"Fun" & "Games" Songs, Vol. 3

One last set of "Fun" and "Games" Songs, and then we're done. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Devo  ~  "Time Out For Fun"

2)  Stevie Nicks  ~  "Love's A Hard Game To Play"

3)  Sevyn Streeter ft. Chris Brown  ~  "Don't Kill The Fun"

4)  Shanin Blake  ~  "The Game"

5)  Girl Ray  ~  "I'll Make This Fun"

6)  Scorpions  ~  "Passion Rules The Game"

7)  Lolawolf  ~  "Wanna Have Fun"

8)  MELD  ~  "Easy On The Game"

9)  Spice Girls  ~  "If You Wanna Have Some Fun"

10)  Disciple  ~  "Game On"

11)  Sleater-Kinney  ~  "You're No Rock 'N' Roll Fun"

12)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Games"

13)  Tony Bennett ft. Dani Martin  ~  "Are You Havin' Any Fun?"

14)  Lacuna Coil  ~  "The Game"

15)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Big Fun"

16)  Conway Twitty  ~  "The Games That Daddies Play"

17)  Coconut Records  ~  "Any Fun"

18)  Parmalee  ~  "Back In The Game"

19)  Mali Music  ~  "No Fun Alone"

20)  Echo & The Bunnymen  ~  "The Game"

21)  Moloko  ~  "Fun For Me"

22)  Amy Macdonald  ~  "The Game"

23)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Funday"

24)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "Love's A Game"

25)  The Gap Band  ~  "Big Fun"

Songs About Being Alone Together

Here's a lovely collection of Songs About Being Alone Together. It also includes a few Songs About Being Together Alone. Which is sort of the same thing, but not really. You'll see what I mean. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Alone Together"

2)  Jem & The Holograms  ~  "Alone Together"

3)  Daley ft. Marsha Ambrosius  ~  "Alone Together"

4)  Dan + Shay  ~  "Alone Together"

5)  Catherine Russell  ~  "Alone Together"

6)  Danha  ~  "Alone Together"

7)  Melon & The Mayhem  ~  "Alone Together"

8)  The Strokes  ~  "Alone Together"

9)  Wild Culture ft. Loren Nine  ~  "Together Alone"

10)  Cloud Cult  ~  "All Together Alone"

11)  Anna Akana  ~  "Alone Together"

12)  George Jones  ~  "Together Alone"

13)  CVX ft. Aya Anjani  ~  "Alone Together"

14)  Poco  ~  "All Alone Together"

15)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  "Alone Together"

16)  Leagues  ~  "Alone Together"

17)  Doro Pesch  ~  "So Alone Together"

18)  Red Rum Club  ~  "Alone Together"

19)  Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn  ~  "Living Together Alone"

20)  Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent  ~  "Alone Together Tonight"

21)  Melanie  ~  "Together Alone"

22)  Geographer  ~  "Alone Together"

23)  Infernal  ~  "Alone, Together"

24)  Leisure  ~  "Alone Together"

25)  Violet and the Undercurrents  ~  "Alone Together"

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. 1

Time for some real throwback music. Thus begins a three-part retrospective of the best and most Popular Songs of 1958. If you aren’t that familiar with the music of sixty years ago, give it a listen. You might be surprised how much you like it. If these golden oldies bring back memories for you, then all I can say is you’re welcome. I hope you will…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Perry Como & Dean Martin  ~  “Return To Me”

2)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “All I Have To Do Is Dream / Cathy’s Clown”  (The first of these two songs was a hit in 1958. The second one came two years later.)

3)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t”

4)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Stood Up”

5)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

6)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Sweet Little Sixteen”

7)  Pat Boone  ~  “A Wonderful Time Up There”

8)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Looking Back”

9)  The Four Preps  ~  “26 Miles (Santa Cantina)”

10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Guess Things Happen That Way”

11)  Buddy Holly  ~  “Peggy Sue”

12)  David Seville  ~  “Witch Doctor”  (Fun fact: “David Seville” is a stage name for Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. This same guy later created “Alvin & The Chipmunks” and lent his stage name to the cartoon animals’ human “dad.”)

13)  The Champs  ~  “Tequila”

14)  Danny & The Juniors  ~  “At The Hop”

15)  Sheb Wooley  ~  “Purple People Eater”

16)  Conway Twitty  ~  “It’s Only Make Believe”

17)  Pérez Prado  ~  “Patricia”

18)  The McGuire Sisters  ~  “Sugartime”

19)  Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington  ~  “Tea For Two Cha-Cha”

20)  The Kingston Trio  ~  “Tom Dooley”

21)  Andy Williams  ~  “Are You Sincere?”

22)  Don Gibson  ~  “Oh, Lonesome Me”

23)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “De-De-Dinah”

24)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Waitin’ In School”

25)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”