"Fun" & "Games" Songs, Vol. 1

Are you ready for some "Fun" and "Games"? Well, I sure am. This is the first in a three-part series of songs featuring one or both of these words in their titles. And there are some really, really good ones here. Check 'em out! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "Die Fun"

2)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Games Without Frontiers"

3)  Paramore  ~  "Ain't It Fun"

4)  Cassie Steele  ~  "Games"

5)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  "She Looks Like Fun"

6)  Ryan Adams & The Cardinals  ~  "Games"

7)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

8)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  "Animal Games"

9)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Good Clean Fun"

10)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  "War Games"

11)  Mara Connor  ~  "No Fun"

12)  Ray Charles & Andy Williams  ~  "Games People Play"

13)  P!nk  ~  "Funhouse"

14)  The Cardigans  ~  "My Favourite Game"

15)  Rend Co. Kids  ~  "Fun"

16)  Desiree  ~  "The Game"

17)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "Fun And Games"

18)  Claire  ~  "Games"

19)  Wang Chung  ~  "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"

20)  Dan Fogelberg  ~  "Beggar's Game"

21)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Fun"

22)  The Gamebenders  ~  "Game Of Love"

23)  Blondie  ~  "Fun"

24)  Daryl Hall & Patrick Stump  ~  "Guessing Games"  (If you want to skip all the pre-song stuff, jump ahead to about the 3:30 mark and you'll be all set.)

25)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Fun, Fun, Fun"

More Songs About The Trees

Because you can never have too many Songs About The Trees (or maybe you can), here's a second and final set. So what are you waiting for? By all means...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oh Land  ~  "Family Tree"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "In My Tree"

3)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "The Dreaming Tree"

5)  Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien  ~  "Under The Bamboo Tree"

6)  Plain White T's  ~  "The Giving Tree"

7)  Eva Cassidy  ~  "Tall Trees In Georgia"

8)  Trevor Hall  ~  "The Lime Tree"

9)  Moby ft. Julie Mintz  ~  "The Sorrow Tree"

10)  Foals  ~  "Birch Tree"

11)  Amy Montgomery  ~  "Tree Song (Branch Out & Nourish My Veins)"

12)  U2  ~  "One Tree Hill"

13)  L.E.J.  ~  "Hanging Tree"  (Yeah, I know there was another version – the original, no less! – of this one in the first post. But this rendition is so much more nuanced, so artsy-fartsy, and just so darn good I couldn't help but include it here as well.)

14)  Lacey Sturm  ~  "Mercy Tree"

15)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Shake The Sugar Tree"

16)  Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour  ~  "Shaking The Tree"

17)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "The Living Tree"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

19)  Alela Diane  ~  "The Alder Trees"

20)  Erykah Badu  ~  "Appletree"

21)  Beth Orton  ~  "Poison Tree"

22)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Cinnamon Tree"

23)  Basia  ~  "An Olive Tree"

24)  Della Mae  ~  "Pine Tree"

25)  Aurora  ~  "Apple Tree"

"Steam"-y Songs

These songs may or may not make you hot under the collar. Why? 'Cuz they're "Steam"-y!!! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Claudia Hoyser  ~  "Steam"

2)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Steam"

3)  David Gray & Annie Lennox  ~  "Full Steam"

4)  My Morning Jacket  ~  "Steam Engine"

5)  Tina Turner  ~  "Steamy Windows"

6)  Silverchair  ~  "Steam Will Rise"

7)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  "Steaming"

8)  Gregory Porter  ~  "Don't Lose Your Steam"

9)  The Pajama Game Cast  ~  "Steam Heat"

10)  Greensky Bluegrass  ~  "Steam Powered Aeroplane"

11)  Poison Garden  ~  "Days Of Steam"

12)  Old 97's  ~  "Old Familiar Steam"

13)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  "Steam"

14)  The Go-Betweens  ~  "Head Full Of Steam"

15)  Thea Gilmore  ~  "Whistle And Steam"

16)  Mastodon  ~  "Steambreather"

17)  Nicole Scherzinger  ~  "Steam"

18)  Bob Mould  ~  "Steam Of Hercules"

19)  Dengue Fever  ~  "Made Of Steam"

20)  Steve Hackett  ~  "The Golden Age Of Steam"

21)  Choo Choo Soul ft. Genevieve  ~  "Steam Train"

22)  Haircut 100  ~  "Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)"

23)  Merry Clayton  ~  "Steamroller"

24)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Pink Steam"

25)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Steamroller"

Songs About Fruitcake

If you love to hate fruitcake as much as I do, this post is for you. Whether you're a fan of Jimmy Buffett, SpongeBob SquarePants, Mannheim Steamroller, Peter Gabriel, Bill Engvall, or Brain Tentacles, there's something for everyone here. If, by chance, you actually love fruitcake, well...we can still be friends, but I might give you a skeptical glance every now and then. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dr. Elmo  ~  “Grandma’s Killer Fruitcake”

2)  Von Trapp Children  ~  “Please Don’t Send Me Fruitcake!”

3)  Voodoo Orchestra ft. Jeff Coffin  ~  “Fruitcake”  (This fantastic swing band is comprised entirely of 15- to 18-year old kids. The older guy on sax is from the Dave Matthews Band. Amazing stuff!)

4)  Bettman & Halpin  ~  “A Fruitcake For All Seasons”

5)  Brain Tentacles  ~  “Fruitcake”  (I can't even guess at what this madness is all about.)

6)  Stone Sour  ~  "Fruitcake"

7)  Gwen Sebastian  ~  “Fruitcake”

8)  Glenn Tilbrook  ~  “Fruit Cake”

9)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Fruitcakes”

10)  Mannheim Steamroller  ~  “Fruitcake Song”

11)  Dem Player Haterz  ~  “Spread Love (Not The Fruitcake)”

12)  Dily Flynn  ~  “Fruit Cake"

13)  Liana  ~  “Fruitcake”

14)  Bill Engvall  ~  “Fruitcake Makes Me Puke”

15)  Anna Hamilton  ~  “Fruitcake”

16)  Can 7  ~  “Fruitcake”

17)  Eraserheads  ~  “Fruitcake”

18)  Rebecca Johnson Band  ~  “Fruit Cake”

19)  Leckerphonics  ~  “Fruitcake Blues”

20)  Jessie Rose Brassfield  ~  “Fruitcake”

21)  Fred Schneider & The Superions  ~  “Fruitcake”

22)  SpongeBob SquarePants  ~  “Hot Fruitcake”

23)  INGI  ~  “You Little Fruitcake”

24)  The Brand New Heavies  ~  “Fruit Cake”

25)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Sledgehammer”  (Nope, “fruitcake” doesn’t appear in the title, but there’s a whole verse about it in this classic song.)