Days of the Week Songs: "Thursday"

It's Thursday, which seems like as good a time as any to resume my "Days of the Week" series featuring songs about...well, Thursday! Here's hoping you'll enjoy 'em!  ~  JH

1)  Jess Glynne  ~  "Thursday"

2)  The Weeknd  ~  "Thursday"

3)  David Bowie  ~  "Thursday's Child"

4)  Steve Cole  ~  "Thursday"

5)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Example  ~  "Thursday"

6)  Jude Barclay  ~  "Another Thursday Night"

7)  Rollins Band  ~  "Thursday Afternoon"

8)  Jim Croce  ~  "Thursday"

9)  Morphine  ~  "Thursday"

10)  Donovan  ~  "Jersey Thursday"

11)  Matt Costa  ~  "Sweet Thursday"

12)  Eartha Kitt  ~  "Thursday's Child"

13)  The ChameleonsVox  ~  "Thursday's Child"

14)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "(Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today"

15)  The Futureheads  ~  "Thursday (A Cappella)"

16)  Johnny Mathis  ~  "Sweet Thursday"

17)  Lostboycrow  ~  "Thursday"

18)  Country Joe and the Fish  ~  "Thursday"  (I'm not sure what to make of the little ditty that precedes the song here, but I wholeheartedly do NOT endorse it!)

19)  Run the Jewels  ~  "Thursday in the Danger Room"

20)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "I Lost Thursday"

21)  Mitski  ~  "Thursday Girl"

22)  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  ~  "Suite Thursday"

23)  Charlie Hunter Trio  ~  "Thursday the 12th"

24)  Giles, Giles, & Fripp  ~  "Thursday Morning"

25)  Olivia Barton  ~  "Thursday"

26)  Townes Van Zandt  ~  "Like a Summer Thursday"

Songs About Queens

Here's a bunch of Songs About Queens for your entertainment. It's part of the continuing series of posts about playing cards that I've been telling you about. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sofi Tukker  ~  "Baby I'm A Queen"

2)  Sex Pistols  ~  "God Save The Queen"

3)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial"

4)  Nirvana  ~  "Hairspray Queen"  (Interesting early look at a seminal rock band. Not as polished, definitely not as radio-friendly, but clearly full of potential.)

5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancehall Queen"

6)  Queen  ~  "Killer Queen"

7)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Glycerine Queen"

8)  Mountain  ~  "Mississippi Queen"

9)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Might Have Been Queen"

10)  The Doors  ~  "Queen Of The Highway"

11)  Charli XCX  ~  "London Queen"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "The Queen Is Dead"

13)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Queen Of Peace" / "Long And Lost"

14)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Rocket Queen"

15)  Aurora  ~  "Queendom"

16)  Saxon  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

17)  RaeLynn  ~  "Queens Don't"

18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Queen Of Lower Chelsea"

19)  Jim Croce  ~  "Roller Derby Queen"

20)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Venice Queen"

21)  Juice Newton  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

22)  Loren Gray  ~  "Queen"

23)  Robert Plant  ~  "The May Queen"

24)  King Princess  ~  "Cheap Queen"

25)  The Dead Weather  ~  "Forever My Queen"

“Mess”-y Songs

If you're one of those people who has it all together, someone who's on top of everything at all times – I'm sorry, but I don't have much in common with you. On the other hand, if you're a hot mess and you own it, wave your lighters and/or cell phone flashlights in the air, 'cuz these songs are for YOU! (And me.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bebe Rexha  ~  “I’m A Mess”

2)  The Marvelettes  ~  “Don’t Mess With Bill”

3)  Kiiara  ~  “Messy”

4)  Jim Croce  ~  “You Don’t Mess With Jim”

5)  Maribelle  ~  "I'm A Mess Without You"

6)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Mess Around”

7)  Cimorelli  ~  “I’m A Mess”

8)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “The Mess”

9)  Chromeo  ~  “Hot Mess”

10)  Switchfoot  ~  “Mess Of Me”

11)  Avante Black  ~  “Make A Mess”

12)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Mess”

13)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “I’m A Mess”

14)  Kasey Chambers  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

15)  Vance Joy  ~  “Mess Is Mine”

16)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “God Bless This Mess”

17)  Ray Charles  ~  “Mess Around”

18)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

19)  The B-52’s  ~  “Dance This Mess Around”

20)  Aerosmith  ~  “Stop Messin’ Around”

21)  The Rasmus  ~  “I’m A Mess”

22)  Bon Jovi  ~  “God Bless This Mess”

23)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Mess”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “A Beautiful Mess”

25)  Parachute  ~  “The Mess I Made”

BONUS TRACK:  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Hands Clean”  (I’m tacking this one on as a bonus track because it’s a good song, even though it doesn’t have the word “mess” or “messy” anywhere in its title. The phrase “This could get messy…” figures prominently in the pre-chorus though, so it makes the cut.)

All The “Feels”, Vol. 2

More "Feels" coming your way in five, four, three, two, one...or whenever you click on the link that leads you here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “It Feels So Right”

2)  BANKS  ~  “This Is What It Feels Like”

3)  Vince Gill  ~  “Feels Like Love”

4)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  “Feels Like Loneliness”

5)  Survivor  ~  “Feels Like Love”

6)  Patti LaBelle ft. Big Daddy Kane  ~  “Feels Like Another One”

7)  Matt Wertz  ~  “Feels So Right”

8)  Melanie B  ~  “Feels So Good”

9)  Foreigner  ~  “Feels Like The First Time”

10)  Lacey Sturm  ~  “Feels Like Forever”

11)  Randy Houser  ~  “How Country Feels”

12)  Tennis  ~  “It All Feels The Same”

13)  Van Halen  ~  “Feels So Good”

14)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Feels So Good”

15)  Jim Croce  ~  “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)”

16)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “And It Feels Like”

17)  Mikky Ekko  ~  “Feels Like The End”

18)  Lake Street Dive  ~  “How Good It Feels”

19)  Easton Corbin  ~  “This Feels A Lot Like Love”

20)  Armin van Buuren ft. Nadia Ali  ~  “Feels So Good”

21)  Jimmie Van Zant  ~  “Feels Like Freedom”

22)  Peter Cetera & Chaka Khan  ~  “Feels Like Heaven”

23)  We Are The Ocean  ~  “What It Feels Like”

24)  Camera Obscura  ~  “This Is Love (Feels Alright)”

25)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Feels Like Today”

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 1

A lot of good songs over the years seem to have the words "I Got," "I've Got," "We Got," or "We've Got" in their titles. I notice dumb things like this. And what do I do when I notice them? I post a four-part miniseries featuring said songs, of course! Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  James Brown  ~  I Got You (I Feel Good)”

2)  Jana Kramer  ~  “I Got The Boy”

3)  Pearl Jam  ~  “I’ve Got A Feeling”  (This is a cover of a Beatles song. I had a video of Paul McCartney performing it all ready to post, but I actually ended up liking this version better. Go figure!)

4)  Ciara  ~  “I Got You”

5)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “I Got The Blues”

6)  Ethel Merman  ~  “I Got Rhythm”

7)  Young The Giant  ~  “I Got”  (What've they “got”? You’ll have to listen to find out.)

8)  You Me & Apollo  ~  “We Got A Roof”

9)  Lily Allen  ~  “As Long As I Got You”

10)  Canaan Smith  ~  “We Got Us”

11)  Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor, Mandy Moore, & Zachary Levi  ~  “I’ve Got A Dream”

12)  Don Williams  ~  “I’ve Got A Winner In You”

13)  Nina Simone  ~  “Ain’t Got No / I Got Life”

14)  Al Jarreau  ~  “We Got By”  (“By” is not a thing you can literally “get,” but this is a great song so it’s close enough.)

15)  Karmin  ~  “I Got You (Pisces)”

16)  Delbert McClinton  ~  “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember”

17)  The Civil Wars  ~  “I’ve Got This Friend”

18)  Positive K  ~  “I Got A Man”

19)  Lily & Madeleine  ~   “I’ve Got Freedom”

20)  Bon Jovi  ~  “We Got It Going On”

21)  Glenn Miller & His Orchestra ft. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, The Modernaires, & The Nicholas Brothers  ~  “(I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo”

22)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “We’ve Got A Groovy Thing Goin’”

23)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “I Gotta Feeling”

24)  Jim Croce  ~  “I Got A Name”

25)  Mel Tormé  ~  “We’ve Got A World That Swings”