Feeling a little slothful today? A bit shiftless? A tad lackadaisical? Perhaps a bit indolent? Maybe even a little lethargic? If so, these "Lazy" songs are perfect for you! If not, good on ya for bringing your "A" game. But you can still...enjoy! ~ JH
1) Goo Goo Dolls ~ “Lazy Eye”
2) Deep Purple ~ “Lazy”
3) Megan Nicole ~ “The Lazy Song” (A fun, notably sanitized version of Bruno Mars’ hit song.)
4) Pokey LaFarge ~ “Devil Ain’t Lazy”
5) Nat King Cole ~ “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer”
6) Barbra Streisand ~ “Lazy Afternoon”
7) Robbie Williams ~ “Lazy Days”
8) Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong ~ “Basin Street Blues / Lazy Bones”
9) Liz Phair ~ “Lazy Dreamer”
10) Silversun Pickups ~ “Lazy Eye”
11) Grateful Dead ~ “Lazy River Road”
12) Throwing Muses ~ “Lazy Eye”
13) Heartless Bastards ~ “Lazy”
14) Louis Armstrong ~ “Up A Lazy River”
15) Nellie McKay ~ “Long And Lazy River”
16) Rebelution ~ “Lazy Afternoon”
17) Small Faces ~ “Lazy Sunday”
18) Belle and Sebastian ~ “Lazy Line Painter Jane”
19) Andrew Bird ~ “Lazy Projector”
20) The Moody Blues ~ “Lazy Day”
21) Keep Shelly In Athens ~ “Lazy Noon”
22) Guster ~ “Lazy Love”
23) BR549 ~ “Too Lazy To Work, Too Nervous To Steal”
24) Dr. Dog ~ “The Way The Lazy Do”
25) Grateful Dead ~ “Lazy Lightnin’ / Supplication”
BONUS TRACK: The Mills Brothers ~ “Up A Lazy River” (This is the same song as #14 above, but this version was too good not to include here.)
We hear a lot of empty promises these days, especially from political candidates. But these artists mean business! When they say they will do something, you can count on it! (Maybe. Probably not, actually. Just more empty promises. Anyway...) Here's a collection of songs in which the singer or band vows that "I Will" or "We Will" do...something. For fans of my (underused?) snarky song commentary (I'm talking to you, Entzminger!), you may be pleasantly surprised to find it here in spades. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Everclear ~ “I Will Buy You A New Life” (This promised “new life” apparently includes: “A garden where your flowers can bloom…a new car, perfect, shiny, and new…[and] that big house way up in the West Hills.”)
2) Gloria Gaynor ~ “I Will Survive” (She really should’ve changed that stupid lock, though.)
3) Chris Tomlin ~ “I Will Rise” (I believe he said he was going to rise. Thirteen times, in fact. But who’s counting?)
4) Mumford & Sons ~ “I Will Wait” (These talented fellows are nothing if not patient.)
5) Us The Duo ~ “I Will Wait For You” (These two will wait for you, too. But can they play the banjo? That’s the real question, isn’t it?)
6) Whitney Houston ~ “I Will Always Love You” (All she’s taking with her are bittersweet memories. We both know she’s not what you need anyway.)
7) Jimmy Eat World ~ “I Will Steal You Back” (But what if I prefer to remain stolen, Jimmy Eat? Or whatever your real name is.)
8) Grateful Dead ~ “I Will Take You Home” (“Ain't no fog thick enough to hide you / Your daddy's gonna be right here beside you.” That’s either very reassuring or extremely creepy. Jury’s still out.)
9) Soul Asylum ~ “I Will Still Be Laughing” (This song is eighteen years old. That’s a long time to STILL be laughing. On an unrelated note, I don’t get the joke. Am I supposed to?)
10) Jimmy Buffett ~ “I Will Play For Gumbo” (Buffett for gumbo? Sounds like a pretty fair deal to me.)
11) Boyz II Men ~ “I Will Get There” (Was there ever any doubt? Seriously, when have Boyz II Men ever not gotten there when they promised to?)
12) Selah ~ “I Will Carry You” (Thank you for that. I was getting tired from all the walking.)
13) Slash ft. Myles & The Conspirators ~ “We Will Roam” (Additional charges may apply when making calls outside the geographical coverage area of the home network.)
14) Steven Curtis Chapman ~ “I Will Be Here” (But what if I go over “there”? Will you go “there,” too, or will you stay “here”?)
15) Katie Melua ~ “I Will Be There” (Never mind, Chapman. Katie will be “there,” so we’re all good!)
16) John Fogerty ~ “I Will Walk With You” (Okay, but let’s mix it up a bit and hopscotch our way to…wherever it is we’re going.)
17) Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers ~ “I Will Walk With You” (Thanks but no thanks, Bruce. Fogerty offered first, and we’re hopscotching. So…yeah.)
18) Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith ~ “We Will Run” (Are you trying to trick me into doing a 5K? ‘Cuz…no.)
19) All-4-One ~ “I Will Be Right Here” (“Wherever you go, whatever you do, wherever you are…no matter how far, I'll always be near…I will be right here.” Yeah, that’s not stalker-ish at all!)
20) Peggy March ~ “I Will Follow Him” (Seriously, what’s with all this stalker-ish behavior? Pretty sure it’s illegal, folks!)
21) Burton Cummings ~ “I Will Play A Rhapsody” (You go ahead with your bad self, Burton! Play that rhapsody! We’re listening…)
22) Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ “I Will Fight” (Forgive me if I don’t tremble at the thought of people who call themselves “The Pips” threatening to fight anybody.)
23) Avalon ~ “We Will Stand” (Well, it sure beats sitting.)
24) Death Cab For Cutie ~ “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” (Then what will you do? Stab me? Shoot me? Let’s be honest. Nothing good is going to come of this dark pursuit.)
25) Queen ~ “We Will Rock You” (They did. And it was awesome. The End.)
Here's part 2 of 4 in my series of songs with baseball-related words in their titles. This time, more "Hit" & "Run" Songs. Next up, "Catch" & "Throw" Songs. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Rolling Stones ~ “One Hit (To The Body)”
2) Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner ~ “Run That By Me One More Time”
3) Jane Monheit ~ “Hit The Road To Dreamland”
4) James Bay ~ “Running”
5) Huey Lewis And The News ~ “It Hit Me Like A Hammer”
6) The Grateful Dead ~ “We Can Run”
7) Leeland ~ “Chains Hit The Ground”
8) LIGHTS ~ “Running With The Boys”
9) Hinder ~ “Hit The Ground”
10) Melissa Etheridge ~ “I Run For Life”
11) Jonny Lang ~ “Hit The Ground Runnin’”
12) Neil Young ~ “Long May You Run”
13) Peter Murphy ~ “Hit Song”
14) Kate Bush ~ “Running Up That Hill”
15) Diana Krall ft. Russell Malone & Paul Keller ~ “Hit That Jive, Jack”
Unlike yesterday's "Songs About Winners" post, here's some tunes I can actually relate to. Because, of course, these are Songs About Losers. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) 3 Doors Down ~ “Loser”
2) Beck ~ “Loser”
3) Dolores O’Riordan ~ “Loser”
4) Grateful Dead ~ “Loser”
5) BigBang ~ “Loser”
6) The Beatles ~ “I’m A Loser”
7) Meiko ~ “Good-Looking Loser”
8) Little River Band ~ “Lonesome Loser”
9) Me In Motion ~ “Losers”
10) Bonnie Raitt ~ “Three-Time Loser”
11) The Weeknd ~ “Losers”
12) Cracker ~ “Loser”
13) Morcheeba ~ “Everybody Loves A Loser”
14) Randy Travis ~ “Better Class Of Losers”
15) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ~ “Even The Losers”
So, here's more of the same awesome stuff featured in my last post. It's more songs with the word "Music" in their titles. You likely will have heard of several of them. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Blue Oyster Cult ~ "Dr. Music"
2) Gloria Estefan & *NSYNC ~ "Music Of My Heart"
3) Barry White ~ "Let The Music Play"
4) Dolly Parton & Alison Krauss ~ "Sweet Music Man"
5) Cass Elliot ~ "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"
6) Alicia Keys ~ "Sweet Music"
7) Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ "Swamp Music"
8) Jordin Sparks ~ "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)"
9) Lionel Richie ~ "Don't Stop The Music"
10) Hooverphonic ~ "No More Sweet Music"
11) REO Speedwagon ~ "Music Man"
12) Leela James ~ "Music"
13) Village People ~ "Can't Stop The Music"
14) ABBA ~ "Thank You For The Music"
15) Grateful Dead ~ "The Music Never Stopped"
16) Regina Spektor ~ "Music Box"
17) Alabama ~ "Mountain Music"
18) Il Divo & Barbra Streisand ~ "The Music Of The Night"
19) Johnny Rivers ~ "Slow Dancin' (Swayin' To The Music)"
20) Julie Andrews ~ "The Sound Of Music"
21) Arthur Conley ~ "Sweet Soul Music"
22) Loretta Lynn ~ "I Can't Hear The Music"
23) Boney M. ~ "Let It All Be Music"
24) Point Of Grace ~ "How You Live (Turn Up The Music)"
