“Snap,” “Crackle,” & “Pop” Songs, Vol. 1

My latest harebrained idea for a music post. Songs with the words "Snap,' "Crackle," and/or "Pop" in their titles. There will be a Vol. 2, but that's it. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Snap Out Of It”

2)  Paul Westerberg  ~  “Crackle & Drag”

3)   Lady Gaga  ~  “ARTPOP”

4)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Snap”

5)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Cracklin’ Rosie”

6)  Hugh Grant & Scott Porter  ~  “Pop! Goes My Heart”

7)  Icona Pop  ~  “Clap Snap”

8)  Max Roach Quintet  ~  “Crackle Hut”

9)   The Sugarcubes  ~  “Blue-Eyed Pop”

10)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  “Snap My Fingers”

11)  Photograph  ~  “The Crackle Of The Radio”

12)  Radiohead  ~  “Pop Is Dead”

13)  Herbie Hancock Trio  ~  “One Finger Snap”  (This song is in excess of 14 minutes in length. Just so you know.)

14)  Mudlow  ~  “Crackling”

15)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Pop Singer”

16)  The Spill Canvas  ~  “Aim Snap Fall”

17)  OP8 ft. Lisa Germano  ~  “Cracklin’ Water”

18)  Duran Duran  ~  “Pop Trash Movie”

19)  Thi’sl  ~  “Snap Off”

20)  Not Drowning, Waving  ~  “Cold And The Crackle”

Songs About Rockets

My son likes rocket ships, as many boys his age do (or did…I was one of them once). So there’s this collection of songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Rocket”

2)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Rocket”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “If There’s A Rocket, Tie Me To It”

4)  The Hoosiers  ~  “Rocket Star”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Rocket Man”

6)  Doc Walker  ~  “Rocket Girl”

7)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Silver Rocket”

8)  San Cisco  ~  “Rocket Ship”

9)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Rocket Queen”

10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Rocketship”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Rocket Love”

12)  Kate Bush  ~  “Rocket’s Tail”

13)  The Kinks  ~  “Supersonic Rocket Ship”

14)  Little Feat  ~  “Rocket In My Pocket”

15)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “455 Rocket”

16)  Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3  ~  “Adventure Rocketship”

17)  Simple Minds  ~  “Rockets”

18)  Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

19)  Herbie Hancock  ~  “Rockit”  (Rocket. Rockit. Close enough.)

20)  The Pack A.D.  ~  “Rocket”

21)  Deftones  ~  “Rocket Skates”

22)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”

23)  Yellowcard  ~  “Rocket”

24)  Moonlight Howlers  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”

25)  The Infamous Stringdusters  ~  “Rockets”

Songs About Fruit

A few weeks ago, I was brainstorming some ideas for new music posts, and my wife asked if I'd ever done one about songs with fruit in their titles. I replied that of course I had, and that it had gone over quite well. And then I began to second-guess myself. So I looked over my previous music posts and – to my surprise – I was wrong! I had never done a fruit songs post. So here it is. Twenty-five songs, twenty-five different fruits. Every one of them juicy. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tori Amos  ~  "Raspberry Swirl"

2)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

3)  Sarah Jaffe  ~  "Clementine"

4)  Mista  ~  "Blackberry Molasses"  (I included this one for my friend, Eric. He knows why.)

5)  First Aid Kit  ~  "Tangerine"

6)  Fats Domino  ~  "Blueberry Hill"

7)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Black Cherry"

8)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Peaches"

9)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "Cold, Kind, & Lemon Eyes"

10)  Tom T. Hall  ~  "(Old Dogs, Children, And) Watermelon Wine"  (The actual song starts at the 4:00 mark.)

11)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Orange Colored Sky"

12)  Harry Belafonte  ~  "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"

13)  Islander  ~  "Coconut Dracula"

14)  Neil Diamond  ~  "Cherry, Cherry"

15)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree"

16)  Coldplay  ~  "Strawberry Swing"

17)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Honeydew"

18)  Los Campesinos!  ~  "Avocado, Baby"

19)  Diana Krall  ~  "Peel Me A Grape"

20)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Queenie Wahine's Papaya"

21)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "3 Pears"

22)  Brooklyn Roebuck  ~  "Lemon & Lime"

23)  Peter Frampton  ~  "Fig Tree Bay"

24)  Herbie Hancock  ~  "Cantaloupe Island"

25)  Kate Nash  ~  "Pumpkin Soup"  (Yes, it's a fruit. I looked it up.)