NATO Phonetic Alphabet Songs

Some of you may be reading the title of this post and asking yourself (or me, remotely), "What the heck is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?" While you may not know it by this name (it has a couple of other common names, which are equally clunky), you will probably recognize the concept. If you've ever watched a crime drama, for instance, you've likely heard a law enforcement officer spell out the letters of a license plate over a radio, only to have it sound something like "Victor-Bravo-Foxtrot-One-Zero-Seven." Each letter in the traditional alphabet has a word designation in this NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and one song of each of those letter-words is represented in this set. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Com Truise  ~  “Alfa Beach”

2)  Ledisi  ~  “Bravo”

3)  Milla Jovovich  ~  “Charlie”

4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “Delta Dawn”

5)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Echo”

6)  Josh Abbott Band  ~  “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”

7)  Caravan  ~  “Golf Girl”

8)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

9)  Aerosmith  ~  “Taste Of India”

10)  We The Kings  ~  “Check Yes Juliet”

11)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Florida Kilos”

12)  Gary P. Nunn  ~  "Corona Con Lima"

13)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”

14)  Christopher Cross  ~  “November”

15)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

16)  Paul Anka  ~  “Papa”

17)  Susanna Heystek  ~  “Joys Of Quebec”

18)  Chairlift  ~  “Romeo”

19)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Sierra”

20)  Antonia  ~  “Tango”

21)  Bloc Party  ~  “Uniform”

22)  Darlene Zschech  ~  “Victor’s Crown”

23)  Jana Kramer  ~  “Whiskey”

24)  Clutch  ~  “X-Ray Visions”

25)  James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, & Judy Garland  ~  “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

26)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  “Zulu Lulu”

Songs About "Lolita"

Some literature is so iconic that notable phrases, character names, or even book titles can become a part of our culture. Over the next who-knows-how-many days, weeks, etc., I'm going to explore some of these iconic novels, stories, and/or phrases and make song posts out of them. Why? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time. (Which would be right now, I suppose.) First up, "Lolita." For what it's worth, I've never read Nabokov's novel, and what little I know of it is merely by its reputation, which is admittedly a mixed bag depending on whom you ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dream Wife  ~  “Lolita”

2)  Throw Me The Statue  ~  “Lolita”

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Lolita”

4)  ABsynthium  ~  “Lolita”

5)  Jane Birkin  ~  “Lolita Go Home”

6)  Les Specimen  ~  “Lolita”

7)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Gothic Lolita”

8)  Voxlight  ~  “Lolita”

9)  Valentina Polinori  ~  “Lolita”

10)  Young Gun Silver Fox  ~  “Lolita”

11)  Honey & The 45’s ft. Kamani Raqs  ~  “Lolita’s Lament”

12)  Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  ~  “Lolita Ya Ya”

13)  Girl Blue  ~  “Lolita”

14)  Solmeister  ~  “Lolita”

15)  Belinda  ~  “Lolita”

16)  Paw  ~  “Lolita”

17)  Catacombe  ~  “Lolita”

18)  Jan Plestenjak  ~  “Lolita”

19)  Céline Dion  ~  “Lolita”

20)  Stereophonics  ~  “Lolita”

21)  Alizée  ~  “Moi…Lolita”

22)  Krystof  ~  “Lolita”

23)  The Veronicas  ~  “Lolita”

24)  Fin  ~  “Lolita”

25)  Go West  ~  “Lolita”

26)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Lolita"

“Bath” & “Body” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs with the words "Bath" and/or "Body" in their titles, the first in a two-part series. Obviously inspired by the name of that popular (IS it still popular? I dunno!) retail store that's chock full of smell-good stuff. Can you tell I'm a clueless guy? Anyways, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  No Doubt  ~  “Bathwater”

2)  The Jacksons  ~  “Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)”

3)  Jacob Collier & Becca Stevens  ~  “Bathtub”

4)  Sia  ~  “Move Your Body”

5)  Emery  ~  “Taken For A Bath”

6)  Hot Water Music  ~  “Drag My Body”

7)  Petite Meller  ~  “Milk Bath”

8)  Plain White T’s  ~  “Your Body”

9)  The Divine Comedy  ~  “Bath”

10)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Body Electric”

11)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “Champagne Bath”

12)  The Struts ft. Kesha  ~  “Body Talks”

13)  Smokey Robinson  ~  “Love Bath”

14)  Leslie Hall  ~  “Tight Pants / Body Rolls”  (This song isn’t even remotely superior in quality to any other song I could’ve slotted in here, but the the video and the singer herself are beyond hilarious!)

15)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach”

16)  Rag’n’Bone Man  ~  “Lay My Body Down”

17)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Public Bath”  (No clue what these ladies are singing about, other than it has something to do with a public bath. But it’s a raucous rock song and I like it, so who cares?)

18)  Drowning Pool  ~  “Bodies”

19)  NOFX  ~  “Bath Of Least Resistance”

20)  Sinead Harnett  ~  “Body”

21)  Phish  ~  “Bathtub Gin”

22)  Morgan Page ft. Tegan and Sara  ~  “Body Work”

23)  Eels  ~  “Taking A Bath In Rust”

24)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Your Body”

25)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Folk Bloodbath”

"Beautiful" Songs

If I didn't tell you this "theme" was a reboot from four-and-a-half years ago (on my original "The Plural Of Hyena" blog, no less), I'm sure you never would have remembered. But it is. And with good reason. Four-and-a-half years ago, I wasn't quite as adept at finding the perfect mix of well-known and lesser-known songs, which should (in theory) tip slightly in favor of the more well-known ones. Also, some of the really good songs included in this two-parter weren't even released four-and-a-half years ago. So here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “At My Most Beautiful”

3)  Sofia Carson ft. Alan Walker  ~  “Back To Beautiful”

4)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

5)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Beautiful”

6)  Zedd ft. Jon Bellion  ~  “Beautiful Now”

7)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Beautiful Thing”

8)  Prince  ~  “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”

9)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Beautiful Life”

10)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”

11)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Beautiful”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”

13)  Ellie Holcomb  ~  “The Broken Beautiful”

14)  The Rascals  ~  “A Beautiful Morning”

15)  Nightwish  ~  “Bye Bye Beautiful”

16)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Beautiful Girls”

17)  John Lennon  ~  “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”

18)  Aniri  ~  “Beautiful Life”

19)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Beautiful One”  (To skip all the introductions, proceed directly to the 2:00 mark. Otherwise, you’ll get to know everyone in the band.)

20)  Joydrop  ~  “Beautiful”

21)  Mali Music  ~  “Beautiful”

22)  P!nk  ~  “Beautiful Trauma”

23)  Damian Marley ft. Bobby Brown  ~  “Beautiful”

24)  Tess  ~  “Dark But Beautiful”

25)  Moby  ~  “Beautiful”  (Really good song! Really creepy video!)