“In” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 5

Last but not least... "In" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 5...and GO! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Veronicas  ~  “In My Blood”

2)  Elton John  ~  “Turn The Lights Out When You Leave”

3)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Moon In Your Mouth”

4)  Kaki King  ~  “Pull Me Out Alive”

5)  The Smiths  ~  “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

6)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Breakout”

7)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Big Day In A Small Town”

8)  Chely Wright  ~  “Hang Out In Your Heart”

9)  Gossip  ~  “Move In The Right Direction”

10)  Dodie  ~  “Burned Out”

11)  Queen  ~  “I’m In Love With My Car”

12)  Blondie  ~  “Out In The Streets”

13)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “In Or Out”

14)  Screaming Females  ~  “Lights Out”

15)  Shamir  ~  “In For The Kill”

16)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  “You Want In, I Want Out”

17)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “In Private”

18)  Siouxsie And The Banshees  ~  “Love Out Me”

19)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)”

20)  Morrissey  ~  “Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?”

21)  Village People  ~  “In The Navy”

22)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Cut It Out”

23)  Queen  ~  “Let Me In Your Heart Again”

24)  Conchita Wurst  ~  “Put That Fire Out”

25)  Beth Ditto  ~  “In And Out”

26)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Out Here On My Own”

27)  Gossip  ~  “Standing In The Way Of Control”

28)  Amy Ray  ~  “Out On The Farm”

29)  Siouxsie And The Banshees  ~  “Cities In Dust”

30)  The Veronicas  ~  “Let Me Out”

Lesley Gore’s & Lily Allen’s Greatest Hits

Today would have been singer Lesley Gore's 73rd birthday if she hadn't died four years ago. Today is also British pop singer Lily Allen's 34th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, I have compiled a set of both ladies' best and/or most well-known songs. If you're not familiar with either artist, you should totally take a listen. Completely different eras and styles, but both are great singers and their songs are chock full of exceptionally empowering themes. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “It’s My Party”

2)  “Smile”

3)  “Judy’s Turn To Cry”

4)  “F You”  (Fret not, listeners with sensitive ears! This and all other Lily Allen songs in this post are the squeaky-clean versions – “potty words” removed, replaced, or merely muted.)

5)  “She’s A Fool”

6)  “LDN”

7)  “You Don’t Own Me”

8)  “Littlest Things”

9)  “Off And Running”

10)  “Who’d Have Known”

11)  “I Don’t Wanna Be A Loser”

12)  “Alfie”

13)  “Maybe I Know”

14)  “22”

15)  “The Look Of Love”

16)  “The Fear”

17)  “Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows”

18)  “Somewhere Only We Know”

19)  “California Nights”

20)  “Air Balloon”

21)  “Hey Now”

22)  “Hard Out Here”  (This one is heavily edited and loses some of its punch in the translation. But the themes of female empowerment and anti-misogyny come through pretty strong nonetheless.)

23)  “All Of My Life”

24)  “URL Badman”

25)  “My Town, My Guy, And Me”

26)  “Lost My Mind”

27)  “I Won’t Love You Anymore”

28)  “As Long As I Got You”

29)  “We Know We’re In Love”

30)  “Chinese”  (To the best of my knowledge, this song was neither a single nor a hit song. But it’s always been one of my favorites of Lily’s, so I’m including it here.)

Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops

On a couple of isolated occasions in the past, I have posted songs featuring two different – and completely unrelated – words in their titles. The first was Ninjas & Yo-Yo's, the second was Lobsters & Comic Books. Since those were so well-received, and because I recently had inspiration for other completely unrelated posts, there's this collection of Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Archive  ~  “Hatchet”

2)  The Chordettes  ~  “Lollipop”

3)  Father John Misty  ~  “This Is Sally Hatchet”

4)  BigBang & 2NE1  ~  “Lollipop”  (I have no idea what they’re singing about, but it’s awfully catchy!)

5)  Adam Torres  ~  “Hatchet”

6)  Aasha Marie ft. Point Ash & CW Allen  ~  “Lollipop”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet”

8)  Margaret  ~  “Lollipop”

9)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”

10)  Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass  ~  “Lollipops And Roses”

11)  Movements  ~  “Hatchet”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Lollipop”

13)  Deke Dickerson  ~  “Hatchet Man”

14)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows”

15)  Swim Good  ~  “Hatchet”

16)  Alvvays  ~  “Lollipop (Ode To Jim)”

17)  federation X  ~  “The Hatchet Man”

18)  Aqua  ~  “Lollipop (Candyman)”

19)  Perry Como  ~  “A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails”

20)  Shirley Temple  ~  “On The Good Ship Lollipop”

21)  As We Ascend  ~  “Hatchet”

22)  Bryan Loren  ~  “Lollipop Luv”

23)  The King Street Giants  ~  “One Hatchet, One Pitchfork”

24)  Seya  ~  “Lollipop”  (I’m not as fluent in Spanish as I used to be, but I think she’s saying she wants a lollipop. Repeatedly.)

25)  Low  ~  “Hatchet”

26)  The Lollipops  ~  “Lollipop Lips”

27)  Oh Captain!  ~  “Hatchet”

28)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “We Represent The Lollipop Guild”

29)  The Safety Fire  ~  “Red Hatchet”

30)  Lil Wayne  ~  “Lollipop”  (This is the instrumental version, by the way. You didn’t think I was going to post the actual song here, did you? ‘Cuz it’s garbage. But hey, this has a nice beat and you can dance to it, so here it is.)

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's a follow-up to yesterday's "Don't Ask," "Don't Tell" Songs post. Because these are good songs, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”

2)  Saskia & Serge  ~  “Don’t Tell Me Stories”

3)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Don't Ask”

4)  Madonna  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Don't Ask For The Water”

6)  Nel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Natalie Pearson  ~  “Don't Ask Me This”

8)  Night Ranger  ~  “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Luka”  (The singer requests that you “don’t ask” about a number of different things in this song.)

10)  Pam Tillis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

11)  Billy Joel  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

12)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over”

13)  Public Image Limited  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

14)  Bijou Phillips  ~  “When I Hated Him (Don’t Tell Me)”

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why”

16)  Baby Animals  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

17)  Bobby Pinson  ~  “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

18)  Martha Davis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me The Time”

19)  Great Caesar  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

20)  Lesley Gore  ~  “You Don’t Own Me”  (“Don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say…”)