Showing posts with label Mark Knopfler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Knopfler. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

"Secondary" Songs

I couldn't really do a "Primary" Songs post without following it up with a "Secondary" post, could I? But don't hold your breath waiting for a set of "Tertiary" songs. Nobody writes good "Tertiary" songs anymore. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Mark Knopfler  ~  "Secondary Waltz"





2)  Brand New  ~  "Secondary"




3)  Quilt  ~  "Secondary Swan"




4)  The Michael Schenker Group  ~  "Secondary Motion"




5)  [title of show] Cast  ~  "Secondary Characters"




6)  Neuropa  ~  "Secondary You"




7)  Sara Greer ft. Ross Childress  ~  "Secondary Woman"




8)  Sannhet  ~  "Secondary Arrows"




9)  Papadam  ~  "Secondary"  (Good song. Terrible video!)




10)  Club Des Belugas  ~  "Secondary Importance"




11)  Grace Disgraced  ~  "Secondary"  (This makes my throat hurt just watching and listening to it!)




12)  Matt Portland  ~  "Secondary"




13)  The Schwam  ~  "Secondary"




14)  Sinoma  ~  "Secondary Aim"




15)  Car Crash Weather  ~  "Secondary Drowning"




16)  Local Boys  ~  "Mary Secondary"




17)  Trey Gunn  ~  "Secondary Strike"


Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Songs About “Wherever”

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Wherever" in their titles. Because there were lots of good ones to choose from, that's why. Stay tuned, as this might turn out to be a series, with future installations of "Whoever," "Whatever," "Whenever," and "However" songs. Haven't decided yet. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  OneRepublic  ~  “Wherever I Go”




2)  Nanci Griffith  ~  “It’s A Hard Life Wherever You Go”




3)  Metallica  ~  “Wherever I May Roam”




4)  Selena  ~  “Donde Quiera Que Estes”  (That’s Spanish for “Wherever You Are,” in case you didn’t know.)




5)  Sublime With Rome  ~  “Wherever You Go”




6)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wherever Is Your Heart”




7)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Wherever You’re Going (It’s Alright)”




8)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “Wherever You Are”




9)  Maxwell  ~  “Whenever Wherever Whatever”




10)  Helen Sjöholm  ~  “Wherever He Ain’t”




11)  5 Seconds Of Summer  ~  “Wherever You Are”




12)  Shakira  ~  “Whenever, Wherever”




13)  Paul Young  ~  “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”




14)  Bex Murray  ~  “Wherever I Go”




15)  The Fray  ~  “Wherever This Goes / Just A Closer Walk With Thee”




16)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Go Wherever You Want To Go”




17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Wherever Would I Be”




18)  Hazell Dean  ~  “Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)”




19)  Karl Wolf  ~  “Wherever You Go”




20)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Whatever, Wherever”




21)  Mark Knopfler ft. Ruth Moody  ~  “Wherever I Go”




22)  Asia  ~  “Wherever You Are”




23)  Human Life  ~  “Wherever We Are”




24)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Welcome To Wherever You Are”




25)  The Calling  ~  “Wherever You Will Go”




BONUS TRACK:  Dusty Springfield & Daryl Hall  ~  “Wherever Would I Be?"  (This is the same song as #17 above, but different and dynamic enough in its own right to merit inclusion here.)


Monday, January 29, 2018

Songs About Gravy

This week, I'll take a break from the "Popular Songs Of..." posts to regale you with a variety of posts featuring songs about extremely random things. Not that the songs contained within are anything to balk at – they're really good, for the most part – but the subjects I chose for song collections are, well, "interesting." For example: Songs About Gravy. Dig in...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Beck  ~  “Nicotine & Gravy”




2)  Mark Knopfler & Sonny Landreth  ~  “Gravy Train”




3)  Áine Crehan  ~  “Gravy”




4)  George Benson  ~  “Giblet Gravy”




5)  Caballero Reynaldo & The Grand Kazoo  ~  “Lumpy Gravy”




6)  The Soul Motivators  ~  “Gravy Train”




7)  Flyying Colours  ~  “Wavygravy”




8)  Dale Watson & The Texas Two  ~  “My Baby Makes Me Gravy”




9)  Romeo ft. Christina Milian  ~  “It’s All Gravy”




10)  The Sagittarians  ~  “Good Gravy”




11)  Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition  ~  “Who’ll Sop My Gravy”




12)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Biscuits”  (No, the word “gravy” doesn’t appear in the title of this song, but it is prominent throughout. Plus, this is a super-cute ditty, so here it is…)




13)  Paul Kelly  ~  “How To Make Gravy”




14)  Bobby Bare ft. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ray Sawyer, & Shel Silverstein  ~  “Greasy Grit Gravy”




15)  The Manhattan Transfer  ~  “Pork Chops And Gravy”




16)  Climax Blues Band  ~  “Sav’ry Gravy”




17)  Dingus Khan  ~  “Dustbin Gravy”




18)  Phantom Limb  ~  “Gravy Train”




19)  Okey Dokey  ~  “Wavy Gravy”




20)  Pirates Of The Mississippi  ~  “Gravy”




21)  Julie O’Hara  ~  “Gravy Waltz”




22)  Soulfinger  ~  “Grits & Gravy”




23)  Sideline  ~  “Soppin' The Gravy”





24)  Homer & Jethro  ~  “Bread ’N Gravy”




25)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Ridin' On The Gravy Train”