Showing posts with label Elvis Costello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elvis Costello. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2023

Days of the Week Songs: "Wednesday"

 I know, I know...it's not Wednesday and I'm posting a bunch of songs about Wednesday. But it will be okay. Take a deep breath...and enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Lisa Loeb  ~  "Waiting for Wednesday"




2)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."




3)  Status Quo  ~  "(April), Spring, Summer, and Wednesdays"




4)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  "Wednesday"




5)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  "Wednesday"




6)  Johnny Cash  ~  "A Wednesday Car"




7)  Snarky Puppy  ~  "Ready Wednesday"




8)  The Gap Band  ~  "Wednesday Lover"




9)  Bleached  ~  "Wednesday Night Melody"




10)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  "Wednesday's Child"





11)  Eskimo Joe  ~  "Ruby Wednesday"




12)  John Frusciante  ~  "Wednesday's Song"




13)  Charlie Bedford  ~  "Windy Wednesday"




14)  Elton John  ~  "Medley: Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly"




15)  The Undertones  ~  "Wednesday Week"




16)  The Everly Brothers  ~  "When It's Night-Time in Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here"




17)  Curtis Harding  ~  "Wednesday Morning Atonement"




18)  John Lee Hooker  ~  "Wednesday Evening Blues"




19)  Wolf Alice  ~  "Wednesday"




20)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  "Wednesday Week"




21)  Tori Amos  ~  "Wednesday"




22)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Wednesdays"




23)  Harriette  ~  "Wednesday"




24)  The Guess Who  ~  "A Wednesday in Your Garden"




25)  Crash Kings  ~  "It's Only Wednesday"




26)  Saves The Day  ~  "Wednesday the Third"



Sunday, May 30, 2021

Songs About Being Unwanted

Here's a bunch of Songs About Being Unwanted, since I'm on a kick of negative-themed posts and all. Maybe I'll eventually post a counterpoint to all these, and maybe not. For now, enjoy!  ~ JH



1)  Avril Lavigne ~ "Unwanted"
 



2)  Kill Hannah ~ "Unwanted




3)  Jennifer Rush ~ "Unwanted Child"
 



4)  The Veer Union ~ "The Unwanted"




5)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters ~ "Unwanted Number"




6)  The Green Children ~ "Unwanted Garden"




7)  Hatchie ~ "Unwanted Guest"



 
8)  Ariana Celaeno ~ "Unwanted Love"




9)  Rick Astley ~ "Unwanted"




10)  New Found Glory ~ "Anthem For The Unwanted"




11)  The Frogs ~ "An Unwanted Child & A Wanted Man"




12)  NateWantsToBattle ~ "Haunted And Unwanted"




13)  The Strange Familiar ~ "Unwanted"




14)  Anti-Nowhere League ~ "Unwanted"




15)  Mutant-Thoughts ~ "Unwanted Song"




16)  Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys ~ "Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart"




17)  Tilly Birds ~ "Unwanted"




18)  Ray Price ~ "Unloved, Unwanted"




19)  NOEAST ~ "Unwanted"




20)  Dion ~ "Unloved, Unwanted Me"


Thursday, May 27, 2021

"Mood"-y Songs Also

Look at me, not getting carried away and ONLY posting a two-parter  this time! You're welcome,  and please enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Phyllis Hyman  ~  "In A Sentimental Mood"




2)  Candi Staton  ~  "Many Moods Of Love"




3)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  "Rude Mood"




4)  The Style Council  ~  "My Ever-Changing Moods"




5)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Moods For Moderns"




6)  Rilo Kiley  ~  "Capturing Moods"




7)  Johnny Gill  ~  "Let's Get The Mood Right"




8)  Miley Cyrus  ~  "Baby, I'm In The Mood For You"




9)  The Whispers  ~  "In The Mood"




10)  Daryl Hall  ~  "I'm In A Philly Mood"




11)  Duke Ellington  ~  "Mood Indigo"




12)  The Gospel Youth  ~  "Moods Like English Weather"




13)  The Glaser Brothers  ~  "Moods Of Mary"




14)  Emily Vaughn  ~  "Mood"




15)  Chicago  ~  "In The Mood"




16)  Best Coast  ~  "Summer Mood"




17)  Golden Earring  ~  "In A Bad Mood"




18)  Alice Phoebe Lou  ~  "Velvet Mood"




19)  CeCe Peniston  ~  "I'm In The Mood"




20)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  "Mellow Mood"



Thursday, August 20, 2020

Songs About Peace

These are Songs About Peace. You'll like them. Trust me on this! Enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Peace"




2)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Peace"





3)  Lights  ~  "Peace Sign"





4)  O.A.R.  ~  "Peace"





5)  Lissie  ~  "Peace"





6)  Real Lies  ~  "World Peace"





7)  Above & Beyond ft. Zoë Johnston  ~  "Peace Of Mind"





8)  Neil Young  ~  "Peace Trail"





9)  Smitha  ~  "Lost Peace"





10)  Yellowcard  ~  "Rest In Peace"





11)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Pray For Peace"





12)  Prong  ~  "Broken Peace"





13)  Alison Wonderland  ~  "Peace"





14)  Against Me!  ~  "White People For Peace"





15)  Etu Beats & Soph-eye Richard  ~  "In Peace"





16)  Elvis Costello  ~  "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding"





17)  Jhené Aiko ft. Childish Gambino  ~  "Bed Peace"





18)  Cat Stevens  ~  "Peace Train"





19)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Queen Of Peace"





20)  G. Love & Special Sauce  ~  "Peace, Love, And Happiness"




21)  Bat For Lashes  ~  "Peace Of Mind"





22)  Megadeth  ~  "Peace Sells"





23)  U2 ft. Dave Stewart & Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Peace On Earth" / "Walk On"





24)  Boston  ~  "Peace Of Mind"





25)  Plastic Ono Band  ~  "Give Peace A Chance"





26)  Sheryl Crow ft. Mitra Rahbar  ~  "Peace Be Upon Us"



Thursday, July 30, 2020

Songs About Steps

I've come up with clever (hopefully!) marketing stuff all day long, so my brain is a little uncreative at the moment. So here you have it. A bunch of Songs About Steps. Annnddd...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Martin Jensen & Olivia Holt  ~  "16 Steps"




2)  Haim  ~  "The Steps"





3)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Gimme Three Steps"





4)  Desert Rose Band  ~  "One Step Forward"





5)  Superchunk  ~  "Skip Steps 1 & 3"





6)  Def Leppard  ~  "Two Steps Behind"





7)  Patti LaBelle  ~  "Two Steps Away"





8)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  "One Step Ahead Of The Storm"





9)  Laura Bell Bundy ft. Colt Ford  ~  "Two Step"





10)  Ben Harper ft. The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  "Church House Steps"





11)  Marit Larsen  ~  "Ten Steps"





12)  Clare Bowen  ~  "Love Steps In"





13)  Mika  ~  "Step With Me"





14)  Soundgarden  ~  "By Crooked Steps"





15)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  "13 Steps Lead Down"





16)  Anna Kendrick  ~  "On The Steps Of The Palace"





17)  Band Of Heathens  ~  "Nine Steps Down"





18)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "One Step Up"





19)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Step By Step"





20)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Step By Step"





21)  Alexandra Stan  ~  "Step It Up"





22)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Step By Step"





23)  Stereo MC's  ~  "Step It Up"





24)  The Cheetah Girls  ~  "Step Up"





25)  Leigh & Liam  ~  "One Small Step"



Monday, February 17, 2020

Songs For President's Day


This is me attempting to do something interesting for President's Day. Each song in this set bears the surname of a U.S. President in its title. I didn't do anything crazy, like post a song for each of our 45 pPresidents. But I found as many as I could, and you're going to have to be okay with that. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Washington Square"




2)  Aerosmith  ~  "Adam's Apple"  ("Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)




3)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Jefferson Jericho Blues"




4)  George Thorogood ft. Albert Collins  ~  "Madison Blues"




5)  Pharrell Williams ft. Kelly Osbourne  ~  "Marilyn Monroe"




6)  blink-182  ~  "Adam's Song"  (Again, "Adams"... "Adam's".... Close enough!)





7)  Johnny Cash & June Carter  ~  "Jackson"




8)  The Toadies  ~  "Tyler"




9)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Polk Salad Annie"




10)  Jack Johnson  ~  "Taylor"




11)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  "Pierce The Morning Rain"




12)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln"




13)  Mick Flavin  ~  "Jennifer Johnson And Me"




14)  Bob Dylan  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"




15)  John Prine & Sara Watkins  ~  "Late John Garfield Blues"




16)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"




17)  Jewel  ~  "Cleveland"




18)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Cleveland Rocks"  (Remember, Cleveland served as President twice in nonconsecutive terms. So he counts as two Presidents.)




19)  Conor Oberst  ~  "Roosevelt Room"




20)  Hozier  ~  "Jackie And Wilson"




21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "Tonya Harding"




22)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Hoover Factory"




23)  Joywave   ~  "Like A Kennedy"




24)  INXS  ~  "Johnson's Aeroplane"




25)  Elton John  ~  "Postcards From Richard Nixon"




26)  Jerry Reed  ~  "Lord, Mr. Ford"




27)  Tor Miller  ~  "Carter & Cash"




28)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Old Mother Reagan"




29)  Traffic  ~  "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush"




30)  Wakey! Wakey!  ~  "Clinton St. Girl"




31)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Laughing In The Hiding Bush"




32)  Moby & The Homeland Choir  ~  "Trump Is On Your Side"  (The sarcasm is strong with this one. And I tend to agree with the sentiments.)