Songs With "Respect" In The Title

Today begins a five-part (maybe more, who knows?) series of posts which are only tenuously related. The common theme is that the title keywords for each post rhyme with each other. This is a group of songs with "Respect" in the title. This week, I'll also be posting songs with the words "Reject," "Connect," "Expect," and "Direct" in the titles. There's no real reason for this; I just felt like doing it. But just because it's pointless, that doesn't necessarily mean you won't enjoy it, right?  ~  JH

1)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "Respect"

2)  Erasure  ~  "A Little Respect"

3)  The Kinks  ~   "A Well Respected Man"

4)  Tina Turner  ~  "Show Some Respect"

5)  Don McLean  ~  "Respectable"

6)  Sting  ~  "Show Some Respect"

7)  Robyn  ~  "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)"

8)  Extreme  ~  "No Respect"  (I feel it only fair to warn you about the Sumo wrestler at the beginning.)

9)  Alex & Eddie Van Halen  ~  "Respect The Wind"

10)  Mel And Kim  ~  "Respectable"

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Respectable"

12)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Respectable Dive"

13)  The Isley Brothers  ~  "Respectable"

14)  XTC  ~  "Respectable Street"

15)  The Staple Singers  ~  "Respect Yourself"

Songs For April Fools

Here we have a surprisingly good, albeit hastily-thrown-together grouping of songs which are loosely related, not necessarily to the spirit of the day itself, but rather to the words that make it up. Whatever it is, here it is. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imaginary Future ft. Kina Grannis  ~  "April"

2)  Cinderella  ~  "Nobody's Fool"

3)  The Mess  ~  "April Showers"

4)  Westlife  ~  "Fool Again"

5)  Rupa & The April Fishes  ~  "Une américaine a Paris"

6)  The Strokes  ~  "Taken For A Fool"

7)  April Verch Band  ~  "Broken"

8)  Elvin Bishop ft. Mickey Thomas  ~  "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"

9)  Delain  ~  "April Rain"

10)  The Ark  ~  "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane"

11)  April Wine  ~  "I Like To Rock"

12)  Melody Gardot  ~  "Baby, I'm A Fool"

13)  Dragon  ~  "April Sun In Cuba"

14)  The Cardigans  ~  "Lovefool"

15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  "Terrible Things"

16)  Doobie Brothers  ~  "What A Fool Believes"

17)  Dead By April  ~  "Calling"  (This song'd be so much better without that bit with the screaming. To each his own, I suppose…)

18)  Peter Cetera  ~  "Even A Fool Can See"

19)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "April Fools"

20)  The Beatles  ~  "The Fool On The Hill"