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”