Showing posts with label Primus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Primus. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Songs About Beavers

This post is dedicated to those dedicated dam-builders, our friends the beavers. Thank you for your service, ya weirdos! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Primus  ~  "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"




2)  The BossHoss  ~  "Eager Beaver"




3)  Sluetown Strutters  ~  "Beaver Slide Rag"




4)  Kinky Friedman  ~  "Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver"




5)  Stan Kenton & His Orchestra  ~  "Eager Beaver"




6)  Merle Haggard & Leona Williams  ~  "The Bull & The Beaver"




7)  Charlie Bissette  ~  "The Angry Beavers Theme Song"




8)  Sparks  ~  "Beaver O'Lindy"




9)  Manhack  ~  "Beaver Ruin"




10)  Johnny Burnette  ~  "Eager Beaver Baby"  (Clearly, this guy was an Elvis knockoff. Not a bad one, mind you, but clearly a clone of The King.)




11)  The Arrogant Worms  ~  "We Are The Beaver"




12)  Songs: Ohia  ~  "Little Beaver"




13)  How Long Jug Band  ~  "Beaver Slide Rag"  (Yes, this is the same song as the one in the 3rd song in this set. But this version has a whole different vibe, and both were great renditions, so here it is.)




14)  Little Symphony  ~  "Beaver Pond"  (Well, this sure is soothing!)




15)  Andre Moghimi  ~  "The Beaver"




16)  Bear McCreary  ~  "The Butcher And The Beaver"




17)  Wooden Legs  ~  "Big Beaver"




18)  Daniel Pemberton  ~  "Bruce And The Beaver"




19)  The Charlestones  ~  "Eager Beaver"




20)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  "Big Beaver"




21)  Cledus T. Judd  ~  "More Beaver"




22)  Bajka  ~  "The Beaver's Lesson"


Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Songs About Drivers & Passengers, Vol. 1

I mainly came up with this two-part post because I am obsessed with the first song in the set. But make no mistake -- these songs are all fire! Enjoy! ~ JH



1) Olivia Rodrigo  ~  “Driver’s License”




2) Lesbian Bed Death  ~  “Dark Passenger”





3) Sniff 'n' The Tears  ~  “Driver's Seat”





4) Lisa Hannigan  ~  “Passenger”





5) Daryl Hall  ~  “Cab Driver”





6) Iggy Pop  ~  “The Passenger”





7) TobyMac ft. Hollyn  ~  “Backseat Driver"





8) Trapt  ~  “Passenger”





9) Counting Crows  ~  “Earthquake Driver”





10) Wilco  ~  “Passenger Seat”





11) R.E.M.  ~  “Driver 8”





12) Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “Passenger Seat”





13) Gym Class Heroes  ~  “Taxi Driver”





14) SHeDAISY  ~  “Passenger Seat”





15) Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Mr. Cab Driver”





16) The Wallflowers  ~  “The Passenger”





17) Primus  ~  “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver”





18) Sondre Lerche  ~  “Dead Passengers”





19) The Flaming Lips  ~  “Mr. Ambulance Driver”





20) Emily Wells  ~  “Passenger”




Monday, August 5, 2019

Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH



1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”




2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”




3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”




4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”




5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”




6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”




7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”




8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”




9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”




10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”




11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”




12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”



13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”




14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”




15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”




16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”




17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”




18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”




19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”




20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”




21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"




22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”




23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”




24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”




25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”


Monday, July 8, 2019

Songs About Bursting

Have you ever been so full (with food, or pride, or excitement, etc.) that you just felt like you would burst? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bic Runga  ~  "Bursting Through"




2)  Scandinavianz  ~  "Sunburst"




3)  Magazine  ~  "Burst"




4)  Callie Moore  ~  "Burst"




5)  Primus  ~  "Extinction Burst"  (You can't hear the vocals very well in this video – but honestly, with Primus the real draw is their outstanding instrumentation. So you aren't missing much.)




6)  Carmen McRae  ~  "Burst In With The Dawn"




7)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "Hearts Burst Into Fire"




8)  ALTIMA  ~  "Burst The Gravity"




9)  The Claypool Lennon Delirium  ~  "Bubbles Burst"




10)  Kaki King  ~  "Close Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames"




11)  We Were Promised Jetpacks  ~  "Short Bursts"




12)  Lynda Carter  ~  "Cloud Burst"




13)  Anne Clark  ~  "Bursting"




14)  Admiral Fallow  ~  "Tree Bursts"




15)  Vonavi ft. Run Rivers  ~  "Sunburst"




16)  Mondays ft. Paulina Froling  ~  "Burst And Pop"




17)  Onion Rings  ~  "Sunburst"




18)  Daniel Amos  ~  "The Bubble Bursts"




19)  PictureHouse  ~  "Sunburst"




20)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith  ~  "In The River"




21)  Kishi Bashi  ~  "It All Began With A Burst"




22)  Citipointe Live  ~  "Bursting With Love"




23)  Ten Fé  ~  "Burst"




24)  Tobu & Itro  ~  "Sunburst"

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Songs About Cheese

Here's a particularly unusual collection pairing a few profoundly odd songs and several surprisingly good ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Ween  ~  “Pork Roll Egg And Cheese”




2)  Primus  ~  “Seas Of Cheese”




3)  Bayside  ~  “Big Cheese”




4)  Nirvana  ~  “Big Cheese”




5)  The Rutles  ~  “Cheese And Onions”




6)  Modest Mouse  ~  “Mice Eat Cheese”




7)  Echolyn  ~  “The Cheese Stands Alone”




8)  Billy Cobham  ~  “The Moon Ain’t Made Of Green Cheese”




9)  La Fine Equipe ft. Fakear  ~  “Cheese Naan”




10)  The Adicts  ~  “Cheese Tomato Man”




11)  Rhett & Link  ~  “The Cheese Rap”




12)  Safety Scissors  ~  “I Am The Cheese”




13)  deadmau5 vs. Jelo  ~  “The Reward Is Cheese”



14)  Atomic Mosquitos  ~  “Cheese Quake”




15)  Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra  ~  “Cheese And Crackers Polka”




16)  Biscuithead & The Biscuit Badgers  ~  “Cheese”




17)  The Singing Milkmaids  ~  “Cheese And Curds And Whey”




18)  The Billie Davies Trio  ~  “Green Cheese”




19)  The Floozies  ~  “Cheese”





20)  Lady Banana  ~  “Wall Of Cheese”




21)  Tomás Ramirez  ~  “Fromundah Cheese”




22)  Rogue Oliphant  ~  “Hard Cheese And Sour Grapes”




23)  Boogie  ~  “Sweet Cheese Luna”




24)  Modereko  ~  “Soul Cheese”