"Hook" & "Loop" Songs

I write about clothes a lot in my day job. And one thing that many articles of clothing – and some shoes – have in common is Velcro, also known as hook-and-loop tape. Since these two words "Hook" and "Loop" are often near the top of my mind on the job, I decided to put together a set of songs with those words in the titles while off the job. That's why this post exists. Also, the songs are really good. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Blues Traveler  ~  “Hook”

2)  US3  ~  “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”

3)  The Kills  ~  “Hook And Line”

4)  Black Mamba  ~  “Loop”

5)  Justin Moore  ~  “Bait A Hook”

6)  Dannii Minogue  ~  “On The Loop”

7)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Off The Hook”

8)  Morrissey  ~  “The Loop”

9)  Jody Watley  ~  “Off The Hook”

10)  DEVO  ~  “Stuck In A Loop”

11)  The Veronicas  ~  “Hook Me Up”

12)  JUNIP  ~  “Loops”

13)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Off The Hook”

14)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “Loop De Loop”

15)  Laura Veirs  ~  “Cast A Hook In Me”

16)  How To Destroy Angels  ~  “The Loop Closes”

17)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “Nobody’s Off The Hook”

18)  Tove Lo  ~  “Perfect Loop”

19)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Hook Me Up”

20)  Emma Pollock  ~  “The Loop”

21)  Megadeth  ~  “Hook In Mouth”

22)  Wild Beasts  ~  “Loop The Loop”

23)  Moderat  ~  “Eating Hooks”

24)  Morcheeba  ~  “Tape Loop”

25)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “Off The Hook”

26)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Free Loop”

27)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”

28)  Elliot Moss  ~  “Closedloop”

29)  Marillion  ~  “Hooks In You”

30)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  “Loop”

“Fancy” Songs

Here's a bunch of songs, most of which have nothing to do with each other, except that the word "Fancy" appears in the title of each. Sound familiar? Oh yeah...maybe because I do these sorts of posts all the time. And then I sign off by imploring you to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox ft. Ashley Stroud  ~  “Fancy”  (I much prefer this version to Iggy Azalea’s. But if you must, here’s the link to the original song.)

2)  Bread  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

3)  Jermaine Jackson & DEVO  ~  “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”

4)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Fancy”

5)  Chromeo  ~  “Fancy Footwork”

6)  The-Dream  ~  “Fancy”

7)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

8)  Ween  ~  “She Caught My Fancy”

9)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Fancy Shoes”

10)  Silver Convention  ~  “Fancy Party”

11)  Mayer Hawthorne  ~  “Fancy Clothes”

12)  Commodores  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

13)  Miss Li  ~  “The Boy In The Fancy Suit”  (It’s a shame the audio quality isn’t better on this song. From what I can hear, she does a bang-up job of singing it.) 

14)  Andrew Peterson  ~  “Fool With A Fancy Guitar”

15)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  “(I’m Settin’) Fancy Free”

16)  The Supremes  ~  “Fancy Passes”

17)  Dave Barnes  ~  “Nothing Fancy”

18)  Kenny  ~  “Fancy Pants”

19)  Lucinda Williams  ~  “Fancy Funeral”

20)  Fred Astaire  ~ “No Strings (I’m Fancy Free)”

21)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “Nothing Too Fancy”

22)  The Drowsy Chaperone Cast  ~  “Fancy Dress”

23)  Saxon  ~  “A Little Bit Of What You Fancy”

24)  the 4onthefloor  ~  “Fancy”

25)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Fancy”  (The original version of the Reba song – #4 above – Gentry’s rendition is distinctive and popular enough in its own right to also merit inclusion here.)

“Peek-A-Boo” Songs

Sure, it's a game for babies. But it's also a word (or phrase?) that appears in the title of each of these songs. Ready...set..."Peek-A-Boo"! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Velvet  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

2)  Devo  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

3)  Bertie Blackman  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

4)  The Stylistics  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

5)  Cosmo 4  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

6)  Pete Bite  ~  “Peekaboo Love”

7)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “Peek-A-Boo” / “Kiss Them For Me”

8)  The Cadillacs  ~  “Peek-A-Boo"

9)  JQT  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

10)  Chet Atkins  ~  “Peek-A-Boo Moon”

11)  Vanessa Faith  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

12)  Velvet Rose Duo  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

13)  Lil Yachty ft. Migos  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”  (Suffice it to say, the instrumental version of this song is the only one suitable for inclusion on this blog.)

14)  Emily Jayne  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

15)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  “Peek-A-Boo”

Songs About Whips, Chains, & Ropes (& One About Handcuffs)

If your first thought upon reading this post title was, "Whaaattt???", then please feel free to get your mind out of the gutter. Admittedly, it was an intentionally "grab your attention" subject line, but the songs contained herein are utterly innocuous. Call it clickbait at its finest. I call it a brand new opportunity to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Devo  ~  “Whip It”

2)  Apocalyptica ft. Franky Perez  ~  “House Of Chains”

3)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Rope”

4)  Silentó  ~  “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”

5)  Toto  ~  “Don’t Chain My Heart”

6)  Lights  ~  “Heavy Rope”

7)  Willow Smith  ~  “Whip My Hair”

8)  Clay Walker  ~  “The Chain Of Love”

9)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Throw Me A Rope”

10)  Keith Richards  ~  “Whip It Up”

11)  The Pretenders  ~  “Back On The Chain Gang”

12)  Charlotte OC  ~  “Cut The Rope”

13)  Tedashii  ~  “Jumped Out The Whip”

14)  Carole King  ~  “Chains”

15)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  “Tightrope”

16)  The Features  ~  “Big Mama Gonna Whip Us Good”

17)  Patty Loveless  ~  “Chains”

18)  Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds  ~  “Alone On The Rope”

19)  Jeff Bridges ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “She Lay Her Whip Down”

20)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Chain Of Fools”

21)  Sting  ~  “Dead Man’s Rope”

22)  Doris Day  ~  “The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away)”

23)  Tina Arena  ~  “Chains”

24)  Janelle Monaé ft. Big Boi  ~  “Tightrope”

25)  The Good Bad Kids  ~  “Handcuffs”

“Blood” & “Guts” Songs

Chill out, it's not as gruesome as it sounds. For the most part, at least. Here you have a collection of songs with either the word "Blood" or "Guts" (or "Gut") in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. Check 'em out!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Elisha Bones  ~  “Guts”

3)  The Cure  ~  “The Blood”

4)  DEVO  ~  “Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy”

5)  Incubus  ~  “Blood On The Ground”

6)  Chela  ~  “Guts”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Blood On Blood”

8)  Versus You  ~  “Guts”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Blood For Poppies”

10)  Artis Family Band  ~  “Gut Bucket Texas Blues”  (Holy moly, this is good stuff!!!)

11)  Holly Brook  ~  “Like Blood, Like Honey”

12)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Gut Reaction”

13)  Foals  ~  “Blue Blood”

14)  Misty Miller  ~  “Gut”

15)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Power In The Blood”

16)  Pandra Vox  ~  “Got Guts”

17)  Coldplay  ~  “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

18)  That One Guy  ~  “Bring Me A Bucket Of Guts”  (Hands down, the weirdest performance I’ve seen/heard all year. Granted, the year is young…)

19)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood”

20)  Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones  ~  “Guts & Steel”

21)  Peter Gabriel ft. Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Blood Of Eden”

22)  Bella Ruse  ~  “Gumption & Guts”

23)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

24)  Liv Austen  ~  “The Guts You Always Had”

25)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Bad Blood”