"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are not sung in Chinese. They are not by Chinese artists. They just have the word "Chinese" in their titles. Nothing more, nothing less. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Lake Malawi  ~  "Chinese Trees"

2)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Chinese Democracy"

3)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Chinese Satellite"

4)  M. Ward  ~  "Chinese Translation"

5)  Alison Gold  ~  "Chinese Food"  (Ladies and gentlemen, one of the stupidest "songs" ever written, and just as poorly performed. From the folks who brought us Rebecca Black's "Friday." So why should we expect any less?)

6)  Coldplay  ~  "Chinese Sleep Chant"

7)  Eric Idle  ~  "I Like Chinese"

8)  Philip Bailey  ~  "Walking On The Chinese Wall"

9)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Chinese Arithmetic"

10)  George Formby  ~  "Chinese Laundry Blues"

11)  Jedi Mind Tricks  ~  "Chinese Water Torture"

12)  Ramones  ~  "Chinese Rock"

13)  Blur  ~  "Chinese Bombs"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  MC Jin  ~  "Chinese New Year"

16)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"

17)  Queen  ~  "Chinese Torture"

18)  The Decemberists  ~  "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist"

19)  Baltimora  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"

20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

"Catapult" Songs

I settled on the theme of "Catapult" Songs after reflecting on how enduring my affection was for mid-90s roots rock. Thus, the Counting Crows song at the top of this set. However, every song herein is really solid. So...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Catapult"

2)  Blonde Gentlemen  ~  "Catapult"

3)  Jack Savoretti  ~  "Catapult"

4)  Dawn Verhey  ~  "Catapult"

5)  Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes  ~  "Catapult"

6)  Detour North  ~  "Catapult"

7)  Lena  ~  "Catapult"

8)  Idaho  ~  "Catapult"

9)  Hudson  ~  "Catapult"

10)  Iko  ~  "Daytime Catapult"

11)  Elle Exxe  ~  "Catapult"

12)  Hopesfall  ~  "I Catapult"

13)  Operator Please  ~  "Catapult"

14)  Racer X  ~  "Catapult To Extinction"

15)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  "Catapult"

16)  Grieves  ~  "Catapult"

17)  James  ~  "Catapult"

18)  Breanne Düren  ~  "Catapult"

19)   R.E.M.  ~  "Catapult"

20)  Leigh Carriage  ~  "Catapult"

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”

Songs About Morals

These are Songs About Morals. Believe it or not, I have them. And so do you, whether you'll admit it or not. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Ashe  ~  "Moral Of The Story"

2)  The Proclaimers  ~  "Moral Compass"

3)  Lbenj  ~  "Moral"

4)  Howard Jones  ~  "Rubber Morals"

5)  Dreamer/Deceiver  ~  "Moral"

6)  We Were Promised Jetpacks  ~  "Moral Compass"

7)  OBK  ~  "Falsa Moral"

8)  R.E.M.  ~  "Moral Kiosk"

9)  Slaves  ~  "Burning Our Morals Away"

10)  Kelly Family  ~  "New Morals (Human Race)"

11)  Batts  ~  "Morals"

12)  MC Lars  ~  "Carmen Sandiego Has Really Bad Morals"

13)  Eye Tea  ~  "Moral Freak"

14)  Hot Sugar  ~  "Their Morals And Ours"

15)  Watsky  ~  "Moral Of The Story"

16)  The Foolish  ~  "Degradasi Moral"

17)  I Said The Sparrow  ~  "A Full Step Down, Like Your Morals"

18)  Taelor Gray  ~  "Moral Tower"

"Seven" Songs

This post may be called "Seven" Songs, but there's actually 32 of them. That just means there's more of them to love. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Seven"

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Seven"

3)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Seven Devils"

4)  Queen  ~  "Seven Seas Of Rhye"

5)  Alessia Cara  ~  "7 Days"

6)  Lukas Graham  ~  "7 Years"

7)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Seven Wonders"

8)  Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry  ~  "7 Seconds"

9)  Ariana Grande  ~  "7 Rings"  (This song is an absolute affront to the "Sound of Music" tune upon which it's based. It's an unabashed anthem to hedonism. So why is it here? 'Cuz it's really catchy, that's why.)

10)  Morgan Wallen  ~  "7 Summers"

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  "7 Things"

12)  Dean Lewis  ~  "7 Minutes"

13)  Toni Braxton  ~  "Seven Whole Days"

14)  Prince & The New Power Generation  ~  "7"

15)  Mary J. Blige ft. George Benson  ~  "Seven Days"

16)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  "3's & 7's"

17)  Rosanne Cash  ~  "Seven Year Ache"

18)  Sting  ~  "Seven Days"

19)  Laura Veirs  ~  "Seven Falls"

20)  AWOLNATION  ~  "Seven Sticks Of Dynamite"

21)  Sirenia  ~  "Seven Widows Weep"

22)  The White Stripes  ~  "Seven Nation Army"

23)  Catfish and the Bottlemen  ~  "7"

24)  Willie Nelson & Ray Charles  ~  "Seven Spanish Angels"

25)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  "Sailing On The Seven Seas"

26)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Seven Turns"

27)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  "Seven Seas"

28)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Seven Days In Sunny June"

29)  R.E.M.  ~  "7 Chinese Brothers"

30)  The Clash  ~  "The Magnificent Seven"

31)  Sunny Day Real Estate  ~  "Seven"

32)  The Fratellis  ~  "Seven Nights Seven Days"

Random Collection Of Songs That I Like (And I Think You'll Like, Too!)

Because compiling music posts with a unified theme is SO yesterday, there's this themeless collection of songs I just happen to like – and which I think you'll like, too! Dubious? Listen and make your own determination. And...enjoy! ~ JH

1)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  "Almost Lover"

2)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  "Thumbs"

3)  Echosmith  ~  "Lonely Generation"

4)  X Ambassadors  ~  "Unsteady"

5)  Una Healy  ~  "Battlelines"

6)  Adele  ~  "Someone Like You"

7)  La Roux  ~  "Kiss And Not Tell"

8)  Against The Current  ~  "The Fuss"

9)  Warpaint  ~  "Stars"

10)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "You Oughta Know"

11)  R.E.M.  ~  "Man In The Moon"

12)  Edwin McCain  ~  "I'll Be"

13)  Nada Surf  ~  "Popular"

14)  ELIZA  ~  "Wide Eyed Fool"

15)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  "Fallen"

16)  Seal  ~  "Crazy"

17)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I Have Nothing"

18)  Elle King  ~  "Good Thing Gone"

19)  Ellie Goulding  ~  "On My Mind"

20)  Kylie Odetta  ~  "You Don't Love Me"