Songs About The Trees

A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of sets of Songs About The Forest. At the time, I hinted that there may be a follow-up post (or two) featuring Songs About The Trees. And, by cracky, here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Radiohead  ~  "Fake Plastic Trees"

2)  Carly Simon  ~  "Boys In The Trees"

3)  twenty one pilots  ~  "Trees"

4)  MARINA  ~  "Orange Trees"

5)  Clint Eastwood  ~  "I Talk To The Trees"

6)  The Staves  ~  "Winter Trees"

7)  Stereophonics  ~  "A Thousand Trees"

8)  Ellen Froese  ~  "The Trees They Do Grow High"

9)  Cold Chisel  ~  "Flame Trees"

10)  Belly  ~  "Feed The Tree"

11)  I'm With Her  ~  "Ryland (Under The Apple Tree)"

12)  Wild Child  ~  "Living Tree"

13)  Rush  ~  "The Trees"

14)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Family Tree"

16)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  "In A Tree"

17)  Paul Weller  ~  "Trees"

18)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree"

19)  Calexico  ~  "Two Silver Trees"

20)  Rusted Root  ~  "Tree"

21)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  "Not Even The Trees"

22)  The Lone Bellow  ~  "Tree To Grow"

23)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "Trees"

24)  Russian Red  ~  "The Sun, The Trees"

25)  Jennifer Lawrence  ~  "The Hanging Tree"

Songs By Oscar-Winning Actors And Actresses (Who Aren't Known For Their Singing)

This is one of the oddest, yet most fun song compilations I've put together in awhile. In honor of this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony, here's a bunch of songs by Oscar-winning actors and actresses whom you wouldn't typically think of as singers. And yes, these are all the thespians' actual vocals you hear. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bette Davis  ~  "I've Written A Letter To Daddy"

2)  Joan Crawford  ~  "How Long Will It Last?"

3)  Clark Gable  ~  "Puttin' On The Ritz"

4)  Elizabeth Taylor  ~  "Send In The Clowns"

5)  Maggie Smith (with Carol Burnett)  ~  [Unknown Song Title]

6)  James Stewart (with Dean Martin)  ~  "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"  (skip to 4:55 for the song if you don't want to hear Stewart and Martin bantering back and forth – but why wouldn't you?)

7)  Diane Keaton  ~  "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"

8)  Sally Field  ~  "You're Moving Out Today"

9)  Jack Nicholson  ~  "La Vie En Rose"

10)  Jodie Foster  ~  "Getting Some Feeling"

11)  Jennifer Lawrence  ~  "The Hanging Tree"

12)  Christopher Walken (with John Travolta)  ~  "(You're) Timeless To Me"

13)  Kathy Bates  ~  "Little Girls"

14)  Tilda Swinton  ~  "From A Distance"

15)  Kevin Spacey  ~  "Beyond The Sea"

16)  Emma Thompson  ~  "Worst Pies In London"

17)  Kim Basinger  ~  "Let's Do It"

18)  Helen Mirren  ~  "Good Ship Lollipop"

19)  Kate Winslet  ~  "What If"

20)  Christian Bale  ~  "Santa Fe"

21)   Shelley Winters  ~  "Lie To Me"

22)  Goldie Hawn  ~  "Nobody Does It Like Me"

23)  Vanessa Redgrave  ~  "J'attendrai"

24)  Geena Davis  ~  "The Ground You Walk On"

25)  Morgan Freeman  ~  "Shoo Shoo Sunshine"

BONUS TRACK:  Dame Judi Dench (with Brendan O'Hea)  ~  "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"  (OK, this one is just hilarious! A SO-NOT-16-year-old Dame Judi hamming it up with a much younger man. She's awesome!)