"Public" Songs

These songs all contain the word "Public" in their titles, so of course you are NOT allowed to view or listen to any of them. Unless you really want to. In which case you are quite welcome to do so. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Chairlift  ~  “Crying In Public”

2)  Megadeth  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

3)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “Public Melody Number One”  (I'm the only person I know who would follow up a Megadeth song with one by Louis Armstrong!)

4)  The Cribs  ~  “Our Bovine Public”

5)  Public Enemy  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

6)  Daniella Mason  ~  “Public Places”

7)  Foals  ~  “Public Embarrassment Blues”

8)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Public Animal #9”

9)  James Brown  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

10)  The Bravery  ~  “Public Service Announcement”

11)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Public Relations”

12)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “A Public Affair”

13)  Interpol  ~  “Public Pervert”

14)  Flatt & Scruggs  ~  “The Last Public Hanging In West Virginia”

15)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

16)  Public Image Ltd.  ~  “Public Image”

17)  Ralph Tresvant  ~  “Public Figure (Ordinary Guy)"

18)  Lady Sovereign  ~  “Public Warning”

19)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “AKA Public School”

20)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

21)  Fugazi  ~  “Public Witness Program”

22)  Newsboys  ~  “Going Public”

23)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Public Enema Number One”

24)  Wire  ~  “Public Place”

25)  Spiders and Snakes  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

Songs About Habits

Whether good or bad, new or old, or what have you, everybody's got habits. Lots of people have written songs about them. I gathered some of the best of those here for your listening enjoyment. So go ahead...  ~  JH

1)  Garbage  ~  “Automatic Systematic Habit”

2)  The Kooks  ~  “Bad Habit”

3)  Marmozets  ~  “Habits”

4)  Chicago  ~  “Hard Habit To Break”

5)  Gabrielle Shonk  ~  “Habit”

6)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Old Habits”

7)  Diana Krall  ~  “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me”

8)  Plested  ~  “Habits”

9)  Chela  ~  “Bad Habit”

10)  Linkin Park  ~  “Breaking The Habit”

11)  Sarah Darling  ~  “Bad Habit”

12)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Habit”

13)  Poliça  ~  “Lime Habit”

14)  Lissie  ~  “The Habit”

15)  Mick Jagger  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

16)  Maria Mena ft. Mads Langer  ~  “Habits”

17)  Janis Ian  ~  “Silly Habits”

18)  Foals  ~  “Bad Habit”

19)  k.d. lang  ~  “Habit Of Mind”

20)  Imelda May  ~  “Bad Habit”

21)  Vince Gill  ~  “Down To My Last Bad Habit”

22)  Lucie Silvas  ~  “My Old Habits”

23)  Tove Lo  ~  “Habits (Stay High)”

24)  Gates  ~  “Habit”

25)  Allie X  ~  “Old Habits Die Hard”

"Embarrass"-ing Songs

These songs are SOOO "Embarrassing"!!! Well, sort of. Their song titles are, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Sky Ferreira  ~  “Everything Is Embarrassing”

2)  Sage Francis ft. Eyedea & Slug  ~  “Embarrassed”

3)  Half-Handed Cloud  ~  “You Wouldn’t Embarrass Me, Would You?”

4)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Don’t Embarrass Me, Baby”

5)  Toy  ~  “Hopelessly Embarrassed”

6)  Doug & The Slugs  ~  “(Just A Little Bit) Embarrassed”

7)  Michael Hermiston  ~  “An Embarrassment Of Riches”

8)  alice.  ~  “You Embarrass Me”

9)  Hello Bear  ~  “We Held Hands Once, But Then She Got Embarrassed”

10)  Ben Smith  ~  “I’ve Embarrassed The Piano Again”

11)  Foals  ~  “Public Embarrassment Blues”

12)  Songs To Wear Pants To  ~  “You Love Her So Much It’s Embarrassing”

13)  Madness  ~  “Embarrassment”

14)  The Port Huron Statement  ~  “When The Dust Has Settled On This Embarrassing Affair”

15)  Becky Schlegel  ~  “You’re So Embarrassing”

Songs About Balloons

I was overdue for a music post featuring songs about extremely mundane things. Today, I decided to tackle the tune-friendly subject of Balloons. Turns out there were quite a few good ones to choose from. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lily Allen  ~  “Air Balloon”  (Quirky, fun, and never boring. I love Lily Allen's music!)

2)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Red Balloon”

3)  Charli XCX  ~  “Red Balloon”

4)  Foals  ~  “Balloons”  (Artsy fartsy stuff up in here...)

5)  The Kills  ~  “Black Balloon”

6)  The National Parks  ~  “Red Balloon”

7)  Rosi Golan  ~  “Lead Balloon”

8)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Pink Balloon”

9)  The Civil Wars  ~  “Girl With The Red Balloon”

10)  Jimmy Nevis ft. Kwesta  ~  “Balloon”

11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Bridges And Balloons”  (Simply lovely!)

12)  Sick Puppies  ~  “White Balloons”

13)  Nena  ~  “99 Red Balloons”  (Hands down, the quintessential song about balloons.)

14)  Ween  ~  “Blue Balloon”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Red Balloons”  (Katie's another one of my favorite singers.)

16)  Midlake  ~  “Balloon Maker”

17)  Ane Brun  ~  “Balloon Ranger”

18)  Boards Of Canada  ~  “Everything You Do Is A Balloon”  (Well, that's certainly an intriguing song title...)

19)  Kristina Cornell  ~  “Little Red Balloon”  (Keep your Kleenexes nearby.)

20)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Black Balloon”  (Probably the 2nd most well-known song about balloons.)

21)  Maja Keuc  ~  “You’re A Tree And I’m A Balloon”  (I'm still trying to make sense of these metaphors...)

22)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”  (Hey, I never said the word "Balloon" had to be in the title. But this song might as well be called "My Beautiful Balloon," so there ya go...)

23)   Not Profane ft. Tiffany Alvord  ~  “Our Balloons”

24)  Rick Nelson  ~  “Red Balloon”

25)  Coshiva  ~  “Big Balloon”

BONUS TRACK:  Owl City  ~  “99 Red Balloons / Chicago / Plant Life”  (Yes, the "99 Balloons" song here is the same as the original by Nena [above], but this medley was so beautiful I chose to include both.)

“Oil” & “Water” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a collection of songs that don't mix well together. Why not? Because some of them have the word "Oil" in their titles, while some bear the word "Water." Worse still, some have both the words "Oil" AND "Water" in their titles! The horrors! There were too many good ones that qualified to just make one post, so Vol. 2 (of 2) will happen next time. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lights  ~  “Oil And Water”

2)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Water Runs Dry”

3)  Cariss Auburn  ~  “Oil On Water”

4)  Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz  ~  “Rough Water”

5)  Horsehead  ~  “Oil And Water”

6)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “What The Water Gave Me”

7)  Nipsey Russell  ~  “Slide Some Oil To Me”

8)  Live  ~  “Run To The Water”

9)  Erja Lyytinen  ~  “Oil And Water”

10)  FKA twigs  ~  “Water Me”

11)  Suburban Tribe  ~  “Oil And Water”

12)  Deep Purple  ~  “Smoke On The Water”

13)  Lost Hollow  ~  “Water & Oil”

14)  Eddie Money  ~  “Walk On Water”

15)  Foals  ~  “Snake Oil”

16)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Black Water”

17)  Dolly Parton  ~  “I’ll Oil Wells Love You”

18)  BANKS  ~  “Warm Water”

19)  Lame Dudes  ~  “Mojo Oil”

20)  Art Garfunkel  ~  “Bridge Over Troubled Water”