"Private" Songs

These songs may all contain the word "Private" in their titles, but that doesn't mean you aren't welcome to take a listen and a look. Because you totally are! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tina Turner  ~  “Private Dancer”

2)  Crowded House  ~  “Private Universe”

3)  Judas Priest  ~  “Private Property”

4)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “Private Lawns”

5)  Gerald Levert  ~  “Private Line”

6)  David Ball  ~  “Riding With Private Malone”

7)  The Jets  ~  “Private Number”

8)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Private Eyes”

9)  The Chemical Brothers  ~  “The Private Psychedelic Reel”

10)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “In Private”

11)  Walter Beasley  ~  “Private Time”

12)  The Jam  ~  “Private Hell”

13)  Michelle Williams  ~  “Private Party”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Private Ale”

15)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Private Life”

16)  Grace Jones  ~  “Private Life”

17)  Dire Straits  ~  “Private Investigation”

18)  Saint Pepsi  ~  “Private Caller”

19)  The B-52’s  ~  “Private Idaho”

20)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “A Private Conversation”

21)  Metric  ~  “The Police And The Private”

22)  Ringo Starr  ~  “Private Property”

23)  Harvey Danger  ~  “Private Helicopter”

24)  Ricky Martin ft. Meja  ~  “Private Emotion”

25)  Front Porch Step  ~  “Private Fears In Public Places”

Songs About Blankets

You never know what I'll come up with next. This time, it's Songs About Blankets. Go figure! Oh yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Siv Jakobsen  ~  “Blanket”

2)  METZ  ~  “Wet Blanket”

3)  Miss Kenichi  ~  “Blanket”

4)  The Chills  ~  “Wet Blanket”

5)  Jennifer O’Connor  ~  “Black Sky Blanket”

6)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “Underneath The Blanket Go”

7)  Mary’s Danish  ~  “Julie’s Blanket”

8)  Hammock  ~  “Blankets Of Night”

9)  Robin Jackson  ~  “Red Blanket”

10)  Kiso ft. Kayla Diamond  ~  “Blanket”

11)  Jasmine Singh  ~  “Blanket”

12)  Elbow  ~  “The Blanket Of Night”

13)  Jess Connelly & Lustbass  ~  “Under Blankets”

14)  Dean Brody  ~  “Little Yellow Blanket”

15)  Oh, Be Clever  ~  “Blanket”

16)  Ari Herstand  ~  “Blanket-Go-Round”

17)  The Barberettes ft. Gilgu Bongu  ~  “White Blanket”  (This is a lovely K-pop Christmas song. Who knew there even WAS such a thing? What is it doing in a blog post in mid-May? Why are we asking so many questions?)

18)  Violent Soho  ~  “Blanket”

19)  Metric  ~  “Wet Blanket”

20)  Urban Species ft. Imogen Heap  ~  “Blanket”

21)  Sananda Maitreya  ~  “Blanket On The Ground”  (If this guy looks or sounds familiar but you don’t recognize his name, it may be because you know him as Terence Trent D’Arby, his former alter-ego.)

22)  Hundred Waters  ~  “Blanket Me”

23)  Billie Jo Spears  ~  “Blanket On The Ground”

24)  Trevor Hall  ~  “Under The Blanket”

25)  The Dejas  ~  “Blanket Song”

BONUS TRACK:  The Drifters  ~  “Under The Boardwalk”  (No, the word “Blanket” doesn’t appear in the title of this timeless tune. But the memorable phrase “on a blanket with my baby” is repeated often throughout the song. And no, these aren’t, in fact, the original Drifters. Most if not all of those guys are long-dead. But their replacements sound pretty darn good to me!)

"Raw" Songs

Here's a collection of songs with the word "Raw" in their titles. Why? Because! That's why. (It's not a good reason, but it's a reason.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Whispers  ~  “In The Raw”

2)  Staind  ~  “Raw”

3)  Cherri Bomb  ~  “Raw. Real.”

4)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Rub Me Raw”

5)  The Alarm  ~  “Raw”

6)  Metric  ~  “Raw Sugar”

7)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Soft Touch / Raw Nerve”

8)  Bill Monroe  ~  “Rawhide”

9)  Deap Vally  ~  “Raw Material”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Monty Got A Raw Deal”

11)  Big Daddy Kane  ~  “Raw”

12)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Raw Hamburger”

13)  Fiona Maria  ~  “Raw”

14)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Raw Power”

15)  Scanners  ~  “Raw”

16)  Ruslan ft. Joey Jewish  ~  “Raw Sugar”

17)  Poliça  ~  “Raw Exit”

18)  Beware Of Darkness  ~  “Sugar In The Raw”

19)  Forest Swords  ~  “Raw Language”

20)  Braille  ~  “The New Raw”

Songs For The Eclipse

C'mon, you had to know this post was coming today, right? So go ahead and don your eclipse glasses...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”

2)  Crossfaith  ~  “Eclipse”

3)  Prong  ~  “Entrance Of The Eclipse”

4)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Brain Damage / Eclipse”

5)  Robyn  ~  “Eclipse”

6)  Twin Shadow  ~  “Eclipse”

7)  Stratovarius  ~  “Night Time Eclipse”

8)  Pouvoir Magique  ~  “Eclipse”

9)  Metric  ~  “Eclipse (All Yours)”

10)  David Gray  ~  “An Eclipse”

11)  Altostratus  ~  “Eclipse”

12)  Evans Blue  ~  “Eclipsed”

13)  Angel At My Table  ~  “Eclipse”

14)  Sammy Hagar  ~  “Little Star / Eclipse”

15)  Evolfo  ~  “Moon Eclipsed The Sun”

16)  Dan Mumm  ~  “Eclipse”

17)  Nosaj Thing ft. Kazu Makino  ~  “Eclipse / Blue”

18)  Swayt  ~  “Eclipse”

19)  Klaus Nomi  ~  “Total Eclipse”

20)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Total Eclipse”

21)  Hooverphonic  ~  “The Eclipse Song”

22)  Stavesacre  ~  “An Eclipsing”

23)  Justin Godfrey  ~  “Harmonic Eclipse”

24)  Cary Judd  ~  “Eclipse”

25)  The Comet Is Coming  ~  “Final Eclipse”

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 in this miniseries featuring songs with the words "Imaginary" or "Real" in their titles. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

2)  Tove Lo  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Real Men”

4)  Lemon Demon  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

5)  Meiko  ~  “Real Real Sweet”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

7)  The Who  ~  “Real Good Looking Boy”

8)  Nina Schofield  ~  “Imaginary Love”

9)  NF  ~  “Real”

10)  Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Imaginary”

11)  Metric  ~  “Dreams So Real”

12)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”

13)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

14)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Broken Imaginary Time”

15)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “The Real Thing”

16)  Astronaut  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

17)  tUnE-yArDs  ~  “Real Thing”

18)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “Imaginary Ships”

19)  K’s Choice  ~  “Live For Real”

20)  John Waite  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

21)  Plumb  ~  “Real”

22)  Mike McKay Band  ~  “Imaginary Stop Signs”

23)  James Morrison  ~  “You Make It Real”

24)  Autolux  ~  “The Science Of Imaginary Solutions”

25)  Beyoncé & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”