"Strange," "Queer," & "Odd" Songs

Did you ever see or hear something that didn't sound quite right that caused you to furrow your brow in confusion? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Strange Fruit"

2)  Garbage  ~  “Queer"

3)  Boy Willows  ~  “So Odd"

4)  Anna Calvi & David Byrne  ~  “Strange Weather”

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  “My Word! You Do Look Queer!”  (It's important to note here that the word "queer" both does and doesn't mean what it traditionally did, which is, something or someone that's atypical or different in some way.)

6)  Hey Violet  ~  “O.D.D.”

7)  John Grant  ~  “Is He Strange”

8)  Count Basie  ~  “Queer Street”

9)  Mariah Carey ft. Westlife  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

10)  The Black Keys   ~ “Strange Times”

11)  STRFKR  ~  “Queer Bot”

12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Beatin’ The Odds”

13)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

14)  Cait and the Critters  ~  “Queer”

15)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Slight The Odds”

16)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “Strange Changes”

17)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  “Camera (Queer Sound)”

18)  Julia Nunes  ~  “Odd”

19)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Strange Affair”

20)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Queer”

21)  Daniele Liverani  ~  “Odd Valley”

22)  Bic Runga  ~  “Suddenly Strange”

23)  Fletcher Henderson  ~  “Queer Notions”

24)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Odd Job Man”

25)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

26)  Lazy Eye  ~  “Queer”

27)  Weezer  ~  “Odd Couple”

28)  Aqualung  ~  “Strange And Beautiful”

29)  Alison Rayner Quintet  ~  “Queer Bird”

30)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Against The Odds”

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”