Beans & Franks Songs

This may seem like a fairly straightforward, albeit odd, subject for a blog post, but it's actually a bit more nuanced than at first it seems. Herein lies a collection of songs with the word "Bean" (or "Beans") and/or "Frank" (or "Frankie") somewhere in the name of the artists OR the titles of the songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bean  ~  “Cops And Robbers”

2)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “For Once In My Life”

3)  Sunflower Bean  ~  “Easier Said”

4)  Frank Ocean  ~  “Swim Good”

5)  Weezer  ~  “Pork And Beans”

6)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

7)  Shoshana Bean  ~  “Cold Turkey”

8)  Cake  ~  “Frank Sinatra”

9)  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  ~  “Big-Eyed Beans From Venus”

10)  Frank Turner  ~  “Recovery”

11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Sprout And The Bean”

12)  Frank Black  ~  “Headache”

13)  Sashi and the Wild Beans  ~  “True To Yourself”

14)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Venus”

15)  Khalil Fong  ~  “Red Bean”  (I don’t know what he’s singing about, but it sure sounds nice.)

16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Muffin Man”

17)  Carla Bean  ~  “Magic Box”

18)  Frank Stallone  ~  “Far From Over”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Look At Them Beans”

20)  Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush  ~  “I’m A King Bee”

21)  Celtic Woman  ~  “Bean Phaidin”

22)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”  (Shall we call this “research,” then?)

23)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Day In, Day Out / Boston Beans”

24)  To Be Frank  ~  “Somebody Like You”

25)  Beanie Sigel ft. Melissa Jay  ~  “Feel It In The Air”

"Tiny" Songs

Here's a not-so-tiny collection of songs with the word "Tiny" in their titles. Have a little fun with these! But not too much!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John  ~  “Tiny Dancer”

2)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Tiny Little Robots”

3)  Grace Potter and the Nocturnals  ~  “Tiny Light”

4)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Tiny Life”

5)  Frank Zappa  ~  “City Of Tiny Lites”

6)  Katie Melua  ~  “Tiny Alien”

7)  Finding Favour  ~  “Tiny Town”

8)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Tiny Explosions”

9)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Tiny Little Bows”

10)  The Handsome Family ft. Andrew Bird  ~  “My Sister’s Tiny Hands”

11)  Don Ho  ~  “Tiny Bubbles”

12) Bic Runga  ~  “Tiny Little Piece Of My Heart”

13)  Romar  ~  “Tiny Implosions”

14)  Relation  ~  “Your Tiny Mind”

15)  Kimberly Henderson  ~  “Tiny Hearts”

16)  Forbidden Friends  ~  “Tiny Hands”

17)  Sean Hayes  ~  “A Thousand Tiny Pieces”

18)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tiny Fires”

19)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “Tiny Vessels”

20)  Aaron Embry  ~  “Tiny Prayers”

21)  Connie Smith  ~  “Tiny Blue Transistor Radio”

22)  Billy “Crash” Craddock  ~  “Broken Down In Tiny Pieces”

23)  Ruby  ~  “Tiny Meat”

24)  The Nerd Follia  ~  “Tiny Japanese Girl”

25)  Shelly Fairchild  ~  “Tiny Town”

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 2

Continuing with this wholly unnecessary yet strangely satisfying series featuring Songs About Dancing, here's volume 2. There will be more... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Jacksons  ~  "All Night Dancin'"

2)  Joe Diffie  ~  "If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets"

3)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Dancin'"

4)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Dancin' Away With My Heart"

5)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "As Dust Dances"

6)  The Guess Who  ~  "Dancin' Fool"

7)  Shane Harper  ~  "Dancin' In The Rain"

8)  Lita Ford  ~  "Dancing On The Edge"

9)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Dancin' Fool"

10)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  "Dancin' Cowboys"

11)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Dancin' In The Ruins"

12)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "Dancin' Round And Round"

13)  Alabama  ~  "Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard"

14)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Let's Go Dancing (Ooh, La, La, La)"

15)  Billy Idol  ~  "Dancing With Myself"

16)  Scissor Sisters  ~  "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

17)  Toploader  ~  "Dancing In The Moonlight"

18)  Corey Hart  ~  "Dancin' With My Mirror"

19)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Dancing With Mr. D"

20)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)"

21)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Dancing Shoes"

22)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "Domino Dancing"

23)  Los Campesinos!  ~  "You! Me! Dancing!"

24)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Dancing Choose"

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Dancing In The Dark"

Songs About Snakes

HERPETOPHOBES, BEWARE! The following is a collection of songs about snakes – or, more to the point, a collection of songs with "Snake" or "Snakes" in their titles. Some really good jams here! Fear them or enjoy them – it's all up to you!  ~  JH

1)  David Sanborn  ~  "Snakes"

2)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Baby Snakes"

3)  Charley Pride  ~  "The Snakes Crawl At Night"

4)  Pixies  ~  "Snakes"

5)  The Human League  ~  "The Snake"

6)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "Snake Man"

7)  Johnny Rivers  ~  "The Snake"

8)  ZZ Top  ~  "Tube Snake Boogie"

9)  Buddy Guy  ~  "Crawlin' King Snake"

10)  Soundgarden  ~  "Get On The Snake"

11)  Samuel L. Jackson  ~  "Black Snake Moan Blues"

12)  Duran Duran  ~  "Union Of The Snake"

13)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Long Snake Moan"

14)  Ryan Bingham  ~  "SnakeEyes"

15)  Ray Wylie Hubbard  ~  "Snake Farm"

16)  Daniel Wade  ~  "Snake Rattle"

17)  Midnight Star  ~  "Snake In The Grass"

18)  Meat Puppets  ~  "The Monkey And The Snake"

19)  Tuatara  ~  "Snakecharmer"

20)  Video Game Orchestra ft. Ingrid Gerdes  ~  "Snake Eater"

21)  Lia Rose  ~  "Snake In The Water"

22)  Georgia Fields  ~  "Snakes And Ladders"

23)  Dolly Parton & Tom T. Hall  ~  "Sneaky Snake"

24)  St. Vincent  ~  "Rattlesnake"

25)  Atomic Rooster  ~  "Black Snake"

BONUS TRACK:  Paula Abdul  ~  "Cold Hearted"  (If you're like me, you probably always thought this song DID have "Snake" in its title…but apparently, it doesn't!)