Songs About The Month Of August

It's August, and these songs are about the month of August. Coincidence? I think not! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "August"

2)  Hotel Books  ~  "July (Part One)" / "August (Part Two)"

3)  4rif  ~  "August"

4)  The Kingston Trio  ~  "Verandah Of Millium August"

5)  Flipturn  ~  "August"

6)  The The  ~  "August & September"

7)  The Lone Bellow  ~  "August"

8)  The Orwells  ~  "Last Days In August"

9)  Gregory And The Hawk  ~  "August Moon"

10)  WIINSTON  ~  "August"

11)  Rilo Kiley  ~  "August"

12)  Edith Piaf  ~  "On Cherche un Auguste"

13)  Van Morrison ft. Dr. John  ~  "Cold Wind In 
August"

14)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  "August 7, 4:15"

15)  We The Kings  ~  "August Is Over"

16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Stuck In The August Rain"

17)  Sting  ~  "August Winds"

18)  Funkadelic  ~  "Friday Night, August 14th"

19)  Abandon All Ships  ~  "August"

20)  Willie Nelson  ~  "The Thirty-Third Of August"

21)  Robin Gibb  ~  "August October"

22)  Dion  ~  "Told You Once In August"

23)  Hall & Oates  ~  "August Day"

24)  Carole King  ~  "The First Day In August"

25)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "August Moon"

26)  Julie London  ~  "Time For August"

27)  Beirut  ~  "August Holland"

Songs About Monkeys

By now, you should come to expect the unexpected from these posts. So you shouldn't be surprised that I'm now blogging a bunch of Songs About Monkeys. Why even ask why? Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tones And I  ~  "Dance Monkey"

2)  George Michael  ~  "Monkey"

3)  Low  ~  "Monkey"

4)  Coal Chamber ft. Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (Music purists, take note: The original version of this Peter Gabriel song appears elsewhere in the post, but these guys' rendition was too unique and interesting to exclude here.)

5)  Catfish  ~  "King Of Monkeys"

6)  Beastie Boys  ~  "Brass Monkey"

7)  T'Pau  ~  "Monkey House"

8)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Monkey Wrench"

9)  Margot Day  ~  "Fire Monkey"

10)  Pixies  ~  "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

11)  The Kills  ~  "Monkey 23"

12)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (See, I told ya!)

13)  Ella Hooper ft. Robin Waters  ~  "Monkey Mind"

14)  Aldo Nova  ~  "Monkey On Your Back"

15)  PJ Harvey  ~  "The Orange Monkey"

16)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

17)  Leo Moracchioli ft. Rabea & Hannah  ~  "Dance Monkey"  (Yeah, we've already heard this song before. But not a kick-butt heavy metal version of it. So...yay!)

18)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Steel Monkey"

19)  Beth Gibbons  ~  "Spider Monkey"

20)  B.B. King  ~  "Sell My Monkey"

21)  Amy Winehouse  ~   "Monkey Man"

22)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Tweeter And The Monkey Man"

23)  Bette Midler  ~  "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "The Monkey's Tale"

25)  The Beach Boys & Annette Funicello  ~  "The Monkey's Uncle"

More "Steam"-y Songs

If you thought the first set of "Steam"-y Sings was hot, wait'll you hear these! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alyssa Milano  ~  "Teen Steam"  (This is so awful! But gosh, wasn't she a cutie?!?!)

2)  Ty Herndon  ~  "Steam"

3)  Stables  ~  "Steam"

4)  John Lee Hooker  ~  "I Don't Need No Steam Heat"

5)  The Monkees  ~  "Steam Engine"

6)  Johnny Horton  ~  "Coal Smoke, Valve Oil, And Steam"

7)  Pete Doherty  ~  "The Steam"

8)  Wishbone Ash  ~  "Steam Town"

9)  The Kinks  ~  "Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains"

10)  Albert King  ~  "Running Out Of Steam"

11)  Deep Sea Arcade  ~  "Steam"

12)  The Guess Who  ~  "Rock And Roller Steam"

13)  Abney Park  ~  "Building Steam"

14)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Raising Steam"

15)  Murder By Death  ~  "Steam Rising"

16)  Daft Punk  ~  "Steam Machine"

17)  East 17  ~  "Steam"

18)  Scorpions  ~  "Steamrock Fever"

19)  Phish  ~  "Steam"

20)  Noble Jacks  ~  "Ramblers Steam"

21)  So Beast  ~  "Summer Steam"  (This is not particularly good music, but it's rather fascinating watching them making it.)

22)  The Lucksmiths  ~  "Columns O' Steam"

23)  Thelma and the Sleaze  ~  "Hot Steam"

24)  Grice  ~  "Steam"

25)  Andy Clockwise  ~  "Steam Dream"

Even More Songs About Cake

Because cake is cake is cake and I love it, I may never stop posting Songs About Cake collections. (This is the third so far.) But this is all for now. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, eat some more cake. Because it's delicious, that's why! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Safar  ~  "Cake"

2)  Vince Neil  ~  "Can't Have Your Cake"

3)  The Chamanas  ~  "Wedding Cake"

4)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles"

5)  Uma Chine  ~  "A Cake Spell"

6)  Flo Rida & 99 Percent  ~  "Cake"

7)  Rhythmussportgruppe  ~  "Spicy Funk Cake"

8)  Connie Francis  ~  "The Wedding Cake"

9)  Ivy Lab  ~  "Cake"

10)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)"

11)  J-Music Ensemble  ~  "Layer Cake"

12)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Wedding Cake"

13)  Theo Girard  ~  "The 6th Part Of The Cake"

14)  Dead Or Alive  ~  "Cake And Eat It"

15)  Lyrics Born  ~  "Chocolate Cake"  (Sheesh, this guy is his own hype man! But he's barely worth the hype. What crowd is he trying to ramp up exactly? He's performing live in a studio. This is just weird...)

16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Piece Of Cake"

17)  Bret Roberts  ~  "Sweet Cake"

18)  Los Straitjackets  ~  "I Want Cake"

19)  Survey Says!  ~  "Cake Eater"

20)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Baby Cakes"

21)  Punchline  ~  "The Fake, The Snake, & The Birthday Cake"

22)  Teena Marie  ~  "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)"

23)  Delta Delta  ~  "Grandpa Built A Castle Cake"

24)  Idina Menzel  ~  "Cake"

25)  Jay Rox  ~  "Cake"

BONUS TRACK:  Richard Harris  ~  "MacArthur Park"  (After the first follow-up post, a friend pointed out to me that this song merits inclusion here, and by golly, she was right! This is a classic!)