Songs About Buckets

These are Songs About Buckets. I'm sure you can barely *contain* your excitement! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Spearhead  ~  "Hole In The Bucket"

2)  Perry Como  ~  "A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails"

3)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  "Bucket"

4)  The Libertines  ~  "Bucket Shop"

5)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Hell In A Bucket"

6)  Vince Staples  ~  "Crabs In A Bucket"

7)  Sara Evans  ~  "Suds In The Bucket"

8)  David Lee Roth  ~  "Drop In The Bucket"

9)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "The Bucket"

10)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "Blue Bucket Of Gold"

11)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Bucket List"

12)  SheDAISY  ~  "Good Together (Bucket And Chicken)"

13)  Melvins  ~  "Honey Bucket"

14)  House Of Heroes  ~  "Buckets For Bullet Wounds"

15)  Sesame Street  ~  "There's A Hole In The Bucket"

16)  Mary Gauthier  ~  "Drop In A Bucket"

17)  Charlie Winston  ~  "Kick The Bucket"

18)  Good Lovelies  ~  "Crabbuckit"

19)  Mitchell Tenpenny  ~  "Bucket List"

20)  The Yokel  ~  "You Roll And Kick  Your Bucket, Billy"

21)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  "Mercy Buckets"

22)  The Pioneers  ~  "Long Shot Kick De Bucket"

23)  Willie Nelson  ~  "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"

24)  Zoe Speaks  ~  "Drop In The Bucket"

25)  Joan Osborne  ~  "Buckets Of Rain"

Songs About Numbers, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of great Songs About Numbers. I don't mean that the songs have have actual numbers in their titles (been there – done that), but rather they have the word "Number" (or "Numbers") in their titles. Herein, you'll find some songs that have "got your number," while others inform you about strength and safety "in numbers," one implores someone named Rikki not to "lose that number," and one guy asks a lady to be his "number two." Sooo...yeah. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Serena Ryder  ~  “Got Your Number”

2)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

3)  case/lang/veirs  ~  “Atomic Number”

4)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”

5)  BOY  ~  “Little Numbers”

6)  The Rutles  ~  “Number One”

7)  Pointer Sisters  ~  “Pinball Number Count”  (I remember this song SO well from my childhood years of watching Sesame Street!)

8)  The Music  ~  “Strength In Numbers”

9)  Daughter  ~  “Numbers”

10)  Radiohead  ~  “The Numbers”

11)  Daisy Dares You ft. Chipmunk  ~  “Number One Enemy”

12)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet”

13)  Aaliyah  ~  “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”

14)  The Cure  ~  “Wrong Number”

15)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “My  Number”

16)  Deep Purple  ~  “I Got Your Number”

17)  Jen Cloher & Courtney Barnett  ~  “Numbers”

18)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Be My Number Two”  (So…is he asking her to be his poop? If so, ewww!!!)

19)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Safety In Numbers”

20)  Al Stewart  ~  “Paint By Numbers”

21)  She & Him  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number, Son”

22)  Steely Dan  ~  “Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number”

23)  FKA twigs  ~  “Numbers”

24)  Smokie  ~  “Number On My Wall”

25)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Dial My Number”

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first in what will be a two-part miniseries of posts featuring songs with either the phrase "Don't Ask" or "Don't Tell" in their titles (or, in a few cases, just prominently featured in the lyrics.) Because they're good songs, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eurythmics  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

2)  Rush  ~  “Show Don’t Tell”

3)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Don't Ask Me To Choose”

4)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  OK Go  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

6)  Una Healy  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Laura Marling  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why” / “Salinas”

8)  Ruel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

9)  John Farnham  ~  “Please Don't Ask Me”

10)  Ava Gardner  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

11)  Jasmine Rae  ~  “Just Don’t Ask Me How I Am”

12)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

13)  Flary  ~  “Don't Ask Me”

14)  Joan Osborne ft. Dan Tyminski  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends”

15)  Sponge  ~  “Molly (16 Candles)”  (Wondering what this song is doing here? The phrase “Don’t ask why” is repeated throughout. So there ya go…)

16)  Colour Me Wednesday  ~  “Don’t Tell Anyone”

17)  The Emotions  ~  “Don’t Ask My Neighbors”

18)  No Doubt  ~  “Don’t Speak”  (“Don’t tell me ‘cuz it hurts…” is a memorable refrain in this one.)

19)  Graham Parker & The Rumour  ~  “Don't Ask Me Questions”

20)  Alecia Nugent  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

“Right” & “Left” Songs, Vol. 2

Because I'm sure you've been waiting with bated breath...here's another set of "Right" and "Left" Songs for your listening enjoyment!  ~  JH

1)  Gossip  ~  “Move In The Right Direction”

2)  U2  ~  “Love Is All We Have Left”

3)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Right-Hand Man”

4)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Left-Handed Kisses”

5)  Billy Joel  ~  “She’s Right On Time”

6)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I Won’t Be Left”

7)  Nathaniel Rateliff  ~  “Right On”

8)  Ariana Grande  ~  “No More Tears Left To Cry”

9)  James Morrison  ~  “Right By Your Side”

10)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Left Alone”

11)  Staind  ~  “Right Here”

12)  Sara Evans  ~  “All The Love You Left Me”

13)  Jess Moskaluke  ~  “Right When Ya Left”

14)  Richard Marx  ~  “One Thing Left To Do”

15)  Brenda Russell  ~  “So Good, So Right”

16)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Circus Left Town”

17)  Sara Groves  ~  “All Right Here”

18)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “Left To My Own Devices”

19)  George Strait  ~  “Nobody In His Right Mind Would Have Left Her”

20)  Janet Devlin  ~  “Nothing Left To Hide”

21)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Night Time Is The Right Time”

22)  Ria Mae  ~  “Since You Left Me”

23)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Right Here”

24)  Heather Nova  ~  “You Left Me A Song”

25)  George Jones  ~  “The Right Left Hand”

Songs About Puppies & Kittens

And now we have this post. Because...puppies and kittens. HELLO!  ~  JH

1)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Hello Kitty”  (Umm...hi?)

2)  Primus  ~  “Too Many Puppies”  (Is that even possible?)

3)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Kitty”

4)  Mother Merey & The Black Dirt  ~  “6 Little Puppies & 12 Little Shaggy Hounds”

5)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles”  (What more could anyone ask for?)

6)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Puppy Love (Marilyn Monroe)”

7)  Bee Gees  ~  “Kitty Can”

8)  Falling Joys  ~  “Puppy Drink”  (No puppies were drunk in the making of this video.)

9)  Metric  ~  “Lost Kitten”

10)  Paul Anka  ~  “Puppy Love”  (No puppies were loved in the making of this video.)

11)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Leave My Kitten Alone”

12)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  “Puppy Dog Eyes”

13)  Beyoncé  ~  “Kitty Kat”

14)  Dream Theater  ~  “Puppies On Acid / Take The Time”  (No puppies were drugged in the making of this video.)

15)  Placebo  ~  “Kitty Litter”’

16)  Alex Sloane  ~  “Puppy Love”

17)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  “Kitty’s Back”

18)  Julian Marley  ~  “Craven Choke Puppy”  (No puppies were choked in the making of this video.)

19)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Hello Kitty Kat”

20)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “The Puppy Song”

21)  Rufus Wainwright & Pink Martini  ~  “Kitty Come Home”

22)  The Shivers  ~  “Puppy Dog”

23)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Kitten’s Got Claws”

24)  Advance Base  ~  “My Love For You Is Like A Puppy Underfoot”  (Well, that's a weird song title...)

25)  The Presets  ~  “Kitty In The Middle”

BONUS TRACK:  The Big Bang Theory Cast  ~  “Soft Kitty”  (I couldn't leave this "song" off, now could I?)