"Lack"-ing Songs

These songs are great and all, but they're "lack"-ing something. Well, not really, but they do all have the word "lack" in their titles. And that's something, isn't it? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Courtney Barnett  ~  "Crippling Self Doubt And A General Lack Of Confidence"  (I can totally relate to this one! Ha!)

2)  RATT  ~  "Lack Of Communication"

3)  Ben Gibbard  ~  "A Lack Of Color"

4)  Nick Lowe  ~  "What Lack Of Love Has Done"

5)  Skott  ~  "Lack Of Emotion"

6)  The Why Store  ~  "Lack Of Water"  (I used to LOVE this song! I probably haven't heard it in over 20 years, and I recognized the opening riff instantly!)

7)  Being As An Ocean  ~  "Grace, Teach Us What We Lack"

8)  The Bad Plus & Joshua Redman  ~  "Lack The Faith But Not The Wine"

9)  Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps  ~  "Lack Of Height"

10)  Restless Heart  ~  "For Lack Of Better Words"

11)  Theory Hazit  ~  "For Lack Of A Better Word"

12)  The Honeydrips  ~  "(Lack Of) Love Will Tear Us Apart"

13)  The Vaccines  ~  "A Lack Of Understanding"

14)  Epica  ~  "Another Me (In Lack' Ech)"

15)  Blues Traveler  ~  "The Poignant And Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lucky Lack"

16)  Daryle Singletary  ~  "Love Or The Lack Of"

17)  Vicki Sue Robinson  ~  "Lack Of Respect"

18)  Mouthpi3ce  ~  "Lack Of Knowledge"

19)  Vanessa-Mae  ~  "I'm A-Doun For Lack O' Johnnie"

20)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Lack Of Knowledge"

21)  Joseph Arthur  ~  "Lack A Vision"

22)  Friendly Fires  ~  "Lack Of Love"

23)  The Von Bondies  ~  "Lack Of Communication"

24)  Nneka  ~  "Streets Lack Love"

25)  The Early November  ~  "My Lack Of Skill"

26)  Pearl Bailey  ~  "Lack Of Education"

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 2

Here's another cacophonous collection of Weird Christmas Songs to baffle, befuddle, and boggle the mind. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Christmas  ~  “It’s Christmas Everyday!”  (Not a bad song, actually. But he is one weird guy!)

2)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “Crime-Free Christmas”  (It’s the least any of us could wish for, right?)

3)  Leroy Carr  ~  “Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain?”  (Yeah, I can imagine that it would be.)

4)  Manila Luzon & Alaska  ~  “Working Holiday”  (Anyone who’s ever worked in retail can relate to this one.)

5)  Advance Base   ~  “Christmas In Nightmare City”  (Well, that certainly puts me in the Christmas spirit…)

6)  The Merry Macs  ~  “Christmas Cha Cha Cha”  (Put on your dancing shoes!)

7)  Shonen Knife  ~  “Sweet Christmas”  (This almost doesn’t qualify as weird enough, but it’s awfully close so here it is.) 

8)  Ryland Adams  ~  “A Clickbait Christmas”  (Made ya look!)

9)  Christmas In The Stars  ~  “R2-D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas”  (Droids need Christmas love, too.)

10)  Jon Lajoie  ~  “The Best Christmas Song”  (There’s a bit of false advertising going on here...)

11)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Face”  (These just keep getting better!)

12)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Minnie And Santa”  (Too much information, Cyndi…)

13)  CeeLo Green & The Muppets  ~  “All I Need Is Love”  (Kermit trying to speak hip-hop to CeeLo is everything.)

14)  The Marcels  ~  “Merry Twistmas”  (Well, why not?)

15)  H.E.R.  ~  “Psychedelic Christmas”  (Trippy!)

16)  Portland Youth Philharmonic  ~  “Bassoon It Will Be Christmas”  (This is, essentially, an instrumental medley of well-known Christmas songs. What's unique is that the featured instrument here is a bassoon. While quite beautiful to listen to, it’s still pretty darn weird if you ask me!)

17)  Wengie  ~  “Ugly Christmas Sweater”  (An ode to ugly. I love it!)

18)  The Kinks  ~  “Father Christmas”  (You have to see it to believe it!)

19)  T. Rex  ~  “Christmas Bop”  (Hope you still have your dancing shoes on…)

20)  Basshunter  ~  “Jingle Bells (Bass)”  (Merry Bassmas to all, and to all a good beat.)

21)  Pearl Bailey  ~  “C’est Magnifique” / “Five Pound Box Of Money”  (The second song here – which is the Christmas-themed one – starts around the 4:15 mark. But the whole video is golden!)

22)  Johnny Bower ft. Little John & The Rinky Dinks  ~  “Honky The Christmas Goose”  (This may be the only time the word “honky” will ever appear on my blog without being followed by the word “tonk.”)

23)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “A Spaceman Came Traveling”  (Let’s take the traditional Christmas story and set it out in outer space, they said. It’ll be great, they said. And actually, it kinda is…)

24)  Showaddywaddy  ~  “Hey, Mr. Christmas”  (The greatest thing about this song might very well be the name of the artist.)

25)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “I Want An Alien For Christmas”  (Ooh, me too, me too!)