Showing posts with label Kinks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kinks. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Songs About Ducks

These are Songs About Ducks. Simple as that. Don't try to read too much into it. Enjoy! ~ JH



1)  3 Doors Down  ~  “Duck And Run”




2)  Millencolin  ~  “Ducks & Drakes”




3)  Kate Miller-Heidke  ~  “Ducks Don’t Need Satellites”




4)  The Roots  ~  “Duck Down!”




5)  When The Clock Strikes  ~  “Ducks"




6)  The Kinks  ~  “Ducks On The Wall”




7)  Rick Dees  ~  “Disco Duck”




8)  Pond  ~  “Duck And Clover”




9)  Smooth Motion  ~  “Boogie Duck”




10)  Lemon Jelly  ~  “Nice Weather For Ducks”




11)  Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’  ~  “Diving Duck Blues”




12)  The Wiggles  ~  “Five Little Ducks”




13)  The Smith Street Band  ~  "Ducks Fly Together"




14)  Ball Park Music  ~  "Harbour Of Lame Ducks"




15)  Emu's Pink Windmill Kids  ~  "Ducks Dance, Too"




16)  The Incredible String Band  ~  "Ducks On A Pond"




17)  Smile Empty Soul  ~  "Sitting Ducks"




18)  Daniel Johnston  "Space Ducks Theme Song"




19)  Dolby's Cube  ~  "Howard The Duck"




20)  Samantha Crain  ~  "Two Sitting Ducks"




21)  Deerhoof  ~  "Come See The Duck"




22)  Tampa Red  ~  "The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas"


Thursday, February 27, 2020

"Jukebox" Songs


I had a ton of fun compiling this post and the one that follows. Turns out there have been quite a few great songs about jukeboxes. Many of them are country songs, but plenty of other genres are represented here as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Don't Rock The Jukebox"




2)  Foreigner  ~  "Juke Box Hero"




3)  Joshua Hedley  ~  "Mr. Jukebox"




4)  Gene Watson  ~  "The Jukebox Played Along"




5)  Joe Diffie  ~  "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)"




6)  Carl Perkins  ~  "Let The Jukebox Keep Playing"




7)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Brother Jukebox"




8)  Mickey Gilley  ~  "Jukebox Argument"




9)  The Honeycutters  ~  "Jukebox"




10)  Perry Como  ~  "Juke Box Baby"




11)  Alabama  ~  "Jukebox In My Mind"




12)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  "Jukebox Charlie"




13)  Ken Mellons  ~  "Jukebox Junkie"




14)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "Lyin' Jukebox"




15)  Reese Witherspoon  ~  "Juke Box Blues"




16)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  "Jukebox Junky"




17)  Doug Stone  ~  "A Jukebox And A Country Song"




18)  Charley Pride  ~  "The Happiest Song On The Jukebox"




19)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Two Dollars In The Jukebox"




20)  Rory Gallagher  ~  "Juke Box Annie"




21)  Wynonna & The Big Noise  ~  "Jesus And A Jukebox"




22)  The Jackson 5  ~  "Joyful Jukebox Music"




23)  Buck Owens  ~  "Put A Quarter In The Jukebox"




24)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Numbers On The Jukebox"  (Inexplicably, this guy has recorded three – at least! – songs with the word "Jukebox" in the title. This one, #7 above, and another in the follow-up to this post.)




25)  The Kinks  ~  "Juke Box Music"


Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Songs About Towns & Villages

Cities get all the attention these days, but towns and villages are really where it's at! So I put together a collection of Songs About Towns & Villages as a meager yet sincere tribute to them. I trust you shall...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Old Town Road”




2)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Village Ghetto Land”




3)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "The Boys Are Back In Town"




4)  Alpine  ~  “Villages”




5)  The Kooks  ~  “Around Town”




6)  The Kinks  ~  “Village Green Preservation Society”




7)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Break Up In A Small Town”




8)  Blackmore’s Night  ~  “The Village In The Sand”




9)  Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna  ~  “Run This Town”




10)  Cam  ~  “Village”




11)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town”




12)  Andy Williams  ~  “Village Of St. Bernadette”




13)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Famous In A Small Town”




14)  New Order  ~  “The Village”




15)  Adam Lambert  ~  “Ghost Town”




16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Village Of The Sun”




17)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Goodbye Town”




18)  Bizzle ft. Jin, Sho Baraka, & V. Rose  ~  “It Takes A Village”




19)  Dream Academy  ~  “Life In A Northern Town”




20)  Wrabel  ~  “The Village”




21)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Poor Side Of Town”




22)  Pete Yorn  ~  “Crystal Village”




23)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Small Town”




24)  Andy Gullahorn  ~  “Village”




25)  Bronski Beat  ~  "Smalltown Boy"


Sunday, October 21, 2018

Songs About Waiting

These are Songs About Waiting. I hate waiting. But I like these songs. For whatever that's worth... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Serena  ~  “Waiting”




2)  Green Day  ~  “Waiting”




3)  Kina Grannis  ~  “In The Waiting”




4)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Another Is Waiting”




5)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “How Long I’ve Been Waiting”  (Rest in peace, Queen of Soul! Your timeless voice will always be missed.)




6)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “I’ll Be Waiting”




7)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Waiting For Tonight”




8)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “The Waiting”




9)  Julius Abel ft. Sena Sener  ~  “Waiting On The Shore”




10)  Richard Marx  ~  “Right Here Waiting”




11)  Angel Olsen  ~  “The Waiting”




12)  The Kinks  ~  “Tired Of Waiting For You”




13)  Adele  ~  “I’ll Be Waiting”




14)  CAKE  ~  “Waiting”




15)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Waiting For Magic”




16)  Avicii ft. Simon Aldred  ~  “Waiting For Love”




17)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Waiting For Wednesday”




18)  Foreigner  ~  “Waiting For A Girl Like You”




19)  BANKS  ~  “Waiting Game”




20)  John Mayer  ~  “Waiting On The World To Change”




21)  Anna Ternheim ft. Dave Ferguson  ~  “The Longer The Waiting, The Sweeter The Kiss”




22)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Waiting On A Friend”




23)  Diana Ross  ~  “I’m Still Waiting”




24)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Sitting Waiting Wishing”




25)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “What You Waiting For?”





26)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  Waiting For The End Of The World”