  “Taboo To Love”




8)  Don Omar  ~  “Taboo”




9)  Good Lovelies  ~  “Taboo”




10)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Is It Taboo?”




11)  Arthur Lyman Group  ~  “Taboo”




12)  Hannah Trigwell  ~  “Taboo”




13)  Jimi Sobara  ~  “Taboo”




14)  Emma van Heyn  ~  “Taboo”




15)  White Heart  ~  “No Taboo”




16)  Phy  ~  “Taboo”




17)  Flamingods  ~  “Taboo Groves”




18)  Sade  ~  “The Sweetest Taboo”




19)  Hugh Cornwell  ~  “Totem & Taboo”




20)  Connie Francis  ~  “Taboo”




21)  House Of Wallenberg ft. Ari Up  ~  “Sunshine Taboo”




22)  Sandra  ~  “No Taboo”




23)  Palladium Electric Band  ~  “Taboo”




24)  Tristan Prettyman  ~  “Taboo”




25)  Black Sugar Transmission  ~  “Taboo”


Friday, June 30, 2017

Songs About Lemonade, Vol. 2

It's hot. Lemonade is cold. And sweet. And a bit tart. Much like this second and final set of Songs About Lemonade. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  CocoRosie  ~  “Lemonade”




2)  Blind Melon  ~  “Lemonade”




3)  Meresha  ~  “Lemonade City”




4)  Alex Boyé  ~  “Lemonade”




5)  Alexandra Stan  ~  “Lemonade”




6)  Dylan Joel  ~  “Authentic Lemonade Medley”




7)  Flagship Romance  ~  “Lemonade”




8)  Ghostie  ~  “Sunshine & Lemonade”




9)  Rex Queen  ~  “Lemonade”




10)  Surge  ~  “Lemonade”




11)  Morcheeba  ~  “Blood Like Lemonade”




12)  Chris Rice  ~  “Lemonade”




13)  Fly Moon Royalty  ~  “Lemonade”




14)  Hoggs Bison  ~  “Milk Milk Lemonade”




15)  Madboy/Mink  ~  “Lemonade”




16)  André Orlando  ~  “Lemonade”




17)  Great Profile  ~  “Lemonade”




18)  Eddi Front  ~  “Lemonade”




19)  Dave Moisan  ~  “Lemonade”




20)  Elaiza  ~  “Lemonade”


Thursday, April 7, 2016

Songs About Hair

Yet another cockamamie idea from the self-proclaimed king of cockamamie ideas. Here's a collection of Songs About Hair. Oh, and yes, there will be  a follow-up to this one. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Hair”




2)  MAGIC!  ~  “Let Your Hair Down”




3)  PJ Harvey  ~  “Hair”




4)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “You Need To Cut Your Hair”




5)  India.Arie ft. Akon  ~  “I Am Not My Hair”





6)  The Early November  ~  “Hair”





7)  CocoRosie ft. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra  ~  “Roots Of My Hair”




8)  Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young  ~  “Almost Cut My Hair”




9)  Slowdive  ~  “Golden Hair”




10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Snow In His Hair”




11)  George Jones  ~  “You Comb Her Hair”




12)  Nina Simone ft. Emile Latimer  ~  “Black Is The Color (Of My True Love’s Hair)”




13)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Jesse With The Long Hair Hangin’ Down”




14)  America  ~  “Sister Golden Hair”




15)  Robert Wilson  ~  “Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair”


Tuesday, April 7, 2015

"Terrible" Songs


If you take my blog post titles at face value, you might consider me to be a pathological liar. If you delve deeper, though, the picture becomes a little clearer. Case in point, this post. These are not terrible songs, per se, at least not in the sense of their content or quality. They are, however, songs with the word "Terrible" somewhere in their titles. This is part 1 of a 2-part "Opposites" series. The 2nd and final installment will consist of "Wonderful" songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Birdy  ~  "Terrible Love"




2)  Rum Rebellion  ~  "The Tale Of Terrible Tilly"




3)  The Ropes  ~  "Fond Memories Of A Terrible Life"




4)  April Smith And The Great Picture Show  ~  "Terrible Things"




5)  Sleep For Dreaming  ~  "Terrible Things"




6)  The Stapletons  ~  "Wake Up Terrible Motion"




7)  Steff And The Articles  ~  "What A Terrible Thing To Do"




8)  The Routine  ~  "Terrible Things"




9)  Daymoths  ~  "Terrible Beauty"




10)  CocoRosie  ~  "Terrible Angels"




11)  Meat Loaf  ~  "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste"




12)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  "Terrible Friend"




13)  Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  "Terrible Angels"




14)  Therapy?  ~  "Living In The Shadow Of A Terrible Thing"




15)  Kreator  ~  "Terrible Certainty"