Songs About Excuses

People are constantly making excuses for something, aren't we? Yes, I said "we." Because I'm guilty, too. In honor of that fact, or rather, despite it, here's a bunch of Songs About Excuses to which I'm sure we can all relate. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “No Excuses”

2)  Chris Brown  ~  “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”

3)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Excuses”

4)  The fin.  ~  “Without Excuse”

5)  No Doubt  ~  “Excuse Me Mr.”

6)  Alice In Chains  ~  “No Excuses”

7)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “Excuse Me”

8)  Atlum Schema  ~  “My Own Excuses”

9)  Bonnie Owens  ~  “Excuse Me For Living”

10)  Needtobreathe  ~  “No Excuses”

11)  Jessie J ft. Becky G  ~  “Excuse My Rude”

12)  Broken Back  ~  “Excuses”

13)  Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely  ~  “Love Is No Excuse”

14)  Rixton  ~  “Beautiful Excuses”

15)  Hamster ft. X. Ari  ~  “Excuse Me”

16)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Good Excuse”

17)  Caro Emerald  ~  “Excuse My French"

18)  Ben Harper  ~  “Excuse Me Mister”

19)  Funky Step & The Sey Sisters  ~  “No Excuses”

20)  Sting & Edin Karamazov  ~  “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?”

21)  Sky Paradox  ~  “No Excuses”

22)  Milow  ~  “Excuse To Try”

23)  AOA  ~  “Excuse Me”

24)  Nothing But Thieves  ~  “Excuse Me”

25)  Daydream Vacation  ~  “Clever’s Not My Best Excuse”

26)  BESTie  ~  “Excuse Me”

Songs About "Doing It"

These songs are NOT about "Doing" the "It" that some of you might be thinking of. What "it" does refer to varies in context from song to song, but "it"'s not THAT. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chlöe Howl  ~  “Do It Alone”

2)  Bryan Adams  ~  “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”

3)  The Ting Tings  ~  “Do It Again”

4)  Ice Cube  ~  “You Know How We Do It”

5)  The Kills  ~  “Doing It To Death”

6)  Alesha Dixon  ~  “Do It Our Way (Play)”

7)  Angels And Airwaves  ~  “Do It For Me Now”

8)  Jessie J  ~  “Do It Like A Dude”

9)  Mindy McCready  ~  “Guys Do It All The Time”

10)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Do It Again”

11)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “I’d Do It All Again”

12)  Tuxedo  ~  “Do It”

13)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)”

14)  Sleeping With Sirens  ~  “Do It Now, Remember It Later”

15)  Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin  ~  “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves”

16)  Montell Jordan  ~  “This Is How We Do It”

17)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Do It”

18)  FEMM ft. LIZ  ~  “Do It Again”  (This song isn’t really anything special, but the “fake 3D” concept of the video is pretty cool!)

19)  Röyksopp & Robyn  ~  “Do It Again”

20)  Steely Dan  ~  “Do It Again”

21)  Jupiter  ~  “Do It”

22)  Charli XCX ft. Rita Ora  ~  “Doing It”

23)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Do It Now”

24)  Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick  ~  “We Can Do It”

25)  Rae Morris  ~  “Do It”

BONUS TRACK #1:  Shia LaBeouf  ~  “Just Do It (Make Your Dreams Come True)”  (This song/video is BEYOND hilarious! Also, I need to listen to it every morning before I start my day.)

BONUS TRACK #2:  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “Doing It All For My Baby”  (I really didn’t want to include this one, because I remembered – from posting it previously – how HORRIBLY lame the music video is. But the song fits the theme too well to be excluded, so here it is.)

"Sinister" Songs

By now, you know the drill. These are "Sinister" Songs, but they're not really sinister. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

2)  The Breeders  ~  “Sinister Foxx”  (This may very well be the best song you’ll ever hear with the oft-repeated refrain: “Has anyone seen the iguana?” It may also be the only one that exists.)

3)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “If You’re Feeling Sinister”

4)  Modern Sons  ~  “Sinister Romance”

5)  Loney Dear  ~  “Sinister, In A State Of Hope”

6)  The Coffin Daggers  ~  “The Sinister Urge”

7)  Bad Religion  ~  “Overture / Sinister Rouge”

8)  Eternal Tears Of Sorrow  ~  “Sinister Rain”

9)  Pavement  ~  “Sinister Purpose”

10)  Nude Furniture  ~  “Sinister Sweat”

11)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Sinister Footwear II”

12)  Reverb Galaxy  ~  “Sinister Island”

13)  No-Man  ~  “Sinister Jazz”

14)  Jessie J  ~  “Sinister”

15)  Powerwolf  ~  “Mr. Sinister”

16)  The Breakes  ~  “Sinister Games”

17)  Frankie Cosmos  ~  “Sinister”

18)  The Moon-Rays  ~  “Sinister Surf”

19)  Relinquished  ~  “Sinister Dreams”

20)  Jerry Vayne  ~  “A Sideshow So Sinister…”

21)  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones  ~  “The Sinister Minister”

22)  Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers  ~  “Sinister Woman”

23)  Cinemascape  ~  “Sinister”

24)  Silent Rumor  ~  “Sinister”

25)  Resistance 13  ~  “Profound Sinister Brown”

"Thunder" & "Lightning" Songs

A bunch of songs with the words "Lightning" and/or "Thunder" in their titles. Because I thought it was a good idea, and I realized I hadn't done it before. Check 'em out – they're kind of awesome!  ~  JH

1)  Jessie J  ~  "Thunder"

2)  Eric Church  ~  "Lightning"

3)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Thunder"

4)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"

5)  Matisyahu  ~  "Thunder"

6)  Norah Jones & Billie Joe Armstrong  ~  "Lightning Express"

7)  Little Comets  ~  "His Thunder"

8)  Oasis  ~  "The Shock Of The Lightning"

9)  Boys Like Girls  ~  "Thunder"

10)  Metallica  ~  "Ride The Lightning"

11)  James Blake  ~  "Enough Thunder"

12)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Lightning Bolt"

13)  Foals  ~  "London Thunder"

14)  Glee Cast  ~  "Greased Lightning"

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Thunder Road"

16)  Howlin' Wolf  ~  "Smokestack Lightning"

17)  Garth Brooks  ~  "The Thunder Rolls"

18)  Heart  ~  "White Lightning And Wine"

19)  a-ha  ~  "Rolling Thunder"

20)  Aerosmith  ~  "Lightning Strikes"

21)  Meck ft. Leo Sayer  ~  "Thunder In My Heart Again"

22)  George Jones  ~  "White Lightning"

23)  Mark Wills  ~  "Days Of Thunder"

24)  Santana  ~  "Lightning In The Sky"

25)  Chicago  ~  "Thunder And Lightning"