10 "Awful" Songs

I'd like to tell you that this small collection of "Awful" songs consists entirely of songs which live up to their titles. But, in fact, none of the songs actually qualifies as awful. They range from halfway-decent to just-plain-weird to downright-clever. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Osibisa  ~  "The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)"

2)  Ray Stevens  ~  "Erik The Awful"

3)  The Almost  ~  "Awful Direction"

4)  Darryl Worley  ~  "Awful Beautiful Life"

5)  From Indian Lakes  ~  "Awful Things"

6)  Hole  ~  "Awful"

7)  Hurriganes  ~  "An Awful Crime"

8)  Frank Sinatra & Betty Garrett  ~  "You're Awful"

9)  Jackson Scott  ~  "That Awful Sound"

10)  Handsome Handsome  ~  "Awful Truth"

"See" + "Saw" Songs

Rare is the occasion – okay, make that never – when I have come up with an idea for a post for the express purpose of including a Wiz Khalifa song. It hasn't happened before, and probably will never happen again. But it's a good song, and so are the other ones I found, all of which include either the word "See" or "Saw" – or both – in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Seether  ~  "See You At The Bottom"

2)  Chanté Moore  ~  "Guess Who I Saw Today"

3)  Five Finger Death Punch  ~  "Hard To See"

4)  David Crowder  ~  "I Saw The Light" / "I'll Fly Away"

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "I See You, You See Me"

6)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

7)  Passenger  ~  "I See Love"

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I Saw A Man"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "How You See The World"

10)  The Beatles  ~  "I Saw Her Standing There"

11)  Mika  ~  "I See You"

12)  Sara Groves  ~  "I Saw What I Saw"

13)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

14)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  "I Saw The Light"

15)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth  ~  "See You Again"

16)  Warrant  ~  "I Saw Red"

17)  The Kooks  ~  "See Me Now"

18)  Roberta Flack  ~  "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

19)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "See Saw"

20)  Ray Stevens  ~  "I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O."

21)  The Script  ~  "If You See Kay"

22)  Gary Barlow  ~  "Since I Saw You Last"

23)  Dido  ~  "See The Sun"

24)  Beth Orton  ~  "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

25)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Ride My See-Saw"

"Purple," "Brown," & "Pink" Songs

Here's part 2 of 7 in my latest series of music posts. Songs with colors in their titles is the theme, and this morning's colors are "Purple," "Brown," and "Pink." Oh yeah, and my song-by-song commentary is back. (At least for this post.) Ready, set, go!  ~  JH

1)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Purple Haze"  (You knew this classic would be here, right?)

2)  Ray Stevens  ~  "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green And Purple Pills"  (In case you were wondering, this song holds the record for second-longest song title ever.)

3)  Seasick Steve  ~  "Purple Shadows"  (Despite his unusual moniker, this guy has some real talent. Old-school talent that the music industry is missing these days.)

4)  Sheb Wooley  ~  "The Purple People Eater"  (It would appear that purple is the color of choice when it comes to silly novelty songs.)

5)  Etta James  ~  "Purple Rain"  (Prince doesn't put his music on YouTube [nor does he allow anyone else to], but I found a cover version of his classic song by the inimitable Etta James – and it's pretty awesome!)

6)  Brandon Heath  ~  "Paul Brown Petty"  (Okay, so "Brown" here is a name and not a color, per se. So sue me!)

7)  Van Morrison  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (For some reason, finding a live version of this song that doesn't royally suck is difficult. But this one was better than most.)

8)  The Stranglers  ~  "Golden Brown"  (I find this song and video creepy on so many levels. In other words, I sorta like it.)

9)  India.Arie  ~  "Brown Skin"  (She knows what she wants, and she's not afraid to say it!)

10)  Billie Holiday  ~  "Miss Brown To You"  (I only wish I could have found an actual video of Billie singing this song. She's one of the all-time greats!)

11)  The Psychedelic Furs  ~  "Pretty In Pink"  (Isn't she, though?)

12)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Pink As Floyd"  (RHCP is one of those bands whose music sounds really good on vinyl. Which is why I chose this particular video to include for this song. Incidentally, the song has little or nothing to do with Pink Floyd, the band.)

13)  Nick Drake  ~  "Pink Moon"  (A hauntingly beautiful song by a guy who died shortly after releasing it.)

14)  John Cougar Mellencamp  ~  "Pink Houses"  (Ain't that America? No, that's John Cougar Mellencamp. Close enough, I suppose.)

15)  Henry Mancini  ~  "The Pink Panther Theme"  (Now this tune is going to be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome!)