Songs About L.A.

For those of you still not in the know, the other team that's playing in the World Series this year is the L.A. Dodgers. They are one game away from winning their seventh World Series. Or losing their umpteenth (they've been around for a while). In honor of the amazing season they've had, here's a collection of Songs About L.A., the city where they play. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Randy Newman  ~  “I Love L.A.”

2)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “L.A. Hallucinations”

3)  The Doors  ~  “L.A. Woman”

4)  Savannah Outen  ~  “Fairytales Of L.A.”

5)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “L.A. Is My Lady”

6)  The Wilkinsons  ~  “L.A.”

7)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

8)  2Pac  ~  “To Live & Die In L.A.”  (Don't worry...it's the "clean" version.)

9)  Counting Crows  ~  “Goodnight L.A.”

10)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “L.A. Made Me”

11)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “L.A. County”

12)  Fergie ft. YG  ~  “L.A. Love”

13)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  “Walkin’ In L.A.”

14)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Never Leave L.A.”

15)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “L.A. Devotee”

16)  Beth Hart  ~  “L.A. Song”

17)  Eagles Of Death Metal  ~  “WannaBe In L.A.”

18)  Us The Duo  ~  “Girl In L.A.”

19)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Picture Postcards From L.A.”

20)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Ode To L.A.”

"Clumsy" Songs

Since being clumsy is basically the story of my entire life, I decided to make a post of songs to be its soundtrack. Ready... set... stumble... fall! ...And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fergie  ~  “Clumsy”

2)  Jason Castro  ~  “Clumsy”  (This is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singers, Chris Rice. Since I couldn’t find a music video or performance of Chris doing the song, I figured this was the next best thing. Incidentally, Castro more than does it justice!)

3)  Girl In A Coma  ~  “Clumsy Sky”

4)  Blue October  ~  “Clumsy Card House”

5)  Alexandra Slate  ~  “Clumsy On The Wall”

6)  Madee  ~  “Clumsy”

7)  Chris Pureka  ~  “Cruel And Clumsy”

8)  The Jacks  ~  “My Clumsy Heart”

9)  Natalie Mejia  ~  “Clumsy”

10)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Clumsy”

11)  Mariana Bell  ~  “Clumsy”

12)  Every Avenue  ~  “Clumsy Little Heart”

13)  Imke & J  ~  “Little Clumsy”

14)  Split Enz  ~  “Clumsy”

15)  Emma Hill  ~  “Clumsy Seduction / Goodbye”

16)  Lou Del Bianco  ~  “A Little Bit Clumsy”

17)  Sam Morris  ~  “Clumsy Heart”

18)  Alexandra Jayne  ~  “Clumsy Love”

19)  Sam Tsui  ~  “Clumsy”

20)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Clumsy Ol’ World”

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 in what will be a 3-part miniseries featuring songs with nationalities (or demonyms) in their titles. This time, it's "Italian," French," "German," "Russian," "Indian," and "Chinese" songs, plus a few one-off songs with other nationalities in the titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  "Mambo Italiano"

2)  Billy Joel  ~  "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"

3)  Fergie  ~  "Be Italian"

4)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Excuse My French"

5)  Camera Obscura  ~  "French Navy"

6)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  "The French Song"

7)  The Passions  ~  "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"

8)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "German Motor Car"

9)  Rihanna  ~  "Russian Roulette"

10)  Sting  ~  "Russians"

11)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "A Perfect Indian"

12)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  "Indian Summer"

13)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody"

16)  Neon Indian  ~  "Polish Girl"

17)  The Beatles  ~  "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

18)  Frankie Smith  ~  "Double Dutch Bus"

19)  Chris De Burgh ft. Elissa  ~  "Lebanese Night"

20)  The Bangles  ~  "Walk Like An Egyptian"

21)  The Vapors  ~  "Turning Japanese"

22)  Ernest Tubb  ~  "Filipino Baby"

23)  The Seekers  ~  "I Am Australian"

24)  Dream Theater  ~  "Peruvian Skies"

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Liberian Girl"

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 4

I warned you a couple of weeks ago that there may be more of these posts, which feature completely different songs sharing the same song titles. And here they are! As before, I encourage your input as to which of the two songs (or three, in a couple of cases here) you prefer. If you like these kinds of posts, you're in luck – I'm already working on Vol. 5! If you hate these kinds of posts, well, you'll probably hate the ones to come as well. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  "Blue Skies"

Jamiroquai

vs.

Bing Crosby

2)  "Never Alone"

BarlowGirl

vs.

Jim Brickman ft. Lady Antebellum

3)  "Bye Bye Love"

The Cars

vs.

The Everly Brothers

4)  "Chain Reaction"

Diana Ross ft. Bee Gees

vs.

Journey

5)  "Cherish"

The Association

vs.

Kool & The Gang

vs.

Madonna

6)  "Clumsy"

Fergie

vs.

Our Lady Peace

7)  "Closer"

Corinne Bailey Rae

vs.

Kings Of Leon

8)  "Creep"

Radiohead

vs.

TLC

vs.

Stone Temple Pilots

9)  "Crush"

Jennifer Paige

vs.

Dave Matthews Band

10)  "Heaven"

Bryan Adams

vs.

Los Lonely Boys

Songs About Crying

Today begins a loosely-related-but-not-really-related series of posts that I thought up over the weekend. We'll start with Songs About Crying, then progress to Songs About Flying, Songs About Lying, Songs About Trying, and maybe even Songs About Dying. The only thing that ties these together is that their titles rhyme. Each post will include a collection of songs with the word from the post's title (or one of its derivatives) in its songs' titles. Get it? Got it? Good! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Crying"

2)  Fergie  ~  "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"

3)  The Script  ~  "We Cry"

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  "I Don't Wanna Cry"

5)  Aerosmith  ~  "Cryin'"

6)  Faith Hill  ~  "Cry"

7)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Somebody's Crying"

8)  Barbra Streisand & Ray Charles  ~  "Crying Time"

9)  Flo Rida  ~  "I Cry"

10)  Highway 101  ~  "Cry, Cry, Cry"  (Back in the late '80s, or maybe it was the early '90s, when I was a big-time fan of The Judds [see #12 below], I saw this band open for them at Kings Dominion. They were really good, too!)

11)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Don't Cry"

12)  The Judds  ~  "Cry Myself To Sleep"  (Peep some of these 1980s hairdos – in the audience AND onstage. Wow…just, wow!)

13)  Journey  ~  "Who's Crying Now?"

14)  Katy B  ~  "Crying For No Reason"

15)  Live  ~  "Dolphin's Cry"

16)  Madonna  ~  "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"  (I have no idea why the song starts over without sound around the 5:00 mark…but feel free to stop it there. Nothing new to see after that.)

17)  Cee Lo Green  ~  "Cry Baby"  (If you were wondering, yes, that IS the guy who played Steve Urkel on Family Matters.)

18)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Can't Cry Anymore"

19)  Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone  ~  "Cry Baby Cry"

20)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "The Wind Cries Mary"