Days of the Week Songs: "Wednesday"

 I know, I know...it's not Wednesday and I'm posting a bunch of songs about Wednesday. But it will be okay. Take a deep breath...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lisa Loeb  ~  "Waiting for Wednesday"

2)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."

3)  Status Quo  ~  "(April), Spring, Summer, and Wednesdays"

4)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  "Wednesday"

5)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  "Wednesday"

6)  Johnny Cash  ~  "A Wednesday Car"

7)  Snarky Puppy  ~  "Ready Wednesday"

8)  The Gap Band  ~  "Wednesday Lover"

9)  Bleached  ~  "Wednesday Night Melody"

10)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  "Wednesday's Child"

11)  Eskimo Joe  ~  "Ruby Wednesday"

12)  John Frusciante  ~  "Wednesday's Song"

13)  Charlie Bedford  ~  "Windy Wednesday"

14)  Elton John  ~  "Medley: Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly"

15)  The Undertones  ~  "Wednesday Week"

16)  The Everly Brothers  ~  "When It's Night-Time in Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here"

17)  Curtis Harding  ~  "Wednesday Morning Atonement"

18)  John Lee Hooker  ~  "Wednesday Evening Blues"

19)  Wolf Alice  ~  "Wednesday"

20)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  "Wednesday Week"

21)  Tori Amos  ~  "Wednesday"

22)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Wednesdays"

23)  Harriette  ~  "Wednesday"

24)  The Guess Who  ~  "A Wednesday in Your Garden"

25)  Crash Kings  ~  "It's Only Wednesday"

26)  Saves The Day  ~  "Wednesday the Third"

Songs About Girls Named Jenny

Of all the female names that musicians have written songs about, "Jenny" seems to be among the most common. This collection comprises some of the best among those many "Jenny" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tommy Tutone  ~  “867-5309 / Jenny”

2)  The Killers  ~  “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”

3)  BETS  ~  “Jenny”

4)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Jenny Wren”

5)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “Photo Jenny”

6)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Jenny From The Block”

7)  Stephen Malkmus  ~  “Jenny And The Ess-Dog”

8)  Little Richard  ~  “Jenny, Jenny”

9)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Jenny Jenkins”

10)  Paolo Nutini  ~  “Jenny Don’t Be Hasty”

11)  Fairport Convention  ~  “Jenny’s Chickens”

12)  Nina Simone  ~  “Pirate Jenny”

13)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “My Last Song To Jenny”

14)  Brett Dennen  ~  “Jenny And Jill”

15)  Concrete Blonde  ~  “Jenny I Read”

16)  The Click Five  ~  “Jenny”

17)  Walk The Moon  ~  “Jenny”

18)  Studio Killers  ~  “Jenny”

19)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Cotton Jenny”

20)  Hiss Golden Messenger  ~  “Jenny Of The Roses”

21)  Vince Gill ft. Jenny Gill  ~  “Jenny Dreamed Of Trains”

22)  Flight Of The Conchords  ~  “Jenny”

23)   Hermitage Green  ~  “Jenny”

24)  Spinning Jenny  ~  “Hey Jenny”

25)  The Maine  ~  “Jenny”

“Underdog” Songs

This one goes out to all the underdogs out there. While there are a handful of "household names" among these artists, there are also quite a few gems by lesser-known artists (appropriate for an "Underdog" theme, eh?). Nevertheless, I believe you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Underdog”

2)  Turin Brakes  ~  “Underdog (Save Me)”

3)   Europe  ~  “Spirit Of The Underdog” 

4)  Holly  ~  “The Underdog”

5)  12 Stones  ~  “Anthem For The Underdog”

6)  Pastel Lite  ~  “Underdog”

7)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Beneath The Underdog”

8)  Chasing The Jeffrey  ~  “Underdog”

9)  Anna F.  ~  “Underdog”

10)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  “Underdog”

11)  Martha Redbone  ~  “Underdog”

12)  Sol Driven Train  ~  “Underdog”

13)  Benjamin  ~  “Underdog”

14)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Underdog”

15)  John Doe  ~  “Darling Underdog”  (I'm guessing that's not his real name.)

16)  Kill Paradise  ~  “The Underdog Anthem”

17)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Underdog”

18)  You Me At Six  ~  “Underdog”

19)  The Lost Trailers  ~  “Underdog”  (Skip to the 3:00 mark if you don’t wish to hear the intro story.)

20)  Doom Unit  ~  “Underdog”

21)  Mudhoney  ~  “Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog”

22)  Spoon  ~  “The Underdog”

23)  Kyle Massey  ~  “Underdog Raps”

24)  Kasabian  ~  “Underdog”

25)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Underdog”  (Listeners of a certain age might recognize this as the theme song for the TV cartoon…although the original version didn’t sound quite like this one.)

“Should” & “Shouldn’t” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 of the "Should" & "Shouldn't" songs. Do you feel lectured yet? Well, keep listening and you just may. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Should’ve Been Us”

2)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)”

3)  Justin Bieber ft. Rascal Flatts  ~  “That Should Be Me”  (I usually steer clear of Bieber songs, but this one was pretty good…for once.)

4)  Metallica  ~  “The Thing That Should Not Be”  (“Shouldn’t”…”Should Not”…really, we’re splitting hairs here.)

5)  Sting  ~  “Why Should I Cry For You?”

6)  Cutting Crew  ~  “It Shouldn’t Take Too Long”

7)  Toby Keith  ~  “Should’ve Been A Cowboy”

8)  Brent Brown  ~  “I Shouldn’t Be Here”

9)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Someone You Should Know”

10)   Sena Ehrhardt  ~  “Things You Shouldn’t Need To Know”

11)  The Mavericks  ~  “I Should Have Been True”

12)  Thompson Square  ~  “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Your Mother Should Know”

14)  Crossfire  ~  “The Things We Shouldn’t Say”

15)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  “Something Worth Leaving Behind / You Should Have Lied”

16)  George Strait  ~  “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This”

17)  The Clash  ~  “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”

18)  Nora Norman  ~  “Shouldn’t”

19)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It”

20)  Lee Broderick  ~  “It Shouldn’t Be Love”

“Sick” & “Tired” Songs, Vol. 1

I got it into my head that I would post a set of songs with either the word "Sick" or "Tired" or both in their titles. Then I started finding too many good songs that qualified. Pretty soon, I had enough songs for not one, not two, but three posts. Yes, that's right – imagine that! – I got carried away with myself again. So this is the first post, and there will be two more. I'll spread 'em out a bit, so you don't get too...wait for it..."Sick" and "Tired" of them. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Flyleaf  ~  “I’m So Sick”

2)  Stone Sour  ~  “Tired”

3)  Oh Land  ~  “Earth Sick”

4)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Waking Up Tired”

5)  The Dø  ~  “Gonna Be Sick!”

6)  Al Green  ~  “Tired Of Being Alone”

7)  Ny  ~  “Sea Sick”

8)  The Exies  ~  “Tired Of You”

9)  Metric  ~  “Sick Muse”

10)  Ringside  ~  “Tired Of Being Sorry”

11)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Sick, Sick, Sick”

12)  The Lee Boys  ~  “I’m Not Tired”

13)  Matthew Sweet  ~  “Sick Of Myself”

14)  Status Quo  ~  “Are You Growing Tired Of My Love?”

15)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Love Sick”

16)  Carly Simon  ~  “Tired Of Being Blonde”

17)  Skillet  ~  “Sick Of It”

18)  Schiller ft. Jaël  ~  “Tired”

19)  Peace  ~  “Lovesick”

20)  Only You  ~  “Love Is Making Me Tired”

21)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  “Homesick”

22)  Alela Diane  ~  “Tired Feet”

23)  Egypt Central  ~  “You Make Me Sick”

24)  Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, & Iris DeMent  ~  “Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?”

25)  The Cardigans  ~  “Sick & Tired”