"Weird" Songs

Quite surprisingly (even to myself), of all the strange and wonderful (and terribly misguided) ideas I've had for music posts, I've never done a set of songs with the word "Weird" (or "Weirdo") in their titles. Until now. They're not half bad, either (though I may be prejudiced). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Radiohead  ~  “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi”

2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Nobody Weird Like Me”

3)  GoGo Penguin  ~  “Weird Cat”

4)  The Dollyrots  ~  “Get Weird”

5)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Some Weird Sin”

6)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Weird World”

7)  Miles Davis  ~  “Weirdo”

8)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Still A Weirdo”

9)  All Star United  ~  “Weirdo”

10)  Pixies  ~  “Is She Weird?”

11)  Sebadoh  ~  “Weird”

12)  Veruca Salt  ~  “So Weird”

13)  Pete Yorn  ~  “She Was Weird”

14)  Superchunk  ~  “My Gap Feels Weird”

15)  Fruit Bats  ~  “You’re Too Weird”

16)  Everclear  ~  “Nervous And Weird”

17)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Superstar Wonderful Weirdos”

18)  Steel Train  ~  “I Feel Weird”

19)  Hanson  ~  “Weird”

20)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Weird Science”

21)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  “Weird Friendless Kid”

22)  Clem Snide  ~  “Weird”

23)  Jayney Klimek  ~  “Weird Feeling”

24)  The Charlatans  ~  “Weirdo”

25)  The Muffs  ~  “Weird Boy Next Door”

Songs About "No One"

Yesterday, we had Songs About "Everyone." Today, Songs About "No One." Why? Because I wanted "no one" to feel left out, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alicia Keys  ~  “No One”

2)  Deep Purple  ~  “You Fool No One”

3)  Stars  ~  “No One Is Lost”

4)  Them Crooked Vultures  ~  “No One Loves Me & Neither Do I”

5)  Elle King  ~  “No One Can Save You”

6)  Cold  ~  “No One”

7)  Nervo ft. Afrojack & Steve Aoki  ~  “We’re All No One”

8)  Stereophonics  ~  “No One’s Perfect”

9)  The Sounds  ~  “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake”

10)  Neil Young  ~  “No One Seems To Know”

11)  Best Coast  ~  “No One Like You”

12)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “No One Lives Forever”

13)  Reachback  ~  “No One Else”

14)  Paul McCartney  ~  “For No One”

15)  Gin Wigmore  ~  “Nothing To No One”

16)  A Rocket To The Moon  ~  “No One Will Ever Get Hurt”

17)  Cloud Cult  ~  “No One Said It Would Be Easy”

18)  Reptar  ~  “No One Will Ever Love You”

19)  Magnolia Memoir  ~  “No One Like You”

20)  Brand New  ~  “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows”

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”

"Useless" Songs

These songs are good for nothing...but a listen. Indeed, many of the songs included aren't half bad (which means they're at least half good, if my math is correct). All of them have one thing in common: the word "Useless" in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Useless"

2)  This Century  ~  "Young And Useless"

3)  Rose Redd  ~  "Perfectly Useless"

4)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Useless"

5)  Insomniac Folklore  ~  "Useless"

6)  Phil Fill  ~  "Words Become Useless"

7)  New Order  ~  "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion"

8)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  "In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)"

9)  The Fireflies  ~  "It's Useless"

10)  Cloud Nothings  ~  "Useless"

11)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Can't See (Useless)"

12)  Tiny Animals  ~  "Useless"

13)  The Neopolitins  ~  "Useless Arguments"

14)  Elvis Costello  ~  "All This Useless Beauty"

15)  Suntears  ~  "Useless"

16)  Extra Blue Kind  ~  "Make Yourself Useless"

17)  Emmy J Mac  ~  "Useless Shade Of Man"

18)  Friska Viljor  ~  "Useless"

19)  Mikey Smith  ~  "Useless"

20)  Patty Griffin  ~  "Useless Desires"

Songs About Clowns

Let's start off our work week on a wonderfully creepy note, with a delightful collection of songs about everybody's favorite buffoon: the clown! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Pocket Of A Clown"

2)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters  ~  "Clown Strike"

3)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Clown"

4)  Placebo  ~  "Pierrot The Clown"

5)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "Dress Me Like A Clown"

6)  Shakira  ~  "Costume Makes The Clown"

7)  The Kinks  ~  "Death Of A Clown"

8)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tears Of A Clown"

9)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Cathy's Clown"

10)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "See The Funny Little Clown"

11)  Korn  ~  "Clown"

12)   Judy Garland  ~  "Be A Clown"

13)  Soprano  ~  "Clown"

14)  Chris Garneau  ~  "Dirty Night Clowns"

15)  Dame Judi Dench  ~  "Send In The Clowns"

16)  Manfred Mann  ~  "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"

17)  Beecake  ~  "The Clown"

18)  Kathy Mattea  ~  "Clown In Your Rodeo"

19)  Jack Johnson & G. Love  ~  "Rodeo Clowns"

20)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Clowns Of Death"

21)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "Shoot All The Clowns"

22)  Wolfgang  ~  "Cast Of Clowns"

23)  Spelling Nadja  ~  "Cloning Clowns"

24)  Edguy  ~  "All The Clowns"

25)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Clowns"