“Entertain”-ing Songs

Let's just admit it. We all like to be entertained. Sometimes, at least. So here's a collection of songs sure to entertain, seeing as the word "Entertain" (in some form or another) exists within the title of each. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  “Let Me Entertain You”

2)  Phoenix  ~  “Entertainment”

3)  Billy Joel  ~  “The Entertainer”

4)  Melanie C  ~  “We Love To Entertain You”

5)  Newsboys  ~  “Entertaining Angels”

6)  The Jam  ~  “That’s Entertainment”

7)  The Jackson 5  ~  “We’re Here To Entertain You”

8)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Born Entertainer”

9)  Rise Against  ~  “Entertainment”

10)  Common Children  ~  “Entertaining Angels”

11)  The Chills  ~  “The Entertainer”

12)  Jessica Louise  ~  “Entertain Me”

13)  Jamaica  ~  “Short And Entertaining”

14)  Robbie Williams  ~  “The Heavy Entertainment Show”

15)  The Automatic  ~  “Light Entertainment”

16)  Alesha Dixon  ~  “The Entertainer”

17)  Adam Lambert  ~  “For Your Entertainment”

18)  Hail The Sun  ~  “Entertainment Lies”

19)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Your Favorite Entertainer”

20)  KT Tunstall  ~  “The Entertainer”

21)  Tom Odell  ~  “Entertainment”

22)  Soft Cell  ~  “Entertain Me”

23)  Shakespears Sister  ~  “Let Me Entertain You”

24)  Judy Garland  ~  “That’s Entertainment”

25)  Blur  ~  “Entertain Me”

BONUS TRACK:  Nirvana  ~  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”  (While the word “entertain” doesn’t appear in the title, it’s repeated multiple times throughout the chorus of this classic song.)

“Joke” Songs

You can take these songs seriously if you want to, but each one of them is truly a joke. Well, the word "Joke" (or one of its derivatives) appears in the title of each, so you can take that for whatever it's worth. Try not to laugh. (It's easy.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lifehouse  ~  “The Joke”

2)  Neon Indian  ~  “Local Joke”

3)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Worst Joke Ever”

4)  Bee Gees  ~  “I Started A Joke”

5)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Share A Little Joke (With The World)”

6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Get The Joke”

7)  Public Enemy  ~  “911 Is A Joke”

8)  Wilco  ~  “The Joke Explained”

9)  The Hold Steady  ~  “Joke About Jamaica”

10)   Snow  ~  “Joke Thing”

11)  The Smiths  ~  “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

12)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “A Joke Or A Lie”

13)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  “I Ain’t No Joke”

14)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “The Joke’s On Us”

15)  Seven Mary Three  ~  “Devil’s Holy Joke”

16)  Rod Stewart  ~  “I Was Only Joking”

17)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Joking”

18)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “The Joker”

19)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Some Kind Of Joke”

20)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “This Joke Sport Severed”

21)  Damien Jurado  ~  “The Joke Is Over”

22)  Trashcan Sinatras  ~  “January’s Little Joke”

23)  Fatima  ~  “Biggest Joke Of All”

24)  Cat Stevens  ~  “The Joke”

25)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “No Joke”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 4

Now we've come to the end of this miniseries. This set of songs is less of the ooh-ooh-I've-been-waiting-to-hear-that-one variety, and more of the I-like-that-song-but-I-never-realized-it-had-whistling-in-it or I've-never-heard-that-song-but-that's-some-darn-fine-whistling type. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Over My Shoulder”

2)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong”

3)  De La Soul  ~  “Eye Know”

4)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

5)  Roger Miller  ~  “Whistle Stop”

6)  Focus  ~  “Hocus Pocus”

7)  Commodores  ~  “Brick House”

8)  Madonna  ~  “Gambler”

9)  Annibale E I Cantori Moderni  ~  “Trinity (Titoli)”

10)  Fallulah  ~  “Work Song”

11)  Gigi D’Agostino  ~  “The Riddle”

12)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”

13)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Go Gentle”

14)  Bruce Johnston  ~  “Disney Girls”

15)  Björk  ~  “Isobel”

16)  Roger Whittaker  ~  “Finnish Whistler”

17)  Bernard Herrmann  ~  “Twisted Nerve”

18)  Wilco  ~  “Dawned On Me”

19)  Meg Myers  ~  “Go”

20)  Daedelus  ~  “Bright Stars”

21)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Workin’ On A Dream”

22)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

23)  Reubens Accomplice  ~  “Field Science”

24)  The Walkmen  ~  “On The Water”

25)  Ace Of Base  ~  “All That She Wants”

It's About Time! Vol. 8: Decades, Centuries, Millenniums, & Eternity

And now for the "dramatic conclusion" to this rather long-running series of songs about units of time. Here's a collection with 5 songs each about decades, centuries, millenniums, and eternity. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Decade And One"

2)  David Bowie  ~  "Art Decade"

3)  Goldheart Assembly  ~   "Last Decade"

4)  Laibach  ~  "Decade Null"

5)  Gackt  ~  "Journey Through The Decade"

6)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Centuries"

7)  The Tragically Hip  ~  "Ahead By A Century"

8)  Willow Smith  ~  "21st Century Girl"

9)  Timo Tolkki's Avalon ft. Floor Jansen  ~  "Design The Century"

10)  Brad  ~  "20th Century"

11)  Dream Theater  ~  "New Millennium"

12)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Millennium Prayer"

13)  Britney Spears  ~  "New Millennium"

14)  Ravenscry  ~  "Third Millennium Man"

15)  Oslo Gospel Choir  ~  "In The New Millennium"

16)  Robbie Williams  ~  "Eternity"

17)  Paul van Dyk ft. Adam Young  ~  "Eternity"

18)  Bellarive  ~  "Taste Of Eternity"

19)  Imelda May  ~  "Eternity"

20)  Sheena Easton  ~  "Eternity"

It's About Time! Vol. 4: Days

And we're back to the time-related posts again. This time, songs with the word "Days" in their titles. What else can I say? Enjoy 'em!  ~  JH

1)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Seven Days In Sunny June"

2)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Dog Days Are Over"

3)  The Drums  ~  "Days"

4)  The Offspring  ~  "Days Go By"

5)  The Maine  ~  "Some Days"

6)  Avicii ft. Robbie Williams  ~  "The Days"

7)  Sugarland  ~  "These Are The Days"

8)  Phantogram  ~  "Black Out Days"

9)  MGMT  ~  "Alien Days"

10)  Sting  ~  "Seven Days"

11)  Taylor Henderson  ~  "Brighter Days"

12)  Queen  ~  "These Are The Days Of Our Lives"

13)  Outlandish  ~  "Better Days"

14)  John Mayer  ~  "Shadow Days"

15)  David Bowie  ~  "Days"

16)  Amos Lee  ~  "Better Days"

17)  Ray LaMontagne  ~  "Three More Days"

18)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Counting Down The Days"

19)  Jackson Browne  ~  "These Days"

20)  A Fine Frenzy  ~   "Last Of Days"