“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the "Nice" & "Slow department, there's this set of songs. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Niall Horan  ~  “Slow Hands”

2)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “How Nice A Woman Can Be”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “A Slow Drag With Josephine”

4)  Ambrosia  ~  “Nice, Nice, Very Nice”

5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Slow Down, Sister”

6)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone”

7)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Slow”

8)  Iggy Pop ft. Izia  ~  “Nice To Be Dead”

9)  San Cisco  ~  “SloMo”

10)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice”

11)  St. Vincent  ~  “Slow Disco”

12)  Sleeper  ~  “Nice Guy Eddie”

13)  Grouplove  ~  “Slow”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Nice Guys Finish Last”

15)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Slow”

16)  Diana Krall  ~  “So Nice”

17)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Slow Dancin’”

18)  Chester See  ~  “Nice Guys”

19)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Slow, Cruel Hands Of Time”

20)  The Stranglers  ~  “Nice In Nice”

21)  The Weepies  ~  “Slow Pony Home”

22)  Peggy Lee & Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

23)  Lera Lynn  ~  “Slow Motion Countdown”

24)  Incubus  ~  “Nice To Know You”

25)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Slow Happy Boys”

"Raw" Songs

Here's a collection of songs with the word "Raw" in their titles. Why? Because! That's why. (It's not a good reason, but it's a reason.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Whispers  ~  “In The Raw”

2)  Staind  ~  “Raw”

3)  Cherri Bomb  ~  “Raw. Real.”

4)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Rub Me Raw”

5)  The Alarm  ~  “Raw”

6)  Metric  ~  “Raw Sugar”

7)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Soft Touch / Raw Nerve”

8)  Bill Monroe  ~  “Rawhide”

9)  Deap Vally  ~  “Raw Material”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Monty Got A Raw Deal”

11)  Big Daddy Kane  ~  “Raw”

12)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Raw Hamburger”

13)  Fiona Maria  ~  “Raw”

14)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Raw Power”

15)  Scanners  ~  “Raw”

16)  Ruslan ft. Joey Jewish  ~  “Raw Sugar”

17)  Poliça  ~  “Raw Exit”

18)  Beware Of Darkness  ~  “Sugar In The Raw”

19)  Forest Swords  ~  “Raw Language”

20)  Braille  ~  “The New Raw”

Songs About Houston

Unless you've been living under a rock or you just hate baseball, you probably already know that the Houston Astros are playing in the World Series this year. In fact, as I write this, they are one game away from either winning their first or losing their second World Series. I may be a little late to the game on this (pun not intended), but here's a bunch of Songs About Houston to honor the team's accomplishments thus far. Don't worry, Dodgers fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  “Houston”

2)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “East Houston Blues”

3)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Houston Is Hot Tonight”

4)  George Hamilton IV  ~  “Fort Worth, Dallas, Or Houston”

5)  Houndmouth  ~  “Houston Train”

6)  Don Gibson  ~  “If You Ever Get To Houston (Look Me Down)”

7)  ZZ Top  ~  “Heaven, Hell, Or Houston”  (The camera work on this one is awful, but the sound quality is great!)

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

9)  Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner  ~  “Struggle Here In Houston”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Houston”

11)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Houston Don’t Dream About Me”

12)  David Ball  ~  “Houston Again”

13)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Dracula From Houston”  (If you can get past their ridiculously inappropriate band name, this is a really enjoyable song.)

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Houston (I’m Comin’ To See You)”

15)  Coldplay  ~  “Houston”

16)  Steve Earle  ~  “Home To Houston”

17)  Deer Tick  ~  “Houston, TX”

18)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Rainy Day In Houston”

19)  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band  ~  “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)”

20)  Bobby Bare  ~  “I Can Almost See Houston From Here”

Songs About Costumes & Masks

It's Halloween. Time to don your favorite costume and/or mask and beg strangers for candy. Unless you're an adult, in which case you do pretty much the same thing...if you're me. If you're not me...well, that's your loss. Anyway, here's a bunch of Songs About Costumes and Masks that I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Two Door Cinema Club  ~  “Costume Party”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Behind The Mask”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Costume Makes The Clown”

4)  The Nits  ~  “Mask”

5)  Raleigh  ~  “Costume Party”

6)  Rodney Crowell ~   “Past Like A Mask”

7)  Finger Eleven  ~  “Costume For A Gutterball”

8)  Lou Reed  ~  “The Blue Mask”

9)  Ceumar  ~  “Maldito Costume”

10)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Behind The Mask”

11)  Streamline  ~  “The Costume"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Mask”  (Does this guy even OWN a shirt? I've never seen him wearing one.)

13)  Kahailia  ~  “Costume”

14)  Eisley  ~  “Oxygen Mask”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)”

16)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Behind The Mask”

17)  Paula Fernandes  ~  “Costumes”

18)  Billy Bragg  ~  “The Man In The Iron Mask”

19)  Head Like A Kite  ~  “She’s Wearing That Costume”

20)  Robyn Hitchcock  ~  “Cynthia Mask”

21)  The Mollies  ~  “Costume”

22)  Alice Cooper  ~  “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask)”

23)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “All Tomorrow’s Parties”  (No, the word “costume” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title, but it does appear prominently throughout the song, and does so in direct correlation with the actual title.)

24)  Diana Ross  ~  “Drop The Mask”

25)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  “Behind The Mask”

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 1

Several weeks ago, I did a miniseries of posts featuring "Real" and "Fake" songs. In the end, I had way too many solid "Real" songs left over to waste. So there's this post, and the one that follows it. Good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Imaginary Lover”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Real Love”

3)  Evanescence  ~  “Imaginary”

4)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

5)  Telekinesis  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Real World”

7)  Soup  ~  “Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend”

8)  Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne  ~  “Real Love”

9)  Circa Survive  ~  “Imaginary Enemy”

10)  Van Morrison  ~  “Real Real Gone”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Three Imaginary Boys”

12)  Florrie  ~  “Real Love”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “Imaginary Person”

14)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Real Love”

15)  Jack Bruce  ~  “Theme For An Imaginary Western”

16)  Hozier  ~  “Like Real People Do”

17)  Kaitlin Riegel  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

18)  Frank Sinatra & The Quincy Jones Big Band  ~  “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”

19)  IAMX  ~  “Song Of Imaginary Beings”

20)  Hillsong Young & Free  ~  “Real Love”

21)  Mocca  ~  “Imaginary Girlfriend”

22)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Here In The Real World”

23)  The New Velvet  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

24)  George Michael ft. Mutya Buena  ~  “This Is Not Real Love”

25)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Imaginary Friends”