Showing posts with label Quincy Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quincy Jones. Show all posts

Friday, June 25, 2021

Songs About Chumps

Merriam-Webster defines a "chump" as a stupid or foolish person who is easily tricked. "Chump change," a phrase which appears multiple times here, is defined as a relatively small or insignificant amount of money. That's basically what these songs are all about. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Green Day  ~  "Chump"





2)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Chump Change"




3)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Suicide Chump"




4)  Holiday Ghosts  ~  "Chumps"




5)  The Murph  ~  "Chump"




6)  Butterglory  ~  "Chump Or Champ?"




7)  Radioinactive  ~  "Chump"




8)  Spirit Of The Beehive  ~  "Chump"




9)  Blackbutton  ~  "Chump"




10)  Albert King  ~  "Chump Change"




11)  Big Business  ~  "Chump Chance"




12)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Chump Change"




13)  Scott Ainslie  ~  "Chump Man Blues"




14)  Jawbox  ~  "Chump"




15)  Reefeater  ~  "Chump"




16)  Sammy Hagar & The Circle  ~  "Full Circle Jam (Chump Change)"




17)  Tetsuians  ~  "Chump Change"




18)  Hercules Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  ~  "All Time Chump"




19)  East Of Youth  ~  "Chump"




20)  Ricky Nelson  ~  "Chump Change Romeo"




21)  Klaus  ~  "Chump"




22)  Gang Starr  ~  "Execution Of A Chump"




23)  The Missouri River Cultural Conservancy  ~  "Chump Change"




24)  Little Charlie & The Nightcats  ~  "Dump That Chump"




25)  Pitchshifter  ~  "Chump Change"


Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Songs About Seduction


May I tempt you with this tantalizing collection of Songs About Seduction? I think I just may... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  St. Vincent  ~  "Masseduction"




2)  Digital Daggers  ~  “State Of Seduction”




3)  Snoop Dogg  ~  “Sensual Seduction”




4)  Zoie  ~  “Seduce Me”




5)  Roxette  ~  “Seduce Me”




6)  Miss Lucid  ~  “Seduction Of Solitude”




7)  David Byrne  ~  “A Soft Seduction”




8)  Emma Langford  ~  “The Seduction Of Eve”




9)  Thalía  ~  “Seducción”




10)  India  ~  “Seduceme”




11)  Céline Dion  ~  “Seduces Me”




12)  Otep  ~  “Seduce & Destroy”




13)  Alesana  ~  “Seduction”




14)  Bella Saona  ~  “Art Of Seduction”




15)  KISS  ~  “Seduction Of The Innocent”




16)  Martina Edoff  ~  “Seduce Your Mind”




17)  Daryl Hall  ~  “Power Of Seduction”




18)  Joanna  ~  “Séduction”




19)  Grace Jones  ~  “Seduction Surrender”




20)  Mary Zilba  ~  “Seduction”




21)  Boney James  ~  “Seduction”




22)  Thaire  ~  “Seducción”




23)  Quincy Jones ft. Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, & Barry White  ~  “The Seret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)”




24)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  “Frontline Of Seduction”




25)  Priests  ~  “The Seduction Of Kansas”


Thursday, August 1, 2019

Even More Songs About Cake

Because cake is cake is cake and I love it, I may never stop posting Songs About Cake collections. (This is the third so far.) But this is all for now. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, eat some more cake. Because it's delicious, that's why! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Safar  ~  "Cake"




2)  Vince Neil  ~  "Can't Have Your Cake"



3)  The Chamanas  ~  "Wedding Cake"




4)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles"




5)  Uma Chine  ~  "A Cake Spell"



6)  Flo Rida & 99 Percent  ~  "Cake"




7)  Rhythmussportgruppe  ~  "Spicy Funk Cake"




8)  Connie Francis  ~  "The Wedding Cake"




9)  Ivy Lab  ~  "Cake"




10)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)"




11)  J-Music Ensemble  ~  "Layer Cake"




12)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Wedding Cake"




13)  Theo Girard  ~  "The 6th Part Of The Cake"




14)  Dead Or Alive  ~  "Cake And Eat It"




15)  Lyrics Born  ~  "Chocolate Cake"  (Sheesh, this guy is his own hype man! But he's barely worth the hype. What crowd is he trying to ramp up exactly? He's performing live in a studio. This is just weird...)




16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Piece Of Cake"




17)  Bret Roberts  ~  "Sweet Cake"




18)  Los Straitjackets  ~  "I Want Cake"




19)  Survey Says!  ~  "Cake Eater"




20)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Baby Cakes"




21)  Punchline  ~  "The Fake, The Snake, & The Birthday Cake"




22)  Teena Marie  ~  "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)"




23)  Delta Delta  ~  "Grandpa Built A Castle Cake"




24)  Idina Menzel  ~  "Cake"




25)  Jay Rox  ~  "Cake"





BONUS TRACK:  Richard Harris  ~  "MacArthur Park"  (After the first follow-up post, a friend pointed out to me that this song merits inclusion here, and by golly, she was right! This is a classic!)


Thursday, October 4, 2018

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 3

And we're back with more "Heart" & "Soul" Songs for your listening pleasure. If you haven't seen your favorite "Heart" and/or "Soul" song yet, and it's not in this one, be patient. There are three more installments of songs to go in the series. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Give Your Heart A Break”




2)  U2  ~  “American Soul”




3)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Heart Like A Wheel”




4)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Heart And Soul”




5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”




6)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Birdhouse In Your Soul”




7)  Lykke Li  ~  “Heart Of Steel”




8)  Apocalyptica  ~  “Hole In My Soul”




9)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Tell It To My Heart”




10)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Heart And Soul”




11)  Miki Ratsula  ~  “Young Heart”




12)  Quincy Jones  ~  “Soul Bossa Nova”




13)  Christina Perri  ~  “Jar Of Hearts”




14)  Sting  ~  “Soul Cake”




15)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”




16)  Matt Redman  ~  “It Is Well With My Soul”




17)  Toni Braxton  ~  “Un-Break My Heart”




18)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”




19)  Roxette  ~  “Listen To Your Heart”




20)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Music To My Soul”




21)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”




22)  Korn  ~  “Black Is The Soul”




23)  Against Me! ft. Tegan Quin  ~  “Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart”




24)  Hanson  ~  “I’ve Got Soul”




25)  Lenka  ~  “Heart Skips A Beat”




26)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Plundered My Soul”




27)  Hey Ocean!  ~  “I Am A Heart”




28)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Soul Provider”




29)  First Aid Kit  ~  “Rebel Heart”




30)  Beady Eye  ~  “Soul Love”