Songs About Laughing

It's Monday, and that's hard on everybody. So why not have a laugh? Or at least have a listen to a bunch of Songs About Laughing. Some of which will probably make you laugh. Makes perfect sense to me. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Laughing With”

2)  Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton  ~  “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”

3)  Bastille ~  “Laughter Lines”

4)  Jessie J  ~  “Who’s Laughing Now”

5)  Donald O’Connor  ~  “Make ‘Em Laugh”

6)  Over The Rhine  ~  “The Laugh Of Recognition”

7)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Laughter In The Rain”

8)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Laugh Till I Cry”

9)  Mary Poppins Cast ft. Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews, & Dick Van Dyke  ~  “I Love To Laugh”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Laughing”

11)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Laugh About It”

12)  Neil Young  ~  “The Old Laughing Lady”

13)  Nathaniel Rateliff  ~  “Laughing”

14)  Mark Wills  ~  “Don’t Laugh At Me”

15)  Norah Jones  ~  “Once I Had A Laugh”

16)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nancy (With The Laughing Face)”

17)  Jason Gray  ~  “Laugh Out Loud”

18)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”  (I know I just posted this song a few weeks ago for an unrelated theme, but it was a perfect fit for this set and far too good to exclude.)

19)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “It’s A Laugh”

20)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  “The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me”

21)  The Guess Who  ~  “Laughing”

22)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Laughed Until We Cried”

23)  Chelsea Jade  ~  “Laugh It Off”

24)  Quiet Riot ft. Randy Rhoads  ~  “Laughing Gas”

25)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “They All Laughed”

26)  Clay Walker  ~  “Live Laugh Love”

27)  Mark Knopfler  ~  “Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes”

28)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Laughter”

29)  Cat Stevens  ~  “If I Laugh”

30)  Paper Route  ~  “Laugh About It”

Songs About Raining, Pouring, Old Men, & Snoring

Where I live, today was a nasty, rainy day. As a result, there are these songs. Do with them what you will. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “November Rain”

2)  Skylar Stecker  ~  “Let It Pour”

3)  Paul Robeson  ~  “Ol’ Man River”

4)  Veronica Born  ~  “Don’t Snore”

5)  Garbage  ~  “Only Happy When It Rains”

6)  Def Leppard  ~  “Pour Some Sugar On Me”

7)  George Jones  ~  “The Old Man No One Loves”

8)  Will Pan ft. Rainie Yang  ~  “Snore”

9)  The Weather Girls  ~  “It’s Raining Men”

10)  Vintage Culture & Adam K  ~  “Pour Over”

11)  John Fogerty  ~  “The Old Man Down The Road”

12)  Grant Lee Buffalo  ~  “America Snoring”

13)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Through The Rain”

14)  Crowded House  ~  “Pour Le Monde”  (Yeah, I know this one’s sort of cheating since “Pour” here is a French word with an entirely different meaning – whatever that may be, I don’t speak French. But good “Pour” songs are hard to come by, so there ya go…)

15)  Anika Moa  ~  “My Old Man”

16)  Dervish  ~  “Snoring Biddy”

17)  Bruno Mars  ~  “It Will Rain”

18)  Benga ft. Marlene  ~  “Pour Your Love”

19)  Neil Young  ~  “Old Man”

20)  Kevin Focus ft. Steve Aoki  ~  “Less Is Snore”

21)  Carpenters  ~  “Rainy Days And Mondays”

22)  Céline Dion  ~  “Pour Que Tu M’Aimes Encore”  (Yep, it’s me cheating again by selecting a song with the French word “Pour” which doesn’t mean “pour,” as in to drain something of its liquid. What’s your point?)

23)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  “Old Man & Me”

24)  3 Feet Smaller  ~  “Snore”

25)  Zoe G  ~  “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”  (A creepy version of a classic nursery rhyme just in time for Halloween. You’re SO welcome!)

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 6

Last but certainly not least, Vol. 6 of the "Heart" & "Soul" series. I saved some of the best for this post. Which ones? Check 'em out for yourself! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Genesis  ~  “Hold On My Heart”

2)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Oh My Soul”

3)  Blondie  ~  “Heart Of Glass”

4)  Elisa  ~  “Rock Your Soul”

5)  Neil Young  ~  “Heart Of Gold”

6)  Train  ~  “Hey, Soul Sister”

7)  Steve Perry  ~  “Foolish Heart”

8)  Eels  ~  “Novocaine For The Soul”

9)  Phil Collins  ~  “Two Hearts”

10)  Delirious?  ~  “My Soul Sings”

11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

12)   Pulp  ~  “A Little Soul”

13)  Evanescence  ~  “My Heart Is Broken”

14)  Nada Surf  ~  “Hi-Speed Soul”

15)  Rush  ~  “Closer To The Heart”

16)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Heavydirtysoul”

17)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Heart Of Stone”

18)  Billy Joel  ~  “All About Soul”

19)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Hearts Don’t Break Around Here”

20)  Rend Collective  ~  “Come On (My Soul)”

21)  Needtobreathe  ~  “The Heart”

22)  Jesse McCartney  ~  “Beautiful Soul”

23)  Passenger  ~  “Heart To Love”

24)  The Yardbirds  ~  “Heart Full Of Soul”

25)  Yes  ~  “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”

26)  Porcupine Tree  ~  “Strip The Soul”

27)  Rod Stewart  ~  “You’re In My Heart” 

28)  Switchfoot  ~  “Bullet Soul”

29)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Beating Heart”

30)  Black Country Communion  ~  “One Last Soul”

“Track” & “Field” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 1 of a 2-part mini featuring songs with either the word "Track" or "Field" in their titles. Whatcha waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Smoke Along The Track”

2)  Sting  ~  “Fields Of Gold”

3)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Track You Down”

4)  Bat For Lashes  ~  “Winter Fields”

5)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Train On A Track”

6)  IAMX  ~  “The Unified Field”

7)  Mayer Hawthorne & The County  ~  “One Track Mind”

8)  Infected Mushroom ft. Sasha Grey  ~  “Fields Of Grey”

9)  Nadia Reid  ~  “Track Of The Time”

10)  The Church  ~  “Field Of Mars”

11)  Ben Kweller  ~  “Penny On The Train Track”  (What a cool granny!)

12)  Peter, Paul, and Mary  ~  “Right Field”

13)  The Features  ~  “Off Track”

14)  Gary Moore & Phil Lynott  ~  “Out In The Fields”

15)  The Swingers  ~  “One Track Mind”

16)  Jars Of Clay  ~  “The Widowing Field”

17)  Anna von Hausswolff  ~  “Track Of Time”

18)  Neil Young  ~  “Field Of Opportunity”

19)  Sondre Lerche  ~  “Track You Down”

20)  House Of Heroes  ~  “Field Of Daggers”

21)  The Kills  ~  “Impossible Tracks”

22)  Andrew Peterson   ~  “Dancing In The Mine Fields”

23)  Lluvia  ~  “Hidden Track”

24)  Playing For Change  ~  “Cotton Fields”

25)  Corey Smith  ~  “Fast Track”