Showing posts with label Rickie Lee Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rickie Lee Jones. Show all posts

Friday, May 14, 2021

"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 2

It took me a few days, but as promised, here's another set of "Chinese" Songs, neither sung in Chinese nor performed by Chinese artists. Because...there were too many good ones for just one post, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Passenger  ~  "Paper Cut, Chinese Burn"




2)  Jessica Mauboy  ~  "Chinese Whispers"




3)  Level 42  ~  "The Chinese Way"




4)  Peggy Lee  ~  "Chinese Love Poems: Going Rowing / Like The Moon / The Musicians"




5)  Travis  ~  "Chinese Blues" / "Eyes Wide Open"




6)  Australian Crawl  ~  "Chinese Eyes"




7)  The Trews  ~  "Chinese Kites" / "Beautiful & Tragic"




8)  John Cale  ~  "Chinese Envoy"




9)  Go West  ~  "Chinese Whispers"




10)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese Café / Unchained Melody"




11)  Sales  ~  "Chinese New Year"




12)  A Silent Film  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"




13)  The Howl & The Hum  ~  "Godmanchester Chinese Bridge"




14)  Cass McCombs  ~  "In A Chinese Alley"




15)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  "Scary Chinese Movie"




16)  Biz Markie  ~  "Chinese Food"




17)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  "10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar"




18)  Finch  ~  "Chinese Organ Thieves"




19)  The Temperance Movement  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"




20)  Scott Helman  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"


Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Songs About Roadkill

These are Songs About Roadkill. Is any further explanation truly necessary? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  EDX  ~  "Roadkill"




2)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  "Roadkill"




3)  Silent Runners  ~  "Roadkill"




4)  Suede  ~  "Roadkill"




5)   Tech N9ne & Excision  ~  "Roadkill"




6)  Pulp  ~  "Roadkill"




7)   feelswithcaps  ~  "Roadkill"




8)  Kasabian  ~  "Road Kill Café"




9)  Explicit  ~  "Roadkill"




10)  Kristoff Kane  ~  "Picking Flowers Next To Roadkill"  (Hands down, the best title of any song in this set. And, quite possibly, the best song, too.)




11)  Crooked Ghost  ~  "Roadkill"




12)  BONES  ~  "Roadkill"




13)  Southern Trendkill  ~  "Roadkill"




14)  Nina Nastasia  ~  "Roadkill"




15)  AFI  ~  "Rabbits Are Roadkill On Route 37"  (Second-best song title in the set.)




16)  Museum Mouth  ~  "Roadkill"




17)  ROOKI  ~  "Roadkill"




18)  Blank Body  ~  "Roadkill"




19)  Thundermother  ~  "Roadkill"




20)   Christine Fellows  ~  "Roadkill"



Sunday, July 22, 2018

Songs About Infinity

This is the post that never ends... Nah, not really! It only seems that way. Songs About Infinity...and, GO!  ~  JH



1)  Infinity Ink  ~  “Infinity”




2)  One Direction  ~  “Infinity”




3)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  “Infinity”




4)  Don Williams  ~  “Infinity”




5)  The xx  ~  “Infinity”




6)  The Spacies  ~  “Infinity”




7)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Infinity”




8)  Breathe Carolina  ~  “Take Me To Infinity”




9)  Against The Current  ~  “Infinity”




10)  AJR  ~  “Infinity”




11)  Laura Pausini  ~  “Amori Infiniti”




12)  Mohombi  ~  “Infinity”




13)  Stereolab  ~  “Infinity Girl”




14)  Don McLean  ~  “Infinity”




15)  Epica  ~  “Blank Infinity”




16)  Oscar and the Wolf  ~  “Pretty Infiniti”




17)  He Is We  ~  “To Infinity And Beyond”




18)  Consoul Trainin  ~  “Take Me To Infinity”




19)  Sleigh Bells  ~  “Infinity Guitars”




20)  Stratovarius  ~  “Infinity”




21)  Sui Zhen  ~  "Infinity Street"





22)  Kat Solar  ~  "Infinity"




23)  Sound Of Legend  ~  "Infinity"




24)  Cello Fury  ~  "Infinity Rises"




25)  Whim  ~  " Small Infinity"


Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Keeping Up With The Joneses

Since the name Jones is one of the most common surnames around the world, especially in English-speaking countries, it should come as no surprise that there's no shortage of singers and musicians named Jones. Here's a collection of songs by some of the most well-known Joneses, along with some good ones by a few up-and-comers. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Norah Jones  ~  “Chasing Pirates”




2)  Tom Jones  ~  “She’s A Lady”




3)  Samantha Jones  ~  “You’ve Got Your Troubles”




4)  George Jones  ~  “He Stopped Loving Her Today”




5)  Jim Jones ft. Chink Santana & Logic  ~  “Perfect Day”




6)  Glenn Jones  ~  “Stay”




7)  Grandpa Jones  ~  “Mountain Dew”




8)  Jimmy Jones  ~  “Handy Man”




9)  Quincy Jones ft. Ray Charles & Chaka Khan  ~  “I’ll Be Good To You”




10)  Howard Jones  ~  “What Is Love?”




11)  Shirley Jones  ~  “Till There Was You”




12)  Vivian Jones  ~  “Strong Love”




13)  Forever Jones  ~  “He Wants It All”




14)  Kasi Jones  ~  “Beautiful Liar”




15)  Prophet Jones  ~  “Lifetime”




16)  Davy Jones  ~  “Girl”




17)  Grace Jones  ~  “I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)”




18)  Justin Jones  ~  “Make Me The Moon”




19)   Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  ~  “Retreat!”




20)  January Jones  ~  “I’ve Got The World On A String”




21)  Matthew Perryman Jones  ~  “Save You”




22)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  “Chuck E.’s In Love”




23)  The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra  ~  “The Groove Merchant”




24)  Jack Jones  ~  “Lollipops And Roses”




25)  Spike Jones And His City Slickers  ~  “That Old Black Magic”