Showing posts with label Matt Nathanson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matt Nathanson. Show all posts

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Songs About Shirts

So...I did a Songs About Pants post yesterday, and the Shirts got jealous. So here's one featuring Songs About Shirts. Belts...you might as well hang it up – you're not next! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1) Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Green Shirt” 




2)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “This Shirt”




3)  Spoon  ~  “The Fitted Shirt”




4)  Shontelle  ~  “T-Shirt”




5)  Birdy  ~  “Tee Shirt”




6)  Keith Urban  ~  “You Look Good In My Shirt”




7)  Matt Nathanson  ~  “Kinks Shirt”




8)  Quicksilver Messenger Service  ~  “Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder”




9)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems”




10)  Donovan & The Smothers Brothers  ~  “I Love My Shirt”




11)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts”




12)  Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson  ~  “If I Can Find A Clean Shirt”




13)  To Kill A King  ~  “Bloody Shirt”




14)  Circa Waves  ~  “T-Shirt Weather”




15)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Button Off My Shirt”




16)  The Figgs  ~  “My Favorite Shirt”




17)  Shudder To Think  ~  “X-French Tee Shirt”


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Songs About Bells


Those who prefer the finer things in life will appreciate these next two posts. For in them, you'll find all the Bells and Whistles you could ever ask for. Rather, all the songs with "Bells" and "Whistles" in their titles you could ever ask for. Where do I come up with this stuff? And why? I don't know. And I don't know. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Metallica  ~  "For Whom The Bell Tolls"




2)  Anita Ward  ~  "Ring My Bell"




3)  Radiohead  ~  "Morning Bell"




4)  Imaginary Cities  ~  "Bells Of Cologne"




5)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Mission Bells"




6)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not A Home"




7)  Ryan Adams  ~  "Answering Bell"




8)  Aimee Mann  ~  "Pavlov's Bell"




9)  Bee Gees  ~  "For Whom The Bell Tolls"




10)  Gregory & The Hawk  ~  "Voice Like A Bell"




11)  Pixies  ~  "Ring The Bell"




12)  The Beautiful South  ~  "Bell Bottomed Tear"




13)  The Browns  ~  "Three Bells"




14)  Phildel  ~  "Funeral Bell"




15)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Bell Bottom Blues"




16)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  "Wedding Bell Blues"




17)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  "Ring My Bell"




18)  Teena Marie  ~  "If I Were A Bell"




19)  Elvis Costello  ~  "One Bell Ringing"




20)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Bells"




21)  Tony Bennett  ~  "When Do The Bells Ring For Me?"




22)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "Hear The Bells"




23)  Snow Patrol  ~  "Those Distant Bells"




24)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "Ring Them Bells"




25)  Tori Amos  ~  "Bells For Her"




BONUS TRACK:  Bob Dylan  ~  "Ring Them Bells"  (It's only fair that I should include the original version of the Sarah Jarosz song above. It's also only fair that I should warn you – in case, you haven't guessed already – that Bob doesn't sing his own song nearly as well. Not by half. But he sure knows how to pen a good tune, don't he?)


Monday, July 27, 2015

"Crash" Songs

Here's the first in a 2-part not-exactly-opposites music post miniseries featuring songs with "Crash" (this time) and "Burn" (next time) in their titles. I don't know why. Does it matter? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Live  ~  "Lightning Crashes"




2)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Crash Burn"




3)  Roxette  ~  "Crash! Boom! Bang!"




4)  Daryl Hall  ~  "Crash & Burn"




5)  Luke Bryan  ~  "Crash My Party"




6)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  "Car Crash"




7)  Savage Garden  ~  "Crash And Burn"




8)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crash Into Me"




9)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Crash Years"




10)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Car Crash"




11)  Seether  ~  "Crash"




12)  K's Choice  ~  "Cocoon Crash"




13)  April Wine  ~  "Crash And Burn"




14)  Toby Keith  ~  "Crash Here Tonight"




15)  Karmin  ~  "Crash Your Party"




16)  Wakey!Wakey!  ~  "Car Crash"




17)  Thomas Rhett  ~  "Crash And Burn"




18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Crash And Burn"




19)  David Bowie  ~  "Always Crashing In The Same Car"




20)  Del Amitri  ~  "Crashing Down"




21)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Crash"




22)  12 Stones  ~  "Crash"




23)  Cavo  ~  "Crash"




24)  Fit For Rivals  ~  "Crash"




25)  Write This Down  ~  "Crash And Burn"


Friday, February 27, 2015

It's About Time! Vol. 5: Weeks

Here's the next installment in this ongoing series of time-related songs. This time, a collection of songs with "Week" or "Weeks" in their titles. Next up, "Months." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  James Morrison  ~  "6 Weeks"




2)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Bulletproof Weeks"




3)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  "Six Weeks"




4)  All That Remains  ~  "Two Weeks"




5)  Grizzly Bear  ~  "Two Weeks"




6)  Gentle Giant  ~  "Two Weeks In Spain"




7)  Hozier ft. Alana Henderson  ~  "In A Week"




8)  FKA twigs  ~  "Two Weeks"




9)  Mandy Moore  ~  "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week"




10)  They Might Be Giants  ~  "Seven Days Of The Week"




11)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "One Week"




12)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week"




13)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Days Of The Week"




14)  The Beatles  ~  "Eight Days A Week"




15)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "Half A Week Before Winter"  (What the world needs now is more songs about vampires and unicorns...)



16)  Left Alone  ~  "4 Weeks"




17)  Lorie  ~  "Week-End"  (I don't speak French, but this song has a nice beat and you can dance to it...so there ya go!)




18)  Isabelle De Leon  ~  "1 Week To Move On"  (I also do not speak Filipino, but at least this song is half in English so I understand most of it.)




19)  Jessica Frech  ~  "No More Shark Week"




20)  Ephemerals  ~  "Six Days A Week"



Tuesday, February 18, 2014

"Fast" Songs

Here's the much-anticipated (yeah, right!) follow-up to my last post, "Slow" Songs. Nothing earth-shattering here, just a bunch of songs with "Fast" in the title. I absolutely love two of them; the other thirteen are good, too. Enjoy? ~  JH



1)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Faster"




2)  Within Temptation  ~  "Faster"




3)  InMe  ~  "Faster The Chase"




4)  The Artful Dodger ft. Romina Johnson  ~  "Movin' Too Fast"




5)  Restless Heart  ~  "Fast Movin' Train"




6)  Taio Cruz  ~  "Fast Car"




7)  Tracy Chapman  ~  "Fast Car"




8)  Kenny Chesney  ~  "Living In Fast Forward"




9)  Fort Atlantic  ~  "Let Your Heart Hold Fast"




10)  Fire Inc. ~   "Nowhere Fast"




11)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Fast As You"




12)  Fiona Apple  ~  "Fast As You Can"




13)  There For Tomorrow  ~  "A Little Faster"

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14)  Fast Food Rockers  ~  "Fast Food Song"




15)  George Harrison  ~  "Faster"

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