Songs About Crayons & Androgyny

These two words have absolutely nothing to do with each other. So why bother posting songs featuring these words in their titles? That’s a good question. I’ll have to ask the person in charge here the next time I see him.  ~  JH

1)  G-Dragon  ~  “Crayon”

2)  Annie Ellicott  ~  “Goddess Androgyny”

3)  Wild Beasts  ~  “The Devil’s Crayon”

4)  Laura Jane Grace, Miley Cyrus, & Joan Jett  ~  “Androgynous”

5)  Michael Franks  ~  “Crayon Sun (Safe At Home)”

6)  Pasional Orquesta ft. Ekaterina Lebedeva & Alex Krupnikov  ~  “Androgyne”

7)  Donna Summer ft. Ziggy Marley  ~  “Crayons”

8)  The Shakes  ~  “Androgynous”

9)  Duende  ~  “Lapices de Colores”  (For those of you who can’t read Spanish – get to work on that, by the way – this title translates to “Crayons.”)

10)  Garbage  ~  “Androgyny”

11)  Gas Station Disco  ~  “Crayon Marks”

12)  Audra  ~  “In All Our Androgyny”

13)  Glori Belle  ~  “The Crayon Box Song”

14)  Glam Skanks  ~  “Miss Androgynous”

15)  Feli  ~  “Creioane Colorate”  (This title also translates to “Crayons” – on the off chance that you can’t read Romanian either.)

16)  Spouse  ~  “Androgynous”

17)  Michael Lowman  ~  “Crayon Boxes”

18)  Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom  ~  “Androgyny”

19)  Jillette Johnson  ~  “Box Of Crayons”

20)  Nicos Gun  ~  “Androgyny”

“Easy” & “Hard” Songs, Vol. 1

A long time ago, I'm not sure exactly when, on my original blog I posted a set of "Easy" and "Hard" Songs. But since then, a) I've gotten better at finding a good variety of quality songs by people you've actually heard of; b) new songs have come out that also merit inclusion; and c) I just felt like doing this theme all over again. And there were plenty of good ones, so this is part 1 of 2. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Eight Easy Steps”

2)  Queen  ~  “It’s A Hard Life”

3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

4)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

5)  MiMi & The Mad Noise Factory  ~  “Easy”

6)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “No Hard Feelings”

7)  Dragonette  ~  “Easy”

8)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Hard To Imagine”

9)  Rag’n’Bone Man  ~  “Die Easy”

10)  Donna Summer  ~  “She Works Hard For The Money”

11)  Lauv  ~  “Easy Love”

12)  Lykke Li  ~  “Hard Rain”

13)  Max Frost  ~  “Let Me Down Easy”

14)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  “Hard”

15)  Haroula Rose  ~  “So Easy”

16)  Coldplay  ~  “The Hardest Part”

17)  Phil Collins & Philip Bailey  ~  “Easy Lover”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Harder To Forgive”

19)  Oriana  ~  "Love Me Down Easy"

20)  DC Talk  ~  “The Hard Way”

21)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  “Easy For Me To Say”

22)  The National  ~  “Hard To Find”

23)  GJan  ~  “Wasn’t Easy”

24)  Cloves  ~  “Hit Me Hard”

25)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Easy To Love”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

Songs About Feet, Vol. 1

This miniseries of posts (there will be one more installment) is not nearly as creepy or as smelly as you might think. In truth, there are tons of great songs with the word "Foot" or "Feet" in their titles. These are just some of the most notable and/or the most enjoyable among them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Walk The Moon  ~  "One Foot"

2)  Local Natives  ~  "Heavy Feet"

3)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Head Over Feet"

4)  Saint Raymond  ~  "Fall At Your Feet"

5)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Feet In The Clouds"

6)  Parov Stelar ft. Claudia Kane  ~  "Six Feet Underground"

7)  Michael Bolton  ~  "When I'm Back On My Feet Again"

8)  Rodney Atkins ~  "Feet"

9)  Katie Melua  ~ "Two Bare Feet"

10)  Donell Jones  ~  "Knocks Me Off My Feet"

11)  The Mins  ~  "I Don't Give A Foot"

12)  Hillsong United  ~  "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"

13)  Steve Vai  ~  "Lotus Feet"

14)  Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz  ~  "6 Foot 7 Foot"

15)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Nickel Under The Foot"

16)  Fun.  ~  "One Foot"

17)  Deion Sanders ft. Hammer  ~  "Straight To My Feet"

18)  P!nk  ~  "One Foot Wrong"

19)  Black Pistol Fire  ~  "Crow's Feet"

20)  Babys  ~  "Back On My Feet Again"

21)  Donna Summer  ~  "Stamp Your Feet"

22)  Fences  ~  "Buffalo Feet"

23)  The Unlikely Candidates  ~  "Follow My Feet"

24)  Lucy Neville  ~  "Fall At Your Feet"

25)  MxPx  ~  "Stay On Your Feet"

Songs About “Whenever”

Second-to-last in this somewhat-series is this set of songs with the word "Whenever" in their titles. You know, for whenever you feel like listening to "Whenever" songs. Perhaps today? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey & Brian McKnight  ~  “Whenever You Call”

2)  Rick Astley  ~  “Whenever You Need Somebody”

3)  Jill Scott  ~  “Whenever You’re Around”

4)  Van Morrison ft. Cliff Richard  ~  “Whenever God Shines His Light”

5)  Melissa Manchester & The Muppets  ~  “Whenever I Call You Friend”

6)  Mike and the Mechanics  ~  “Whenever I Stop”

7)  Doro  ~  “Whenever I Think Of You”

8)  Real Thing  ~  “Whenever You Want My Love”

9)  Vince Gill & Alison Krauss  ~  “Whenever You Come Around”

10)  JP Cooper  ~  “Whenever You Hold Me”

11)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Whenever You’re Near Me”

12)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her”

13)  T’Pau  ~  “Whenever You Need Me”

14)  The Zombies  ~  “Whenever You’re Ready”

15)  Donna Summer & Bruce Roberts  ~  “Whenever There’s Love”

16)  Donny Osmond  ~  “Whenever You’re In Trouble”

17)  Sting ft. Mary J. Blige  ~  “Whenever I Say Your Name”

18)  Matt Wertz  ~  “Whenever You Love Somebody”

19)  Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly  ~ “Whenever You’re Away From Me”

20)  John Travolta  ~  “Whenever I’m Away From You”

21)  The Secret Sea  ~  “Whenever The Sun Comes”

22)  Mike Reno  ~  “Whenever There’s A Night”

23)  Five Star  ~  “Whenever You’re Ready”

24)  Marshall Crenshaw  ~  “Whenever You’re On My Mind”

25)  Infernal  ~  “Whenever You Need Me”