Songs About Cups

These are Songs About Cups. You didn't ask for them, but you certainly deserved them. (That's a good thing!) So...enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH



1)  Anna Kendrick  ~  "Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')"

2)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Loving Cup"

3)  GLEE Cast  ~  "My Cup"

4)  Amos Lee  ~  "Cup Of Sorrow"

5)  Hailey Whitters ft. Little Big Town  ~  "Fillin' My Cup"

6)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "Cup Of Tea"

7)  Ana Free  ~  "Kick It Up (The World Cup Song)"

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  "One More Cup Of Coffee"

9)  Rich Mullins  ~  "Screen Door (The Cup Song)"

10)  Mike + The Mechanics  ~  "Another Cup Of Coffee"

11)  Andrew Bird  ~  "Measuring Cups"

12)  UB40  ~  "Bring Me Your Cup"

13)  Langhorne Slim  ~  "Coffee Cups"

14)  The Verve Pipe  ~  "Cup Of Tea"

15)  Iron & Wine  ~  "Communion Cups & Someone's Coat"

16)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  "Tin Cup Chalice"  (If you don't care to listen to Jimmy telling the story behind the song, you can skip to about the 4:00 mark.)

17)  Waxahatchee  ~  "Dixie Cups And Jars"

18)  Pure Heart  ~  "Bring Me Your Cup"

19)  Wire  ~  "Diamonds In Cups"

20)  Melanie Martinez  ~  "Sippy Cup"

21)  Josh Kelley  ~  "2 Cups Of Coffee"

22)  Katy Perry  ~  "A Cup Of Coffee"

23)  The Dailys  ~  "Fill This Cup"

24)  Aha Gazelle  ~  "Rarris And Red Cups"

25)  Newsboys  ~  "WooHoo" / "Cup O' Tea"

Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”

3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”

4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”

7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”

10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”

12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”

14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”

15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”

17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”

18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”

19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”

20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”

21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”

22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”

23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”

24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”

25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”

BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)

“Gold,” “Silver,” & “Bronze” Songs

In case you were wondering (and I realize that you probably weren't) whether I was completely ignoring the fact that there's currently an Olympics going on, and if you were curious (and I know you weren't) as to whether or not I'd somehow integrate an Olympics theme into my music blogging, here are your answers. I wasn't ignoring the Olympics – in fact, I've shortened many a night's sleep of late watching the broadcasts. And I did come up with somewhat of an Olympic-themed post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Gold”

2)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Silver Wings”

3)  Joey Cape  ~  “Going For The Bronze”

4)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Girl With The Heart Of Gold”

5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Silver Lining”

6)  Future Chaser  ~  “Bronze”

7)   Metallica  ~  “The Ecstasy Of Gold”

8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Silver Lining”

9)  Ron Spielman  ~  “Bronze Age”

10)  Passenger  ~  “Fool’s Gold”

11)  Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones  ~  “Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”

12)  The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers  ~  “The Bronze Buckaroo”

13)  Glee Cast  ~  “Gold Digger”

14)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Silver Springs”  (Another Fleetwood Mac that would have been a nice addition to this post – if I hadn't decided to include only one song per artist – is this.)

15)  Keiko Matsui  ~  “Bronze Casting”

16)  Kimbra  ~  “Plain Gold Ring”

17)  Dio  ~  “Man On The Silver Mountain”

18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “A Bronze Head”

19)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)”

20)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Silver Train”

21)  Ribozyme  ~  “Bronze”

22)  Halsey  ~  “Empty Gold”

23)  Tony Bennett ft. Bill Charlap  ~  “Look For The Silver Lining”

24)  Bloody Aztec  ~  “Bronze”

25)  Lianne La Havas  ~  “Green & Gold”

26)  First Aid Kit  ~  “My Silver Lining”

27)   Ace Reporter  ~  “Bronze”

28)  Neil Young  ~  “Silver & Gold”

29)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Silver Lining”

30)  The Americans  ~  “Bronze Star”

"27" Songs

Today is Christmas. Today also marks the beginning of Week 27 of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter, whose arrival seems much nearer than it once did. In honor of that, here's a collection of songs with the number "27" either in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Faith Hill  ~  "The Lucky One"

2)  Passenger  ~  "Twenty-Seven"

3)  Rihanna ft. Jeezy  ~  "Hard"

4)  Matt Redman & LZ7  ~  "Twenty-Seven Million"

5)  Doris Day  ~  "The Deadwood Stage"

6)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Let It Ride"

7)  GLEE Cast  ~  "Getting Married Today"

8)  Daughtry  ~  "Long Live Rock & Roll"

9)  Katy Perry  ~  "By The Grace Of God"

10)  Tenth Avenue North ft. Derek Minor & KB  ~  "For Those Who Can't Speak"

11)  The Cardigans  ~  "Communication"

12)  Sawyer Brown  ~  "Travelin' Band"

13)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Red Dirt Girl"

14)  Status Quo  ~  "Spinning Wheel Blues"

15)  Erasure  ~  "Breathe"

16)  Bob Dorough  ~  "Three Is A Magic Number"

17)  Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  "AF607105"

18)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "The Vigil"

19)  KB ft. Jasmine Le'Shea  ~  "Heart Song"

20)  Green Day  ~  "Amy"

21)   The Shins  ~  "Port Of Morrow"

22)  Johnny Cash  ~  "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"

23)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)"

24)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Tower Of Song"

25)  The Pogues & The Dubliners  ~  "The Irish Rover"

26)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  "Billy Austin"

27)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Lather"