Even More Songs About Cake

Because cake is cake is cake and I love it, I may never stop posting Songs About Cake collections. (This is the third so far.) But this is all for now. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, eat some more cake. Because it's delicious, that's why! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Safar  ~  "Cake"

2)  Vince Neil  ~  "Can't Have Your Cake"

3)  The Chamanas  ~  "Wedding Cake"

4)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles"

5)  Uma Chine  ~  "A Cake Spell"

6)  Flo Rida & 99 Percent  ~  "Cake"

7)  Rhythmussportgruppe  ~  "Spicy Funk Cake"

8)  Connie Francis  ~  "The Wedding Cake"

9)  Ivy Lab  ~  "Cake"

10)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)"

11)  J-Music Ensemble  ~  "Layer Cake"

12)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Wedding Cake"

13)  Theo Girard  ~  "The 6th Part Of The Cake"

14)  Dead Or Alive  ~  "Cake And Eat It"

15)  Lyrics Born  ~  "Chocolate Cake"  (Sheesh, this guy is his own hype man! But he's barely worth the hype. What crowd is he trying to ramp up exactly? He's performing live in a studio. This is just weird...)

16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Piece Of Cake"

17)  Bret Roberts  ~  "Sweet Cake"

18)  Los Straitjackets  ~  "I Want Cake"

19)  Survey Says!  ~  "Cake Eater"

20)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Baby Cakes"

21)  Punchline  ~  "The Fake, The Snake, & The Birthday Cake"

22)  Teena Marie  ~  "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)"

23)  Delta Delta  ~  "Grandpa Built A Castle Cake"

24)  Idina Menzel  ~  "Cake"

25)  Jay Rox  ~  "Cake"

BONUS TRACK:  Richard Harris  ~  "MacArthur Park"  (After the first follow-up post, a friend pointed out to me that this song merits inclusion here, and by golly, she was right! This is a classic!)

Songs About Hypocrites & Lipstick

Continuing in this quasi-series of posts featuring songs about completely random and unrelated things, here's a set of Songs About Hypocrites & Lipstick. I know, random. And completely unrelated. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Lush  ~  “Hypocrite”

2)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Lipstick Vogue”

3)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “Hypocrates”  (Yes, she meant to spell it that way.)  

4)  Y & T  ~  “Lipstick And Leather”

5)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Hypocrite”

6)  Poliça ft. Boys Noize  ~  “Lipstick Stains”

7)  The Strawbs  ~  “How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite”

8)  Runaway June  ~  “Lipstick”

9)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “Hypocrites”

10)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  “Lipstick Sunset”

11)  Olivia Kellman  ~  “Hypocrite”

12)  Connie Francis  ~  “Lipstick On Your Collar”

13)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  “Hypocrite”

14)  Caro Emerald  ~  “Lipstick On His Collar”

15)  Theoretical Girl  ~  “The Hypocrite”

16)  Conway Twitty  ~  “Hey Little Lucy! (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On)”

17)  The Heptones  ~  “Hypocrite”

18)  Shakin’ Stevens  ~  “Lipstick, Powder, & Paint”

19)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Hypocrite Blues”

20)  Lit  ~  “Lipstick And Bruises”

21)  Electric President  ~  “Good Morning, Hypocrite”

22)  Suzi Quatro  ~  “Lipstick”

23)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “No Hypocrites Allowed”

24)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Lipstick”

25)  Sonia Kay  ~  “Hypocrite”

26)  Ray Conniff & His Orchestra ft. Joan Weber  ~  “Goodbye Lollipops, Hello Lipstick”

27)  MC Jin  ~  “Hypocrite (Black Chapter)”

28)  Kip Moore  ~  “Lipstick”

29)  The Samples  ~  “Hypocrite”

30)  Neal McCoy  ~  “Lipstick On The Radio”

Popular Songs Of 1958, Vol. 2

Here's another set of songs that set toes a-tappin' and pleased a plethora of ears sixty years ago. There are some genuine gems here. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy them already!  ~  JH

1)  Buddy Holly & The Crickets  ~  “Oh, Boy!”

2)  Tommy Edwards  ~  “It’s All In The Game”

3)  The Silhouettes  ~  “Get A Job”

4)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Bird Dog / (Till) I Kissed You”  (Another delightful double feature from the brothers Everly. The first song was their 1958 hit. The second of these came out a year later.)

5)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck”

6)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Poor Little Fool”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Over And Over”

8)  Jimmie Rodgers  ~  “Secretly”

9)  Pat Boone  ~  “April Love”

10)  Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra  ~  “Sail Along, Silv’ry Moon”

11)  Royal Teens  ~  “Short Shorts”

12)  The Kalin Twins  ~  “When”

13)  Laurie London  ~  “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”

14)  The Platters  ~  “Twilight Time”

15)  The Teddy Bears  ~  “To Know Him Is To Love Him”

16)  Jody Reynolds  ~  “Endless Sleep”

17)  Connie Francis  ~  “Who’s Sorry Now?”

18)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Fever”

19)  Paul Anka  ~  “You Are My Destiny”

20)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Just A Dream”

21)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Queen Of The Hop”

22)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Great Balls Of Fire”

23)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Do I Like It?”

24)  Elvis Presley  ~  “One Night”

25)  The Monotones  ~  “The Book Of Love”

“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”