Songs About Laughing

It's Monday, and that's hard on everybody. So why not have a laugh? Or at least have a listen to a bunch of Songs About Laughing. Some of which will probably make you laugh. Makes perfect sense to me. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Laughing With”

2)  Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton  ~  “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”

3)  Bastille ~  “Laughter Lines”

4)  Jessie J  ~  “Who’s Laughing Now”

5)  Donald O’Connor  ~  “Make ‘Em Laugh”

6)  Over The Rhine  ~  “The Laugh Of Recognition”

7)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Laughter In The Rain”

8)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Laugh Till I Cry”

9)  Mary Poppins Cast ft. Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews, & Dick Van Dyke  ~  “I Love To Laugh”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Laughing”

11)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Laugh About It”

12)  Neil Young  ~  “The Old Laughing Lady”

13)  Nathaniel Rateliff  ~  “Laughing”

14)  Mark Wills  ~  “Don’t Laugh At Me”

15)  Norah Jones  ~  “Once I Had A Laugh”

16)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nancy (With The Laughing Face)”

17)  Jason Gray  ~  “Laugh Out Loud”

18)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”  (I know I just posted this song a few weeks ago for an unrelated theme, but it was a perfect fit for this set and far too good to exclude.)

19)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “It’s A Laugh”

20)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  “The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me”

21)  The Guess Who  ~  “Laughing”

22)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Laughed Until We Cried”

23)  Chelsea Jade  ~  “Laugh It Off”

24)  Quiet Riot ft. Randy Rhoads  ~  “Laughing Gas”

25)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “They All Laughed”

26)  Clay Walker  ~  “Live Laugh Love”

27)  Mark Knopfler  ~  “Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes”

28)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Laughter”

29)  Cat Stevens  ~  “If I Laugh”

30)  Paper Route  ~  “Laugh About It”

"Coming Out" Songs

Apparently, today is National Coming Out Day. Well, here’s a bunch of Songs About Coming Out. Herein you’ll find songs about coming out of hiding, the dark, the shade, the woods, and the rain; songs urging the listener to come out and play, as well as to come out, come out, wherever you are; songs about the wolves, stars, and the sun coming out (tomorrow); there’s even one about fire coming out of the monkey’s head – whatever that means. So…enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Offspring  ~  “Come Out And Play”

2)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are”

3)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”

4)  Pamala Stanley  ~  “Coming Out Of Hiding”

5)  Night Ranger  ~  “Eddie’s Comin’ Out Tonight”

6)  Aileen Quinn  ~  “Tomorrow”  (“The sun’ll come out, tomorrow…” You know you want to sing along!)

7)  Josh Rouse  ~  “Julie (Come Out Of The Rain)”

8)  Chris Stapleton ft. Morgane Stapleton  ~  “When The Stars Come Out”

9)  Gorillaz ft. Dennis Hopper  ~  “Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head”

10)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  “Come On, Come Out”

11)  Frank Sinatra & Gloria DeHaven  ~  “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are”  (This is not the same as The Wizard Of Oz song above.)

12)  NateWantsToBattle  ~  “Until The Wolves Come Out”

13)  Kate O’Connor & Maggie O’Connor  ~  “Buffalo Gals”  (“Won’tcha come out tonight, and dance by the light of the moon?” Yep, some of you are singing along again!)

14)  Twisted Sister  ~  “Come Out And Play”

15)  Diana Ross  ~  “I’m Coming Out”

16)  The Perishers  ~  “Come Out Of The Shade”

17)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Coming Out Of The Dark”

18)  Future ft. The Weeknd  ~  “Comin’ Out Strong”

19)  Matthew And The Atlas  ~  “Come Out Of The Woods”

20)  Ruen Brothers  ~  “Genevieve, Come Out Tonight”

21)  Pomplamoose  ~  “Come Out To Play”

22)  Manafest  ~  “When The Truth Comes Out”

23)  Zedd ft. Heather Bright  ~  “Stars Come Out”

24)  Whodini  ~  “Freaks Come Out At Night”

25)  Judy Garland  ~  “When The Sun Comes Out”  (Two Judy Garland sightings in one post? You're welcome!)

What Love Is, According To These Songs: Vol. 2

Here's another set of songs with distinct theories about what "Love Is." Like the first installment, there're plenty of good, bad, and oddball definitions. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eurythmics  ~  “Love Is A Stranger”

2)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Love Is Here”

3)  Grace Jones  ~  “Love Is The Drug”

4)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  “Love Is All Around”

5)  Keane  ~  “Love Is The End”

6)  Warpaint  ~  “Love Is To Die”

7)  The Seahorses  ~  “Love Is The Law”

8)  Sade  ~  “Love Is Stronger Than Pride”

9)  Sting  ~  “Love Is The Seventh Wave”

10)  Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight  ~  “Love Is”

11)  The Verve  ~  “Love Is Noise”

12)  Joan Baez  ~  “Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word”

13)  Jack White  ~  “Love Is The Truth / You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket”

14)  Donna Summer  ~  “Love Is In Control”

15)  Ziggy Marley  ~  “Love Is My Religion”

16)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Love Is Holy”

17)  Culture Club  ~  “Love Is Love”

18)  Brandy & Diana Ross  ~  “Love Is All That Matters”

19)  Chester See  ~  “Love Is Now”  (You can pretty much stop the video at the 4:45 mark. The rest of the video is REALLY annoying!)

20)  Metric  ~  “Love Is A Place”

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Love Is Here To Stay”

22)  Vixen  ~  “Love Is A Killer”

23)  To Kill A King  ~  “Love Is Coal”

24)  Kerli  ~  “Love Is Dead”

25)  We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It!!  ~  “Love Is The Slug”  (Wait…WHAT??)

“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the "Nice" & "Slow department, there's this set of songs. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Niall Horan  ~  “Slow Hands”

2)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “How Nice A Woman Can Be”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “A Slow Drag With Josephine”

4)  Ambrosia  ~  “Nice, Nice, Very Nice”

5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Slow Down, Sister”

6)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone”

7)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Slow”

8)  Iggy Pop ft. Izia  ~  “Nice To Be Dead”

9)  San Cisco  ~  “SloMo”

10)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice”

11)  St. Vincent  ~  “Slow Disco”

12)  Sleeper  ~  “Nice Guy Eddie”

13)  Grouplove  ~  “Slow”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Nice Guys Finish Last”

15)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Slow”

16)  Diana Krall  ~  “So Nice”

17)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Slow Dancin’”

18)  Chester See  ~  “Nice Guys”

19)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Slow, Cruel Hands Of Time”

20)  The Stranglers  ~  “Nice In Nice”

21)  The Weepies  ~  “Slow Pony Home”

22)  Peggy Lee & Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

23)  Lera Lynn  ~  “Slow Motion Countdown”

24)  Incubus  ~  “Nice To Know You”

25)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Slow Happy Boys”